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	<title>The Principles Of A Marketing Strategy</title>
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		<title>The Marketing Phone Number</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Choosing the Right Telephone Number is vital in your communication processMost companies spend thousands of pounds per year on print advertising, be it on vehicles, business cards or even websites. What most of them fail to realise is that spending that amount of money pays no return if the target audience cannot remember the telephone&#160; <a href="http://www.nicolascourtois.net/the-marketing-phone-number/" title="Read more The Marketing Phone Number">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Choosing the Right Telephone Number is vital in your communication processMost companies spend thousands of pounds per year on print advertising, be it on vehicles, business cards or even websites. What most of them fail to realise is that spending that amount of money pays no return if the target audience cannot remember the telephone number when looking at it for the first time. I&#8217;m sure that you have found yourself glancing at an advert and finding it interesting but quickly find out a few days later that you cannot remeber the contact number.<span id="more-62"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Recent research has shown that displaying a memorable phone number prominently on a website and company letterheads can increase client response rates by up to &lt;u&gt;FIVE times&lt;/u&gt;, so if you are spending money on marketing, it makes sense to maximise your return by getting a &lt;u&gt;professional looking number&lt;/u&gt;. Having a phone number that your customers will remember easily has been proven to lead to more repeat orders and more word of mouth recommendations.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A memorable phone number will give a more lasting impression of your company image and brand, and as your customers remember your phone number, they won’t be browsing through the Yellow Pages looking at your competitors’ ads!</p>
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		<title>The Marketing Shack: Express Marketing Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Marketing Shack aims to provide, share and solicit various marketing views to set a medium of exchange between various parties regarding their marketing applications and efforts.Marketing makes an organization go round. In fact, marketing makes the world go around. Unknown to most of us, marketing helps evolve a company. Effective and Practical Marketing practices&#160; <a href="http://www.nicolascourtois.net/the-marketing-shack-express-marketing-ideas/" title="Read more The Marketing Shack: Express Marketing Ideas">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">The Marketing Shack aims to provide, share and solicit various marketing views to set a medium of exchange between various parties regarding their marketing applications and efforts.Marketing makes an organization go round. In fact, marketing makes the world go around. Unknown to most of us, marketing helps evolve a company. Effective and Practical Marketing practices will spell the difference between failure and success in any organization.<span id="more-60"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is only natural for people to refer to the old books authored by known marketing gurus such as Michael Porter, author of the acclaimed 5 forces model. Learning about the works from the standard means of learning and employing the marketing procedures is a given. But today, it is without question that the good marketing people employ various practices that help their respective organizations turn in reaping profits, owed to their dedication to their blue print marketing strategies covered in their developed marketing plans.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It does not take a person much effort to grasp the essence and worth of marketing in their organizations or entrepreneurial endeavors today. A good marketing effort and strategy shall surely be something worth the investment. Many would be surprised at how marketing totally changes the face of their business, balancing their targets and supporting their needs through such immediate connecting departments like Advertising and Promotions for their product or service.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To date, various marketing strategies have been introduced. Among them:<br />
1. Article Marketing<br />
2. Affiliate Marketing<br />
3. Internet Marketing<br />
4. Adsense Marketing<br />
5. Search Engine Marketing<br />
6. E-mail Marketing<br />
7. Online Marketing<br />
8. Home Based Internet Marketing Business</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">What do most of these strategies have? The implementation of technology that was not present in the early years. It is without question that the Internet has boosted and enhanced the face of strategically brainstormed business approaches, and taking this development for granted, especially the marketing aspect, shall surely be something that is a foot in the wrong direction.</p>
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For views and information on current and relevant marketing issues, please visit: http://byalung.candyham.com and gather up to date information on marketing trends and practices. Who knows, what you are looking for might be at the Marketing Shack!</p>
