Posts Tagged ‘Marketing Ideas’

The 3 Ultimate Keys to Wealth and Success

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Have you been watching TV or reading the newspapers? The bad economy makes great headlines, and they’re full of it. You can’t miss hearing or reading about how terrible it is for business. But if that’s all the news you’re getting, you are missing the good news.

The good news about this economy is plentiful. It just doesn’t make great headlines on TV.

It’s true: Many businesses will struggle or even fail during this downturn… but at least ten percent will prosper. That’s right: At least one out of ten businesses will see their profits grow!

Want to be one of those ten that attract more clients and profits? Find out how >>

Every week, I talk to entrepreneurs and businesses that, despite all the bad news in the press, are holding steady or even growing in this economy. And, they all have one thing in common: Their efforts are clearly focused on 3 simple ideas I’ll share with you below.

For most business owners, it’s not a lack of ideas that is the problem. It’s knowing which ones to use. So today I’m going to give you the keys to the kingdom: the three key ideas to use whether you’re thinking of starting a business or have been in business for decades.

These are the three most important ideas I’ve ever shared, and I recommend you read them and then tape them to your forehead, or rather to your computer monitor, and use them to focus your efforts, so you maximize your sales and profits this year and for the rest of your business career.

The 3 Keys to Ultimate Business Success

1. Needs
Whether you sell sunglasses, hearing aids, sports training, legal services, or financial advice, the place to focus is on your prospects’ needs. I know one entrepreneur who thought that the sunglasses parents were buying for their young children were a joke. So she came up with a line of quality unbreakable sunglasses for young kids, and her business is growing like wild.

Every product or service you create and market should be designed to meet an apparent or perceived need of your target market. No need, no sales. High perceived need, high sales.

The same is true of your marketing. It should be focused on your prospects’ needs. Focus your marketing on yourself, and you’ll struggle forever. Focus on what they want, and you’ll get their attention and their business.

Discover how to transform needs into profits >>

2. Relationships
Your biggest competitive advantage isn’t the quality of your products or services; it’s the number and strength of the relationships you have with prospects and clients. It’s the amount of confidence you command. So, where should your marketing be focused?

Focus 80-90% of your marketing efforts on relationship-building activities.

Typically, most marketing is aimed at getting the sale, not at building relationships or confidence. Big mistake! People need to first know you and trust you before they’ll buy from you. They need to be sure you’re the best company to buy from, and your product or service does what you say it does. Where confidence flows, money follows.

How do you gain someone’s confidence so he or she will buy from you? You help them get to know you through repeated contacts and demonstration of your expertise.

Find out how to build relationships for business success >>

3. Profits
Most entrepreneurs and business owners’ attention is squarely focused on increasing sales when instead they should be focused on profits. This can be a fatal mistake, skewing your marketing efforts and distracting you from what you should be paying attention to.

In the past few years, Washington Mutual had amazing success increasing the sales of mortgages. And as you know now, they lost money on each of these and, ultimately, caused the bank to fold.

Whether you are testing a headline, an ad, a sales letter, a website, an upsell strategy, or a followup strategy, the question you should be focused on is, “What will help us maximize our profits?” Yes, you could send out ten thousand postcards and get a few more sales, but if your response is low, your marketing costs are going to decimate your profits.

The solution to making more is to continually test and improve everything you do to market your business, so that each month, you’re generating more leads, more sales and yes - more profits.

Want to maximize your revenue? Discover how >>

That’s it! Needs, Relationships, and Profits.

Tape those 3 words to your wall, and if every day you ask yourself the following five questions, then you’ll be headed in the right direction.

-  What are the needs of my prospects (perceived or real)?
-  How can I do a better job of fulfilling those needs?
-  What am I doing to start more relationships with prospects?
-  What weekly and monthly activities am I doing to strengthen relationships with prospects and clients?
-  What elements of my marketing am I testing and what would work better to increase profits?

