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Recent Posts Tagged With 'tip of the day'
How To Leverage Social Media Networks
We know that social networks like Digg, Reddit, and Stumble are great for gross traffic, but often send quick stop visitors who don’t convert well to ad-clicks and sales. But how are Social Network users at converting to other social networks? ...
Marketing Tip of the Day - Reward Your Referrers
Satisfied customers are your best sales force, but are you paying attention to the ones that are doing the work for you? Next time you get a clear referral, don’t miss a beat in contacting the person who gave it. Make sure that you thank them f...
Marketing Tip of the Day, The 100% Effective Elevator Pitch
The elevator pitch - a 30 second window to make an impact promoted by so many is actually slowing you down. But there is one great thing about the elevator pitch. Most people don’t know that they are wasting their time. Use that to your advanta...
Marketing Tip of the Day, Having Room to Correct
Most companies have a pricing policy that leaves very little room for giving a customer his or her money back. The ones that have that space normally do so because they are aware that their product is not what they make it out to be. I discussed the ...
Marketing Tip of the Day, Feed a Customer
You should never let a day go by without doing at least one marketing activity. This can take many shapes. If you are normally short on time, focus a lot of your energy on the activities where you learn more about your customers as opposed to just tr...
Marketing Tip of the Day, Self Funding Advertising
Do you have an advertising budget? If so, is it considered an expense? If you answered yes to those questions, you are letting the wrong person control your marketing. Accountants and Marketers are notorious enemies in the corporate world. Accountan...
Marketing Tip of the Day, The Random Act of Kindness
Start off by writing "Have a Great Day" or something similar on ten of your business cards. Always carry this special batch with you so that you are ready to use it when the opportunity presents itself. For Instance: Pay the toll for the car ...
Marketing Tip of the Day, The Breakfast Club
Networking is imperative to business success and growth. Your network can bring you knowledge and skills that you would pay serious money for if you have to hire a consultant. It is also the best way to find strategic partners. Consider creating a bu...
Marketing Tip of the Day, Share your Research
When you read an interesting article, see if it applies to any one of your clients or prospects. Not only is this a great way to make sure that you are applying what you are reading at all times, but it also opens up a great way to communicate. Once ...
Marketing tip of the day - The Community Event
Spring is in the air, summer is almost here and this is the time to start thinking about creating an event that a whole community will see and rally behind. There are hundreds of worthy ideas and causes that you can create a charity event for. And ma...
Marketing tip of the day – Remember the little people
There is a cheap and simple way to build relationships with a company. The so called little people carry a whole lot more weight than most realize, not to mention utilize. Think of the receptionist at a smaller company for instance. He or she is resp...
Marketing Tip of the day – First Installment
This is the beginning of my marketing tips of the day. No I’m not going to give you crappy advice and tell you to give me your email address to get 10 more bad ideas. Or try to sell you the 4000 ways to make a gazillion either (I hate those sites a...
