I know what you’re thinking: Building a customer base without pitch decks, an office, collateral, a website, etc. is impossible. But impossible isn’t a word I like to use. Some people might have said that Russia and the United States working together to build a space station would be impossible, but it’s happening. Just about anything is possible if you take the right approach.
The right approach for building an initial customer base off of nothing more than a concept is to engage in what I like to call “hand-to-hand combat”. I don’t mean punch potential customers in the face — go out and physically find them. Track them down and talk to them in person. You’ll be surprised at the response. Face-to-face conversations are the key to digging a whole goldmine of eager customers without spending a dime on marketing. In fact, face-to-face meetings are 34 times more effective than emails, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Don’t believe me? Read on to find out what steps to take to build your customer base when your business is still in the idea phase.
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