{"id":18965,"date":"2019-06-09T15:15:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T12:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=18965"},"modified":"2019-06-09T05:30:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T02:30:58","slug":"attract-new-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/attract-new-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Ways to Retain Existing Customers and Attract New Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.talk-business.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/shutterstock_1201936246.jpg\" alt=\"\u00d9\u0086\u00d8\u00aa\u00d9\u008a\u00d8\u00ac\u00d8\u00a9 \u00d8\u00a8\u00d8\u00ad\u00d8\u00ab \u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u0084\u00d8\u00b5\u00d9\u0088\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d8\u00b9\u00d9\u0086 \u00e2\u0080\u00aaAttract new customers\u00e2\u0080\u00ac\u00e2\u0080\u008f\" width=\"568\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Entrepreneurs face a challenge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/five-ways-to-become-entrepreneurs\/\">\u0631\u0648\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0644<\/a>and small and medium-sized businesses, especially amid a growing number and variety of competitors: customer attrition <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">and a declining customer base. Customers may lose interest in a service or product, or switch to a competitor, making it essential for these businesses to develop plans to grow their customer base<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> \u0628\u0634\u0643\u0644 \u062f\u0627\u0626\u0645.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The term \u201cprospecting\u201d refers to identifying potential customers and converting them into actual customers. This requires continually looking for customers, while making sure\u2014during <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Research\u2014identify who is genuinely likely to become a customer in the future. To avoid wasting time and effort, what are the best ways to retain existing customers and attract new ones? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">existing customers and attract new ones?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>\u0623\u0633\u0626\u0644\u0629 \u062c\u0648\u0647\u0631\u064a\u0629<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">To answer this question, the team must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/sales-man-has-his-role-in-building-company-identity\/\">Sales<\/a> ask prospective customers essential questions to engage them and turn them into actual customers. A skilled salesperson<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> is constantly meeting prospective customers and asking them meaningful questions. These questions fall into four types:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>1<\/strong><strong>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Does the customer need your product?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">If the customer doesn\u2019t need your service or product, they won\u2019t try to buy it or even learn about it. Salespeople <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/marketing-through-social-media\/\">Marketing<\/a> do nothing more than create awareness among <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">A prospective customer needs the product or service. If they don\u2019t have a need that the product can meet, they won\u2019t buy it\u2014and therefore won\u2019t become a customer of your company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>2<\/strong><strong>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Does the customer have the authority to make the purchase decision?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">When a sales representative visits a company to present an offer, they aim to meet with someone who can make the purchase decision. They don\u2019t seek out a junior employee, but rather someone with the highest<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> level of authority, because that person can sign the deal and put it into effect\u2014something junior employees aren\u2019t authorized to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>3<\/strong><strong>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Does the customer have the purchasing power?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">A customer may genuinely need the product and have the authority to buy it, but may not have the money to do so. In that case, meeting with them wouldn\u2019t make sense, so you don\u2019t waste <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0648\u0642\u062a\u0643 \u0648\u0645\u062c\u0647\u0648\u062f\u0643.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>4<\/strong><strong>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Is the customer willing to buy?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">A customer may need the product, have the authority to purchase it, and be financially able to afford it, yet still be unwilling to buy\u2014now or in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">That\u2019s why salespeople use specific strategies to ensure these conditions are met by the prospects they target, and to build long-term partnerships with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #00ccff;\"><strong>\u062e\u0644\u0627\u0635\u0627\u062a \u0623\u0633\u0627\u0633\u064a\u0629:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">1- Never be satisfied with your company\u2019s profits or achievements. Always strive for more by bringing in new customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">2- Always make attracting new customers your primary goal rather than relying solely on your existing customer base; they may leave at any time, especially given<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> the large number of competitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">3- Always look to the future, and develop strategies and plans that align with the changes you anticipate in the near and long term.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u062b\u0645\u0629 \u0645\u0634\u0643\u0644\u0629 \u064a\u0648\u0627\u062c\u0647\u0647\u0627 \u0631\u0648\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0644\u060c \u0648\u0623\u0635\u062d\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0643\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0635\u063a\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062a\u0648\u0633\u0637\u0629\u060c \u0644\u0627\u0633\u064a\u0645\u0627 \u0641\u064a \u0638\u0644 \u062a\u0646\u0648\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0641\u0633\u064a\u0646 \u0648\u0643\u062b\u0631\u062a\u0647\u0645\u060c \u0648\u0647\u064a \u201d \u062a\u0622\u0643\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0645\u0644\u0627\u0621 \u0648\u062a\u0646\u0627\u0642\u0635\u0647\u0645\u201d\u061b\u00a0\u0625\u0645\u0627 \u0628\u0639\u0632\u0648\u0641\u0647\u0645 \u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u062f\u0645\u0627\u062a \u0623\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u062a\u062c\u0627\u062a\u060c<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[19031,781,1676,4501,5072,8225,793,19030,798],"class_list":["post-18965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-19031","tag-781","tag-1676","tag-4501","tag-5072","tag-8225","tag-793","tag-19030","tag-798"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}