photo credit: striatic Many people are struggling this year due to the recession, most of which are planning on spending a lot less this holiday season then they have in the past, and most of them are also putting off their holiday shopping for as long as they can in hopes of save up a […]
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photo credit: helgasms! Damniwish.com: Try this: Ask your customers to write a review. Tell them it’s important before the holidays. Don’t give an incentive, just ask them to do it. They’ll do it! In business we know that our customers and clients are the number one thing that will make us succeed. They will ultimately
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photo credit: *Zara If you’re doing good work, have products that people enjoy, and provide a service and experience that exceeds expectation, chances are, your business is benefiting from word of mouth referrals. While this occasional lead generation windfall may be great, there are things you can do to shine a light on referral generation
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photo credit: wili_hybrid Over the past few years, we have heard many small business owners talk about their need for small business loans. These are loans that they need in order to obtain credit, get out of debt, buy new equipment, new marketing and advertising and more. However, the problem that most small business owners
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photo credit: Tracy Hunter Proof is In the Results. What’s the ROI for marketing with meaning? Ask Tara-Nicholle Nelson, an Oakland, Calif., real estate broker and founder and Chief Visionary of {RE}Think Real Estate. Nelson projects the $75,000 she invested in positioning herself as an expert–empowering women to buy their own homes–to yield $1 million
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Rieva Lesonsky at The Small Business Blog has an interesting look at how to turn customers into fanatic fans. Every team needs fans. And every business needs them as well. Several years ago, Ken Blanchard of “One Minute Manager” fame wrote a book called Raving Fans, essentially a parable about how businesses can turn customers
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photo credit: zappowbang Some small businesses in rather small “mom and pop” type of towns have for a long time set hour’s of operation at the low end of the spectrum, having open times equalling a mere 10 or 12 hour’s per week. However, these businesses do state that if you call them they will
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If you run a small business and cannot afford CRM tools like Salesforce , MakeUseOf.com has a review of Timetonote. While it doesn’t boast of the advanced tools which paid solutions like Salesforce and Zoho offer, for a 100% free service it isn’t bad at all. You can track leads, communication and conversations with customers
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photo credit: Noah Sussman It’s not personal–it’s business. A mantra heard by business people through the years, but when it comes to our business websites, it’s more personal than business. Living online today is social, and that means personal. To attract customers and keep them, you need to think about the social touches that can
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Mark Stevens at Entrepreneur magazine says instead of saying ‘thank you,’ show customers some real appreciation by giving them your time. You may be confusing the idea of celebrating your customers with fawning over them. But I have something else in mind. Something like actually paying attention to them: caring, thinking, dreaming and wondering enough
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