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Essential Online Marketing Tips All Business Owners Must Know

Strategy Driven

You’ve had an excellent idea for a small business and you want to get it off the ground before anyone else can take it off the market. In fact, most internet marketing companies, such as Excelsior Internet Marketing , would recommend that perfecting your SEO should be your first step. Use email marketing. Build a website.

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10 Key Things to Avoid in B2B Cold Calling

Strategy Driven

Cold calling is still one of the key tools in the armoury when it comes to outbound marketing. It typically works well where an organisation can clearly identify its target market and where the proposition is tailored and compelling. Fail to Plan and plan to fail” is a well-used expression and it definitely applies to telemarketing.

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Marketers, Go Back to Basics

Harvard Business Review

Marketing is changing so fast, it's easy to get our heads turned by new, high-tech developments. But, as a marketing consultant who is putting my own theories to the test as I work to drive sales of my first book , it's become clear to me that many companies have needlessly forsaken some marketing strategies that still have life in them.