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Have You Identified the Enemy?

  • Have You Identified the Enemy?

    One of the most powerful driving forces in human nature is competition. The desire to overcome something or some company, the need to win, the cause, can in many cases be more important than the day-to-day work of the company.

    If your company and your people are to ever reach some level of greatness, you must identify and focus on beating something, on creating and communicating a reason for being.

    If your reason for being is that you got fired, so you decided to go into business ...
    By John Jantsch
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    Have You Sold Your Internal Customers?

  • Have You Sold Your Internal Customers?

    You can make the sale. You know your core message. You know your target market inside out, right?

    But if you have even one employee than you've got another sales job to do. Everyone in your organization must also be sold on the dream you have. Everyone who answers the phone, walks the sales floor, attends that Chamber event, or follow-up on a sales lead in your companys name must be sold first.

    Lets start to think of your employees and strategic partners as internal prospects. W...
    By John Jantsch
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    How To Create A Complete Referral Marketing System

  • How To Create A Complete Referral Marketing System

    These steps are taken from the Referral Flood Marketing Program. Referral Flood is an insiders shortcut to referral marketing and features over 4 hours of audio training, 54 real-world referral marketing systems, and a host of referral marketing tools, letters, postcards and forms.

    Step #1 - Create a referral target market(s) you must create a target list of companies and individuals who can be motivated to refer. This can be clients or a network of related businesses.

    Step #2 ...
    By John Jantsch
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    How to Set (and Get) the Right Prices

  • How to Set (and Get) the Right Prices

    Which product feature of yours is every buyer keen to know about? Which sales tool closes prospects instantly? Your price. Yet, despite the far-reaching consequences of a companys pricing, Im surprised at how little time small business owners spend on it. Here are a few ways to bring pricing to the forefront of your marketing plan.

    Price is a promise
    Lets say youre shopping for cereal and come across two varieties. One is a well-known brand in a resealable 20 oz. package, whic
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    By Jay Lipe
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    I Hate Asking for Referrals! 6 Proven Methods for Getting a Flood of Referrals Without Asking

  • I Hate Asking for Referrals! 6 Proven Methods for Getting a Flood of Referrals Without Asking
    Copyright 2005 David Frey

    Yes, I admit it - I hate asking for referrals - dont you? Be honest. Doesnt your heart start to pump faster and hands start to sweat even thinking about asking a customer for a referral?

    If youre like me, you hate to impose on others. Asking for names of friends or family members almost makes you feel as though youre selling a multi-level marketing opportunity.

    Not to worry. There are many ways to get a continual stream of qualified referrals
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    By David Frey
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    Increase Advertising Revenue and Site Visitors With Articles

  • Increase Advertising Revenue and Site Visitors With Articles
    High quality content on your Web site can attract visitors as well as provide an opportunity for you to generate advertising revenue.

    Content - in the form of well written articles and other useful information - increases your site's value to visitors. Participating in Google's AdSense program on those same pages can give your own profits a "shot in the arm".

    For your site to be a good match for AdSense, you should have a significant amount of quality content on the site. Publishin
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    By Bobette Kyle
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    Internet Business..Just set up the store and wait?

  • Internet Business..Just set up the store and wait?
    Some people are spreading harmful rumors about how easy an internet business is. Set up a site, and the people will come in droves. You'll get hundreds,thousands, millions of hits a day!

    Nothing can be further from the truth. Think carefully, then go slowly into cyber space and most of all have realistic expectations.

    Like any other business, marketing is 90% of sales. Without marketing you have nothing. Hundreds of millions of web sites exist on the internet. You are truly just a
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    By Meredith Gossland
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  • Introduction to Affiliate Marketing

  • Introduction to Affiliate Marketing
    What is Affiliate marketing? Affiliate marketing is also synonymous with the following terms: associate marketing, associate programs, bounty programs, revenue-sharing, referral and partnership programs.

    Originating in the USA several years ago with Amazon.com, affiliate marketing has quickly gained acceptance in North America as a viable and effective method of obtaining online screened and targeted site traffic, ongoing revenue generation and building consumer credibility.

    This
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    By Maurice Bandcroft
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    Is Your Small Business Website a Diamond in the Rough?

    Is Your Small Business Website a Diamond in the Rough?

    By Karri Flatla
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    Is Your Website Ready For Local Search Engine Traffic?

    Is Your Website Ready For Local Search Engine Traffic?
    I suppose the real reason for a local small business to have a website at all is to provide information for the local market, generate leads from local shoppers. Up until now too many small businesses have created websites more like monuments to their company name. If someone knew the name of the company, they could probably find the website. That was good to a point but what about those people who just know they need what you sell but they don't know anybody who sells it?

