The Copywriting Secret That Everyone Should Know You’re a business owner, and you’re keen to demonstrate your exceptional grasp of everything related to your field.  So, when you’re writing copy for your website, you put in a bunch of long words, business-speak and jargon and then sit back and wait for the awed admiration of […]

Branding – Who Needs It? When you think about branding, maybe you think about corporate giants like Nike and Coca-Cola.  Branding, after all, is about spending millions of dollars on mass media advertising, isn’t it? Actually no! No matter how small your company, you have a brand – and that brand is reflected in your […]

One of the most common laments of the small business owner is that marketing and advertising is a necessary evil which costs more than they can afford. Many companies, though, are ignoring the most valuable resource they have available – their past or present customers. Consider the fact that it can cost as much as […]

Building a database of interested prospects, clients and past clients should be one of the most important aspects of your marketing activities. In other articles I have discussed how you can go about building that database, but perhaps we should also look at what you should do with all those valuable contacts once you have […]

To the small business owner, marketing can seem like a huge expense, with unpredictable results. However, if you contact the right people with the right information your marketing activities will not fail. It can be that simple! 1) Targeting: no message will work if it is sent to the wrong person! Before planning any communication, […]