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321. Forget Conventional Marketing - Embrace the Web! By Lee Traupel
     Tactical marketing processes are once again undergoing fundamental shifts from traditional to web-based processes. Many traditional marketing firms/agencies are still touting the tried and true to their clients; i.e. Tradeshow attendance, Print, Traditional PR, TV and Radio. However, these conventional marketing processes work best for broad market awareness and/or branding, especially for a Fortune 1K company with significant resources to spen…



322. Insider's Secret to Selling Mailing Lists By DeAnna Spencer
     If you've got a mailing list of at least a thousand names or more, you're sitting on a gold mine. All it takes is for you to get the word out that you've got a mailing list for rent, at a competitive price, and you should be home free!First of all, you've got to have a bonafide list of customers - a list of names of people that have responded to an ad or bought from you.You can accumulate such a list simply by noting on 3 by 5 index cards -…



323. 50 Unbelievable Benefits Of Joint Venture Marketing By Ben Tiew
     What Is A Joint Venture?A joint venture is an agreement in which two or more businesses work on a project for a set period of time. Joint ventures can be long-term, like promoting a product together, or some can be short-term, like bartering (trading) products and services. Joint venture ideas are virtually endless.The Benefits Of Joint Venture Marketing1. You can build long lasting businessrelationships.2. You can increase your credibility by …



324. Promotions for Mobile Detailers By Lance Winslow
     Mobile businesses are quite unique in the way they must promote to stay in the customers mind; it takes creativity, savvy planning and a lot of listening to your customers. After years running a franchise system in 23 states with mobile detailing units everywhere. We learned quickly that professional auto detailing is more than just showing up on time, maintaining your customer base and looking sharp. Mobile detailers know you need to create pr…



325. 8 Lessons in Strategic Marketing A La 'Daddy Daycare' By Bobette Kyle
     I bet you thought the movie "Daddy Daycare" was a kiddie comedy, right? Wrong...It's a marketing strategy film! When Charlie and his friend Phil are fired as Product Development/Brand Managers for a cereal company, they decide to fill a need in their community.Along the way to success they demonstrate several solid marketing strategies -- equally applicable to online, offline, and integrated companies. Take these lessons to heart when developin…



326. Marketing Strategy - Spell Out Your Unique Value By Kevin P. Dervin
     I attended a “Sales Focus” seminar a few years back in which the speaker asked this key question. “Why, based on all the competitive alternatives available to me, would I want to buy from you?” What a great question.Most of the participants in the room couldn’t come up with anything beyond – “We’ve only got experienced professionals on staff.”; “We use proven methodologies.”; “We’ve got a reputation in the marketplace for delivering value-added…



327. Time for Marketers to Clean Up Their Act! By Azriel Winnett
     Some years ago, a prominent Australian hi-tech company launched a product called Maestro that bundles community-building features like chat rooms, file sharing and instant messaging into one application. The company envisaged smaller Internet service providers (ISP's) as their main target market for the software. The company president contracted with a sales/marketing person to handle the ISP market. He personally trained the can…



328. 3 Simple Ways to Harness Concept of the Free Offer for Internet Marketing By Joel Teo
     One of the reason why the concept of free stuff online works really well has a lot to do with the nature of the internet where people go online to find free information and share music online. Many good internet marketers have learnt that offering free things to their website visitors can help make them more money online and this article highlights three simple strategies that successful internet marketers have used.Free EbooksGiving away a fr…



329. How To Kick Your Marketplace (And Your Prices) Up A Notch! By Craig Garber
     Sometimes all you need is a simple "shift" in your thinking and that missing "link" you've been needing, all of a sudden appears, clear as day.Here's what I mean: A common problem I see with clients of mine, especially my consulting clients - http://www.KingOfCopy.com/consulting - is that they've got a "decent" product... "decent" marketing... but their target audience is slightly "off" a bit.And the thing is, even if you've got an AWESOME prod…



330. Write Better Web Content By Nancy Jackson
     If you’re reading this article, chances are that you, like most professionals these days, understand the value of the Internet. It may be where you go to buy movie or concert tickets, browse restaurant menus, or plan your vacations. Most likely, you also turn to the Web to research business strategies, vendors and other companies.But what about those surfers who are researching your company? When they visit your Web site, will they find what th…



