To kick off this social group I though I would offer some of the things we are doing. Before even starting doing the mechanics the thing we need to do first is find customers.
Please add to this discussion on what you have found to work. Here are the ways we get our customers.
Obviously with all these you need to make it an attractive deal.
1. We approach advertising agencies and discuss how we can be the web marketer for their clients. Quite often we will offer 20 to 30 percent commission on the first part of the sale.
2. We also approach large Web developers as these will quite often farm out their lower cost projects. Some of these have given us a few $2,000 jobs with ongoing hosting etc.
3. Small adds in local papers can also give a good array of customers. We set up an autoresponder series at
Lead Generation for Offline Marketers and Web Designers which we send them to.
4. Get a Partner I am lousy at sales and started to ask around with my friends and found one who wanted a change and so we linked up. He goes out and sells and I do the work. We do a 60/40 split.
5. Expand this with stay at home mums. We have also started to get some young mums to do some sales. Many have come out of the corporate world and have some great talents.
6. Graphic designers are also a great source for work with joint ventures.
So there are a few to get you going.
Quite often we will give them some tools and training to help with conversions. Here is one we use a lot which is a way to see how a business website is doing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adg6PMt9D-I
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So what are your ways to get new clients.
Quentin
