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Don’t Accept the Big Bad Economy
By Mark Tewart
I couldn’t help but notice all the doom and gloom in several blog posts, especially in regards to Starbucks closing 600 stores. Yes, the economy is tough, but the most important economy is between your ears. If you keep reading about the bad economy and you keep telling everyone how bad it is,
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The financial crisis will have a detrimental impact on our marketing and sales budgets in 2009. In this crisis, marketing leaders need to re-invent marketing not just as a functional discipline, but as the business fiber that connects prospects to companies like never before.
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Although the experts may disagree about whether or not we are currently in a true recession in the U.S., the fact remains: these are troubling economic times for many Americans. How does this climate of concern affect today’s B2B market?
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So, if "everybody's doing it"—shifting resources from branding to direct marketing—why should your company buck the tide? Here are four reasons.
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The knee-jerk reaction for most companies when faced with the recession is to reduce their marketing efforts. However, decades of research show that those who maintain or increase their marketing will blow past their peers once the recession is over.
If you accept this reality, you still may be faced with a shortage of spare cash to invest in mar
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More Marketing and sales during recession for success during upturn? Do you need to increase sales and marketing efforts a recession or should you wait until the storm is over.
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It’s intriguing how marketers are turning to explore new strategies to change their game plan during this time of recession and how blog posts and articles that address this topic are quickly gaining in popularity and demand. As Jon Miller “Sign Of The Times: Marketing In A Recession“
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Successful email marketing is built upon giving the customers what they want, when they want it. Or in other words ensure that the content of every message you send is relevant and of benefit to the customer and meets their expectations. If you have integrated email into your business and really know your customer it should be very easy to be re
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The economic tide continues to deliver plenty of ebb with very little flow. The impact of decreased spending and tanking consumer confidence is being felt by companies across the board. Often, none feel it more strongly than the marketers within those businesses.
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With a recession imminent, can this really be a good time to buy a franchise? Yes, says FranChoice president Lori Kiser-Block.
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In these economic down times when cost cutting is the mantra the positive effect is that it forces you to think out of the box and come up with alternative solutions to ensure you get the most out of your marketing and lead generation dollars. After having discussed this with a number of marketers and bloggers who have debated how will the recessi
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Are you sick of hearing negative things about the economy? You can help change the focus to the positive by sharing good advice with other entrepreneurs, and shift the focus from what's wrong with the economy to the positive grassroots innovation happening in small businesses.
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In the absence of giving your employees information about the company's condition, their imaginations will kick in -- guaranteed. So nip rumors in the bud and talk with your employees -- here are 5 tips for how to do that.
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From Angels to Microlenders, here are seven ways to secure that all-important loan without going to a bank.
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The two day Social Media Smarts workshop in conjunction with the DMA will offer more than enough basic social media tips to share. Here are the top 10 Online Marketing Blog posts according to visitors, post ratings and incoming links for October:
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