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Using Target Marketing in the New Economy

In the previous blog, I discussed how to get to know your technology or software business’s target market. In this part, I’ll talk about why how much you know makes a difference. Different things appeal to different people. Different people buy the same product for entirely different reasons. For example,…


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How to Use Target Marketing to Increase Your Sales Results

I’m a firm proponent of target marketing. For a small technology or software consulting company, there’s no better way to attract and retain new customers. That being said, I know there are a lot of companies that resist targeted marketing. They think with all of those people out there that…


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Take the Market Leadership Journal Lead Generation Survey Today

The more people I talk to, the more it seems lead generation is changing. More partners are moving away from sharing leads. Competition is growing stronger. Qualified leads are harder and harder to find. How are your lead generation methods working? We want to know what’s happening with you. Take…


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Your 10 Keys to Copy That Sells!

We’re introducing a new guest blogger today. Alexandria “Ali” Brown runs an Inc 500 company. She has some great tips and strategies for helping small businesses compete with larger organizations. Let us know if you enjoy the article. We can post additional material by Ali. Don’t forget to take the…


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How Has Lead Generation Changed?

Most businesses are feeling a change in lead generation. Many factors are impacting lead generation: • A flat economy • Social media • Spam regulations • Limited resources • Increasing postage Some say lead generation has changed. Others are saying lead generation is dead. What’s happening with your lead generation…


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One Answer per Day will Bring People Your Way

You know, people with great connections don’t have them by accident. Indeed, when you come across another person who has lots of connections in different places, that asset of “human capital” was built at a price. Someone had to work to build that asset. This perspective was shared with me…


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Using Surveys to Increase Lead Generation

I’ve worked on a lot of surveys with my clients. We used surveys to determine what customers were thinking of buying, features they wanted, and how much they were willing to spend for the final product. Those surveys prevented a lot of marketing errors in our final result. Many of…


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Finally, A Guide To Internet Marketing For Real Business Owners!

There’s so much noise around the Internet and social media today. The challenge for many technology businesses is what to do first and what to do to support your internet marketing efforts. This blog post starts at the beginning of your marketing efforts and focuses on how to use the…


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How to Target, Measure, and Optimize Your Social Media Marketing Investment

How would you like to know more about your potential clients and partners before you invest your time building a future relationship? I have found that many of my smaller clients invest a significant amount of time chasing the wrong clients. It’s not hard to see why. In changing economic…


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Introducing Bob Leonard

This week’s guest blogger is Bob Leonard of acSellerant. I’m pleased to introduce Bob to the readers of the Market Leadership Journal. I learned about Bob while working on a project for one of my MSP clients. Bob brings significant experience to the B2B space and has worked with many…