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Don't Kill the Golden Goose
By Markus Allen
It's a well known fact that dead geese cannot
lay golden eggs!
And yet when businesses feel the slightest
pinch in their profits, the first thing they usually cut is
their marketing ... in effect, killing the goose!
I suspect this happens because the majority
of businesses can't make the connection between marketing
dollars out and customer dollars in. In other words, this
is done mostly by businesses that are "advertising"
or "brand building" instead of direct-response or
performance-based marketing.
Here are two steps to immediately remedy
this situation:
1. Don't do any marketing where results
cannot be measured!
2. Once you have your performance-based
campaign in place, create a budget. Employ either a straight
dollar amount or a percentage of the gross that you will
always allocate to your marketing efforts.
Keep your goose alive and kicking and your
business won't turn into a rotten egg!
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Markus Allen is a marketing expert out of
Philadelphia.
Source: Markus Allen's $10,000 Marketing
Tip of the Day.
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