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People are always looking for ways to close the sale. Often times when
you lose a sale, it has nothing to do with your ability to close. The only
secret to closing more sales is by focusing more on your customer.

Focus on the customer goes far beyond the words coming out of your
mouth. Your focus directly affects your body language, your tone, and
your message. These are three of the key factors that customers use to
determine if they like you and if your product can solve their problem.

Focusing on your customer means that you are actively listening and
that you personally care about the customer. These things cannot be
faked. You must truly want to listen and you must truly care about
helping the customer. That is the only secret to closing the sale.

Body language will show you are focused on your customer. Your
customers detect your body language even if they are not aware of it.
There is no ’secret’ way to ensure that you have effective body
language. When you are engaged in a conversation with a customer
and you remain focused, it can be nothing but positive body language.

The same is true for your tone of voice. If you are listening with the
intent to understand, instead of listening with the intent to respond, then
that amount of personal attention will reflect in the tone of your voice.
The tone of your voice, like your body language, plays a role in how well
someone receives your message.

The content of your message will naturally be in-line with what the
customer would like to hear if you focus on the customer and nothing
else. When you are in-sync with the customer, then the customer will
guide the conversation all the way to the commitment to buy.

Here are eight ways to ensure you are focusing on your customer:

1. Relax.

2. Find out something personal about your customer.

3. Call them by their first name often.

4. Find out WHY they are interested in your product and refer back to
that reason often.

5. Listen to understand the meaning of what it is they are saying.

6. If you catch yourself formulating a response before they finish talking,
this means that you are not listening.

7. Look your customer in the eye.

8. Get your mind right. Why do YOU want to help this customer? If the
answer is just to make the sale, then start here.

You need to care about the customer personally and care about solving
their problem before you can ask them to buy from you. Many
salespeople are well intentioned but lose focus of their customer
somewhere during their conversation. It is this ability to maintain your
focus that will not only differentiate you from your competition; it will win
you more sales.

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This is a stupid question but it has to be asked.

Does your sales letter create as many sales as you would like?

What proportion of them respond to your advert?

What is just as important, how many of those that responded
actually purchased your product?

How can you improve the response rate?

How many new email addresses did you capture?

Do you have an ‘opt in’ strategy so that you can mail them later with more offers without being accused of spamming?

Let us look at the sales letter first.

The headline.

Does it stand out? Does it grab your attention?

Does it shout, “READ ME, READ ME, READ ME”.

On the other hand: Does it give a tantalising hint at something

interesting inside. Something of real benefit to the reader.

Does it ask a question that can only be answered by reading the

content of the letter?

The letter itself.

Is it speaking to a group of people? Or is it a one to one

conversation?
How many times does it say ‘You’ compared with the number of

times it says ‘Me, We or I’.

Your readers are not interested in you or what a marvellous
gadget you are offering. No, they are only interested in

what it can do for them. How much better off they will be if
they invest their hard earned cash in your enterprise.

Will it help them to become rich, a better person, happier
or better looking, Will it make them more attractive to the
opposite sex?

Convince them of just one of these, or similar things and
the price will not matter.

It all boils down to “What’s in it for me.”

The old adage: “Sell the sizzle, not the steak” is as
relevant now as it was in the old days of door knocking.

Let’s go back to the original sales letter.
How good was it in the first instance?
Were you happy with the initial response? if so, what went
wrong? Has it become stale. Would a makeover put it right?
Perhaps it just needs a new headline.

If the click through rate is good, it would appear that the
headline is doing it’s job.

Should the ratio of purchases to clicks-through be poor I
would suggest that the text of the letter is not up to
scratch.

The problem may not be in the letter, or the headline.
It could be that you are not aiming your advertising at
the right people.

Whatever you are selling, a very large percentage of the
population will not be interested in it.

You must find those who are the most interested in your
particular product.

You would not think of advertising fishing rods in a
fashion magazine.

It is amazing how many things are aimed at e-zines and
other media that have little or no relevance to the product.

Let us assume that we are advertising in a selection of
ezines.

How do we know which ones to use?

The surest way is to sort out some likely ones and subscribe
to them. Ask for some back issues. Get a feel for the type
of readership.

Would they be likely to be interested in your product?

Or have you another product that would interest them?
I have had some of my best product ideas from reading an
ezine that had no relevance to what I was selling at the
time.

I generally try the cheapest adds first, if I am sure that
the readership is right for my product and the cheap ad’
pulls even a few sales, I then put a similar ad in the best
position in the ezine, knowing that if the small ad’ works,
the bigger ad will surely make a good profit.

Should the cheap ad’ not work, don’t give up yet. You can
generally get a good idea of what is working by studying the
other ad’s in the ezine, especially those that appear week
after week in more than one ezine.
Type out a similar ad’ but for your product and see how it
goes.

Copy other people’s methods but don’t copy their adverts.
As soon as someone has written something, it immediately
becomes their copy write and you would need their permission
to reproduce it. (The main exception is if you paid that
person to write it for you.) In that case it is best to
decide who is the owner of the copy write before you start.