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		<title>The Marketing Principles of a Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are truly serious about making a success out of your business in the long run then there are several factors that if applied correctly and efficiently will make your sales explode to stardom in your market area. If you are truly serious about making a success out of your business in the long&#160; <a href="http://www.nicolascourtois.net/the-marketing-principles-of-a-business/" title="Read more The Marketing Principles of a Business">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">If you are truly serious about making a success out of your business in the long run then there are several factors that if applied correctly and efficiently will make your sales explode to stardom in your market area.<span id="more-58"></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">If you are truly serious about making a success out of your business in the long run then there are several factors that if applied correctly and efficiently will make your sales explode to stardom in your market area.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Value for money</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The reader feels and thinks he or she is getting their moneys worth. This is a vital marketing principle to boosting your sales. If this objective is achieved then you have essentially done all the hard work, convince your prospects that the product you are offering them is worth substantially more than the price your selling it at.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is also important that you market products within your means (financially); ideally you should have purchased a copy of the product, this is a key marketing principle that will help you when it is time to market the product as you should have familiarised yourself with it. Also, consider offering free gifts with your products (See Marketing Principle 3); make the customer really feel they are really getting their moneys worth.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Unique</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Some of the most effective advertisements are those that are original, captivating and distinctive. The more unique and captivating you are able to convey your products, the better the customer response. Creating mailing lists and newsletters is also another key marketing principle of effectively establishing yourself while building up your rapport with customers; it is definitely something you should look to explore.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Relevance</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Make sure when you market a product, that you supplement it with a tightly focussed offer. Having an offer that relates specifically to your product is a very effective marketing principle of establishing credibility. Relevance is important; never venture beyond your given niche.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Desirability</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Something can be great value for money, but it doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean I want to buy it nor does it mean a customer would want to buy it. As a result alleviating the desirability of your product is a crucial marketing principle.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As a method you can try enlisting part of your product as a premium which should not be to hard to accomplish with information products. As a marketing principle, concise wording is very important and if used effectively should put your products in a more favourable position.</p>
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		<title>The Marketing Ability of Greeting Cards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just like talking to your friend across the table, greeting cards can also bring the right impression or ruin your reputation.It’s Father’s Day, Valentines or your friend’s birthday. Whatever the occasion is sending them greeting cards is one way of letting them know that you remember them. But aside from being used for personal purposes,&#160; <a href="http://www.nicolascourtois.net/the-marketing-ability-of-greeting-cards/" title="Read more The Marketing Ability of Greeting Cards">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Just like talking to your friend across the table, greeting cards can also bring the right impression or ruin your reputation.It’s Father’s Day, Valentines or your friend’s birthday. Whatever the occasion is sending them greeting cards is one way of letting them know that you remember them. But aside from being used for personal purposes, greeting cards can also be used in business as a marketing strategy.<span id="more-56"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Being a good boss and business owner does not merely mean providing good compensation to your employees, being in good relationship with your customers and getting a lot of profits. It also means being able to get in touch with them during simple occasions. So let’s say it’s the birthday of one of your employees or a customer’s wedding day, sending them greeting cards is one way of letting them know that they are important and that their loyalty and support are always remembered.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Here are a few things to consider when making your own greeting cards. First, as much as possible handwrite your message and sign your name under it. This way the recipient would feel more valued and appreciated. Second, send the card when the customer least expect like. Sending it during widely celebrated occasions such as Christmas can make the recipient to overlook it. Instead, send it during their birthday or when you heard that their daughter or son got married. Avoid also including your logo in the greeting card to make it look less like a promotional material. Keep in mind that a greeting card is a personal note to the recipient so as much as possible you would want it to have a personal touch.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If you do not know what to put in the card imagine sitting across your friend in the kitchen or in a restaurant. Think of the usual conversation that you have. After giving your usual how-are-you line, think of the conversation that follows. It can be about current events, latest news about your high school classmates or how good the weather has been in the past days. From this you can develop the message that you want to include in your card. Remember to keep it simple, quirky and funny. Remember also to use the right words. Just like talking to your friend across the table, greeting cards can also bring the right impression or ruin your reputation.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You do not need to be wordy in the card or an expert writer to compose your message. As long as you are genuine in your words that is all that matters.</p>
