5 Ways to Quickly Increase Client Inquiries for your Service-Based Creative Small Business

 Worried that you aren’t receiving enough client inquiries to book your services this year? We’ve all been there and have some solutions to offer! 

If you are worried about the number of inquiries you have received so far this year, there are some quick changes you can make today to insure more inquiries tomorrow!  Here are the 5 tips for increasing inquiries quickly…

TIP 1: REACH OUT TO VENDORS YOU’VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST OR HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH

If you are hoping to get referrals from others in your industry, be sure to reach out to vendors who are likely to recommend your work! You can do this through gifting, notes, or even offering gifted services, like free headshots.

TIP 2: START BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE YOU’D LIKE TO WORK WITH IN THE FUTURE.

If you are feeling stuck in a lower market and ready to up-level to a luxury market, then you should be building relationships with vendors who represent where you want to go! Again, through gifting, or even live conferences, you can get to know vendors who might recommend your services in the future.

TIP 3: REACH OUT TO ALL FORMER CLIENTS (THAT YOU ENJOYED WORKING WITH).

Did you get to work with a dreamy client this year? Be sure to make it easy to refer them by sending notes, anniversary gifts, and even holiday cards to stay top of mind so that they can think of and refer you to other friends!

TIP 4. BLOGGING, PINTEREST, AND SEO

Don’t forget to have an active and alive web presence by blogging about what you do, how you do it, and your favorite client experiences (or how you got them results). By blogging, you can establish know, like, trust and show future clients that you are exactly the service provider they are looking for (hint: use Pinterest and good SEO tactics to get more visitors to your website).

TIP 5: ADVERTISE (WISELY)

Lastly, consider paid advertising through Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest ads. If you’ve had success with a blog post or campaign organically, then backing it up with advertising dollars could be a good idea!