Interested in finding out how easy it is to increase your profits? Apply here >>

- Charlie
Small Business Marketing Success in Any Economy

Don’t miss out…

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Don’t miss out… It’s finally here! You can finally get access to my proven profit-building strategies and systems along with those of some of the most successful marketers in the world, it you take action in the next few minutes.

Be one of the first 250 people to join this monthly mentoring program and claim your free gift worth $1,024.85, use the following link and sign up now. Here’s how to get in.

http://www.marketingforsuccess.com/members

Note: If you wait too long to join, you’ll miss the $1024.85 free bonus forever.

Speaking of waiting too long…

In business, it’s more accurate to say “You snooze, you lose”.

And it’s certainly no more relevant than it is right now with regards to my special bonuses that I am giving away to the non-procrastinators who sign up for my Monthly Mentoring Program! The program is exclusive and available only to the first 250 people who register.  So if you’ve read this far… STOP! Join now so you don’t miss out! >>

With my Monthly Mentoring Program AND the Bonuses, you get:

* Strategies to maximize your profits

* Advice from “real-world” marketing gurus

* Generate twice as many leads

* Write sales copy that really works

* Sell more in a month than all last year

* Spend money only on advertising that works

* Convert your website visitors to real customers

* And much, much more…

But again, you need to be one of the first 250 people that sign up to receive the free bonuses, period!  Once they’re gone, they’re gone. No exceptions. So make sure and sign up immediately and be one of the 250 lucky, I mean aggressive and enthusiastic business owners that want to increase their business while they still have the will!

When you sign up for the Monthly Mentoring Program, you will learn how to market your business and actually make money doing it.

Quit spinning your wheels and start making boatloads of cash now!

To your success,

Charlie

PS: “So Charlie, what’s the price already?” With a value of thousands of dollars a month, what will this actually cost you? $297 a month? $197? Or will it be as low as only $97 a month? Use This Link To Find Out!

P.P.S. Have you ever really wanted something so badly you could almost taste it, and then missed out because you simply waited too long? Remember just how disappointed and frustrated you were, thinking the whole time, “I can’t believe I missed that!”

When I was nine, my dad’s company got hold of some Boston Red Sox tickets they were going to give away to their employees. Boy, did I love them, watching them on TV as often as I could. That day, my dad said “Son, you and I are going to a Red Sox game.” I had never seen a “real” professional baseball game before and was so excited I couldn’t sleep a wink that night.

Anyway, he worked for a small company in Maine with about 40 employees.  And they only had 20 tickets to give away, first come - first serve. My dad figured since many of the other workers were women, and didn’t really like baseball anyway, he would wait ’till the next day and get the tickets at the bus, assuming there would be plenty left for us.

The next morning, we ate a good breakfast, packed the cooler, and got our Red Sox hat and shirts on, anticipating a great day. After all, it was my first trip to Boston to see a real ballgame. We even got to the bus two hours early… But there was a problem.  The bus was already filled to capacity and the tickets were all gone!

It was very quiet as we drove back home in utter disbelief.

Come to find out, the women he didn’t think were interested in going immediately called their husbands and their friends to come down and pick up tickets right then, not the next morning. You can only imagine the disappointment of a 9 year-old, and my Dad, well… he has never forgiven himself to this day.

Contrary to the popular saying, especially in marketing your business - Good things DON’T always come to those who wait! Don’t be like my dad and wait till it’s too late.  Believe me, you will never forgive yourself, he didn’t!

Take Action to Get In and Get Access to These Profit-Building Systems >>

Only 4 hours left…

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Good news!

You can grow your business if you take action today. My fulfillment house was able to repress and replace the 250 damaged disks, yesterday, and they’re ready to ship your new member gift to you today.

At 1:00 PM EST TODAY, Tuesday, October 28, I will send you the link to join.  Make sure you keep your eyes peeled on your inbox so you don’t miss out.

