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13 Of The Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (That May Not Seem Like Mistakes At All)

YoungUpstarts

Especially in a global economy that is becoming flatter and more competitive by the day, skimping on marketing is not the way to save money, because you’ll quickly find yourself out-publicized and out-advertised by the competition. At RME, we actually used marketing risk as a competitive edge.

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Always Right: Five Risks You Must Take With Your Customers

YoungUpstarts

Nobody wants an email inbox clogged with general promotional emails, for example, or a Facebook newsfeed dominated by gratuitous updates to your company’s page… much less a breach in personal privacy! You’d be much better served to use what you know about your customers to create highly targeted and personalized direct marketing campaigns.

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Nine Risks You Must Take (And Keep On Taking) To Build A Sustainable Business

YoungUpstarts

Sub in new technology, a bigger store, a larger advertising budget, and on and on, for those two pennies and you get excuses made by struggling entrepreneurs everywhere. In 1983 he cofounded Direct Mail Express (DME) in Daytona Beach, Florida, with his siblings Mike and Kathy.

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Optimized Is the New Integrated

Duct Tape Marketing

Some years ago smart marketers latched onto the idea of something they referred to as integrated marketing. The idea behind this concept was to make all aspects of marketing such as advertising, sales promotion, public relations, and direct marketing work together as a single force, rather than allowing each to work as a stand alone.

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Is Twitter Really Any Good for Brand Advertisers?

Rob Go

However, calculating this for a brand marketer like Tide is very different than for a lead generator like Lending Tree. For the most sophisticated brand marketers, this is accomplished through Marketing Mix Modeling where they can directionally attribute a dollar spent to the short-term return in sales.

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Risk Avoiders Are Opportunity Missers: 10 Excuses Business Owners Make

YoungUpstarts

Or maybe you offered an online deal to new customers, only to realize that the discount you advertised was a little too generous and wouldn’t allow you to make any profits. Your one-time marketing failure has convinced you not to try again. Yes, marketing is far from certain.

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Texting: The Killer Application in your Offline Marketing Arsenal

Duct Tape Marketing

As a marketer, you want to get the most out of all the channels available to you. They’re important for networking, brand building, and lead generation. You set up meetings with potential partners, customers, and dormant leads who finally seem ready to take the plunge. Here’s what they advertised-.