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		<title>The Ins And Outs Of Trade Show Exhibits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For people who are thinking of organizing or setting up a trade show exhibit, it is highly important that you know the things that are important for the success of the trade show event. With a small a mount of attention, you can easily come up with a successful trade show exhibit. 1. Setting Let’s&#160; <a href="http://www.nicolascourtois.net/the-ins-and-outs-of-trade-show-exhibits/" title="Read more The Ins And Outs Of Trade Show Exhibits">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">For people who are thinking of organizing or setting up a trade show exhibit, it is highly important that you know the things that are important for the success of the trade show event. With a small a mount of attention, you can easily come up with a successful trade show exhibit.<span id="more-54"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">1. Setting</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Let’s start with the place where the trade show exhibit will be held. The exhibit venue or the trade show space is highly reliant on the use of outstanding design for booths as wel&#8230;</p>
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For people who are thinking of organizing or setting up a trade show exhibit, it is highly important that you know the things that are important for the success of the trade show event. With a small a mount of attention, you can easily come up with a successful trade show exhibit.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">1. Setting</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Let’s start with the place where the trade show exhibit will be held. The exhibit venue or the trade show space is highly reliant on the use of outstanding design for booths as well as other displays so that the organizers will be able to generate more traffic for the exhibit. For most trade show exhibit organizers, it is highly important that you are able to attract your desired customers in just under 10 seconds since the trade show exhibit viewers attention span can only last for so long.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">2. Factors To Consider</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">- Location<br />
- Theme<br />
- Topic</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">3. Budget Concerns</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The trade show exhibit organizers must always keep in mind that some venues for a trade show may seem just too perfect for words &#8211; and this comes at a high cost. Money definitely does not grow on trees and even big multinational companies who hire trade show organizers to create a trade show exhibit for their company simply cannot afford atrocious rates, whether it be for the trade show exhibit’s location, the design, or perks for visitors.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">4. Displays</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You can also opt to spend some extra money on the trade show exhibit displays. This is actually a good investment for you because the better your displays, the more people will be attracted to your show. When it comes to picking out a good trade show exhibit company, one should be able to effectively give a pre-show marketing for the trade show exhibit to increase traffic. According to the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, around 76% of the people who actually go would prefer to have some background information on what the theme of the trade show exhibit is and a selection of examples for the booths.</p>
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		<title>The Internet Structural Engineer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The worlds biggest companies are making the same mistake as the worlds smallest. The worlds most accomplished web design companies are making the same mistake as the worlds smallest. What is going on! An Internet expert explains how we could all do a lot better, logic is sometimes missed in the simplest of arguments&#8230;..read more&#160; <a href="http://www.nicolascourtois.net/the-internet-structural-engineer/" title="Read more The Internet Structural Engineer">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">The worlds biggest companies are making the same mistake as the worlds smallest. The worlds most accomplished web design companies are making the same mistake as the worlds smallest. What is going on!<br />
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<p style="text-align: justify;">An Internet expert explains how we could all do a lot better, logic is sometimes missed in the simplest of arguments&#8230;..read more</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">One of the problems that continuous changes in technology bring is a constant need to update your knowledge. Markets can seem fickle, and as there are usually many ways to achieve your goal, learning what works and doesn’t work is at best something of a gamble.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Change becomes even worse when not just the technology, but a completely different method of applying this new technology is required. This situation can seem even worse when you have achieved success with older methods, and suddenly a group of young upstarts appear telling you how things should be done. Most people, let alone industry experts would be forgiven for eyeing them with both suspicion, and in some cases contempt.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This situation is exactly what is happening within the Internet Industry.<br />
