If you are running an online business and struggling to recruit new customers or distributors, what methods are there to improve this ? A lot of the answers you have received so far are pretty good answers but they are missing the mark. Whether it's a online business or a brick and mortar business you need to get the word out. One of the best ways for you to grow the retail side of your business is to talk to people. This may sound simple, but the reality of it is this. By going to your friends, family and past co-workers and your general sphere of influence you have a good opportunity to at least gain them as customers and to develop a source of referrals. On the distributor side, you need to be actively aware of the people around you. Be willing to talk to people as you will be surprised by the number of people who are looking to develop some sort of additional income through a home based business opportunity if that is what you are offering. Read self-improvement books and develop your people skills. If you can only relate to a few people you will be hard pressed to develop your business. Know your business and know it well.
Join the local chamber of commerce and network with other business owners. Join a local networking group as they can provide excellent leads for your retail business as well as potential distributors.
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My email is vpanolin@yahoo.com To Get more customer, you need to have more traffic.
It can be:
1) Paid Traffic (Like PPC advertising)
Here is a Free (But excellent) Guide to start (PDF Format):
http://www.makemoneyonlinehow.com/adword...
(Right click and save to your computer)
2) Free traffic (Search Engine Optimization)
Another guide:
http://www.makemoneyonlinehow.com/SEO_ma...
Also, you can start:
1) Article Marketing for residual traffic.
2) Set up a blog (Google, Yahoo and MSN love blogs)
3) Solo E-zine ads
4) Join Forums related to your online business
5) Write a good Presse Release at http://www.PrWeb.com
6) Offline advertising (Newspaper...)
Something I want to ad:
* Start a newsletter for repeated sales.
There is only two ways to increase your profits, for any business: online or offline:
1) Increase the SPV (Sales Per Visitor)
2) Get New customers
Keep in mind that the first is easier and cheaper.
To your success. Write Quality Content and Provide Useful Resources for Web Users
One of the biggest challenges small business owners face is writing quality, unique content for their websites. Every small business owner with a website dreams of being in the top ten in the search engines for their key words or terms but to get there you must provide quality content, not only for the search engines but for your target audience as well.
Think from your target audiences point of view and brainstorm on articles, content and printables that you can provide free of charge that would be useful and beneficial to your visitors.
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Create a Blog or Write Articles for your Target Market
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Publish a Newsletter or Ezine
I know firsthand as a consumer that I tend to make purchases from the same companies over and over. Why? Because 9 times out of 10 I鈥檒l see a new product or service they are offering and since I have previously done business with them I bite. These companies stay fresh in my mind because they regularly send newsletters or ezines my way. Publishing a newsletter or ezine is relatively easy, the hardest part is writing quality content to fill the newsletter. Don鈥檛 bore your subscribers with rehashed reprinted articles from internet directories or fill your newsletter with advertising or you鈥檙e likely to have more unsubscribers than subscribers. ADVERTISING!
Make sure you appear top of the search engine results. Submit to yahoo, ask jeeves, google etc.
Advertise yourself in the local papers, wanted magazines etc etc
Get your name out there and contact the manufacturers directly. Any decent supplier won't go looking for customers. | 