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Referral Flood has officially launched.
If you want to generate more referral business, then you need to
seriously consider this ultimate guide to referral marketing.
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For those who would like to refer
Referral Flood or "Refer 3 and Yours Is Fr~ee." I have set-up and
affiliate program that will allow you to introduce the Referral Flood
program to other small business owners and make 30% of each sale ($32.10
US currently). I have also created a host of marketing tools that will
make it easy for you to find ways to show others the power of referrals.
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Target Niches Are Your
Way To Riches
The reality is just the opposite. When you attempt to be all things to all people the only thing that is unlimited is the amount of competition you will face from every other firm that claims to do what you do. The surest way to tap into the potential of a market is to narrow your focus to one or two very specific niches within a target market group. When you can become known for serving a tight niche several things happen.
Most buyers out there, when given the choice, would rather hire someone who has specific expertise and emphasis on their type of business or need. An architect would much rather hire "The Architect's Consultant" than a business consultant. Someone who wants to learn a certain piece of software would much rather hire a company that features that software as their sole service offering. When you become the preferred choice, or when you start to get calls from companies whose market you excel in, price is no longer the driving issue. When given enough information, prospects make buying decision based on value, not price. By communicating your expertise and focus on their business or problem, you instantly take a big leap in the value equation. So, where to look for niches Take a look at your current client base. Where do your revenues come from now? In some cases it can simply be a matter of focusing on what you already do but repositioning the way you communicate. Don't forget the 80/20 rule. Do 80% of your profits come from one or two services or products? What about market niches? Do you find that you work better with accountants and doctors? Or maybe you seem to draw retail businesses. Centers of influence. Where do you have a large number of contacts. Your church, your religion, your school, a hobby, an Association, a part of town? Your competition. Sometimes niches present themselves by way of your competitors - Either as a niche they are succeeding with or as a way to find gaps that are not being served. A couple of examples A financial planner - This successful planner played football in college and is very involved in his church. He has chosen to use those two niches and focus on folks close to the University and folks involved in the various circles in his religion. 95% of his new clients are voluntarily referred. A software training company - This small business started out trying to promote its ability to train business owners to use any type of small business software. At some point they became very good at one popular contact management program and redesigned their entire business around training business owners to use this program to grow their businesses. And the results have been stunning. An Internet Resource
One of the ways to hunt for
potential niches is find out what people are searching for. The Internet
offers some great tools for just that. One of my favorites is a service
called Overture. Overture is a pay-per-click web advertising service but
for "niche hunting" they offer a tool that allows you to type in a
keyword, such as software training, and see how many people have
searched on that and related terms in the last month.
Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool
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