Explode Your Sales with Good Communication
By Listening Carefully to Your Customers' Needs You'll Gain Their Trust
By Jennifer Clason, published Apr 26, 2006
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These are simple and effective methods to increase your sales. You may think that you know what your customer wants, but do you really? Instead of assuming that you know, why not listen to the customer and ask questions to find out what it is that they REALLY want.1. Give your customers benefits, not features. Your customers don't want to know the ins and outs immediately of your products, they want to know how it benefits them! Save the details of the product for a secondary page that's NOT on your home page. You can give some main selling points, but keep the minor details off the home page and just list benefits.
For example, let's say you've got a strategy to get your clients out of debt. Don't tell them step-by-step how it works on the front page, be vague and leave the small print for another page. Instead tell them how they can imagine a life with riches and being debt free! That's a benefit, not a feature!
2. Keep in communication with potential buyers. I read somewhere that it takes at least 7 views of your products to get interested parties to buy them. They're obviously interested if they've gotten to your site and requested information, why not keep them informed about your news and updates to the site? You just may have a future customer. So keeping in constant communication is always a good idea!
It's also a good practice to use a "bookmark this page" and "tell a friend about this page" tool so you can get potential buyers for the future. Even if they're immediately not buying it doesn't mean they won't be back! Answer all of their questions immediately and promptly and if you go above and beyond, your customer service reputation will preceed you and your clients will appreciate your great communication!
3. Encourage your site visitors to ask questions. Some people may think they're bothering you or wasting your time to ask you a question. Extend your open arms to each and every surfer that comes into your site and encourage them to ask about your site!

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Takeaways
- Give your customers benefits, not features.
- Keep in communication with potential buyers.
- Encourage your site visitors to ask questions.
Did You Know?
It takes at least 7 views of your products to get interested parties to buy them.Resources
- Jennifer Clason is the site owner and operator of www.mommyjobs.com. She has been running a full-time home-based Internet business for 7+ years now and owns more than 10 different Internet Sales websites.
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