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How To Gain and Retain Customers for Your Online Business
It's the most basic rule of business: you need to sell some to
earn some. Salesmanship therefore, or the art of closing a
sales, is of paramount importance for any business venture.
After all, we can't expect any earnings if we don't make any
sales.
Winning customers is essential for the success of our
enterprise. And this is also true for online businesses. In
fact, some would say that winning customers online has its share
of pros and cons. The good news is that the entire world is your
market, and you could potentially reach more people through the
World Wide Web. The disadvantage? The Internet offers a more
impersonal channel in our dealings with people, making it more
difficult to garner their trust and favor.
So what are we to do then? Fear not, dear friend. As with
everything else in life, we should try to accentuate the
positives to compensate for the negatives. Here are a few ways
by which you could gain a good number of customers, and keep
them for a long and profitable business for you and your family.
* Always deliver quality goods or services. There is no better
vehicle for our business message than our products themselves.
Consistently offering things that are more than worth our
customers' time and money will brand us as enterprises that are
committed to quality products and services. This would only
serve us well in future dealings with the same clients.
Additionally, this would make our clients as advertising
vehicles for our business as well, as they would spread the word
about the excellence of our service to people belonging to their
network. * Always try to over-deliver. People love receiving
more than what they paid for. If you consistently give them some
extras, their minds would be conditioned to trust your business
for future transactions. * Provide bonuses. In addition to the
product you're selling, add some more goods that would perk up
the package. Do this in a manner that you will make your
customers
aware of the value of the bonuses if they were
otherwise purchased. This would definitely increase the worth of
your product, and such would make it more favorable for a
successful sale. Additionally, your bonuses would foster good
will with your clients, and this could go a long, long way for
future orders. * Build relationships. The importance of building
good relationships with your customers cannot be undermined. As
we've discussed earlier, the Internet is a rather informal venue
for personal dealings. So try to humanize your approach so that
your customers can relate to you as someone who is more than
just a business provider, but also as a friend. * Make use of a
mailing list. A mailing list is an Internet marketers number one
weapon. By capturing the contact details of people who may not
have been interested with their current offer, they will be able
to condition the same people for future sales. And this could
serve their businesses well for quite a long time, as one
successful sale can beget another and another after that. So
invest on an excellent autoresponder service and prepare those
follow-up messages well. Take good care of your subscriber base,
and they will take good care of your business in return.
Winning customers is more than just luck. It entails a lot of
strategizing and good planning. Retaining customers involve the
same level of commitment as well. In the highly competitive
world of online marketing, trust plays an integral role in
achieving our goals. Try your best to win your customers' trust.
Take care of it. And for sure, this trust would fuel good
business for you for many years to come.
About the author:
Chris Curtis is the owner of C-Double Web Development and has
been doing web design and development since 1997. He began
offering affordable web hosting and design in 1999 when he
started his own business. http://www.afforda
ble-web-designers.com
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