Elements of Intentional Marketing 3: Specified Actions

This post completes elements of intentional marketing. I introduced all three elements and covered element 1 on Tuesday and element 2 yesterday. In today’s post, you’ll learn about the third element of intentional marketing - getting target market members to take specified actions.
Intentional marketing can be brand marketing. This means that it promotes the business, […]

Elements of Intentional Marketing 2: Target Market

The primary elements of intentional marketing were previewed in yesterday’s post. Today’s post covers the second element - target markets.
Intentional marketing requires determining the target market and designing marketing efforts to reach and serve target market members.

One of the biggest mistakes that small business owners make in their marketing is trying to market to […]

Market Segmentation: Small Business Marketing

Market segmentation can improve your small business marketing and help you to avoid wasting you small business marketing resources.
A thorough discussion of wasting your small business marketing resources are covered in my article, Three Mistakes That Waste Small Business Marketing Resources. If you came to my blog because you read this article or […]

Target Market: Eight Questions To Ask About Yours, 5-8

Target market information isn’t as difficult to acquire as many small business owners believe.
By answering just eight questions, you can acquire a wealth of information about your target market.
I covered the first four questions in yesterdays post, and am covering the last four in today’s post. These last four questions are:
5. How often and how much […]

Target Market: Eight Questions To Ask About Yours, 1-4

Your target market determines your marketing and profit potential for your business. When you are analyzing a potential target market, you should answer each of the following eight questions.
1. Who is your target market?
2. What is your target market’s profile?
3. What influences your target market members’ buying behavior?
4. Who influences your target market’s buying decisions?
5. How often and how […]