Fight to get your Referrals sooner

The fastest and easiest way to grow your business is from your customers spreading the word
about you.

However, standard referral programs just don’t work. You see, customers just aren’t thinking about you. Most people are egocentric and are usually thinking about themselves and their families.

This is not a bad thing. If we didn’t care for our own needs, we’d all be in a constant daze. But we are wrapped up in our own lives, and it doesn’t occur to most folks that the small business owner, who dedicated so much time to helping them, would really like a referral.

 MOST REFERRAL PROGRAMS DON’T WORK!

Furthermore, the concerted efforts to create a referral program are often more of a headache than they are worth. I have seen several “referral programs” in action that really have no hope of succeeding. In fact, most don’t. So, rather than create programs, many people rely on the good old request. “Please, send me referrals.” But, unless you are asking on a regular basis, your customer’s going to forget again.

 © 2008 By Clate Mask

 "keywords" content=" REFERRAL PROGRAM, Referrals, get Referrals"

What Do They Add?

You can’t be the perfect entrepreneur. You can try, and maybe get close, but at some point in
time everybody needs additional skills, markets, and time they don’t possess.

One of my favorite learning moments was when someone taught me about synergy. The example they used was two horses pulling a cart. Each horse can pull approximately 500 lbs (I’m making that up, because I don’t remember the actual numbers). A basic understanding of math would logically determine that strapping the two horses together, they could pull 1,000 lbs. In reality, two horses working together can pull three times the amount they could on their own-- not double.

These are the same advantages partnerships provide. Partners are skilled individuals using their
time and skills to not only assist you, but help you do more than either of you can do on your
own. The benefits become absolutely magical.

keywords:-advantages partnerships provide,killed individuals,The benefits

 © 2008 By Clate Mask

ways to Grow your business Through Partners

 Use PARTNERS to help grow your business

One of the great traits of entrepreneurs is that they feel like they can do it all.

Obviously you have to have some degree of that feeling, otherwise no one would take on the challenge of having their own business. So, although it’s admirable to want to work and (in the case of most small business owners) devote your life to your business, sometimes you need a little extra help.

Let’s face it. You are just one person. And, no matter how great you are, there are not enough hours in the day to get through everything you need to accomplish. Nevertheless, that mentality doesn’t stop many people from trying. Rather than hire more employees or find alternative

means of growing their business, small business owners allow their companies to hit a peak and maintain that peak forever.

 

This chapter encompasses the use of partners to help grow your business. When I say “Grow

Through Partners” I am talking about giving your business additional reach. You don’t want to have partners just for the sake of having partners. The purpose needs to be clear. They need to be individuals that will significantly add to the success your small business is already experiencing.

keywordsPARTNERS ,business, entrepreneurs

 © 2008 By Clate Mask

Get Paid and Get Growing

Your budget should not be dependent on whether or not people pay, but how many products you

sell or how many customers use your services. It shouldn’t be a competition of who can hold out longer, but who can fill the needs of their customers.

The proficiency of technological systems has eased financial burdens from the shoulders of small business owners. Too many small business owners want to fight against the system with manual efforts, when the solution is just a computer system away.

If you’re going to double your sales, you need the money to run and grow your company.

Get Paid and Get Growing

keywords:-Get Paid ,Get Growing,dependent, financial burdens,manual efforts

 © 2008 By Clate Mask

Automate Your Financial Tasks now

Okay, here is another reason I love technology! I see so many people trying to create their own invoices and send them out. Each time that happens, I shake my head at the tediousness of it
all. Some people refuse to use new technology. However, those small business owners that understand how liberating software automation can be are the ones who will significantly increase their revenue.

With the right type of system, small business owners can not only create invoices, they can track payment histories and manage any number of payment plans. Small business owners can be alerted of upcoming or past due payments.

Furthermore, your system should be able to instantly produce reports for you. Learn which
products are selling best. Discover what your sales totals have been for a particular month. In
other words, the system can do it all for you, whether you’re an accounting genius or not.

keywords:-businesses,Automate ,Financial Tasks,revenue,create invoices

 © 2008 By Clate Mask