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Yes there are you can get a lot of free marketing ideas and resources from my site www.moneymakingmarketingideas.com and there is another good one at www.cardellmedia.co.uk.
Here on SmallBusiness.co.uk you will find guides and tips on a range of subjects, including sales and marketing - click here.
There are 100+ marketing channels that are effectiveley free and many more very low cost ways of marketing your business very effectively. You need to market your business at all times but beware of putting all your eggs in one basket and of using any form of marketing just because everyone else is using it. For Free Advice and a Free Marketing Tips Newsletter please feel free to go to my website - www.StefanDrew.com
Marketing is the 'What' and the 'How' to build your business. Yet, it is exactly the 'What' and the 'How' that many business owners and executives do not truly understand.
First, there is confusion between marketing and sales.This confusion is probably the first obstacle to achieving the goal to increase sales.
Next, since the "What' is not known, limited resources are then spent on activities that are not aligned to the strategic plan or business action plan. The business owner or executive becomes disgusted and then starts to believe that the 'How' of marketing is not worth the effort.
If there is any confusion about the difference between sales and marketing, there's a useful answer here in the Q&A forum. It's called Sales and marketing defined.
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Prime minister Gordon Brown is urging British banks to pass on the one percentage point interest rate cut to help businesses trying to get loans.
The Bank of England has announced another aggressive rate cut, reducing the base rate from three to two per cent.
The recent government move for staff to have fit notes will not work nor give increased flexibility for employers, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) says.
Companies are in uproar about plans to allow councils to increase business rates by two pence in the pound to pay for local development projects.
Companies have saved £418 million a year on employment law, as the administration cost of compliance is reduced with online tools.
Technology firms who want to expand their business and raise equity finance of up to £2 million have been given access to £30 million in a new technology fund.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has welcomed a package of £23 million to help small to medium-sized businesses in the capital.
The Bank of Scotland intends to make £250 million of funds available to SMEs in the next two weeks.
Consumers will be more open to direct marketing in the current economic climate as they are looking for more information before making a purchase, an expert states.
Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) rank backup as one of the highest computing priorities but half of these companies have experienced a loss, new research shows.
Many SMEs will have to control staffing costs over the coming months. Smallbusiness.co.uk has teamed up with Simon Kite, a partner at chartered accountants Saffery Champness, to offer some tips on how to cut costs and avoid the redundancy route
Oval Financial Services’ Debby Hannaford explores how focus groups and surveys can be used to gain constructive and positive feedback about employee benefits packages
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