Comments on: Too Busy to Be Marketing? http://themarketingcaddy.com/too-busy-to-be-marketing/ Small Business Marketing, Discover Your Hidden Marketing Assets Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:29:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: » I Blog, and Blog, and Blog! http://themarketingcaddy.com/too-busy-to-be-marketing/#comment-836 » I Blog, and Blog, and Blog! Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:59:28 +0000 http://themarketingcaddy.com/?p=299#comment-836 [...] Next is Business Notes from Roundpeg - This is actually a part of my primary business website, roundpeg.biz. The blog, provides marketing tips and ideas for small business owners, short videos and the occasional bit of self promotion. Much of the content from this site is simply links to great content I have found elsewhere. There are so many talented people writing on the net today about marketing I would be foolish not to tap into them occasionally: Seth Godin, Walt Goshert [...] [...] Next is Business Notes from Roundpeg - This is actually a part of my primary business website, roundpeg.biz. The blog, provides marketing tips and ideas for small business owners, short videos and the occasional bit of self promotion. Much of the content from this site is simply links to great content I have found elsewhere. There are so many talented people writing on the net today about marketing I would be foolish not to tap into them occasionally: Seth Godin, Walt Goshert [...]

]]> By: Tom Lindstrom http://themarketingcaddy.com/too-busy-to-be-marketing/#comment-833 Tom Lindstrom Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:08:33 +0000 http://themarketingcaddy.com/?p=299#comment-833 Hi Walt, excellent post.If you have a business, marketing should be #1 priority.It´s funny how people expect to mine gold online with no work involved :)Building a brand online truly is hard work, and that´s why so few people succeed at it I think.You don´t need to work 12 hour days, sometimes a few blog comments will do.Just do something everyday. Hi Walt, excellent post.If you have a business, marketing should be #1 priority.It´s funny how people expect to mine gold online with no work involved :)Building a brand online truly is hard work, and that´s why so few people succeed at it I think.You don´t need to work 12 hour days, sometimes a few blog comments will do.Just do something everyday.

]]> By: Lorraine Ball http://themarketingcaddy.com/too-busy-to-be-marketing/#comment-801 Lorraine Ball Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:55:37 +0000 http://themarketingcaddy.com/?p=299#comment-801 Absolutely!  There is some research that shows in times of economic downturn, like now, the companies which advertise come out way ahead of the game as the economy turns around.   If you remain visible, while others vanish you retain top of mind.  There are however, creative ways to stretch your budget.  That is really the core of <a href="http://www.roundpeg.biz/2008/06/marketing-small-business-entrepreneurs/" rel="nofollow">roundpeg</a>, helping customer understand it is not how much money you spend, but how well you spend it that makes the difference. Absolutely!  There is some research that shows in times of economic downturn, like now, the companies which advertise come out way ahead of the game as the economy turns around.   If you remain visible, while others vanish you retain top of mind.  There are however, creative ways to stretch your budget.  That is really the core of roundpeg, helping customer understand it is not how much money you spend, but how well you spend it that makes the difference.

]]> By: Walt Goshert http://themarketingcaddy.com/too-busy-to-be-marketing/#comment-740 Walt Goshert Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:20:55 +0000 http://themarketingcaddy.com/?p=299#comment-740 Been there... done that too. Yep, the work always stops when you stop marketing.<br><br>Marketing needs to be an automatic daily habit in your business, like brushing your teeth.<br><br>As Jon points out, it's simple little things... a personal note card saying thanks for a referral, a newspaper clipping of one of your top clients of his kids winning the local golf tournament, a call to your best client asking them "How's business?" with no expectation of business in return your way.<br><br>I have a Daily marketing Action Plan I follow in my business. Each day, I list 6 marketing ACTIONS to-do. Each week, I evaluate how well I did in working my Daily Plan.<br> Been there… done that too. Yep, the work always stops when you stop marketing.

Marketing needs to be an automatic daily habit in your business, like brushing your teeth.

As Jon points out, it’s simple little things… a personal note card saying thanks for a referral, a newspaper clipping of one of your top clients of his kids winning the local golf tournament, a call to your best client asking them “How’s business?” with no expectation of business in return your way.

I have a Daily marketing Action Plan I follow in my business. Each day, I list 6 marketing ACTIONS to-do. Each week, I evaluate how well I did in working my Daily Plan.

]]> By: Cath Lawson http://themarketingcaddy.com/too-busy-to-be-marketing/#comment-738 Cath Lawson Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:41:39 +0000 http://themarketingcaddy.com/?p=299#comment-738 Hi Walt - This is so true.  When we were overwhelmed with work in my last business, I foolishly stopped marketing.  And a couple of months later, the work stopped coming in. Hi Walt - This is so true.  When we were overwhelmed with work in my last business, I foolishly stopped marketing.  And a couple of months later, the work stopped coming in.

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