Archive for April, 2008

4 Methods for Holistic Market Research

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Let’s face it. Most business leaders and marketers do not do a sufficient job with the market research component of their strategic planning. There are a few reasons behind this:
1) It’s not real exciting (unless you’re the analytical, data-head type)
2) It can be incredibly expensive (and we want to save the budget for the fun […]

How Much Should We Budget for Database Marketing VS Sales Lead Generation?

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

A mature database marketing program spends under half of their funding toward image awareness and sales lead programs.
It seems the majority of business to business marketers put over 90% of the budget into image enhancement, market awareness and sales lead generation programs, while under 10% goes into database marketing. This approach is incorrect.
As an alternative, […]

Target Marketing - Less Is More If You Want Marketing Results

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Have you ever heard a business owner tell you that “everyone is a prospect?” If you think the same way about your market hopefully this will change your mindset forever!
Successful marketing is made up of a series of successful messages that speak specifically to your audience. Yet, many independent professionals and business owners speak in […]