Amongst the list of achievement that sales people and business men and women have drafted out for this new year will definitely be for them to be able to close more deals and surely make more sales, because no matter how hard working a business man or woman is, without making profit the effort of such a person is almost insignificant, this is the more reason why the dream and desire of every business man and woman as well as sales person is to close more deals on a regular base.


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#### Dedicate yourself to customer satisfaction.
Customer satisfaction is of a very important way to keep a good business running, in order to increase sales the first step to take is to take care of customers the more. Sales and profit in business can be increased by simply paying attention to regular customer needs, the real customers who add significant profit are the ones who come as a result of external customer service.
It is highly impossible for a business man to advertise the business to everyone individually but the advertisement done through the words of the mouth by a satisfied customer is always a great advantage. 

#### Increase the volume of transaction.
When the volume of transaction is increased there is availability of more sales and certainly more profit to be made also, when you are discussing with a customer, make it a point of duty to have them purchase more than their budget or more than the usual because that is going to add to the value of your transaction.

#### Cut down expenses and reduce selling price.
In order to get more customers, the price of a commodity or a service can be reduced, but in order for the price to be reduced without the profit been affected, it also implies that certain expenses needs to be cut down. Search your business this year and look for those things that could be regarded as unnecessary expenses and cut them out of your list, this will help you gain more profit as you improve on your pursuit of gaining more profit.

Also be on the lookout for some little extra services that you offer to your customers that could be removed without losing those customers, which will really be a good way for you to save more money and offer a better service to keep those customers loyal to you. Thank you very much for reading this post.