Bright Marketing for Small Business

Bright Marketing for Small Business
Author: Robert Craven
Publisher: Crimson
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2011-06-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1780590865

Look at your business through the eyes of your customer. Why should people bother to buy from you when they can buy from the competition? How can your marketing reach out to your customers? And what makes your business different from the rest? As a small business owner these are questions you will have to be able to answer confidently and assertively to make your business a success. You probably won’t be the person marketing the product, but you are the person who best understands your business and your sales proposition and you need to ensure your marketing activity is aligned to your business plan. Bright Marketing for Small Business understands this and gives company owners and directors confidence to implement a hooked up marketing plan from research to sales. Author Robert Craven helps you pinpoint: * Who you want to be communicating with (your target audience) * What method of communication is most suitable (email, letter, phone call, Twitter?) * What your message should be (your sales proposition) Remember, in today’s increasingly competitive marketplaces, people have a choice. They can buy from the 'me too' mediocrity or they can buy from the market leaders. Whether you trade locally, regionally, nationally or internationally, Bright Marketing for Small Business helps you look at your business through the eyes of your customer and put yourself ahead of the competition. Robert Craven has an extensive and practical experience of business marketing and currently the managing director of the Directors' Centre, Robert writes in an informal style which makes Bright Marketing both practical and inspiring.

Visual Marketing

Visual Marketing
Author: David Langton
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2011-09-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 111814368X

Effective creative strategies and campaigns for business owners or marketers Whether it's on the Web, in a book, or live in-person, the most effective solutions are those that unexpectedly grab our attention. David Langton and Anita Campbell identify eye-catching and thought-provoking marketing and PR tips, ideas, and creative "stunts." This compendium of winning ideas will inspire small business leaders, creative professionals, and students. Award-winning visual communication designer David Langton has worked for a range of businesses from Fortune 500 leaders to small businesses. Anita Campbell, an internationally known small business expert, reaches over 2 million small business owners and stakeholders annually. Through case studies, photos, and illustrations, Visual Marketing displays creative marketing campaigns that brought attention to small businesses in unique, compelling, and unexpected ways. Online visual marketing solutions may include apps, interactive games tools and modules; infographics; HTML emails / e-newsletters; widgets; YouTube videos; flash animation; social networking campaigns; websites, weblets, mini-sites; blogs; podcasts / MP3s; projected signage; PowerPoint / keynote presentations In print solutions may include brochures, flyers; annual reports; books; direct mail, post cards; newsletters; invitations; letters; press releases; infographics On-site, giveaways, exhibit, and tradeshow solutions may include live events and performances; signs; billboards; exhibits; banners; tent cards; posters; plasmas screens; kiosks; giveaways: tchotchkes, t-shirts, tote bags, etc.; floor graphics/vinyl graphic wraps With Visual Marketing, you'll discover 99 powerful strategies for capturing the attention of your potential customers.

Bright Marketing

Bright Marketing
Author: Robert Craven
Publisher: Crimson Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Marketing
ISBN: 9781854584045

Based on a series of award-winning workshops, Bright Marketing reveals that in a world where much is the same, your business needs to be a bit different in order to stand out from the crowd. This revolutionary book shows you how you can apply simple practical changes to your business to ensure its success! This book exposes how your business is always communicating; everything you do communicates something to the customer. With this key factor in mind, Bright Marketing helps you decide what it is that you wish to be communicating,how to be clear about who you want to be communicating with and what the message is that you want them to receive. The author, Robert Craven, has an extensive and practical experience of business marketing. Currently managing director of the Directors' Centre, Robert was titled the 'the entrepreneurship guru' by the Financial Times and as 'truly inspirational' by The Independent. Written in an informal style, this interactive book is both practical and inspiring, engaging you by helpfully leaving spaces for you to make notes and answer questions posed by the author. This book will prove indispensable whatever your business size - whether you trade locally, regionally, nationally or internationally, Bright Marketing will provide you with the know-how in order to position your businesses leaps ahead of the competition.

