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How to Effectively Market Your Small Business

Strategy Driven

Without the proper marketing, most startups and small businesses will be doomed to fail. However, with such an abundance of marketing techniques available, it is important that small business owners deploy the correct methods in order to maximize their return on investment. Complete Your Market Research. Profile Target Markets.

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Is outsourcing a copywriter really worth the money?

Women on Business

Further, an outsider is more likely to think outside of the box when it comes to new and innovative ways to market your business. For example, a health food company may hire out to produce advertising copy and direct marketing pieces. A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TARGET MARKET. SAVE TIME … AND MONEY!

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5 Ways Predictive Analytics Make or Break a CRM System

Strategy Driven

Size doesn’t matter: why predictive analytics prove your customer relationship management methods are likely falling short. Many direct marketers have it figured it out, sending you offers in the mail that you are likely to actually want as opposed to the ones you consider junk. Maximizing Marketing Budget ROI.

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The Big Picture of Business – How and When to Collaborate, for Best Business Advantage.

Strategy Driven

Accomplished managers want teams that give value-added, create new ideas and work effectively. To succeed, it needs to be more than an advertising and direct marketing campaign. Business relationship building is considered an ongoing process, not a "once in awhile" action or marketing gimmick. Demands of the Marketplace.

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How Valuable Are Your Customers?

Harvard Business Review

Even if you don’t have to calculate CLV yourself (there are lots of tools that will do the math for you ), it’s important to understand the concept so you can decide whether to use it when making marketing and sales decisions. Knowing each customer’s profitability is the first step to managing them. Customers Marketing'

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Help Your Team Spend Time on the Right Things

Harvard Business Review

Unfortunately, many managers don’t think about time as a finite resource in the same way that they consider the limitations of headcount and budget. But steps can be taken by managers to overcome this dynamic and better leverage organizational time. Sales was still dependent on them to do the traditional marketing activities.

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The Big Picture of Business: Corporate Communications – Correctly Positioning Your Company

Strategy Driven

Business development has occurred primarily by accident or through market demand. Top management must endorse corporate imaging and other forms of practice development, if your company is to grow and prosper. Some people in your organization will devote much time to promotions, public relations, marketing and advertising.