{"id":1693,"date":"2009-08-31T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37d57f8fa2.nxcli.io\/blog\/?p=1693"},"modified":"2013-08-19T10:35:55","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T14:35:55","slug":"how-to-sell-when-its-tough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/advertising\/how-to-sell-when-its-tough\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Sell When It&#8217;s Tough&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Think you have it tough selling in this economy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Imagine you owned two frozen yogurt stands in the Midwest. It&#8217;s walk-up service only, no indoor seating and it&#8217;s the dead of winter. And, no surprise, hardly anyone is buying, only a few diehard customers are showing up.<\/p>\n<p>What could you do to increase sales?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I just finished interviewing one of the top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/advertising\/small-business-marketing-advertising-ideas-that-work\/\">advertising<\/a> minds on the planet. In the interview he reveals the one simple tactic he used to attract a flood of new customers for a small business owner with two frozen yogurt stands&#8230; in the middle of a Midwest winter.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/radio\/\">radio ad<\/a> had them lined up outside in the freezing cold and resulted in an 80% bump in sales for the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be mailing it out to Insiders&#8217; Circle members in a month but to get it you need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/members\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sign up today &gt;&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The simple strategy you&#8217;ll hear revealed is one anyone can use and you won&#8217;t want to miss this. And of course, you&#8217;ll get many more sample ads, and tactics you can use to boost your own sales.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/marketing-strategy\/use-this-marketing-strategy-to-increase-web-sales-by-300-this-month\/\">ad expert<\/a> you&#8217;ll be hearing in this interview is my new hero. I&#8217;ve bought all his books and every day I find an idea of his I can use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/members\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Join today to get the answer &gt;&gt;<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <em>Charlie<\/em><\/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\/about.html\">About Charlie Cook<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfsstore.com\"><strong><br \/>\nRelated Resources<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/author\/charlie-cook\/\"><br \/>\nMore Posts by Charlie Cook<\/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\/free8-s.html\">FREE <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Profit Now <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Report<\/a>. <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/a88dd448-f9d4-4c26-8c6f-fae9a62dc1ea\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=a88dd448-f9d4-4c26-8c6f-fae9a62dc1ea\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think you have it tough selling in this economy? 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