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November 11, 2005
Most business owners don’t realize the importance of using a simple business card to generate tons of customers. It simply does not matter what kind of business you are in, you have to utilize this primitive business technique in order to grow your business fast.The three main mistakes people make ..
November 10, 2005
Out of 100 products, 90 never get past the initial development and testing stages, of the 10 that do 7 will fail in the market within 3 years.To make matters worse 80% of new businesses are gone within 3-5 years!WHY?Because a higher number of the Business Owners have no idea how to sell, promote, ..
November 09, 2005
The most successful a company is the most it advertises. Big companies have big advertisement budgets – they spend crores of rupees every month on advertisements. They are not advertising because they are successful, they are successful because they advertised and they are advertising shrewdly. In ..
November 06, 2005
IntroductionJust a child then, when television broadcasting had begun in a makeshift studio at Akashvani Bhavan in New Delhi. A low power transmitter and 21 television sets were used as foundation stone for this globalize television broadcasting in 1959. Really, it is a great achievement for those ..
November 05, 2005
1. You think you need ‘Image’ or ‘branding’ advertising because that’s all the so-called ‘top guns’ use in their advertising. You don’t use direct response advertising they don’t and you’d think they know best.2. You never offer compelling benefits that cause your prospect to want to do business ..
November 05, 2005
Here are the basic steps of marketing & advertising you must know & use, if you want to make huge profits in your business.Did you know?Marketing and Advertising work together you simply can’t overlook the fact that if you’re running a great ad for truck parts, you may want to think twice about ..
November 04, 2005
What if advertising was illegal? What if it were taken away? What if our nations media charged for their content and news instead of delivering it free and collecting from advertisers? You might be surprised how close that came to be back in the olden days. Thomas Jefferson once said that all ..
November 03, 2005
Gravitational Marketing is about returning to the roots of what advertising is really all about.But, the question is…What is real advertising?Well, I can tell you with surety that it is not what they do on Madison Avenue these days. And for you, my small business marketing friends, it is not what ..
November 02, 2005
This is a fascinating principle about optimising your white space – and you can take that as metaphorical or as practical as you like.The other day, I was having dinner at a roadside café and I noticed that the little sugar bags that came with my coffee had ADVERTISEMENTS on them.That’s your ..
October 31, 2005
Small business advertising shouldn’t be done like most of the advertising you see on T.V. … or hear on the radio. There ARE exceptions, of course. But for the most part, small businesses shouldn’t do much of the following:1) Institutional advertising (a.k.a. “Madison Avenue” type advertising).2) ..
October 30, 2005
Howard Luck Gossage, dubbed The Socrates of San Francisco, believed that “most advertising in existence is, in itself, a detriment to the industry.""Trying to explain responsibility to advertising men is like trying to convince an eight-year-old that sexual intercourse is more fun than a ..
October 28, 2005
Are you planning to start your own business? Do you work from your home? Are you employed at a company where you have a specific job title and function? If any of these are true or if you want to offer freelance services to the community, a business card may be one of your first steps in making ..
October 28, 2005
Advertising made easy, and your wallet will love it too!In today's market, anyone in business knows that advertising is the backbone to the success, and without it, you are “dead in the water". Even with the greatest product on the planet, a product that you know everyone needs and wants. ..
October 28, 2005
What is really important when you're advertising alongside others on a single page, is that you appear different to everyone else yet remain consistent in your own approach.When you do that you will be portraying an important message to your readers’ subconscious: This company is robust and ..
October 28, 2005
Headlines play a crucial role in the success of your business. Your subject line must get your prospect interested enough to read your copy! An effective headline, whether in an email, ad or book, will literally force your potential customers to want to learn more.There was a book, for example, ..
October 27, 2005
Promotional product is a type of marketing that can allow your business to take off. Many companies find that providing a product to the public about the service that they have to offer or the product that they are selling is important. Perhaps you have a new product that you want to get the word ..
October 27, 2005
Would your sales increase if you got more leads, prospects, callers, or visitors coming to your business? Wouldn’t it be exciting if there were a way to achieve this while reducing your marketing costs at the same time? Well, there is a way and I’m going to share that with you right now.Here it is. .
