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By: Allyn
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| 3. Set Up a Winning Referral Program Successful marketers develop the ability to turn their customers into advocates. Often, they don't even have to directly ask customers to refer them to others. Their willingness to go the extra mile wins customer loyalty and support. Naturally, satisfied customers refer their friends and family to the place that will take good care of them. Quality service is the first step toward referrals, but you can easily take it one step further. Studies show that every satisfied customer tells three people about you. What would happen with a little incentive added to the picture? Yeah, a lot more. Give customers who refer friends a thank you - whether it's a discount, special gift item, or a simple thank you card - and watch the referrals spiral! You can get two birds with one stone by implementing customer surveys. A few quick questions about what the customer does and doesn't like about your product, followed by a request for the names and addresses of friends and family who would benefit from the product, and you're all set to go with the contact information of a prospective customer! |
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Who is Allyn Cutts, and why should you care? Allyn has spent over 24 years helping businesses like yours find new customers and increase sales to current customers. Allyn is a marketing and sales fanatic, providing measurable marketing solutions that drive huge results for small-to mid-size business clients. Allyn works personally with clients to design and deliver off-line and on-line direct marketing strategies that focus on metrics and measurable results. You can learn more about Allyn Cutts at www.AllynCutts.com and you can call 610.437.4106 between 10 AM and 4 PM Eastern Time Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Seth Godin is a bestselling author, entrepreneur and agent of change. In Free
Prize Inside, his follow
up to the best selling marketing book of 2003, Purple Cow, Seth helps you make
your product
remarkable with soft innovations. You need to make each of your employees idea
champions so they
can find the Free Prize.
Godin is author of six books that have been bestsellers around the world and
changed the way people
think about marketing, change and work. Seth is a renowned speaker as well. He
was recently chosen
as one of 21 Speakers for the Next Century by Successful Meetings and is
consistently rated among
the very best speakers by the audiences he addresses. He holds an MBA from
Stanford and was called
“the Ultimate Entrepreneur for the Information Age” by BusinessWeek.
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