Two experts show entrepreneurs how to execute advertising campaigns and maintain a unified message when advertising and communicating with customers. Geared to the fast-changing media world of the 21st century, The Entrepreneur's Guide to Advertising was written to offer both basic advertising concepts and advanced, state-of-the-art information about the new advertising environment. In its pages, two expert authors walk the entrepreneur through each and every stage necessary to create an integrated and synergistic advertising and marketing communications program. This guide covers all of the many facets of advertising, as well as the variables that make up the Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) mix. Most notably, the book provides a framework entrepreneurs can use to develop a marketing communication (MARCOM) plan of their own. Readers will come away from The Entrepreneur's Guide to Advertising with an enhanced ability to make research-based judgments about their market and a new savvy about their approach to communications.

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Marketing often scares entrepreneurs. They've sweat buckets coming up with a valuable product or service, and now they have to sell it? Won't it sell itself? No. But, as marketing expert Bob Everett shows, marketing is just not that hard. At some level, entrepreneurs know that. They know what appeals to them and what leaves them cold. They know when a person or marketing claim is trustworthy, and they know when claims are exaggerated. Yet when it comes to marketing their own products and services to others, entrepreneurs often find it difficult to apply that same judgment and common sense. Everett to the rescue! He helps entrepreneurs position products in the market, then sell them effectively and ethically. Everett first destroys marketing myths: • Marketing is difficult and needs to be done by professionals. • Good marketing has to be expensive. • Marketing skills require extensive training • Marketing requires a great deal of creativity These myths have spawned a multi-billion dollar industry consisting of advertising agencies, public relations firms, marketing consultants, and academic marketing programs in business schools. But as this book shows, marketing is a simple process that anyone can master—and that entrepreneurs must master if they are to succeed. Fortunately, the most effective marketing programs are usually the most honest, simple, and inexpensive. The Entrepreneur's Guide to Marketing is designed to help the entrepreneur, business owner, manager, or marketing professional harness his or her own inner wisdom and personal experience to develop powerful and efficient marketing programs. Both a how-to and a how to think about it book, it takes readers through a step-by-step process of figuring things out for themselves. The result? A successful marketing program that will help entrepreneurs harvest new customers, more dollars, and overall success.

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What can I do to succeed? Should I advertise? Is direct mail effective? Can I copromote my product? Should I hire someone to market my company? If you're a small business owner and these are questions you keep asking yourself, but you don't have thefoggiest notion as to what marketing means, or you know a little about marketing but think it will cost you a fortune, then "Start Up Marketing" is for you. Phil Nulman clearly and simply defines marketing, giving you practical marketing campaigns, utilizing principles that have long helped large corporations thrive. The author shows you how to make your product or service known, what marketing tools best suit your needs and when you should implement your plans. The book helps you define a clear vision for the future and provides methods for achieving greater success. After reading Start Up Marketing, and incorporating its marketing techniques, your business will soar. "Start Up Marketing, a blueprint for small business success," is written in a very accessible, easy-to-follow format. The book is a usable, reliable manual that you can follow step-by-step toward achieving your goals -- increased exposure, profitability and recognition.