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Small Business and Branding – Why and How

When we speak of branding most of the time people try to relate it to big business house, however, the fact is that every business needs to establish their brand in order to survive the competition. This is nothing new; experts and management gurus ...

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Sending samples with your press release should you or shouldn't you Here's a guide…

When you begin to send out your press releases, you will start to get calls and emails from the editors requesting samples of your product. What do you do? Well that all depends. Below are some tricks and tips for gauging when you should or shouldn&a...

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Maslow's Marketing Filter

Maslow’s Marketing FilterOne of the basics of all marketing and advertising training is a teaching of “Maslow’s needs pyramid”. This pyramid shows the different motivators and needs in a person’s life and how they are built one upon the oth...

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What’s Your Identity

Identity theft is a hot topic these days – at least on a personal level. In business, though, the serious issue is identity neglect!What do I mean? I mean many businesses don’t pay attention to identity issues. That’s because they don’t under...

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Postcard Marketing Your Small Business

Postcard Marketing Your Small BusinessOne of the best marketing strategies a business or organization can use is postcards. Even before the arrival of online postcard printing and mailing services, postcards had a good reputation amongst guerilla mar...

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Get Your Customers to Say YES

Many of us dread the part during the sales process wherewe have to ask for the order, especially if the customer says"no". What happened? It seemed like the customer was with youall along.They were smiling and nodding their head. What could have gone...

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Case In Point Getting Your List To Respond

by Karon Thackston © 2002http://www.ktamarketing.com We all wish we could have ultra-responsive mailing lists, don’t we? The dream of most marketers is to send out their ezine and sit back to watch a flood of orders come in. After all, while w...

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Using a USP to Quickly Connect With Prospects

The acronym USP (Unique Selling Proposition) was created byRosser Reeves, marketing expert in the 1960's. Over time,his concept has been used by others, called different namesby different individuals and pretty much has taken on a lifeof its own...

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The 8020 Rule- Your Formula For Success

The previous 'dirt-world' retail business I managed had a large turnover, a very high profit, and less than 100 lines. Early in 2001, I was contracted to manage another business. This one carries over 800 different lines, yet has a turnover...

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Use Hands-on Marketing to Sell Like Crazy

I have a neighbor who, last year, started her own house-cleaningservice. Paula had been living on a shoe-string for years, andnow that her children had all reached school age, she decided sheneeded to enter the workforce. She was looking for somethin...

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