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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Planning your postcard marketing campaign
- Before you create your postcard, do a little planning. Ask yourself:1. Why are you doing this card mailing? Do you want to get new clients? Or do you want to stay in touch with existing clients?2. To whom are you going to be mailing these cards? Which begs another question: who's on your mailing list? Now, you may be saying, "Martha, how can you ask such a thing? I don't ev...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top five tips for designing marketing strategies that get results
- "But this won't work" said Steve. "I've tried it in the past and had no response." Does this sound familiar? My newer clients often resist implementing certain strategies based on past experiences. However, I usually find out that it wasn't the strategy itself ? but how it was implemented that caused the dismal results.So whether you are designing a simple flier or devel...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top four marketing secrets of building a professional practice
- Building a coaching or consulting practice can be rewarding and lucrative. Sadly, many who get started on this path simply can't make it. Almost daily I talk to people who give up on their dream of "solopreneurship" and, resentfully, join the ranks of job seekers.What disturbs me the most is that many of them are talented and skilled professionals; real experts in their field. Wit...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why direct mail advertising works and how to lower your costs
- I met a lady who said she received a notice in the mail from a company offering plaques of various animals. She knew her daughter would love them as a gift and ordered them. This lady said, "I don't know how they got my name but I sure am pleased to have found out about those beautiful plaques, my daughter just loves them."THAT is direct mail advertising at work.If you have a product...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The magic of keep-in-touch marketing
- Yesterday I received a phone call from an acquaintance that I've met once or twice but haven't seen in over a year. She wanted to let me know that she was referring me to a client of hers who needed help with his Web site copy. Although I hadn't thought about her in months, she mentioned that she'd received a postcard from me for the past two quarters - and that's why she instantly thought of my s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Refresh your web site
- So you have a Web site. And so does most every business these days. But what you really need is a way to set your business apart from the competition, an online presence that will keep clients and prospects coming back again and again.As usual, outstanding content may be your solution. While clear, well-written content is vital (see my June 2004 newsletter for tips about this), fresh, well-...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Write better web content
- If you're reading this article, chances are that you, like most professionals these days, understand the value of the Internet. It may be where you go to buy movie or concert tickets, browse restaurant menus, or plan your vacations. Most likely, you also turn to the Web to research business strategies, vendors and other companies.But what about those surfers who are researching your company...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Practical advice to generate successful campaigns using merged lists
- You could end up with poor results when designing a direct mail campaign that combines your inhouse list with one or more rented lists. Merging lists generates a set of conditions that you may not have thought about at the conception stage. It is better to face the challenges before finalizing your design and strategy to avoid last minute alterations that so often occur. Once you determine your st...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Pre-cleaning and updating addresses in your database
- 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 drain. Not only that, without updating your database you will continue to spend money on undeliverable...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How your list affects postage costs
- HOW YOUR LIST AFFECTS POSTAGE COSTS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!The quality and accuracy of address information in mailing lists is one of the areas least understood and largely overlooked by most businesses using direct mail. To get an advertising message delivered the address must be correct! Many firms that use direct mail neglect this vital aspect. Is there a "printing" menta...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to market and protect your new ideas
- The intellectual property transfer market is now estimated to be worth over $100 billion. If you have a new idea, a patent or an invention, you may be able to license it or sell it for millions of dollars. Many Fortune 500 companies are now making their intellectual property available for sale or licensing at new online intellectual-property exchanges. These companies are trying to maximize their ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Five steps to a web site that sells
- I'm always amazed that people would spend months to develop their web site, pay thousands of dollars to have it put together and then... they just let it sit in the cyber space without generating any new leads.Listen, if you hired a sales person for your business and they didn't perform what would you do? You would fire them faster then they could say "but, I tried", wouldn't you?...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Costly web copy pitfalls
- One secret to a site that sells: Look at your site from your customer's perspective. Another secret: Watch out for these common web copy pitfalls.Welcome to?nothingLook at your site's web copy. Does it begin with "Welcome to??" If so, get rid of it. It means nothing. It doesn't speak to your customers. It's just a waste of your customers' time and space. Rather than the wor...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Modern marketing with postcards
- Postcards may be one of the best kept secrets of modern marketing. They produce even better results now than in the past. That's probably because postcards deliver information the way people want to get it today ...fast and with little or no effort.Use Postcards to Generate Website Traffic and Sales LeadsA brief captivating message on a postcard with an enticing offer sent to the rig...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A forgotten marketing tool ? the postcard
- The postcard can be a very powerful marketing tool. Many of our customers and/or students use them in their business. The key is to set up the card to market effectively for you. Concentrate on a specific item or niche.When used correctly a post card can become very powerful marketing tool. Be sure the front of your card is explicit. It should be clear to your customer what you are selling....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Using direct mail
