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1121. Name the Top Cable Network By Mike McDaniel
      When Cable began as Community Antenna Television in 1948, all it did was collect over the air TV signals and send them down a cable.When Cable networks began, so did Cable advertising. The fledgling new networks sold (or gave away) ads in their programs. Memories are etched in our brain; The Amazing Slicer-Dicer, and "so you don't forget, call before midnight tonight". Eventually local cable systems were given permission to sell ads and cover …



1122. 11 Ways to Turnaround a Cash-Strapped Business or Practice By Adam Urbanski
      This past weekend I received a disturbing message from a dear friend. His business wasn’t generating all the income he needed. He’s exhausted all savings, started depleting credit card reserves and badly needed money to pay this month’s mortgage... Ouch! I wish I knew sooner...Whether it’s pride or just human nature that keeps professionals from asking for help sooner, it’s just plain silly to keep “toughing it out” when there are so many strat…



1123. Developing A Focused Marketing Strategy By Lisa Packer
      You want all of your marketing messages to have a single focus, so they pull together instead of competing with each other. Great! So how do you come up with one?First, there are several things you need to know. Who is your target? As specifically as possible, who are you trying to sell to? Don’t just say “women,” say, “fashion conscious women age 18-35.” Say, “stay-at-home mothers of preschool children.”Next, what benefit of your product or se…



1124. How to Protect Yourself Against the Hidden Cost of Shipping to Trade Shows By Paul Buisson
      Trade Shows are lots of work, but they can generate lots of new business for their participants. In addition to the expense of staffing your booth, food, lodging, display, travel, etc. you need to consider how will you transport your equipment to and from the event. This sounds like a simple task, but few freight carriers deliver to trade shows. Why don’t many carriers ship to trade shows? Anytime you have lots of businesses shipping to the…



1125. Should You Offer Commissions For Customer Referrals?
      As a small business owner you may find yourself in a situation where you want to partner with another business but they are asking for a commission on your services. You will want to be prepared to handle such a request BEFORE you find yourself in this situation.Whenever someone asks you for a commission in exchange for marketing your product or service, it is basically an affiliate or referral program. This can be one of the most powerful forms …



1126. How To Gain Monopoly-Like Profits Through Ethnic Marketing
      Introduction In today's U.S. marketplace, marketing to various ethnic audiences is vital to consumer-oriented product and service companies. Latinos and African Americans already have a critical mass of buying power of over $1 trillion combined and this total is increasing rapidly. The growth of the Hispanic and African American affluent and middle class is occurring faster than the majority of Caucasian Americans. These ethnic audiences are beco…



1127. How to Take Your Law Firm to the Next Level By Kelly O'Brien
      How to Take Your Law Firm to the Next Level Third in a series of three articlesSO you’ve done such a good job at bringing in new clients to your firm that you’re swamped with business, your firm is large and growing, and all parts of your marketing system are in place and running smoothly? Congratulations!If you can confidently answer "yes!" to the following metrics, then you’re ready to take your practice to the next level:• Is your firm’s mis…



1128. Devious and Deceptive Packaging By JoAnn Hines
      Have you read anything in the news lately about childhood obesity, Jose Canseco and steroids, or fat free foods? Where is the truth in any of that?If only we lived and shopped in a pure world where labels told the whole truth and nothing but the truth. But while consumers rely on labels to make wise nutritional choices, food manufacturers use labels to sell their product. Remember when we used to read the label before making an informed pur…



1129. Make Your Mailing a Home Run, Not a Strike Out! By Joy Gendusa
      You can use great design and copy to get a better response.When you send a mailing to your customers or prospective customers you are counting on making considerably more money in new business than you spend on the mailing, right? It is obvious that if you were not going to profit from the mailing, you wouldn’t send it out.A little less obvious is that it costs almost the same amount of money to send out a very attractive mailing piece with bri…



1130. Are You a Marketing Octopus, or a Marketing Worm? By André Bell
      One of the greatest challenges to effectively marketing a business is determining which marketing method is best for your business.Most people look at what their competitors are doing to market their businesses and then simply imitate that, whether good or bad.The best marketing strategy does not involve selecting only one or two marketing approaches that we see others using. The best marketing approach resembles an octopus.An octopus is very e…



