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

Friday, July 31, 2009

Designing Your Marketing Program

Adapted From: Marketing Kit for Dummies, 2nd Edition

A marketing program is a coordinated, thoughtfully designed set of activities that help you achieve your marketing objectives. Your marketing objectives are strategic sales goals that fit your strengths and are a good way to stretch your business in its current situation. In order to build strong customer relationships and maximize your sales, you need to put every possible marketing tool to work for you.

Read info here
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCMA/Section/id-390440.html

Free Affiliate Marketing Ecourse

Provided by Rhonda White

Affiliate marketing is simply referring products and services to others while earning a commission on all your referrred sales Affiliate marketers do not worry about shipping and handling or customer service hassles. You can also use affiliate marketing to supplement any current business.

Grab this FREE eCourse here
http://mommyaffiliates.com

37 Business & Marketing Lessons Learned In The School of Hard Knocks

By Edward "Mr Ed" Thorpe

Read his list here
http://www.onlinebeginnersguide.com/business-keys.htm

The Magic Marketing Word - FREE

by Nathan Hulls

Whether you’re in denial and like to think that you’re not effected by this Magic Marketing Word, one of the most powerful marketing strategies which has even become a business model is the ‘Free’ marketing strategy. For a long time marketers online and offline have used a Free offer as a hook to get people into the store, trying their product for a limited time, or subscribed to a list.

Read his blog post here
http://www.webmoneyblog.com/make_money_online/the-magic-marketing-word-free

Email Marketing Tips - 10 Terms You Should Know

Just like any other marketing, email marketing is a world in itself and has various terms, acronyms and abbreviations that you should know before talking to other email marketing professionals.

Read list here
http://hubpages.com/hub/Email-Marketing-Tips-10-Terms-You-Should-Know