You’ll have access to marketing and selling shortcuts that will immediately help you tap more prospects and generate more leads and sales.  You’ll get the detailed blueprint to:

- Pull in more clients and prospects than ever before
- Skyrocket your conversion rate so you stop leaking potential sales
- Turn every website visitor into a potential customer
- Cutting-edge marketing strategies that your competition isn’t using… and will help you get -and stay- on top
- And much more!

Membership will open at 1:00 PM Eastern Time TODAY - Tuesday, October 28 and will only remain open until the 250th person has joined.  How long will that be?  Based on feedback I’ve received so far, it could be completely filled within just a few days… and you could be totally locked out.

So how do you register? Watch your email.  At 1:00 PM ET TODAY - 12:00 PM CT, 11:00 AM MT, 10:00 AM PT -  I will send you an email with the link.  Use that link to go straight to the registration page and ensure you’re one of the first 250 people to register.

To your success,

Charlie

PS: When you join my new mentoring program you will also be sent my ultimate profit-generating gift worth $1,024.85 and you’ll get it absolutely FREE when you test-drive this membership program.

PPS: Oh, and one more thing.  People keep asking me about the cost.  I’ll reveal the price in the next email, but in the meantime, I can assure you this: several of my colleagues have already scolded me for not charging enough.  Your rewards for investing in this program will FAR outweigh the cost of enrollment.  I guarantee it.

So What’s Included in the Monthly Marketing Mentoring Program?

Monday, October 27th, 2008

I’ve been getting a lot of email from people wanting to know what’s included in the new Monthly Marketing Mentoring program that will launch tomorrow, Monday, at 11am.

Like you, they all want to know, “How will it benefit me and my business?”

The benefit to you is FOCUS.
Anyone who has been in business for a year or two knows that they need a marketing strategy to attract new clients and earn more. You know that you need have a way to attract clients, a way to clarify the value of your products and services and a way to close the sale.
And you may even know that with an effective follow strategy you can increase your profits by 300%.

Between print and e-media and using simple tools like the telephone, there are an almost infinite number of ways to market your business and an equal infinite number of ways to do it wrong and waste your time and hard earned cash.

Have you ever sent out a mailing, placed an ad or put up a web site and gotten no response, or not enough to break even? Despite all your hard work, your efforts missed the target. No one told you where or how to focus your marketing to get the results you wanted.

Knowing where to focus your marketing efforts is the key to the future of your company. While this has always been important, it’s even more so in this economy.

Have you ever asked;

What’s the quickest way to grow my business?

What’s the most cost-effective way to attract buyers?

What’s the best way to overcome the trust barrier and close the sale?

How can I write marketing copy that sells?

How can I use email to generate interest and close the sale?

The biggest challenge for any business owner — and even more so for small business owners — is knowing where to focus your efforts to maximize your return.

Your future, your success and how much you make depend on it.

What do you get when you join the Monthly Marketing Mentoring Program?

You’ll get access to the best ideas from the top marketing and sales experts in the country, people like Jay Conrad Levinson, Mike Bosworth, Al Ries, and many others including myself. With their expertise you’ll be able to focus the time and money you spend on marketing. You’ll discover the latest and most practical ways to pull in more profits.

How else will you benefit from being one of the first 250 people to sign up for this monthly marketing membership program?

You’ll receive my ultimate profit-generating gift worth $1,024.85

…as a BONUS when you test-drive this membership program including CDS and reports revealing:

- How to Make This Your Best Year Ever

- How to Close the Sale and Make $20,000 Next Month

- How to Think Like a Winner

- Which Mistakes 95% of Small Business Owners Make and How to Avoid Them

- 4 Easy Ways to Sell More

- How to Fix Your Web Site in One Week or Less

- The Essential Marketing Checklist

- The Ultimate Copywriting Checklist

And if that’s not enough, I’ll send the first 250 new-member gifts out with no shipping charges.

