Let’s look at some secrets of creative salesmanship from advertising legend David Ogilvy. He advised promoters to follow these four basic principles in creating their messages: 1. Creative brilliance.

When I initially studied Principles of Marketing by Philip Kotler at university, it felt like I was given a compass for navigating the business world. For more than 25 years, as both an assistant ...

While business owners are generally out to make a profit, many also would like to make the world a better place. The tools and techniques of marketing, used correctly, have a strong influence on ...

Marketing is a critical business function for most for-profit and non-profit businesses. Marketing is a broad process that includes research, product design and development, promotion and customer ...

In the last several years, we’ve heard a refrain among business development teams at clean economy companies: It’s harder to get customer prospects to engage. Getting your emails and phone calls ...

Jeff Bezos built the most valuable company in the world in part by "focusing on the things that don't change." You can’t predict the future. However, if we’ve learned anything over the last few years, ...

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Download the B2B digital advertising guide for best practice approaches to managing performance-based campaigns. With performance-based campaigns, it’s easy to set them up, set the bid structure and ...

Marketing is critical to the success of any business, which is why it’s so important to get it right. These four rules will help. In Real Leaders Don’t Follow, author Steve Tobak explains how real ...

Looking for a job? A killer résumé isn’t all about grammar and qualifications. These basic principles of marketing and advertising will move your résumé to the top of the pile. Try to think of ...