Specific Marketing Strategies Your Business Must Use

There are a number of specific marketing strategies that are important for you to understand before you begin your business. Marketing isn’t all about promoting your business. It also includes how your goods and services will be sold and how you’ll price them.  Pricing Strategy One of the most important parts of understanding marketing your […]

Promoting Your Business

Promotion is any communication that tries to influence people to purchase your product or services. It’s a way that businesses increase the visibility of their brand, their products, and their services. Many business owners get promotion and advertising confused. It’s important to understand the difference to ensure your business’s success.  Promotions can refer to any […]

Types of Promotional Materials

There are a wide variety of different promotional materials a business might use to increase the visibility of their business.  Understanding how best to use promotional materials in your business will help you achieve your marketing goals.  Don’t be afraid to try something new and outside the box when choosing what promotional strategies to use.  […]

How To Do A Target Market Analysis

There are many steps to writing a successful business plan. One of the most important is to complete a target market analysis.  A target market analysis is an in-depth examination of whom you would ideally like to sell your products and services.  Many business owners make the mistake of trying to sell their products and […]

Customer Service Is Key To Marketing

Customer Service is one of the most important things in your business. However, it’s often overlooked by businesses that are starting up.  Most businesses focus on getting potential customers in the door. They look at how they can increase demand for their products and make more sales. Yet, many businesses overlook customer service.  Customer service […]

How To Create A PEST Analysis

A PEST analysis looks at factors that might affect the success or failure of your business from the outside.  These external factors could influence how your products or services and whether you’ll be successful.  It’s a key part of creating your Marketing Plan for your business. And one of the key sections of the Market […]

How To Create A SWOT Analysis

A SWOT analysis looks at the factors that might affect the success or failure of your business including the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities.  Each of these factors can influence how your products or services sell. It’s a key part of creating your Marketing Plan for your business. And one of the key sections of […]

How To Develop A Market Analysis

It’s important to analyze the market place before going into business. This way you’ll have a good idea of whether your business will be successful before you get started.  There are several steps to take in order to do a market analysis.  Follow the steps below to understand if there’s a market for your product […]

How To Use Market Segmentation In Your Marketing

When you’re setting up your marketing strategy, it’s important to utilize “marketing segmentation”.  Marketing segmentation is an important step to minimize the costs of marketing. Marketing segmentation is basically dividing your customers into smaller groups so you can better understand them and their needs.  As you divide your customers into smaller groups you’re able to […]

The Marketing Plan Section of the Business Plan

The Marketing Plan section of your business plan is one of the most important parts of ensuring that your business is successful.  The Marketing Plan explains how you plan to get people to purchase your products and services.  It includes sections like:  Pricing Strategy Unique selling proposition  Sales plan Advertising plan Advertising budget Distribution plan […]