7,171 articles on "marketing"

Tales of the Touareg and other adventures in branding

You’re not likely to see a Volkswagen in the winner’s circle at Daytona or Indianapolis. But if there were competition called the Brand-Building 500, you would find a Volkswagen in the winner’s circle, year after year. Everyone knows the touchs...

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Can Bad Press Boost Your Brand

There is an inspiring lesson marketers can learn from the various episodes of crisis throughout the history of business: negative publicity can actually boost your credibility and thus, corporate image and brand; elegantly admit mistakes and claim fu...

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The Magic of Using Booklets for Tradeshow Giveaways

Candy, squeeze balls, pens, and key chains these provide questionable value to anyone visiting or staffing a tradeshow booth. More and more meeting and marketing professionals are considering something a little different - booklets. They are a way t...

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Can an E-Book Become a #1 Amazon Best-seller

Ever since Jim Edwards and I completed our now famous e-book, "How to Write and Publish Your Own E-Book... in as little as 7 Days," people have been cranking out their own e-books at, well, a weekly rate. Lately I've been getting a reoccurring q...

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Attract More Buyers to your Product Use Metaphors

Surprise your potential buyers. Give them chocolate frosting! After we entered school we had a lot to learn. We left the sand box, the nap, and the all day playing with our imagination. No wonder we have lost touch with our original, playful, creativ...

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Make 'em Buy or Make 'em Miserable!

This weekend I watched a program on television called - I kidyou not - "Buyology". This show is about marketing and salesof products in the free world. I found the show utterly andcompletely fascinating not because I'm a web marketer, butbecaus...

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10 Marketing Tips For Success

1. FREE... I got your attention, didn't I. Offer a free report, e-book or "how to" course. Information is the top selling product online. You can use this to your benefit by offering free information.- As a sample of your information product (te...

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Interviews With Successful Ezine Publishers - Pamela Geiss

Pamela Geiss is the publisher of LotsaPerks Newsletter which offers tips and articles on the best ways to advertise online. Pamela publishes twice a week with an occasional Sunday tutorial that teaches her subscribers something they have asked to le...

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The Battle Over Desktop Real Estate

I was watching a late night financial program on television in early July, 2001 when I learned that Microsoft is allowing PC manufacturers to control which icons are included on new Desktops. Historically, Microsoft has argued that the Windows deskto...

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DRAMATIZE THE EMOTIONAL REWARD TO INCREASE YOUR SALES

I recently read about a survey conducted among new car owners. The researchers were trying to determine which ads had the greatest impact on the buyer's decision to buy a certain car. What they discovered surprised them. Most of the new car owne...

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