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741. Postcards - Picture Perfect Promotion
     There is a simple but almost mystical law which governs promotion and marketing and their relationship to the amount of business generated: business will come in to the degree that you get your message out, promote, let people know you are there, advertise, write to people, call people, e-mail people and generally communicate to existing or potential clients. It isn’t a fact that registers easily and it almost takes faith to follow this dictum un…



742. Great Marketing is Like Making a Great Movie By Allison Bliss
     KNOW YOUR AUDIENCEThe Oscars will be handed out soon, and it’s a perfect time to keep this in mind: If you’re a business owner or manager, it’s wise to think of yourself as a great film director who’s telling a story. Having directed films, stage, television, and stage productions we noticed that the principles of great directing or filmmaking apply exactly to great marketing.OK, so you don’t need the baseball cap or the megaphone like a film d…



743. Lack Of Business Isn't Always The Problem By C.J. Hayden
     When you're just starting out in business, it's a safe bet that you need more clients. But what if you have been up and running for a while, and you're still not making as much money as you would like? You may be in the habit of thinking that attracting new clients is the answer, but this isn't always the case.There are many reasons why a professional services business might not be earning enough, but they typically fall into four categories: …



744. Three Simple Ideas That Increase Profit… FAST! By Neil Millar
     Are you spending more time trying to get new clients than actually working with them?If the answer is yes, then these three simple ideas will help you.First, have you ever asked for something and got something different to what you thought you*d asked for? Or have you ever thought you had asked for something and got a blank expression or worse... just got completely ignored? Or even worse, been half-way through telling someone what you do for a…



745. Getting Ideas for Your Postcards By Martha Retallick
     If you're going to do postcard marketing on an ongoing basis, it's a good idea to have a collection of cards to inspire you. In advertising and marketing circles, this is called a "swipe file."How do you start a swipe file? By watching your mail! Save all the postcards that arrive in your mailbox for one month, and I guarantee that you?ll have a bumper crop of ideas to choose from. (During the political campaign season, it'll only take a week.)…



746. A Marketing Plan Minus Fanfare? What a Concept! By Trish Lambert
     If you are now or ever have been part of a large company or corporation, you are familiar with planning exercises—business planning, financial planning, marketing planning, all sorts of planning. Some of it is done in groups, while some of it is done by individuals. And if it’s done “right,” there will be some kind of document at the end of process, which will either be used as a reference throughout the period the planning covered, or will get…



747. Marketing to Women -- Can I Buy You A Clue? By Denise O'Berry
     A while back a small business owner paid me a visit. He wanted help marketing his fitness business to women. Before we even started talking, he handed me his business card. The card was very professional and said all the right things. But it also included a huge blunder.He was pretty smart to target women as prospects for his business. After all, experts say that in the average household women control over two thirds, 75 percent, of the finance…



748. Client or Customer? There Really Is A Difference By Larry Galler
     Some people use the words “client” and “customer” interchangeably or generically. I’d like you to think a little about these important words because there is a significant difference – one that can have huge impact upon your long-term business.According to Merriam-Webster:Client: One that is under the protection of anotherCustomer: One that purchases a commodity or serviceHere’s the distinction:In a client / vendor relationship, the buyer is …



749. OLD WAYS OFTEN TIMES PROVED TO BE THE BEST ALTERNATIVE
     The most “in” today is doing business online. However, with the vast number of sites offering the same products as well as similar services just how can you simply set yours’ different from everyone else? Answer: ADVERTISING. Advertising is not a new concept in business. It’s as old as business itself. Some people may think that having a web site to promote their products and their services is enough but with all the numerous considerations like…



750. 7 Simple Marketing Tips By Bob Leduc
     Here are 7 simple marketing tips to help you boost your sales and profits quickly. All are easy to use and work for any business.Tip 1: You can constantly improve the effectiveness of your advertising by allocating 80 percent of your advertising budget to proven promotions and 20 percent to testing new things. When something new works better than your proven promotions, move it to the 80 percent group and start testing something else in the 20 …



