Follow these rules to plan and execute successful direct mail marketing campaigns this year For most businesses, January is the “make a plan and start executing” month. Everyone is focused. Everyone is pumped up and ready to reach the goals they just set for the year. With this in mind, I wanted to come up with something...
Ways small businesses can extend the holiday spirit to show customer appreciation throughout the year with a business thank you note You opened your inbox on Christmas Day and found several season’s greetings e-Cards from your clients and service providers, right? The practice is a charming one in the business world, but unfortunately, it, too,...
How mobile marketing campaigns and strategies are essential to reach on-the-go customers If the idea of a mobile marketing campaign feels like a strategy reserved only for large companies with massive technology infrastructures, you might be surprised to hear that you’re missing out on what can be a highly profitable marketing channel that provides a...
Holiday marketing strategies small businesses can use to ring in last-minute sales It’s getting close to crunch time for holiday marketing! If you don’t have your direct mail campaigns scheduled already, make that priority numero uno, because if you wait any longer, you’ll probably need to pay a rush fee to get them out in time....
Save marketing dollars and maximize your results by avoiding these direct mail marketing mistakes You’re probably pretty adept at risk management. I mean, if you’re still in business – at any level – you’ve made choices that either increased or decreased your risk of failure. Some of them panned out. Others probably didn’t. Point is: As a...
How to zero in on your unique selling proposition (USP) to set your business apart from the competition Successful businesses know what makes them special to customers or their market and they “own it”. As a small business you are often facing strong competition from your local market and from the big brands. If you offer a...
How social media pay to play is driving more businesses back to email marketing Businesses large and small quickly jumped on the social media bandwagon over the last few years to take advantage of so-called free marketing opportunities on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Many businesses simply abandoned developing an email marketing strategy in...
Business benefits of accepting credit cards for payments and how they can impact your bottom line You may still believe “cash is king,” but studies show that today’s consumers are more profitable to your business if you accept credit cards — despite the processing fees you’ll incur as a result. According to data compiled by...
Tips and advice on different mobile marketing tactics you can use that will separate you from your competitors and keep your customers coming back Marketing budgets can be tight and staff resources can run low. Knowing how to leverage easy-to-use and low-cost marketing tools is, as a result, critical for small businesses. Thankfully, there are...
How to make sales prospecting calls work for your business with successful cold call techniques There are those who claim that the age of social media has rendered cold calling dead; “Not true,” says Smart.com. Countless industries, like insurance, still benefits from savvy cold calling techniques. Cold calling is not dead – it’s merely evolving...