September, 2008
Start with a market niche, but choose your focus carefully. Taking into account your greatest strengths, weaknesses and your available resources. What makes you unique? How are you different from anybody else out there? Keep the answers to these questions in mind throughout the formation of your goals, plans, and strategies.
It appears you are new [...]
For effective marketing and branding to work, you must stay consistent with your exposure to your market. Hitting the market hard every few months with nothing in between will not serve as well as keeping a presence in the market on a regular, continuing basis. You don’t have to expose your company the same amount [...]
If you are hoping for a response to a direct mailing, make it easy on them - including a pre-addressed, stamped (or postage paid) envelope is the least you can do. But consider using the Internet as well. Use a website to making responding to your mailing as convenient as possible. Using the Internet also [...]
Think of your marketing/business plan as a work that will always remain “in progress”. As your business expands, continually update and review your strategic marketing plan to ensure you are looking forward and anticipating how your products and services will continue to meet the demands of your customers.
Before you start writing, or even think about writing, a marketing plan you must do your research. Market research is the foundation upon which your entire marketing plan and business operations should be built. Try to answer the questions of who your prospects are, and where, why, when, and how they are motivated to buy [...]