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7 Key Tactics For The Small Business Owner

Posted in   Uncategorized   on  November 23, 2021 by  David Loke0

For most folks, owning your own business is a dream come true.  The freedom of being your own boss and succeeding to the best of your ability are facts of life for the small business owner.  Sure, there’s more stress than what you probably imagined when creating your grand plans, but with a little strategy and planning, you can overcome any tough spot you get in.  There are 7 tactics developed by successful marketers that are sure to make your business as successful as theirs.

Create A One of a Kind Selling Point

If you want to stand out from the crowd, create a unique selling proposition that stresses the benefits the customers will receive from doing business with you.

Don’t go out on a limb to create new products and services to get attention.  Just add a special benefit to the ones you already have… maybe it’s quicker service or a guarantee.  The most effective things to emphasize are benefits that your competition cannot or is unwilling to give. 

Use Testimonials

We all know that business owners think their product or services are the best things going, but it’s what the current customers think about it that really matters to your prospective customers.  They’re the ones who see things from their point of view… what they have to say about the business has an impact.

Testimonials play an important part in advertising – especially for small businesses.  Yeah, big businesses with well-known names don’t have to worry about it, but small companies can use testimonials as marketing tools to build credibility.

Think about it…how else can we gain credibility by creating a group of satisfied customers and shouting what they have to say?  Let’s look for ways we can make testimonials an effective part of our marketing campaigns.

Upsell

Upselling is one of the most successful marketing trends today.  Everywhere you go, someone is trying to get you to buy more.  Everyone’s jumping on the bandwagon, from fast food with supersize options to clothing stores that try to sell you shoes to match your outfit.  Why?  It works!

Your customers already know that you have great products and provide satisfactory service.  They trust you to come through for them.  Think about it; it’s much easier to make sales to someone you already have a relationship with.

Use every opportunity to increase your sales volume within the customer audience you already have.  Do you have a product that goes with the one they are purchasing?  Offer it to them at the register.  It’s a proven and effective method for increasing sales.  You may be shocked at the additional sales you can generate from those already buying from you.

Make Your Price Seem Smaller

Divide and conquer; The old war tactic works in marketing too!  When the price seems too steep, break it down into “buyable” size bites.  A $120 item is only 12 low monthly payments of $10.  A $365 purchase would only cost $1 per day.  Now that sounds affordable! 

Paint The Benefits Pretty

Customers buy because they want to enjoy the benefits of the purchase.  A lady might buy a dress because she wants to feel sexy, or a man will buy a book because he finds pleasure in reading.  Emotions are the key element that drives purchases.

Use word pictures to stir up the emotions that will instigate the sale.  Let them “feel” the benefits, and they’ll be more apt to head for the cash register.  Put them where you want them.

Create Attention Getting Headlines

Are you ready to capture your reader’s attention with a great copy?  The headline is the place to start.  How often do you scan the newspaper’s headlines before deciding whether to read the article?  Yeah, that’s where we lose or gain the reader’s interest, so it’s a pretty important part of the advertisement.

A good headline should telegraph its message in twelve words or less. Double-check those headlines.  Do they make a promise of a positive benefit or ask a provocative question? Don’t settle for less than attention-grabbing statements.

Provide An Offer They Can’t Resist

Is your deal too good to pass up?  If not, you need to improve it. I’m not talking about cutting prices even more, and you need to make a profit. Still, you can make the deal sweeter by increasing the reader’s knowledge of the product’s value or adding bonuses that are perceived as valuable but cost you little.

About the Author David Loke

David Loke is the co-founder and CEO of ReadySpace, a Cloud Service Provider in the APAC region. In 2003, he started ReadySpace with the vision to provide customers with reliable, secure, affordable and simple online apps. It then evolved into what we call Cloud today. Being through a decade of running ReadySpace, it has now grown into a regional business serving business owners and its managers across various industries to their success.
Right now, he is taking his wealth of experience to help over 700 business owners as mentor and coach with an ultimate goal to multiply wealth creation.

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