How much will membership cost?

With a value of thousands of dollars a month, what will this actually cost you? $297 a month? $197? Or will it be as low as only $97 a month?

You’ll find out the answer tomorrow when we open the doors.

Don’t miss it. With only 250 new member gifts, this is sure to sell out within days.

To your success,

Charlie

MarketingForSuccess

P.S. In sum, what’s the benefit of membership? Knowing where to focus your marketing so you maximize your profits in less time and with less effort.

It’s no secret; you can easily double and triple your business when you know what how to market it. I look forward to working with you. Remember to sign up tomorrow.

How To Win Without Pitching

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

The best sales presentation I’ve ever seen wasn’t a sales pitch, but when it was over I was sold for life.

Wouldn’t you like to be able to do the same with your marketing, sell clients for life without a single sales pitch?

I was in high school, attending a mandatory assembly about safe driving. We students were polite, but mostly inattentive until we saw the speaker toss an egg to a volunteer on the stage. By the time we heard “splat!” and saw the egg dripping from his hand, the speaker had our attention.

“That egg is you in a car crash, without a seat belt,” the speaker said. “Its simple physics: when a fragile object in motion stops suddenly, the energy has to go somewhere.”

“Now, let’s see what happens when we protect the egg,” he said, placing another in an empty dozen-size carton. The speaker flung the carton half way back into the auditorium, where a student caught it. On instruction from the speaker he opened the carton, removed the unbroken egg and held it aloft.

We were sold. The benefits of wearing a seat belt were etched permanently on our brains, as my recollection of the moment many years later attests.

Want to sell more of your prospects? Get started here >>

Everybody’s selling something…

The speaker may have been throwing, but he wasn’t pitching. As the egg story shows, there’s more than one-way to sell.

Think you don’t have to sell? Think again.

Everybody sells something - products, services or ideas. The speaker was selling an idea, and we bought it because of the power of his demonstration.

Good selling isn’t about high pressure and fast talk. It’s about providing information that enables buyers to make informed decisions. It’s about presenting  ideas in a way that grab their attention, eliminate their objections and demonstrate value. A canned sales pitch is seldom the best way to do that. In other words, you can win without pitching.

Interested? Want to know the secrets to winning without pitching? Start by using this link >>

That being the case, you need to know how to go about communicating with your prospects and clients. First, it helps to start thinking like your clients.  Here are four basic guidelines to help you market from your client’s perspective:

*No one likes to be sold, but nearly everyone loves to buy.

*People do things for their own reasons, not yours.

*People buy from you because they know you, like you and trust you.

*People make buying decisions based on emotions, not facts.

With those thoughts as a frame of reference, let’s consider what you should do to help people buy. These suggestions apply to on-line and off-line businesses equally.

*Be a problem solver. Establish your expert credentials by providing high-quality information that helps people solve their problems.

*Use stories and testimonials. People love stories. They help us understand context and let us relate better to a product or service.  Testimonials are short stories told about you by your clients. Prospective clients often find  it easier to relate to you through the positive experiences of others.

*Be patient. Selling is a lot like dating (yes, we’re all selling something). You wouldn’t think of planting a passionate kiss on someone at the beginning of a first date. It makes no more sense to try to close a product sale too soon. Provide information, build trust.

*Tell the truth and nothing but the truth. Keep in mind a quick search of the Internet probably will provide more than enough factual information to debunk any false claims.

*Use a variety of tools. We’ve already discussed the power of a good demonstration. It doesn’t have to be live - you can do a video demo on YouTube or your own Website. No matter what kind of business you have, a good Website should be a big part of your marketing mix.

Providing useful information helps customers gain confidence in you, which is essential to establishing trust. But at some point you have to close the sale. If you’ve provided good information that leads the customer logically from information consumer to eager buyer, closing the sale should be the natural end result.

