Browsing articles from "March, 2010"

The Conversation Marketing Trend

What is Conversation Marketing, and why is it important?

Conversation MarketingWhile the Internet has brought us a huge, new marketplace with boundless opportunities for success–it’s opened up a whole new world of problems, especially when it comes to marketing and sales.

Every day, we’re deluged with unwanted information about goods and services we’re not looking for.  Otherwise known as ”spam”, it comes in many forms: undifferentiated email blasts, facebook posts, tweets, etc. It overwhelms many potential customers, and if you’re not careful you could break a protocol that will make customers consciously decide not to do business with you. 

Content Marketing and Conversation Marketing  offers a solution.

Conversation Marketing is a Two-Step Process:

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12 Marketing Ideas to Grow Sales

Mar 18, 2010   //   by Les Proctor   //   Uncategorized  //  1 Comment

Looking for some marketing ideas to grow sales?

Marketing ideas to grow sales

So what's new?

You know the definition of insanity, right? “Doing the same old thing and expecting different results.” 

So why do so many companies keep doing the same old thing, and expect anything different? It’s insanity. 

If you’d like to break out of the same old routine, and produce some real results you need to try something new. 

Here are 12 great marketing ideas to grow sales you can try in the coming months to achieve better results. 

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Why Small Business Owners Love Infusionsoft CRM

Mar 6, 2010   //   by Les Proctor   //   CRM Tools, Small Business Marketing, Software & Apps  //  3 Comments

Why do I love Infusionsoft CRM? Let me count the ways…

Infusionsoft CRM

Direct Marketing 2.0

Infusionsoft CRM is simply the most powerful CRM/Marketing Automation tool for small business. There’s nothing better.

It’s like Salesforce.com + ExactTarget + 1ShoppingCart all-in-one.

And for two seats at $299/month, plus $59/month per additional seat, the price cannot be beat.  

Infusionsoft CRM offers you more

You will not find a better all-in-one CRM/Marketing Automation System.  It includes:  (1) CRM (2) Autoresponders (3) Web forms (4) Order forms (5) Sales force automation (6) Shopping cart (7) Affiliate marketing management, and (8) lots, lots more, and what’s best, you can get it all without spending tens of thousands of dollars, or cobbling together other systems that do parts of what Infusionsoft can do (like Salesforce.com + ExactTarget + 1ShoppingCart, which you’d probably spend 5 figures putting it all together anyway).

If you’re looking for a CRM or Marketing Automation System for your Small Business, but haven’t been able to decide which one is best for you, here are 5 good reasons to get off the fence:

5 Reasons to Get Off the Fence and Choose Infusionsoft CRM

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