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Lesson #4: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Keep Going
Newman's second law: “Just when things look darkest, they go black.”
My neighbor Charlie, just filed for bankruptcy
My neighbor Charlie, just filed for bankruptcy It was the prime topic for conversation this past weekend, so I suppose you could say this is a cautionary tale. What’s got everyone talking (and one or two of the neighbors a bit fearful) is that Charlie seemed to be doing OK. He had solo-consulting practice, advising retailers on supply chain issues such as transportation and warehousing.
Why Participate in Social Networking?
It’s kind of funny, but it took me quite a while to begin actually marketing on social networking sites. I’ve been on LinkedIn for probably five years, MySpace for maybe a year, and several others (Ning, Ryze, Eons, probably more I’m forgetting). But it was only when I joined Facebook in October 2007, and then shortly thereafter found my way to Plaxo and CollectiveX that I finally started using them to really do some business.
To tweet or not to tweet - is Twitter really the next marketing Mecca?
Twitter, love it hate it, use it abuse it, within the space of a few months it seems to be the only marketing tool that people are genuinely excited about right now.

Internet Marketing And Why You Need It
Choosing your Internet marketing company is a crucial step in your success or failure of your online business. Any reputable marketing agency should be other to show you previous successes and top ten rankings on Google, Yahoo and MSN. It can take up to six months to achieve your desired results, but in some cases, you can receive top ten listings within 1 week, depending on the competitiveness of your industry and your chosen keywords.
StartUp ECommerce Businesses Enhancing the Value of Your Website by Obtaining Exposure With Minimum Expense
Before selling an e-commerce type business, or indeed often before attracting the desired investment attention so you can move to the next level, we find there are certain queries that crop up time and time again. In a nutshell these can be summarised in two words, “marketing required”. What sort of visitor rate statistics have you got? How visible are you in the media? What are your search engine rankings? How many website registered members do you have? etc. To get this type of attention it can often being ruinously expensive. But there are other routes, which you can take to avoid the extreme costs and gain a decent modicum of attention. We discovered this as we experimented with our own website brand. These methods have proven to be very effective and extremely cost efficient. The following article lists what we found worked for us.
Website is an Ad
Your website's home page is an advertising tool. We have just seconds to engage a visitor so that they take the time to go through the site to learn more about your products or services.

Focus Your Marketing On What You Do Well To Increase Sales While Avoiding the 500 Failure
Do you change your marketing activities in an effort to increase sales without realizing the impact of those changes? Read on to learn why you need to understand what you do well to avoid the 500 Failure.
Understanding Your Evolving Markets
This article gives the results of some recent research on Hispanic Marketing. Our key theme here is that we must always be aware of our different target markets and how they are continually evolving. If we make it a point to stay up-to-date in this arena, we will always be very aware of the best way to target to these important customer segments.
Using Internet Marketing For Your Success
One of the most important factors of any Internet marketing campaign, is the choice of keywords used to obtain targeted traffic. Always ask to see the keywords used for your campaign and do not be afraid to ask questions and get statistics to show the number of searches made per month for each keyword.
Marketing Agency
Some entrepreneurs choose to go it alone, but for those who have desire – and the budget – to get help when it comes to promoting your company, there are some things you need to be aware of. Selecting the right marketing agency for you, the one that will fit with your company can be a difficult process, but it is one which merits the time it takes. After all, you wouldn’t get into bed with just anybody, and so neither should you trust your company with just any firm.

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The Message Behind the Man: How Ogilvy Achieved Success
Thirty-three years after he first began his own advertising agency, Ogilvy wrote a memo to his staff entitled “Will Any Agency Hire This Man?” In it, he wrote, “He is 38, and unemployed. He dropped out of college. He has been a cook, a salesman, a diplomatist and a farmer. He knows nothing about marketing and has never written any copy. He professes to be interested in advertising as a career (at the age of 38!) and is ready to go to work for $5,000 a year.” Fortunately, a London firm did hire him, and there was no looking back for Ogilvy. How he did someone with no advertising experience end up shaping the entire industry?
The little agency that lost its soul
I was once involved with a small but successful advertising agency. This agency had won a lucrative account with one of Australia's big banks and received a lot of recognition. The agency was then purchased by a public communications company in a strategic sale designed to acquire the big bank as a client by default. The communications consortium paid top dollar (shareholders money of course) for control of the agency and the big account.

BRIEFING YOUR CREATIVE OR DESIGN TEAM
Having many years experience of writing, creating and handling advertising campaigns, sales promotions, direct marketing, websites and print for clients in both consumer and technical markets, I've found that the best way to maximise the benefits that an we, as an agency provide, is through a detailed brief. This article explains the process that worked best for my agency. If you don't have an agency then you can still apply the model to any creative supplier, designer or printer. Try it - it works!
Selecting the Top Advertising Agency for your Business Depends on the Metrics you Measure
Many advertisers are looking for the top advertising agency for their brand. But what constitutes a top advertising agency? And how do you go about identifying and selecting the best advertising agency for the brand or organization?
Selecting The Right Advertising Agency Is Dependent On Access To A Comprehensive Agency Register
What are the pitfalls of agency search? How comprehensive is the information generally held by agency registers? What key attributes of an agency need to be considered?

How to deal with problematic salespeople
Let me share a story with you to help answer your question. I was once involved with a small but successful advertising agency. This agency had won a lucrative account with one of Australia's big banks and received a lot of recognition. The agency was then purchased by a public communications company in a strategic sale designed to acquire the big bank as a client by default. The communications consortium paid top dollar (shareholders money of course) for control of the agency and the big account.
RFP Response: What Clients Want in RFPs
When your agency is invited to respond to an RFP, do you get excited or cringe? While new business is the lifeblood of any agency, agency RFP responses drain resources and are poorly executed. What do clients want in RFPs? Find out out marketing companies can win more new business by tapping into hot buttons into proposals. These best practices from marketing agency selection firm Smarti Solutions provides key suggestions to help agencies respond more effectively to an RFP.
Issuing an RFP
RFPs (Request for Proposals) are usually a call for disaster. Blanket RFPs often make a marketing agency search a “commodity” exercise at the best, and a complete waste of time at the worst – for both client and agency. Short and savvy RFPS can be productive for leveling the playing field to a shortlist of viable finalists, all of whom are serious contenders. This article reviews best practices for clients issuing RFPs.

Finding Your Marketing Match: How to Hire the Right Marketing Company
Are you looking to hire a marketing company? Weeks and months can be wasted talking to firms that are not qualified. Do you love your current agency? If the passion has faded and you're feeling neglected, or you’re currently unattached and looking for agency love, don't despair. Marketing Agency Selection Firm's CEO and Chief Matchmaker shares the Top 10 Tips to Finding Agency Love, and your ideal marketing company partner.

How to Select a B2B Marketing Agency
What to look for when selecting a B2B marketing agency
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