7,857 articles on "mark"

Qualifying vs. Closing the Sale

Qualifying vs. Closing the Sale by: Teri Samuels The Art of effective question asking (qualifying) determines the effectiveness and the success of the "close". EXAMPLE: Let's assume you're a candy sales rep. You sell both chocolate and...

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There’s More To Marketing ROI (Return On Investment) Than Meets The Eye

There’s More To Marketing ROI (Return On Investment) Than Meets The Eye by: Joy Gendusa All too often people look at marketing ROI in terms of response rate: in other words, “I sent out 10,000 pieces of direct mail and only got 39 responses ...

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The Better Product Fallacy

The Better Product Fallacy by: Arvind Kumar Another fallacy ingrained in the minds of most marketing managers is the belief that the better product will win the marketing battle. Behind the thinking of many marketing managers is the thought that...

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Facebook And Its Emergent Muscle Will Dictate How We Do Business

A few years back I was working in an office of technical people. I have never been one to expend too much time socializing. Being a web site designer, and web developer..all wrapped into one neat package, I tend to have little occasion to spend on-li...

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Impress Your Customers Using Marketing Postcards

In business, the importance of marketing cannot be underestimated. If you want to stay on top of the game, you need to promote your business. The market, after all, is highly competitive these days. Surviving the competition often takes the simple ...

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Cash from Your Camera

If you thought that the age of digital with the arrival of PDAs and the Kindle would kill off paper publishing, then you are horribly wrong. The market is huge and more books than ever are being published. Just take a look at the shelves of your loca...

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The Keys to Developing Successful Marketing Strategies

A successful marketing strategy is judged by how effectively it can be used. Many people know that a successful marketing strategy puts a lot of different factors into consideration and uses these factors as a collective. There are, however, five ma...

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How To Really Inform People Using Custom Posters

Can you really communicate the information that you need through your custom posters? If you are a typical person who invests in custom poster printing, chances are, you are still a bit ineffective. Lots of people print custom posters for information...

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Prepare Your Communications For Growth

Prepare Your Communications For Growth by: Robert WarrenAs the American economy emerges from recession, many businesses are now reexamining their marketing materials and realizing that their communications are outdated, ill-prepared for the retu...

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Wrapping Up Profits with a Package Deal

A landscaping company complained to a reporter that instead of carefully defining their needs, interested prospects say, "Send us a proposal.""That's like saying, 'Go buy a car,'" objected the owner. "We need to get people to think abo...

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