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"Your marketing sucks . . ." What in the world does Mark Stevens mean? For starters, let's take spending camouflaged as marketing. Everyone sees all those expensive, slick, pointless campaigns day after day. Just turn on your TV set and there are all the look-alike ads from Ford, GM, and Chrysler with look-alike cars going down . . . a road. Creative? Probably yes--nice scenery, good-looking people, etc., etc. But effective? Mark Stevens says absolutely not. Like you're going to spend $30,000 or more for the privilege of seeing a car go down . . . a road? Wouldn't it be easier for the Big Three in Detroit just to open the windows at their ad agencies and throw out gobs of thousand-dollar bills? Don't get Mark Stevens started on marketing that sucks, or he might mention all those oh-so-cool people-in-black at the ad agencies developing campaigns that generate all kinds of buzz--in the advertising community. But not in the marketplace. (Oops.) Note to advertisers from Mark Stevens: If you have an advertising agency that applies for any kind of an award (Clios, whatever), fire them immediately. They shouldn't be in the business to win ego awards for beautiful ads. They should be creating ads that sell. Period! If they talk about building "mind share," fire them immediately as well. That's just another way of saying they'll camouflage their failure to generate sales behind an intellectual smoke screen. Mark Stevens is the best friend of anyone with a product or service to sell who wants to use marketing as a basis for growing the business. What he provides both entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 types is a hard-nosed, "prove it to me" program that demands accountability forevery dollar spent on marketing so that it brings in more revenue or customers, preferably both. Use his program and you won't be throwing money out the window.

Off the Wall Marketing Ideas gives small business people the nuts and bolts of successful marketing, promotion, and publicity, in an easy, do-it-yourself, step-by-step program that makes sense. These inspiring marketing ideas come from real small business owners in a variety of industries. There is a wealth of low-cost and no-cost techniques the marketing people can implement immediately. This is not just an idea book, but an inspirational read that will really get the creative juices flowing. It's an ideal business owner handbook, packed with a treasure-trove of affordable tips. Readers will learn tips from famous names in business, including beauty maven Estee Lauder, hair replacement specialist Sy Sperling, and rent-a-car wizard Warren Avis; from florists, hair salon owners, graphic designers, insurance agents, innkeepers, lawyers, restaurateurs, therapists, writers, and more.

Marketing communications - Marketing communications (or marcom) consists of the messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, public relations, sales, and sales promotion are termed marketing communicators, marketing communications managers, or more briefly as marcom managers.

Marketing collateral - Marketing collateral, in sales, is the collection of media used to support the sales of a product or service. These sales aids are intended to make the salesperson's job easier and more effective.

Sales force management system - Sales force management systems are information systems used in marketing and management that automate some sales and sales force management functions. They are frequently combined with a marketing information system, in which case they are often called customer relationship management systems.

Halo vehicle - A halo vehicle in automobile marketing is one designed and marketed to promote sales of other vehicles within a marque. Car companies often design a special vehicle, usually a luxury or sports model, with the hope that customers will come to dealerships to see it, but will buy other more practical vehicles instead.

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