Launching a content marketing and digital marketing campaign is a big investment of time and resources. Before launching a campaign there are a lot of things to consider. Here are three questions that digital and content marketers should be able to answer before launching a campaign.
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How Customer Objections are Sales & Marketing Tools
Image via dreamreport.net Many people who are new to Sales think that if a Customer does not ask questions or raise Objections during a Sales call; the Sale is moving forward. They find themselves surprised when the customer does not want to buy when they ask for the order. This assumes the Sales person has the courageContinue reading “How Customer Objections are Sales & Marketing Tools”
How Brands can Serve Challenging Customers & Influencers on Social Media
We are in the digital age. In this age, social networks are the wave of the future. Today’s consumer is empowered. Social consumers quickly share their thoughts about a product or an experience on Facebook, Twitter, Google and many other networks. Brands need to be present on social networks to interact and engage with theContinue reading “How Brands can Serve Challenging Customers & Influencers on Social Media”
How Businesses will Increase Sales by Improving How they Hire Marketing Staff
image via http://www.slideshare.net/NashvilleTechCouncil/the-power-of-smarketing-40266445 Sales reps can only be as good as the product and message they represent. Before companies can hire Sales reps, they need a great product with messaging that conveys the benefits to customers. Sales Reps need support from marketing in the cross functional organization of tomorrow. The messaging should be able to preventContinue reading “How Businesses will Increase Sales by Improving How they Hire Marketing Staff”
How Brands Can use Cultural Diffusion to Sell & Market Products Abroad
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10 Ways to Build an Audience & Grow a Customer Base
There are many ways to grow an audience and build a customer base. Here are 10 strategies for you to grow your audience and build a customer base. 1. Starting a Blog based on Buyer Personas Create a blog within your website focusing on customer pain points discovered in your buyer personas. Image via http://www.garrisoneverest.com/inbound-marketing-2/how-to-implement-inbound-marketing/ 2.Use SocialContinue reading “10 Ways to Build an Audience & Grow a Customer Base”
25 Ways to Drive Revenue using Sales & Marketing
Image via http://www.walkerandgrimes.com/wp-content/themes/shell-lite/images/featured-image.jpg The purpose of the Sales & Marketing functions is to drive revenue for the organization. Below you will find 25 Sales & Marketing Strategies for driving revenue. 1.Market Research & Competitor Analysis Before businesses can sell anything, they need to determine if there is a market for their products and services. Most businessesContinue reading “25 Ways to Drive Revenue using Sales & Marketing”
7 Takeaways from My Paper.li #Bizheroes Chat
I recently lead a discussion on building and maintaining a LinkedIn audience on Paper.li’s #Bizheroes Chat. Here are 7 Takeaways in case you missed the chat: Q1. How do we start building an audience in LinkedIn? What are the first steps? The first thing you can do to start building a LinkedIn audience is toContinue reading “7 Takeaways from My Paper.li #Bizheroes Chat”
Why Inbound Marketing Should Not Take a Back Seat to Current Customers
Inbound Marketing is a valuable strategy businesses can use to obtain new customers. Inbound Marketing is defined as Marketing based on getting found by customers. It’s customer-centric. With Inbound Marketing, businesses create customer-centric content based on customers needs. Content could take the form of blogs, videos & SEO. In a prior article, I outline the 4Continue reading “Why Inbound Marketing Should Not Take a Back Seat to Current Customers”
Customer Marketing: What We Can Learn from Actors
Image via Garrison Everest When Actors land a role to play, they need to memorize their lines but for their delivery to be believable, they need to become the character. Actors become the character they play by doing research. This research is conducted by: reading books/watching videos about the life of the character, conducting interviewsContinue reading “Customer Marketing: What We Can Learn from Actors”
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