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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A creative riot
- Relevant, original and impactful: that's what my friend Creative Director Jim Mountjoy says that effective creative must be. With apologies to Jim, I have my own acronym because I think ROI is only 75 percent of the way there. Effective creative is a RIOT: relevant, impactful, original and true.Let's say you are a personal injury attorney who represents the people. Do you think that a blue ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Profitable marketing programs (part 1)
- Deciding whether a particular marketing program is profitable to your business is often more subjective than the accountants would have you believe. You should not only consider the direct revenue and costs associated with a marketing program, but you should also think about the long term impact on your business.The full benefits gained from a marketing program are not directly and immediat...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to use marketing judo to beat big competitors
- If yours is a small business and you have big or even huge competitors, you may be laying awake at night wondering how can you possibly beat them. You can't out-advertise them, or out-promote them, and you probably won't be able beat to its prices. For example, think about a small business whose biggest competitor is Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Amazon.com or some other huge retailer. Is there any way to c...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Maximizing your yellow page investment
- Yellow Page users are the hottest of all prospects ? someone who has made the decision to buy, and now is looking for a place to do it. Does your ad convince them that your business is that place?It doesn't have to be the biggest, although that can certainly help. And if you do it right, it won't even matter if your business is listed first. What matters is that your ad is the most persuasi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get personal: letters vs. direct mail
- One of the reasons direct mail works is the personal aspect. It's ostensibly a letter from you to your prospect. Because of this, the more personal you make it, the better your response will be.If you're mailing to 100,000 people, putting your prospect's name on your letter is about as personal you can get. But there are times when you can ? and should ? send out highly personal letters to ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Marketing: can i trust you?
- We live in an unprecedented era of communication. Because of this, your prospects are literally bombarded from all directions with marketing messages. They've heard so many hyped claims, that they automatically distrust them all.How can you avoid this in your marketing messages? How can you convince them that what you promise is what you will actually deliver?First of all, tell the t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Developing a focused marketing strategy
- You want all of your marketing messages to have a single focus, so they pull together instead of competing with each other. Great! So how do you come up with one?First, there are several things you need to know. Who is your target? As specifically as possible, who are you trying to sell to? Don't just say "women," say, "fashion conscious women age 18-35." Say, "stay...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Marketing: are you focused?
- In early 1992, President George H.W. Bush was riding high. He was sitting on an almost unprecedented 80% approval rating following the first Gulf War. Conventional wisdom pegged him as a shoe-in for a second term.Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton faced an uphill battle. He was largely unknown at the start of 1992, facing a very popular incumbent. Worse for him, his opponent "owned" f...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to let your customers search for you! ? part 2
- First I want to welcome you to part two of the article 'How To Let Customers Search for YOU!', where you can learn how to attract new clients at any time you want. The techniques I describe here have proofed to work for me and a lot of other people.In part 1 I have told you about posting at forums and writing articles. Now I want to tell you about another technique that can boost the effect...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Incestuous relationship between football and marketing
- Thousands eyes were fixed. Hearts were beating hard against the chests. Emotions was high, expectations was weighting on warrior on football field. This was a article moment for David Bekham. He has to take a direct free kick. Human wall was erected in front of football a few yards away. Opponent and helping hands were scattered around in the D-area hustling and bustling. And whistle went off....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Who are those people youre selling to?
- If you're in the IT business, that's an important question.Most marketers are keen to profile their prospects. For some products and services, these may be 'people with a large lawn', 'married couples over retirement age' or 'students living away from home'.What about your targets? Perhaps 'businesses running Microsoft Exchange', 'people running an e-commerce Web site that require mo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Perceived value is in the eye of the beholder
- Q: My partner and I are having a hard time coming up with what we feel is the perfect price for our new product. We know what competing products sell for, but we don't know if it's better to price our product cheaper than theirs or charge more based on what we think is a superior product. What is the best way to determine the perfect price and what is the rule of thumb for raising prices later on?...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The secrets of?
- 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 a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Psychology of setting prices
- Pricing is one of the four major components of marketing. Psychological pricing forms one of the key elements of demand pricing wherein the consumer demand is the main focus. The price and quality relationship that governs the central theme of the consumer market relationship is surrounded by uncertainty and gives the consumer the perception that higher the price, better the quality.The sci...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is most marketing by small businesses killing them?
