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At trade shows and pass out business cards without spending money on a pricey booth. two, start a contest. contests can get customers involved with and excited about your product. three, be social. social media tools help a business connect with potential or current customers but stay specific in what you're doing and who you're targeting. four, reward local loyalty. offer a small gift or discount for referrals or repeat business. and, five, be a publicity hound. contribute bi-lined articles to the media. try helpareporter.com that helps journalists find experts. still to come, we answer you...

Way to encouraging repeat business, but it was a casual conversation that led to this discovery. >> he came into the shop and said, you should make wood pellets. wood pellets, what are those? >> as val and tony would learn, wood pellets are pieces of compressed sawdust that look a little bit like fish food. they are heated in a pellet stone that homeowners use as an alternative to gas or oil heating. they started out slowly ordering just a few bags of pellets to gauge demand. they used their long-time relationships with lumber mills to find the right supplier. to their surprise these little pe...

1989. it was my first job out of high school. >> i remember that in 1966. i was 11 years old. >> val and tony are co-owners of the western new jersey based imperial billiards. not too long ago they were custom making 250 billiards a year. but times have changed. but in recent years demand has slumped for items reaching $1,800. to make matters worse, repeat business is rare when you are designing a product lasting for decades. death one to survival was to diversify their product line. val and tony now build shuffle board tables, bars and cabinets. the new lines have gone a long

Number two is human trafficking. and everybody says within five years it will be the biggest illegal trade in the world. and the reason for that is with trafficking you have repeat business. >> so how much money is a human life worth to those people who traffic them? well, this is our big number of today, it's pretty shocking. it's as much as $325,000. that's how much andrew wallace tells us one woman slave can generate if she's repeatedly sold. >> now, there are, of course, slaves of every age and every ethnicity almost everywhere in the world. they're clearly visible in the brick yards of in...

Time for your business small business advice. here are some tips on generating repeat business. create a loyalty program and reward frequent customers with discounts or special sales. keep in touch. follow up with people after the point of sale. and offer incentives to customers who refer your business to their friends.