If you’d like to attract more clients and generate more sales, discover how much more you could be making by winning without pitching. Take action today >>

To your success,

Charlie

Which Pricing Strategy Maximizes Profits?

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Are your prices so high that they scare away customers and  reduce your sales?
- or -
Are your prices so low that they’re killing your profits?

You know the problem all too well. The less you charge for a product or service the easier it is to sell. More sales are a good thing — but every time you reduce your prices you shrink your profit margin.

I bet you’ve heard the line, “If you sell for less, you’ll make more by selling higher quantities.” And that’s true– if you’re Walmart and sell massive quantities. For we small to mid-sized businesses with limited ability to cut our overhead, it just means lower profits.

What’s the alternative to reducing your prices?
Find the answer here >>

You could focus your marketing on moving your high-priced and high-profit items. But here’s the rub. It’s harder to get people to buy expensive products and services, so you sell fewer of them.

If low prices kill your profits and high prices reduce your sales, where’s the sweet spot?

What’s the product and pricing strategy that works to maximize your profits? Get the details here >>

The successful strategy is simple but powerfully effective. Don’t think about pricing each product or service individually, but think of you product or service offerings as a team.

Every professional team has its high priced players. They’re the superstars who make the touchdowns, make the goals or pitch the no-hitters. They’re the ones that attract fans and bring in the profits. But put them on the field or court by themselves and they’d lose in a New York minute.

Every superstar needs a supporting team. He or she needs a teammate to feed him the ball so he can sink the shot, a receiver to catch his winning pass, or someone to pass the soccer ball to her at the critical moment so she can kick it in and score.

Ready to discover how to eliminate objections to price and make more? Find out here >>

To maximize your profits and win with your business, your products and pricing need to work as a team too.

How can you win with your business?

Get Your Primary Objective Right
Let’s get it straight. The objective for most small to mid-sized business owners is not to maximize sales of the low-profit items. The goal is to maximize sales of those products and services that make you the biggest profits. How do you do this?

First, prove to your clients that your products and services have high value. Lead with a free offer or a low-priced product to get more new clients in the door and then up-sell them on the higher priced products and services.

The corner gas station in our one stoplight town understands this. People pull in to buy gas (which used to be a low-priced item) and then when they need a new muffler, tires or tune-up they already know and trust the station and are willing to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for the expensive repair.

Pick The Players (Products and Prices)

Every business needs low-priced items to get new clients in the door. Depending which business you’re in, you can provide the ultimate low-priced item, something for free, to get people to contact you.

Obviously giveaways, or low-priced items won’t make you the money you want to send your kids to college or buy your retirement home, but they will grow your list of qualified buyers. The more qualified buyers who know and trust you, the easier it is to sell your high-end products and services.

The key in selecting your products and determining pricing is to offer a range from low to high so that you can appeal to a wider range of buyers and lead customers into the sales process. The range of prices and choices satisfies the need many customers have to trust you before they purchase at your higher end.

Want to appeal to more buyers and make more money? Use this strategy >>

Have a Game Plan

I have one client whose lowest priced service is $8,500. And that’s a killer for many potential clients. It’s just too much to charge before you’ve built a good relationship.

Provide a Range of Options

One of the things that’s 100% clear about a new client or customer is that their buying behavior is unpredictable. You don’t know whether a buyer is likely to only want your lowest priced item or your highest priced one. That’s why you offer options. Most will start out at the bottom but others will buy at the top. Give them a range of options and choices to help them get to know you and trust you.

Don’t let your product lineup and your prices kill your profits or your sales. Get in the game by focusing on the right objectives, picking the right players and using a game plan to maximize your income.

To your success,

Charlie

P.S. Get your products and pricing working together as a team, from your supporting products to your superstar profit generating ones. They won’t do it by themselves, so you’ll need to know how. Here’s how >>

P.P.S. One of the first things I do with my mentoring clients is to review the range of products and services they provide and their pricing. Typically, with a few simple changes, this is where they can pick up an additional $10,000 or more in revenue in the first month. Do you want to add that kind of revenue this month? Start here >>

The Small Business Marketing Secret to Getting Referrals

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

“I get most of my new business from referrals.”

