Lessons I Learned from Shameless Self-Promoters

Today, we’ll talk about shameless self-promotion. When you want to grow your business, you can’t be afraid of self-promotion. Self-promotion takes various forms, and you can use different tactics to increase your visibility. Consider politicians as an example. They often engage in self-promotion, sometimes in not-so-discreet ways. But seriously, think about some major superstars we all know, like Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Donald Trump, Will Smith, and Michelle Obama, to name just a few. We all engage in self-promotion. Did you ever raise your hand in class to show the teacher that you knew the answer? Of course, you did!

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Kick Start Your Marketing

Today, I’d like to teach you about the three most important startup marketing tools you need to acquire and retain new customers. In person: It’s essential to meet with customers/clients in person whenever possible. This demonstrates that you respect them and are willing to invest time in working with your clients to provide personal attention to each of them. Follow up Letter: Always take a moment to send a follow-up letter summarizing your discussion, any new agreements or partnerships established, and express gratitude for their time. Similarly, it’s important to send thank-you letters or small gifts to partners with whom

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Stop Wasting Your Resources!

Today you’re going to learn how to find a target market of potential customers so you aren’t wasting precious resources on blitz marketing. So, the two questions you have to ask yourself are: What do people really want to buy from me? What related products are they already buying? Once you figure this out you will know who is more predisposed to purchase your products/services. Then, you find other businesses with the same customer base who you can customer share with. Come up with an incentive and great arrangement to encourage both of your customer bases to shop at both

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Educate Your Customers

Educate them about what, you may be thinking. Well, consider this, many businesses focus solely on attracting new customers, but you NEED to spend a good chunk of your time retaining current and former customers. These are people you already know to be a good sales potential…they’ve already bought from you! Take the time to market and sell new products to your old customers and less time trying to sell old products to new customers and you will see a drastic change in your sales, customer quality and branding position. Here are a couple of key elements to use to

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Lessons I Learned from Paris Hilton

Today we’ll talk about shameless self-promotion. That’s right, I said it! Shameless! After all, we are learning from Paris Hilton here. It’s all about self-promotion! Self-promotion comes in many forms and you can use different tactics to get your name out there. Look at politicians! Talk about self-promotion and in some not so discreet ways, at that. But, seriously, consider some of the major superstars we all know. Madonna, Donald Trump, Howard Stern and Bill Clinton, just to name a few. We all self promote. Did you raise your hand in class to show the teacher you knew the answer?

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