The massive growth in high profile and successful search engine optimisation firms has brought about different methods and techniques of applying search engine optimisation to a website.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This new method involves expert search engine optimisers getting involved with a web project right from the very beginning. However, current trend would not usually involve the optimiser until completion of the project.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The reason it is imperative that the optimiser is part of the planning process is that the search engines have become incredibly sophisticated and subsequently the structure and technology behind a website can have a dramatic effect on its ability to be correctly optimised. The main reason that this is now the case is that over the past 2 years CRM, Content Management, E-Commerce and other dynamic web solutions have become commonplace.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Many of the leading internet and software development companies responsible for building these systems have responded to this trend by quoting that their technology is indeed search engine optimisable. Unfortunately SEO has become more sophisticated and competitive which means no singular method or system will work anymore. The structure of your site is dependent upon the keywords you decide to target and the competitiveness of the markets you will be operating in.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The following points outline just a few of the conditions or prerequisites now required to remain competitive, and have any chance on gaining significant search engine positions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">• The amount you change your websites editorial content is now monitored very closely by the search engines, this ensures only the most up to date websites are displayed in the top rankings, this condition we call % change.<br />
• Logic dictates that if you are changing your site frequently then it is likely that it will also be growing in physical size. The search engines are an information resource and subsequently large websites are often favoured over small ones.<br />
• Although the previous conditions are important, spending time making these changes remains academic if the search engines cannot read your websites page, this they will need to do to monitor and measure the results of your work. Therefore it is imperative that the physical structure and onsite optimisation is done correctly allowing the search engines to classify your content.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There is another benefit to getting-in the search engine optimiser at the start of a campaign; they will be able to advise you on the technology required, if gaining top search engine positions is a part of your strategy. The optimiser will remain independent of your hardware / software suppliers giving you valuable feedback ensuring the technology you have been sold is indeed up to the task</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For an optimiser there is nothing more frustrating than being passed a completed website and being asked to achieve search engine positions, I often sigh when I view a new project only to find that the dynamic pages are un-optimisable and the site is so clever where its technology is concerned that the search engine robots (the technology that reads, measures and reports back to the search engines) cannot read or classify the site!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Building a website is no different from building a house, the client comes up with an idea, he then visits the architect and a design is created, the architect then passes this design to a structural engineer to make sure it is unlikely to fall down, finally the structural and design specifications are passed to the builders. Unfortunately in our industry the design is only passed to the structural engineers (optimisers) at the end of the project. This means that to make your website structurally sound we have to bolt on unsightly text, and dramatically change the structure to make it structurally sound. As most of our changes effect navigation and branding they are usually denied by the client. This means the optimiser has to run the optimisation race using only one leg! I am sure your optimiser will do his best for you but its not surprising the results in many cases fall short of the mark!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Understandably many readers of this article have no intention in scrapping their expensive new site to start again, so what can you do to ensure you don’t allocate your optimisation budget to optimisers that know they have to hop the race but are prepared to take your budget anyway! You must be prepared to re-engineer your site if necessary, working with your optimiser and introducing them to the web designers and developers that created your system, at this point it is unfortunately damage limitation but in many cases small development changes can minimise the negative effect and at least allow your optimiser to limp, if not run the optimisation race!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The last problem you will encounter is how to find an optimiser that is capable of achieving these required changes, because there are not a lot of them about!<br />
