| Actual for You |
Hubs | Hubbers | Topics | Request |
| #1 in Business | Subscribe Email Print |
|
You are here: Home > Business > Management > What Is the Lifetime Value of A Customer |
|
Actual for You - What Is the Lifetime Value of A Customer
The Yellow Pages Expert: Where To Find One h our poor salesmanship. How often we stay in touch with our customers is one factor that makes a difference in the success of a salesperson or a business.I worked for 25 years as a Yellow Page consultant along with almost 100 fellow sales people. During that time, I was in the top for most of my tenure, but I can’t say the same for many of my cohorts. I got to see the good, the bad, and the ugly in sales and advice. Most of these peop The purpose of this article is to remind you of the importance of keeping in touch with customers so, they keep coming back. We must realize that our competitors are trying to take our best customers everyday. If w Could you be Heading for the Sack? Take our Quiz to Find Out Do you know the lifetime value of a customer? If you knew, you would take better care of your customers. Good customers are like comic books and baseball cards. Who would have thought they would become so valuable over time. The better we take care of them, the greater value they yield. It makes me wonder how much Spider-Man or my Mickey Mantle card might be worth on eBay today.Do you hate your job? Are you dragging yourself into the office each morning? Do you feel like you are just going through the motions? And wish that you could be anywhere else?Be careful if this sounds like you, you could be heading for the sack. Take our CareersCoach/She said quiz Customer Life Time Value Calculator I was working with a client, when the question came up about the value of a customer. I created a simple equation that calculated the true value of his customer. It was surprising to learn how much each of his customers was worth to him and his business. We needed two pieces of information to determine the value. We needed to know how much the average customer does with him in a year and we needed to know how long the average customer stayed with him. Multiply these two factors and you will have your answer. Customers are like gold, we must strive to retain all our customers and multiply their value in two ways. One way to generate more business is to increase the frequency and value of orders. Another way is to duplicate good customers through referrals, bringing in new business. Work Hard or Work Smart With Referrals Research tells us that it takes 5 times as much work and money to find a new customer as it does to keep one. If this is true, how smart are we if customers are lost through our poor salesmanship. How often we stay in touch with our customers is one factor that makes a difference in the success of a salesperson or a business. The purpose of this article is to remind you of the importance of keeping in touch with customers so, they keep coming back. We must realize that our competitors are trying to take our best customers everyday. If we Why Consider Online Job Sites? oday.Why should you consider using online job sites to help you to find a job? Shouldn’t you spend hours over the Sunday newspaper looking through the wanted ads? Today, in the busy and hectic lives that we live, searching for a new job or finding a great new position is not easy and it i Customer Life Time Value Calculator I was working with a client, when the question came up about the value of a customer. I created a simple equation that calculated the true value of his customer. It was surprising to learn how much each of his customers was worth to him and his business. We needed two pieces of information to determine the value. We needed to know how much the average customer does with him in a year and we needed to know how long the average customer stayed with him. Multiply these two factors and you will have your answer. Customers are like gold, we must strive to retain all our customers and multiply their value in two ways. One way to generate more business is to increase the frequency and value of orders. Another way is to duplicate good customers through referrals, bringing in new business. Work Hard or Work Smart With Referrals Research tells us that it takes 5 times as much work and money to find a new customer as it does to keep one. If this is true, how smart are we if customers are lost through our poor salesmanship. How often we stay in touch with our customers is one factor that makes a difference in the success of a salesperson or a business. The purpose of this article is to remind you of the importance of keeping in touch with customers so, they keep coming back. We must realize that our competitors are trying to take our best customers everyday. If w Translation, Marketing, and World Dominance termine the value. We needed to know how much the average customer does with him in a year and we needed to know how long the average customer stayed with him. Multiply these two factors and you will have your answer.It's time. Your customer base is widening. Your marketing strategy is paying off. Bottom line? Your business is ready for the next step: Globalization. Get it done right and you're well on your way to winning over another segment of the population. Screw it up and that's it. No more first Customers are like gold, we must strive to retain all our customers and multiply their value in two ways. One way to generate more business is to increase the frequency and value of orders. Another way is to duplicate good customers through referrals, bringing in new business. Work Hard or Work Smart With Referrals Research tells us that it takes 5 times as much work and money to find a new customer as it does to keep one. If this is true, how smart are we if customers are lost through our poor salesmanship. How often we stay in touch with our customers is one factor that makes a difference in the success of a salesperson or a business. The purpose of this article is to remind you of the importance of keeping in touch with customers so, they keep coming back. We must realize that our competitors are trying to take our best customers everyday. If w A Business Lesson from Baseball e the frequency and value of orders. Another way is to duplicate good customers through referrals, bringing in new business.Few personalities dominated the American scene like basball slugger George Herman “Babe” Ruth. He entered the major leagues as a pitcher, but also won fame with the Boston Red Sox as a powerful hitter.Since a pitcher can’t play every day, somebody recommended Babe be placed in the o Work Hard or Work Smart With Referrals Research tells us that it takes 5 times as much work and money to find a new customer as it does to keep one. If this is true, how smart are we if customers are lost through our poor salesmanship. How often we stay in touch with our customers is one factor that makes a difference in the success of a salesperson or a business. The purpose of this article is to remind you of the importance of keeping in touch with customers so, they keep coming back. We must realize that our competitors are trying to take our best customers everyday. If w Kudos to Mike Darling for a Job Well Done! h our poor salesmanship. How often we stay in touch with our customers is one factor that makes a difference in the success of a salesperson or a business.Often times in our pursuit of home based business success, we tend to overlook people that make a difference in building that business. People that consistently quietly work in the background. People that take no credit, only just are constantly updating, improving and streamlining systems The purpose of this article is to remind you of the importance of keeping in touch with customers so, they keep coming back. We must realize that our competitors are trying to take our best customers everyday. If we don’t treat them like Mickey Mantle playing cards, we won’t develop a successful business. Start today and set a plan to contact your top customers and thank them for their business. If you don’t do it, who will? If you don’t know the value of your customers, use the calculator in this article to find out how much they are worth. Take the next step and ask for referrals to duplicate good customers and add more value to your business.
HTTP = HTML link (for blogs, profiles,phorums):
Related Articles:Tips to Maximize the Sale of Your Business A Private Eye's Look at Justice Business Technology
|