Your sales strategy won’t be very effective if you try to sell to everyone who crosses your path. Your time is much better spent trying to sell only to those who are likely to buy. “I think the reason people hate selling so much is because they try to sell anything to everybody,” says Ivana Read more about How Do You Qualify a Sales Lead?[More…]
Getting the right social media channels for your business blog is as important as having the right goods and services to sell. It’s important because a big part of your existing and new client base will be online and reading your content on their mobile devices through social media. Here’s what you should consider when Read more about How Do You Choose the Best Social Media Channels for Your Business?[More…]
Featuring BizSugar members has always been popular with our users. We’ve launched a new way to get to know each other. Thanks to our member Martin Lindeskog, we will have regular podcast episodes on his EGO NetCast podcast. The first episode explained what we’re doing here at BizSugar. Today, you can find out more about Read more about Member Spotlight: Ghost Writer David Leonhardt on EGO NetCast Podcast[More…]
Before you sell to a new customer, you have to engage with them in some way. Not sure how to accomplish that? How about including a quiz on your website? “A lot of customers need to interact with businesses a few times before they’re comfortable moving forward into that more formalized buying arena. So a Read more about How Do You Create a Quiz for Your Website, to Increase Engagement?[More…]
Tracking leads throughout the buying process helps you get an idea for what sales are close to closing and which others are worth pursuing. Monitoring every single lead within your company manually can be incredibly time consuming. But sales automation tools give you some helpful guidance and insights that allow you to prioritize tasks and Read more about How Do You Use Sales Automation to Track Leads[More…]
Could a marketing bot help your business automatically convert more website visitors to buyers? Let’s find out. This Wednesday, August 14, 2019 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. ET, our guest will be Deven Patel, the founder of the AI-powered marketing bot Alter. Members can go to this particular Town Hall Event here. Not a member? No problem. Read more about Does Your Small Business Need a Marketing Bot? AMA with Deven Patel Wed 8/14/19 2-4p ET[More…]
Martin Lindeskog is featuring our BizSugar members on his EGO NetCast podcast. He will be sharing interviews with select members with our community so that we can all get to know each other better and learn what each of us does. It is also a way to find out more about the BizSugar Mastermind and Read more about EGO NetCast Podcast Featuring Gail Gardner, BizSugar Mastermind Community Manager[More…]
BizSugar’s full transparency goal dictates that each month we share with our members statistics from Zoho Connect on how the Mastermind Community is growing. NOTE: Non-members may not be able to see some links mentioned in this section. Because they can only be viewed by Mastermind members who are logged in, you would need to Read more about BizSugar Mastermind Community Monthly Growth Report August 2019[More…]
If you want to increase your average order volume, you should be upselling. Upselling is when you offer customers an additional product or service on top of one they’ve already purchased. Often, this comes with a discount or some other kind of incentive. Think: ‘For just $10 more we’ll include an extended warranty.’ Or, ‘Add Read more about How Do You Automate Your Upselling Process?[More…]
What does end-to-end automation of your business mean? Find out in this AMA (ask me anything) with Kiran Kumar Shinde of Zoho One Concierge. Kiran interacts regularly with businesses and consults with them on ways to digitize and automate workflows and make the most of business software solutions that Zoho has to offer. Member can Read more about What Does End-to-end Automation of Your Business Mean? AMA with Kiran Kumar Shinde of Zoho One Concierge[More…]