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1461. Consider Consumer Psychology By Darrin Coe
      In your marketing efforts, be they on or offline, it’s wise to consider the psychology of the consumer you are targeting. If you’ve done your homework you’ve developed a profile of your ideal customer and how your unique selling point speaks to them. Now, as you begin to develop a marketing strategy, writing ad copy, developing radio copy, and creating web copy, it is an understanding of consumer psychology that will help you speak to the con…



1462. Here's A "Robust, Turnkey, Interactive. Best of Breed, Mission-Critical" Solution to Kill Buzzwords By Bill Stoller
      Fellow Publicity Insiders, what does this phrase mean? "We envision a center of excellence where our accelerated changeagents can maximize their core competencies." Huh? - or - "The company is a global leader in pressure-sensitivetechnology and innovative self-adhesive solutions for consumerproducts and label materials." Clue: they make stickers. Pity the poor reporters who have to dig through this pile ofdrivel to find a news story. Fre…



1463. 10 Tips to Grow Your Business Plain & Simple By Beth Tabak
      “Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.” Albert EinsteinRecently I heard a statistic that the majority of businesses operate at 60% of their potential. While I was unable to obtain the source of that statistic it seemed rather accurate or maybe even high. The Small Business Association reports that “2/3 of new employer firms survive at least 2 years, and about 1/2 survive at least 4 years.” The language they use…



1464. Is PayDotCom a good alternative to ClickBank?
      PayDotCom is a new payment portal for small business owner. The best advantage of using PayDotCom is it has a built-in affiliate network, so every new merchants can get an army of affiliates fast just as what ClickBank is providing.There is a main difference between PayDotCom and ClickBank. PayDotCom provides larger flexibility to merchants than ClickBank does. For example, ClickBank refunds products immediately after customer request and never a…



1465. Attract More Clients with Free Seminars By Lucy MacDonald
      Do you need more clients? One of the most overlooked ways to fill your private practice or small business with new clients is by giving free public seminars. Public seminars give you exposure, publicity and help to position you as an expert.1. What should I speak about? Free public seminars are a great way to highlight a niche. Offer a seminar that targets an area that you specialize in such as eating disorders, career counselling, or anger m…



1466. 5 Steps To Help Fail-Proof Your Growing Service Business By Debbie Jenkins
      Business startup and failure rates are scary...In The USA...- Every Year Over 1 Million People Start A Business- By The End Of The First Year 40% Of Them Will Be Out Of Business- Within 5 Years More Than 80% (800,000) Of These Businesses Will Have Failed(Source: The eMyth Revisited, Michal E Gerber, US Department of Commerce)In The UK...- 2003 Saw 423,100 New Businesses In England & Wales Startup- Over Half of All New Firms Fail In …



1467. Five New 5 P's! By Jaruda Boonsuwan
      NO! When I say "5 P's", I'm not talking about the big 5 P's of marketing everyone's familiar with.Here I'm NOT referring to Product, Price, Place, Promotion and Package!But I'm talking about the FRESHEST 5 P's I believe will be extra useful for your websites and newsletters.Are you ready to discover the hottest 5 P's?1. P.S.This writing technique alone will shoot your sales to the roof!Count how many times this week you skip reading the whole s…



1468. Out of Sight; Out of Mind; Out of Business
      Out of Sight; Out of Mind; Out of Business …4 reasons to look at contacting your customers on a monthly basis.This article addresses those who don’t have a monthly contact process with your customer base. Call this contact process a newsletter or whatever you want. You need monthly contact with your customers. Your current and future success depends on the ability to keep in contact with your customers. I will give you four reasons why you shou…



1469. The Value of a Good Sales Letter! By Charlene Rashkow
      Regardless of how many forms of promotional material you create, the simple yet very important sales letter never goes out of style. As a matter of fact a good sales letter should definitely be included as part of your marketing strategy for it can be the most effective tool over any other promotional material. A good sales letter gives you an opportunity to make a smashing impression right out of the gate. The following are some strategies to…



1470. Multicultural Marketing – Taking Care of Business At Hand By Bill Willard
      Multicultural marketing mirrors the changed face of America and is getting the attention of small-business and other organizations looking for an edge in diverse ethnic markets. “Gone are the days when businesses succeed with a ‘one size fits all’ approach to marketing. It's a ‘mass market’ no longer,” insists Rhonda Albey, a diversity consultant with Allen Associates in Los Angeles, “The multicultural markets are where the opportunities are, a…



