E-mail is a valuable business building tool that allows you almost immediate access to your prospects with no printing, production or distribution lead times or costs. In fact, e-mail marketing has become a vital part of the marketing mix, but it is a medium fraught with legal* and ethical hazards. Here are some tips that […]

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 […]

When you spend valuable dollars on marketing materials and activities, you are probably hoping for some kind of response. But, are you really conveying that urge to respond to your prospects? Strange as it may seem, many campaigns fail simply because the prospect is not told how to respond! So, the first step in getting […]

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, […]