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Friday, 04 December 2009
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The 3 R’s of Marketing | Business Blogs
Build Your REPUTATION constantly
Strengthen your RELATIONSHIPS continually
Create a community of REFEREES and REFERRALS
Here are five tips to consider on how you can maximise your 3 – R’s.- Consolidate your current client relationships
Don’t lose sight of your existing clients in hot pursuit of new ones. It costs five times as much to attract a new client than it does to keep a client. Pareto’s Law states that 20% of your customers will give you 80% of your new business and new referrals. Go through your data-base and identify the top 20% and review how you can optimise these relationships for the long term. - Seek referrals from your community
Write down a list of your community of people – clients, suppliers, colleagues, associates, and other possible contacts. Identify potential advocates that can help promote your message, give feedback on your service or expertise. At the same time you can help support them in their objectives. As someone once said “Shine the light on others and you shine even brighter. - Host an ‘information’ event
You can quickly build your profile and credibility by hosting your own information sessions inviting your clients, their friends and your community. Partner up with other complimentary affiliates and you have a great opportunity to showcase your business, your profile and your services. - Write and get published on-line
Build your reputation as an expert and write, blog, twitter and YouTube online. Spread the word on your expertise and you spread the word on your business. It can take time and a commitment to write and create articles but it can be an effective tool to promote you and your business without it costing a cent. - Support your local community
Explore your local community, within 10 kilometres of where you live and work there will be an abundance of business opportunities and new relationships that could be valuable to you and your business. Find something you are passionate about, where you want to commit your time. Not only will you feel good about the positive contribution you are making in your community but it could provide you a great platform to market your business.
Ultimately manage your reputation, relationships and referrals and it will provide you and your business multiple benefits, both at a personal and business level.
- Consolidate your current client relationships
Wednesday, 02 December 2009
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Facebook | Statistics (Just for side reference)
Statistics
Company Figures- More than 350 million active users
- 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day
- More than 35 million users update their status each day
- More than 55 million status updates posted each day
- More than 2.5 billion photos uploaded to the site each month
- More than 3.5 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each week
- More than 3.5 million events created each month
- More than 1.6 million active Pages on Facebook
- More than 700,000 local businesses have active Pages on Facebook
- Pages have created more than 5.3 billion fans
Average User Figures- Average user has 130 friends on the site
- Average user sends 8 friend requests per month
- Average user spends more than 55 minutes per day on Facebook
- Average user clicks the Like button on 9 pieces of content each month
- Average user writes 25 comments on Facebook content each month
- Average user becomes a fan of 2 Pages each month
- Average user is invited to 3 events per month
- Average user is a member of 12 groups
International Growth- More than 70 translations available on the site
- About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States
- Over 300,000 users helped translate the site through the translations application
Platform- More than one million developers and entrepreneurs from more than 180 countries
- Every month, more than 70% of Facebook users engage with Platform applications
- More than 350,000 active applications currently on Facebook Platform
- More than 250 applications have more than one million monthly active users
- More than 15,000 websites, devices and applications have implemented Facebook Connect since its general availability in December 2008
Mobile- There are more than 65 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices.
- People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are almost 50% more active on Facebook than non-mobile users.
- There are more than 180 mobile operators in 60 countries working to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products
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David Bowie & The Arcade Fire - Wake Up
via youtube.comSomethin' filled up
my heart with nothin',
someone told me not to cry.But now that I'm older,
my heart's colder,
and I can see that it's a lie.Children wake up,
hold your mistake up,
before they turn the summer into dust.If the children don't grow up,
our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up.
We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms turnin' every good thing to
rust.I guess we'll just have to adjust.
With my lightnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am goin' to be
when the reaper he reaches and touches my hand.With my lightnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am goin’
With my lightnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am, go-go, where I amYou'd better look out below
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- Name: Rachel
- Country: Malaysia
- Metro: Kuala Lumpur
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 5/4/2004
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