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Targeting Customers Means Saying No

May 6, 2012 By Doug Bruhnke Leave a Comment

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Who loves 'ya baby? It's relatively easy to target your best business customers. It's a lot harder saying no to prospective customers who may not be in your sweet spot. Effective targeting means SAYING NO - and that's a hard thing for many in business to do, especially when it comes to turning away business. The first 'easy' step is to know who … [Read more...]

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51 Free Marketing Tips #41 through 51

December 12, 2009 By Doug Bruhnke Leave a Comment

We now come to the last of the 51 free marketing tips. Thanks again to Francine Hardaway, Ed Nusbaum and Phillip Blackerby for having Growth Nation support the Fast Trac program, which inspired this list. 41. Write and distribute a good press release. There's two important parts - writing and distributing. First on the writing side, please please … [Read more...]

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Growing in the Recession

July 15, 2009 By Doug Bruhnke Leave a Comment

Next Thursday July 23rd Growth Nation is supporting a presentation for businesses to market and grow. Join us for an evening of education, camaraderie and fun. Three great organizations North Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce, Scottsdale Rotary Club and Greater Phoenix SCORE are pairing up to bring you an evening of cutting edge information that will … [Read more...]

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