As a small business owner - you know you have to spend money to make money. One of the place you must spend money is advertising your business. Accord to the SBA (Small Business Association) small business owners should be spending 5% of GROSS SALES for advertising. Of course, there are some industries which need to spend more - and a select few who can succeed even though … [Read more...] about Are you spending too much on advertising?
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Small Business Advertising Success Secret #4
Small Business Advertising Success Secret #4: Make it easy to connect We've covered a lot of ground about creating successful small business advertising campaigns in the past few weeks. In Small Business Advertising Success Secret #1 we began with the importance of discovering why your target audience is buying your products and services. A great way to discover the WHY … [Read more...] about Small Business Advertising Success Secret #4
Testing your marketing message
The key to small business marketing success is testing your message. If you're not doing it, then how can you know if your efforts are working? Small Business Advertising Success Secret: TEST - TEST - TEST! Testing your marketing message is critically important for small business marketing success. If you're not testing your marketing message, you can't make it better. If … [Read more...] about Testing your marketing message
Advertising builds trust
I've seen first hand how advertising builds trust. This is especially true for local businesses who advertise in local media. Small Business Advertising Success Secret: Be Trustworthy Advertising in local media helps to build trust in the eyes of consumers.. I'm not sure why this is. Maybe it's issue of trust being transferred from the local media to the local business. … [Read more...] about Advertising builds trust
Small Business Advertising Success Secret
One of the secrets to small business advertising success is consistency. Be relentlessly consistent. Many small business owners get "tired" of pounding home the same marketing message. Unfortunately, small business owners are the ones who cannot AFFORD to stray from their "core" message. Small Business Advertising Success Secret #1: Be Consistent For example - for … [Read more...] about Small Business Advertising Success Secret