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Articles By Topic                  Click here for alphabetical list of articles >


Advertising

Your Ad Needs More Than A Nice Personality
There’s No Such Thing As A Free Ad

Crisis Communications

What To Do When the Sky Is Falling

Customer Retention

To Increase Profitability, Hold On To Your Customers

Direct Mail

Direct Mail Is Only Junk Mail If It Doesn’t Work

General Interest

Common Sense Needed To Avoid Common Mistakes
In Business, As In Life, Character Counts
Our Service Economy Needs Better Service
When You Do It Yourself, You Do It At Your Own Risk

Internet

Net Gains: Advantages Of Business On the Internet
How To Use A Web Site To Catch Customers, Without Ensnaring Yourself

Logos

What Does Your Company Look Like? The Role of Your Logo

Media Training

To Make the Most of Publicity, Understand the Media

Newsletters

Newsletters Shouldn’t Be Snoozeletters

Press releases

Keeping Your Press Release Out of the Waste Basket

Publicity

Public Relations Is More Than Getting Ink
To Make the Most of Publicity, Understand the Media
To Understand Publicity, You Need To Understand News

Public Relations

How Effective Are Social Media Press Releases?
Public Relations Is More Than Getting Ink
Putting the “Special” In Your Special Events
To Make the Most of Publicity, Understand the Media
To Understand Publicity, You Need To Understand News

Research

Test Drive Your Market To Avoid Marketing Accidents

Seminars

Ten Steps To a Successful Seminar

Social Media

How Effective Are Social Media Press Releases?

Special Events

Putting the “Special” In Your Special Events

Strategic Planning

Don’t Use the Same Old Marketing Plan
Fixing Leaks in Your Marketing Plan
IMC Can Increase Results and Stretch Your Budget

Trade Shows

Trade Shows Are Not For the Unprepared

Web Sites

Net Gains: Advantages Of Business On the Internet
How To Use A Web Site To Catch Customers, Without Ensnaring Yourself

Writing

Anyone Can Write -- Just Like Anyone Can Sing