(Selling investment properties) How to grow your business building a list of repeat customers: The power of a good autoresponder service
No commentsBy Francesco Amico
If you are a business owner and are asking yourself how to increase your sales and profits, keep reading this brief article. You are going to be surprised by what tactic you can instantly implement in order to get yourself ahead of your competition literally overnight!
Whether you have just started or have been in business for long time, I am sure you are regularly asking yourself: “How can I let people know about my fantastic products and services?” should I use the yellow pages to connect with more people? Or maybe let my friends know about what I do?
Yes, of course you can do that. But how much time and money is that going to take?
Here’s something you might be missing: the power of “back end selling”!
What is back end selling? Back end selling means to sell again to somebody who has already purchased from you. So, how do you persuade your existing customers that they should buy again from you?
Simple!
Stay in touch with them regularly and let them know about your products, special offers they can’t miss and so forth. Do you have to call them on the phone regularly? Not so!
What you want to do is email them every 3-4 days giving them valuable advice on your specific area and, gently let them know about your products and services. It doesn’t matter if you fix cars, are a dentist or own a furniture shop. You always must build a list of clients. That’s where you are going to generate profits from in the long run. Statistical data show that repeat sales are WAY easier than first time sales.
How do you build a list of customers? And what application should you use to contact them regularly in bulk?
In my experience, the finest device to run email marketing suitably is to utilize a good autoresponder. Autoresponders allow you to both capture emails from your website (I hope you have one) and also to regularly send emails to your list on complete autopilot. You schedule the time and your autoresponder does everything for you. Autoresponders also allow you to segment your market informing you even on those who open your emails and those who click on the links you supply in your messages.
That, my friend is going to quickly and easily allow you to segment your customer base, so you can start tailoring your marketing campaign according to your customers’ needs or tastes.
By now, I am sure that you understand that not building a list of clients means to leave a lot of cash on the table.
Do you need a marketing degree and a PhD to use an autoresponder? No sir!
Autoresponders are extremely simple to use. At least the one that I use
Are autoresponders expensive ? Nope!
So what are you waiting for? Start building your list now!
If you are looking for a quality, yet very affordable, autoresponder service to immediately start building your list of customers, you can get a full month trial for 1$ here:
Mortgage Pre-Approval
By David Grey
Obtain the Best Rates & Lowest Closing Costs
When you are ready to purchase a home, it makes sense to negotiate from the strongest position possible. In a strong real estate market, sellers can be more selective in the final buyer they choose to negotiate with. In such a crazed seller’s market, it’s not uncommon for a home seller to receive multiple offers on their property. With that said, there are certain things you can do to make certain that your offer is the one Seller goes with.
The vast majority of Purchaser’s today go about the process entirely wrong, putting themselves at an overwhelming disadvantage!
Let’s look at this from the Seller’s perspective for a moment. If you were the Seller and had multiple offers on your property, all things being equal, would you accept the one with Certificate of Financing Approval or the one that was still Conditional on Financing? The answer is obvious. Why then, do so many buyers wait to start the financing until after they have found the home?
What I have found is that those buyers are usually very good, qualified buyers and are not worried about getting approved. Even though they usually are correct and will ultimately be Approved, the Seller in most cases has no guarantees.
Lastly, from a cost savings perspective…
As a prospective purchaser, it makes all the more sense to start the financing early on so you can get a firm handle on your interest rate and estimate of points and closing costs. If you do this before finding a home, you are not under any time constraints and are less likely to over pay like a buyer who has found a home and is under strict time constraints.
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Feasibility of the three kinds of apartment
By Bryan Clarkson
Bed spacers are good kinds of apartments for rent. This kind of apartment unit get easily rented out, particularly in areas close to educational facilities, and corporate areas. Properties which are not easily rented out out turn to money-making dynamos if turned into bed spacers. Even a tiny house made into a 4-person bed spacer can acquire more than if it is rented out as a studio-type or one-bedroom. It’s also very simple to turn a house into a bed spacer apartment unit. The property owner will only need to purchase bunk beds for more spaces or plain beds, provide cabinets or drawers for the those who will rent and have one or more common toilets and baths. The bed spaces may be priced at 1000 to 1500 for each tenant including utility bills. From a studio type that may be rented out for 3500 every month, it has turned into a 4000-6000 bed spacer apartment. This points more revenues from the same home.
Studio-types are usually bigger than houses that are turned into bed spacer apartments. Not like a bed spacer it has a place for a queen-seize bed, a toilet and bathroom, a kitchen and nook, and a place for a reception or living area where a sofa or a few settees may fit. People who usually rent studio-type apartments are a family of three or four, newlyweds, and single men and women. This very is possible as majority of people renting in the urban areas of the Philippines are these kinds of people. These apartment units are typically priced at 3500 to 5000 per month. And they can be found in two-storey or single floor structures.
The third kind of apartment unit is the bungalows or multi-level apartments. These are usually marketable when parking space is provided for future tenants. This is due to the reality that tenants with cars don’t settle for studio-type or bed spacer apartment units. They search for rentable homes with parking spaces or garages for a car. Even a secure porch in front of the apartment is sufficient to have these kinds of tenants renting. Because there’s a need for parking areas or slots, these types of apartment units are typically in subdivisions and villages that provide security for their tenants. The usual size of bungalows or multi-level apartments is 25-50 square meters. It can have one to two suites, comes with a toilet, separate dining and kitchen area, and a reception area.
As may be seen from the given 3 kinds of apartments and the facts entailing them, renting out apartments in the country is a possible venture. But, it should be Kept in mind that the apartments for rent should be simple to market and will surely be open to the target market in a certain location.
Bryan Clarkson is a housing pro with a lot of expertise in Manila real estate. To read more, and to get possibilities for a house of choice, go to RentInMakati.com right now.
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