One of my friends has planned to outsource marketing part of his business and handled me the complex task of finding a suitable marketing firm for his company. Right from the day I placed an ad for the same, my phone has not stopped ringing. It was yet another phone call from another marketing expert trying to convince me that they are the best I can have in the marketing arena and they will leave no stone unturned to make my (friend’s) business as the next “big thing”. I must admit that I was impressed by whatever he has said and try to log into their company website to know more about them.

To my surprise the so called marketing expert’s website gave me an error message as I tried to login. This enhanced my curiosity to know more about them. As this individual was busy trying to sell me “marketing services”, I decided to conduct an online search for their name. And guess what, four of the first six listings were for divorce lawyers. The only result related to them in the top ten results is the company’s LinkedIn profile. Needless to say, I immediately turned down their offer.

It is not only me but about 80% of professionals I know try to verify the potential of a business by testing its online credibility or as you can say Google credibility. Whether it is about finding a new job candidate or simply reassuring the potential of the seminar someone is going to attend, online credibility plays an important role.

You can say that SEO is a competitive arena and not every business can be placed in top 10 results of the Google search. However, let me clarify the difference between online credibility and search engine ranking. Online credibility is not about how you rank in Google results but it involves many other things. For example – your business website. In the instance I have mentioned above, I became curious about testing the online credibility of the company just because their website was not working properly. Had I been able to login to their website then, I would have happily accepted their offer instead of going ahead with more searches.

There are several ways (in addition to SEO) to begin improving your online credibility. You can begin with creating online content that can represent your business in a positive way and move ahead with setting up an impressive LinkedIn profile for your business. Starting a blog with some value content can do wonders. Start with these simple steps and see how your marketing efforts are all paid-off.

Mobile marketing is a form of marketing in which you reach the targeted audience via devices such as Smartphone, iPhone and tablets like iPod.

So, what is that makes mobile marketing so important?

Just have a look around you and you will notice how mobile devices are revolutionizing the way people are sending and consuming their information. On an average, people spend much more time with their mobile phones as compared to their computers. In fact there are more Internet connected mobile devices being used than both desktops and laptops combined. The prevalence of mobile devices is a factor strong enough to convince anyone that mobile marketing has huge potential for any business.

As more and more people are now using Smartphone for the information they need, companies from small start-ups to multinationals are now shifting their resources for launching an effective mobile marketing campaign. Now is the right time to reach your target audience by creating a compelling mobile marketing campaign before your competitors realize its potential.

How to begin?

The first thing you need to get started is to make sure that your company’s website is mobile friendly. That means, your website should look clean and should be easy to navigate on mobile devices as well. If you do not have a mobile friendly business website, you are clearly losing business from mobile users. If you have a very heavy flash based website or a WordPress website, it is a good idea to have a totally separate mobile website.

While almost all the business get benefitted by offering a customer-friendly mobile website, some businesses get more benefits than others. The key is to have a mobile-friendly website that is well optimized for search engines as well.

So, once you have created your mobile website, next step is to ensure that people can find it. One easy way of doing it is to place a link of the mobile websites on your primary business website. However, the best way to do it is to install redirect code in your business website. The code determine the type of browser the visitor is using. If a mobile browser is detected, then the code will automatically redirect the user to the mobile website instead of the regular website. All this happens automatically and instantly, so the user doesn’t need to do anything.

Mobile marketing is too huge an opportunity for any business to ignore. Whether you are a company selling electric boilers London or a Fortune 500 company, you should be tapping the potential of the mobile market in any possible manner you can.

Direct marketing has for a long time, been viewed as a cheaper way to develop leads that can lead to fresh business opportunities. Possibly the most used method in this area is direct mail. To have any success in this area, a business will have to make the right choice of marketer. The business must seek out a company that has adequate experience and a good reputation. Here are some other things to consider with direct marketing.

Telemarketing

This is a sub sector of direct marketing. Here potential customers are contacted by telephone directly. With the increased mobile phone usage and penetration telemarketing has gained greater popularity. The leads generated through telemarketing reaches a wide cross-section of consumers including businesspeople and professionals.

Direct mail

This form of direct marketing has been used traditionally to send illustrated or printed material to selected prospects. When used correctly, direct marketing helps to increase the profits of a business within a short period of time. With direct mail you can customize the content and design to meet the needs of the business as it changes over time.

When developing important leads it is best to first identify the segment of the market you want to address. So if you have a business in Bristol and run a couriers Bristol service, you may want to target individuals and companies that generate a bit of packages that need to be delivered quickly. Then you send out your direct mail and depending on the response you receive you should send out a follow up mailing.

It is important that you analyse the success or failure of every campaign you engage in with direct marketing. This way you will be able to determine which method, content, and design is working and what may need to be changed to make them more effective.

