Adding Sales to your Company

Posted by Super Job For You | Posted in Sales | Posted on 01-02-2010

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Marketers from every niche have common ground when it comes to bills. Yeah, every month there is a new stack of bills demanding to be paid. Will there be enough profit to slide right through bill paying time without a flinch? Or do you find yourself fretting about whether you will even break even? You dont have to be victimized by envelopes and 8×10 sheets of paper. Implement these 3 techniques to boost your sales.

1. Find More Customers
The first thing that comes to mind when we think of making more money is getting more customers through our doors. In fact, the majority of advertising focuses on doing just that. There are several things you can do to entice more customers to buy from you.

Implement Follow-Ups
Marketing gurus have discovered that follow ups can increase your customer conversion rates by as much as 50%. Now, thats a whopping improvement! Do not let potential customers fade away. Keep the doors for future communication open, and watch the drastic growth in your profits.

Encourage Referrals
Every satisfied customer will tell 3 friends or family members about your business – without encouragement. Imagine what would happen if you start rewarding their efforts.

Get Free Publicity
Nearly everyone keeps a sharp eye on the local news. Hey, its funner to know what is going on when you personally recognize the names and faces in print! Find ways to make your business newsworthy and catch the attention of potential customers without even paying advertising fees.

2. Sell More Per Customer
Think about it… how can you get every customer that walks through your doors to spend more money before walking back out the doors? Here are 3 sure-fire, profit increasing tips:

Increase your prices.
Hey, that might not be as bad as you think. Along with the price increase, focus on increasing the perceived value of your product. Yeah, we all expect to pay a little more for high quality stuff. Not everyone is bent on finding the absolute cheapest price in town… they may be more interested in lasting quality.

Add some higher end products or services to your business.
It is never wise to put all of your eggs in one basket. That is why wise marketers diversify their products and services. Think of it this way… higher priced products may not make as many sales, but each sale will bring in a much greater profit. You dont need to make as many sales to come out on the best end of the deal.

Upsell
Offer every customer an additional product that accents his current purchase at the register. Hey, maybe they forgot they would need batteries to go with the toy they’re getting for their niece’s birthday gift! You can be a hero… a richer hero.

3. Sell More Often
The fact that it is easier to sell to the people who know and trust you is obvious. Sometimes we get so focused on new customers that we miss the gold mine in our own back yard. Take advantage of the hard work you have invested in winning the loyal customers you already have with these ideas:

Create a Special Deal
Show your customers you appreciate them and understand their needs with a special offer catered just for them. You will be thanking them, and selling more in the process.

Add New Products
Increase the number of products you already have available – especially products that your customers have asked for. They will know that you are looking out for them, and you will take their thanks to the bank.

Communicate
Resell yourself on a regular basis. Dont forget to let them know about upcoming specials that they will appreciate. Most of all… keep selling them on the benefits of the products or services you offer.

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A Critical Action for Successful CEOs

Posted by Super Job For You | Posted in Business | Posted on 11-01-2010

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Research conducted by The CEO Project suggests that the individual at the very top of the organization should spend their most valuable resource – time – much differently than how it is currently spent.

How the top person chooses to spend their time determines to a large extent the ultimate value of the organization. There are three actions that successful top executives focus on. Elsewhere you can read about the need for selecting the right business and profit model as well as selecting “A” players and having them in key positions.

The third critical action that the leaders of successful organizations focus on is the creation and implementation of “A” processes in customer service and sales.

The ability to systematically delight customers means they will stay, buy more and refer others. Having the ability to do this every time is critical. Note that the operative words in the definition are “delight” and “every.”

How can this be accomplished without significant cost? Consider that the end of each transaction, the customer is asked “Are you delighted, satisfied or not satisfied?” The next question is “why?” These eight words will reveal how the customer rates the entire experience, which includes the people, the processes, the product and the service. Given how simple this exercise is, it makes things “real” to those using the information.

The Ritz Carlton hotel chain understands the need to delight every customer. At the chain, every employee is empowered to take care of customer needs. Ritz Carlton understands that there is great economic value turning a satisfied customer into a delighted one. The intent of the company is “to create guests for life.”

Putting “A” processes into the sales function will greatly loosen if not free the point of constraint that keeps most organizations from growing as fast as they could. It starts with a decision to have an “A” player in charge of that department.

One way to conduct this assessment is to assume that the person being evaluated (and currently holding the position) has been out of that job for a year and the CEO has a chance to hire them back. The ratings would be:

“A” is defined as the CEO would move ‘heaven and earth’ to rehire that person

“B” is defined as the CEO would definitely rehire that person instead of taking a chance in hiring a new person from the outside

“C” is defined as the CEO would not rehire that person and would hire someone from the outside

This process can then be repeated until a candid assessment of all the positions reporting directly to the individual in charge of the sales area has been evaluated.

Other key issues related to improving the sales process includes an assessment of prospecting and lead generation; follow through on leads provided to the sales force; presentations made to prospects, overcoming objections and closing.

If a company can systematically increase its customer base and delight its existing customers, this combination leads to a series of compounding events. Existing customers continually buy more of the firm’s products at a cost of sales far below that of capturing new customers. Delighted customers become clients, refer others, which validates the essential need to develop “A” processes in customer service and sales.

There are many organizations that claim that they have great customer service (and great people working in the organization) but the truth is quite different.

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Green Jobs in USA get $5 Billion

Posted by Super Job For You | Posted in Job | Posted on 24-12-2009

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U.S. to Inject $5 Billion into Green Jobs  30% tax credits to investors in factories working with targeted technologies.  The government on Dec. 17 said it plans to pour five billion dollars into fostering jobs growth in green technologies and clean energy.

Vice President Joe Biden announced White House support for the program, which requires congressional approval and is part of the $787 billion economic recovery plan President Barack Obama launched in February.

The plans would offer 30% tax credits to investors in factories working with targeted technologies in the wind energy and solar energy sectors, as well as batteries, according to the White House.

“We have to jump-start growth in green manufacturing — and part of that is encouraging companies to build the components of green technology right here on American soil,” Biden said.

“By combining the most talented workforce, the most entrepreneurial businesses, the best universities in the world with seed capital from government investment, we can once again produce cutting-edge technology that creates 21st century jobs here in America,” the vice president added.

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THE RIGHT PACKAGING

Posted by Super Job For You | Posted in Job | Posted on 04-09-2009

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THE RIGHT PACKAGING

When presenting yourself for potential employment, you need to be able to package yourself well as the right person to consider for that particular job. The first crack you get at a job is usually through a resume. Resume help materials could not stress enough the fact that the resume is not exactly the instrument that could land you your perfect job but would only have to succeed in getting you the job interview. An effectively written resume, either by yourself or with a resume help resource, should be able to interest the human resource officer in calling you in for an interview. It is important for you to package yourself well in your resume so that you are able to come across as someone who is worthy of seeing and hearing from.

Before you start writing your resume, take a look at the job description of the job you are applying for. If you are responding to a job classifieds advertisement, review the qualifications that are detailed in the ad taking note of how they are worded. Match this description to your skills and achievements. Craft your resume content in a manner that is aligned with the qualifications your prospective employer is looking for. As you will find out from a number of resume help materials, you need to highlight your skills and achievements in a concise and impactful manner. You do not need to include all the details of your previous employments. Choose only those that are significant and relevant. Writing your resume in a manner that your prospective employer will find logical and interesting will give you more chances of being called in for that job interview.

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