Effective Targeting

Marketing

How to Better Strategize Your Marketing

Tips on creating an effective roadmap for this pivotal task, and how to save time in the bargain.

Growing a Business

Know Your Audience – Tips for Tailored Communications

The pitch might be perfect for one audience but decidedly imperfect for another.

Marketing

How Targeted Marketing Can Improve Your Brand's Efficiency

Marketing is all about knowing your audience -- who you can sell to and, just as importantly who you can't.

Starting a Business

5 Quirky Businesses That Found the Perfect Niche

Afraid that not enough mourners will show up at your funeral? There's an entrepreneur for that..

Marketing

Leveraging Location: Tips for Effective Geotargeting

Email marketers have more options than ever to drive in-store traffic and boost online sales.

Marketing

'Fun For The Whole Family' Does Not Exist in Marketing

Focus and pick one or two attributes where your brand can really excel. Don't try to be "all of the above."

Marketing

Stop Pitching to Losers! The 5 Power Disqualifiers.

To sell anything, first you must eliminate from your market all those who can't, won't or don't need to buy. Once they're gone, real selling begins.

Business News

All About Buyer Personas: What They Are, Why You Need Them and How to Make Them Effective

Industry leaders encourage constructing buyer personas. Here's what you need to know about them.

Marketing

Di-Mystifying Effective Branding For Startups

What words define your business best.

Growing a Business

Why You Should Be Looking Locally for Customers

Small businesses can -- and should -- target consumers closest to home. Here's how.

Growing a Business

What Surviving Life-or-Death Situations Has Taught Me About Business

A mortal threat either clarifies the mind or you perish. The rough and tumble of business is similar.

Growing a Business

The Top 5 Errors Made by Money-Losing Ecommerce Sites

Success is never guaranteed in online marketing but avoiding these common errors makes it much likelier.

Marketing

How 2014 Will Be The Year To Monetize Big Data

Big data will soon go from a technology investment to a marketing one. Use it as a tool to boost revenue.