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  • Teaching as a Marketing Tool

    The saying goes if you want to really learn something, teach it.

    I think this really applies to small business. If you want to really get good at any aspect of your small business, your small business marketing, think in terms of teaching it to others.

    The most obvious way to do this is to volunteer to conduct a workshop involving a skill or body of knowledge. Putting yourself in this situation will force you to get very clear about how you do it, allow you to experiment with ways to communicate it, and act as a bit of lab for new ideas and approaches.

    From there you can take it on the road.

    You should teach internally as well. Do you know why nobody else at your shop gets it? – because you keep it to yourself. At least once or twice a month you should have an internal seminar and teach everyone in the firm something about what you do, or how you sell.

    And when you’ve done that – teach your clients, vendors, and associates how to teach. You do that and selling your ideas will get really easy.

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    Posted by: John Jantsch on Apr 05, 07 | 9:09 pm
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    • Ken Burgin
      Good point John - and you can go one step further and teach others how to teach...

      I get a very good response to the Training Resource site I added to my main website - http://www.profitablehospitality.com/public/dep...

      Keep up the good work -

      Ken Burgin
      Sydney
    • You are absolutely right. We have a team of business trainers who teach each other every week. This prepares them to teach our business clients more effectively. I have been absolutely amazed at how quickly their skills and knowledge improve through the process of teaching--and that ends up effecting our client base. Great post.

      Jeff
    • <pingback>... Posted in advertising, education John over at Duct Tape Marketing has a great article where he discusses how teaching or educating can be used as a great marketing tool. I think he is right on when he ...</pingback>
    • listr
      along with all this.. there is a nice little index page i use as a bookmark to quickly read thru every morn. http://www.netreputation.co.uk/pr
      the page lists everything PR and saves me an hour everyday
    • John,
      I have found teaching others to be a valid means of solidifying my own skills and knowledge, not to mention strengthening my speaking abilites!

      On many occasions, I'll schedule "lunch & learns" with customers and prospects to train them, reinforce relationships and meet new contacts. Everybody wins!

      Best regards,
      Dan
    • <pingback>...9th, 2007 · No Comments Duct Tape Marketing has a great little post about using teaching as a marketing tool. (via BC) Tags: Marketing 0 responses so far ↓ There are no comments yet...Kick ...</pingback>
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