Friday, August 28, 2009

21 Day Audio Seminar

Provided by Dean Mercado, "Online Marketing Muscle"

Sign up for his 'Marketing Minute' ezine and get his 21 Day Audio Semniar "21 Days To A Physically Fit Web Site" for FREE!

Details found here
http://www.onlinemarketingmuscle.com/internet_marketing_tools.htm

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Top Ten Things You Know About Online Marketing - But Forgot

By Lorrie Thomas

Sharing her tips and thoughts on balancing your time to successfully market online.

Read article here
http://ezinearticles.com/?id=2735398

Monday, August 17, 2009

Why Marketing Begins After The Sale

By Joe Love

All business begins and ends with the customer. The company with the most customers wins, which is why successful companies know that the real marketing begins after the initial sale has been made. They know doing everything possible to retain the trust and the business of current customers is the essence of marketing.

Read article here
http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=684278&confid=1022

How To Generate Leads And Grow Your Business

by Charlie Cook

If you are an independent professional or small business owner, building the list of prospects you market to should be one of your core marketing activities. The more people who are interested in your products and services, the better your chances of growing your sales.

Read article here
http://www.businesshighlight.org/marketing/marketing-general/how-to-generate-leads-and-grow-your-business.html

Thursday, August 13, 2009

5 Big Advantages to Social Marketing

By you and me

Social marketing, a new-ish Internet marketing tool, can be a great asset if used properly. The beneficial effects of social marketing for a business can be tremendous, but one must remember that it must be used in the most efficient way possible.

Read article here
http://hubpages.com/hub/5-Big-Advantages-to-Social-Marketing

Gain Control of Your Marketing Efforts and Assure a Steady Flow of Clients

by Julie Chance

When it comes to marketing, do you ever feel like you are at the mercy of the tides – following up on a referral here, chasing a lead there and more often than not ending up battered and bruised by the rocks along the shoreline? There is a simple solution. It is a solution that will put you in control of your marketing efforts and help assure a steady flow of prospective clients: develop and use a contact management database.

Read article here
http://www.businessknowhow.com/manage/contact-database.htm

Saturday, August 8, 2009

118 Ways to Creatively Market your Business Offline Checklist!

by Shelly Hill

#3. Print out flyers with your contact info (not your personal address), your website address & email address along with any current specials you are offering. Then contact local area mobile home park offices, apartment complex rental offices, housing developements etc and ask them if you can leave fliers in their office or hang on their tennants doors. Give the office employees a free gift or discount on their personal orders.

View her entire check list here
http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=919135&confid=1022

Create the Perfect Tagline

by Allison Nazarian

Taglines, or slogans, are those memorable little phrases associated with the products and services we use everyday. So how do you create a great tagline for your business?

Read article here
http://www.businessknowhow.com/marketing/tagline.htm

7 Steps to Getting More Referrals from Clients

Marketing Strategy for Service Professionals
posted by Marketing Star Media

It’s no secret that referred clients make better clients. They cost less to acquire because they are already pre-sold on your services. They are less price resistant because someone they trust referred them. They tend to be more understanding and easy to please. And since they were referred to you, they are more likely to refer others. If you want to get more referrals from clients, here are seven steps to creating your referral marketing system.

Read article here
http://www.morningstarmultimedia.com/7-steps-to-getting-more-referrals-from-clients

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Marketing Lessons from Amazon.com

by Cathy Stucker

You may not have the funds to build an ecommerce system on
the scale of Amazon’s, but there are several lessons you can
learn that will help you sell more, online and offline.

Read lessons here
http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=651964&confid=1022

Cheap Ways to Motivate Your Team

In a recession, keeping morale high is essential.

By Kara Ohngren

...It is critical, particularly during these tough economic times, that small-business owners recognize their employees for their hard work, says Cindy Ventrice, author of Make Their Day! Employee Recognition that Works. If you can reaffirm your employees' value while your organization is having difficulty, when there's a turnaround, you won't lose your best people.

Read more tips here
http://www.entrepreneur.com/management/article201454.html

Secrets To Saving Your Marketing Dollars

By Debbie Allen, All Rights Reserved

Secret #1 Cut Out The Excess
Does size really count? Not in this case! Smaller can actually be more effective in the long run. Yes, you can actually cut down the size of your ad and run it more often to receive better results in most cases. The size of your ad does not produce the consumer confidence that consistency does! This first secret alone will save you tons of lost marketing dollars. By running smaller, less expensive, but routine advertising you can become more effective in the long run. One of the keys to advertising success is repetition. So a one time shot with a big ad will not oversell a smaller ad done consistently.

Continue reading tips here
http://www.businessknowhow.com/marketing/savedollars.htm

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

11 Super Marketing Tips

by Bob Leduc

Check his list of marketing tips that could help build business, increase sales and more.

Read tips here
http://www.businessknowhow.com/marketing/marktips11.htm

Top 10 Social Media Presentations

Posted by Aden Hepburn

I’m addicted to slideshare and after reading a bunch of re-tweets about the Top 10 Social Media Presentations I thought it might be useful to post them on Digital Buzz! There would be 100+ Social Media Presentations on SlideShare but this is just about the Top 10 Presentations you’d actually want to spend the time reading!

See his slide show here
http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/the-top-10-social-media-presentations-online