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5 Fast Ways To Generate Leads On A Budget
| Guest post by: Jackie Mckay |
Article Overview: If you are looking to fill your holistic practice you are going to have to increase your number of clients, and to do that, you need more leads or prospects. For many business owners, generating leads feels like a painful struggle...
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5 Fast Ways To Generate Leads On A Budget
If you are looking to fill your holistic practice you are going to have to increase your number of clients, and to do that, you need more leads or prospects. For many business owners, generating leads feels like a painful struggle, but it doesn't have to be. In fact, it can be easy and fun. Following are five painless ways to generate leads.
1 - Ask for a referral
This is the easiest way to get new clients and it won't cost you a penny. Yet so many therapists just don't think of asking their client's for referrals. If your client's love you, know you and trust you - it's more than likely they would be happy to refer to you and they more than likely know others who need your help - especially if they have friends who are just like them (sports enthusiasts, moms, stressed out executives, etc.)
After you've finished treating your client, let them know that you are building your practice and ask them if they can think of someone they know who might be able to use your services. Ask them to keep you in mind when they speak to them next. Let them know you offer "referral" incentives. Make sure to follow up with a gift!
2 - Attend a weekly networking event
You never know who you will meet at a networking event, or what kinds of connections you might make. When you meet people be the person who asks the questions. Listen well. Be curious. They will eventually come around to asking about you. Remember that even if your ideal clients aren't swarming the room, the guy who's dressed casually and talks too much, just may be the doorway to your ideal clients.
3 - Book speaking engagements or hold an information workshop or teleseminar.
Where do your ideal clients hang out? Get in front of them and speak to them or volunteer quick tasters of your services. If your ideal clients are sports enthusiasts, offer to speak to sports organizations in your city or surrounding areas. Go fish where the fish are!
4 - Send a warm letter
Contact previous clients and send an email or snail mail letter thanking them for their business. Let them know what is new and inform them of who you treat exactly and that you are expanding your practice and you are ready to accept new clients. Ask them to keep you in mind if they can think of someone who is your ideal client.
5 - Approach a JV for an opportunity
Joint ventures are a wonderful opportunity to create a win-win situation for everyone, but often take a dash of creativity to find and execute. They're fun and can be very, very profitable. This is why you need to keep your ears and mind open whenever you go to networking events and meetings.
Think of ways you can bring value to possible JV partners and how they help your clients. For example, if you're a massage therapist you might approach your local gym and offer to give a talk on the benefits of using massage while on an exercise program. You could send your own clients to the fitness facility whenever you hear of someone who is looking to get back into shape. Essentially, you swap leads. In turn, they might promote you in their facility or on his website and receive your services free in return for a specific number of referrals or sales.
6 - Publish a newsletter and commit to doing it regularly
People love to forward emails they think the recipient would like. A weekly newsletter with timely, high content and personable information is an ideal way to keep in touch with current clients and attract new ones. The newsletter doesn't have to be long, but it does need to contain information that is relevant to your ideal client.
As you're writing your newsletter, remember to write about topics that speak to your client's struggles make sure to give them lots of value and offer a solution. Gear your newsletter to alleviating their pain and enhancing their pleasure. Encourage them to forward it to their friends and family.
Your Assignment:
Set up a system to generate leads so that your ideal client will find you. As you continue, your leads will increase, and you'll be able to pick and choose your clients. The key is focus, consistency and incorporating marketing into your daily routine.
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About the Author: Jackie Mckay RSS for Jackie's articles - Visit Jackie's website Jackie is the creator of The Prosperous Practice Roadmap™ a conscious business building program blending universal and spiritual principles with step by step savvy marketing tips, that teaches service professionals how to attract new clients and make more money by showing them the how to of building their healing business. A former hotel marketing manager, faculty member of the Foothills College of Massage Therapy and holistic entrepreneur for 9 years, she deeply understands the questions and concerns faced by new and old practitioners in the alternative health industry. Her expertise in heart-centered business and spiritual development was developed through many years of studying A Course In Miracles and running a full time practice that was constantly bursting at the seams. "Entrepreneurship is the deepest and fastest path to spiritual growth. It is aligning your purpose for being on earth with a business idea so deeply meaningful that you simply must do it, despite the fears and childhood wounds that arise" says Jackie Jackie speaks to Natural Health Practitioners across the globe at live events, through teleseminars, and other virtual programs. She can be contacted through her website, http://www.healerswhoprosper.com/ Click here to visit Jackie's website   Become One Of Those People Go For the Gusto Top 10 Website MustHaves for Holistic Practitioners Relationships Are Money Choosing Powerfully How To Get Clear On Who Your Ideal Clients Are |
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