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

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She said “Don’t write that column!”
She said “Don’t write that column!”

Perhaps I’m fantasizing to believe that we’re all decent enough to save the next guy, even if we radically oppose whatever he stands for.

But since at the moment I’m still believing in miracles, give me this one. And if you don’t know how to do the Heimlich Maneuver, learn.

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Saying Goodbye To My Mother
Saying Goodbye To My Mother

“Because of my mom, I learned life lessons like loyalty, love, personal style, and appreciation for those with differing perspectives.. In short, this great lady showed me how to be a good person.”

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Packaging Your Great Ideas Properly
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

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I DO Know How to Multiply
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?
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
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.”

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Acquiring Positive Employee Testimonials
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.

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Communications Students Who Don’t Communicate
Communications Students Who Don’t Communicate

Sales leads in any industry don’t always announce themselves in advance, making it incumbent upon the seller to be regularly checking every communications network to which they’re connected.

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Laughing At Ronald McDonald
Laughing At Ronald McDonald

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

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You Deserve A Break Today
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.

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Striking While The Iron’s Hot
Striking While The Iron’s Hot

Assuming you’re looking to grow your business by beating the competition to the prospect AND you have a message more effective than the other guy, you’d better respond to customer inquiries within 24 hours…or risk losing them.

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Profitably Using Coupon Expiration Dates
Profitably Using Coupon Expiration Dates

Considering the costs for getting and keeping a customer (especially these days!), it makes sense to be flexible when your coupons have expired.

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Has The World Gone Haywire?
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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Missing A HUGE Selling Opportunity
Missing A HUGE Selling Opportunity

I’m amazed not one retailer I’ve visited took advantage of the opportunity that’s been handed to them.

Yup…nobody’s doing a COVID-related promotion.

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A Big Blow For Sales
A Big Blow For Sales

“So how does a company gain increased visibility while investing less? Sponsor a hurricane.”

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Listening Carefully To Your Audience
Listening Carefully To Your Audience

If someone suggests how to improve your messaging, take their ideas to heart. These are your customers, prospects, and influencers talking, and they’re providing you a valuable service and trying to help you fix holes in your net.

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Good Marketing vs. Lousy Product
Good Marketing vs. Lousy Product

Customers are funny, expecting you to provide the services you offer. Smart business owners under-promise and over-deliver.

It’s a lesson Uber Eats seems to have forgotten…but you shouldn’t.

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Shrinking It and Pinking It
Shrinking It and Pinking It

This common sales strategy is called “Shrink it and pink it.” Take an everyday product, make it smaller, color it Barbie-pink, and convince women it’s made just for them.

And because it’s “special”, this item costs more.

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