Value Stream Marketing: It’s just not about the Value

Applying Value in your Marketing process is not the only thing that is important. In today’s marketing managing the stream is becoming equally more important. I alluded to this concept when I discussed E-mail providers in a previous post. I concentrated on the value and the touch points within your Marketing Hourglass. Just as important Read More …

E-Mail Marketing Suppliers, can you do this?

Either through a customer or utilizing the services I have used most of the most popular E-mail providers. My list includes Constant Contact, Vertical Response, IContact, Get Response and decent knowledge of several drip marketing programs such as Infusion and Swiftpage. I have limited knowledge with other auto-responders but have dabbled with a few. My Read More …

Can you retain this customer?

This is part 3 of a 3 part series on Determining your customer perspective. Can you retain this customer? Do you really look at this as a consideration when developing your marketing segments and the value you place on acquiring a certain type of customer? Most of us look at repeat and referral strategies across Read More …

A Customer Centric Marketing Budget!

How do you decide on your marketing budget? 1. Set preliminary budget based on tasks decided upon. 2. Estimate competitors’ budget and adjust accordingly. 3. Prepare budget document with rationale of expenses. 4. Use percentage of Sales The most common method is using percentage of sales. However, what happens if sales go down? The problem Read More …

Collaboration as a Total Business Strategy

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing : Collaboration as a Total Business Strategy The web has changed many things about business, but one thing’s for sure, it’s dramatically enhanced our ability to collaborate with every important constituency group. Let me explain this idea of collaboration as a business strategy. In the past, it was generally Read More …

4 P-s of Marketing- replaced by 5 B-s

In 1960, E. Jerome McCarthy introduced the as a way to describe the mix of factors required to successfully market a product. McCarthy labeled the 4 P’s as Product, Price, Place (distribution), and Promotion. The idea was that if you could identify the right combination of these elements, your marketing would succeed. Since then, many Read More …