{"id":10780,"date":"2012-03-14T06:30:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T11:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37d57f8fa2.nxcli.io\/blog\/?p=10780"},"modified":"2012-04-17T15:07:05","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T20:07:05","slug":"overlooked-sales-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/marketing-strategy\/overlooked-sales-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Overlooked Secret To Sales &#8211; Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hear it all the time from business owners I work with. They tell me they tried direct mail, or asking for referrals, or promotions \u2013 and they worked but then for whatever reason they didn\u2019t try again.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know the real \u201csecret\u201d to sales success?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/marketing-strategy\/overlooked-sales-secret\/attachment\/sales1-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10784\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10784\" title=\"Sales1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Sales1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a>Here\u2019s a hint &#8211; it\u2019s not the latest\u00a0social media craze, nor is it the newest WordPress \u201cwidget\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The answer is really simple.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s consistency. Plain and simple. Doing what works, over and over, just like brushing your teeth prevents cavities \u2013 if you do it every day.<\/p>\n<p>You see, marketing is the lifeblood of your business. And just as you need to eat to survive, you need to market more than once to get results it.<\/p>\n<p>Think of it this way: If you only ate once a year, how healthy would you be?<\/p>\n<p>Exactly.<\/p>\n<p>Being hungry would be the least of your worries.<\/p>\n<p>Now, think of it in terms of your business. If you only marketed your business once a year, how long will you remain in business?<\/p>\n<p>Exactly.<\/p>\n<p>Studies have shown that people need to be exposed to a marketing message at least 5 to 7 times before they make a buying decision. So make sure you work to get your marketing message to your market frequently.<\/p>\n<p>So if you give up too early, you could be leaving a lot of money you deserve on the table.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure that\u2019s not something you want to do.<\/p>\n<p>The last thing you want in your business is a famished bank account. And that\u2019s exactly what happens when you stop marketing.<\/p>\n<p>Giving up on your marketing simply should be an option. You\u2019ll never know when someone is ready to buy. So make sure to cover all your bases.<\/p>\n<p>Market your business when things aren\u2019t going so well, and when things ARE going well.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be happy you did.<\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"450\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"8\" cellpadding=\"8\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ececec\" width=\"450\" height=\"0\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/lee-smith\/\">About Lee Smith<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfsstore.com\"><strong><br \/>\nRelated Resources<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/author\/lsmith\/\"><br \/>\nMore Posts by Lee Smith<\/a><\/strong>To discover the easy and inexpensive ways <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone can attract more clients and maximize their profits<\/span>, sign up for your<strong> <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/profitrules-es.html\">FREE <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/profitrules-es.html\">Profit Now <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/profitrules-es.html\">Report<\/a>. <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hear it all the time from business owners I work with. They tell me they tried direct mail, or asking for referrals, or promotions \u2013 and they worked but then for whatever reason they didn\u2019t try again. Do you know the real \u201csecret\u201d to sales success?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,13,16],"tags":[384],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}