• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Startup Hero

The Official Blog Of Name Hero

Learn To Fly Above The Competition Get Started
  • HomeWelcome
  • CoursesVideo Training Center
  • About UsWhat is StartupHero?
  • BlogGet the latest
  • Start HereStartup 101
  • SpeakingPodcast & Media
  • ResourcesTools to help You
    • Reselling WordPress Hosting
    • Resell Hero
    • How To Start A Blog
  • NameHeroCloud Web Hosting

Promote Your Reseller Hosting Business With Local Meet-ups

By Ryan Gray on June 6, 2017 0

Promote Your Reseller Hosting Business With Local Meet-ups

Continuing with my series on The Path Forward Towards Making $100 A Day From Reseller Hosting, I want to give you another non-conventional way to go about getting clients into your reseller hosting business. 

When I first launched NameHero back in 2015 I started to attend local small business “meet-ups” around the city.  Most of these include sometime of presentation by a speaker along with refreshments and an opportunity to network/mingle with other small business owners.

The majority of these small business owners have little to no idea about web hosting, and are looking for a company to help keep their website online and updated without a hassle.

Since a lot of the “big brands” have neglected customer service, most of these business owners just want to have a “contact” at a reputable company they can trust.  A lot of companies I’ve met, very seldom submit a support request, but just like to know someone is going to help them if they ever need it.

Search for local meet-ups in your community

My favorite site to look for such meet-ups is Meetup.com.  Regardless where you live, it’s likely you’ll find some type of small-business group that you can meet with.

Here in Kansas City, there is a group that meets several times a month to just discuss WordPress. Talk about a targeted audience! If you attended each one of those meet-ups for six months how many customers do you think you could get?

I can almost guarantee you there are people that attend these that are frustrated/not happy with their current hosting solution.  If you can be the solution and be helpful, you can gain a customer for life!

Important things to remember

When attending small business meet-ups there are a couple of important things to take into consideration:

  • Be professional – You don’t have to wear a suit and tie, but dress as professionally as possible.  Especially for those of you that are younger Entrepreneurs, you want to look like you mean business, and don’t want to be mistaken as a “kid.”(trust me I’ve been there before).
  • Make eye contact – When introducing yourself make sure to make good eye contact and have a nice firm handshake.  Don’t be staring at the ceiling or floor, look the individual right in the eye and let them know your name, your company, and a little about what you do.
  • Be direct – Make sure to have all your details together about what services you can offer them.  Don’t try to “bs” just to get business, be very direct in your offering, and let them know with confidence how you can help their business.
  • Bring business cards – Don’t be “that person” who doesn’t have any business cards.  This is key to getting your contact information inside their office.  Get on Overnight Prints or Vista Print and have some printed out.  They’re not expensive and you can have them design them, or can easily download a free business card PSD and edit in Photoshop.
  • Don’t pitch – People hate this.  Don’t go in with a “sales presentation.”  Go in with the sole goal of meeting people and helping them solve their problems.  The more helpful you are, the more people will like you, and will be more likely to do business with you.

This may take a little practice, especially for those of you that aren’t that extroverted.  The more groups you attend and the more practice you have, will make it a lot easier.

How to leverage local meet-ups to get customers

I filmed about a twenty minute video where I explain all of this in a bit more detail and provide some tips/examples of how I go about this with NameHero:

If you take local small business meet-ups seriously, you will start to get customers that will be life-long relationships.  Remember to always respect others for their time and offer the value that you promise (i.e. put the customer first).

I now challenge you all – how many customers can you close this week?

Ryan Gray

Ryan Gray is the founder and CEO of NameHero, one of the fastest growing independent web hosts in the United States. Ryan has been working online since 1998 and has over two-decades experience in Internet Entrepreneurship.

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Connect With Us!

Superhero Resources

Fix Common Issues

  • How To Setup Free And Automatic SSL Certificates
  • How To Setup Cloudflare With Railgun
  • How To Fix Memory Exhausted Errors In WordPress
  • How To Edit PHP Version/Upload Limit/Add Extensions
  • How To Move/Migrate Your Business To Name Hero

Free Guides

  • How To Setup NameHero Hosting
  • How To Create A Web Hosting Business With WordPress
  • How To Start A WordPress Blog
  • How To Migrate WordPress To A VPS
  • How To Speed Test And Optimize Your WordPress Website
  • Magento 2.X Installation Guide
  • How To Clean Up A WordPress Hack

Training

Recent Posts

  • Preventing Malware With WordPress Plugin Updates
  • How To Add A Subdomain In Cloudflare
  • WordPress Should Do More For Core Web Vitals
  • Is it Time to Disable Your RSS Feeds?
  • The Dangers Of FTP – Use With Extreme Care (Or Avoid)!
  • 3 Great Reasons To Use Subdomains
Subscribe in a reader
  • Web Hosting
  • WordPress Hosting
  • Reseller Hosting
  • VPS Hosting
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • FTC Disclosure
  • Earnings Disclosure
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2021 · Smart Passive Income Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in