Every small business owner and marketer wants to be able to say these 9 words. When you can say this, it means you aren’t struggling to increase leads or frustrated with trying to convince prospects to buy from you.

When it’s true, your clients and business associates are doing your marketing for you.

When a prospect is referred to you, they’re relying on someone else, another client or a supplier to vouch for you and your products and your services. Your credibility and the value you provide is already established.

And this is a big relief because I don’t know anybody who truly enjoys having to prove themselves to prospects.

Typically you’ll convert 5 to 7 times as many referred prospects to clients. Let me repeat that; typically, you’ll convert 5 to 7 times as many prospects that come to you through referrals. Referrals make it a lot easier to be highly profitable.

For most small business owners and sales people the occasional referral drops out of the sky like a pleasant surprise. Don’t you love it when a new client is sent your way pre-sold and ready to buy? Everyone does!

If you like getting referrals so much, and they are so profitable, what are you doing to generate more? For most business owners and sales people the answer is… nothing.

What can you do to generate a steady stream of referrals so you can grow your business by leaps and bounds?

Want to know what works? Use this link >>

The 2 Marketing Secrets to Generating Referrals
The simple truth is that generating more referrals is as easy as
growing grass.

Recently my wife and I decided to do something about our sorry-looking lawn. We had done only the bare minimum of maintenance for several years. Last fall we surveyed the weeds and bare patches and decided we wanted to actually grow some grass.

After pulling out the weeds, what was left was pretty ugly. The first step was to spread grass seed. The next was to make sure it was watered twice a day. Without regular watering, as you know the seed would just dry up and blow away.

Here in Connecticut, rain is a random event. If we relied on nature there was a good chance the seed wouldn’t germinate and we’d be left with patches of dirt instead.

The solution? We cranked up the automatic sprinkler system. If you have one you know you can set it to water your lawn twice a day as we did. Now a few weeks later, the seed has sprouted and our lawn has filled completely filled in and looks great.

Want to fill in your sales with referrals so you can increase your profits? Get the details here >>

Generating a steady stream of referrals is the same as growing grass. Here’s the small business marketing ideas you need:

1. Prepare the Seed
To generate more referrals, plant the seeds with your best salespeople. Give your existing clients, suppliers and sales partners the marketing materials they need to promote you so they can spread the word.

This can be as simple as giving them the words to use to describe your business. A concise statement (8 to 12 words) of the problems you solve and the benefits of your products and services will help them spread the word. They can easily explain the value of contacting you to people they know.

You could go beyond just sharing your marketing message and produce a client-focused brochure that paints a clear picture of the situations you help people with and details the benefits of your services.

Or write and share articles that entertain and educate, and help prospects see you as the go-to expert.

And you could make sure that all of this information is readily accessible on your web site, so that existing clients can point people to your site.

In sum, if you want to generate more referrals, give your network of referral partners the right small business marketing tools to promote you.

2. Make It Rain Every Day
The second marketing secret to generating referrals is to make the process less random. We needed the automatic sprinklers to make our grass grow; you need an automated system for following up with your referral partners.

Stay in touch on a regular basis so they know what to do and when to do it. I schedule a call every month with each of my super affiliates, and then ask them to commit to a schedule of mailings and activities they can to do that will send referrals my way.

As a result, I can’t say that 100% of my business comes from referrals, but over 50% does. You can do the same by applying these two simple strategies.

Ready to discover the rest of the secrets to growing your profits that most business owners and marketers will never know or apply? Find out how to reach and exceed your business goals >>

Charlie
Revealing the Small Business Marketing Ideas Used By Self-Made Millionaires

Prefer to Listen To Small Business Marketing Ideas?

