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Attracting Customers: How Does that Work?

Written by Kuza Biashara

Topic: Business DevelopmentPublished June 11, 2013
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Look around in social media and you will find thousands who would love to buy products that you sell or excel in. However, they won’t come knocking on your door by themselves. Why? Because there is enough competition around you to distract and attract them. What should you do then? You should find ways to attract these customers towards you. This can be done through inbound marketing. Inbound marketing is all about amalgamating your content, technology, and the data and using this amalgamation to your benefit. Inbound marketing is goes much beyond having the right tools. Inbound marketing is all about using those tools right.
Here are some top tips to help you attract customers to buy your products through inbound marketing:

GIVE
Whether it is life or whether it is business, you have to give in order to receive. That rule is universal. Your content should be such that your customers see a clear benefit in it. Only when they find a benefit will they be attracted towards you. Give, thus. You will then receive.

Buildr
Many people, especially when they start, have the habit of renting their audience. That will do you no good. Business growth is all about building your audience rather than renting it. When you go for inbound marketing, you really won’t even need to rent audience. That is the beauty of it.

Make sure you are active on social media with all the right posts, Tweets, and images. Your content has to be top-notch and you have to be active. Eventually, the audience will recognize you.

Beyond Contentr
Of course content marketing is the key. It is extremely important and there is no denying that. However, you should not just stop at content. Some people do it wrong right from the start. Just for the sake of it, they put up a lot of content, most of which is hokum.

The content that you provide should be highly valuable, informative, and engaging. Bad content will drive even the most potential buyers away from you.

Experimentr
Data is very easy to find. It is your job to experiment with it. Once you find the data, experiment. See whether it works for you. If not, measure the data again and use it to your advantage.

Don’t neglect even the seemingly small stats because these are the figures that can actually make the biggest difference. Be careful with everything. Measure closely so that you don’t miss out on anything.

KNOW
The last step would be to understand. You should know who you are and at the same time you should understand your customers. When you put yourself in their shoes and start thinking like them, you will automatically strengthen your products and offerings accordingly. This, in turn, will invite them to you without you having to directly reach out to them.

Understanding your customers is very important.

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About the Author

“Kuza” in Kiswahili means Grow and “Biashara” is Business.
As a small business moves through the various stages of its life cycle, it requires different support programs that are suited to its specific needs at that time. Kuza Biashara offers training, educational, and business support services which are critical to their success and enable them move from an informal sub-sector to a knowledge based economy.

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http://www.kuzabiashara.co.ke