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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Uncover your hidden markets
- Want a simple, low-cost way to boost your sales? Just uncover the narrowly defined sub-markets hidden in your main market. Then create special versions of your advertising to focus on the specific needs of prospects in these hidden market segments.1. How to Find Your Hidden MarketsStart by evaluating your existing customers. Look for groups of customers with similar characteri...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 high-impact marketing tips
- Here are 5 high-impact marketing tips you can use to boost your sales quickly. All are simple to implement and they involve little or no new expense.1. Promote Only One Thing at a TimePromote only 1 product or service each time you advertise. Many people have difficulty selecting one product when their decision forces them to delay or reject buying something else they also wan...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 tips for successful postcard marketing
- Simple low-cost postcards have become a valuable business tool for modern marketers. They can produce a surge of traffic to your web site or a flood of high-quality sales leads.The following 7 tips will help you get the maximum response from postcards at the lowest cost.Tip 1: Focus on the Mailing ListMake sure your postcards go to prospects likely to be interested in y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get more clients from networking - follow the rules of dating!
- If you're a business owner, you probably spend quite a lot of your time at networking events. In fact, it may be the main way you try to get new clients. But do you ever feel that you could get more from these meetings? Do you actually get the results from your networking to justify the amount of time you put into it?If you don't find you get a lot of interest from the people you meet, it m...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 8 big benefits to selling big ticket items
- Ok, before we get down to the benefits of selling Big Ticket Items, we had better define what a Big Ticket Item is. A Big Ticket Item is any product or service that sells for more than $500 or $1000. Or, at least, that's my definition. The truth is, the definition of a Big Ticket Item really depends on where you are starting. Maybe you already sell E-Bo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 surefire ways to add sizzle to your brochures
- Businesses rely on brochures as their front line in communicating their products or services. Yet according to Shannon Cherry, APR, many find them not as successful because they underestimate the skills and resources necessary to publish attractive and effective materials."Most people forget a brochure is important because it represents you to the world and reflects your image," s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Sowing and growing your network
- The N-word! We all know the value of networking and we feel we should be doing more of it. Unfortunately, for too many of us the very thought of attending an event where we have to mix and mingle with total strangers is enough to drive us into hiding until it's all over! What a pity we often force ourselves to go to a potentially great conference, but we're so busy worrying about the networking pa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Marketing quandaries
- Being in a quandary prevents you from moving forward in developing and marketing your business. When we're in a quandary, we are in a state of perplexity and doubt. We don't know how to move forward to accomplish those things that are crucial to attracting clients and growing our business. One of the first things we need to recognize about being in a quandary is that we are, in fact, in one! There...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 7 ways a copywriter can help your business succeed
- Think you can't afford to hire a copywriter? Think again. Here are seven ways a copywriter can contribute to the success of your business.#1 ? Save you time. Chances are, you have more than enough things to fill your day with other than writing brochure copy or freshening your Web site or getting that pesky newsletter article off your desk. When you hire a professional copywriter, not only ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Quiz: where is your marketing message?
- Wondering if your marketing message is dancing in the spotlight right in front of your target market or is busy cowering by the punch table nowhere near your customer base? Take this quiz and find out.1. Overall, you would describe your marketing as:A. Going strong. You consistently get lots of good leads and sales from your marketing efforts. B. Getting better. You're seeing so...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Future of marketing part 2
- In Part 1, I discussed how traditional marketing is no longer working the way it used to. This is happening for a variety of reasons -- people have too many mass media choices, they're bombarded with way too many marketing messages, the Internet is adding accountability to advertising, etc.So if traditional marketing is no longer effective, then how will you get the word out about your prod...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The future of marketing part 1
- It used to be if you were a small business, you were at a distinct disadvantage with your marketing compared to the bigger companies.No more. Small business owners will actually have an edge over bigger companies thanks to the emerging marketing model.Yes, you heard right. Emerging marketing model. The old ways of marketing are dying. And a new regime is coming of age.To under...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A different perspective on the no-call list
- The other day I received an e-mail from an internet marketer who was bemoaning the fact that calling people on the no-call list is now illegal and that puts such limits on marketing. He is far and away not the only one with that viewpoint; I find it almost everywhere I look. In fact, it is almost universal among marketers. You know what? I frankly don't understand why they feel that way.If ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 50 unbelievable benefits of joint venture marketing
- What Is A Joint Venture?A joint venture is an agreement in which two or more businesses work on a project for a set period of time. Joint ventures can be long-term, like promoting a product together, or some can be short-term, like bartering (trading) products and services. Joint venture ideas are virtually endless.The Benefits Of Joint Venture Marketing1. You can build long l...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you overlooking your hidden profit centers?
