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James Loomstein, of Digital Space Consulting, gave a presentation on finding the right digital agency. He discussed how the advertising model is changing with more specialization and niche offerings. Agencies now focus on specific capabilities like SEO, social media, or mobile rather than being full-service. Loomstein advised that collaboration between agencies is important for success and that clients should look for agencies with expertise in their industry, strong creative skills, and a focus on measurable results.
The document discusses how to build high-performance marketing teams. It finds that most organizations now have integrated marketing teams that combine both digital and traditional functions. Skills are ranked by importance, with core marketing skills like strategy, customer insight, and analytics seen as most important. The skills matrix shows which skills typically sit within marketing versus being outsourced. It concludes that marketing is becoming more specialized, requiring teams to develop expertise in new digital areas while still maintaining integration across channels. Outsourcing certain skills and collaborating with other departments like IT are also discussed as ways to build an effective modern marketing team.
The document discusses the key pillars for building an effective customer reference program. It identifies 11 pillars that are analogous to the columns that supported the Parthenon: Executive Support, Program Promotion, Field Relations, Customer Content, Program Metrics, Client Relations, IT, Program Vision, Outside Expertise, Managing Upward, and Cross-Function. It focuses on the first five pillars, which are most critical for new programs, providing examples from the author's experience building the program at Box. Executive support, promoting the program, strong field relations, quality customer content, and impact metrics are essential.
Rick Radermacher was recruited to improve and grow the account service team and strategic planning at Bigelow agency. He made several impactful changes including rewriting the creative brief for clearer client input, establishing standard hourly rates, implementing performance reviews, improving relationships with key clients, partnering with external firms for better media and PR capabilities, and driving new business opportunities and award-winning creative work that significantly grew clients' businesses. His leadership helped transform agency operations, client services, and creative output.
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Regardless of if you're in San Diego or the Mid-West, a financial powerhouse or startup tech brand, our team has the experience to help you succeed!
James Loomstein, of Digital Space Consulting, gave a presentation on finding the right digital agency. He discussed how the advertising model is changing with more specialization and niche offerings. Agencies now focus on specific capabilities like SEO, social media, or mobile rather than being full-service. Loomstein advised that collaboration between agencies is important for success and that clients should look for agencies with expertise in their industry, strong creative skills, and a focus on measurable results.
This document provides an integrated marketing communications plan for Jasper Engineering to increase brand awareness and engage potential customers. It includes an analysis of Jasper's internal strengths and opportunities as well as the external competitive landscape. The plan aims to create awareness of Jasper in new industries through objectives like social media, pay per click advertising, and content marketing. The target audience is identified as plant maintenance managers and planners in industries like mining and oil/gas extraction. Key messages will focus on Jasper's high quality service and knowledgeable employees. Tactics include renovating the website to tell Jasper's story, running paid search ads, and engaging customers through social media.
Our 'Building New Business' program is a customized and inter-active business development solution for companies that do not have a full-time sales or marketing person on staff.
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Marketing organizations are constantly challenged to keep all the pieces of their brand glued together. From traditional advertising, online, direct, and the next generation of social media, brands have never been at greater risk of becoming fragmented and diluted.
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This document provides an executive's guide to evaluating a company website. It discusses six primary elements to consider: strategic elements, visual elements, content elements, functional elements, user interface elements, and search engine optimization. The guide recommends that websites have a clear purpose aligned with business objectives, use visuals and content consistently with the company brand, provide useful and relevant information for target audiences, and include functional elements like lead generation forms. The overall goal is to create a website that strategically supports business goals and delivers value to customers.
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The questions asked:
What was your biggest Marketing lesson from 2021?
What are the most important skills to have for Marketing leaders to succeed in 2022?
Which skills are you looking for your team members to improve in 2022?
What three skills are you going to personally improve in 2022?
Which channel(s) do you expect to explode in popularity and must be used in 2022?
Which brands really impressed you in 2021 and why?
What are your three big Marketing predictions for 2022?
How would you recommend Marketing leaders keep their company up to date with important industry shifts and performance changes?
