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...r sales efforts and to service the book of business. In other words, each prod...more profit than producers with large books of small accounts. And some classe...
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... , get everybody involved. Many of the opportunities that you encounter will come from the least likely source; so it pays to have everyone keeping a watchful eye. Finally, when you do identify an opportunity, maximize it! This article is excerpted from Jack Burke's Creating Customer Connections: How To Make Customer Service A Profit Center For Your Company . Originally published by Merritt Publishing in 1997, this book remains in print at Silver Lake Publishing. Click the book title for ordering information. Jack Burke is the president of Sound Marketing, Inc., host/producer of Audio Insurance Outlook , editor of the ProgramBusiness.com newsletter, and author of both Relationship Aspect Marketing and Creating Customer Connections . For more information, please call (800) 451-8273, e-mail [email protected] , or visit www.soundmarketing.com ... The creative spark is the cornerstone of business. Creative means characterized by originality; imaginative. However most marketing and advertising today would be better placed under the category of mundane: typical of, or concerned with, the ordinary. Today's marketing creativity' seems to have evolved into new twists on old techniques. The creative brains toil at new, or better, ways to restate an old message. A catchier print ad, a better letter, a more memorable commercial — the script might change, but it's the same play. Even with such new media as Internet advertising, originality and imagination seem to be sequestered in a closet. Enhancing the holiday spirit was the goal of the Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce's Christmas Decoration Contest, which included businesses, as well as homes. James W. Dunn of ...
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Did the books of business, procedures, and automat... percentage desired from the agency’s book of business. I’d recommend up to 2...
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... a substitute, for other marketing initiatives. A well-planned, cohesive approach will strengthen your brand and help create a continuing stream of customers. John R. Graham is president of Graham Communications, a marketing services and sales consulting firm founded in 1976. Mr. Graham is the author of The New Magnet Marketing (Chandler House Press, October 1998), the revised and updated version of his original book,Magnet Marketing, and 203 Ways To Be Supremely Successful In The New World Of Selling (Macmillan Spectrum, 1996) . Mr. Graham writes for a variety of publications and speaks on business, marketing and sales topics for company and association meetings. He can be contacted at 40 Oval Road, Quincy, MA 02170, (617)328-0069, (617)328-0069, fax ( ... Of E-Marketing 4/30/2013 by CompleteMarkets Editor , John Graham This content has not been rated yet. Follow these guidelines to develop a comprehensive, effective e-marketing program. With spam at epidemic levels and phishing and virus attacks threatening the industry, e-marketers face the challenge of getting their messages through to the right audience, while following e-mail marketing best practices. Although many of the principles that govern print and broadcast media apply to e-mail, e-marketing has its unique set of opportunities and pitfalls. Here is a list of do's and don'ts to consider: IDENTIFY YOURSELF Do use an e-mail address that your audience readily recognizes. Sender recognition is essential to successful e-mail marketing. According to a study by DoubleClick Inc, the "from" line is the most compelling reason to open permission-based e-mail. To ...