Step into the Customer’s Shoes

When you are shopping, you are looking for the best deal, the pleasant service representative who can answer your questions to help you make an informed decision. Be that rep. Put yourself in the customer’s shoes and deliver the kind of service you would expect and appreciate. 

Know Your Customers

Get to know who your customers are and what their motivations for buying are. You can do this by creating surveys and offering a gift or discount for completing the survey. This way you can target the correct customer base.

Know The Product

Even if you have never tried a product, dig for every bit of information you can find about it. Gather details of performance, quality, sizes, etc. from someone who has used it and get to know it as if you had actually tried it.

Know the product because if you know what you are selling, it will determine how you sell it. 

Market Your Business

Marketing your business takes some investment in patience. 

You create, communicate and deliver your 'product' but remember to be consistent in your marketing. 

Fact is, many persons will not consider your pitch until after their 7th or 8th ‘look’.

Get Used to Networking

Don't try to do it all alone. Get used to networking and talking to people. Someone you talk to today may not get involved in your business right then, but they may do so later. Or they may know someone who may know someone.....

Best Time to Start Your Business

The best time to start your business is while you are still gainfully employed.

It gives you the chance to accumulate the capital, experience, clientele and references you need to build your brand, your portfolio, your reputation.

Plan Your Steps to Success

Plan what you want to achieve and then determine the best way to succeed in doing it. Make small lists for each step and tackle them one at a time.