When you want to win and woo new clients with national publicity -- and don't have an enormous budget to distribute your message -- turn to the news wires. But first, be sure you're telling a story that's worth printing.The best publicity draws on one of a handful of tried-and-true... Read More
Why cutting your prices is like cutting your own throat. It's the oldest sales tactic in the world? And one of the worst? Price cutting. Before you make your next price cut in... Read More
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If you use direct mail postcards to generate leads or sell a product or service, you need to create postcards that grab your prospect's attention. The place to do that is Side A, the side that doesn't have the stamp and address on it. Here are some creative ways to... Read More
I just collected my mail. As usual, more than 80% of it was junk. Marketing junk.What did I do with it? Threw it in the garbage without reading it. Same as you do. Only it made me think about this article, which I guess might be of some use, unintended... Read More
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.... Read More
There are so many competitions by running business. So you must do something in a smart way. Check this list to see which ones you can use in order to pull more profits from your business. 1. Gain an advantage over your competition. You should find one benefit your competition... Read More
I am a great believer in the keeping to the basics ? the totally obvious things that we all learn in Running Your Business 101, and then promptly forget. I often have people come up to me after a speech and say, "This is all blindingly obvious, just common sense."... Read More
Marketing calendars are used by many businesses to help keep sales pipelines full of new prospective customers. Small businesses may just keep a simple calendar with handwritten items on the dates that marketing efforts need to be completed. These items might include attending a trade show, sending out an email... Read More
Are there really ways you can get valuable marketing exposure without spending any money? You bet there are. The trick to uncovering these methods is to think of creative ways you can get your products or services in front of, or in the hands of, your prospects. And that last... Read More
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