Don’t give up. If you have faith in what you are selling,
you must find the best methods of advertising it.

Then it is up to you to write the best advert that you can.
Always remembering that it is the headline that must capture
the reader’s attention. Without a good headline, the best
advert in the world will be overlooked and just a waste of
space, time and money.

I hope I have given you something to think about.
In this business your adverts are your shop window.
The aim is to get their attention and invite them to come in
and take a closer look.

I wish you all the best in your business ventures, remember,
You are a very important member of the community.
Without the small businesses, the world’s economy would
collapse over-night.

By for now. Bob…..Robjfar

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We all learned in Sales 101 we must follow up with our prospects until they buy. Unfortunately, while we’re busy trying to make all these follow-ups, some very fine prospects who are ready to buy now are flying under our radar.

The trick in sales is to talk to buyers. Rather than responding, “Duh!”, professional sales people find this the hardest discipline to execute. But like most successful strategies, it requires a tactical plan. If you’ve been relying solely on follow-up phone calls to close sales, why not try this plan for 30 days?

1. Create a follow-up activity series. If you use ACT! or another contact manager, assign the series after you send your proposal. If you close the sale, you can always end the series early. Your series could look like this:

0 DayProposal Sent

2 DaysFollow-up Phone Call

4 DaysFollow-up Email

7 DaysFollow-up Voice Mail

10 DaysFollow-up Email

14 DaysFollow-Up Voice Mail

30 DaysFollow-Up Email

2. Write a compelling voice mail script. Limit it to 10-15 seconds. (Time it!) Start with your name, company and phone number (which gives the recipient an opportunity to retrieve your number without having to wait for the entire message to play). Next, say your compelling message; then, a declaration about what you want them to do. Finally repeat your phone number at the end. I often give my email address as an alternative way to “return the call.”

My voice mail sales follow-up call goes something like this: “Hi, ___, this is Lori Feldman with Aviva, 800/264-5478. I just completed a project for another client who was as concerned as you are about ___. Listen to what happened when they bought my services: (Recap story). I have some additional ideas for (Company’s project for which I sent you my proposal. When are you available to discuss it? Here’s my phone number again and my email address, if that’s an easier way for you to contact me: (Phone and email address.)

3. Send a Fax. Once I get 30 days out from a sent proposal, with no feedback from a prospect, I figure it’s time to put him back in the prospect bucket where he’ll receive the regular direct marketing I send to all customers and prospects (ACT! Tips, User Group invitations, newsletters, etc.) However, because he was interested in my servicesenough to ask for a proposaland he hasn’t said “no” yet, I still want to give him his own follow up.

Based on the value of the proposal, I may put in a recall date every 30 days, or start emailing again, but first I’ll try my “last ditch effort,” a fax that says, “It looks like your needs may have changed since we last talked. Please check the appropriate box and fax it back to me at your convenience: 1) We’re still interested, but I’ve had no time to follow up with you. Try me in ___ days/months; 2) Our needs have changed, and we don’t need you! 3) We went with another vendor, sorry! 4) Who are you again?” Humor goes a long way, too.

It’s true that persistence pays off in higher close rates. But your prospect is busy, too, and sometimes you’re just not the high priority you think you are. Many potential customers prefer responding via email, which is faster and less intrusive in their day than a phone conversation can be. Giving a prospect several ways to communicate with youespecially when it cuts down on the time you’re spending with non-buyersis a more effective long-term sales strategy. When you focus selling time on buyers who want to buy today, your sales go up!

Lori Feldman is president of Aviva, a mailing list/database marketing and Internet consulting firm and an ACT! Software Certified Consultant. She is this year’s Direct Marketer of the Year, awarded by the Direct Marketing Assn. of St. Louis. Reach her at http://www.aviva-aviva.com/act.html

Are your sales coming up a little short these day? Retail sales, Internet commerce, and business-to-business suppliers are all having problems matching their stellar performances of previous years.

When economic times get tight, just about every business’ sales slump.

Get a quick and lasting boost in sales by making your customers an offer they can’t refuse. Customers will buy IF you give them a really good reason to. Of course, the tighter their budgets, the better the reason has to be.

Use Psychology

First, try to understand your customer’s thoughts and desires. Most people have goals they are striving to reach. They may be trying to cut costs, spend less time on tasks, be more attractive, or simply find more excitement in life.

When your customer falls short of her goal–as almost all of us do from time to time–she may look for a purchase to move her further toward where she wants to be.

As an example, Sandra is frustrated with the growing complexity of her business. Last week she bounced a check and forgot to invoice a customer. The simple bookkeeping system she created when she started the business isn’t able to keep up now that her business has grown.

On a trip to her neighborhood office supply store, Sandra sees an affordable accounting program. It promises to make quick work of all the things that are frustrating her. As Sandra picks up the box and heads to the checkout, she already FEELS like her life is more organized.

Psychologists call this important principle “reaction formation.” It is a powerful motivation that influences a great deal of what we buy.

