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1221. Keyword Articles: Use Magical Keywords in your Articles and get lots of Traffic
      Keyword Articles: Use Magical Keywords in your Articles and Get Lots of Trafficby Fred FarahYou get a flash of inspiration and an interesting topic for an article comes into your head. Here we go then! You write the article, and even come up with a 'catchy' title. You post the article on your web site, and even add a link to a product you might sell as an affiliate. Then you wait for the search engines to bring people to that page... and you wait…



1222. What's In a Business Card? By Indra Books
      Over the years as I have attended trade shows, networking meetings, chamber events and more; I have noticed a few things about the successful and the not so successful. First of all, do you have a business card? If you belong to a large corporation, you were probably issued business cards as a matter of course, almost as if it was a company perk. If you are in a small or home-based business, chances are you, personally, made the effort to ge…



1223. The Marketing Funnel: Simple, Effective Marketing Strategy By Rosemary Hauschild
      No matter if you’re publishing your first book or producing your first invention, you need a simple, effective marketing strategy. So, hiring a marketing agency to develop and implement that strategy will bring raving fans flocking to stores or your website to buy your incredible offering, right? Well, maybe. Maybe not! There is a very simple – yet amazingly potent – marketing tool which in and of itself can become your most basic marketing s…



1224. How To Use The "Og" In All Of Us To Make More Money By Jay McKee
      5000 B.C. -- somewhere near a cave in MontanaOg the Deer Catcher and Flam the Wild walk up to a cave. They have never seen this cave before. Flam turns to Og and says "maybe there are some tasty rabbits inside, let's go inside and take a look. Og disagrees. He says, "nobody from our tribe mentioned this cave before, I don't think we should go in!".Flam is not swayed. He barrels into the cave, mouth watering, ready for the tasty treat inside. T…



1225. How to write compelling autoresponder messages to increase sales.
      An autoresponder can send emails but the essence is that those emails get read and acted upon by the recipients. There is less benefit to a business if emails that get sent at the cost of bandwidth, just get deleted because they fail to convey the essential information the receiver needs.We take a look at the factors that will create a conducive atmosphere for a message in an autoresponder email to be read. I mean the kind of stuff that will mak…



1226. 7 Cost Effective Steps to Ensure Your Core Message Gets Through To Your Target Market By Paul Lemberg
      How much of your marketing is reaching your prospects where it counts?Are they acting upon your call to action? Are they thinking about your message - at least a little bit? Are they even reading it, at all?A lot of what passes for advertising and marketing today bounces off your prospects because the messaging is weak. "Messaging" is a fancy marketing term for the guts of what you are trying to tell people. Your core message announces to the …



1227. Customers: The Key To Successful Marketing
      How well do you know your customers?What is the primary reason your customers or clients come to you? Or purchase your product or service? What is the Number One problem you solve for them? Do you know? Are you certain? If you don't, your marketing could be missing the mark, and you could be missing out on sales.Uncovering Your 'Key Selling Point'This is the Single Marketing Message that is the central message in all of your communications about …



1228. 50 Benefits Of Joint Venture Marketing By Andrew Cantrell
      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 business relationships.2. You can increase your credibility by …



1229. Calling All Carbon-Based Lifeforms By Harry Hoover
      Many businesses want to market to all carbon-based life forms. They won't take the time to really understand their audiences from geographic, demographic and psychographic perspectives.Marketers waste a lot of time and money when they consider everyone a prospect. It requires research and a lot of thought, but for my money one of the most important elements to marketing success is clearly defining your audiences.Geography allows you to target l…



1230. The Pen Is Mightier Than The Paintbrush
      By Stephen Belth When examining the demographics of an active arts patron, one characteristic consistently rises to the top. Education level. Active symphony goers, theater ticket buyers, dance patrons, and fine arts lovers may have ages and occupations which place them from young professional to retirees, but what they do to have in common is that they are college graduates and beyond. Surveys from major music and performing arts organizations g…



