{"id":393,"date":"2011-04-25T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T11:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/?p=393"},"modified":"2016-09-27T14:00:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T19:00:35","slug":"one-way-to-get-business-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2011\/04\/one-way-to-get-business-immediately.html","title":{"rendered":"One way to get business immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What can you do when you need business and income right away? Here is one thing that almost always works:<\/p>\n<p><b>Call your existing customers.<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/antcaz\/2178147322\/\" title=\"Phone by Ant &#038; Carrie's photos, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Phone\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2124\/2178147322_05c53a1f35_m.jpg\" width=\"240\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/antcaz\/2178147322\/\">Phone by Ant &#038; Carrie<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Pick up the phone, and call your existing customers. Just say hello, check in that everything you&#8217;ve done for them is still working, or whatever the equivalent is for your business. Thank them for being a customer.<\/p>\n<p>Feeling brave? Tell them you have some extra time right now, and tell them exactly what kind of work you&#8217;d love to pick up. But that&#8217;s optional.<\/p>\n<p><b>What&#8217;s the worst that could happen?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>If you find an unhappy customer,<\/b> you get the chance to make it right. <b>Result:<\/b> they become your biggest fan.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><b>If you find a happy customer,<\/b> you feel great and they feel great. <b>Result:<\/b> they will watch for work to send to you.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, the best that can happen is that you turn up someone who needs some work right away, right?<\/p>\n<p><b>Does it work?\u00a0<\/b><br \/>Well, I&#8217;ve seen it work. A local small business person asked me what he could do to get business right away.\u00a0I encouraged him to make some calls to current customers. He reported back that he picked up two new jobs immediately.<\/p>\n<p>What have you tried to find business immediately?<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Don&#8217;t forget the <b>webinar Tuesday, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2011\/04\/webinar-on-how-to-draw-line-between.html\">No You May NOT Pick My Brain!<\/a>&#8220;<\/b> with Sheila Scarborough and me.<\/p>\n<p><em>New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/guided-tour.html\"> Guided Tour<\/a>. Like what you see? <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/get-updates.html\">Get our updates<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can you do when you need business and income right away? Here is one thing that almost always works: Call your existing customers. Phone by Ant &#038; Carrie Pick up the phone, and call your existing customers. 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