contacts | Making Direct Response Marketing Work For You - Part 7

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Thank You

March 8, 2012 by Phil Freedman

I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who reads these tips each week. If you are one of the people who email me or come up to me and tell me how much you enjoy and learned from these tips and I did not thank you then and there, I apologize for not thanking you. Please, I … [Read more...]

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Reach out and Touch Someone The Correct Way

February 2, 2012 by Phil Freedman

I've been asked a number of time how often a business should contact its customers. We're not talking about announcing a sale or such, just general communications. A business can lose anywhere from 20-50% of its customer base each year. Some of the population move every year, undergo a lifestyle … [Read more...]

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Need More Customers? Then Go Back, Go Back!

December 1, 2011 by Phil Freedman

We are now in the last month of the year. If you are a retailer, I hope you had a great Black Friday and sales are staying strong. For everyone else, I hope people are still needing you and all your business has not stopped for the next month because "it's the holidays" and all you hear is "we'll … [Read more...]

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Fast way to get more business in the door

August 4, 2011 by Phil Freedman

It's now the dog days of August (they started in early July) and those who have not taken their summer vacation yet will do so within the next 2 weeks. So what does this mean for your business? It could mean that business is slow. One of the things you can do is wait it out and hope business will … [Read more...]

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1st Contact How To Get More Sales

March 31, 2011 by Phil Freedman

The other day I got a card from Dean Killingbeck. It had some great sales statistics. I also heard some of the same from national bestseller author of 'The Ultimate Sales Machine' and speaker of marketing, sales and business success Chet Holmes*. 48% of sales people never follow up with a … [Read more...]

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