Who is your best customer?
October 2nd, 2008 | 
Author: Think about what makes for a good customer or client. Make a list. Below are some of the traits you might find on my list (no order).
Easy to work with
Pays quickly
Loves my work
Offers consistent opportunities.
Refers me to other businesses
Take your list and develop a vision of the types of clients that would fit your ultimate profile. Do you know of any prospects that might fit the list?
Think about what characteristics you can’t live without. For example I like the trait “pays quickly”, but, I will not work with rude people. Clients must be easy to work with in my world. Number two in importance from the list above is referring me often. Referrals are one of the best methods of growing my business and I like happy customers that talk a lot.
Now make your list. Few clients will meet all your desires ,so, prioritize your list. Then create a target list of prospects and keep the list of desires and prospects accessible as a reminder.
What is on your list? Share with us.
Rosh
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4 Comments »
I love it when clients see me as an expert and really are interested to hear what I have to say. I guess this fits into the realm of what I was talking about in the blog post last week–I like to be hired by people to view me as being competent at my job, and then let me do it! I’m not so crazy about clients that question me constantly. Because I am competent at what I do!
For some reason, this post has been popping back up several times in my Google Reader feeds over the past few days. I mark it as read and it appears again. I don’t know if it’s something with G-Reader, or if your feeds are being reset.
It has been happening to a few posts and I don’t know why. If it continues, I will take down the offending posts in hope to clear up the problem.
Rosh
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