[Marketing In 2 Minutes Or Less]: You’ve Been In Business HOW Long?

Here’s a transcript of the video:

You’ve been in business 40 years. You know what? I don’t care, neither does anybody else. Lets talk about it. . . . .

Last week I had to bring my trailer in because the left rear tire kept going flat, so there’s a business that has always serviced my trailer for the past 10 years and I love bringing it in there for three reasons. One is it’s a small business and I love small business. Two is it’s a family owned and operated business as well. My coffee and smoothie business is family owned and operated, so we share that connection. Three it it’s owned by a woman, which in this type of industry where you’re dealing with working on big commercial trailers and deal with mechanics, you don’t hear about that too often. Every time I go in there I talk to the owner, her name is Dawn, and I ask her “how’s business” and the last time I saw her it was sort of your answer of oh things are okay, but I’m not too worried about it because we’ve been in business for 40 years, so people will come back. I was just like “no”, people don’t care that you’ve been in business 40 years. That’s not why I bring my trailer to you.

The sad thing is is that this business isn’t doing any marketing and customers are not going to come back to them because they’ve been in business for 40 years. Now, if they were sending out a newsletter sharing tips and information that could help me service my trailer, it actually would have helped me prevent the damage that I had incurred because when she told me what was wrong with it, if she had let me know that there were some things I could do to service it, which means more business for her, then I wouldn’t have this damage that I had to my trailer. She also doesn’t send out any emails or any cards thanking her customers, so there’s so many things that this small business owner could do. When you’re out there bragging, I’ve been in business for 40 years, so do business with us, nobody cares. That is not what’s going to bring you more customers.

I’m small business Stacey. I’m here to help your business grow to six figures and more and help you become a #SmallBizMarketingWiz.

About Stacey Riska

Stacey Riska, aka “Small Business Stacey” is a serial entrepreneur who is passionate about saving small business and rebuilding Main Street. She helps small and local business owners become a #SmallBizMarketingWiz by teaching them marketing strategies that get MORE: MORE leads, MORE customers/clients, MORE sales, and MORE money. Stacey is the founder of Small Biz Marketing Specialist, THE go-to place for marketing tips, techniques and strategies that get results. Stacey is also the creator of the Daily Deals for Massive Profits Training Program, an online video training program that teaches small and local business owners how to use daily deal sites like Groupon to skyrocket their business growth and get massive profits. In this program she teaches from experience, as it was the key strategy that transformed her coffee and smoothie business from being $500K in debt to a 7-figure profitable business. When not saving the small business world, she enjoys sipping red wine, eating chocolate (who doesn’t!) and spending time with her amazing husband.