{"id":2695,"date":"2016-10-27T20:43:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T17:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/?p=2695"},"modified":"2016-10-14T22:44:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T19:44:34","slug":"ways-leverage-existing-customers-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/ways-leverage-existing-customers-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to Leverage Existing Customers for More Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"iii-article-image lazyload\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0; max-width: 250px; max-height: 150px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/assets.entrepreneur.com\/content\/3x2\/1300\/20160323151049-salesperson-men-coworkers-rep-hire-selling-agreement-handshake-successful.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><\/p>\n<p>In sales,\u00a0chasing down new leads and hunting for new business is the most obvious way to boost sales. But it\u2019s not necessarily the smartest approach for winning more sales.\u00a0In fact, most salespeople can get so caught up in looking for new customers that they totally ignore their greatest asset &#8212; their existing clients.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, the single best way to make more sales is to leverage your relationships with people you\u2019ve already done business with. Sounds pretty simple, right? Not so fast.<\/p>\n<div class=\"teadsNative\">\u00a0Most salespeople have tons of existing clients they haven\u2019t spoken to in months &#8212; or even years. For one reason or another, these customers will disengage from you over time. But the trick is to keep those relationships alive in the first place. Luckily, there are several ways to do just that.\u00a0Check out these seven easy strategies for engaging (and re-engaging) your existing customers &#8212; so you can crush your sales goals and find new business in the process:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>Call with a purpose.<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your clients are busy &#8212; and so are you &#8212; so don\u2019t waste your time or theirs by calling up an existing customer to casually check in. Instead, bring value to your clients by telling them about a new product or service. When you call with a purpose, your clients will appreciate your taking the time to reconnect.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>Take them out to eat.<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What one trait does every single customer of yours have in common? They all have to eat sometime. Clients love being treated to breakfast or lunch. Even the most unavailable and hard-to-reach clients will suddenly respond to your messages when you offer to take them out for a meal.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>Send them a birthday card.<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With social media, it\u2019s easier than ever to find out someone\u2019s birthday &#8212; but that doesn\u2019t mean your competitors are using this to their advantage. In some cases, you may find that you\u2019re the only person to send clients a birthday card, aside from their mothers. A birthday card is a quick and powerful way to go the extra mile and engage your current customers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>Send them a note.<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many salespeople rely solely on phone calls and emails to communicate with their customers. Instead, drop a relevant article or book in the mail with an accompanying handwritten note. Something as simple as, \u201cHey, John, this article made me think of you,\u201d or \u201cI thought you\u2019d really enjoy this book,\u201d can quickly engage your clients and keep you at the forefront of their minds.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"iii-article-source\">Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/281492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Ways to Leverage Existing Customers for More Sales<\/a> via www.entrepreneur.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, the single best way to make more sales is to leverage your relationships with people you\u2019ve already done business with. Sounds pretty simple, right? Not so fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[304,309],"tags":[435,436],"class_list":["post-2695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marketing-advertising","category-tips","tag-leverage-existing-customers","tag-more-sales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xtremefreelance.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}