1471. New Year's Planning Critical Success Factors By Paul Lemberg
      New Year's is a good time for strategic planning or re-planning your business. But don't think that's the only time. If you feel the need to re-consider your strategic plan - by all means - go ahead. Whatever time of the year it is, you have probably set a working direction for the rest of the year, including clear-cut objectives. Your first-iteration plan to reach them should be in place. This now (whatever time it is - if you are thinking ab…



1472. Pizza Talk: Sign Synergy, How Your Window Sign and Web Site Work Together to Bring in New Business By Rudy Vener
      Once upon a time, sign writers would fold a piece of paper into a small rectangular cup called a sign writer's cup. They would fill this with paint before clambering up ladders and scaffolding with brushes and cup in hand to create advertising signs.Signs have been around a long time. Even today they are a key component of a successful local business. They become even more important if your local business has a website.Why? Because with…



1473. You Cannot - Not Market By George Torok
      Everything you do - or don't do sends a message and marketing is about sending messages. You can market well or you can market poorly, but you cannot - not market!What message are you sending with your dress, stationery, phone message and printed materials? Is it the message you intend to send? Your prospects don't listen only to the message you want to send - they observe and interpret your unintended messages as well. You brag about quality b…



1474. How Could Increased Credibility Help You Grow Your Business? By Laura Orsini
      IN WHAT SUBJECT ARE YOU AN EXPERT?If you’re a small business owner, presumably you are an expert in your industry or profession — or you would not be in that industry or profession.Expertise does not mean being the best in the world at something — like Lance Armstrong or Bill Gates. Can you imagine being ranked No. 1 in the World at a particular skill or talent? It sure would be nice — but it doesn’t happen for most of us. And yet many m…



1475. To Know and Not Do, is Not to Know! By Scott Rauber
      To guarantee success in business there are no secrets really. The “twist” in becoming successful in any venture depends on a small handful of repeatedly applied simple techniques. Yes, simple. And yes, done over, and over, and over.There are four that I would like to think I live by, and have helped this non-college educated, almost high school dropout, average guy make a respectful income. And believe me, these techniques can be learned and …



1476. Let the Market Speak! By John Vinturella
      The first and most logical step in whether or where to start a business is to conduct a market analysis. For a retail business, a few general locations should be chosen for detailed analysis to identify where the opportunity is greatest.A market analysis is a study of the market area and of probable future patterns. It should include the current state of the market, and the nature and extent of competition. The purpose of the analysis is to mak…



1477. Too Much To Do: Four Keys to Effective Delegating By Paul Lemberg
      Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. General George S. PattonMany people think they have too many important things to do, but thats not the real problem. The real problem is either 1) you are trying to do them all yourself, 2) you have no way for anyone else to do them, or 3) all of them simply aren't that important.One solution is to shrink the things you classify as importan…



1478. The Secrets of… By Lil Waldner
      A lot of advertising and mailings promise to reveal the secrets of something. Most of this kind of mailings deal with search engine optimization. They promise to know how to achieve a high ranking at Google. They tell the readers that they have a special access to Google or that they have cracked the algorithm how Google ranks websites.Secrets are always exciting! People are attracted easily by secrets. There is something special with them. Cra…



1479. Small Business Marketing Plans Are Bad For Business By Jimmy Vee
      If you are a small business owner or independent sales professional and you are working on, thinking about or reading about creating a marketing plan – STOP!!So many so called “marketing experts” say you need a marketing plan and puke out all this “direct-from-the-textbook-junk” about how to create one and what it contains.Traditional marketing text books and philosophies weren’t written for small businesses. They were written for big corporati…



1480. Marketing Plans: Who Needs 'em? By Debbie LaChusa
      I was working on a new E-Course the other day when I got to the lesson that addresses the importance of having a marketing plan and I immediately thought, "no one's going to want to read this one."My 16-year-old daughter happened to be in my office at the time, and I explained to her that while most business owners want to be good marketers and be successful, for whatever reason, the idea of having to create a marketing plan turns them off.Or, …



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