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A Spectacular Sales Example of Something REALLY Stupid
Don't think your customers get excited about the unexcitable. Promotions are important to selling. Absolutely. But they have to be promotions that actually MEAN something to your customer. A promotion has to create a sense of urgency, a sense of excitement, momentum - a "Ooooooooooh - I'd LOVE that!" kind of feeling.

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The 10 Commandments of Successful Marketing
OK these Ten Commandments didn’t come from the Mountain. And they’re not carved on clay tablets, but on a high-tensile polyfiber instead. Yet any marketer worth his or her salt must follow these commandments in order to find the Promised Land.
Selling the Customer What the Customer Needs Not What You Want
I’d like to tell you a little story about Sam, an old acquaintance of mine. The first time I met Sam I had stopped in his little general store while passing through town to buy some soda for my long car ride back home. His was the only store in this very small rural town and he did a sizable amount of business. As I walked down one of the aisles to get to the refrigerated coolers in the back where they kept the soda, I couldn't help but notice that the shelves were loaded with containers of salt for sale. There were salt containers from the front of the aisle to the back, from top to bottom, and on both sides of the aisle. I couldn't believe it, an entire aisle dedicated to just salt.
Lesson #5: Finding the Key Ingredients is the Key to Success
“We didn’t know beans about beans at the beginning, but we had $40,000 and a challenge that we thought would be fun,” recalls Newman of starting up his own company. “We poked around and asked each other ‘What do you think of that? Salt? Yeah. Maybe a little. And more Lemon.’”
What Dead Fish Have To Do With Your Business
While on a recent trip, I got a call from my pet sitter. All my fish died. Actually nearly everything in my salt water aquarium died. So what, I can hear you asking, does any of this have to do with your business? Well, let me explain.

Top Ten FREE Online UK PR Resources
Any PR agency worth its salt spends thousands of pounds maintaining media databases, forward features and programming information. But thanks to the internet you might save a few bob. Good luck.
Lesson #2: Make Yourself Accessible To Your Customers
Rachael Ray has a secret ingredient to her success, but it is not the cayenne pepper or diced garlic she uses in her recipes. What makes Ray stands out from her peers and the likes of Martha Stewart is that Ray is human. She makes food with regular ingredients found in a normal grocery store and she does not apologize if she goofs up on air, which she does. Ray is just like the rest of her viewers, and it is that down to earth nature that has propelled her to the top.

The Scarcity Shortage
From four years ago: What's worth more: a pile of gold or a pile of salt? Throughout history, many people have chosen the salt. Gold is pretty, but you can't live without salt, and when it was more scarce than gold, it became valuable enough to use as a currency itself. (The word "salary" is even related to the Latin for "salt.")
Talking In Media Morse Code
Keep in mind, you want a couple of sound bites that you can pepper into the conversation, but you definitely do not want your entire conversation to be a series of sound bites.
Home Business Expert: Testimonials, Your Secret Sales Force
The fact is, all of us say good words about ourselves, about the services we offer and the products that are on display. But most websites on the Internet face a credibility problem where everything they have to say is taken with a pinch of salt by the prospective customer.
"Arm Around The Shoulder" Online Copy Will Boost Sales
Many marketers force prospects to work too hard to make a buying decision. They throw a bunch of features and benefits on a web page, pepper it with "we this" and "we that" and enter the "pick me" lottery. Why not boost your odds by giving your prospect what he wants and helping him get it? Your online copy can lead him straight to your solution if you follow some basic guidelines that lead him through your selling process.

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