It is important to remember one point, there is no such thing as a good search engine optimisation company, only good search engine optimisers. Remember that just because you found your optimisation company at number one in Google, this only qualifies that they have not only the skill but also the time required, sometimes amounting to thousands to achieve top positions. You must ask your self would your budget support such activity. And with your budget could they achieve the results they are telling you they are capable off? Give any marginal optimiser infinite time and money and they could achieve good positions. A great optimiser will understand strategy and be able to achieve results for you quickly, they will also inform you of how to take control yourselves, this doesn’t mean they have to give away their precious secrets. The search engine conditions change frequently enough to ensure you will retain your chosen optimisers skills even if they have told your staff how to do some of the donkey work needed to achieve good positions!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Ensuring you get the best optimiser will mean you have to initially meet with the optimiser, and even the optimisation team that will be managing your contract, don’t just listen to the salesman. All too often you will meet the expert then be palmed of with a £15K per year junior. Make sure you ask for case studies, and check them out thoroughly, experience in a particular marketplace doesn’t matter, SEO is SEO, only the keywords change.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Search Engine Optimisation is fast becoming a professional industry with it often taking up to 12 months for a junior to learn the basics. We are becoming the structural engineers of the internet and as Google has grown from a service into what is now regarded as an economy, it is important that you don’t get left behind!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;a href=&#8221;http://www.netcallidus.com&#8221;&gt;search engine optimisation (optimization)&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;span class=&#8221;style2&#8243;&gt;Net&lt;/span&gt;Callidus</p>
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		<title>The Marketing Mix</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your Marketing plan has to be built around your product. But before distribution can begin, market research needs to be performed. Analysing the Market place and researching what competitors are doing will bring perspective to your Marketing strategy and vision. It will also provide key indicators on pricing and potential. Something to consider is your&#160; <a href="http://www.nicolascourtois.net/the-marketing-mix/" title="Read more The Marketing Mix">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Your Marketing plan has to be built around your product. But before distribution can begin, market research needs to be performed. Analysing the Market place and researching what competitors are doing will bring perspective to your Marketing strategy and vision. It will also provide key indicators on pricing and potential. Something to consider is your product&#8217;s life cycle which is important in determining when the market will reject your product.<span id="more-50"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Once a product is launched into the market, a stable growth in sales is common at first. This will eventually stabilise as the product gets older, and as more competitors enter the market it eventually will start declining to the point of elimination. It is difficult to tell where a specific product is within the lifecycle or how long each phase will last. This is dependent on many factors within the market and how they are dealt with. Many companies have adopted strategies to combat a shortened product life by releasing improved versions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;b&gt;Price&lt;/b&gt;<br />
Marketing Mix:PriceWhen entering the Market for the first time, pricing is something that can either &#8216;make you or break you&#8217;. Small businesses tend to think that they need to offer really cheap prices to stand a chance of survival. Thats not the case. It all depends on what you do, what you can do and what you are willing to do. We all know about demand and supply, an abundent supply forces prices to drop because demand decreases. We see it in the UK today, many companies offer the same service in the same area but still seem to make it. How? Its called Value Added Services. Taking a standard product that is available on the Market and adding something that is unique and beneficial to consumers ensures that your product has a chance. It also allows you more flexibility on Pricing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;u&gt;Economic&lt;/u&gt;<br />
Price is kept as low as possible. A strategy most associated with Supermarkets who tend to make a very low margin on goods like tin food.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;u&gt;Skim&lt;/u&gt;<br />
This strategy is adopted by companies that have a unique product or competitive advantage and can therefore charge a high price. The strategy does not last for too long because a high price tends to open the door to competitors. This eventually results in increased supply which inevitably lowers the market price.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;u&gt;Penetrate&lt;/u&gt;<br />
This involves setting the price as low as possible in order to gain a substantial share in the market. Once this has been achieved price can be increased. A strategy prominent amoungst Telecoms companies in the UK.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;u&gt;Premium&lt;/u&gt;<br />
Similar to Skim pricing, this strategy is popular amoung companies that offer a unique product or service. The difference between the two is that Premium pricing is usually associated with a product that satisfies a niche market.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;u&gt;Bundle Pricing&lt;/u&gt;<br />
A popular strategy where products are combined to form one package.</p>
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&lt;u&gt;Value Pricing&lt;/u&gt;<br />
Where factors in the market force companies to lower prices to retain sales.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;u&gt;Psychological Pricing&lt;/u&gt;<br />
Uses emotive perception rather than rational to persuade the consumer&#8230;£1.99 instead of £2.00.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;b&gt;Position&lt;/b&gt;<br />
