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What Is Your Flight Plan For Business Growth - Part 4

How To Increase Your Number Of Sales Per Client

Stock Brokers offer occasional initial public offerings (IPOs) to select clients.

Clothing stores offer "by invitation only" events for preferred clients

Auction houses offer "by invitation only" events for preferred clients

Jewelry stores offer "by invitation only" events for preferred clients

Airlines offer frequent flyer points reflecting the number of times traveled or distances traveled with them.

Miles Laboratories published a small cookbook filled exclusively with spicy recipes, and then gave the book away for free. Why? Miles Laboratories is the maker of Alka-Seltzer, an antacid digestive pain reliever.

How many consumer retail stores now offer loyalty cards i.e. 'Buy 9 and gain your 10th free" etc.

These are not just random, unrelated business-increasing anecdotes. Each example represents a well thought out, documented, income increasing principle or leveraging strategy.

Now you might be thinking, "My business responsibilities don't include clients and selling. I'm in the accounting / human resource / quality control / production department".

Think again because the fact is, everyone is in sales!!!

Whatever area you work in and are responsible for, you do have "clients" and you do need to influence and "sell".

Think within your organisation. Typically referred to as internal clients / stakeholders, who might include the head of your department who you might need to influence and sell towards your project, your proposal, your promotion, your perspective, your value, or your pay rise.

Your internal clients might also be those who work under you, and you need to influence and sell them towards giving their best, meeting a deadline, thinking out of the box etc.

Your internal clients might also be people in other departments who could aid you etc.

Think external to your organisation. How many vendors, complimentary companies or future employees do you have to influence and sell to?

When you read the phrase "selling your product or service", don't just think in terms of products and services your company sells. In addition, think of your individual and intangible personal product or service, yes - YOU!!!

You will need to influence and sell to others your ideas in order to advance your career, gain more respect and increase your success and income.

All the success strategies EffectiveCommunication.com.au shares with you are designed to raise you above your competition. If you work for a company, you have your company's competition to contend with. You also have your personal competition - the person down the corridor who you are competing with for your next big promotion. Or the person who just sent their resume to Human Resources because they want your job.

Look out for our future success strategies, which will help you to better influence and make that sale.


All the best with your business!


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