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TODAY'S FEATUREMarketing on a Meager BudgetTry writing your own press releases or sending birthday cards
It's a dilemma that most small businesses and startups face: You must market and advertise, but you're strapped for cash. Fortunately, ideas, energy and imagination can make up for meager marketing budgets. Whether you're an established company or a nascent business, the marketing formula is the same. You'll need to start with:The right messageTo the right ...
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SALES LEADSDeveloping Great Leads and ProspectsCold calling isn't always necessary. Try warm leads instead. 
Using a List for Lead GenerationBest tactics for selling off prequalified sales leads from a sales leads list FEATURED COMPANIESDevelop Quality Sales Leads
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PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS
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EMAIL LISTS
Finding Email Marketing ListsYour email marketing efforts are only as good as the names on your list Supplies for Email ListsSimplify marketing to your email lists with specialized supplies FEATURED COMPANIESB2B Email Lists: D&B ® Professional Contacts
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Targeted, Custom Email Lists That Give You The Opportunity To Reach The Qualified Decision Makers In Your Target Markets With Guaranteed Accuracy. www.ProspectDB.com Sales and Marketing News and Views
09/24/2009
A New Way to Assess Sales HiresManagers often incorrectly base their sales hiring decisions on characteristics like looks or industry knowledge. While these can admittedly contribute to a salesperson's success, they don't adequately measure if an employee can actually sell. In fact, not even a traditional sales personality test does that. DanJoy helps remove some of the guesswork from sales hiring with its Joy Tests of Total Sales Ability. The company offers a free trial, which gives you access to 10 free sales assessment tests. --Brian Luskey, Associate Editor
08/03/2009
Going GlobalMany small businesses are hesitant to deal globally because of language barriers, currency conversions, customs and shipping concerns, or fear of fraud. There's now a solution that takes care of those obstacles for small business: International Checkout. This e-commerce company makes it easy for online retailers to sell goods worldwide. You can integrate your own website with theirs in just one day and begin boosting revenues by adding oversees customers. International Checkout guarantees payment in U.S. dollars, assumes all fraud risk, and provides worldwide shipping, fulfillment, and customer service services. Best of all, there are no fees to you, the merchant! --Brian Luskey, Associate Editor
07/16/2009
Ensure Quality Clicks for Your Pay-Per-Click DollarsAfter years of developing click quality standards, the Media Rating Council, an online ad industry group, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau, a publisher-focused organization, have awarded the first-ever click quality certifications to four leading Web sites, including Business.com, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! Now, you can finally ensure that the clicks you pay for are generated by honest leads who are genuinely interested in the product or service you're advertising. In order to receive accreditation, sites are rigorously tested against strict industry standards. When deciding where to spend their pay-per-click dollars, online advertisers can now gauge their options objectively. --Brian Luskey, Associate Editor
06/23/2009
Free Online Sales and Customer Relationship Management SoftwareFree CRM is a web-based software solution for sales force automation and customer relationship management. Made by San Francisco-based CRM ASP, Inc., the software is a great tool for small business contact and lead tracking, sales and contact management, sales forecasting, customer service and business management. With over 103,000 customers, CRM ASP is one of the leading on-demand CRM providers. The free version is self-service, allows unlimited users and provides up to 10 MB of storage. If your customer base is not particularly large, it can be a quick and easy way to automate your sales, do a better job of tracking leads and even manage e-mail and call campaigns. You can also pay for the ?Professional Edition,? which offers live support, unlimited storage and enhanced features. --Brian Luskey, Associate Editor |
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