The simplest way to get new business leads in an economic slowdown is to offer your clients, colleagues, friends and whores a 20% commission for any leads that convert into a sale. It’s that simple. New business for you and money for them; the perfect relationship.
I want to share with you something that I’ve realised recently, that allowed me to make my family home mortgage payment, that allowed me to pay my tax bill and ultimately enabled by business to continue and to not fail. It’s a pretty simple business lesson, ask for more money when a project over runs. If you don’t ask, you don’t get.
You don’t want to end up a consequence of customers drying up, suppliers closing down and dropping you in it, or major economic sea change crashing your fledgling business into YARF (Yet Another Recession Failure)…
The reality is the recession is going to hit your business, if it hasn’t already. 30% or more of your current custom is going to evaporate and 30% of other small businesses that you deal with are probably going to fail. So deal with it. Build a plan today.
Paolo - glorious leader of South Wales web empire Refresh Creative. Paolo also reviews cheap laptops for his other website.
Andy - runs a web consultancy based in the sunny city of Bath. He has been working in the online industry for 13 years. His mission is to get his clients to "improve their business, achieve the results they want and not get suckered into spending money on things they don't need!".