October 26, 2005
Too often those of us that own an online business forget that there's another advertising medium that business owners have been using for years, with excellent results.That medium is Newspaper Advertising. Any online business owner that is not using the option of advertising in newspapers is losing .
October 26, 2005
Year after year the yellow pages are full of ineffective ads. Follow these sure-fire tips to better your response and get more for your advertising investment.1. The size of your ad depends on 3 factors: your budget, your competition and your current staffing situation. If other advertisers under ..
October 26, 2005
Pens are used by almost everybody, from students, professionals, housewives, company executives and virtually any type of job. Therefore making a promotional pen that contains the company logo, a product name, a company design and any marketing idea that a company wants the public to see is ..
October 25, 2005
In infomercial creation, there are a number of different options available to you. You can hire someone to do the work for you or you can do it yourself. There is much to consider about this process though so taking the time to plan and execute each step of it will help you to better achieve the ..
October 24, 2005
We don’t mean to burst anyone’s bubble here, but there are some excellent ways to get business card deals on the web! You will find a number of options to consider in a wide range of choice. If you are just starting out in a business, you likely do not have the money to spend on expensive business ..
October 21, 2005
Broadcast advertisers, who use television, are seeing dramatic reductions in their ad results because of a four-letter word-TiVo. In some ad agencies one can sense that TiVo really is a four-letter word in the most derogatory sense. This reporter decided to follow the actions of what such ..
October 19, 2005
Those who love to write and have a head for running a business should seriously give it a thought. Running a print newsletter can be fun and can also rake in the money, if that is what you love to do.Like in any business, one has to be ready to shoulder responsibilities and think of eventualities. ..
October 19, 2005
If you are trying to promote your business now, you can move in one of two directions:You can take the conventional route to promotion and mount an elaborate media campaign, spending a considerable amount of money.You can let your creative juices flow and mount a low-cost promotion effort, using a ..
October 19, 2005
Whether you’re a startup or an established small business, one of the toughest decisions that you will make is how much money you are going to spend on your advertising and marketing communications. Prospects need to be acquainted with you, need to know what you do and how your product or service ..
October 19, 2005
What I’m about to reveal to you is “classified” information. Top secret stuff.Okay… maybe not top secret… but you should know some entrepreneurs pay big bucks for the information I’m about to reveal to you. And that’s no fib either.If your business is listed in the yellow pages this strategy will ..
October 19, 2005
How well your fundraiser does will depend on how much publicity you can attract. Your community should be made aware of your fundraiser, so they can help raise funds and increase your results. If your community doesn’t know about the fundraiser you are hosting, who is going to show up? We have ..
October 18, 2005
My wife and I wondered across the high school parking lot next to our home this afternoon and watched a girl’s soccer game. We heard shouts like:“That a girl, Cindy!“Go!“Watch out!“Move your…”If there was a verb in a sentence, it was an action verb.Most sentences had no more than 3 words.I thought, .
October 16, 2005
Advertising, what does the point of diminishing return mean?The point of diminishing return simply means that no matter how much more money you spend on advertising, your gross sales will only increase in small increment, if any at all.Below are some sample budgets for a single product showing how ..
October 14, 2005
Most small businesses have limited marketing communication, aka advertising, budgets making it even more crucial to research thoroughly; select the best medium(s) and target prospects carefully.The following list contains seven suggestions for achieving “champagne" results on a “beer" ..
October 14, 2005
For years people have tuned into radio talk shows, radio morning shows as well as all those broadcasters and their funky styles. If you are like many, you flip on the radio as well. From a marketing standpoint, though, do you realize the value of radio advertising? While many say that your ..
October 14, 2005
Printers have certainly come a long way since the inception of the character and and dot matrix printers.These ancient products (ancient in technical terms being as few as 10-15 years) were what are known as impact printers, simply because they needed to make a physical connection with the paper in .
October 13, 2005
Talk to almost any advertising agency, or Fortune 500 company exec about advertising and promotion, and you will almost certainly hear the buzz words “fragmented advertising" and “consumer-centric campaigns" and long discussions about the many pitfalls and difficulties of creating ..