    What if, instead, l...
    By John Jantsch
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    LookSmart Answer Their Critics

    LookSmart Answer Their Critics
    If you've read my article "LOOKs Can Be Deceiving" (http://www.high-search-engine-ranking.com/LOOKs_Can_Be_Deceiving.htm), you'll already know how I feel about LookSmart's recent decision to change their US-based directory model at www.looksmart.com from Paid Submission to Pay Per Click.

    One person who was very interested in the article was CEO of LookSmart Australia, Damian Smith. After he read it, Mr Smith contacted me and agreed to an exclusive interview to address some of the issues r
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    By Kalena Jordan
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    Lumpy Mail Gets Your Message Through

    Lumpy Mail Gets Your Message Through
    When it comes to your gravy, lumps are bad. When it comes to getting your marketing message through the mail room, past the gate keepers, and onto your buyers desk, lumps are just the ticket. I love direct mail for small business marketing and Im particularly fond of something I call lumpy mail. Lumpy mail is a direct mail piece or package with some dimension to it. A box is lumpy mail. A balloon arrangement, a kitten, a hoola hoop. You name it. The point is you just cant ignore a piece of ...
    By John Jantsch
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    Mailing Lists Keeping it Simple

    Mailing Lists Keeping it Simple

    The right direct mailing list targets people who want your product or service.

    The direct mail mailing list is a key factor in a successful direct mail marketing campaign and a major point to consider in small business marketing strategies where marketing ROI (Return On Investment) is a key concern.

    What really makes your direct mail marketing and advertising campaign successful?

    The biggest single factor in the success of your direct mail marketing strategy is who you send ...
    By Joy Gendusa
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    Marketing - The Way To Make What You're Really Worth

    Marketing - The Way To Make What You're Really Worth

    You only have so much time in a day right?

    So wouldn't it make sense to focus as much of your time as possible on the things that produce the highest payoff.

    I don't know about you but most small business owners are do-it-yourself types and get sucked into doing the littlest silly work faster than you can say "Oh look, the copier is jammed again."

    If you want to achieve any of your goals and finally start making what you are worth then youve got to stop doing $5/hr work. Pe...
    By John Jantsch
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    Marketing Got You Stumped?

    Marketing Got You Stumped?

    Its not unusual for entrepreneurs to find the whole idea of marketing intimidating. Even seasoned business owners often feel their marketing efforts arent working.

    Dont let marketing intimidate you. At its core, its really not much more than common sense the key elements that form your plan. Add some creativity. This is what youll use to implement your plan and make it work. Thats the basis of marketing. Pretty simple once you break it down.

    Lets do a quick overview. Ther...
    By Rickey Gold
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    Marketing Is A System, Not An Event

    Marketing Is A System, Not An Event

    Small business marketers love the chase. Love the new fangled way to make the phone ring. They love to think of a marketing promotion as a single event. But its precisely this view of marketing that holds most small businesses back. They fall prey to the marketing idea of the week and never fully explore what it takes to create and build a completely functioning, consistently performing, marketing system.

    In this article I am going to outline the basic steps that any business can fol...
    By John Jantsch
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    Marketing Plan Tip: Create A Success Poster

    Marketing Plan Tip: Create A Success Poster

    By Debbie LaChusa
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    Marketing Secret: Emotions are Contagious

    Marketing Secret: Emotions are Contagious

    By JD Moore
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    Marketing Your Small Business - The Top 10 Brilliant Ideas

    Marketing Your Small Business - The Top 10 Brilliant Ideas

    A Brilliant Marketing Idea... sounds great but what is it? Is it the idea that results in the mailman ringing your doorbell, signaling in a caravan of postal workers with mounds of letters (all in response to your latest advertisement)? Is it the idea that brings a 20% response rate on your direct mail campaign?

    Surely these ideas would be considered brilliant marketing ideas...right? Well, maybe. It depends on the costs incurred generating the response. If the cost of the marketing was...
    By Alex Barrington
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    Need Content? Pick a free ebook

    Need Content? Pick a free ebook
    Providing free and valuable content is a great way to create repeat traffic, gain ezine subscribers, and of course to get visitors to your site in the first place. You can provide free content by creating a free report or free ebook that will entice those interested in your web site's topic. But suppose you don't have the time to write an ebook or free report? Or suppose you wouldn't know where to begin any way? Don't let this alarm you.

    There are a number of free ebooks
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    By Pam Renovato
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