331. The Best Defensive Strategy is the Courage to Attack Yourself By Arvind Kumar
     Because of its leadership position, the defender owns a strong point in the mind of the prospect. The best way to improve your position is by constantly attacking it. In other words, you strengthen your position by introducing new products or services that obsolete your existing ones.IBM is a master of the game. Every so often, IBM introduces a new line of mainframe computers with significant price/performance advantages over existing products.…



332. Using a Contact List Profitably Part One By Nancy Roebke
     In previous articles, we discussed the generation of a contact list. This time, we look at one idea on what to do with that list once you have it.The SurveyYour contact list can be used as a great source of information, especially about the importance and need of specific products or services. This type of survey is most effective when asking what are called "probing" questions- questions that cannot be answered by "yes" or "no". Useful questio…



333. Marketing Strategy - Getting the Marketing Groove By Megan Tough
     Wouldn’t it be great to have a year where your marketing efforts were streamlined and got the results you were after? None of us want to struggle with marketing, and yet this is the one topic that continues to be highest in the minds of small business professionals.Let’s really consider some of the reasons that can sabotage our marketing efforts, and how we can turn that around.Lack of a marketing mindsetWe don’t see ourselves as in the marketi…



334. GoogSpy: Business Counter Intelligence for Everyone By Sandra Stammberger
     So, you want to know what your competitors are up to these days, or maybe you want to research a keyword campaign that will rank you at the top of the heap for whatever product or service you're selling? Meet GoogSpy, a special search engine that not only shows you what Google AdWords your competitors are buying, but it will display all of the search terms that rank them in the top 10, PLUS it even displays their top 25 competitors.What search …



335. The Manufacturer Magazine Includes Wisdom from TR Cutler, Inc. CEO
     In the November issue of The Manufacturer, Tom Cutler, president and CEO of the Fort Lauderdale, FL-based manufacturing marketing firm T.R. Cutler, Inc., says that bolt-on applications can be a costly experience, especially for those companies who continue to add bolt-on applications on a regular basis. 'The cycle of integration and upgrades can be quite expensive over time,' says Cutler. TR Cutler, Inc. (www.trcutlerinc.com) is the only PR firm…



336. Small Business Marketing Tip #1: A Personal Story About Exceeding Expections By Jimmy Vee
     In Florida, home pest control really is a pre-requisite. When I first bought my home it was a few years old. After living here for a few months, I received a call from a pest control company. They explained that they had been servicing the house previously, and would like to continue - I just needed to take over the bill.I fought it...explaining that I saw no pests, so didn't understand why I needed to pay them. The guy wisely explained that th…



337. 3 Quick Robotic Online and Offline Marketing Strategies to Help You Work Less and Make More Money By Jeff Mills
     What is Marketing? There are many text book answers to this but I like these two definitions the most.To be successful, you have to understand what marketing is, and how to advertise.Marketing can be defined a number of ways.Val Smyth, founder of Mentors In Motion taught me that Marketing is the art and science of empowering, strengthening and developing real relationships with another human being, based their wants or needs and not yours or m…



338. Down To The Wire By Henry DeVries
     When you want to win and woo new clients with national publicity -- and don't have an enormous budget to distribute your message -- turn to the news wires. But first, be sure you're telling a story that's worth printing.The best publicity draws on one of a handful of tried-and-true themes. Newsworthy stories have something that hits you as a reader and makes you more interested than "just the facts." Think about how your company's story might …



339. Beyond Repair: The Fixed-price Model By Steve Pickard
     Don't get me wrong. I certainly don't think the majority of vendors who use a fixed-price model are trying to rip you off. In fact, when I started my business that's the way we worked—which is why we have such great insight into the flaws in the system. But there needs to be a transparency to the work. You need to know exactly what you're getting, how long it takes, and how much it costs. You need to know that you're only paying for time actual…



340. Put The Selling Power of Testimonials To Work to Increase Your Sales & Profits! By Thom Reece
     Among the variety of techniques available to you as a marketer, there is one that is virtually guaranteed to increase your business...testimonials !To clearly understand why testimonials are so powerful we must first look at the basic perceptions of our audience.Here's how "John Q. Customer" might describe his attitude:"In addition to making me an enticing offer, you must prove to me that you are okay to do business with. You must eliminate any…



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