Direct marketing has for a long time, been viewed as a cheaper way to develop leads that can lead to fresh business opportunities. Possibly the most used method in this area is direct mail. To have any success in this area, a business will have to make the right choice of marketer. The business must seek out a company that has adequate experience and a good reputation. Here are some other things to consider with direct marketing.

Telemarketing

This is a sub sector of direct marketing. Here potential customers are contacted by telephone directly. With the increased mobile phone usage and penetration telemarketing has gained greater popularity. The leads generated through telemarketing reaches a wide cross-section of consumers including businesspeople and professionals.

Direct mail

This form of direct marketing has been used traditionally to send illustrated or printed material to selected prospects. When used correctly, direct marketing helps to increase the profits of a business within a short period of time. With direct mail you can customize the content and design to meet the needs of the business as it changes over time.

When developing important leads it is best to first identify the segment of the market you want to address. So if you have a business in Bristol and run a couriers Bristol service, you may want to target individuals and companies that generate a bit of packages that need to be delivered quickly. Then you send out your direct mail and depending on the response you receive you should send out a follow up mailing.

It is important that you analyse the success or failure of every campaign you engage in with direct marketing. This way you will be able to determine which method, content, and design is working and what may need to be changed to make them more effective.

If you are running a home based business, you might be missing the location advantage of being in a direct market. Although it doesn’t matter much if you are getting the similar numbers of customers as you would, being at a market; it’s still not the case with most home-based businesses. This is why you need a strong plan of marketing your products and/or services so that you can easily compensate for the lack of direct visibility your business is currently suffering.

Advertising is one of the important marketing tools you can utilize to make your products/services more popular. This also helps you reach out to a much bigger customer-base in order to enhance your conversion rates. There are few types of marketing channels you can use for marketing your home-based business.

Online Advertising

Online advertising enables you to have visibility amongst the Internet-savvy customers. Also, if you are selling any products or services online, it will be great for reaching out to the customers from distant geographical locations. Having a great business website will also multiply the marketing effects of your online advertising efforts. For instance, if you have a firm of family solicitors, you can get a website built and can use online advertising to market your services more effectively.

Print Media Advertising

Print media is a trusted channel of marketing that allows you to get your ads published in newspapers, magazines, journals etc. In order to maximize the effects of your ad, you need to choose the right placement, right size, and the right message (and/or graphics) to be displayed as part of your ad. You can consider hiring a professional ad writer who can create an advertisement that is catchy, professional, creative, and a true representative of your business.

Multimedia (TV/Radio) Advertising

You can get your ads broadcast on the television or on radio for an enhanced visual and audio appeal. However, this method is relatively expensive and generally suits the larger organizations.

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One of the easiest ways to market your business is through press releases. There has been much consternation in the mainstream media about journalists regurgitating press releases without investigating them or making many changes. This has happened partly through necessity as newspapers profits are squeezed and there is less time to spend on investigative journalism or researching the information given to you. For a company trying to get their product marketed though, be it data management services or dry cleaning, if you can think of an interesting angle, you are sure to find free advertising from somewhere.

There are a few easy ways to get your release noticed. Firstly, make the heading eye-catching. A word like ‘release'at the top makes it seem pertinent, for example. Secondly, write it like a news article. Start with the most interesting piece of information in your first sentence, then the second most interesting in the second sentence and so on. The more it looks like a news article, the less likely it is to be changed by the person reading it and the more likely it is to slip your marketing message into the newspaper unnoticed. Similarly, you should keep your article fairly brief. If reporters are short of time, they are probably not going to spend too long reading press releases in the first place.

Finally, make sure your release is emailed to as many publications as possible. Trade publications and national media should, of course, be included but the most likely place to take your material is a local newspaper. Local press deal in a much smaller community and are probably even more cash-strapped than the national papers. Therefore they are always keen to find things to fill their paper. It might sit in the tray for a few days but on a quiet news day, your work will pay off.

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Email campaigns are a quagmire of difficulty to those without experience. Let’s say you work for a company that sells Lockers and have this great idea for a campaign. It might go something like this…

Our amazing new locker systems are some of the best around. Completely secure and also affordable, they work really well and are also compact enough to not be bulky. Interested? Then check out our website or call us for a quote!

We hope to hear from you soon!

OK, so there’s a lot of enthusiasm there…but is that enough? We’d say no, it isn’t, because what the writer of this email has not considered is benefits. Typically, when people are looking to by something they are – whether it be subconscious or not – looking to learn how this product/service/system can help them.

Never be afraid to share too much information, but as one last tip, be sure to make sure you don’t write an entire essay!

They don’t want to know every feature, they just want to know how this thing will help make their life easier somehow. So when writing an email, be careful to get just the right combination of enthusiasm, benefits and facts. It might go something like this…

Our amazing new locker systems are some of the best going, for one simple reason: they have two storage areas – one for your sweaty clothes, and one for your personal belongings. How cool is that? Also, there’s another secret compartment that only YOU know about and that can only be unlocked with your fingerprint! It all makes for a fantastic deal at an affordable price. Now there’s something you don’t want to turn down in a hurry!

