34 ideas: the list of business and marketing topics
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idea 1: use
search engine optimiztion to drive traffic help leads find you |
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idea 2: to determine when
and how to brand and market, identify where you are in the corporate lifecycle |
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idea 3: design brand and
marketing research to become a sales tool |
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idea 4: integrate sales
and marketing through sales training |
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idea 5: use a target matrix
to plan and expand marketing budgets |
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idea 6: combine specialists,
generalists, in-sourcing & outsourcing for a killer marketing team |
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idea 7: use
personality models to define messaging that is always effective |
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idea 8: use corporate action
to define brand |
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idea 9: develop marketing
budgets against the buying process |
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idea 10: don't let company
fight product |
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idea 11: create visuals
to optimize cost, media and globalization |
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idea 12: escape the tagline
trap |
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idea 13: use
events and timing to get exposure |
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idea 14: balance response:
frequency vs impact vs budget vs spam |
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idea 15: remember direct
priorities: list, offer, message, design |
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idea 16: pamper the channel
with programs, spiffs, materials and online resources |
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idea 17: cross-purpose new
media content |
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idea 18: use open source
for content and relationship management |
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idea 19: use
open source and online communities for market research |
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idea 20: keep online and
e-mail marketing focused on value |
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idea 21: use identity completely |
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idea 22: map sales collateral
to the sales process |
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idea 23: tap the hidden
strategic value of the corporate powerpoint |
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idea 24: evaluate creative
only on clarity of the differentiating idea |
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idea 25: unleash
the internal idea force |
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idea 26: synchronize trending
and marketing |
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idea 27: use care in applying
Moores and other laws to your business |
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idea 28: make storytelling
the heart of videos, powerpoints & sales pitches |
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idea 29: always use product
demonstration and comparison |
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idea 30: debunk the myth
of the marketing/sales silver bullet |
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idea 31: resist
copycat marketing |
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idea 32: maintain a clear,
easy to describe, creative idea |
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idea 33: never ignore or
avoid measurement and data |
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idea 34: fight for good
ideas and implement them |
| idea 35: hire
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