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Increase Your Sales Quickly – Follow Up Several Times With Each Prospect & Client

There is a tradition in marketing that says that you need an average of at least seven contacts with a potential customer before you get a sale. It might go something like this:  The potential customer calls or emails you … Continue reading

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Increase Your Sales Quickly – Know Your Clients

It’s no good having a great USP if you don’t know much about your potential clients. Being the cheapest printer in the area might not matter if your prospects are well-off professionals: they may go for the printer who goes … Continue reading

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Tricks of the Mind

If you understand what it is that makes us respond, you can use the knowledge to develop your marketing approach. Here are a few pointers: Your brain has three main areas. The outer cortex is known as the ‘new brain’ … Continue reading

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4 More Ways to Market Yourself For Free

We spoke in the last article about three ways to market yourself in a low cost or free way. Here are four more.

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3 ways to Get Free Marketing

There are many ways to get noticed by prospects and current clients for free or very little cost. Here are three of them.

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Listening Get Results

Active Listening  A marketing friend said to people he mentors, “Can you ask a lot of questions?”  I think a good part to add to that must be, “Are you a good listener?”  It’s very easy, when someone has just … Continue reading

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Why You Need to Watch Out for Competitors

When you’re working out what marketing you’re going to do when, keep in mind future scenarios, and play a ‘what if’ game.

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10 Ways to Half the Cost of Your Advertising

Yes, You Can Halve The Cost Of  Your Advertising If you have to pay for your advertising (say your news release didn’t get taken up, for example, but you really want to get the message across NOW), make sure you … Continue reading

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Social Media Revolution: Make Sure You Get Your Spot!

If you’re not using social media in your advertising, you’re missing out:

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Where is YOUR business on Google?

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Create Your Niche

How could you adapt this tip to your business?

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What Every Company Should Know About Using Social Media and Twitter During A Recession

Not using social media marketing yet? Now’s the time to start. Enjoy this helpful and succinct slide show! (Remember, though, it’s just part of an overall marketing plan.) What Every Company Should Know About Using Social Media and Twitter During … Continue reading

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Marketing & Customer Care Tips Via The Placebo Effect

Yup, watch this video on the placebo effect by Ben Goldacre (the famous doctor who exposes dubious science dressed up to look valid), and you’ll also find out out about marketing your product and customer care. Enjoy.

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The Socially Powered Enterprise – what it is and why it matters

Are you using social media marketing in your business? No? Well, then think again. Stunning stats in this presentation – including the one which says that this year, 2010, Millennials (the X and Y generations) will surpass the Boomers’ generation in the … Continue reading

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Short But Sweet Video For a Client

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Ways To Reduce Your PPC Marketing Cost

PPC is Pay Per click Marketing. Not sure what that is? Just do a search on Google or another search engine and look to the left (and sometimes the top) for ‘sponsored listings’. You, the business owner, set these up … Continue reading

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Are Your Business Reward Systems COSTING You?

A lot of businesses use motivators to, well, motivate their staff. You may well be one of them. However, research shows that… Contingent motivators can do harm That’s right – carrots and sticks don’t work! Many businesses give incentives to … Continue reading

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Seth Godin Speaks on Marketing Successfully by Leading Through Social Media and Social Movement

His book was great. Don’t have time to read it? This 17 minute lively talk gets the idea across very well.

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SEO Needs Patience!

Sorry, but SEO doesn’t always happen overnight. Brad Gosse says it for us: And just using SEO to solve all your business problems won’t work either! Think carefully, and include it as just a part of your marketing mix.

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Build Your List Using Opt-Ins

Opt-In Lists – Introduction Having an opt-in list will help you build a list of prospects who are interested in your service or product. Once you build your list, you can send out emails and letters to promote to your … Continue reading

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