Marketing Tips and Ideas Archives

Do You Know Your Customer or Prospect?

Do you know the needs of your customers? Can you relate to their personal and business struggles and challenges?

Knowing the answers to these questions can help your business thrive but having a fuzzy idea how to answer them can cost you…

In this video Cheryl Jordan addresses a few customer attributes that can help you focus on the needs and concerns of the people in your market place.

Simple Lesson on How To Brand Yourself

Join Cathie Heath as she shares an important lesson in branding yourself from an 8 year old who understands the value of customer service and how it can make you stand out from the crowd.

There’s a reason we go to the same businesses time after time…the service we receive from them adds value to our purchases.

Remembering to add value can result in repeat customers, solid long-term relationships and branding yourself as a person folks want to do business with

Shelly Allen shares a very powerful marketing strategy for small businesses to stay on the competitive track in this article published in the May 2011 edition of The Costco Connection publication.

Click on the image of the article below for a larger view or to read it in a larger online magazine format and grab more great tips head over to The Costco Connection HERE.

Are you looking to increase traffic to your blog? In this video, Lidia Abadia, reveals a tip that can help your customers find you faster when they do web searches.

Recently the Google search engine changed its algorithm or formula for web searches and now with this simple strategy you may be able to rank higher in Google and gain extra traffic.

How To Make Videos Anywhere And Everywhere

Are you using your time wisely so that you continually create content?

Watch Cheryl Jordan reveal a few of her video marketing strategies.

“Use What You Have” Marketing

So many times we feel like we need the newest tool, the latest launch thingie, or yet another ebook to succeed.

But more often if we just ‘Use What We Have,’ and start doing what we already know how to do, things would improve.

Watch Jacqueline Gates as she examines the effects of embracing the “What You Have” marketing strategy.

Basically all you really need is a powerful, versatile tool that’s easy to learn and simple to use, and the kind of training that shows you how to use it well.

Join Cathie Heath as she discusses these business scenarios:

Why two people in the same company with access to the same tools and products have completely different results?

Or why, after purchasing a very expensive tool or system, the only noticeable increase is in the credit card balance?

The best products and services combined with all the fancy tools and widgets won’t bring success if you don’t understand human nature.

Keep in mind that knowing what motivates people to action is the KEY.

How To Give A Testimonial As A Leader

How To Give A Testimonial From A Leader Position

Join Miriam Buhr as she shares 3 important factors to keep in mind when creating a testimonial for a product, service or person. When you engage in this activity, It is important to take into account what Stephen Covey calls a Win/Win interaction.

How To Set Up Yelp For Local Business

Join Shelly Allen, in this video, as she demonstrates just how simple it is to set up a free business listing over at Yelp.com

“Yelp allows consumers to share the experiences they’ve had with local businesses and lets business owners share information about their business with their customers.

Simply put, it’s word of mouth– amplified.” – Yelp.com

So if you are a small business owner and would like to take advantage of your FREE business page, visit: http://www.yelp.com/business

What Is So Important About RSS Feeds?

Ever wonder…

What is an RSS feed? and…

What is important about RSS Feeds?

Join Julie Salgado in this video as she discusses the benefits of setting up your own RSS Feed to your blog.