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I have many favourite marketing methods but my overall favourite is "THE ONE THAT WORKS!"

Sounds corny I know, but different marketing methods work better depending on the business and the target audience. Therefore for clients I assess several techniques before applying marketing spend.

For my company, SEM and networking are proving to be the most successful but I am about to do a small DM campaign to see how this measures up.

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For my company, SEM and networking are proving to be the most successful but I am about to do a small DM campaign to see how this measures up.
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Networking works, but you have to invest lots of time, then you get everybody trying to sell you their services.

We mainly use google adwords which generates a lot of enqueries, but the advert needs to be targeted.

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I just know that my marketing strategies do not work.
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Got to say I think it depends on the business.

If I want to get a pizza delivered, I'll rummage through the menus that have arrived through my door.

If I want to buy something humdrum like, to pick a recent example, 100 small ziplock bags, I'll search eBay.

If I want something very very very specific, like A4 magnetic paper suitable for use with a standard inkjet printer, then I'll search Google for a couple of specialist paper suppliers and compare.

If I want something personal, like a hairdresser, then it's word-of-mouth Every. Time.
That made a lot of sense
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