See what we mean? It’s all about balance in marketing, and if you get it right then you’ll be on the fast track to success in a serious hurry. Never be afraid to share too much information, but as one last tip, be sure to make sure you don’t write an entire essay! Bare facts should do it, and keep it below 300 words if you can.

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Marketing is a fine art. Some say it’s also a science. The truth is that it’s probably a bit of both, combined with a fair amount of luck which nobody can foresee. And when it comes to enhancing the truth, that’s something that marketers – both on and offline – have been doing for many years. So how do you enhance the truth without lying or pulling the wool over your customers'eyes? Good question. For the answer, read on!

It’s OK to tell the truth and admit wrong-doings…

1) Let’s say you’re working for online company Enigin scam busters – if you don’t know them you will soon. They are a company who really care about the environment and they have asked you to write a press release for them which makes them sound as good or maybe even better than they are. The first thing to remember is that facts are facts and you shouldn’t invent them! It may sound like a stupid mistake but marketing history is rife with sentences and paragraphs that contain absolutely zero truth!

2) Let’s use the aforementioned company as an example and say that you’re doing a mail-drop for them. Easy, right? It should be…except a lot of firms make the mistake of making promises which their clients can’t keep! It’s fine to talk positively about a company’s image and workings, but never make promises because you can guarantee that at some point in the near future they will be flagged up as wrong, and you’re the one who will look ridiculous.

3) It’s OK to tell the truth and admit wrong-doings to the customer, whatever you are writing; in fact, sometimes it can make your client look more honest, which ultimately resonates with people and makes them think that you are different – everyone wins and you are deemed to have integrity with it. The honest approach shouldn’t be done to death, of course…remember that you certainly don’t want to make out that your company can’t do anything right!

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A definition of marketing as given by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is that Marketing can be described as %u201Cthe management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably%u201D. An interesting facet of modern marketing is the rise of %u2018celebrity marketing'which encompasses the image celebrities create in the mind of the customer, the brand they build based upon themselves, and endorsing products. Celebrity marketing is a volatile marketing strategy due to the fact that there is a higher perceived risk of negative publicity. Overexposure concerns, and extinction in terms of whether people want to hear about that celebrity and how long of a shelf life they can endure.

Celebrities that have acquired their fame through have notable skills such as sports stars, film stars, pop stars and so forth are likely to have a much greater shelf life and are able to continue marketing themselves that those who have become famous or well known through other means, such as reality stars or beautiful and rich socialites.

The botox Brentwood clan from The Only Way Is Essex for example are only going to be %u2018famous'whilst they are on the show unless they are able to build themselves a successful careers in the public eye via other means, which past cast members Mark Wright and Amy Childs are currently endeavouring to do. The new series of the show has already seen a number of cast memebers axed and replaced and unfortunately for them their five minutes of fame is already up, you have to bulid your brand when you are current and visible to the public.

In essence it is us, the public, that manage the careers of these famous people, as long as we are still interested in knowing about them, buying their singles or watching their shows they will continue their celebrity marketing strategies and continue to earn themselves a lucrative product endorsements.

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In this era of cut-throat competition, presenting yourself in the right light and collaborating with the right set of people is really vital for any business. Business exhibitions offer you a platform where you can showcase your USPs (Unique Selling Points) to the world while connect with numerous people who can add some value to your business. These business exhibitions not only offer you a good means of direct marketing, they also help you leverage your organization’s interpersonal assets to build certain useful relationships with other organizations or other people too.

This article discusses few goals that need to be kept in mind while planning your business presence at business exhibitions:

Participation at Right Events at a Right Time

Keeping abreast with all the ongoing happenings in the market fills you with knowledge on the events and exhibitions that make sense to your business. This should generally be an integral part of your marketing strategies as well. Knowing about the best opportunities to showcase your strengths will help you fine-tune your marketing efforts so that you can represent your business in the most effective fashion.

Build Associations with Right People

Exhibitions provide you ample opportunities to meet people who can be useful for your venture in some ways. At a business event, renowned experts from the same industry as yours often meet each other. Not only you, but they are also interested in extending their services to the organizations that can be benefited with their intellectual assets, skills, or partnerships.

Using the Right marketing Artefacts

In order to maximize your presence in the exhibition, you should be ready to leave a lasting impression on the people there. This lasting impression doesn’t just come by having mere presence there while having your useful marketing material in storage lockers ; it requires a lot more than that. Few things you should consider are, a great speech by one of your senior and smart staff members, pamphlets, marketing brochures, some promotional offers, previous case studies, and even some petty gifts etc.

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