Picture this. You develop some product or service, spend countless hours making sure everything is just right, set up a beautiful web site, make sure the ecommerce end is secure, and then release what you know will be of utmost benefit to others.Do you really know this? How do you... Read More
Business to business communications on the web are as stale as a piece of week old toast.As a marketing director you want to give your company the biggest bang for it's marketing buck.Here are five tips to help you do that:1. Offer an Electronic newsletterElectronic newsletters are easy to implement... Read More
Peek a Boo - We See YouDoes your company have a description for a full-time job that says "Stand in the booth and hand out brochures."?Doubt it."Working the booth" often falls to the person closest to the show site, or part of a sales team. So, staffing for trade shows... Read More
Develop These Six Critical Marketing Traits...And Success Will Surely Follow.If you are marketing for any other reason than 'for profit' ? STOP! That's right, stop right now. The only reason you market your business is to cause action: make more sales, make the phone ring (and make more sales), make... Read More
Business Systems that work for anyone, are a fundamental necessity for any networking venture. While most people rely upon their own company business system or plan for success, there is always a different option.The three fundamental elements of any system are; Replication, Duplication and most of all Retention.A newbie or... Read More
Marketing Ideas Without Action Get You NowhereYou want to grow your small business, but how do you do that? Many of the small businesses I work with are not really sure what works best, or how, or where to get started.We're all familiar with the term Marketing, but what in... Read More
When you send a direct mail piece using the Addressed Admail reduced postage option, it can cost you anywhere from 60 cents to $1.25 or more for printing, mail production and postage. Items that cannot be delivered will be "recycled" by Canada Post resulting in your money going down the... Read More
So how do you do it?Direct mail marketing. When it comes to marketing your product or services there are two basic challenges:1. How do you obtain new customers or clients?2. How do you get your existing customers to come back for more?Direct mail/direct response marketing answers both these challenges admirably... Read More
No, customers aren't bloodsuckers (well, maybe a few are!) and they don't come out only at night. According to legend, vampires don't come in until they are invited. And that's true of customers, too.You may think you've invited your customers. After all, you put up signs identifying your store, got... Read More
Give away your knowledge, and you'll make money. How does this work? Isn't this counter-intuitive? Let's think about this.If you get early adopters (Seth Godin would call them "sneezers") on board and they like what you have to say, they'll talk about your ideas. They'll share it with their friends,... Read More
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