Case Study: How to Get a Big Boost in Response by Taking Your Marketing to the Extreme

Want a big boost in response and quick sales from your next direct marketing effort? Then take your marketing to the extreme. What do I mean by extreme? I mean unconventional, break the mold, out-of-the-box, reaches-out-and-grabs-people-by-the-lapel marketing.When you take your marketing to the extreme a lot of people will love... Read More

The Advantage to Buying Promotional Products Online

Buying your promotional products and corporate apparel online provides five major advantages: a greater selection, better pricing, convenience, customer service, and faster ordering time.Manufacturers often display their entire line of products on the internet, providing you with a greater selection of products. With all of these manufacturers online, you gain... Read More

Writing Business Newsletters: Avoid the ?Me, Me, Me? Mistake

Effective customer newsletters find the right mix of promotional and 'real' content to maximize readership.It's that time of year when the old college roommate sends 'round his or her annual holiday newsletter. Admit it, you're happy to hear from them, but it's usually too long and it's all "me, me,... Read More

Measuring the Return on Your Direct Mail Investment

In direct mail lore, there's a rule stating that you can measure the success of your efforts by a minimum response rate of 1-2%. In other words, if you send out 10,000 pieces, you'll have a successful mailing if at least 100 recipients respond to your offer. (One percent of... Read More

Marketing Gurus : Do You Need One?

Its become fashionable to bash marketing "gurus" nowadays.There are some for whom the prospect of even looking at someone as a "guru" is a sin. They believe in being free-thinkers, unfettered by the bonds of guru-dom.Then there are those who try to score points by "proving" gurus wrong. They think... Read More

A Jack Of All Trades Is Often The Master of None

You've heard variations of that saying your entire life. Consider: a marketer to all markets . . . is often a master ofnone. Personally, I take this risk: as a marketing consultant, I movefrom one market to the next frequently, and I am often involvedin "mass-marketing" - such as with... Read More

How to Promote Yourself Or Your Company Through Award Competitions

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't receive some sort of announcement about an awards competition. We get so many, in fact, that I have created a special place on my website where you can learn about what opportunities are awaiting.http://www.womeninpackaging.org/With all the awards programs out there,... Read More

New Years Planning Critical Success Factors

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... Read More

Chamber Of Commerce Meetings

If you run a small business you should be a member of the local chamber of commerce. Most cities which 50,000 people in them have 5000 small businesses. Yet these same cities only have 500-1000 people in their chambers of commerce. There are many reasons for this. Some say it... Read More

Learn How to Market Your eBusiness in Real Time: Dissect, Study, Emulate

Everything you will ever need to know about internet marketing is plainly available to you everywhere you go on the internet. All you need to do is dissect, study, and emulate these methods and you invariably will become just as successful as the people who created them.How do I know... Read More

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Mission Position

Ahh, the mission statement. For some companies it simply describes... Read More

Tradeshow Booth Cures - Living Color

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Defining Moment

Do you know your audiences? I mean really know... Read More

Encouraging Contact

The small time promoter has to work hard and on... Read More

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Alright you've got yourself a nice website with a great... Read More

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Staying ahead of the marketing curve seems to be a... Read More

Work Backward And Make More Sales!

It goes against the grain, especially for those of us... Read More

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Each year, the Super Bowl provides marketers opportunity to study... Read More

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Direct marketing is advertising from a manufacturer or front-end supplier... Read More

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Let's continue to discuss the various marketing principles that are... Read More

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Doctors do it, hair dressers do it, and salespeople can... Read More

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Last week I received a very nice thank you gift... Read More

Direct Mail Formats: How to Choose the Right One for Your Next Mailing

Which pulls the best response, a postcard, a self-mailer or... Read More