Here are some valuable tips to help increase your sales, compliments of business consultant Mark Wardell.
1. Up-sell to your customers
For starters, they already know and trust you, plus they have demonstrated a willingness to buy. So if they are given the option of a volume discount, for example, they just might jump at the opportunity to buy more.
2. Cross-sell to your customers
People appreciate convenience and choice. Be sure to provide both by making additional products or services available that complement and enhance your customers’ buying experience. For example, if a customer buys a product from you that requires batteries, be sure to offer him batteries at the time of purchase. Otherwise he’s likely to be frustrated when he gets home and discovers that he needs to head back out to get some batteries… possibly from someone else’s business.
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