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El Marketing, Das Marketing, Le Marketing
While reviewing site stats, I noticed 18 foreign countries as domain origins. This prompts my curiosity. Should I hone my marketing efforts to serve these visitors effectively in their native tongue? My college age daughter studies French,...
Offline Network Marketing Recruiting; Vital For An Online Business.
I have become involved with many network marketing companies the last year. All are based on the internet and this is the big difference than when I last had a go at it about 10 years ago. Back then it was all phone calls, letters, group...
Search Engine Marketing: Are You Accidentally Hiding From Potential Customers?
You may be hiding if the search engines can’t ‘see’ all of your site’s relevant content.
You’ve invested a great deal of time and effort carefully crafting compelling, helpful website content for prospective customers. It’s well written and...
The Process of Change in Marketing Approaches
In a world economy that is in constant flux and undergoing turbulence, more companies are realizing that their most precious asset is their customer base. An even more important realization is the need to satisfy the whims and fancies of these...
Why Your Marketing Efforts Aren't Working
A good friend of mine back in college wanted to learn how to play ping-pong. Every night after dinner he would play with the dorm Champ. Needless to say, it was a hopeless mis- match. I would stop by sometimes and watch him get pounded over and...
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Ten Tall Tales of Traditional Marketing #4
"Ten Tall Tales of Traditional Marketing That Cost You Tons" Tall Tale #4 “You need to be cheaper than your competition”
Hooey! Horse Pucky! This has to be the most asinine statement to ever come out of anyone’s mouth. If you believe this nonsense then please just start writing us checks for a hefty part of your profits, because that’s what you are essentially doing. Do you have a “George Costanza” wallet that’s obscenely thick because it’s stuffed with fifties? Do you use hundred dollar bills as fire fodder! Are you in the business of giving people ridiculous deals because you have more money than you know what to do with? If the answer to these questions is yes then stop reading. This doesn’t apply to you. Ahhh…still here? Figured that much - keep reading!
Let’s debunk this Tall Tale in stages. Why can’t this be true? If this were a true statement it would mean that people make buying decisions based on price. BUZZZZ, wrong answer. Never has any living human being ever made a buying decision based on price alone. So, it’s a combination of things right? Like price and advertising? You have the lowest price and you’ve gotten it out in front on as many people as possible, right? I think you can guess where this is going? BUZZZZZZ, wrong again!
People don’t buy because of price and they don’t buy because of advertising. They buy because they are emotionally attached to the product. This statement is so significant that it bears repeating. People make buying decision solely based on EMOTION! Yell that from the highest mountain top. Emotion in the sales process comes in many forms: emotionally committed to the product, emotionally committed to the benefits the product will deliver, emotionally committed to the sales person, the brand, the store. There are lots of different avenues, but they all are emotionally driven. Not reason, not logic, not price, not advertising, not size, shape, color or smell. All of these things can contribute to the sales process, but they do not end with a buying decision. There is an easier way to elicit an
emotional attachment.
Finding a strong enough emotionally attachment to your product will make customers buy at any price, regardless of the competition. You also can make them emotionally committed to you. Impossible, you say? No not really. You know the old saying “The right tool for the job” or “He’s the best person for the job?” These are clichés for a reason. They are rooted in truth. If someone feels without a shadow of a doubt that you have the right “tool” or that you are the right “man for the job” they will become emotionally committed to you and they will pay your price. Everyone will pay a little more for the resident expert. Did you hear that? I said, pay a little more. Not – pay a little less than your competitor charges. I said pay more than your competitor. You need to be the expert. You need to establish yourself as an expert in your field…the end all, be all, of your market segment…“The Go To Guy.” Then they will pay a premium just to have YOU!
The “Gravitational Marketing” System utilizes expert positioning as a tool to increase awareness, emotional involvement and profits. You can learn more about establishing yourself as an expert and creating an expert perception in your market place in our “Gravitational Marketing Road Map.” Niffty, ain’t it?
It’s plagued you for years. The age old tale is finally set straight. Size matters - Bigger is better. You don’t want to miss this one! It all happens in tomorrow’s installment.
Get the full ebook "Ten Tall Tales Of Traditional Marketing That Cost You Tons" and others at our website: http://www.scend.net/small_resources.htm
About the Author
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Jimmy Vee & Travis Miller are the partners of scend, a nontraditional advertising agency and authors of the revolutionary “Gravitational Marketing System” which helps businesses harness the power of word-of-mouth advertising. They believe that if you are remarkable, you can be famous, people will know your name, and the world will beat a path to your door. For questions, comments, or to shoot the bull, email them directly: mailto:talk@scend.net
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KnowThis: For Marketing, Market Research, Internet Marketing ... |
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Pay per click advertising - online advertising directly on sites of your choice, internet marketing solution for online advertisers. |
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Online Behavioral Contextual Advertising and Marketing. |
Promote your business with today's most effective online advertising technology, contextual advertising at a cost effective metric of CPC, PPC, CPM or CPV. |
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Employment site for marketing and sales professionals. |
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The Chartered Institute of Marketing |
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Marketing: See what people are saying right now on Technorati |
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Marketing Profs - Marketing Concepts and Strategies: Expert ... |
Marketing knowhow from professionals. Newsletter, articles and how-to's. |
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Guerrilla Marketing Online - The Official Site |
Guerrilla Marketing Online is anonline magazine for small business, entrepreneurs, sales people and marketers of all kinds. |
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Business Marketing - Small Business Marketing |
Business marketing - Read everything your need to know about small business marketing. |
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All About Marketing |
Adapted from Field Guide to Nonprofit Program Design, Marketing and Evaluation ... Inbound Marketing Includes Market Research to Find Out: ... |
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Pages tagged with "marketing" on del.icio.us |
USA Network Announces a NASHVILLE STAR Marketing Partnership With ... - Yahoo! ... Direct Marketing Association: Telephone, Mail & Internet Marketing ... |
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ClickZ Internet Marketing Solutions for Marketers |
Includes columns with commentary and analysis on a wide variety of internet marketing subjects ranging from B2B marketing to search engine marketing. |
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Direct Marketing Association: Telephone, Mail & Internet Marketing |
Trade association for users and suppliers in the direct, database and interactive marketing fields, offering seminars and resources, and lobbying for ... |
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