- The advantages of using direct mail to promote your home-based or small business are: Selectivity-the ability to send your advertising only to people and organizations who can use and pay for your product or service. Flexibility-the freedom to use either the simplest or the most elaborate presentation, ranging from a single-sheet mailer to an entire package, and the flexibility to t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to get to the top of the marketing food chain
- Are you tired of living off handouts from big-name marketers, earning meager affiliate commissions?If you truly want to live and breathe the rarefied air of the super-marketers, what you need is not a change in method, but a change in attitude and mindset.You need to start thinking like a top gun and create your own identity instead of feeding off the efforts of others. Here are some...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The beginners mail order business guide
- No claim is made that the steps outlined would be successful for someone else. Each individual should obtain whatever professional advice may benecessary for his particular operation. INTRODUCTION The following is designed to provide a check list for new entrants into the mail order field. Each mail order business is different, but there are common elements that apply to most mai...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Meaning and marketing - the eye of the storm
- It's 1954. Yes, Mrs. Patricia Smith has been a good teacher today. She has remained on task and kept her Third Grade Pupils in line. But she doesn't have to work too hard at it. She weighs 200 Lbs and if she ever grabs you and shakes you, and you can see the buttons on her blouse coming at you at almost the speed of light, so much so that you end up hypnotized and your brain feels like a pea soup ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Referrals . . .the secret weapon
- Are you getting referrals from you customers? If not, you are missing a lot of sales. Think about many of the sites you visit on the web. Many of them will ask you to tell your friends, families and others who might be interested about them. For doing so, they offer you an incentive, for example, free stuff, gift certificates, etc. Let's talk about off line. How about the book club or reco...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to set up & organize your customer mailing list for optimum results
- Your list of customers who have previously bought from you isyour most important asset. These are the customers who willprovide you with return business, which is more profitable thanthe first sale. But, are you getting the most from your customerlist? There are some secrets you should know, so you can squeezethe most benefits out of your mailing list. Most business' customer lists consist ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to make profits with a commission mailing business
- There are many mailorder publications that will list your nameunder this directory... "Commission Circulars Wanted"... List your name under this classification and dealers will mailbundles of circulars to you with a blank space at the bottom ofthe ad in which you stamp your name. You mail these out and theads "appear" to be your own. You receive money for whatever isadvertised on t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - When, why, and how to use mailing lists
- Mailing lists may be the cause of more heartbreaks than anyother single factor in mail order. A poorly chosen list, a weakmailing and the high cost of mailing to a list can tax theoptimism of a new dealer very, very quickly. Arm yourself withknowledge before embarking on a course like this! Whether you should use a mailing list to sell your productdepends on several things: Is it too...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Meaning and marketing - the hurricane
- I step outside my back door and look at some large limbs lying on the ground. They are all dead. We've had the remnants of Hurricane Frances and Ivan come through here the past ten days. We've had lots of rain with manageable winds. Even so, the storms have done their work and alot more than I have the time to see or know about at the present moment. The hurricane - one of nature's ways of ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to start a big mail service
- A BIG MAIL SHOULD CONTAIN:At least three to four Mail order Magazines Circulars containingoffers or interest to new mail order dealers. Circulars which theBig Mail Dealer has been to mail. Do you enjoy reading Mail Dealer magazines? Do you enjoy orderingand receiving "Big Mail?" Do you enjoy working with new MailOrder dealers and opportunity seekers? If your answer i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Money-makers secrets to renting profitable mailing lists
- As an entrepreneur involved in selling and/or promotion ofsomething by Direct Mail, you should already know that mostimportant aspect of your mailing have to do with the sales letteror circular you send out, and the mailing list you use. Withthese thoughts in mind, and assuming you've got what should be anorder-pulling sales letter or circular, let's focus our attentionspecifically on the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - An easy start to mail order
- Listing names of Big Mail Requestors, and sending out packages ofBig Mail is an easy way to get your start in the business ofselling by mail. There are a number of mail operators pulling in an easy, extrathousand dollars a month, by what you'd hardly call work--doingnothing more than receiving money for advertising a list ofpeople's names interested in receiving Big Mail...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Big money with folios
- One of the easiest, if not the easiest, ways of getting startedwith a profitable mail order business of your own is through thepromotion and sale of money-making folios or reports. Generally, the beginner purchases a series of thesereports-complete with reproduction rights. He reproduces them inwhatever quantity and as often as he likes-usually at a cost ofless than 5 ce...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The beginners mail order opportunity guide
- The "Mail Order" business is not a business of itself, but isanother way of DOING business. Mail Order is nothing more or lessthan selling a product or service via advertising and the offersyou send out by mail. Therefore, to start and succeed in a mail order business of your own, you need just as much, and in some cases, more business than you would need in any other mode of business. Reme...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Free or not free ? that is the question
- You may be in business for yourself or as a small company, but no matter what, especially if you just started this business, you need publicity! It's great that your spouse or best friend believes in you. You may even have total strangers tell you what a great idea you have. Some may tell you they wish they had thought of it themselves or had the guts to try it. You know you can do your job well, ...