MBT CONSULTING

The Tale of the Stout Bottle

New year is the perfect time to take stock in your business and re-examine your branding, packaging, and strategies. Because, regardless of what you sell, you too can probably increase sales by changing your image.

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Organizing Your Business For 2022

Composition notebooks are great for developing your business plan. You can’t tear out the pages, and any ideas you scribble down are still there six months later.

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Why You Shouldn’t Burn Bridges

Always treat others with respect. You never know who they’re talking to about you.

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Ads tattooed on your head

Virtually any medium can be used as a marketing tool. Any kind of clothing, furniture, or household item can promote your organization.

ALL HAIL THE END OF THE HO-HUM DYNASTY!

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Negative Impacts On Mailing Lists

Call me old-fashioned, but I believe customers should have a right to privacy and control who communicates with them. This may mean my business won’t always grow as fast as I might wish, but my clients will want to work with me and will appreciate the consideration I show them.

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Who Makes These Rules, Anyway?

The video BODY EVOLUTION demonstrates how we’re all manipulated into thinking the beautiful people are REALLY beautiful.

When Sales Need A Premium

Bringing ad specialty professionals into the conversation early in a project can lead to alternate ideas suitable to your audience, timeframe, or budget. And that makes everyone a winner.

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That’s A Lucky Phone Number!

Billboards can be very effective tools for businesses and organizations that seek high traffic, low cost, and personal customer relationships.

Why you shouldn’t kill your customers

Pepsi poisoning Charlie would be a public relations disaster! Here’s a 4-minute read on what potentially happens to any organization killing their own customers.

Limiting Limited Time Offers

Consumers often feel a sense of urgency when they see “limited stock available” or “clearance sales.” The idea is that failure to take immediate action might mean losing a valuable deal. It can even apply to items and brands typically ignored by that customer.

Twiddling My Thumbs On Hold

Keeping someone on hold in an obvious bid to ignore their situation is not a good way to retain that customer.

Remember QR codes?

As you tiptoe toward your 2022 marketing efforts, this low-cost strategy is a MUST HAVE for whatever else you’re planning to do.

Packaging Your Great Ideas Properly

No, it’s not a dance, though this 3 minute read does address the question; what happened to all those unexpired products when the 2020 Olympics got cancelled? Click here to see how to make sure this kind of disaster doesn’t happen to your business. https://bit.ly/SUEandCANDY

I DO Know How to Multiply

Cynical customers, cutthroat competition, high costs, staffing challenges, and government regulations can all get in the way of running a profitable business. Having poor messaging potentially calling your company’s integrity or intelligence into question doesn’t help your cause.

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Whatever Happened To Seasonality?

While your industry may have a traditional seasonality, Darwin suggests you must adapt to survive in this new environment.

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Utilizing The Second Deadly Sin

“Use greed to grow your business. A chance at free money (or free anything, for that matter) draws attention and increases participation.”

Acquiring Positive Employee Testimonials

Employees, like customers, need to be heard. It’ll improve the current work atmosphere and encourage prospective employees to join you.

Laughing At Ronald McDonald

If you’re the person who created something, you’re probably unlikely to see if something’s gone wrong.

You Deserve A Break Today

Though no longer marketed, Sominex’s 50-year old jingle calls to me across time. It’s an excellent reminder that good jingles help businesses break through marketplace noise.

Has The World Gone Haywire?

Population diversity is increasing, meaning taking the wrong stand today could put you out of business tomorrow.

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