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Small Business Marketing Lessons from GM

by hamilton on June 7, 2009

I’m rooting for GM.  I hope and expect that they’ll be fine.  There are lessons for us, however, in watching them respond to their situation.  Lessons on what NOT to do.
I’m a small business marketing consultant who’s called into every conceivable situation, good and bad.  GM has many issues I don’t know about or probably [...]

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How to Attract New Customers in Today’s Economy

by hamilton on December 5, 2008

Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this.
Doctor: So stop doing that.
Small business owner: How do I attract new customers in today’s economy?
Small business marketing consultant: Sell what people are buying.
While the doctor’s advice falls a bit short, the marketing consultant is on to something powerful, however simplistic it may strike you at first.
I sat [...]

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The Most Powerful Marketing Question for Q4 2008

by hamilton on November 26, 2008

How can I help you get through this mess?
As a small business marketing consultant I’m called into companies more often when things are bad.  These days, however, things are different.  I first wrote about the slowdown in December of 2007, warning small business owners to check their marketing message (as economic conditions change, so do [...]

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Recession-Proof Marketing Tip: Who Else?

by hamilton on November 24, 2008

If your current small business marketing problem is a customer base that is slowing down on you, ask yourself “Who else is buying what you sell?”  As a marketing consultant who works with small business, I’m called when things slow down, so I ask this question a lot.
The fact is, regardless of who buys from you, [...]

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