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Tie-In To Better Sales

There’s good news: there are crumbs falling off the table from big budget movie marketing, and you may be able to pick them up and benefit from it.

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Oh Oprah…Say It Ain’t So!

Ask yourself this: why would entertainment’s most powerful woman be involved with a slipshod marketing campaign selling weight loss gummies?

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Welcome to the Magentaverse

In The Devil Wears Prada, it was observed that a particular blue sweater represents millions of dollars and countless jobs guiding any consumer’s fashion choice, based on decisions that were made years ago.

Here's how this year's decision will impact YOU!

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Stealing From The Classics

This clever message is sure to persuade its audience to place advertising in this publication. Too bad they stole it from someone else.

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Futures With A Grain Of Sand

Know what you’re selling, to whom, and have a fair price. With a persuasive sales pitch, you might soon have as many customers as there are grains of sand on the beach.

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Targeting The Perfect Sales Prospects

Knowing your customer’s demographic profile (age, geography, religion, income, etc.) is critical to finding more of the same type of person.

Putting In His Two Cents

There’s nothing wrong with borrowing an idea that has previously proved to be effective. Just scale it to your business and your staff so you don’t get overwhelmed.

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Declaration of Stealing Your Money

Consider this fair warning: before you pay any invoice or government fee, make sure it’s legitimate.

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Ask Customers What They Think

Regardless of what you sell, you can benefit from customer feedback, new prospective clientele, and testimonials. It’s as easy as asking a few questions to your existing customer list.

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Organizing Your Business For 2022

Composition notebooks are great for developing your business plan. You can’t tear out the pages, and any ideas you scribble down are still there six months later.

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A Suspicious Welcoming

You may discover that your prospective clientele are leery of welcoming strangers into their homes. This hesitation may be due to so many people being unwilling to get vaccinated, or they might be concerned that possible thieves are “casing the joint.”

Listening Carefully To Your Audience

If someone suggests how to improve your messaging, take their ideas to heart. These are your customers, prospects, and influencers talking, and they’re providing you a valuable service and trying to help you fix holes in your net.

John Kennedy Helped My Branding

John F. Kennedy made his inaugural speech sans hat to demonstrate his youthful vigor. Hat sales plummeted nationwide in the year that followed. Coincidence?

COVID Has Me Feeling Sentimental

Consumers are more likely to buy when they’re getting messaging equivalent to comfort food.

I’m SICK of that commercial!

Where Are The Good Old Days?

Marketing The Dread Pirate Roberts

Analytics help the bottom line

BE the toilet paper

The reason toilet paper factories operate 24/7 is because everyone needs their product. The only difference now is that nobody takes those paper rolls for granted anymore.

Being Ignored During A Pandemic

One must wonder how bad a company’s product really is if, during the greatest period of hoarding staples and foodstuffs in generations, nobody wants to buy what they’re offering.

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