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Research confirms what you've probably suspected: Buyers are deeply irrational beings. Studies show that even savvy buyers don't always make logical decisions about what they need and what's in their best interests; they often buy with their hearts first and their heads second. Here's how to effectively engage customers on an emotional level.
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Lots of companies try to unravel the secret of customer loyalty, assuming that when customers leave, it's because they were dissatisfied in some way. But it's not just a matter of satisfying customers: to keep them coming back, you must establish an emotional connection with them, too. Here's how to engage your customers.
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Small businesses have been having increasing trouble getting loans as the credit markets have seized up. But some, such as Tio's Mexican, are finding that smaller community banks and credit unions are more open to offering financing. For one thing, many smaller lenders are in relatively strong financial shape because they didn't make the types o
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Flossie.com, a New Zealand-based, female-centric Web site full of fashion, beauty, sex and dating, entertainment and career tips, recently launched.
In an effort to convey the site’s abundance of content for women of all ages, Flossie.com launched a campaign on a busy New Zealand street using a vending machine that dispensed living, breathing,
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The Red Velvet Rope Policy demands tough decisions about customers, but it can also create more customer value and satisfaction, and build a foundation of more loyal and profitable customers.
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When the economy seems unstable, businesspeople can feel shaky. Hysteria sets in, sending sales people, managers and CEOs running for cover, making panic moves that cause more problems than they solve. Avoid making costly mistakes by learning how to implement the top 10 tips to stay in control when your market feels out of control.
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Interesting look at key ways Gen X and Gen Y moms are different (especially in terms of buying habits and Internet usage!)
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Here are 5 basic sales principles the government could learn from and use to connect with the people during this tumultuous economic time.
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Visualizing your business plan can provide additional focus. Knowing the direction you are looking to move forward can strengthen operations leading to growth, even in this economic downturn.
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The Internet is not just changing the way people live but altering the way our brains work with a neuroscientist arguing this is an evolutionary change which will put the tech-savvy at the top of the new social order.
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Facebook is the social media site of choice for many US online retailers, judging by an August 2008 study by Internet Retailer and Vovici.
Nearly one-third of responding businesses said they had a Facebook page, compared with 27% that had a MySpace page and just over one-quarter that had a page on YouTube.
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Being a sales manager is one of the most difficult jobs on the planet. It requires a thorough knowledge of virtually every aspect of the business. And it suffers from a high turnover because the sales manager is ALWAYS the scape-goat when things goes wrong.
Given that the job is so difficult, I thought it might be helpful to provide some advi
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Bank loans have been harder to come by, but that doesn't mean companies' need for funding has dried up. To get cash, small and medium-size businesses have increasingly turned to firms that get them money they are owed more quickly.
The firms, known as factoring companies, say they are seeing an uptick in the quantity and caliber of businesse
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The traditional demographic definition of “youth” is no longer applicable in today’s society, and marketers should target consumers based upon their engagement and participation in youth culture rather than on their chronological age.
As people worldwide delay the onset of adult responsibilities and stay emotionally and physically younger for l
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