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Five Costly Errors That May Be Preventing Your Marketing Messages From Getting The Results You Want
By Shirley Hanson

What marketing tools don't work for you?
 
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DATABASE: THE SECRET OF SUCCESS

A database is more than a simple list of names and  addresses. What turns a list into a database is the additional information, coupled with your ability to select names from or report on the list using any combination of data elements. 
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Five C's of Market Research
By Rozey Gean

Concept, Criticism, Competition, Credibility, Common Interest  
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Help! How Do I Market This?
by Diane Standish

The number one request I receive, hands down, is 'How do I market this?', or better yet, 'How do I market this for free?'. 
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How to Get Free Media Publicity for Your Business by Sending Press Releases On-line: How to write them, who to send them to, and what media managers are looking for.
By Dr. Kevin Nunley

USE THE MEDIA--marketing help for biz.

"Do News Releases Work?"
 
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HOW TO GET FREE PUBLICITY FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Would you like to expand the volume of your business? You can let thousands of people know about your service, your store, or your new products without paying a penny. 
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How to Increase the Power of your Testimonials by 500 Percent
By David Seitz

Are you using testimonials in your marketing? If not, you are missing one of the most successful forms of marketing ever used.
 
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Marketing 101  
By Barb Headrick

How do you make company owners aware that you operate a service-oriented firm? How do you convey to your clients the strong moral convictions by which you conduct your business?
  
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More Powerful Than a Web Site: The E-mail Newsletter
by Marcia Yudkin

One of these months I'm going to need a business attorney, and of the half-dozen or so I've met, I have one in mind, a woman named Jean Sifleet (http://www.smartfast.com). We only spoke face to face for about a minute once, and I have never visited her Web site or seen her brochure. Yet I feel as if I know her capabilities - through her e-mail newsletter.  
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Pricing and Selling Your Jewelry
>From LAND OF ODDS

WHOLESALE - SOME PRICING CONSIDERATIONS 
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Profiting from Publicity
By Philippa Gamse

One of the cheapest ways to market your business is to take advantage of the many opportunities that exist for free or low cost public relations. The exponential growth of the Internet provides constantly expanding virtual public relations resources.  click here

Smart Alternatives to Direct Mail
By D. Cruz

Many people will agree that a decent letter could be the most effective marketing tool.  If used smartly, a bunch of folded sheets will be your treasured winner for many years. It can also be very expensive. 
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Ten Important Hints for Increasing Sales
By Dr. Robert Sullivan

In these busy times, the customer's choice to purchase may be
based on how easy it is to make the purchase rather than price!
Here are a ten ideas to make your product or service easy for
customers to purchase: 
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Top Ten Frugal Ways To Market Your Small Business
By Bonnie Davis

Most, if not all, small businesses are built on a budget. Available funds must be used to buy technology, additional phone lines and
marketing materials such as business cards.  In this article you will find ten low cost or no cost tips that will help you get your first customer and build your business.   
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WHERE TO FIND THE DATABASE FOR YOUR CUSTOMER MAILING LIST

IN-HOUSE SOURCES

Before you think about a list of prospective customer names, you should first create a database for current customers' names and develop a mailing list. 
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