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How to Make More Job Contacts Faster, through Viral Marketing
Are you in the job market? Sick of every blog-byte cramming down your throat that you have to get out there and network? Feel like your traditional networking efforts have turned into a self-destructive waste of time? Online Social Networking (OSN), a form of viral marketing, is a better way to hook up to opportunity. Done right, it’ll do wonders for your self-esteem and warp-speed your contact development.Viral marke

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Buying a filing cabinet did more for my direct mail copywriting business than anything else. Those two drawers forced me to think critically about every direct mail piece that landed through my mailbox and every article I read on the topic. That filing cabinet changed the way I look at direct mail, changed the way I read trade publications.

Assessing Your Progress
I'm not a big fan of New Years resolutions. Sure I've made dozens of them, all with good intentions and a bit of magical thinking, believing this time the resolution will stick. Maybe a few have, but generally these wishful self-promises end up broken. And when that happens my self-esteem suffers.You see, every time you break a self-promise, your self-trust is weakened. Every time you give up on your commitments your self-confi

Buy a filing cabinet. A big one. That's my advice for aspiring direct mail copywriters, creative directors at direct mail agencies, and marketing managers who want to improve their direct mail results as quickly as possible.

The quickest way to master the craft of direct mail copywriting and design is to learn from others. So you'll need a cabinet with two drawers, minimum.

Across the label on the top drawer, write: SAMPLES.
Across the label on the bottom drawer, write: RESEARCH.

Now you're set.

From this day forward, keep every piece of direct mail you receive that's relevant to what you sell, how you sell or to whom you sell. Keep postcards, self-mailers, letters, entire packages, dimensional mailers. Keep them all.

Now create some hanging files in the top drawer, and file the direct mail you receive, using a system that makes sense to you. You could file by type of mailer (see above). You could file by industry (financial services, insurance, telecommunications). You could file by component (envelopes, letters, reply devices, coupons, vouchers, premiums).

Now, whenever you're hunting for a creative way to tweak your envelope teaser, craft a compelling offer or get the most out of the limited real estate on a self-mailer, turn to your sample drawer and look for ideas.

Now boot up your web browser and visit the websites of all the trade publications that deal with direct marketing, direct mail and your industry or niche. Subscribe to their print trade publications and their email newsletters. You'll find a list of these trade publications listed at www.sharpecopy.com/links.html

Now create some hanging files in your bottom drawer and label them using a system that makes sense to you. Into these files place every article that deals with direct mail marketing, so use a system that's logical and easy to remember. Save time by creating a new folder only when you have an article to put in it. My drawer looks like this:

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Buckslips
Catalogs
Databases
Design
Dimensional mailers
Email marketing
Envelopes
Freemiums
Guarantees
Headlines
Insert media
Involvement devices
Lead generation
Lists
Mathematics of direct mail
Newsletters
Offers
Personalization
Postage
Postcards
Premiums
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Wanted: A Diva for the Job of a Lifetime!
“When I was a child, I always thought the world was mine, A stomping ground for me, full of opportunities. I always had this attitude that I was going to go out into the world and do all the things I wanted to do." –MadonnaSo, what happens to the diva or Adonis in us? What happens to the girl or boy who is convinced of their career choices, bold enough to use their imagination, and powerful enough to take risks and survive setb

ceive that's relevant to what you sell, how you sell or to whom you sell. Keep postcards, self-mailers, letters, entire packages, dimensional mailers. Keep them all.

Go Beyond Hearing and Listen, Listen, Listen
If we listened twice as much as we talked, we would be a lot further down the road to success. People sometimes think I am very quiet when they first meet me. Those that know me are aware that I am quite the opposite. When I am in a setting where I do not know anyone, I spend my time listening to conversations. I pick up good information about most people at the event. Once I feel I have enough to go on, I will put my hat in the ring

ope teaser, craft a compelling offer or get the most out of the limited real estate on a self-mailer, turn to your sample drawer and look for ideas.

The Basics of Business Process Management
The key to efficiency in any business or organization is its processes. By processes, we mean the steps and actions that must occur for a particular outcome to be achieved. When those processes go wrong, occur too slowly, or simply don't work, the business or organization does not succeed.Just as processes are the heart of every business or organization, business process management (BPM) is the heart of making those processes w

e files place every article that deals with direct mail marketing, so use a system that's logical and easy to remember. Save time by creating a new folder only when you have an article to put in it. My drawer looks like this:

Create an Event at Your Trade Show
Trade show conferences are gathering spots for favored clients, client prospects, industry leaders, as well as competitors. Trade show visitors, however, have hectic schedules. They are busy attending educational industry seminars, networking with their colleagues, learning about new products and seeing first-hand the latest innovations in their specific fields. But it is also important to note that trade show attendees have unsche

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That filing cabinet also helped me retain what I learned about direct mail, literally. And if you're 47 years old and losing your hair, and if you spend your evenings running after a three-year-old and a five-year-old, and if you're the breadwinner in the home, and if your day planner is full, then you appreciate any tool that helps you remember what you learn (so you can use that knowledge to boost your direct mail results).

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