How do you get customers

**-jab-** · December 13th, 2009, 13:01

Here is what i did and i believe what everyone should do to get customers

- Get local customers build your company
- Open it to public and increase your conversion rate.

Things that are good for increasing your conversion rate.

- Good Design
- Easy checkout
- Merchant Account
- 2 or more payment methods
- SSL
- Easy product information
- Free Stuff with the packages
- promotions
- Live chat and phone support.
- Friendly agents.

I can name you 100 more stuff, but those are the main ones i follow. I think i need some stuff of those list as well.

**Starcraftmazter** · December 13th, 2009, 20:54

Target niche communities

**Doolvehek** · December 16th, 2009, 18:00

Well most of these people have some valid points however you never want to go with any host that says "Unlimited" next to any of their features. Unlimited usually means that they have poor servers, bad support and are just trying to cover it up by making an offer that looks good.

**Starcraftmazter** · December 18th, 2009, 19:32

Originally Posted by Doolvehek

Well most of these people have some valid points however you never want to go with any host that says "Unlimited" next to any of their features. Unlimited usually means that they have poor servers, bad support and are just trying to cover it up by making an offer that looks good.

Finite* features like diskspace and bandwidth. Though bandwidth is potentially "infinite", because you can get colo with an unmetered port, however the thing there is that it's not smart to allow customers to have as much bandwidth as they want.

**fcolor** · December 27th, 2009, 07:37

The budget anyone is spending on advertising and the marketing strategy depend of many things - the class hosting services the company offers, the consumer or b2b market its targets, etc.

There are niches that are very competitive (shared hosting for example) and others that are still undeveloped.

**ityt** · December 28th, 2009, 07:51

I would like to find the company performance. lil bit research about them, and than would give them a try.
socheaphost are you girl? any girl host here

**JJW** · December 28th, 2009, 09:17

Originally Posted by ityt

I would like to find the company performance. lil bit research about them, and than would give them a try.
socheaphost are you girl? any girl host here

Sorry am not a girl. Though we have not been review by alot of people as most of our customers have just come to us in the last month or so.

**sander k** · January 1st, 2010, 03:24

It helps a lot when you have a good forum reputation.
Try to get rid of that little red dot you got there.

**whmad** · January 28th, 2010, 14:42

There are many, many ways. Some things you might try:

Making Friends on a forum
Posting on craigslist
Submit press releases to PRWeb
Optimize your site for SEO
Submit to directories
Create a blog about hosting and drive traffic there with articles

Think outside the box and try everything. Paid ads work well too

Originally Posted by socheaphost

Starting out how did you get customers? How did you get multiple customers where did you advertise. I am finding it especially difficult for somebody who has not been open for a year to get new clients. I see people in these forums who put new hosts down as not reliable. Looking for hints. I can spend some money but i am not gonna drop $100's of dollars on something that will not work. Can someone please give me some tips.

**vWiz** · April 5th, 2010, 19:35

If your not willing to spend any money then advertise and make friends on the forums. This is the easiest and cheapest way to advertise. It takes time and is tedious but it is free.

**Seraphim** · April 12th, 2010, 12:40

Also I can say that when you advertise consider your ad's placements.

Spending money on an ad that is sent to the wrong demographic will only accomplish wasting money, so sometimes you have to wait a bit and pay the higher price to reach the people you want.

**SonalAher** · April 14th, 2010, 11:19

Don't go directly for big clients, start with couple of basic requirements of clients build your trust and then put your hands in the big deals. The only thing that will drive good clients to your company is trust. Build trust and your customers will advertise for you for free.

**eSupun** · April 24th, 2010, 05:26

Originally Posted by Doolvehek

Well most of these people have some valid points however you never want to go with any host that says "Unlimited" next to any of their features. Unlimited usually means that they have poor servers, bad support and are just trying to cover it up by making an offer that looks good.

I would not agree with you in this point. Huge companies like HostMonster, webhostingpad and hostgator uses unlimited bandwidth for their packages.

**SonalAher** · April 26th, 2010, 08:38

That's right, going for unlimited offers, especially unlimited bandwidth is not bad. Most of the companies unlimited features in their packages. The only thing you have ensure in that the Terms of Service of that particular company. If there are no tactics in the TOS then its fine to go with that company. Unlimited bandwidth offers are actually good for the high traffic sites. And there is always an option available to upgrade your other requirements. So, why worry?