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The same thing also happens in business. All of a sudden (it seems) you realize – My pipeline has dried up. No fresh leads are coming in. What happened? I better get MOVING! So you put forth a BURST of activity, but if you are
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Category Archives: Requirements of every small business
Referring Qualified Leads
You discover an urgent need with one of your customers or prospects. They have budget. They're raring to go. They are a qualified lead in every way - EXCEPT the product or service isn't something you can deliver. What do you do?
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Make A Referral Week
wanted to make sure you heard about Make A Referral Week, which is happening March 9-13, 2009. We all know the best leads come from referrals, right? By coming together as entrepreneurs, we can take charge and stimulate the economy on our own.
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Is your business on the road to hell?
Remember how before the New Year you promised yourself you'd commit to growing your business in 2009? You'd start an email newsletter. You'd start a blog. You'd do monthly mailings. You'd start calling 5 customers every Friday. Whatever your promises were, are you doing them?
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Don’t wait until it’s too late!
Are you super fabulous at what you do? Do you believe that you are a GREAT ...IT shop, accountant, VAR, trainer, lawyer, designer, contractor, (insert your small business type here)? Do you know your customers LOVE you? I hate to tell you this. But - just being
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Free and Almost Free Small Business Marketing Tools
Some of the best things in life are free - and that includes some fabulous new small business marketing tools.
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7 Recession Proof Small Business Marketing Tips
With all the talk about the economy and the bailout, I thought it would be perfect timing to re-post John Jantsch's 7 Recession Proof Small Business Marketing Tips.
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Going GREEN
Wouldn't you love to know how to help your business go green, AND save money at the same time? Most marketing documents have a short shelf life - many end up in the trash before they're even given to prospects and customers. To reduce the amount of marketing waste,
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I don’t have time for marketing!
It’s the one phrase I hear ALL the time when I first meet with people. “I know we should be doing more, but we just don’t have time for marketing,” they confess dolefully. I also hear its variants: “I know our website hasn’t been updated in 10 years, but….” “I know we
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Small Business Marketing Plans in 30 minutes!
Many of my clients have been in business for YEARS – some as many as 20 years – and before they hired me, they’ve never put together a marketing plan. I know why they didn’t have a marketing plan. Here’s what I’ve seen: 1. Small Business Marketing Plans can seem like an
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