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Marketing Strategies for Entrepreneurs
A big-picture look at building a marketing strategy on a small budget: who to reach, what to say, which channels to try first, and how to learn from results.
Customers
Marketing and Sales
Finding customers, positioning, pricing and selling.
Defining Your Target Market
Learn how to describe the people most likely to buy from you using needs, behavior and simple research, so you can choose channels and messages with confidence.
Getting Started with Online Marketing
First steps for small businesses new to online marketing: a basic web presence, search visibility, email and paid options, plus how to start without overspending.
How to Develop a Unique Selling Proposition (USP)
Learn to write a one-sentence unique selling proposition that states what makes your offer different, and how to test whether customers actually care.
How to Leverage Social Media for Business
A realistic approach to social media for small businesses: choose where your audience spends time, plan manageable content, and handle comments with a modest time budget.
How to Write a Business Proposal
A practical structure for writing a business proposal to a prospective client: the problem, your solution, scope, price and next steps, and how it differs from a plan.
Increasing Sales with Effective Sales Techniques
Honest, practical sales techniques for one-to-one conversations: listening well, asking questions, handling objections and following up without pressure.
Negotiating Prices With Customers
How to respond to discount requests while protecting your margin: know your limits, trade rather than simply cut, and understand what a discount really costs.
Pricing Strategies for Entrepreneurs
An introduction to cost-plus, value-based and competitor-based pricing, how to check that your margins hold up, and signs it may be time to change your prices.
Setting a Marketing Budget
Ways to decide how much to spend on marketing, split it across channels, and track what it returns, with simple hypothetical examples and cautions for small businesses.
Understanding the Sales Funnel
A clear explanation of the sales funnel from awareness to purchase, with a simple way to count each stage and spot where prospects drop out.
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