When putting together a marketing plan, many small businesses look at their budgets and try to think of where they can advertise to boost sales. Instead of taking that approach, here’s a different angle… Look at your marketing plan and look at your budget and try to think of all the ways you can improve [...]
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I’ve been telling this story for years and I’m sure that just about everyone who’s ever worked with me for any length of time has heard it. Early in my career I worked as a designer and production manager for a network security firm and I was always eager to impress our VP of Marketing [...]
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Or a logo or a business card or brochure. So why is it so hard? Because you probably don’t “just” need a web site… What you need is a web site that plays a specific role in your overall marketing plan. Many business owners count on their web sites as lead generation tools, as an [...]
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I wish online marketing were easy… I wish that I could launch a web site and then just sit back and smile as the traffic, cash and accolades come rolling in. But it isn’t easy and that almost never happens. The truth is that just like anything else, you need to promote the heck out [...]
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I had an exchange yesterday with a small business owner who had been marketing his business — a retail business in a busy downtown area — through newspaper advertising and was frustrated by the lack of results. Here’s the bottom line: the folks that sell you your ads will never admit this, but the truth [...]
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Every one of your prospects is asking themselves that key question whenever they make a purchase decision. Our job as marketers and business owners is to create tools and materials that help answer that question simply and emphatically. So whenever you go on a sales meeting or prepare your marketing collateral or web site, make [...]
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