Many small businesses associate position with location only. It is much more than where your business is physically situated or where your distribution areas encompass. It is about creating a unique identity for your business, a Brand which will act as a platform from which to launch your products. In other words, position applies to your place in the Market. Does you company name reflect what you are about, will consumers be able to instantly recognise you?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&lt;b&gt;Promotion / Distribution&lt;/b&gt;<br />
Who are your customers. If you don&#8217;t know who they are and what they want, you will not be able to promote effectively. Target, target, target. Most of your information will come from Market Research and analyses. Things like Average age, yearly spend, customer groups, buying habits are all important facts that help make promotion effective and easy. Once you identify your perfect customer, you need to figure out the best way to reach them. Remember&#8230;Getting your Marketing message heard! Choosing a communication channel is of utmost importance. The wrong one being chosen will result in the wrong audience being reached.<br />
Check out our Advertising section for more information. Your Marketing plan will act as your mission statement, what you intend to do in order to reach your objective or Vision.</p>
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		<title>The Marketing Opportunity of Online Printing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online printing has make printing needs much easier than before. The efficiency, convenience and ease that are offered by online printing can present a lot of benefits to you. Customers love to help themselves. They can get what they want when they want them not when someone else is ready to serve them. This is&#160; <a href="http://www.nicolascourtois.net/the-marketing-opportunity-of-online-printing/" title="Read more The Marketing Opportunity of Online Printing">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Online printing has make printing needs much easier than before. The efficiency, convenience and ease that are offered by online printing can present a lot of benefits to you.<span id="more-48"></span></p>
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Customers love to help themselves. They can get what they want when they want them not when someone else is ready to serve them. This is where e-business can really make a difference, by extending your existing customer service systems over the Web. Web-based or online service allows your customers to find out what they need at the touch of a button, anytime of the day or night. Whether its actual transactions or account details, they will appreciate a better level of service, making it easier for them to do business with you. All within a secure web environment.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But as a customer you are probably wondering why it is better to opt for online printing than the traditional printing service. Well for one, online printing service allows you to produce and order documents with just a few clicks of the mouse. The web-based printing company will receive your order, print them and ship them right at the comfort of your home. The efficiency, convenience and ease that are offered by online printing can present a lot of benefits to you. When you are looking for the lowest price for your print job, all you have to do is do some comparison shopping until you see the lowest bid. You need not write bid letters to find the vendor that best cater to your printing needs.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Say for example you have a poster that needs to be printed as soon as possible and in huge quantity. After surfing through the net you find this site that offered you an incredibly low price. Great! Not only will you save money but you will also be able to track the progress of your print job without the hassle of missing phone calls from the sales person. And you also have the advantage of having several choices in layout, ink, paper and typefaces when you are having trouble with your design.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But as they say there are always two sides in a coin, if there is a yin there’s always a yang. So even if online printing has its benefits, of course it has its downsides. First off, going online for your printing needs necessitates you to do it ahead if time. If you need your poster printed by next month you have to start that online search as early as today. Remember that delivery and printing may take a few days so do it ahead of time. Additionally, there is lack of personal interaction with the vendor and lack of control over the job when you go for online printing. The Internet is your only way to track the progress of your print job. So you need to have lots and lots of faith to your printer. When you are able to trust your printer, you will have less worry of not getting your print job the way you want them to be.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Nevertheless, modern technology has brought a lot of options when it comes to print jobs. Online printing has offered customers and printers alike a brand new way of doing business. That is why; sometimes the best service is no service.</p>