What is your best piece of advice for Marketing Leaders managing their fellow management team members?
Do you have two pieces of advice that will help Marketing leaders to thrive in 2022?
A huge thanks to John Oberlin-Harris, Sophie Collins, Paul Lewis, Lorna Perrin, Charlotte Rush, Harry Lang, Jess Hall, Nick Bottai
Thanks for reading,
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Management consultants help businesses solve problems by diagnosing issues, recommending solutions, and helping with implementation. Alexander Bain focuses on strategic consulting for small and medium enterprises. They provide advice in areas like organizational strategy, functional strategy, and help clients address challenges like outdated business practices limiting growth. Case studies show how they conduct business reviews, identify customer needs, and recommend testing ideas through minimum viable products before large investments. Their goal is helping businesses achieve exponential growth through transformational changes to operations.
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The document provides terms and conditions for a book on home-based businesses. It discusses setting up a professional home office, choosing a business that fits one's skills, dedicating a private work area, managing one's time well, using mentors, and staying up to date on training and promotion. The book aims to inform readers considering a home business and advises seeking professional advice.
Almost everyone wants to dabble in a home business at some point in
their lives. Today however for most people it is becoming a very viable
option to garnering some healthy amounts of revenue. However in
considering such an option the individual needs to be informed of all it entails. Get all the info you need here.
This document provides an integrated marketing communications plan for Jasper Engineering to increase brand awareness and engage potential customers. It includes an analysis of Jasper's internal strengths and opportunities as well as the external competitive landscape. The plan aims to create awareness of Jasper in new industries through objectives like social media, pay per click advertising, and content marketing. The target audience is identified as plant maintenance managers and planners in industries like mining and oil/gas extraction. Key messages will focus on Jasper's high quality service and knowledgeable employees. Tactics include renovating the website to tell Jasper's story, running paid search ads, and engaging customers through social media.
Our 'Building New Business' program is a customized and inter-active business development solution for companies that do not have a full-time sales or marketing person on staff.
What do we mean by 'inter-active'?
Bobby Darnell, who has worked with large national, regional and local contractors, will work directly with you to develop a program that will greatly enhance your current sales, marketing and prospecting efforts.
We pre-qualify each prospect as this is not a program for everyone as it requires some commitment and desire to prospect more than at your current level.
Your satisfaction is guaranteed.
Marketing organizations are constantly challenged to keep all the pieces of their brand glued together. From traditional advertising, online, direct, and the next generation of social media, brands have never been at greater risk of becoming fragmented and diluted.
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Neuronimbus is committed to being the bridge between brands and the power of social media. We bring together our staunch belief in organic social media marketing campaigns and our expertise and experience with 16+ years of successful legacy behind us. From identifying the audience that can be targeted to understanding their social media behavior, and formulating a strategy that is more than just guesswork, we deliver the experience and resources you need.
This document provides an executive's guide to evaluating a company website. It discusses six primary elements to consider: strategic elements, visual elements, content elements, functional elements, user interface elements, and search engine optimization. The guide recommends that websites have a clear purpose aligned with business objectives, use visuals and content consistently with the company brand, provide useful and relevant information for target audiences, and include functional elements like lead generation forms. The overall goal is to create a website that strategically supports business goals and delivers value to customers.
I reached out to eight CMO’s, VP’s and Marketing Directors and asked them ten questions to help Marketing Leaders shape your department, to help you to consider what training will be needed for you and your team and what skills and developmental areas are going to be so important to make 2022 successful.
The questions asked:
What was your biggest Marketing lesson from 2021?
What are the most important skills to have for Marketing leaders to succeed in 2022?
Which skills are you looking for your team members to improve in 2022?
What three skills are you going to personally improve in 2022?
Which channel(s) do you expect to explode in popularity and must be used in 2022?
Which brands really impressed you in 2021 and why?
What are your three big Marketing predictions for 2022?
How would you recommend Marketing leaders keep their company up to date with important industry shifts and performance changes?
What is your best piece of advice for Marketing Leaders managing their fellow management team members?
Do you have two pieces of advice that will help Marketing leaders to thrive in 2022?
