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How to bring in customers

So you’ve quit your 9-to-5 and you’re ready to make millions. How do you get started?

Welcome to the world of sales. Whether you’re in the service industry or the product business, you need to sell, sell and sell some more.

You may be thinking “Wait a minute. I started my own company because I’m passionate about XYZ, not to be a salesman.” This couldn’t be further from the truth. As soon as you start your own company, sales is your raison d’etre. As soon as you start your own company, sales is your raison d’etre.Don’t stress though, it’s not as bad as you think.

I’ve had the privilege of being in both the service industry (working as a web developer) and the product industry (selling web applications), so here some tips and tricks I’ve picked up along the way:

8 ways to increase sales

Network like a crazy person. People do business with people they know and trust. It’s that simple. However, when you’re out meeting new people, don’t just think about ways they can help you, think about how you can help them too.

Create a niche. Pick a specific area to excel in and tackle that. This will make it much easier to focus your efforts and beat the competition.

Get your pricing right. Often when you start out, you won’t get your prices quite right. We recently encountered this with Carson Workshops

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