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		<title>The JV Cassanova</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joint ventures are the key to financial happiness on the internet, and I do believe that they are related to dating &#8211; they follow the same structure. Now most people date a few people and then settle down with one person, or into bachelorhood where they &#8220;have to do everything all by themselves&#8221;; most people&#160; <a href="http://www.nicolascourtois.net/the-jv-cassanova/" title="Read more The JV Cassanova">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Joint ventures are the key to financial happiness on the internet, and I do believe that they are related to dating &#8211; they follow the same structure.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Now most people date a few people and then settle down with one person, or into bachelorhood where they &#8220;have to do everything all by themselves&#8221;; most people find the dating process extremely difficult and nerve racking.<span id="more-46"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Which is why they&#8217;d rather sit at home, even if they really want to &#8220;meet someone special&#8221;.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Now &#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Joint ventures are the key to financial happiness on the internet, and I do believe that they are related to dating &#8211; they follow the same structure.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Now most people date a few people and then settle down with one person, or into bachelorhood where they &#8220;have to do everything all by themselves&#8221;; most people find the dating process extremely difficult and nerve racking.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Which is why they&#8217;d rather sit at home, even if they really want to &#8220;meet someone special&#8221;.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Now internet joint ventures are a lot like that.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And the success rate either way, be that in the one time happy hit Casanova stakes or to find long term happiness in mutual relationships, depends on whether the 1st principle of Speed Seduction is known, and observed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Speed seduction, and especially for beginners and before they become so good at seduction that ANYONE AT ALL becomes an easy mark, relies on making MANY approaches RAPIDLY.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So as opposed to sitting around in a bar and WAITING all night for the right moment or an opportunity to go after a single target, a beginner speed seducer will simply blanket bomb &#8211; try one, get a response, try the next.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">That way the stakes are significantly shifted in the favour of the young speed seducer; with three approaches the chances of ANY FORM of success are significantly lower than with 30, or 300.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Now in seduction, you don&#8217;t go up to some person and just blurt out, &#8220;Do you wanna sleep with me &#8230;?&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But even if you did, and did it 300 times on the trot with 300 different people, you WOULD ACTUALLY get many different responses and SOME responses that would OPEN THE DOOR TO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And here&#8217;s where the process of learning how to become a REAL LIF Cassanova starts, this is the ground point zero of seduction skills.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">With that many approaches, you can&#8217;t help but start to LEARN SOMETHING &#8211; what works and what doesn&#8217;t, what is culturally unacceptable and leads to you being beaten, what OPENS DOORS even a tiny little bit.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Another thing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Imagine you&#8217;ve spent a WHOLE NIGHT courting just one individual &#8211; only to find that they are actually not what you had hoped for, or not really your cup of tea.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">What happens in relationships of the romantic kind is that when a SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT of time and attention has been paid, people have the unfortunate habit of not cutting their losses QUICKLY and continuing on in the hope that it&#8217;ll sort itself out or magically get better somehow.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And so a pointless, doomed relationship that will never get anywhere just DRAGS ON.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Joint ventures between marketing sharks on the internet may SOUND all scientific and bottom line, but actually, they&#8217;re not.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">They happen when there&#8217;s a CLICK between the potential partners involved; when there&#8217;s recognition, common ground, the mysterious &#8220;something&#8221; that makes people WANT to interact.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And when you&#8217;re proposing a joint venture to anyone, that&#8217;s what needs to happen just as surely as it needs to happen as you step up to a prospective date with a smile on your face.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So here&#8217;s the trick and the lesson.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Go to the meeting places where your prospective dates are likely to gather &#8211; marketing groups, for example; or just pick them up from what you can see around and who&#8217;s successful and who you want to work with.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Don&#8217;t &#8220;set your heart on THE one&#8221;, because we really don&#8217;t want to get into wrongfully translating our meaningful marriage vows to our business behaviours.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Think as a junior JV Cassanova would, and behave accordingly &#8211; get up, introduce yourself, see what response you get, and then MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Don&#8217;t make one overcautious, over-thought-out, mirror-rehearsed, trembling proposal in a whole long month &#8211; make 50! 500! Easy, quick, light, friendly enquiries, that&#8217;s all that is required.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Try it on EVERYONE!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The world is FULL of people to JV with <img src='http://www.nicolascourtois.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  and the bigger the sample you go for, the greater the opportunities become.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Also, and every real Cassanova knows this, there are other pay offs.