Clean Informer Magazine Spring 2013 | Page 21

your ideal target market and prospect you can begin to really “dial in” your marketing message to that market which leads to… Profit Activator #2: Use Direct Response Offers To Compel Prospects To Call YOU Immediately. You have so many effective delivery systems at your disposal today, such as the web, video, blogs, emails, direct mail and texting; you can even pay someone to hand deliver stuff to the doorsteps of your target neighborhoods. The idea is to use things that are cheap, affordable and trackable. Then make sure you are sending direct response ads and sales messages that are proven to work. Profit Activator #3: Patiently and Systematically Educate and Motivate Prospects To Call And Meet With You... Ready To Buy. Profit Activator #5: Deliver A “5-Star” Experience To Your Clients. Do a quality check right now: What do your uniforms look like? Can you do extra touches This is effectively done through direct to “wow” your client like wear shoe covers or response marketing. Big companies like use a door cover when it’s cold outside? Ask Coke and McDonalds rely on slick ads and yourself, “Did my clients have a ‘dream come expensive “image” advertising, but for a small true’ experience with me today?” Give your company like yours, your best bet is education client’s a “show” and treat them like they are based, direct response messages. These are at the Four Seasons…you’ll be paid back with always simple, clear and most importantly the ability to charge higher prices plus lots of crafted to answer your client’s most burning repeat and referral business. question…“What’s in it for me?” Profit Activator #4: Present Your Unique Service Offer In A Way That Makes It EASY To Get Started. Years ago I did this with my own cleaning business when I created my Free Room Of Carpet Cleaning™, Free Carpet Audit™ and Free Consumer Awareness Guide™. I make all of these strategies readily available in my Rich Cleaner System or you can come up with your own. Just remember, make your company stand out with unique service offers, not universal service offers. Profit Activator #6: Provide “After” the Sale “5-Star” Experience - Even After You’ve Been Paid. For example, if you are positioning yourself as a high end cleaner, your client may not have ever spent “this much” on cleaning before. Their spouse might come home and see a big cleaning bill and freak out. What did they pay for when they’ve never paid over $99 in the past?! That is the importance of education. Your clients and their significant others don’t know everything you did…so tell them. And 21