Get a 1-800 number. There are several services now that will give you a 1-800 number for about the same price as you pay for long distance. It used to be very expensive, but now days you can get one relatively cheap.
By having a 1-800 number you look more professional and people are more apt to call you when it’s on YOUR dime and not their dime.What if you had a product that sold for $197, and someone came to your site. They wanted to purchase your product, but like the typical person wanted answers NOW. If you had a 1-800 number they could call, you could answer their questions and make the sale right on the phone!
Here’s an extra little tip I have discovered about having a 1-800 number. If you have a customer that comes to your site, has answers about your product, calls your 1-800 number, and you answer all their questions and get them to buy, guess what? That customer is 99.9% more likely to buy from you again than customers who purchase off your website. Why? Because they feel like they know you.
We’ve all heard about autoresponders, but here’s a powerful way to use one. If you do offline advertising of any sort (radio commercials, tv commercials, public speaking, etc.) instead of putting your website in and ad or giving it out, give them your autoresponder email address.
Example: A client of mine has a construction business. I just developed a radio commercial for him. He wanted to put his website in the radio ad. I talked him into letting me set up an autoresponder series for him and giving out the email to it instead.
Not only does his information get delivered to his potential customers, but he has their contact information so he can contact them at any time!This is a very powerful tip and there’s about a 100 different ways you can use it!