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So what if you don&#8217;t get to have an orgy immediately?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A nice smile, a dinner invitation, a contact made that can be expanded on later is FINE.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">That translates to a link exchange or just a pleasant awareness that the other even exists and upon which you can build later on if you want to.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The more you do this, the more you learn.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The more you learn, the more you understand what you have to present, what you have to say or do to &#8220;get the foot in the door&#8221; and make a contact.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The more approaches you make, the higher your chances of finding &#8220;perfect fit&#8221; JV partners EVERYWHERE.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Just as the scared wannabe lover stands trembling in a world of their own, and right next to them the experienced Cassanova is standing in a world that is OVERFLOWING with possibilites, so it is for JVs on the net.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Get started.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Just ask &#8211; lots.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Don&#8217;t be afraid of rejection &#8211; the world is FULL of people.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Simply say, &#8220;NEXT!&#8221; and build your experience.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And that&#8217;s the way to really become a true JV Cassanova in due course.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Cheers!<br />
Silvia Hartmann</p>
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		<title>The Language of Color</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colors do not only exude character or attitude. It can also represent moods, holidays and enliven language.Colors do not only exude character or attitude. It can also represent moods, holidays and enliven language. Here are some of the widely used colors and their language: 1. Red. Red means passion, love, battle and celebration. &#8216;To see&#160; <a href="http://www.nicolascourtois.net/the-language-of-color/" title="Read more The Language of Color">Read more &#187;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Colors do not only exude character or attitude. It can also represent moods, holidays and enliven language.Colors do not only exude character or attitude. It can also represent moods, holidays and enliven language.<span id="more-44"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Here are some of the widely used colors and their language:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">1. Red. Red means passion, love, battle and celebration. &#8216;To see red&#8217; means to be angry. In connection to business parlance, &#8216;to see red&#8217; means losing money.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">2. Blue. Blue connotes loyalty and faithfulness. This is the reason why most brides carry with them something blue on their wedding day. This color also means of noble descent. A color used by the &#8216;blue-blooded&#8217; individuals like aristocrats and persons of equivalent echelons. The color blue is also used in some phrases like &#8216;out of the blue&#8217; or from an unknown source or unexpected time and &#8216;into the blue&#8217; or into the unknown.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">3. Purple. This is a royal color. A lot of royalties use purple robes as an emblem of authority and rank. In addition, even Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen loved the color purple. In order to acquire the same she orders her servants to soak 20,000 Purpura snails for ten days. Purple is also good to enhance imagination. In fact, artist like Leonardo da Vinci believes that this color heighten imagination ten times. Same thing with Richard Wagner. For him purple serves as an inspirational color. In speech and writing, we have the phrase &#8216;purple speech&#8217; which means profane talk and &#8216;purple prose&#8217; which is a writing of exaggerations and ornamentations.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">4. Green. Green symbolizes jealousy, victory, nature and youth. It is also considered as a healing color. We have phases like &#8216;a person with green thumb&#8217;, &#8216;green with envy&#8217; and &#8216;green-eyed monster&#8217;. The first phrase means that a person is good in growing plants. The second means full of jealousy or envy and the last means jealousy.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">5. Yellow. Yellow means deceit, warning and danger. It may also mean brightness and jolliness. In communication, if someone calls you &#8216;yellow streak&#8217;, he means you are a coward.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">6. White. It means peace, purity, truce, innocence, devotion and enthusiasm. When we say &#8216;white heat&#8217;, it means intense passion or anger.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">7. Black. Black means elegance, sophistication, darkness, secrecy and evil. In business, &#8216;in the black&#8217; means it is making money. Other phrases using this color are &#8216;black sheep&#8217; and &#8216;black humor&#8217;. The first means an outcast and the last means unhealthy or gloomy humor. In history, &#8216;Blackshirts&#8217; is the name for the security troops of Hitler. They are also known as S.S.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Everyone must know the meaning as well as the significance of colors. This is to avoid misrepresentation especially in the field of marketing. Printers and web designers as well must also be acquainted with this to give the right impression in their web designs as well as color printing services.</p>
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