Get Your Back-End Together!
Too often, businesses focus on bringing in new customers without planning on what to sell them next. But ânextâ is where all the profits are made. If you lack a good back-end system, then youâll suffer no matter how many new customers you attract.
Cost Efficient Ways To Market Your Small BusinessMarketing your business can seem like an expense that only highly profitable companies can have the luxury of affording. Thanks to innovations that have made marketing more cost effective, you too can market your business on little to no cost.
Mysterious Concept of Mystery ShoppingThese days there are a lot of companies doing mystery shopping for the purpose of external market research for organizations of the particular market. For any organization, customer value is of utmost importance. Hence organizations employ mystery shopping companies to conduct and extensive research about the organizationâs customer services, quality, personnel or operations, discreetly and professionally.
Digital For SMEs 101Youâve heard about it and think you know what it means. Now that you have read this far into the Digital issue of Marketing, you are more confident in using the term in day-to-day business. However, as a small business owner, do you have any digital marketing campaigns currently running in your business or do you believe that itâs for big companies who have large budgets to spend on advertising? Hopefully not.
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Having run my own business for a while now, I have been fortunate enough to work with a cross-section of people, companies and industries. From my own observations, I frequently come across six common inaccuracies and assumptions that small business operators make when it comes to marketing. Surprisingly, the themes donât change across industries, but they all result in lost income and unnecessary expense and if youâre on a shoestring budget such mistakes can be devastating.
When Big Budgets Donât Buy Good CampaignsI am having lunch with Geoffrey McDonald Bowll and we are discussing what we do to âwinâ new clients. We conclude that direct mail is worth another look â get back to basics, do a smart, witty and intelligent campaign. Sounds simple, right?
Having a Spotter in Business DevelopmentThis article discusses Mark Wahlbergâs movie Shooter. It compares the use of a sniperâs spotter to having a spotter gather competitive intelligence in business development.