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Some days it's hard not to feel overwhelmed
by what's being hailed as the latest and greatest
ideas on how to drive more customers to your
business, increase sales, and improve your bottom
line. If you're looking for some down to earth
advice on how to build a solid gameplan for your
business, make sure you check out this week's
article from Entrepreneur - Rock Solid
Marketing in Trendy Times. Also this week, 5
common sales failures and how to avoid them, 6
sure ways to increase sales, Micro-branding your
business, and more...
Business to
Business: Need some new brochures,
business cards, or envelopes? Looking to upgrade
your website? Panicking about an upcoming trade
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Rock
solid marketing for trendy
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Feeling
bombarded by all the theories on the so-called
newest, latest and hottest trends in marketing?
You're not alone. Jumping from trend to trend in
pursuit of the latest idea is the last thing a
smart entrepreneur should do in this economic
climate. Now's the time to keep a level head and
chart a course that's guided by what really works.
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5 common sales failures
and how to avoid them |
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Your
company's success relies upon how well you can
sell your products or services. Even with the best
product on the market, you need a sales strategy
that will send products out of your inventory and
revenues onto your bottom line.
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6
sure ways to increase
sales |
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Want to increase sales
dramatically? Then shift your sales focus from
attracting new customers to enticing your proven
customers to buy again. The best sales prospect is
a prospect that's already converted - in other
words, one of your current customers.
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BUSINESS PROFILE: REAL
STUDIO BRANDING & DESIGN
Micro-branding your
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When it
comes to branding, it used to be that many small
businesses thought it was out of their league in
terms of cost, and not really that important in
terms of marketing. After all, if you had a
product that people wanted, why spend the money to
design a custom logo, create flashy sales
material, or develop an eye-popping website?
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Forwarding is the new
networking |
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OK, it's
not really the new networking, since it's been
going on for more than a decade now. Smart
networkers saw early on that forwarded email
content was a way to nurture network
relationships.
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MANAGEMENT &
LEADERSHIP
Leadership: How to ask the right
questions |
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Question-based
leadership only works if managers don't provide
all the answers. Here's how to focus on being a
facilitator, not an oracle.
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Business to Business
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the inside story
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