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Branding Your Firm Through Compelling Experiential Marketing
Techniques for branding your firm take many forms, but one that’s gaining more attention among marketers is experiential marketing. This type of marketing focuses not just on your products and services, but on creating an experience that draws in your customers and engages them physically, intellectually or emotionally. Here are some ways you can use experiential…
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Upselling and Cross-Selling Techniques That Won’t Backfire
When your customer is ready to purchase, you can often increase the amount of that sale with upselling and cross-selling techniques. Upselling involves suggesting elements such as an increased quantity of a product, a longer service contract or a more comprehensive suite of services. Cross-selling involves suggesting other products or services, or other uses of existing products…
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To Craft a Unique Positioning, Do a Brand Audit to Establish a Benchmark
Maintaining your brand’s unique position in the marketplace requires a thorough understanding of what your brand stands for, what benefits it provides for customers, and what strengths and weaknesses define its identity. A brand audit is a comprehensive brand-focused SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis used to identify and define your brand’s unique characteristics. A…
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Tried and True Prospecting Program Techniques
When new techniques for customer acquisition emerge, it’s tempting to give them a try. Some may be useful, but if they don’t work for your company, you’ll end up wasting substantial amounts of time and effort for little return. The best way to ensure successful prospecting program results, devote a major portion of your prospecting…
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How Best to Boost Your Lead Generation Results with Social Media
Social media gives you multiple opportunities to reach customers and build brand awareness. At the same time, using social media to its best effect can also improve lead generation and bring in more potential customers for your business. Here are some productive ways that you can improve lead generation results with your social media participation.
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4 Ways Loan Officers Can Use Social Media to Network
In business, the strongest relationships are built on familiarity and trust. Loan officers who are known to their clients, perceived as being trustworthy, and demonstrate a level of genuine authority and professional knowledge are likely to be the most successful. Here are four ways loan officers can use social media to keep in touch with clients, referral sources, and…
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4 Social Media Tips for Building Lasting Client Relationships
In the real estate industry, it’s essential to build lasting client relationships. After all, you’re not just selling property; you’re also selling yourself. Your clients need to feel comfortable with you before they trust you with the life-changing process of buying a new home. Fortunately, with the right social media strategy, building lasting relationships is easy. Use…
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Defining Your Target Audience When Developing a Marketing Strategy
You no doubt understand your products and services extremely well, but do you know who you’re selling them to? All products and services will have a target market, a group of clients and potential clients who will be most interested in your products and receive the most benefit from what your business has to offer. If…
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A 5-Pronged Approach for Using Strategic Email Marketing for Quality Lead Generation
As a technique for lead generation, email marketing is fast and effective. By using the following five steps to develop your strategic email marketing program, you’ll be able to get your message in front of the customers who are most likely to respond to your value proposition.
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6 Elements of Online Content That Makes It Shareable and Grows Your Audience
Content marketing is a powerful tool made even more effective through shareable online content. The effects of your content marketing efforts will be multiplied many times if your current customers share your content with friends, family and colleagues who may not know about you. Here are six elements for creating appealing, shareable online content.
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Building Brand Loyalty Involves a Personalized Approach to Client Contact
Maintaining a steady stream of new customers is important to your business, but in the rush to find new clients, don’t overlook the customers you already have. Here are some effective ways to make a personal contact with your existing customers and build brand loyalty that keeps them coming back.
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7 Qualities of a Memorable Client Follow-Up Program
Successful companies realize their engagement with customers doesn’t end after a purchase of products or services. A client follow-up program offers you the chance to deepen your relationship with customers while also increasing the chance that they’ll return to you again.