What is the effect of using Dual-Track Customer Acquisitionfor three months in the factory? Sharing real data and experience
When many factory owners consider Dual-Track Customer Acquisition, the question they are most concerned about is: What is the effect? Can we really bring customers and orders? This article will share the real data and experience of several real factories using Dual-Track Customer Acquisition3 for three months to help you make your judgment.
1. Case 1: Cangzhou Hardware Tool Factory
Factory background
Cangzhou An automobile maintenance tool factory in Xian County was established for 8 years. It used to mainly deal in the domestic market. It wanted to expand overseas business but had no foreign trade experience.
Before using AI to expand customers
- Foreign trade team: 0 people
- Overseas customers: 0
- Foreign trade sales: 0 yuan
- Method of obtaining customers: None
3 months after using AI to expand customers
- Accurate inquiries: 120+ items
- Effective customers: 35
- Transaction orders: 3
- First order amount: 800,000
- Cumulative foreign trade sales: 1.5 million +
- Customer repurchase: 1 customer has placed a second order
experience sharing
The factory owner said: "At first, we were worried that we would not be able to do a good job without experience, but the service provider provided the entire journey with special guidance from customer positioning to writing development letters. I received my first inquiry half a month after launching, and I was very excited at that time. In three months, I not only received orders, but also formed a two-person foreign trade team, which can now operate on my own. "
2. Case 2: Botou Machinery Manufacturing Factory
Factory background
An automobile mold manufacturing company in Botou, with an annual output value of 350 million yuan. It used to have foreign trade business but mainly relied on old customers, and it was difficult to develop new customers.
Before using AI to expand customers
- Foreign trade team: 3 people
- New customers in the year: 2-3
- Method of obtaining customers: exhibition, introduction of old customers
- Customer acquisition cost: high (more than 100,000 per exhibition)
3 months after using AI to expand customers
- Accurate inquiries: 80+ items
- Effective customers: 28
- Transaction orders: 5
- First order amount: 800,000
- New long-term customers: 5
- Breakthrough in Southeast Asian market: First entry into the Southeast Asian market
experience sharing
The foreign trade manager said: "In the past, we mainly relied on exhibitions to find customers. We couldn't go there a few times a year, and the cost was very high. After using AI tools, new potential customers can be found every day, and the salesperson's time is spent on follow-up and transactions, which improves efficiency a lot. More new customers were added in three months than in the past year. "
3. Case 3: Hejian Glass Products Factory
Factory background
A high-borosilicate glass factory in Hejian has good product quality but low brand awareness. It wants to open up the European and American markets through foreign trade.
Before using AI to expand customers
- Foreign trade team: 1 person
- Main markets: Middle East, Southeast Asia
- European and American customers: Almost no
- Method to get customers: B2B platform (poor effect)
3 months after using AI to expand customers
- Precise inquiries: 90+ items
- Proportion of European and American customers: 60%
- Transaction orders: 4
- First order amount: 300,000
- Estimated annual income increase: 3 million
- Successfully entered the US and German markets
experience sharing
The boss said: "The quality of our products is very good, but we didn't know how to find European and American customers before. AI tools helped us accurately locate importers and brands in Europe and the United States, and opened the European and American markets in three months. The order volume and profits of European and American customers are now much better than the previous market. "
4. Key factors for good AI customer expansion results
1. competitive products
AI tools can help you find customers, but whether you can make a deal depends on the product. Products with good quality, advantageous price, and stable delivery will naturally have a high conversion rate.
2. Follow up inquiries promptly
Reply to an inquiry within 24 hours after receiving it, preferably within a few hours. Overseas customers have limited patience, and if they respond slowly, they may be snatched away by competitors.
3. Professional quotation and communication
Quotations should be professional and detailed, and communication should be timely and smooth. If the foreign trade team is not professional enough, you can ask the service provider to provide accompanying guidance.
4. Continuous optimization strategy
Based on inquiry and transaction data, we can continuously optimize customer positioning, develop letter content, and quote strategies to continuously improve the effectiveness.
5. Answers to frequently asked questions
Question: Will AI extension customers definitely be able to close a deal in 3 months?
Answer: Not necessarily. Effects vary by industry, product, and team. However, as long as the product is competitive and follow-up is timely, the results will generally be seen within 3 months, and there will be at least a group of accurate inquiries and intended customers.
Question: Which industries have better results?
Answer: Manufacturing, hardware tools, mechanical parts, glass products, packaging materials, outdoor products and other industries have good results. As long as it is a product that has overseas demand, you can try it.
Question: Can small factories also use AI to expand customers?
Answer: Yes. The cost of AI extension is not high and small factories can afford it. Moreover, small factories are quick and flexible, which has advantages when following up on customers.
Question: Which is better for AI Toker or B2B platform?
Answer: The B2B platform is waiting for customers to come to the door. The competition is fierce and the effect is getting worse and worse. AI Tuoke actively finds customers in need, with higher accuracy and lower cost. It is recommended to combine the two, but the focus is on AI developers.
6. Summary
It can be seen from the above three real cases that Dual-Track Customer Acquisition can indeed bring tangible results to the factory. In three months, from 0 to having orders, customers, and teams, this was unimaginable in the past.
Of course, AI extension is not a panacea. It requires factories to have good products, timely follow-up and continuous optimization. But as long as you do this, AI Toko can help you quickly open up overseas markets and bring continued orders and growth.
If you also want to know how Dual-Track Customer Acquisition does it and what effects it can bring, you can contact Qihang AI for free industry analysis and customer acquisition solutions.