A huge thanks to John Oberlin-Harris, Sophie Collins, Paul Lewis, Lorna Perrin, Charlotte Rush, Harry Lang, Jess Hall, Nick Bottai
Thanks for reading,
Danny Denhard
If your company needs to submit a Product Marketing Strategy Proposal PowerPoint Presentation Slides look no further. Our researchers have analyzed thousands of proposals on this topic for effectiveness and conversion. Just download our template, add your company data and submit to your client for a positive response. https://bit.ly/3jWOYJD
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This document provides a statement of qualifications for Jacob Cane & Co., a marketing consulting firm. It outlines their services in market, design, and consult categories. Their market services include municipality marketing, business marketing, event promotion, and content marketing. Their goal is to help clients achieve their dreams through consistent brand messaging and marketing strategies that are tailored to each client.
Management consultants help businesses solve problems by diagnosing issues, recommending solutions, and helping with implementation. Alexander Bain focuses on strategic consulting for small and medium enterprises. They provide advice in areas like organizational strategy, functional strategy, and help clients address challenges like outdated business practices limiting growth. Case studies show how they conduct business reviews, identify customer needs, and recommend testing ideas through minimum viable products before large investments. Their goal is helping businesses achieve exponential growth through transformational changes to operations.
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Introducing Home Based Businesses. Inside this eBook, you will discover the topics about running a business basics, make sure your business fits with what you do best, having a private work area, be a good time manager, use mentors, stay up to date on training, stay up to date on promoting and learn to relax a bit.
The document provides terms and conditions for a book on home-based businesses. It discusses setting up a professional home office, choosing a business that fits one's skills, dedicating a private work area, managing one's time well, using mentors, and staying up to date on training and promotion. The book aims to inform readers considering a home business and advises seeking professional advice.
Almost everyone wants to dabble in a home business at some point in
their lives. Today however for most people it is becoming a very viable
option to garnering some healthy amounts of revenue. However in
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This document provides guidance for starting a successful home-based business in 3 chapters. Chapter 1 discusses running a business professionally by setting up an office, using proper equipment, and obtaining necessary licenses. Chapter 2 stresses evaluating one's skills and interests to find a business that fits. Chapter 3 emphasizes having a private work area to avoid distractions. Overall, the document recommends treating a home business like a professional operation through organization, focus, and leveraging one's strengths.
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This document provides an 8 chapter summary of how to successfully run a home business. It discusses setting up a professional home office, choosing a business that aligns with your skills, maintaining a private work area, having good time management, using mentors, ongoing training, promotions, and managing stress. Each chapter provides 3-4 bullet points highlighting the key aspects of that topic to help ensure home business success such as creating a detailed schedule, allowing for breaks, and taking advantage of mentor resources and networks.
This document provides guidance on successfully running a home business. It discusses setting up a professional home office, choosing a business that aligns with one's skills, maintaining a private work area, having good time management skills, using mentors, ongoing training, promotions, and managing stress. The overall message is that a home business requires organization, focus, and balancing work with rest in order to be profitable long-term.
This document provides terms and conditions and summaries for chapters in a guide about successfully running a home business. It outlines basics like setting up a home office, acquiring necessary equipment and licenses. It emphasizes directing the business towards your strengths, having a private work area free from distractions, good time management skills like scheduling, and using mentors for advice and decision making support.
This document provides tips on how to fail in business. It suggests putting together flawed plans with unattainable steps, copying others' techniques instead of innovating, living in uninspiring places, having the wrong mindset, and doing the wrong things. However, it also acknowledges that having the right habits, location, mindset, techniques and doing the right things could lead to success. The document is intended to be humorous and provides both "tips for failure" and acknowledgement that success is possible with the right approach. It aims to entertain readers rather than provide serious business advice.
This document contains terms and conditions for a guide on choosing a home business. It discusses that while the publisher has tried to be accurate, the contents may not be fully accurate due to the changing nature of the internet. It states the book is not intended as a source of legal, business or financial advice. The document then provides a table of contents that lists 10 chapters on various topics for setting up a home business such as learning what excites you, researching opportunities, understanding costs and time requirements.
