Want more sales? Try these 40 tips for increasing business and profit.
1. Be nice, all of the time
2. Under-promise, over-deliver
3. Track everything
4. Advertise for profit
5. Hold a contest
6. Provide great customer support
7. Offer free shipping
8. Include warranties and guarantees
9. Distribute press releases
10. Contact editors and journalists directly when you have something newsworthy
11. Ask your customers and your employees for advice
12. Listen to what they have to say
13. Create a customer rewards program
14. Start a newsletter
15. Launch a direct-mail marketing campaign
16. Have a sale
17. Network
18. Give to charity
19. Be active in your community/church/social group/etc.
20. Publish articles
21. Speak at events
22. Become a media source
23. Follow up, follow up, follow up
24. Upsell
25. Sell on Ebay
26. Promote one product or service at a time
27. Shake hands and make eye contact
28. Laugh, be yourself
29. Think like a customer
30. Reward your staff
31. Create a “deluxe” model or “premium” service
32. Accept multiple forms of payment
33. Help others
34. Stay honest
35. Join a business group
36. Keep your business card on-hand. Always
37. Take a vacation – it refreshes the creative mind
38. Enjoy what you love – it motivates the soul
39. Challenge yourself to be better, to outperform your competitors through diligence
40. Know and understand the meaning of the phrase “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”
