Comments on: In a down market, don’t stop marketing

By: susanratliff

susanratliff — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:14:22 +0000

Glad the reminder was helpful to all

By: nonfictioneditor

nonfictioneditor — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:08:01 +0000

I’m throwing in an opinion on this, too. Last summer, our house in Tucson flooded during the monsoon season – 100 gallons of water had to be siphoned out in 9 days. Letting it dry out, doing repairs, then adding upgrades displaced us from our home and my office for months. I even had to use a dial-up Internet connection for six weeks and groaned every time. Marketing wasn’t high on my list during this time. But once our house had dried out and sported a new look, I realized my pipeline for new business had dried up.

This message isn’t to say “poor me”; it’s advice to keep on marketing NO MATTER WHAT. In recent months, I’ve redirected my activities significantly to attract business, but lesson learned. As Nemo would say, “Keep on swimmin’ just keep swimmin’” when it comes to marketing and see how much farther you can swim! One highly creative activity – I started a blog (www.nonfictioneditor.wordpress.com) and am swimming with good company in this blogathon!

Barbara

By: Suzy Graven

Suzy Graven — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:31:53 +0000

Susan,

Thank you for the reminder and encouragement. This is a great affirmation to weigh our marketing options in terms of exhibiting where we have the highest probability of capturing A+ clients and the most visibility.

Suzy Graven

By: vickiemullins

vickiemullins — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:59:42 +0000

Susan,
You are so right. Now is not the time to stop marketing. Perhaps it’s a time for smarter marketing. Don’t just throw collateral material against the wall like spaghetti to see what sticks. Be strategic but keep on marketing. All of us need to take your advice when it comes to exhibiting, the more exposure to our target markets, the better chance we have of doing business with them.
Vickie

By: susanratliff

susanratliff — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:50:22 +0000

Thanks for reading and commenting. I appreciate my link on your site, but I don’t wish to place your link on mine because it is not really a related resource.
SR

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By: Direct Marketing

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