Practical Marketing and Public Relations for the Small Business


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Written by an experienced consultant, Practical Marketing and PR for the Small Buisness covers all aspects of marketing and PR from direct marketing to organising press launches. Written in a clear, jargon free language, this book explains the ins and outs of marketing.




The 15 Essential Marketing Masterclasses for Your Small Business


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Practical and proven masterclasses for simple and effective small business marketing This straightforward, practical book cuts through the morass of marketing theory to reveal the practical steps that small businesses can take to achieve phenomenal marketing results. Presenting fifteen comprehensive masterclasses, marketing expert Dee Blick presents easy-to-understand and easy-to-implement strategies to increase sales, prevent marketing mistakes, and build the foundations of a customer-driven brand. These fifteen comprehensive masterclasses can be implemented immediately, and cover such topics as marketing plans, copywriting, social media marketing, and public relations. Written by successful author and marketing guru who has worked with small businesses for twenty-seven years Includes practical, effective marketing strategies for every small business Appropriate for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and practicing marketing managers When it comes to marketing a small business, success means getting a big impact from a small investment. The 15 Essential Marketing Masterclasses for Your Small Business gives entrepreneurs and small business owners proven strategies for effective, profitable marketing.




Persuasive Advertising for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners


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Here is the perfect book for entrepreneurs and small business owners who want to know how to create effective advertising on an affordable budget. Persuasive Advertising for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners shows you how to plan and execute money-making advertisements and commercials--on a workable budget. Jay Granat, an experienced marketing professional and ad man, provides readers with a practical understanding of advertising principles, media selection, copywriting, consumer behavior, and persuasive advertising methods in promotional efforts. These principles have important implications, and Jay Granat shows you how to utilize them and stay within your means. Successful cases from across the media--television, print, direct mail, radio, transit, and public relations, representing construction, law, medicine, publishing, retail businesses, restaurants, and others--highlight various prosperous approaches to persuasive advertising. Written specifically for entrepreneurs and small business owners, Granat's book is the first to explain how to use persuasive tactics and strategies. Ideal for established small business owners and those starting such a venture, this manual makes affordable advertising an easier step on the path to success. In addition to analyzing many aspects of advertising, this manual outlines appropriate networking and public relations strategies for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Granat teaches you how to construct money-making advertising and to recognize when your sales messages are effective and when the messages need to become more persuasive. To help illustrate the power of effective sales messages, he includes examples of his own advertising successes and failures. You will be better equipped to foresee when your own advertising campaigns are more likely to succeed or more likely to fail and how to reverse a failing campaign. Descriptions of the advantages and disadvantages of each advertising medium assist with the question of how to construct effective and persuasive selling messages for specific media. Whether you are looking for advice on how to plan a marketing/advertising campaign, ways to familiarize yourself with each medium available and select a medium to carry your messages, or how to use mind-set advertising, you will find it in Persuasive Advertising for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners. This abundance of useful information is ideal for copywriters, brand managers, entrepreneurial institutes, business professors, communications professionals, readers of Inc., Success, and Entrepreneur, advertising and marketing students, and of course, entrepreneurs and small business owners.




Fundamentals of Writing for Marketing and Public Relations


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This book contains the basic elements necessary for an individual with little marketing or public relations experience to write promotional materials including the news release, newsletter, brochure, web copy, and blog. Students studying business, marketing, public relations or communication as well as small business owners and entrepreneurs will find this easy-to-use, practical guide vital to their efforts to promote and inform various publics about their organization. Written by two seasoned professionals, A Guide to Writing Marketing and Public Relations Materials provides an overview of marketing writing style as well as step-by-step guides to the most commonly used marketing and PR genres that will make even the most timid writers confident that they have represented their organization's message in a concise, coherent and professional manner.







The New Rules of Marketing and PR


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Scott analyses how the internet has revolutionised communications and promotions. Told with many compelling case studies and real-world examples, this is a practical guide to the new reality of PR and marketing.




Promoting Your Business


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GET THE WORD OUT THE RIGHT WAY. Media coverage and influencer mentions can produce tremendous benefits for your organization, including third-party credibility, visibility and more. In Promoting Your Business: How to Harness the Power of Media Relations and Influencer Marketing, public relations veteran Brant Skogrand, APR, MBC, CPPM, along with communications professionals Kate Makowski and Aliki Vrohidis, share with you: * The basics of media relations, from when to do media relations to how to prepare for media interviews * Advanced media relations, from when to hold a press conference to how to coordinate a successful media tour * Q&As with actual journalists and influencers * Public relations case studies. Read Promoting Your Business to make a difference in your organization today!




The PR Masterclass


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The PR Masterclass is written by former newspaper, magazine and digital journalist Alex Singleton, who is now a prominent PR trainer and consultant. It reveals the secrets of effective PR and shows how to put in place a practical, reliable and successful media strategy for your product, business or activity – one that delivers the greatest results. Through the book, you get to discover how to develop and pitch effective newsworthy material, regardless of your budget. The PR Masterclass is aimed at PR professionals as well as small business owners and entrepreneurs implementing a PR strategy. "PR can do more for your money than any other marketing tool. But very few people understand how to use it. Alex does because he has been at the receiving end. So will you if you read this remarkably practical book." —Drayton Bird, author, Commonsense Direct and Digital Marketing "The lessons contained within The PR Masterclass should be plastered over the walls of organisations seeking to utilise the media effectively for their campaigns. This book is a must-have reference point." —Ryan Bourne, CityAM columnist and Head of Economic Research, Centre for Policy Studies "This is an important book about public relations and how the media is changing. Singleton is a straight-talking journalist-turned-practitioner who pulls no punches. He calls on the industry to grow up and adopt the rigour of a professional discipline. It's a call to action that I wholly heartedly support. You should read The PR Masterclass if you're new to public relations or work in the profession and want to continue doing so." —Stephen Waddington, European director, Ketchum, and 2014 President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) "Provides all you need to know about securing press coverage." —Fraser Seitel, O'Dwyer's PR magazine "Every page is packed with insight and practical advice." —Steve Harrison, co-founder, Harrison Troughton Wunderman "Written in a no-nonsense style, every chapter contains a mine of information about the subject. What's more, it's clear that Alex knows the business inside out. This is the kind of book you need to have close at hand. Do what it says, and you'll be miles ahead with your PR." —James Hammond, brand consultant "Alex Singleton's book on public relations strategy is an excellent practical guide to the real world of PR." —Ray Hiebert, Editor, Public Relations Review




Effective Marketing


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Expert advice for success in a small business. Learn from an expert, first-hand experience all you need to know to market your small business successfully. From carrying out essential market research to effectively pricing your product or service, Effective Marketing shows you all the best approaches to use. There is also detailed information on exploiting profitable distribution channels, projecting the right image, and using advertising to maximize your sales. Charts and diagrams, at-a-glance tip boxes, case studies, questionnaires, and checklists enable you to understand the many different aspects of successful marketing. In Planning Your Strategy, you'll learn about starting your market research, observing the competition, assessing your project, pricing, sorting out your distribution, planning your marketing, and projecting the right image. Then move on to Advertising, which covers advertising basics, producing effective advertisements, creating good leaflets and brochures, followed by Promotion and Sales, which covers working with the media, promoting sales, selling techniques. Finally, you'll benefit with Staying on Track, through analyzing your sales data, and dealing with changes and competition. Effective Marketing also provides Useful Information, from legal matters, and glossary, to useful contacts, and suggested reading. Effective Marketing is one of four new titles in an innovative series of practical guides, covering every aspect of business, for everyone starting their own small business.




Practical PR


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