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Six Ways To Break Your Business Free From The Dark Ages

<p>We live in a high-tech&comma; social-media driven world&period; To stay on top of business&comma; managers and strategists who work in diverse fields throughout the world must frequently evaluate how to harness the Internet and utilize new platforms to build bigger audiences and customer appeal&period; If you are a business owner who is not thinking about these things&comma; now is the time&period; Your business will suffer if you stay in &&num;8220&semi;the dark ages&period;&&num;8221&semi; By reading these six tips you’ll learn how you can break free from old strategies and move your business into the now and beyond&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;Six-Ways-Businesses-Are-Breaking-Free-From-The-Dark-Ages-600x399&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Six Ways Businesses Are Breaking Free From The Dark Ages" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"399" class&equals;"aligncenter size-Correct wp-image-8654" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Utilize Your Best Assets<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>One problem some companies often face is trying to incorporate too much into their marketing campaigns&period; Here&&num;8217&semi;s a new approach&colon; Narrow and streamline&period; Market your brand&&num;8217&semi;s very best assets&period; By focusing a campaign&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s easier for the customer to &&num;8220&semi;get&&num;8221&semi; what you want him or her to understand about your company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Get an Online Presence &amp&semi; Go Mobile&excl;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Do not create your own website unless you are a web designer&period; Shell out the money for a professional website&period; You want regret it because a clean&comma; beautiful site communicates care and trustworthiness to your viewers&period; Make sure the site is mobile-friendly too&comma; whether you believe it or not&comma; if you aren’t mobile friendly you’re probably missing out a huge chunk of the market&period; Lastly&comma; make use of awesome mobile tools out there&period; If you’re throwing a sales kickoff event for your company for example&comma; look into getting a conference app that allows your attendees to stay engaged through their phones and tablets &lpar;they’re going to be on them anyway&excl;&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Use Social Media Platforms<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>But getting a website isn&&num;8217&semi;t enough&period; You need to utilize as many of the free social media platforms that are available&period; Knowing your audience is key&period; Use Facebook&comma; Instagram&comma; Pinterest&comma; Twitter and other platforms to promote your company&period; If you don’t know where to start&comma; check out this post and educate yourself &lpar;you owe it to your business&excl;&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Hire Outside Professionals<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The bottom line is that you cannot do everything for your company and do it well&period; If you are not comfortable with building a social media campaign&comma; for example&comma; hire a strategist that can monitor and build it for you&period; Perhaps you don&&num;8217&semi;t have time to launch an email marketing campaign&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s Okay if you have the money to hire a specialist who can&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Don&&num;8217&semi;t Rule Out Paper &lpar;But Use it Sparingly&rpar;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>There&&num;8217&semi;s no doubt that you must take advantage of the Internet by sending email newsletters&comma; interactive e-giving campaigns and even email direct marketing letters&period; But you don&&num;8217&semi;t have to rule out all paper campaigns&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s nice for a customer to get a postcard or letter in the mail every now and then&period; The key here is to know your audience&&num;8217&semi;s preferences&period; So don&&num;8217&semi;t be afraid to do a little market testing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Revisit and Decide<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Every company that wants to get out of the dark ages must take a few risks&period; But if you are launching new campaigns and strategies&comma; you must revisit them and evaluate them for their effectiveness&period; So don&&num;8217&semi;t be afraid to try new approaches&comma; but we willing to leave them behind if they are not working&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Conclusion<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>As you can see&comma; these six tips are not overwhelming&period; You can implement them all at once or slowly over time in order to build your capacity and get your staff used to new strategies&period; But whatever your approach&comma; you will find you and your company moving out of the dark ages and into the modern world&period; You will see your business begin to grow&comma; your advertising begin to become more effective&comma; and your customers feel more positive about your brand&period; With a little effort&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re there&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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