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1621. Reality Branding - Are You Taking Advantage Of The 40 Year Social Pendulum? By Steve Jackson
      I watched Roy Williams in a quite literally amazing presentation about society's 40-year Pendulum recently. His presentation was a delightful hidden bonus in the agenda from the Call to Action seminar hosted by Bryan and Jeff Eisenberg at the Wizard of Ads Academy 1 in Buda, Texas.Roy´s presentation explained a phenomenon that happens every 40 years where folks´ attitudes gradually shift over time in an opposite direction to that of the previou…



1622. Web Technology in Marketing: Friend or Foe?
      Every independent professional should have a web site, an ezine, and an email marketing strategy, right? If you're not taking maximum advantage of web technology to market your professional services, you are behind the times, and missing out on huge opportunities. At least that's what most marketing experts would have you believe. But how valid is this advice? And is it for everyone? Before email was widely available, marketing newsletters were p…



1623. Rules of Thumb for Marketing to Your Past Customers By Joy Gendusa
      Keeping in touch can dramatically increase business, when done properly.It’s a fact that your customers are your best leads. This means that the most likely people to purchase your products and/or services are the ones who have paid for them before. It’s also a fact that it costs far less money to keep a customer than it does to go out and get a new one. These are the two reasons that using direct mail to keep in touch with your customer datab…



1624. Marketing with Special Reports. 5 Ways to Develop Content Your Prospects Can't Wait to Read By Debbie LaChusa
      So you've decided to start publishing an e-newsletter, or you'd like to develop a Special Report as an added-value for your customers, or maybe you've even decided to teach a teleclass or a seminar as a way to bring prospects into your business.So now you have to decide what you’re going to write or speak about. So just how do you come up with content for your free information products that you know your prospects and customers will be interest…



1625. A Landing Page Is Not An Order Page (And Why It Matters)
      To explain my point I need to first confuse the issue a bit (you’ll see why): While a landing page is not an order page, it can, and in many cases should, contain the order form.So what is the difference? Is this just a question of semantics? Actually, there is a big difference and it can have a big effect on your conversion rate. Generally, the order page is another page on your website. As such, it will have links to other parts of your site. S…



1626. 21 Ways To Expand Your Subscriber List By Catherine Franz
      Expanding your subscriber list, whether it be for your ezine, newsletter -- printed or electronic -- takes persistence, and commitment. Not to mention time and letting go of the frustruation of it all. Marketing Master, Catherine Franz, is sharing with you twenty- one methods, strategies, and ideas all located in one spot on how you can expand your list. 1. Keep your subscription form easy to find on every web page. Preferably, add it o…



1627. Getting Your Services Used By Kelly O'Brien
      Every day I talk with professional service providers who do great work, have a valuable service that really helps people…and struggle to get their services used as much as they’d like.They get a lukewarm response after an initial conversation while networking, the referrals come in but don’t convert to real business as often as they’d like, and they can’t seem to get prospects to see them as that much better than other professionals offering si…



1628. TR Cutler, Leading Manufacturing Journalist Joins the Committee of Concerned Journalists
      Thomas R. Cutler, the nation’s leading manufacturing journalist, has joined The Committee of Concerned Journalists is a consortium of reporters, editors, producers, publishers, owners and academics worried about the future of the profession. To secure journalism's future, the group believes that journalists from all media, geography, rank and generation must be clear about what sets our profession apart from other endeavors. To accomplish this, t…



1629. Marketing A Misunderstood or "Scary" Product or Service By Debbie LaChusa
      What do you do if your business, product or service is something hardly anyone is aware of or understands? Or worse yet, if it is something they are afraid of or want to avoid?My answer is three-fold.First, focus on the SOLUTION you are providingWhat is the primary problem your prospects have that you can solve? Do they have pain you can relieve? Do they have an ailment or affliction you can cure? In these cases, you are not selling your "sca…



1630. How To Create An Online Newsroom The Media Will Love
      From time to time, people ask me how public relations has changedduring the two decades in which I’ve been seeking publicity. Myanswer: technology. Twenty years ago, the fax machine was anewfangled novelty. Our primary means of communicating withjournalists was the telephone and the US Mail. The advent of e-mail and the web has made life easier in many regards and tougherin others - namely, thanks to hordes of clowns with money makingschemes and …



