Monthly Archives: November 2011

Find out if your product or service is weak…

A quick acid test to find out if your product or service is weak is to write an advertisement for it. Write the ad using your best content – you need a great hook, good creative and maybe an image. … Continue reading

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Can you use promotions for business development?

You are probably thinking “merchandising” and if you are offering a service may feel this is not for you.  Don’t dismiss it just yet, read on! Merchandising is the way you present your product or service, in whatever media you … Continue reading

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Building successful customer relationships

We should all be working to build long-term customer relationships. A one-off, quick-hit sale can be easier to achieve, relatively speaking, but that sort of approach to customers leads to more of the same – a lot of work for … Continue reading

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9 ways to win media coverage without news

In a nutshell you create news! Run a survey. Choose a topic that you’d like to be associated with, that’s timely and not too controversial.  Design the questions to get you the news you want and think about your sample … Continue reading

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Get started with your marketing NOW

You’ll send that marketing e-shot out to the database once you’ve sorted out the little button on the website that you want a different colour.  Or maybe it would be best to wait until Monday, it’s no good sending on … Continue reading

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