Marketing Your Small Business For Dummies

Marketing Your Small Business For Dummies
Author: Carolyn Tate
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2010-07-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1742469957

Created especially for the Australian customer! Attract customers and ensure the ongoing success of your small business with this no-nonsense guide Whether you own a bakery or a boutique, a plumbing or a finance business, this book gives you straightforward strategies to find more prospects, build your customer base and secure market share. Small-business guru Carolyn Tate empowers you to apply hundreds of high-impact and creative ways to market your business without breaking the bank. Know your target market — identify your ideal customers, and what, how and why they buy Develop business and marketing plans — learn how to create them and why they're so important Build effective databases — develop a database that creates business for you, without the headaches Solidify your branding — create a unique brand and keep it fresh and exciting Understand the power of advertising — assess if it's right for your business and how to pick the right strategies Master publicity — get your business in the media with the right message Implement relationship marketing — develop and maintain networks to create new opportunities Embrace websites and online marketing — build a website that drives customers to you, and use online tools and search engines to generate business

Marketing Your Way to Easy Living

Marketing Your Way to Easy Living
Author: David L. McKimmy
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 144973667X

If you have spent too much money and time trying to discover the right marketing approach to growing your small business, this book will guide you in the right direction. I have spent the time and money to narrow down the correct marketing processes for any small business. I have discovered after interviewing many small business clients, the main reason for failure is not following through with the marketing process in place. If there is not immediate success, the owner will change gears and try something else, without ever really knowing if the marketing would have been a success. I have done the work, now take this book and put in place a great marketing system in your own business. Be thorough, be consistent, and most of all, be patient!

The Brighter Marketing Bible

The Brighter Marketing Bible
Author: Joanne Morley
Publisher: Cabal Group Limited
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2008-12-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781905430475

This remarkable book is packed with business-to-business marketing secrets, tips, checklists, how-to guides, and guerrilla marketing tactics that can increase sales leads and create outstanding marketing campaigns.

Small Business Marketing For Dummies

Small Business Marketing For Dummies
Author: Barbara Findlay Schenck
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2011-03-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118054458

Having your own business isn’t the same as having customers, and one is useless without the other. Whether your business is a resale store or a high-tech consulting firm, a law office or a home cleaning service, in today’s competitive environment, strategic marketing is essential. Small Business Marketing For Dummies, Second Edition is updated from the original version that won rave reviews and inspired thousands of small businesses on their way to becoming big businesses. Updates include more information on online marketing, a whole new section on getting and keeping customers, new cost-effective, fast-acting ideas for instant impact, and more. The book covers: Marketing basics that prepare you to rev up your business and jumpstart your marketing program Information to help you define your business position and brand Advice on bringing in professionals A quick-reference guide to mass media and a glossary of advertising jargon How-tos for creating print and broadcast ads that work Ideas for getting the word out without advertising, including information on direct mail, brochures, publicity, promotions, and more Ten steps to follow to build your own easy-to-assemble marketing plan With pages of ideas for low-cost, high-impact marketing from author Barbara Findlay Schenck, a marketing consultant with more than 20 years experience with clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, Small Business Marketing For Dummies, Second Edition helps you reach and keep new customers. Whether you’re running a home office, a small firm, a family business, a nonprofit organization, or a retail operation, you’ll discover how to: Custom design your own marketing program Create effective marketing messages Produce marketing communications that work No matter what field you’re in, Small Business Marketing For Dummies, 2nd Edition will help you make your dreams come true. If you buy it, read it, and implement some of the marketing strategies discussed, customers will come.

Small Business Marketing For Dummies

Small Business Marketing For Dummies
Author: Paul Lancaster
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2013-11-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118730801

Small Business Marketing For Dummies helps you promote your business. It is designed specifically for the busy small business owner, giving you simple but powerful ways to spread your message - all at little or no cost. It shows you how to build your company’s profile, attract new customers and keep them coming back for more. Inside you will learn how to: Create an achievable marketing plan Use social media and the web to attract and keep customers Communicate with your customers through winning emails, newsletters, blogs and more Make use of affordable advertising solutions in print and other media Get great PR for your business

The Unofficial Guide® to Marketing Your Small Business

The Unofficial Guide® to Marketing Your Small Business
Author: Marcia Layton Turner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2006-12-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470105917

From the author of the successful The Unofficial Guide to Marketing Your Small Business, this handy guide provides detailed information on low-budget, high-impact marketing techniques that produce near-immediate results. Small businesses need a quick return on their marketing investments, and this book shows the best ways to achieve it. Small business expert Marcia Layton Turner puts her wealth of business knowledge to work for business owners who need results now. The Unofficial Guide to Marketing Your Small Business provides comprehensive, straightforward coverage of everything small and large businesses need to know about the vital basics of effective marketing. Marcia Layton Turner (Rochester, NY) is the founder of her own marketing consulting firm and a small business expert who has been profiled or quoted in such publications as Money, Entrepreneur, and USA Weekend. She is also the author of The Unofficial Guide to Starting a Small Business (0-7645-7285-7), from Wiley.