The document discusses time management for online entrepreneurs working from home. It notes that effective time management is essential for success but can be challenging. Some key reasons for poor time management include procrastination due to bad work habits, feeling overwhelmed, a need for perfection, and boredom. The document provides tips for better productivity such as starting each day with an action plan and maintaining balance across different life areas. Overall it emphasizes the importance of planning and self-discipline for online entrepreneurs to make the most of their time.
Many elements will eventually have some impact on the general operations of the company. These rules of conduct should also include the proper practices and concepts which cover both ethical codes and honor codes.
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We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.
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In practical advice books, like anything else in life, there are no
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Table Of Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1:
Running A Business Basics
Chapter 2:
Make Sure Your Business Fits With What You Do
Best
Chapter 3:
Having A Private Work Area
Chapter 4:
Be A Good Time Manager
Chapter 5:
Use Mentors
Chapter 6:
Stay Up To Date On Training
Chapter 7:
Stay Up To Date On Promoting
Chapter8:
Learn To Relax A Bit
Wrapping Up
5. - 4 -
Foreword
Almost everyone wants to dabble in a home business at some point in
their lives. Today however for most people it is becoming a very viable
option to garnering some healthy amounts of revenue. However in
considering such an option the individual needs to be informed of all
it entails. Get all the info you need here.
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Chapter 1:
Running A Business Basics
Synopsis
The following are some tips to help shed some light on the home
business and what it entails:
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The Basics
Setting up an office space that has some semblance of an official
looking premise does help to create the conducive working
environment for the running of the business on a daily basis.
This simulation will encourage the individual to keep a professional
mindset when preparing for a day’s work.
Running a business also required the proper corresponding
equipment that contributes to the many different relevant processes
with the daily business transactions.
Often these tools are compromised upon and this eventually reflects
poorly on the business as a whole.
Having a separate bank account is also important to the smooth
running of the business as it allow easy access and deposits to the
company’s ongoing processes.
It also ensures the company gives a professional appearance as those
making payments will notice.
Having a website and email that is setup solely to cater for the
business needs is another professional thing to design and execute.
Trying at all times to appear professional is very important to gaining
the respect of others interested in striking up a business relationship
or simply being a customer.
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Running a business also requires the relevant papers to be filed and
the relevant licenses to be applied for and granted.
These licenses will give the business further accreditation and
legitimacy. It will also help to keep the business within the legal
perimeters and guidelines designed by the various government
agencies.
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Chapter 2:
Make Sure Your Business Fits With What You Do Best
Synopsis
Many people are finding that turning what they do best into a viable
business endeavor can be a lucrative and interesting way of churning
out a good income. However in doing so, one should be careful in
evaluating its benefits and revenue earning power, before making the
commitment fairly permanent.
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What You Do Best
The following are some points that should help in making such an
evaluation:
For some people doing what they enjoy bring out the best results
in them no matter how hard the matter at hand may be. Therefore
it is important to identify anything that the individual enjoys doing
and consider it for business purposes.
Attempting to create the possibility of garnering some revenue
through setting up a business based on this enjoyment may bring
forth pleasantly surprising results.
Evaluating the market against the capabilities and expertise of the
individual is also another platform to gauge the relevance of
setting up a successful business venture.
It can be a very rewarding and satisfying experience to discover
that the individual can charge other for something he or she simply
enjoys doing.
This kind of business venture usually has the potential of achieving
phenomenal success as the more money made the more the
rewarding feelings will be.
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Making the elements that bring enjoyment, into a viable business
can be done with some professional looking elements included in
the equation.
Setting up a proper book keeping system, having a list of possible
clients, creating and designing supporting documents that address
the professionalism of the business are all part of the setting up
exercise.
For most people who venture into business based on their interest
or expertise find the whole exercise both exciting and challenging.
This encourages the individual to push further and higher to
achieve the best possible results.
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Chapter 3:
Having A Private Work Area
Synopsis
There is nothing more distracting that having to share the home
business work place with other on going home activities.
