10 Marketing Tips
1. Always start with a marketing plan, set goals and review periodically.
2. Create a budget so you have an idea what you are planning to spend.
3. Keep your database up to date with your contact names, addresses, web site addresses, cell phone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc.
4. Attend professional business events to network.
5. Service your clients and keep them happy.
6. Ask your network and clients for referrals.
7. Build and strengthen professional relationships…people do business with people they trust.
8. Read business publications and stay current with your industry trends.
9. Develop listening skills; it helps to really hear what the client or prospect is saying.
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Remember "time is money"…spend it wisely.
HERE'S WHAT THE MARKETING GURUS SAY...
"One of the most important aspects of marketing is to generate leads - to capture the attention of a suspect and give that suspect enough information so they can determine whether they have an interest in what it is you are selling and then identify themselves to you. This makes them a prospect and if you apply the correct marketing principals, a qualified prospect".
An article by John Paul Mendocha, Speed Selling on the Internet in a book by Mitch Meyerson, Success Secrets of the Online Marketing Superstars.