Post-sale Tactics for Pre-sale Marketing

With annual marketing plans being finalized and companies deciding on plans for 2008, I figured I would mention a few cost-effective, post-sale marketing tactics. Here are four easy things that are easy to implement to any marketing plan. Case studies White Papers...

Tracking and Risk Taking

In today’s marketing world, tracking and evaluation are important. For years, marketing was seen as an expense. However, with the increased use of the Internet for commercial purposes, managers and executives expect data to know what they’re getting for...

If you can’t track it, don’t spend it

This is a quote I heard at the Autodesk marketing conference I attended the past two days. This quote was brought up during a budgeting session. It’s a stern reminder at how important measuring marketing expenditures Another interesting topic was brought up in...

More Choices = Better Marketing

Great marketing takes a lot of work. A marketer must understand how people will respond to different, controllable and uncontrollable factors at different points in a business transaction. Andy Sernovitz, author of "Word of Mouth Marketing" and CEO of Gas...