Sales teams that require meeting quarterly targets often experience frustration when their contacts don’t respond, leaving them scrambling for leads that they need in order to meet targets.

An app such as CloudApper SalesQ provides field sales monitoring to assist sales managers in tracking each rep’s follow up status and identify where adjustments need to be made to their approach.

1. Keeping in Touch

One of the key ways you can boost your business growth is keeping in regular touch with clients and prospects. Staying top-of-mind gives your company more chances to turn them into customers.

Personalize your follow up emails so as to create the maximum impact for each client or prospect. This is particularly important with email follow ups, which may appear spam-like without some personalized touches such as calling them by name, recalling previous interactions between yourself and them, or reminding them about meeting times – these personal touches will increase engagement significantly and ensure maximum effectiveness of follow up efforts.

Always keep in mind that your follow-ups don’t always need to be sales related; sending research articles and eBook links may add value and bring prospects closer towards working with you. When possible, try including non-work related topics as well, such as their favorite sports team or opera preference.

2. Developing a Relationship

Building strong customer relationships is one of the keys to creating loyal customers. Most brands focus on relationship-building as a way of keeping existing customers through loyalty programs or exceptional support; but building meaningful connections with prospects should also be part of your follow-up and relationship management process.

How you communicate with prospects will vary depending on the category in which you operate, but always ensure your communications add value; otherwise, prospects will quickly cease paying attention when your calls and emails come.

When following up with new prospects, be sure to fully assess their profile and understand their goals, aspirations, problems and challenges in order to determine which type of follow up communication would work best – an article, invitation to an event or even suggesting someone they should speak with might all prove effective strategies for successful interactions.

3. Asking for Referrals

Many salespeople recognize the significance of gathering quality referrals; however, some may feel intimidated or uncertain how best to approach asking for them. Their hesitance to ask can result in missed sales opportunities.

To maximize referrals, the key is to ask often and in an approachable way – be it email or phone call. Asks should not feel pushy or intrusive for clients.

For example, if the client is an advocate, consider asking them for a referral through an email that’s more personalized. You could also send them an industry newsletter or invite them to an event relevant to them – this will demonstrate that you’re an expert and valuable resource and encourage the client to share their own experience with others.

4. Building a Reputation

Reputations is one of the greatest assets a business has; it is valued in stock prices, ratings by credit agencies and private lender programs, employee retention rates and top talent recruitment efforts. A solid reputation helps increase stock values, ratings by credit agencies and private lender programs while contributing to employee retention rates and attracting top talent.

Effective follow-up extends beyond simply calling or emailing clients or prospects; successful salespeople make their follow-up truly valuable for prospects by displaying industry knowledge, taking an interest in them as individuals and offering assistance in solving their problems.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software solutions offer an excellent way to create and develop client relationships. CRMs allow you to track client information automatically, send emails at just the right time and build customer experiences in line with your brand – creating an effective sales pipeline and increasing chances of conversion of leads into customers.