You know this game: Biz owner states they have only a “few” left and either the number keeps increasing or they’ve sold more than they said they had and it just takes reading their emails to know.
You’ve all heard of big companies with “mail rooms,” right? A mail room is pretty much an inter-office post office. Big companies process mail on site because it’s cost effective, convenient, and allows a business to process more outgoing mail each day. Small businesses can have their own “mail room,” too, or at least their own mailing system: you can use a postage meter or online service to pay for postage, package shipments, or an other service offered by the USPS, including receipt of delivery and COD verification.
No matter what anyone tells you, there is no such thing as “free advertising”, and even cheap advertising usually isn’t. At the very least you have to count your own time costs to create your promotion. Plus you may need to hire a graphic designer, copywriter or even a marketing consultant to get the results you need. So don’t base your marketing and advertising decisions solely on initial cost. Instead you want to consider your goals, the true costs and the potential gains or ROI.
So you've got a website. Too bad it's costing you more business than it's earning you. Sorry to break it to you, but dude, your website sucks. Learn these 5 symptoms of bad websites and easy remedies. Steps to improving your website's design, content and performance so you can start winning more customers.
These days, the Internet has created tons more competition in any field than there was just 5 years ago. So you’ve got to have your marketing ducks in a row before you try to sell a thing. Otherwise someone out there is sure to be making a better impression than you. Thankfully, creating a top-notch impression with your marketing doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg.