Finding Prospects
Many of you don’t do Yellow Page advertising anymore, but for those of you that do, here’s what I suggest. When someone is looking in the yellow pages, they are actually ready to buy, so your ad has got to jump out at them, and then have them contact you instead of all of the Read more..
Probably 99.9 times out of 100 prospects, will not spend the time to read your unsolicited ad or direct mail piece. The reason is that you are “interrupting their lives.” The simple act of having an ad or sales letter before a prospect will bring them to the proverbial “fork in the Road” and forces Read more..
If you are on LinkedIn, you joined to use this social media venue to create potential customers/clients. The greatest stumbling block has been that once you joined, you found that the Linkedin culture frowns upon self promotion. That may have discouraged you. Or you may not have found a way to talk about yourself within Read more..
For many retail and service businesses, Val-Pak and Money Mailers are what they use consistently and what I will call “basic” advertising media. And they should be. Their success is because they are “low cost and have a high readership since they go to so many people. I’ve read that over 80% of the recipients Read more..
It never fails to astound me that when I’m looking through a magazine or newspaper and reading the ads, that not only do they all look alike and are boring, but almost none of them ask for a response. Go grab a magazine right now and look through the display ads. You’ll see ads saying Read more..
I spent almost 5 hours trick or treating with my grandchildren. It wasn’t house to house like it was years ago. Today it was a section of three local towns that had almost 10 blocks of stores. I bet in the three towns that I took my grandchildren, there were at least 100 businesses in Read more..
The following 9 ideas have helped me and will help you grow your business on a limited budget when you apply them. If you don’t have a journal, I would suggest that you purchase one at your local Staples. If not grab a sheet of paper. It doesn’t matter what your business is, write down Read more..
Every small business has a set budget that they use to market and build their business. Here are some cost-effective methods that will help you to get your new customers and grow your business. Everyone has a strip shopping center or mall near them. Wherever there is a grand opening, attend the opening and talk Read more..
Yesterday I got to thinking about the many times I’ve been interviewed, or the times I interviewed someone, and I began to think again about how profitable it could be. Here’s the advice I want to give you in this blog… Every day, and I do mean every day, in spite of what might stop Read more..
Here are a few ways I’ve used to make my competition irrelevant. Focus on the moment of truth, the place or position that your products or services will be offered to the customer. For example, if you have a retail establishment, this may be a wall display or a counter display. On the internet this Read more..