For Your Business To Be Successful, You Need Support

November 17, 2015

If you want your business to be a success in 2015, it needs support. You need the support of your customers and investors. Both of these groups can help your business grow and expand. But how do you get their support? Well, the two groups have rather different needs. A customer wants a high quality good or service at a reasonable price. They might also want to know that the company they are buying from cares about more than just profits. Investors on the other hand are a different animal altogether. They don’t much care about the quality of the product as long as it makes a good profit. How do you cater to both these groups?
Wow The Investors
Investors are quite simple to gain the support of once you have their interest. On the other hand, getting their interest is quite a tricky business. They aren’t always on the lookout for new potential business deals. In fact we think there is only one real time you’ll find an investor on the hunt for a profit. That’s at a tradeshow and you’ll only get one chance to grab their interest. You need to put together a fantastic marketing campaign. That’s exactly what a tradeshow is afterall. It’s just one big marketing platform. Before you attend a trade show, you should have a look at some trade show booth ideas. By doing this, you’ll find out the type of impact that you need to achieve.
Don’t forget, exhibits have become a lot more advanced in recent years. It’s not a case of putting up posters anymore. You need to use the technology that’s available to you. As well as this, it’s a good idea to try and make your stall as interactive as possible. Ideally, you should let the investor try out the product or service that you’re offering.
But, it’s not just about how things look. It’s also whether or not you can convey the right message. An investor is looking for a business that has a good shot at longevity. You need to show your business can make big profits not just this year, but in five years time.
Grab The Customers
The other group is the customers. In fact let’s not call them that just yet because they’re not your customers. They’re just consumers looking for products and services they want and need. If you want them to spend money on your business, you first need them to find you. That’s just about the right form of marketing with SEO and perhaps PPC. You might also want to invest some money in offline marketing but that’s up to you.
Once they find you, you need them to be impressed by what you’re offering. Again, this is presentation. Don’t worry too much about what you’re selling as long as it looks good. Although you should make sure your product will receive good reviews once they start buying.
Finally, you need to be connected with them on a personal level. Make sure your social profiles are active and that you are often updating them on the progress of your business.
If you take this advice, you will have both these groups in your pocket. With their support, your business will thrive.

Mark Asquith

That British podcast guy, Mark is co-founder of Captivate.fm, the world's only growth-oriented podcast host. A Harvard, TEDx, Podcast Movement and Podfest speaker (amongst many more!), he's a wildly approachable Brit and Star Wars/DC Comics geek.

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