- There are other names given to "Back-End Selling". You may think of it as follow through, or maybe VALUE added. Both are good terms. Let's take a quick look and see just how you can profit from this idea.For our purpose today, let's just key in on the benefits of "Back-End Selling". "Back-End Selling" is simply the SELLING you do AFTER the first sale. Your profits come primarily from repeat...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The sweet aroma of highly effective marketing
- Highly effective marketing is accomplished when your marketing materials and marketing strategy work together to reliably move your prospects through your sales process.Have you ever caught a whiff of a tantalizing aroma wafting through the air as you walked down the street? With your senses suddenly alerted to something tasty nearby you notice the bakery on the corner. As you draw closer y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 50 benefits of joint venture marketing
- What Is A Joint Venture?A joint venture is an agreement in which two or more businesses work on a project for a set period of time.Joint ventures can be long-term, like promoting a product together, or some can be short-term, like bartering (trading) products and services. Joint venture ideas are virtually endless.The Benefits Of Joint Venture Marketing1. You can build ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Developing the unique selling proposition
- The "Unique Selling Proposition" advertising campaign was developed by Reeves in 1961. Reeves proposed that marketers offer products different from their competitor' offerings by developing products that have a special formula, design, or feature. The product or service being marketed must be unique and important to the prospect. Finally, the USP can be an overt statement or implied thro...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - An example of understanding consumer thinking
- A church in my community provided me with one of the best examples of understanding the consumer, which I've ever experienced.Once a month a church in my community provides free lunch, open to the public. When you go into the dining area you are initially met by a man who is loud, amiable, and obviously enjoying his position. He greets you with a handshake, making sure you know that, "...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Marketing lessons from apples ipod
- Apple Computer just announced that their earnings from the last quarter more than quadrupled mainly due to robust holiday sales of the iPod digital music player. More than 10 million iPods have been sold since it was introduced in 2001.There are some important marketing lessons to be learned from all this. First of all, Apple has created a product for a hungry market that has the financial ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mission position
- Ahh, the mission statement. For some companies it simply describes their purpose for existing. For others it permeates the overall culture of the company. Some see its value, while others neglect to give it even a passing thought.Whatever your position on having a corporate mission statement, you should know that your image is tied to your mission. And companies that don't have a clearly de...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to turn your marketing into a money-making machine - examples of solid marketing
- As Claude Hopkins presented in his Scientific Advertising many decades ago, there are scientific ways of tracking your Marketing and Advertising and determining clearly and unequivocally what works and what does not. Without knowing the facts about what is effectively increasing your leads, and subsequently your sales success, you might as well be throwing money out the window-literally.All...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to turn your marketing into a money-making machine - preparing for marketing that yields results
- The usual complaint from companies is that Marketing simply does not yield as expected. So much effort, time, and money goes into campaigns, and yet the frustrations persist: Why aren't sales up? Why are we not growing? And the truth, sadly enough, is that no one can really pinpoint what is working well, and what simply is not producing anything (and costing the company!).As with anything e...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to turn your marketing into a money-making machine - setting the stage for successful marketing
- Powerful Marketing has become elusive to many companies seeking strong sales results and overall growth. The sad truth is that Marketing comes across as a rather frustrating process. After all, how do you guarantee the outcome of a campaign when it is unclear what will work and what will not? As someone once said, 90% of Advertising doesn't work-the question is, which 90%!If we could hone i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is crm technology living up to the hype?
- Over the last few years the buzz about CRM (Customer Relationship Management) has grown extensively. It seems that every Sales & Marketing executive is talking about it. A study conducted by Jupiter Media Metrix found that U.S. businesses spent more than $5.2 billion in CRM technology software in 2001, a number that is expected to rise to $8.7 billion by 2006. CRM spending has been growing conside...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Customer retention with a personal touch
- Personal contact with customers is a crucial element in the success of any new business ? and it's one of the most common casualties of growth. As a company grows, the president tends to fade away into his or her office. That can lead to loss of leverage right at the point when a company is starting to take off and needs it most.The danger is that the company can become just another faceles...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Viral marketing
- Viral marketing involves the use of surf-exchanges, and if you don't know what a surf-exchange is, its a site that you can join, often for free, and exchange web page views with other members.You submit the website you wish to promote, and then you usually get a 'start page' that you load into your web browser and you start to view other web pages. It's usually on a timer of about 30 second...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creating your own lead capture pages
- Having a downline can be golden. A downline is a group of folks who have either signed-up or have already agreed to at least look at what you send them.There are currently many ways to get a downline on the internet, and more coming all the time. For example, promoting certain programs, such as surf exchanges, may allow you to build a downline. This can be a pretty good way, but you must ch...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Sell your name, not your product
- Do you know what the majority of people sell? I could not tell you what Michael Green sells, but if he does sell something, then I would probably buy it. His name is popular among the "Marketers".When you were in school you probably remember that some guys and girls were more popular than others. Those were the ones that were voted as Vice Presidents and or course Presidents of th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Metaphysical marketing
- The foundation of success is in your mind. You do not need to struggle, seek and strive to build your business. You can use mental and spiritual laws to create and attract all the elements that insure success. Wouldn't you love to set your business on "automatic pilot" and enjoy the ride?The Law of Reversed EffortThe application of prosperity principles i...