October 06, 2005
In the beginning, Yellow Pages ads were, well, yellow. With black type. Then, in an effort to jump start sales, the clever people who invented Yellow Pages in 1886, the Reuben H. Donnelly Corporation, figured an inexpensive way to add red to the ads. Red borders, red type. Higher rates.With the ..
October 06, 2005
I don't know about you but I don't drive down the road with a pencil and paper on the seat.Why then should you waste valuable advertising seconds on the radio by telling me your phone number?Spend 20 minutes with local radio and you will hear more phone numbers than in most Yellow Pages.Most radio ..
October 06, 2005
First was the telephone. Once Alexander Graham Bell got it working, it spread like the southern kudzu vine. In less than two years after the first “Watson, come here I need you" conversation, there were enough telephones for a “central office" and someone to connect and disconnect the ..
October 06, 2005
Here is some common sense advice for those “unchangeable for a whole year" Yellow Pages adsYellow Pages advertising is one of the most popular forms of advertising in the country today. Almost every home in America (96.9%) and business has at least one copy of “the book".Almost three ..
October 06, 2005
Your business is listed in the Yellow Pages whether you buy an ad or not. Your business is listed in the Yellow Book and the other phone books, too, no purchase necessary. Yup, free listings in the yellow pages. Provided, you have a business line, in the name of your business, at the phone company. .
October 04, 2005
The Past, The Present And The Future, A Compulsive Gambler’s Thoughts Part 3 is a collection of poems that express what I was going through during the last ten years of my life. Through this experience I was able to better understand what I was going through before, during and after with my ..
October 04, 2005
A great small business marketing strategy includes a mix of tactics. Advertising and PR are two very important tools that all small business owners need to be using regularly. Many small businesses I talk to do one of the other, but don't commit to doing both. Each has its strengths and weaknesses ..
October 03, 2005
One of the best ways to get free advertising is to simply write articles and give them away. It’s a foreign concept to those new to online business, but you’ll really be impressed with the results.1. Why Should You Write Articles?Newsletter and website owners are desperate for content. As someone ..
October 02, 2005
Did I get your attention? That's exactly what I intended to do. I wrote a compelling headline that concentrated on a problem, created interest and desire, and offered a solution...all in a few short words!It's a fact, most antique advertisements in the yellow pages are really lame! Oh, the ..
September 30, 2005
Generally speaking, a vinyl banner is easy to design. Anybody with a little bit of graphic design experience can design a vinyl banner. And even if you have no experience, your supplier can point you in the right direction, or even design your banner for a small charge.Here are some things to watch .
September 30, 2005
A special yearly issue of Success Magazine called “The Selling Issue" quoted Scott DeGarmo,"The big money goes to those companies with superior marketing operations. Entrepreneurial companies of today must evolve from being sales oriented to being marketing oriented in order to now win the ..
September 29, 2005
Free online advertising offers many benefits for online and offline businesses.Obvious benefits of free online advertising include increased exposure, sales leads, and additional sales.Some of the less obvious benefits that can be obtained through the use of free online advertising are increased ..
September 26, 2005
Making money and corrupting the morals of a minor at the same time is not my idea of ethical advertising. Recently a television ad depicted a small boy breaking a window so the owner's wife could upgrade to their own style of window. There were several messages inherent in this ad that bother ..
September 26, 2005
If you’ve listened to some radio ads lately you may have picked up on something, right as you punched the button to change the station. And that is that most radio spots, and by that I mean about 97%, are boring or just plain annoying... and boring.One problem is that many advertisers rely on the ..
September 25, 2005
I get calls every week from lawyers saying they’re not getting calls anymore from yellow page advertising. Having done quite well in the past, they're afraid to discontinue the advertising. They want to know what's going on and what to do.Apparently, lawyers are not the only ones. In his article ..
September 25, 2005
Most people are aware of the typical online promotional techniques home business owners have marketed through such as banners, link exchanges, different search engines, newsletters, forums, and the like. However, a good home based business must also consider offline promotion strategies as well and .
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