How Can I Use Messaging Apps to Get Business?

People often asked me, how can a messaging app like Whatsapp or WeChat be used to get business?

Firstly, please understand that we are already in a mobile world where people look at messaging apps like Whatsapp and WeChat more often than emails, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. In fact, people now send files via WeChat and Whatsapp instead of emails.

Secondly, we don't just communicate with people that we know via messaging apps. We use messaging apps to get to know people that we don't know. This is so true when we join groupchats where most of the people we don't really know. In WeChat, you can get to know strangers via 'People Nearby' function to know people within 1,000 meters of your location.

Thirdly, we use Whatsapp and WeChat to build our brand. Yes, you can use Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn to build your brand. But using messaging apps is faster because it is more instant than these social media apps. Through forming groupchats and lead in groupchats, we can build our brand quickly. For example, I formed a 'Learn WeChat Everyday' groupchat last Sunday and that made me a guru on WeChat instantly and garnered two students for my WeChat class.

Fourthly, messaging apps also have a big social media element. In Whatsapp, there is a Status page, similar to Facebook news feeds and here you can post your status to your Whatsapp friends. In WeChat, the social media page is called Moments. We know that social media is good for getting business because people like to deal with people that they know and trust. Through social media updates, we can get to know a person and this definitely builds trust.

Fifthly and most importantly, a messaging app like WeChat has an inbuilt payment platform called WeChat Pay where you can send and receive money instantly. This definitely facilitates business.

If you too want to get immediate business from your existing WeChat and Whatsapp accounts, message me at 8201-4347. I will put you into one of my classes (Whatsapp Marketing or WeChat Power" at a special 67% discount, just for this article readers. Thanks.

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