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Marketing a Small Business: What Does the Customer REALLY Want to Know?

When preparing marketing materials such as brochures, advertisements, websites etc, the temptation is to include as much information about your product or service as possible, to tell the customer EVERYTHING there is to know.  But is this the right approach?
Of course you need to give information about what you are selling, how else is anyone [...]

A Quick Guide to Marketing a Small Business: Perception is Everything

Sometimes the facts don’t really matter.  That’s quite a bold statement, and it’s certainly not an invitation to start lying about your business or the products / services you offer.  But what really matters is the way your customers and potential customers perceive your business and your products / services.
You might produce the best gadget [...]

A Quick Guide to Marketing a Small Business: Can You Substantiate Your Claims?

In its marketing material every business makes claims about itself or its products or services.  There are some fairly generic claims made, such as “best prices” or “unique features”, and if you are going to make them you need to be one hundred percent sure that you can substantiate them.  Do your research.
Sometimes business make [...]

A Quick Guide to Marketing a Small Business: Avoiding the Clichés

If you want your business to be noticed you need to make sure it stands out from the crowd, so it not only needs to look different, it needs to sound different, too.  How many businesses have you seen described as a “one stop shop”, or advertised “for all your [insert any product/service] needs”?  How [...]

Is Printing Four Color Business Cards Worth It?

Are you fiddling with the questions about the worth of having four color business cards printed? Do not worry. Lots of people go through this phase whenever they print business cards.
This is because there are distinct advantages and disadvantages of this marketing material that are hard to reconcile. In this small guide, we will teach [...]

5 Ideas for Marketing Your Small Business

Small businesses often have pretty limited budgets and marketing on a low budget can be a challenge. That doesn´t mean it´s impossible though! Here are 5 great budget ideas to market your small business.
Website. Having a website is probably the easiest way to promote your business. You automatically get worldwide coverage just by being online [...]

Changing Your Path to Small Business

You have been working for a postcard printing company for many years now and you know it is time for you to change careers and start being your own boss. You have been creating those postcard templates for so long that you know you can now start your own postcard printing business with your skills [...]