Are you struggling to make sales this Christmas period or wondering how to increase your sales? Then you are not reading this by mistake. Today I will be sharing with you 7 ways to get more customers this Christmas period.
Christmas is a good time for business, also, it could get competitive and may end up being a bad business for you if you are not well prepared. Below are 7 tips that might help.
Offer percentage sales
Percentage sales never fail when used well in business promotion. You can offer 50% on your old products.
This would not only give you some cash in hand and drive people to your store but help you create space for new stocks coming in next year.
Bear in mind that the stock you have now may not be in style by next year, so its better if you sale them off now.
Give your best customer a Christmas gift
Everyone likes a good treat, this may not only be for your best customer, you can but an open free collection of chocolate nibbles so people can pick when they come into your shop.
For your best customer for the year, you can offer a gift package or voucher to shop in your store. It doesn’t have to be something expensive but something within your reach.
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Give back to your local community
Christmas is all about giving, aside from offering discounts, you can offer your old products to your community in need of them for free.
For example, if you are an apparel entrepreneur, you can offer the old items from your shop to people in need of them in your community.
You can also offer money in representation and on behalf of your business name or establishment. This all depends on what you can afford within your capacity.
Redecorate your store to look Christmassy
It’s the season to be merry, get people into the spirit. Redecorate your store, your website, post about Christmas things on your social media handle.
Even if you are not big on celebrating Christmas. make it look nice, people that celebrate Christmas are the one’s shopping, so you have to make your store draw that Christmas attention.
Give free Christmas wrapping option
You can offer to wrap your products for customers with a Christmas wrap at a lower cost or free.
This is a nice gesture that Christmas shoppers and lovers would really appreciate. Not everyone knows how to wrap gifts nicely., so, if you can offer this to them. they might even be prompted to buy more gifts from your shop if they can be wrapped.
Offer gift bundle ideas
For example, if you sell shampoo and conditioner. You can make an easy bind with a red ribbon. Get a bottle of conditioner and tie it together nicely with a shampoo.
Voila! you have a bundle. Then discount the price and offer it to your customers. Encourage them to buy the bundle as a treat for themselves or as a gift. Who would say no to that?
Run an ad
Most importantly, run an advertisement. If you finish all of these things and no one knows about them, you have wasted your time.
Get an influencer to promote your product, use social media ad promo, use your local advertisement options.
Whichever one you use, make sure it’s done attractively, gives your business exposure, and drives customers back to you.
Which of the tips is your favorite? Drop me a comment below
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