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Skip the Marketing Plan. Try this “Easy-Bake” Recipe Instead.

Marketing Craftmanship

The first question we ask prospective clients is, “Do you have a Marketing Plan?”. Most prospects sheepishly acknowledge that they don’t have a formal Marketing Plan. Step 1: Determine why customers should buy your product / service. Step 2: Learn why customers are buying from your competitors. Bon appetit.

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Should Marketing Automation Customers be Pre-Qualified?

Marketing Craftmanship

That longstanding production method was made obsolete over a 5-year period, with development of “ What You See Is What You Get ” screen technology, combined with the invention of laser printers and graphic design software such as PagerMaker. As an industry, Marketing Automation is in trouble for that reason.

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Confucius Say: Your Case Studies are Worthless

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In “How to Buy /Sell Professional Services,” author Warren J. Extrinsic selling occurs, according to Wittreich, when a B2B seller relies on successful work that’s been performed for other customers, as a means to validate the seller’s capabilities and potential ability to perform for a prospective customer.

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The Power of Intrinsic Selling

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In “ How to Buy /Sell Professional Services ,” author Warren J. Extrinsic selling occurs, according to Wittreich, when a B2B seller relies on successful work that’s been performed for other customers, as a means to validate the seller’s capabilities and potential ability to perform for a prospective customer.

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Bare Essentials: Marketing as a Necessary Evil

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Business owners across all industries and professions start companies because they have a specific expertise or interest – whether it involves trading currency futures or replacing car mufflers – and eventually discover that selling their product or service is neither in their wheelhouse, nor something they enjoy doing.

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Avoid the Carnival Barker Approach to Publicity

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Your goal is to generate media exposure that will yield a credibility tool for your business; telling clients, prospects and referral sources that you are a “safe choice.” More bluntly, if your publicity doesn’t make your firm’s sales collateral more believable, it’s a wasted effort. Build an internal merchandising system.