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Business Analysis
Managing a successful small business involves measuring and analysing performance. This article shows small businesses what to measure.
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Database Content and Management
Databases are invaluable but can be a hindrance without correct and up-to-date information. This guide shows you to choose the content and manage it.
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Databases for Small Businesses
Databases help small businesses be more organised and sell more. This article provides a general introduction to some of the things which have to be considered.
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Email Campaign Best Practices
Successful email campaigns have requirements needed to stay legal and deliver customer service. This guide tells you what you need to consider.
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Existing Customer Management
Do you spend effort trying to attract new customers whilst ignoring your existing customer base? Try generating greater loyalty to achieve more sales.
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Finding out Who your Customers Are
Small businesses and start-ups often try to target everyone. However, they can get better results by only targeting those most likely to purchase. Here's how to do it.
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How to Conduct Market Research
Research is a vital skill for small businesses. This article provides an introduction to the subject and shows you how do it quickly, easily and at low cost.
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In-depth Customer Research
In-depth research is a great way to speak to your customers to find out exactly what they want. This article shows you how to do it.
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Making Email More Effective
Email is a quick and efficient way to communicate with customers and prospects. This guide tells you how to make email campaigns more effective and increase results.
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Market Research Surveys
Surveys are a quick and easy way to obtain information on what customers think of you and your company. This article shows you how to get started with them.
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Researching Competitors
Small businesses often find it very difficult to obtain good analysis and research on their competitors. This article provides guidance on how to do it.
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Using a Database Effectively
Databases help small businesses profile customers, store details and sell more. This article provides the guidance needed to make it effective.
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Using Networking for your Business
Businesses have achieved varying degrees of success from networking. This article explains the types of business most likely to benefit from it.
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Using Publicly Available Research
Conducting your own research can be expensive so it makes sense to see what else is available first. This article shows you how to get vital information.
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What's Your Unique Selling Point?
A Unique Selling Point (or USP) is something that makes your business stand out from competitors. This article helps you identify yours.
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Building a Loyal Customer Base
The more existing customers buy, the less you have to spend on finding new customers. This article shows you how to develop more loyalty.
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Choosing a Business Network
Business breakfast clubs and other networking organisations can be excellent for generating new business, if you find the right one. This guide tells you the main types.
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Can Advertising be Measured?
Measuring advertising can be difficult. However, with the application of a few simple principles, you'll soon know exactly what can and can't be measured.
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Measuring Awareness Advertising
Measuring brand or awareness advertising may be difficult, but it's certainly not impossible. This article shows you how to do it
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Measuring Website Performance
If you've ever wondered how visitors find your website, or how to generate more traffic, then this article tells you what to look for and what to measure.
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Using Customer Buying Processes
Identifying customer buying processes is a technique almost guaranteed to generate more sales - but also an area not often considered
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Generate More Business by Testing
For a boost to company sales, use testing to identify the changes which will make the biggest improvements to your sales levels and profitability.
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Creating a Lead Management Process
Many companies focus on generating new enquiries but don't convert enough of those leads to sales. Here are some tips on how to improve your conversion levels.
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Follow up Your Marketing Activity
Direct marketing activity can often be improved by using a follow up. Rather than only contacting the prospect once, do it several times using different channels.
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Select the Right Marketing Partner
Save marketing dollars and reduce costs. Here are 5 important tips to help you meet these goals by choosing the right marketing partner.
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Using Directories Effectively
Directories are great because they bring everyone together, but it also means being listed with your competitors, so you have to stand out. Here's how to do it.
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Unrelated Business Income (UBI)
Non-profit organizations fund raise to pay for the costs of providing services. But non-profits must be careful about fundraisers that are unrelated business income.
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Conquering the Internet one partner at a time
The Internet is borderless and to make a go at it alone is very difficult. Even the big companies are developing affliate programs, which is a form of partnering.
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Your Online Store
How to set up an on-line store
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Choosing the Right Media
There's no shortage of media to choose from when considering advertising campaigns. The difficulty is deciding which is most appropriate.
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Leads for Small Businesses
Small businesses live and die on how much new business they can generate. Large companies have many ways to generate leads, what about small businesses?
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More Creative Direct Mail
Direct mail can be a hugely powerful media if used correctly. This article provides advice on how to make it more appealling.
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Sending Large Volumes of Email
This guide provides you with the options for sending email in bulk to customers and prospects.
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Telemarketing: Making It Work
Telemarketing is still a vital part of your direct marketing plan. Make telemarketing and outbound cold calling work for your company in a positive way.
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Use Direct Mail for More Business
Direct marketing, usually in the form of mail, can be an excellent way to keep in touch with existing customers and find new ones. Here's how to use it.
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Whistler Kids Ski School Check-In
Whistler Kids has a great the check-in process, but the website has no information on what to expect on the first day. These tips will streamline the process.
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Work ON, not IN your Business
How to work ON your business to grow and make it successful.
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Film Adaptation
When studios attempt to adapt a form of literature, they strive to create a visualization of an imagined world. Rarely do they succeed.
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Mishaps in Marketing Your Writing, Part II
The second in a two-part series, "Mishaps in Marketing Your Writing" discusses seven common traps that prevent writers from getting contracts.
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The Same Old Pacifist Tune
The anti-war rhetoric of churches before the Iraq war minimic similar criticism before World War II.
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How to Improve Your Business with Technology
This is a series of articles that will help you improve your business performance with technology.
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