Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Are You Building Your Business With a Crock-pot or a Microwave? written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. A new customer purchase, with software and services, easily runs into the six-figures. Photo Credit: lisaclarke via photopin cc. And what is it today?

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Sales Cycle Forecast Charlotte Lead Generation 66

ReadWriteStart

MAY 12, 2011

She has, thus far, not done any other formal customer acquisition initiative. In February, he had about 200 customers. Happy Grasshopper has incredible testimonials and a host of satisfied customers who are now helping build word of mouth buzz. Today, he has over a thousand, and he has chosen to focus on the realtor vertical.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2014

How To Avoid the 3 Most Costly Mistakes When Using Google AdWords written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Do you ever feel like your small business would get a better return on investment by literally lighting your money on fire than using Google AdWords?

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 23, 2013

Without the same budget, resources and in-house expertise of larger companies, small businesses are at a disadvantage when it comes to marketing. By default, responsibility for marketing often falls to the business owner, who usually isn’t a marketing expert and is already strapped for time.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Selling has always required dexterity, and successful sales professionals have always practiced this, but today’s sales environment demands that a sales professional also develop and practice disciplines more closely aligned with traditional marketing and customer service practices in addition to becoming an educator in the sales process.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 23, 2013

The Anatomy of Inbound Selling written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing For that last few years marketers have been using the term “inbound” to define a major shift in buyer behavior. Duct Tape Selling inbound sales' photo credit: contemplative imaging via photopin cc.

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Brandanew

MAY 6, 2016

The way a new customer was acquired wasn’t just through a single channel but spread across. With a strong background in business development, today we have Partner and Executive Vice President at Acquirent, Geoff Winthrop sharing his thoughts on the new world social sales. Establish a personal brand.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 28, 2013

One of the greatest lead generation tactics around is the trusted referral. What are you doing to make certain that every single day dozens of unpaid sales calls are being made on your behalf? Approach a number of your customers and ask them to share names of other companies they love to do business with.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

How to Determine When A Lead Is Sales-Ready written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. The same is true for businesses of all sizes. Consider which behaviors and online activities tend to correlate with leads which eventually become customers.

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