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

A month ago I was approached by someone who wanted to podcast my weekly small business marketing ideas and tips. No charge. He’d do it in return for permission to use them on this site.

We’ve now got 4 small business marketing ideas podcast. Take a listen and let me know what you think.

Listen to my small business marketing ideas >>

- Charlie
Small Business Marketing For Self-Made Millionaires

The Perfect Sales Pitch - for Small Business Marketing

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

To listen to the podcast of this blog online, use this link >>

You’ve got a qualified prospect on the phone and you know they could use your products or services. What do you do? What do you say to convince them to buy from you today?

Should you start by telling them about the features of the products you sell or the high-tech machines you’ll be using to get the work done or about the history of your firm? What should you say first, second and third to make the sale?

Stop! If your primary concern is making the sale, your prospect will know it. No one likes to be sold. So if you’re focused on convincing your prospect of your expertise or persuading them to buy, you’re taking the wrong tack.

What Not To Do
Fran is a search engine expert who helps keep my site in the top ten listings for my keywords. I’d referred one of my clients to her and then followed up a few days later to find out why she hadn’t signed up the client. I knew the client wanted SEO help and Fran wanted to work with the client, so I wanted to find out what had gotten in the way

When I asked Fran how the call had gone, she explained that she had spent an hour and a half talking with the prospect. She gave them a detailed review of their site and explained what could be done to improve it’s search engine positioning. On top of that, she sent the prospect a Camtasia of the call, a video file of the lengthy consultation.

But after all that and several follow up calls Fran still hadn’t closed the referred prospect.

Is it taking you too long to close the sale? Are you getting the brush off? If so, you’re using the wrong approach. If you want to close more sales, use this link >>

There is no set amount of time it takes to close a sale, but unless you’re selling something that costs tens of thousands of dollars, you’re not going to make money if you spend hours with each prospect. In most cases, 30 minutes is all you should need to close the sale.

How can you close the sale in 30 minutes or less?
Use this link >>

How to Pitch Your Prospects
Here’s the secret. The way to close the sale is to avoid pitching your prospect. That’s right; don’t try to prove to them you’re the perfect solution. That’s the wrong strategy and is a waste of time.

The best way to “sell” your prospects is by getting your prospect to do the work for you. Get them to tell you three things:

1. What they are trying to achieve
2. What they want
3. How your products or services can help them

Ask them questions to get them talking about the three points above. Then let them tell you why they should buy from you today.

How would Fran’s call have gone if instead of focusing on proving herself, she had asked questions such as these:

• How many unique visitors are you getting a week currently?
• How many sales does that generate?
• How much more could you be making with 4 to 10 times as many unique visitors to your site each week?
• How would you like me to help you?

Fran would have closed the sale and put money in her pocket and the prospect would be a happy client.

Ready to dump your pitch and discover how to have your prospects pitch themselves? You’ll close many more sales in much less time. Use this link to get the details >>

What’s the perfect sales pitch?

It’s the one your prospect gives you to convince you to sell them your products and services. And it’s 100 times more powerful than any you could come up with yourself.

- Charlie
Small Business Marketing Ideas that Get Results

P.S. Imagine if you could close twice as many prospects with less effort. How much more would you make?

Interested in making twice as much? Find out how >>

To listen to the podcast of this blog online, use this link >>

3 Marketing Ideas to Eliminate Objections to Price

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

When a prospect objects to your pricing, it is often the beginning of the end of a potential sale. You can run through all the benefits of your product or service again, but once price has become an obstacle, it’s hard to remove it. Do you offer to discount the price? That’s a slippery slope; how much of your profit can you bargain away?

Want to know how to ensure your method of selling sales overcomes objections to your pricing? Read this week’s marketing idea >>

Follow this link for more Marketing Ideas to boost your sales and eliminate objections to price >>

Charlie
Marketing Ideas That Make You Money