1131. A Simple Way to Evaluate Any Target Market By Mark Smock
      If you are considering purchasing a business you should take the time to define your “must have” and, to a lesser extent, “ideal” business purchase criteria before you take your first step to find a company to buy.It is important to define what your absolute business purchase criteria are and what attributes of a company are just “nice to have”. Having these clearly defined and written will add a significant amount of efficiency to the entire b…



1132. 15 Simple Ways to Attract New Customers to You in 15 Days By Dave Wells
      Whether you are the rain-maker in a small firm, a sales representative, or responsible for a national sales force, it’s in your best interest to branch out and create alternative ways to reach perspective customers. Having multiple marketing streams is the life-blood of any lead generation and lead nurturing program. But don’t count on your company’s marketing department to do it for you, it’s not their job.Here are 15 ideas that you or your …



1133. Key Marketing Questions - Planning Your Marketing Campaign By Michele Schermerhorn
      So you started a business. How’s it going? Did you think about marketing when you began planning for your business? Marketing is how you get the word out about your business. Marketing will ultimately determine if you succeed or fail. So, how can you succeed? What questions should you be asking yourself? Here are the BIG FIVE!WHO DO I WANT AS A CUSTOMER?Let’s say you were trying to sell a video game. To effectively sell a video game to a fiftee…



1134. Two kinds of Advertising for a Marketing Strategy By Steven Boaze
      Advertising is the lifeblood of any business. If you do not learn how to advertise your products and services both efficiently and effectively, you won't be in business long. While the Internet has lessened or eliminated many of the costs normally associated with starting and running a small business, and it's now easier than ever, you'll never realize significant profits if you don't grow your business through effective marketing.There are rea…



1135. Notable News - It's Not About You! By Nancy Fraser
      You enjoy what you do. In fact, you love your product and want to tell everyone about it. Well, I hate to tell you this, but no one cares!  Think about the last major purchase you made…maybe a car …did you buy it because you met a car salesman who told you how much he loved his work or did you buy it because you would spend less on fuel and maintenance and be able to spend more on eating out, make up or your favourite hobbies. Maybe it's as sim…



1136. Private Practice Marketing: Is It Wrong To Let Others Know What You Do? By Jeff Herring
      When I first started my marriage and family therapy private practice in 1986, it was considered bad form to advertise your services. It was not considered unethical, just something a “professional” did not do.That never really made a whole lot of sense to me.I think it came from the never was true notion that all you had to do was hang up your shingle and the clients would flock to your door.Breaking the rulesSo when one of my colleagues and I …



1137. Everybody Loves Raymond....You Should Too! By Will Dylan
      Popular TV Series Provides a Powerful Marketing LessonSmall Business owners spend a great deal of mental effort and time trying to dream up the next big marketing idea for their business. I’m all for that. It’s a good time investment for any small business owner to think about ways to promote their business. While you’re thinking, keep in mind that some of the most successful ideas aren’t new at all. Just ask Ray Romano.Romano is the creator an…



1138. Rut Busters: Changing Your Trade Show Routine By Susan Friedmann
      Routine is comfortable. We like knowing what we’re going to do, when we’re going to do it, and what we’ll be wearing while we do it. It’s nice, safe and predictable. There are no surprises, no unforeseen contingencies, no upsets. There is also no growth, no excitement, and no spontaniety. Routines can easily become ruts, especially at a trade show. It’s very easy to do, especially if you always go to the same shows, display in the same locatio…



1139. How to get a better web site ROI
      Better Web Site ROI-------------------How to increase your business profitability by hundreds ofpercentWebsites are ubiquitous these days and everybody is trying toget a betterweb site ROI. With millions upon millions of sites all trying toappeal to the same traffic, what can you do to improve your website ROI?What's In A NameYou can use Google Adwords to very quickly and cost effectivelyimprove your business profitabilityby a significant amount …



1140. Lighting a Fire Under Your Marketing Material! By Charlene Rashkow
      In today’s marketplace it’s more important than ever for a business to find cost-effective methods for increasing sales, launching products and attracting clientele. Accordingly, the marketing materials you choose must be of the highest caliber.If you are planning on writing any type of marketing material, your first and most important goal is making sure your material sparkles. In other words, lighting a fire under your marketing material is c…



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