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Marketing Messages That Work – From Robert Middleton

July 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Action Plan Marketing, Marketing

From time to time I’ll feature articles from experts in the services marketing industry.  I’ve featured articles from Robert Middleton in the past and I’ve found another one from his blog archives that I’ve found to be very helpful.
I’ve been working through Middleton’s InfoGuru Manual this past week and he’s got one section about creating [...]

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Word of Mouth and Dave Barnes

June 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Marketing

I play guitar and try and write songs, but I’ll never be good enough to make a living from it.  But I respect guys who do play and sing well enough to make a living out of it.
Tonight I downloaded an EP called You, the Night and Candlelight from a guy called Dave Barnes.
I’ve heard [...]

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How an Electrician Builds Trust and Value

June 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Marketing

In this blog I write for people who sell professional services – people who sell knowledge or expertise.  I frequently talk about how this can be somewhat intangible to the client and how we need to find ways to make the product more real.  Ways this can be done include building trust with the clients and [...]

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Information, Knowledge and Expertise

June 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing, Value

I was reminded today about how much the internet has changed our lives.
Information
You want to find information, it’s all there.  More information is available for free today than ever before in history.  Whatever you’re interested in, you can Google any questions you have and you’ll be able to access a whole range of information that [...]

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How do they know?

May 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing

This blog is aimed at people in the professional services industry.  Typically these people sell information or knowledge and the product can be somewhat intangible to the client.
One of the big challenges in selling professional services relates to how you let your clients know about the range of products and services you provide.  I’ll give [...]

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