What kind of marketing is the most effective?

sneezr.ca Have you ever asked yourself that question? I did. In fact, many years ago I spent countless hours trying to figure it out.
The answer turned out to be quite simple: word of mouth marketing. Or as I call it: the art of cultivating recommendations.

Surprised? Probably not. With recommendations, there is no sales pressure and no credibility issues. When your friends, family members or trusted co-workers recommend something or someone to you, they are genuinely trying to help you. That means a lot, which is why you usually remember it for a long time. But here is the catch: recommendations must be earned. How do you do that? Where do you start? How do you give people a reason to talk about your products/services? How do you nudge your story into every day conversations? I launched sneezr.ca to help you answer those questions.

How to get people to notice your business

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How to Improve Sales in a Business

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My 2¢: Think of marketing as a cake. Sales are only one ingredient in the marketing cake.

Sales are also much like continue reading

How to make a movie by turning everything down a notch

Steve Pond recently wrote an interesting article about the movie “For lovers only.” Here’s a little taste:

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A recipe for good communication

Turn everything down a notch.

How to give people something to talk about

Here’s a simple suggestion: Spice-up your stationery with Map Envelope.

It’s so simple and free:
Just select your location in Google Maps and print-out of continue reading

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A shortcut to remembering

In marketing, improving people’s ability to remember and recall information is one of our goals.
People’s ability to remember and recall information soars when continue reading

This just in: the whole pie is bigger than you think.

You’re familiar, I’m sure, with pie charts—those handy graphics representing 100 percent of a particular market and all the various segments continue reading

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Meet Harry Beckwith: the Master of Simplicity

I spread stories of my fellow storytellers simply because I’m in awe of their art and the only way I can repay them is to share their art with others.

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How to get people to notice your work

Taste Youniqe.
Almost everything is interesting.
You just need to present it properly.
Because it often takes an outsider to see what’s beautiful continue reading

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How to be creative

Ask: What would people love?
The above question is just one of many stimulating ideas I found in Harry Beckwith’s book What clients love.
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