Sales, Marketing & Promotion

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Attracting Customers, Creating Ads,
Closing Sales, Getting Publicity, Using Newsletters

GENERAL/MIXED/MISC.

5 Steps For Successful Social Media Damage Control (How do you handle negative press on social media?) - Sharlyn Lauby

7 Steps To Successful Public Relations For Your Small Business - Melanie Rembrandt & StartupNation

The Advertising Depot - Business Start Page

The Care and Feeding of The Press

How to Sell Jewelry & Crafts - Jewelry Mall

ADVERTISING

Advertising & Marketing Advice (brochures, your copywriting portfolio, advice to entrepreneurs, branding...) - John Kuraoka

Advertising, Copywriting, Sales & Marketing ideas - Optimal Marketing Communications

How To Advertise (free TV ads, co-branding, newspaper ad tips, yellow pages tips...) - Small Town Marketing

Tutorials Menu (selling propositions, headlines, web sales copy, brochures...) - AdCopyWriting.com

MARKETING & PROMOTION

10 Ways to Publicize Your Home-Based Business - Yvonne Buchanan

Newsletter Tips, Ideas & "How-To" Articles - CompanyNewsletters.com

Creative Marketing Solutions - Yudkin.com

Focus On... Branding - Eric Swartz

How To Promote Your Award - ICDA

How To Triple the Price of Your Information Product - Super Profitable Marketing

Marketing Articles (advertising, segmentation, telemarketing, networking...) - MarcommWise

Newsletter Article Library (increasing subscribers, increasing advertisers, newsletter design, time savers...) - The Write Exposure

Small Business Marketing (developing product benefits, direct mail, getting noticed by the media, market research...) - Small Town Marketing

ON THE WEB

5 Steps To Marketing Your Website - Nikole Gipps

10 Off-line Methods to Build On-line Traffic - The Perl Archive's Learning Center

Advice For Sellers At Online Auctions - The B&R Samizdat Express

Building Trust - The Perl Archive's Learning Center

Car Salesmen, Preachers And The Art Of Persuasion (persuasive blogging) - ProBlogger

Dr. Wilson's Articles on Web Marketing - Wilson Internet

How To Write A Website That Sells

Promotion World Tutorial

Search Engine Marketing - Search Engine Guide

Search Engine Positioning - Search Engine Marketing

Search Engine Submission Tips (includes site optimization) - Search Engine Watch

Search Engine Tutorial - Art Of Business Web Site Promotion

SALES

5 Steps To Close Your First Sale - Usman Sheikh

5 Steps To Successful Selling - Ed Lewellen

5 Tips For Closing A Sales Deal - The Sloan Brothers

10 Reasons Why People Don't Buy From You - Bill Dean

13 Tips For Closing The Deal - Jim Nichols

EyesOnSales (negotiating & closing, presenting & speaking, relationship management...)

Five Tips For Closing The Sale Online (selling with live virtual demos) - Orly Mager

How Sales Techniques Work - How Stuff Works

How To Sell Hobby Items by Mail - WWIO

Sales Tips & Advice (researching a prospect, managing salespeople, creating a sales forecast, presentations...) - AllBusiness.com

Sales Topics (choosing a sales force, face-to-face selling, customer-focused selling) - BusinessTown.com

Yes! You, Too, Can Be Good At Sales (building rapport, creating interest, asking questions, closing...) - Freeing The Mind