- 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 by the morons who send me all that useless direct mail.When I open a local newspaper, the first thing I do is chuck away all t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Design does matter
- The idea that good design can improve how people perceive your business has long been a part of a designer's sales tools.They try to convince you that by improving your image, maybe creating a new logo or changing the way you communicate with your customers you can somehow improve sales and improve your bottom line. But are they right? Over the years many companies have been sceptical about...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Marketing is more than a token process
- "Necessity is the mother of invention!" The first time I heard this was nearly twenty years ago when I was introduced to Tony Robbins' material. I was listening to, and applying, information from his thirty day series. I have to admit, the first time I heard this it didn't quite register.However, nearly two decades later, it makes all the sense in the world. In fact, a majority of...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Fundraisers - how to raise twice the money with half the sweat
- If your members, parents or donors wear clothes, watch t.v. or read books you have the beginning ingredients to a sweet recipe for a great year-round fundraiser.How so?By taking advantage of what's known as an affiliate program or in more common lingo -- partnering.How would you like to partner with the bohemoth Amazon.com? Blockbuster? Disney? or even the giant Wal-mart? Your...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Give it away now - the more you share, the more you sell!
- 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, they'll put it on their blog, and they'll invite others to try it out. Low risk because it's...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What is better than free?
- Oh come on! FREE is free. Zero, zip, nada, zilch. What on earth could be better than FREE?I recently told you FREE was the most powerful word in advertising. Nothing has changed, it still is.So what is with the headline of this article? What is better than FREE?Well before I explain, let's recap a little first. FREE is the most powerful word in marketing and advertising world ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What the heck is an eponym, and what does it mean for your brand?
- Today I've decided to share with you a new word that recently made a special appearance in my daily life: eponym. It is pronounced (EP-uh-nim) and I have to be frank, but I was somewhat at a loss when I saw it. I mean, I write, communicate and persuade using words for a living?but this one had obviously been hiding somewhere far away because although I could pronounce it, I could not recall...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The five most common joint venture marketing mistakes to avoid
- Joint Venture marketing has become a highly popular way for small businesses to maximize their profits. When two or more businesses combine their resources synergistically, it creates greater marketing impact and bigger profits than either can have alone.Doing joint ventures has many benefits, but there are also many mistakes that can be made. These mistakes can be costly, not only in reven...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The most powerful marketing strategy available to small businesses
- Most small business owners want to generate huge profits, with little effort and in the least amount of time. If you fall into this category then joint venture marketing is the fastest, easiest and most profitable way to do that.Joint venture marketing involves two or more businesses combining their resources to work towards a common goal, and create a win-win situation for all parties invo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Marketing discipline and the joy of success
- Discipline Is Important.I recently read an article about why discipline is important to a marketer. The author said that undisciplined people only live for today. He added that disciplined people use a little of their time for pleasure, and then invest the rest of their time in the future. Disciplined people get out of their armchair and do something. This takes effort and willpower....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 6 simple ways to determine which marketing ideas are best for your business
- Did something catch your eye in a direct mailing this past week? Have you recently gone to a website and encountered something entirely new that caught your attention? Did a friend of yours try out a new marketing idea and generate a few thousand dollars of extra business overnight?As a small business owner, it's all too easy to get caught up in the hype of new marketing techniques that pro...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Client or customer? there really is a difference
- Some people use the words "client" and "customer" interchangeably or generically. I'd like you to think a little about these important words because there is a significant difference ? one that can have huge impact upon your long-term business.According to Merriam-Webster:Client: One that is under the protection of anotherCustomer: One that purchases a comm...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Profitable marketing programs part 2: figuring break even point
- In Part 1 -- http://www.websitemarketingplan.com/online/profit.htm -- I discussed how to consider both long term and short term profitability in your marketing programs and assumptions that go into conducting a break even analysis. Here in part 2, I will look at three different break even formulas.Figuring Break Even PointTo figure the break even point, you should know the pro...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Resistances to marketing a practice-part 1
- If you are a therapist, counselor, or an alternative or complementary health practitioner (naturopath, homeopathetic doctor, massage therapist, body worker, etc.), in all likelihood, you are not only uninformed about effective marketing methods, but you are also likely to have some negative feelings about self promotion and marketing.When it comes to marketing a practice, knowing how to mar...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Using alternative media to generate more customers
- Last week I received a very nice thank you gift from a friend of mine, Eric Ruth, who is arguably the number one marketing coach to the personal fitness trainer industry.Eric, asked if he could interview me about a specific topic and I agreed.After it was done, Eric sent me a bunch of filet mignon steaks from Omaha Steaks (Thanks Eric).But the steaks are not what this article ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Marketing plans... a simple approach to get off the marketing roller coaster
- Are You Riding The Marketing Roller Coaster?If you're like many of the small business owners or independent professionals I meet, then running and marketing your business can be like riding on a roller coaster. I'm picturing a roller coaster that mostly goes up and down as opposed to one that flips you upside-down or sends you around backwards. I guess you might call it more of an ol...