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John Jantsch
How to Produce a Marketing Toolkit That Eliminates the Need to Sell Done well, marketing can eliminate the need to sell. In fact, your marketing materials can do the job of selling if you focus on creating a set of materials that provide an education for the reader—an education that compels them to buy. Most business owners can't really articulate why someone should buy from them. Lacking a compelling argument, many business owners attempt to fill brochures with nice sound bites or product descriptions. This type of marketing, typically housed in the tri-fold brochure, does little to help you stand out in a crowd, let alone educate. Here are the steps to create a toolkit of marketing materials that are flexible, affordable, personal, practical, and most importantly, educational. Get the full story. Please note: This article is available to paid subscribers only. Get more information or sign up here. |
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Greg Verdino
Welcome to Second Life, Marketers Big changes are coming fast and, as marketers, we would be well advised to learn some lessons about metaverse marketing now, lest we be trumped by more nimble competitors. But we need to be smart about our approach, realistic in our expectations and consumer-centric in our executions. Doing it just to do it isn't good enough. On the other hand, neither is waiting to see what happens. Get the full story. |
Lisa Bowen
Avoiding Email Low-Response Times of Year for B2B Campaigns After years of trial and error, attempting to predict the ebb and flow of marketing campaign response, the author put together a reference calendar. It shows blackout dates for email campaigns that B2B marketers should avoid if possible. Get the full story. |
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A Note to Readers TIMEs Are A-Changin' Big news around the blogosphere this weekend: TIME Magazine gives the individuals behind "User-Generated Content" an early Christmas present by naming them—well, YOU—as the most important persons of 2006. You can read TIME's action as ironic or opportunistic or flat-out silly (or you can read my take on it here). However you choose to take it, it's still a bit of kick when the old-school magazine that is TIME validates those of us writing blogs, creating videos on YouTube, trolling around Second Life, and all that. In effect, TIME acknowledges the impact of all the little fish out here, and all of the zillions of communities we have created. And, if nothing else, it puts emerging media on the radar screen for more businesses and individuals who are still wondering what the deal is. The truth is, there's a lot to soak in. Many marketers are still trying to figure out why and whether to start blogging, never mind grappling with podcasting, video blogging, and the rise of virtual worlds like Second Life. In my mind, though, that's partly what I consider our mission here at MarketingProfs—helping marketers cut through the clutter and helping them navigate a path using any and all tools at their disposal. In this week’s newsletter, Digitas VP Greg Verdino writes an interesting article, "Welcome to Second Life, Marketers." As Greg puts it, unearthing "The Next Big Thing" is his stock-in-trade: "I earn my keep advising clients on how to best leverage emerging media and technologies to meet their marketing goals. I believe in practicing what I preach, so I've also been leading a Second Life as a metaverse drifter, trying to understand what all of this really means." Today, Greg talks about what Second Life means for marketers. And next month, on January 11, he'll present a virtual seminar on the topic, designed to tutor us in the lessons about metaverse marketing now—lest (as Greg says) we be trumped by more nimble competitors. Here's the full course description; I'll look forward to seeing you there. Happy holidays, Ann Handley
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Alison Davis
Seven Sure-Fire Ways to Lose an Audience's Attention Want to make sure your message doesn't get through? That your campaign disappears without a trace? That your communication program suffers a quick, painful death? Then be sure to try one of these attention-stoppers. Get the full story. |
Jeffrey Mucci
Marketing-Led Organization—or Bust What does it mean to truly be marketing-led organization? And what does it take to understand the consequences in implementing this dramatic shift in strategy and culture? Get the full story. |
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Three Sales Leadership Challenges That Prevent Sales Force Success There are many challenges in leading a winning sales team, but research has identified 3 key challenges that sales managers most commonly face. How are you currently approaching these situations? Are you getting the results you are looking for? Get the full story. |
Stephen Denny
Note to CMO: A Good Story, Well Told—Screenwriting and Marketing Writing a compelling story is the inner game of marketing and is often the exclusive realm of your creative agencies. The client scowls during the presentation, asks if the logo could be bigger, and then picks the execution they think is the funniest. This symbiotic relationship holds up pretty well unless a client-side marketer sneaks behind the curtain for a look. Which the author did. Get the full story. |
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