Starting a Business All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Chapter 1

Optimizing Your Marketing Program

IN THIS CHAPTER

Succeeding by understanding your customers — and yourself

Formulating a winning marketing strategy

Leveraging your marketing program with focus and control

Figuring out what to realistically expect from your program

Maximizing the appeal of your product, service, or business

Marketing is all the activities that contribute to building ongoing, profitable relationships with customers to grow your business. The traditional goal of marketing is to bring about healthy sales through advertising, brand development, and other activities. A more long-term goal is to become increasingly useful or valuable to a growing number of customers so as to ensure your future success. Watch both short-term sales and long-term development of value to make your organization a growing success.

Your marketing program is the right mix of products or services, pricing, promotions, branding, sales, and distribution that will produce immediate sales ...