Monday, April 16, 2012

Face-to-Face Marketing and Sales

The expeditious change in technology, needless to say, has brought us to an era of a fast-paced lifestyle. Business industry has outwardly been upgraded to a much higher level, in terms of saving time and money. Virtual communication, such as e-mails, social media networking and instant messaging, “webinars” and online tutorials, online advertisements and the like have particularly changed the marketing biz significantly. Now we could propagate anything to anyone in just a few mouse clicks. Who in the world doesn’t want a life like this?

While virtual communication has touched on the world of sales and marketing, let us avow that nothing surmounts to engaging with people face to face. Not only do companies establish a personal connection with their clients or customers, but they also constitute a start of a long-term business relationship. Face-to-face opportunities are still the best method in tapping the right target market and keeping each one of them satisfied. Focus group discussions, direct selling, activities and events are most likely to build more meaningful and abiding professional connections.

Face-to-face customer interaction is more important than before to have a long term business relationships with your customers.

Although online sales and marketing provide companies with plethora of advantages, many still attest to the relentless effectiveness of face-to-face communication. But why fight over different strategies, when in fact we can integrate both techniques to initiate a successful sales or marketing program? At the end of the day, the company’s requirements and the consumers’ demands are most important, and striking the right balance between the two approaches to cater to these needs is the best way to go.

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