Think about the goals your customers probably have. How can your product, service, or idea help them feel like they are getting closer to their goal? While you are helping your client reach his objective, it is the fact that he FEELS like he is getting there that is so important.

Create a High-Value Bundle

If one product or service can solve a problem, imagine how well three, four, or five products could work. When you bundle together several related products or services, customers respond.

Look for items that work together to cover every angle of a problem on the job, at home, or in the customer’s personal life.

A computer site might bundle software that prevents crashes, a second program that makes memory work more efficiently, and a virus protection program.

Billed as “fix crashes, avoid future problems, and make your computer run faster,” the bundle could be priced low and placed on the opening web page and in print advertising.

Show the value the customer gets when she buys the items in a bundle rather than separately. Add up the total savings and promote them. Point out how the customer could use the money she saves.

NPR recently reported that studies have found that customers don’t necessarily want the lowest price, they just want a fair price. Some retail chains feel they don’t get results unless they offer at least a 50% price cut. Most businesses get sales with much smaller price reductions. Our customers are usually delighted if we can lower prices ten percent.

Perks and Time Limits

You can sweeten the offer by adding attractive perks. These are usually things you can buy or provide cheaply but have a high perceived value to customers.

We created a bonus where we write a classified ad and place it on a major site that gets millions of visitors. Customers love the service and it doesn’t cost us much. Our professional writers create a classified ad quickly and we place them at low cost. The perk is an easy and effective way to round out the bundle and close lots of sales.

Give your high-value bundle a time limit. Customers are busy with thousands of advertising messages competing for their dollars. Unless you can give them a good reason to buy NOW, many will put off the purchase and forget about it.

Advertise that your bundle is only available for 24 hours, a week, a month, or until the end of the year. You may want to offer the same bundle over the long haul,but change the bonus items for time to time.

By combining these three principles you can create a quick and lasting boost in sales. Customer psychology, high-value bundles, and time limits work together to build excitement and traffic for your store, service, or web site.

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Connecting the Yorkshire Dales town of Settle in North Yorkshire with the town of Carlisle in Cumbria near the Scottish border, the
Settle to Carlisle Railway
is one of Great Britain’s most famous and spectacular railway lines.

Starting at Settle in North Yorkshire the Settle to Carlisle Railway passes through the spectacular upland scenery of the
Yorkshire Dales
and the
Northern Dales
en route to its final destination of Carlisle.

Attractions taken in by the journey “en route” include North Yorkshire’s famous “Three Peaks” area
(which is dominated by the towering millstone grit capped fells of Pen-y-ghent, Ingleborough and Whernside,
Ribblehead (where an impressive twenty four arch viaduct spans the bogs and moorland of the Batty Wife Moss),
Blea Moor, Dentdale, Garsdale, Mallerstang Common (a wide valley beneath Wild Boar Fell), and the Eden Valley
(which runs between the fells of the Cumbrian Lake District and the Northern Dales area of North Yorkshire. Cumbria and County Durham.

With connections from Skipton, Leeds, the West Yorkshire conurbation, and the south, the Settle to Carlisle Railway provides a convenient
and scenic route of travel for visitors to the Yorkshire Dales, Carlisle and beyond. While some travellers use the route simply to get from A to B,
others go for the scenic journey alone !

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The OSGA is an unbiased agency that watches the offshore gambling trade, they undertake to give gambling lovers the facility to easily identify reputable enterprises to play gambling games on, without concern. The authority aims to preserve the concerns of consumers, also they do not demand any association charges.

The association is a highly proficient not to mention non-biased third party council who voice nonpartisan judgments, advised by customer feedback, impartial study, phone chats, inside prompts moreover imparts industry information.

The Interactive Gaming Council is a non-profit-making organization. The agency has been founded to provide a platform for involved individuals to talk over matters and also to move forward common concerns in the global online gambling profession, in an effort to establish impartial and also responsible professional standard procedures and practises which heighten end user certainty in web based sports gaming merchandise and benefits, and in addition to assist as the gaming industry’s general practise adviser and the Interactive Gaming Council also provides a data center.

The IGC have made a distinction for developing reliability, integrity also credibility through its rigid ethics, and also its appeal for business enterprises of proper practise. The Interactive Gaming Council regularises overseas gambling by means of recommending a specific ten step code of conduct not to mention bills sports gambling businesses fees to show their logo. Discontented gamblers may, if they need to, recount any of their conflicts to the IGC.

The FTGA was formed in a venture to construct a benchmark to improve the transactions of networked gambling operations. The IGC suggest that through affiliating with enterprises of honorable standing, they are able to bring about a coalition of the most honest and most professional overseas betting operations multinationally.

So, these are bodies which keep an eye on the behavior of machine-accessible sports gambling and which should in time help to assuage a few of the concerns because of insecurity experienced by doubters. Web based betting sites are today actually trustworthy, beacuse individual details are not necessary and in addition the remuneration not to mention the betting odds are as a rule equivalent to your usual Vegas-style bet. They cut down travel time, but keep of a gambling casino, however nowadays you can gamble in your own house.

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