Category Archives: Sales and Marketing

What Pinterest Does To Help General Contractors In Marketing

When it comes to online marketing, you have a wealth of options available. You can make use of everything from blogging to social bookmarking sites. However, social media has become one of the best ways to enjoy targeted marketing and … Continue reading

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What Are KeyWords For Marketing?

When selecting keywords for a marketing campaign, you will find that the Google keyword tool is an extremely helpful piece of software, available free of charge at www.google.com/adwords.  Simply start by writing out a list of possible keyword phrases, being … Continue reading

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Marketing Process: Follow the Customer Experience

At the end of the day, you could have the most amazing small business in the world and the most stellar products under the sun. However, if your marketing process isn’t in step with the needs of your target demographic, … Continue reading

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Riding the Pinterest Wave

Have a cork board at home for newspaper clippings and magazine cutouts?  Now you can have your virtual cork board with images you find online through Pinterest, the newest social media network to make a tsunami-level splash on the internet.

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Questions for the Consultant: ROI

What Is ROI? We Ask the Consultant: My boss is having me evaluate our current internet campaign which is a pay per click, and so far the numbers aren’t outstanding. During the entire campaign we have spent $6000 on the … Continue reading

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Optimizing Your Sales System

Last week I was interviewed by the Portland Home Builders Association newspaper to discuss the best sales and marketing strategies for 2012, along with goal setting for business growth. This information is valuable to everyone, so I thought it would … Continue reading

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