1231. Marketing Strategy - Shift the Focus By Kevin P. Dervin
      Most of the service providers I’ve worked for or with don’t like marketing or selling. In fact, a lot of them will say they “hate it.” At the very least, they’ll tell me they don’t think they are very good at it.If you ask them why it is they feel this way, you’re most likely to get some common responses such as:“When do I have the time? I’m busy enough as it is.”“I don’t know where to start.”“I don’t know what to do.”“I’ve tried networking, bu…



1232. Importance of Endorsements And How To Use Them By Sue And Chuck DeFiore
      Customer endorsements are an inexpensive and easy sales tool, particularly for someone just starting out. Here are some tips on how to get them and use them: Send follow-up letters. Two to four weeks after working with a customer, send a survey letter or postcard. Be sure to leave space for them to write in their own words what they liked best about your company, product or service. Don't forget to pay for the postage so they can easily retur…



1233. Ten Tried And Tested Viral Marketing Campaigns
      Believe it or not, viral marketing did not originate from the web. Named after microscopic organisms that reproduce at a very fast rate, viral marketing traces its beginnings from offline marketing. More popularly called as word-of-mouth advertising, this method has been one of the most powerful yet cost-efficient ways of promoting a business.Viral marketing involves the exponential spread of a business message. After an initial distribution, the…



1234. 5 Ways to Market Your Business for Free - Part III - The Bonus Method By Jinger Jarrett
      Ok, so this is only one method.Like article writing, press releases, joint ventures, and search engine marketing, you can make this the only method that you use to promote your business, and it's highly effective. Although it takes a little while to set up correctly, it's also free.Start an affiliate program for your business.An affiliate program will do several things for you.1. Build a sales force for you. Don't think that sharing your profit…



1235. A Forgotten Marketing Tool – The Postcard By Sue And Chuck DeFiore
      The postcard can be a very powerful marketing tool. Many of our customers and/or students use them in their business. The key is to set up the card to market effectively for you. Concentrate on a specific item or niche.When used correctly a post card can become very powerful marketing tool. Be sure the front of your card is explicit. It should be clear to your customer what you are selling. A color postcard is a must, unless you are using black…



1236. Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is By Kim Duke
      Do you remember that old toothpaste commercial that had the slogan "Put your money where your mouth is?" OK - maybe this Diva is dating herself but that tagline has always stuck with me - especially when it applies to business!Selling is all about relationships. And guess what? We have relationships with those we feel we can trust. They don't FEEL RISKY.Here's a quote I love that absolutely says it all: "Nobody minds having what is too good for…



1237. Word of Mouth Marketing By Michael Southon
      'Word of Mouth' is still one of the most effectivemarketing techniques, online or offline.Joe arrives at your website and he likes it. In fact,he'd like to tell Fred about it. It's just the thingFred's been looking for. What if Joe could recommendyour website to Fred by sending him an email straightfrom your website?Well, he can...if you have an 'email to a friend'script installed on your website.There are many free scripts that will do this fo…



1238. Why Do They Buy? By David Handler
      A recent issue of Entrepreneur magazine included a marketing story with five important questions all business owners should be able to answer about themselves and their competition.Understanding these five critical areas will help you better develop and implement your marketing plan, and sell more to your customers and prospects.1) What does my customer buy?My clients know I am a big believer in the principle that customers don’t necessarily bu…



1239. Dramatically Improve Your Marketing Results With These 6 Simple Steps
      What if there were things you could start doing now that could help you to market more successfully in the future? Even if you didn’t have your marketing act together over the past year. Well, there are.(1) Review your past marketing activities and resultsTake some time to review all of your marketing activities and try to understand which ones worked best. And when I say “worked best” I mean, which ones resulted in more clients, more customers, …



1240. 10 Packaging Tips That Will Make Consumers Buy Your Product By JoAnn Hines
      The customer is king/queen. We have all heard this mantra. It’s up to you, the supplier, to prove it so. With these ten tips you will be a lot closer to proving that you are on top of industry trends and technologies for the packaging industry.1) Understand the customer. The problem today is that one package may not satisfy the needs and requirements of all buyers. There are numerous niche markets out there that require specialized packagin…



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