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Pete Monfre

Rule #2 of Marketing: Concentration

March 5, 2010
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Ever hear the term “scatter shot”? Or “shot gun approach”? While few of us would admit to such a lapse of common sense, the reality is that most small businesses engage in Scatter shot Marketing. The symptoms of this disorder include:

constantly trying to figure out who to call on
the reinvention of the prospecting process every [...]

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Rule #1 of Marketing: Simplicity

March 1, 2010
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Marketing success comes down to one thing: knowing the rules of the game. Think about that for a minute. Let it swirl around in your brain. Seems like common sense, right? You can’t win a game if you don’t know the rules. Over the last couple of decades of creating successful marketing initiatives, I’ve discovered [...]

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Why Do People Buy – Part One.

January 8, 2010
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As marketers, we are constantly trying to anticipate every objection a potential customer might have about buying our products and services. It seems that if we could identify and address each of these objections and formulate a solution to each, we should be able to get them to buy almost anything. However the reality is [...]

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What first impression are you making?

November 24, 2009
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At the risk of sounding a bit judgmental,  (as businesses we are being judged constantly) but I feel a need to share some thoughts about a disturbing trend that threatens to destroy us all! Sorry, got carried away for a minute, but in the context of sending a message that you can be trusted and [...]

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How’s your recession going?

November 16, 2009
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What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger
As we wrap up a rough year (for everyone) and head into 2010 I’m looking back and realizing that 2009 was a pretty good year. Have I lost my mind? Am I smoking crack? Perhaps. But it depends on how you define “good”. 2009 has been a year of [...]

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High Growth Firms Spend Limited Budgets Differently From Lower Growth Peers

November 6, 2009
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Just read a study that shows that high growth firms in professional services categories invested in marketing activities very differently from their lagging peers. Here’s how it breaks down:
High Growth Firms put more emphasis on:

Building awareness through advertising and PR
Lead generation through channels such as direct mail, cold calls, trade shows and newsletters
Web site [...]

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Do Your Customers Trust You?

September 8, 2009
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I’m reading a very good book that hits the nail on the head when it comes to the sea change that is happening in marketing. “Trust Agents” is a NY Times Best Seller written by Chris Brogan and Julian Smith that lays it out clearly and if you plan on being in business five years [...]

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