Category Archives: Marketing

Retain Your Customers

Tips for retaining lasting customer loyalty June 28, 2010 | Edited by Ken Beaulieu Permalink: http://www.stepbystepmarketing.com/?p=6774 Customer loyalty can be a huge boon to your business success. But building strong customer loyalty takes time and a very consistent effort on your part. If you aren’t ready for a customer loyalty program and the commitment that it [...]

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Recommended read: Buyology- Truth & Lies About Why We Buy

OK, so I’ve come to a realization. My mental state is not super sunny today. Can’t even focus on the treadmill, so went and punch+kick the lights out of the sandbag in the gym. Not in the mood to work on any plans, any strats, any…anything. Thank God it’s a Saturday, and it’s the perfect excuse to [...]

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Business doesn't have to be boring :)

Personalization- It’s always more fun when it’s about you!

Reason why I love personalization- It’s all about you! Not bordering on selfish reasons like the world revolves around you & only you, no no no. But making your space…yours. Making communication relate-able…to you. And hence when companies starts to take notice & the effort to know You- as an individual, not a number; that’s [...]

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Tips for Email Success

How to make your emails hit home with customers June 9, 2010 | Edited by Ken Beaulieu Permalink: http://www.stepbystepmarketing.com/?p=6578 Email is a proven and effective direct marketing tactic that can link you directly to your target consumers. But this medium is not without its share of difficulties. Over-zealous spam filters block even the most legitimate opt-in [...]

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‘Customer-centric’ does not mean paint bull’s-eyes on their foreheads

by timwtyler. Permalink: http://ow.ly/1SN1s We seem to read a lot of Forrester. I guess they have a focus on the sort of direct marketing / social media mash-up our customers are struggling to implement. Anyway, the latest paper was a little closer to our roots; “Defining an Enterprisewide Customer Contact Strategy” from October 22 last year [...]

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4 tactics to build customer loyalty for a brand

May 13, 2010 | Edited by Ken Beaulieu Permalink: http://www.fuelnet.com/?p=6202 A new survey by Forbes Insights of more than 300 woman-owned small businesses, sponsored by Key4Women, found that less than 40 percent of respondents were using any kind of social media outreach as a customer retention and acquisition tool — a big surprise in the age of [...]

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Don’t Fear the Big Boys

May 21, 2010 | Edited by Ken Beaulieu Permalink: http://www.fuelnet.com/?p=6227 It may seem that big-box chains have a distinct competitive advantage over small businesses along Main Street, but the reality is that it’s often difficult for the giants to get up close and personal with customers and become intimately involved with causes that are near and [...]

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Halve your Budget; Double your Revenue

That’s how Joseph Jaffe introduced his new book, “Flip the Funnel”. The 80-20 Rule (a.k.a. Pareto principle) is far from new. The rule can be simply explained as “20% of your customers generate 80% of revenue” but it has somehow evolved into the new buzz term in marketing is called “Flip the Funnel”. There’s this [...]

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The Power Of Saying Thanks!

Secrets to get customers or clients to show you the love December 16, 2009 | Edited by Ken Beaulieu Permalink: http://www.fuelnet.com/?p=5559 Are you saying “thank you” to customers or clients? If you aren’t, you’ve got good company, though it might not be the company you want to be in, says Randi Busse, a customer retention management [...]

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4 tips for more successful networking

September 25, 2009 | Edited by Ken Beaulieu Permalink: http://www.fuelnet.com/?p=4942 Networking is a cornerstone of sales lead generation and, by extension, running a successful business. Unfortunately, many companies fail to make the most of their networking efforts, says Steve Fretzin, founder and president of Sales Results Inc. He offers these four tips for successful networking: Decide where [...]

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