This will most certainly negatively impact on the daily running of the
business and on the individual’s professionalism and attitude towards
the entire business exercise form the very beginning.
Therefore having a separate and properly functioning private work
area dedicated to solely the business should be seriously considered
for its obvious merits.
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Work Area
The following are some justifications laid out to convince those
going into the home business entity, of the need for private work
areas to be a pre requisite for any home business:
Getting into the “professional” mood daily will be for some a rather
difficult task to accomplish, thus the need to make such an effort
easier.
This can be effectively done with the setting up or allotting of a
private work area that is dedicated to the business engine itself.
The normal reactions expected of those placed in such an
environment, would be to immediately simulate into the situation,
which in this case would require the individual to be professional
and business like.
Creating a separate and private work area will also help the
individual keep track of the everyday workings of the business.
With everything related to the running of the business at hand and
kept within this area it would make it much easier to facilitate the
smoother running of the business.
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If there is no separate space for the business, losing important
documents or misplacing them will not be uncommon and this can
cause serious negative repercussions for the business.
Interruptions and distractions will also be common and little
respect will be given in terms of privacy for conducting the
business at any given time. This will not fare well with customers
and other business interactions.
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Chapter 4:
Be A Good Time Manager
Synopsis
When an individual is working from home there is always the
possibility of being distracted or not disciplined enough to keep to
schedules and time lines. If this becomes a habit it could reflect badly
on the individual, the business and definitely the revenue earned.
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Your Time
Here are some tips to ensure the individual stays focused on the time
lines and good time management skills provided for and expected:
Setting up some sort of daily timetable or schedule would be a good
place to start. The items that should be included would be the likes of
separate time slots of very function needed within the business’ daily
requirements.
These may include specific times allotted for opening mail and
answering the ones that require such a response, tacking any
movements in the websites or other business related online material,
responding or designing new content about the business, product or
service and then posting it at the relevant platforms.
Time should also be allotted for breaks such as coffee time, lunch
breaks and tea breaks.
If this is not set in place and not strictly adhered to, there will
definitely be a tendency to take longer than necessary breaks which
would end up compromising the general running of the business.
An even worse possibility is, if this becomes habitual very little work
will actually be achieved and eventually the business will fold due to
the lack of interest or revenue earning possibilities.
Having good time management will also ensure the individual is
disciplined enough to keep all appointments without any distractions
as everything would have been accounted for based on a pre designed
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daily schedule. This would give the individual the freedom to ensure
all appointments are made according to the said schedules.
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Chapter 5:
Use Mentors
Synopsis
Experience is a highly valued element and often sought through the
course of any business entity. Using a mentor to help an individual
have some idea or measurable bench mark is a positive additive to a
business equation. The benefits of having a mentor cannot be
emphasized enough.
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Mentors
Mentoring involves the more experienced party extending the
relevant knowledge and skill in a particular area to the less
experienced individual.
This is supposed to help the lesser experiences individual in more
ways than one to understand and emulate some of the good qualities
expounded. The following are some of the ideas behind the wisdom in
using a mentor:
Mentoring involves the teaching process either directly or indirectly
for the purpose of imparting valuable skills or information on a
particular topic or area and this is very useful for the novice trying to
make some headway into the said field.
Having someone to lean on for guidance and also to steer the
individual away from decisions that will negatively impact the
business is not only advantages but also sometimes the defining
difference between success and disaster for the business.
Sometimes the mentoring experience can go beyond just assistance.
This is where the mentor can actually embark upon sharing resources
and networks with the novice.
This is certainly a huge help to the individual just starting out in the
business field. The development possibilities are boundless with this
type of extended help and it also helps to eliminate some of the risks
the novice would have otherwise taken.
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Using a mentor also helps to introduce a safer learning environment
and this also contributes positively to a lower stressful experience.
The risks taken are then done so in a more calculated manner with
minimal if any negative repercussions. For the novice this is a very
important element as it is also in most cases a very cost effective way
of going about the business endeavor.
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Chapter 6:
Stay Up To Date On Training
Synopsis
Being in business, especially for those who have been in this line of
work for a long time, creates a comfort that is often quite enticing.
