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It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

This statement also applies to your business.

What if you have developed a marketing campaign that is working well?

What if your marketing is bringing in all kinds of sales leads and increasing sales and profits for your business?

What if you have tested and proven your list and your headlines?

What if your offers in this campaign are the best that they can be?

What if no other marketing effort that you have tried has beaten its results?

Wouldn’t it be insane to change it?

You would think so.

However, many business owners get bored with using the same marketing message over and over again.

Consequently, they change their campaign midstream.

These owners never get the full benefit of their campaign.

This, folks, is insanity.

“Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.”
- Cesare Lombroso

Sometimes the reason that these business owners change their approaches is that they listen to their spouse, employees, family members, friends, clients or someone else who has gotten tired of the campaign.

As a result, the business owners changes his marketing before they should.

Whatever the reason, if something isn’t broken, don’t fix it.
If a marketing campaign is working, then stick with it!

A profitable marketing campaign must be allowed to run its course.

You will know when it is time to change or develop something new when your current campaign stops working.

Again, if it’s not broken, don’t fix it.

You can see this mistake made over and over in many businesses.

Advertising and direct-marketing efforts that are working are abandoned midstream for the “next big thing.”

Don’t waste the money, time, and effort that you have invested in creating a marketing campaign by making this same mistake in your business.

How sane are your marketing efforts?

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The following secrets are not in any order. Each is valuable on it own or combined with other secrets. I highly recommend that you do combine them because when combine your multiply there strength.

— Provide high level proof that what you are promising will be delivered. Credible third-party testimony that you deliver on your promises. Free trails, free samples are other forms of proof.

  • Ask your future clients for a “Yes” or “No” answer. Either is OK. There is nothing worse then a TIO (Think it over), because you are the only one thinking about it. Your future client has moved on.
  • Actions, not just words determine success.
  • Admit your shortcomings. Everyone knows that nothing is or can be perfect. You product and services have flaws. you know what they are. If you don’t, ask you customers what they are.
  • Being 100% honest about your defects builds credibility and can also separate you from the competition (I promise your competitors would be to embarrassed to admit they are not perfect).
  • Keep learning
  • People buy stuff to “avoid pain” or “find pleasure.” Use these motives to get people to respond to your message. Focus relentlessly on the buyer and his problems or pleasures
  • For the cost of one first class stamp you can mail five, 8-1/2″ x 11″ sheets of paper, two-sided. Totaling 10 pages of information, 4,000 – 5,000 words of finely crafted selling messages to a targeted audience. It’s one of the most valuable marketing tools available to any business.
  • Start each day with the 5 most important marketing things that will help you reach your goals. An do them no matter what.
Now my friend, which of these secrets rang your chimes.
Which ones did you put notes next to?
Add them to your “Do Next” list.
And do them.
Using these secrets will separate the sheep from the goats.
Now, you have to promise me that you will use these marketing secrets.
Scout’s Honor!
Because, you know that if you keep marketing the way you always marketed, you’ll keep getting the results you’ve always gotten.
Commit yourself to use at least one idea you have learned from these secrets.
Then use two more in the next 30 days. Otherwise, you’ve wasted your time reading this post.
To Your Success
Sanford Jay Barris
President – Business Marketing Services
248-335-8080
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