“Millennials are less loyal, so service agreements are on the decline. Will need to create “clubs” for them to join, with a monthly fee to be a member of the club.”
The above is from a research site to which we subscribe for industry and buy-sell deal information. This line is about the HVAC industry, which has long thrived on service agreements to maintain heating and air conditioning equipment (often mandatory on commercial properties).
I’m not saying go out and have your business start a “club” to attract younger customers. The lesson here is, know your market. Social media is huge, popular, and many businesses really don’t understand it. So they either don’t use it or they use it incorrectly. I use it some and have come to realize LinkedIn is far and away where my business network and prospective clients are most active.
An example of knowing your market is that people have asked me why my blog doesn’t have comments. It’s because after briefly allowing comments I realized three things:
- Most of the businesspeople I associate with don’t have the time to write a lot of comments (I don’t have time either).
- I was getting bombarded with robot comments, mostly scams.
- People who do leave comments do it mainly for themselves, not for the benefit of other readers.
It’s tough trying to reach prospective customers who can be a moving target. So, understand where your customers hangout (figuratively not the specific restaurant, bar, coffee shop, etc.) and be there for them. The same holds true for those who can refer customers to you
“Different strokes for different folks; And so on and so on and: Scooby dooby dooby.” Everyday People by Sly and the Family Stone