1631. 10 Steps to a Great Newsletter By Claire Cunningham
      A newsletter can be a wonderful, economical way to communicate with prospects, customers, employees or distributors. Just follow these ten easy steps for newsletter success.1) Define Your Audience -- Who are you publishing for? Clients (customers) – present, past and prospective? Employees? Your audience will define your content.2) Set Objectives -- Create a solid foundation for your newsletter by writing down what you want to achieve.3) Plan C…



1632. E-commerce : The Bottom of Pyramid Approach By Arvind Kumar
      For centuries and most of the decades in the 20th century (i.e when computer was invented) access and communication was the tool of rich and ultra rich people, prohibitively expansive to ‘not so rich’ and ‘not at all rich’ people. All marketing research and development was focused on the 20% of the market based on the management principle 80:20, ignoring the vast 4 billion people who are at the bottom of the pyramid( read Fortune at the Bottom …



1633. Marketing Smarter To Earn More By Charlie Cook
      An accountant once told me that he never met anyone who didn't want to make 30% more money. Whether you want a better lifestyle or to take more vacations, buy a fancy car, spend more time with your family, send your children to college or to give it all away, you could always use more money.If you sell services, your primary limitations on earnings are your costs and the number of hours in a week. Most independent professionals are already …



1634. Free or Not Free – That is the Question By Barbara Hemphill
      You may be in business for yourself or as a small company, but no matter what, especially if you just started this business, you need publicity! It’s great that your spouse or best friend believes in you. You may even have total strangers tell you what a great idea you have. Some may tell you they wish they had thought of it themselves or had the guts to try it. You know you can do your job well, you know you could make money at this. But as ha…



1635. Powerhouse Marketing With Persuasive Postcards By Wendy Maynard
      The lowly postcard…it’s more than just a "having fun, wish you were here" delivery system. This tiny billboard is actually a powerhouse of a marketing tool with almost unlimited uses. Harness this little dynamo and you'll find a surge of new business opportunities.Here are some reasons your company should consider a postcard:1. Cost effective: A regular-sized postcard only costs $.23. You can send up to a 4 1/4" x 6" card without incurring addi…



1636. Tradeshow Booth Cures - Living Color
      Feng Shui is the Ancient Chinese practice of configuring home or work environments to promote health, happiness, and prosperity. By utilizing elements such as light and color, Feng Shui Masters used their skill to promote the flow of 'chi', or vital energy , to protect and enhance the prosperity of the Imperial Dynasties. Widely practiced today, Feng Shui theory focuses on methods to manage the flow of energy and with skillful application, can ef…



1637. Business Boosting Fundraising Events - How to Make the Most of Them! By Carolyn Matthews
      So, you’ve booked your space at the fundraising event - now what? Here are some basic tips to get the most out of the opportunity:- Whatever your business you’ll need to have some kind of a display – don’t just turn up on the day without thinking about this! Your table at the fundraising event will be your shop window. Make sure you have a bright, eye-catching display – and that’s not just for products, it could simply be a display of leaflet…



1638. Did Jesus Get Killed for Practicing Interruption Marketing? By Joshua Minton
      I'm reading Seth Godin's Permission Marketing and he brings up the difference between Interruption Marketing and Permission Marketing.Interruption Marketing is when you interrupt people from what they are doing in order to ask them to pay attention to something else.Permission Marketing is when you build your product around a consumer base that is expressing a need that you design your product to fulfill.If you've read The Tipping Point then yo…



1639. The REAL Key To Successfully Marketing Any Product! By Carolyn McTush
      The REAL key to successful marketing of any product is building relationships. The most successful tools for this strategy are forums, communities, coops and the new form of media desktop software, i.e. "Your Easy Street's" new Media Pilot. In order to properly build product sales, you must gain trust and understand the needs of the people you are selling to, or you'll get poor returns on your efforts and investments.In regards to the forums, I…



1640. Identify Your Perfect Clients & Develop an Attraction Marketing System By Brad Swift
      Your Vision of Your Perfect ClientsPicture in your mind your 3 perfect clients. You may think of them as your A+ clients.Your Perfect Client Prototype – Qualities & Attributes The Be – Do – Have ApproachBE: Your perfect clients attitudes, beliefs, & values Example:DO: How your perfect clients’ behave. What do they do and what do they not do. Example:HAVE: What do your perfect clients have and what don’t they have that makes them a perfect clien…



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