The danger of staying in this comfort zone is that although the
present procedures practiced within the business entity are working
well for the said business, the individual may be missing out on
opportunities to further grow the business and make it leaps and
bounds more successful.
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Training
Therefore understanding the merits of staying current through
actively being involved in training programs, will help to keep all
involved abreast with what are the latest tools, practices, innovations
and other such advances available in the market today.
Some or all of these when applied to the various components of the
current business environment will in most cases benefit the business
either immediately or in the long run. There is also the cost saving
point that some newer ideas may help to bring about.
Incorporating periodical training sessions will also help the individual
understand what is currently going on in the business arena of the
times.
This is especially important, as most home business entrepreneurs
don’t have the luxury of being in contact with the cooperate world as a
whole, where such changes are apparent and constantly at the
forefront for all to be privy to.
This is especially so, if the said business entity is not catering to this
level, in its services or products.
Training programs also provide some outside interaction within the
peers, where information and experiences can be discussed,
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exchanged and explored for the betterment of the business and its
competing entities.
Ideas and new contacts can be made and new relationships can be
formed through the training sessions where like minded individuals
come together, for the common goal of learning something new.
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Chapter 7:
Stay Up To Date On Promoting
Synopsis
Introducing promotions in an important way to reach the target
audience in an effective and enticing manner, whereby the interest of
the intended party is stirred to harness the possibility of making a
commitment toward whatever that is being promoted.
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Promotion
Promotions have been noted to be among the more innovative
ways of reaching the target audience effectively and with the
shortest possible time frame.
This is of course a very important factor in the quest to garner the
desired revenue to the business entity as a whole. Basically it is all
about the business entity reaching out and communication with
the potential customer bases.
The following are some avenues that should be explored within the
promoting exercise for the home business entity:
Advertising – this is sometimes the more extensive and expensive
way of getting the recognition for the product, service or business
to the forefront of the intended audience.
For some this is an effective and quick way of getting product
recognition, but it is also a costly way of doing so. Unless there is a
budget for doing so, most home based businesses do not use this
form of reaching the target audience too often.
Personal selling – being brave and skilled enough to approach
anyone and everyone in order to promote the business, product or
service is also another way of promoting the individual’s company.
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The personal selling technique is initially initiated through the
developing of a relationship with the intended potential customer,
which usually evolves into the ultimate goal of actually making a
firm sale or commitment on the part of the customer.
Sales promotions – this is also another way to garner the
committed interest of the target audience. The attractiveness of
having the possibility of getting something with additions at no
further cost is always well received.
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Chapter 8:
Learn To Relax A Bit
Synopsis
For most the anxiety starts to build when the perceived comfort and
revenue is not forthcoming in the manner initially planned out and
this can and will usually lead to stress and other negative elements
encroaching into the mix. Therefore is it important to learn to
incorporate some level of the relax state of mind when being faced
with challenged through the course of the business exercise.
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Final Tips
In the initial stages of the home business venture a good and proper
time schedule should be drawn up that given the individual time to
“breath” periodically during the actual working hours set aside.
This time is the used to relax and clear the mind, even if it is for a
short period of time. Most people find this short break away for the
physical surrounding of the work area does help to revitalize the
individual and this of course contributes positively to the refreshed
state of mind and body.
Taking time to relax does not necessary mean going on vacation,
especially if the home business has only just started. It could mean
taking time off for a few hours to touch base and exchange ideas with
other like minded business individual.
This in itself is refreshing as it would provide the individual with the
vital link to the outside world and also connect to all the latest
innovations available that may be of help to the business
advancement possibilities.
Through this relaxing exercise the individual get to fill up on vital
information that he or she may not have been privy to, being stuck at
home immersed in the business activities of the day.
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Wrapping Up
Many people start a home business thinking that their work load
would be a lot less when compared to working in an established office
environment. This may be true in the initial stages as the individual is
still in the startup stage but eventually what unfolds may not be as
relaxing as first envisioned.
Do your homework and this will help to alleviate some issues.
Hopefully this book has given you a great start.