January 11, 2025

Customer Lists

Good Day  This might be a boring part of marketing and running your business, but if you put it off, it will cost you not only lost sales but money as well. I'm talking about customer list maintenance. UGH! Clients send me their customer list that they want to mail to, and part of my job is to … [Read more...]

Buyer’s Remorse, How To Reduce It!

Good Day Contact First Name  If you've been in business for any amount of time, you've had returns, charge backs or other undesirable costs associated with returns, not to mention the lost sales. Here is a way to counteract buyer's remorse and reduce return rates: First you want to thank … [Read more...]

Reconnect with your email list

Good Day  Before I get to this week's marketing tip I want to share an email I got from my friend Larry Forbes: "I started A Little Love From Texas several years ago, which allows people to put gift cards into the hands of the people who need it most after a disaster NO STRINGS ATTACHED … [Read more...]

Events and Sales

Good Day A few weeks ago it was Tax Free Weekend in Texas. During the weekend an assortment of clothes and school related items are on sale tax free. Most stores have big back to schools sales that weekend. My daughter works in retail at a store that had nothing on the list of tax free items, … [Read more...]

10 best words

Good Day I have been reviewing a WordStream report on their analysis of 612 of the best ads from the past year.  One of the sections dealt with the most popular words used. The words, leaving out conjunctions (and, or) and articles (a, the) are in order: 1) Your 2) Free 3) Now 4) Get 5) … [Read more...]

Trust

Good Day I as well as other marketing people have said this many times: "People do business with people they know, like and trust." Someone found your web site after Googling one of your key words. They know nothing about you. They have no opinion about you. How do you build trust with them so … [Read more...]