14 Powerful Tips for Marketing on Facebook

Finding a facebook-art-marketing-webinar good place to showcase your products, services and websites for free in the online world is a dream for everyone – Facebook has made this a reality. With half a billion Facebook users and thousands of online communities to choose from, Facebook has brought potential customers much closer to you.

It’s no big secret that Facebook can help you in online marketing. However, I know there are many of you who believe that just registering on Facebook is enough… it’s not. Your Facebook success story ends before it even begins!

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http://blog.socialmaximizer.com/14-tips-for-marketing-on-facebook

8 Great Mobile Marketing Ideas

"Mobile is an exciting new frontier in marketing, providing a meaningful way to reach the right person at the right time with the right offer or message...the potential for instant access to customers anywhere, anytime. It means a new communication channel for increasing response rates to marketing campaigns."

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http://australianbusinessmarketingservices.businesscatalyst.com/_blog/Marketing_Success_Blog/post/8_Great_mobile_marketing_ideas

Using Testimonials to Increase Sales and Enrollments

Why are testimonials so important for your business? One reason is that they increase your credibility. When you’re positioning yourself to your ideal clients, you want to show them that you’re credible and trustworthy. Essentially, your potential client is asking, “Why should I listen to you? Who are you and what have you done?” They want you to show that you know what you’re talking about.

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http://yourlucrativelaunch.com/main/using-testimonials-to-increase-sales-and-enrollments

Keeping Loyal Customers Loyal

"The long-term goal for most marketers out there is to gain customers and successfully keep them coming back for more," writes Kristen Gregory at the Bronto blog...That's where loyalty programs come into play—and for email marketers, they fall into two general categories..."

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http://www.marketingprofs.com/short-articles/2541/keeping-loyal-customers-loyal

Top 10 Direct Mail Mistakes

by Barry Feig

In order to make a direct mail campaign work, it’s important to avoid common pitfalls. Mistakes can be in your copy, your list, and even on what you put on your envelope. Here are ten common mistakes people make that sabotage sales.

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http://www.businessknowhow.com/directmail/response/mailingmistakes.htm

The #1 Thing Killing Your Word-of-Mouth Marketing

by Michele Miller

When businesses strategize about generating word-of-mouth marketing, they stop at the point of figuring out something remarkable to offer. They forget the most important part – how they’re going to offer it on a consistent, dependable basis.

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http://www.wonderbranding.com/2009/10/the-1-thing-killing-your-word-of-mouth-marketing

Why You Aren’t Getting New Business Referrals

by Ann Handley

There are two basic approaches to generating more business: The first is to focus on making your existing customers insanely happy, so that they want to tell others about how much they love you; the second is to simply be a resource, or be helpful, to those who aren’t customers yet.

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http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/marketing/article/why-you-arent-getting-new-business-referrals

Improve Your Marketing With Social Bookmarks

by Michael Fleischner

As an Internet marketing professional, I try to keep on top of new marketing avenues and opportunities for leveraging word-of-mouth. In recent years, the method by which individuals get their information has evolved and so have the tools for sharing information from one individual to another. Social bookmarking is now a popular method of communicating among younger audiences and is proving to be an effective marketing tool for increased exposure of products, services, and brands.

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http://marketingscoop.com/socialmarketingbookmarks.htm