Archive for 'inexpensive marketing'
Why You Should Comment on Other People’s Blogs
Your competitors have blogs. People in industries related to yours have blogs. Are you reading them and taking the time to add a comment? If you want to increase exposure for your own business, you should. Every time you comment you have the opportunity to invite people back to your site, and on many blogs [...]
Posted: May 28th, 2010 under business building, effective marketing, inexpensive marketing, internet marketing, marketing, marketing on a budget, search engine optimization, SEO.
Tags: blogging, commenting, effective marketing, internet marketing, low cost marketing, marketing
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Why the Corner Grocery Needs a Website
If you own a small business, such as a corner grocery or a design service, you don’t need to bother with a website, right? No, wrong. Of course there’s nothing that says you have to have one – after all, you got along without one all this time. And, if you’re perfectly content with the [...]
Posted: May 3rd, 2010 under advertising, business building, effective marketing, good salesmanship, inexpensive marketing, marketing, small business marketing, web copywriting.
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3 Simple Ways to Get More Local Business
Have you gotten into a rut with promoting your local business? Do you feel stuck with running the same tired ads in the newspaper or printing up sale flyers to insert in sacks when customers make a purchase. If so, business probably isn’t increasing at a very rapid rate. So try these three simple steps [...]
Posted: May 2nd, 2010 under advertising, customer relations, effective marketing, inexpensive marketing, marketing, marketing on a budget, self-promotion.
Tags: advertising, low cost marketing, marketing, marketing budget, marketing plan, self-promotion, small business
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Action You Can Take Today to Build Your Business
Want to do something today – right now – that will help build your business? If you have a pen, a piece of paper, an envelope, and a stamp, you can do just that. You can write a thank you note. In fact, you’ll do even better if you write a dozen thank you notes. [...]
Posted: March 1st, 2010 under business writing, communication, customer contact, customer relations, customer retention, effective marketing, inexpensive marketing, letter writing, marketing, marketing on a budget, professional image, public relations, real estate marketing, self-promotion, thank you notes.
Tags: effective marketing, follow up, law of attraction, low cost marketing, marketing, marketing budget, self-promotion
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Free e-mail marketing program
If you’ve been wanting to set up an e-mail marketing program but don’t want to lock in to a monthly fee, you’ll like this news. Yesterday I learned about a system called Mail Chimp that you can use for free as long as your list stays under 500 people. And since it takes a while [...]
Posted: February 26th, 2010 under e-mail marketing, inexpensive marketing, internet marketing, marketing.
Tags: advertising, email marketing, marketing budget
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If you’re in business – get blogging!
Have you avoided blogging because it seems like a lot of nonsense? If so, you’ve been reading the wrong blogs, and getting the wrong impression. It’s true that a whole lot of people write about nonsense. They blog the details of their lives that are best written in a diary or a personal journal. That’s [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2009 under inexpensive marketing, internet marketing, marketing, self-promotion.
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Marketing: Can you adopt the Chrsysler Mindset?
This morning I read a short article about Chrsyler and their new campaign to sell the new Dodge Ram pickup. Because of the price of fuel, truck sales are down – way down. But they aren’t giving up. Instead, creative officer David Lubars was quoted as saying “We know the amount of people out there [...]
Posted: September 17th, 2008 under ads, advertising, attitude, customer contact, e-mail marketing, effective marketing, inexpensive marketing, internet marketing, marketing, marketing on a budget, positive thought.
Tags: Add new tag, budget marketing, low cost marketing, marketing
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What if your marketing budget is small?
Look around – you’ll find a ton of places where you can market for free – or almost for free. Start with Craig’s list and flipit.com – and search for more. Do this for both your services and your listings. Remember, the internet is a powerful tool – the place where over 80% of all [...]
Posted: August 25th, 2008 under inexpensive marketing, law of attraction, marketing, marketing on a budget.
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