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Creating Your Own Web Marketing Strategy
When I built my first website (a few years ago now), I naively thought, build it and wait for the money to come rolling in. Then I could relax, work an hour or 2 a day and become a millionaire…easily within a few months. Well, that’s what all the Internet Marketing ads said would happen. It was a long, long way from reality.
Santa The Consummate Entrepreneur
You've probably never considered the fact that Santa is the CEO of a large organization that not only distributes a vast assortment of products throughout the world, but does so in a single night with just a sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. Sam Walton would have killed to have Santa's logistics manual.
Making Money in Network Marketing and Direct Sales
Network marketing is one of the easiest ways to get into your own business. Here's an honest, unbiased look at the pro's and con's of this popular income opportunity.

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The Art of Distribution
One of the important insights that the Startups 2006 panel hammered home was the importance of distribution for consumer-facing startups. (By the way, an astounding 13,000 people watched this video during the first week.) Many people use the word “distribution” as if it were a tactic when in fact it is a goal. Any bozo can say the word as if it’s a magic bullet; the test is the ability to achieve distribution. Here are my thoughts.
“Strategic Marketing Tips From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach”
Using strategic thinking in developing your marketing plan means you understand the needs and desires of your clients and customers, and you show them how your product/service satisfies those needs. You must know: what value your product or service offers & what benefits it provides; what differentiates you & your product/service from the competition; who are your stakeholders, which may include: your suppliers, your bank, your subcontractors or vendors, your associates, your staff, your clients or customers, and of course the general public; where your clients & customers are located geographically; and what are the most effective distribution channels to deliver your product or service? Your strategic thinking business coach provides the following ten (10) strategic marketing tips to use in developing your strategic marketing plan.
Know the Buyer's Food Chain
Knowing that you have, or will have, a winning product does not give you time to rest. You have to grease the skids by making your buyers aware that you have a product that solves an important problem that they have. Founded upon your in-depth understanding of your buyers, you need to structure the appropriate marketing campaigns that raise buyer awareness of the product's value and availability. This can be mind numbing work, but is very necessary in order to not have surprises that could stop your business later. Many hours spent on understanding the distribution channel can save you from a whole lot of costly mistakes later when you are trying to get the revenue for your hard work.
Why Salespeople Fail and How You Could Have Predicted It
The companies at which this salesperson had prior success were with brands you know well, that everyone in the world already carried, with established distribution. All he had to do was grow what had already been established by others before him. After all, how much new distribution had to be created for Oscar-Mayer Wieners?
Finding and Managing Sales Agents and Distributors Overseas
You’ve adapted your product for the overseas market, and established an appropriate price. Now you just have to find a way to sell your product! Finding the right distribution partner overseas is important. It’s so important to be able to establish a trusting long-term relationship with the person or group who is going to be help you penetrate new market and be your local presence overseas. So what do you look for?

Replace the 4 P's of Marketing with the 5 B"s?
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. Maybe it should be replaced by the 5 B’s of Marketing

Lead Generation
From a marketing standpoint a good lead generation process can help a business better refine their demographic and enable them to better their marketing and sales strategy. Oddly enough there's a concept known as the rendezvous dilemma in which there are two parties- meaning the business and the prospective customer, seeking each other, but just can't seem to find one another. For instance, a customer in one region might be looking for a better product than the one they are able to get locally. A product or service might be exactly what the prospect is looking for, but because the business does not do any advertising in that specific area or have a marketing and distribution plan in place there, the customers are unaware of the product.
Reinventing the Partnership with the Manufacturer
Distribution will always play a role in the supply channel. Manufacturers just can't do what distribution does effectively. But, distributors must recognize that change is upon them. They too must adjust to the evolution taking place in the supply chain. Today's distributors have the opportunity to reinvent the relationship and create a model that is mutually beneficial to both parties.

Handling Order Fulfillment for an Online Retail Startup
If your company has a product it sells through normal retail distribution channels, it may be time to compliment that business with a direct to consumer approach.
LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION
Of the 4 P’s (price, product, promotion and place) to consider when starting your business, place, though often the most permanent of these factors, is also the most often overlooked. Place refers generally to distribution of your product, where your customer evaluates and ultimately receives your product or service.

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