751. Increase Product Awareness by Becoming an Expert By Candice Pascal
     While many consumers buy products and use the services of others on a daily basis, few stop to think about why they chose one brand or person over another. The power of print, advertising, and images from television and film often have more of an effect on consumer choices then they may admit.With a product or service to sell, you have likely already investigated the costs and demographics of various traditional venues for advertising, however …



752. 5 Tips to Help You Market When You Think You're Too Busy By Debbie LaChusa
     What if you've taken the time to create a marketing plan but now you're so busy servicing your current clients that you're having a hard time keeping on track with your plan?Is it okay to set the plan aside for awhile? After all you've got enough business to keep you busy. And, you're not sure you could handle additional clients right now anyway.While marketing may not seem like a necessary activity when your business is going gang-busters, it…



753. The M-Word (Marketing) Phase 2 By Kelly O'Brien
     Last month we looked at what you need to do before you spend money on marketing brochures, a website, advertising or even go out to network. During Phase 1, it’s all about crafting your message. Key steps include getting clear about your market niche, developing a clear message about how you solve your target clients’ problems, articulating what makes you their best choice, packaging your services so clients will buy, and demonstrating why they…



754. Catalogs for Keeps
     When we make purchases, catalogs are a must-have. Through them, we become aware of the things that we are about to purchase. Therefore, we can choose the best ones and we are not going to be deceived by the substandard ones. This is the reason why businesses and companies consider catalogs as one of the most effective marketing tools especially when conceptualized and designed accurately. Catalogs are usually being mailed to customers or distribu…



755. How Do You Get Past The Gatekeeper? By Habiba Abubakar
     The best joint ventures are with people in your own network – those that already know, like and trust you. However, there’s nothing to stop you from partnering with “cold” contacts – those you’ve never associated with before, and you would therefore need to build a relationship with. This simply means it will take a bit more time to execute the joint venture because any “cold” contact would need time to evaluate your character and your busine…



756. 10 Reasons Why Businesses Fail at Marketing. By John Follis
     1) They don’t fully understand it.Perception: Marketing is advertising. Reality: Marketing may not even include advertising. Perception: Marketing is an expense. Reality: Marketing is an investment. _______________________________________________________________________ 2) They rely almost exclusively on Word-of-Mouth.Word-of-mouth is the best way to get business and savvy marketing helps create it. So, you can’t sit back and hope for cust…



757. Incentives For Customers? Whats New? By Chris Cameron
     Lost & Found for the 21st CenturyHere in the 21st century our lives have become more and more reliant on mobile items. As we go through our days, keeping a mental log of everything we have and where we have it becomes more and more difficult. It is inevitable that some things get lost. In fact as stated in a recent research “Around 62,000 mobile phones were left in London taxis during the last six months. That's an average three phones per tax…



758. Capture Clients With Words That 'Hook' And Graphics That 'Kick!' By Karen Saunders
     Do the marketing pieces you send out lack pizzazz and personality? Are they capturing the clients you want to work with?As your company's in-house graphics person--perhaps more by default than by intention--you're pressed to be a jack/jill-of-all-trades. You want to do a great job of producing promotional pieces, but you have little time to learn advanced design and marketing skills.Your ongoing challenge is learning to do a little more to get …



759. The Benefits of a Marketing Plan By Peter Viliamu
     What is a Marketing Plan? Marketing is to do with matching the features and benefits that your products and services are able to provide with specific customers and then telling those customers why they should buy them from you. Your marketing plan details how to do this. A Marketing Plan is a document that supplements your business plan and brings together all your market research so that you can work out exactly where your business is going a…



760. Effective List Management Can Save You Big By Joy Gendusa
     Let’s talk about how to keep your postage costs down.So far you have been following my advice and mailing to the same list more than once. At some point you find lists that will produce returns continually, but you notice that you are receiving more returns than when you started mailing to those lists.You may see things like "Undeliverable as Addressed" or "Forwarding Order Expired." Every time you mail to an address and that prospect has moved…



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