Do You Remember To Send Nice Notes?Written by Maria Marsala, Business Growth Specialist
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According to “How To Say It” by Roasalie Maggio, p. 100 “don’t make your congratulatory note do double duty: save for another day any questions, information, sales messages, or work matters that aren’t relevant to good news at hand. (Exception: personal letters accompanying birthday congratulations.)” To that I’d add, don’t even add your business card to card. You can send that as a follow up. 1. Congratulations on your recent business opening 2. Congratulations on your recent move to 3. Congratulations on your membership into 4. Congratulations on your _____ article in 5. Congratulations on your recent promotion to 6. Congratulations on your recent expansion into 7. Congratulations on your award 8. Congratulations on such a successful year 9. Congratulations on achieving your __th year in business 10. Congratulations on your ____ (hey - it's your turn to fill in blank)
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| | Business Success Checklist. Where is YOUR Business?Written by Maria Marsala, Business Growth Specialist
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legal advice, starting your own business is never something you do all by yourself. -- Look for assistance: employee, independent contractor. -- Legal: licensing, business type, contracts, trademarks, copyrights, patent, service marks. -- Build support: family, friends, business coach, consultant, advisors, business and social networking. -- Insurance: health, home, car, income, liability, risk, disability, loss of pay. -- Money: taxes, accounting, banking, billing, cash flow, loans. -- Marketing: copywriter, proofreaders, website designer, graphic designer, an assistant, Toastmasters, etc.Create a Marketing Plan. A new business often doesn't have a huge budget for marketing and a plan you help you save money. -- Design your marketing plan with your integrity in mind. -- Develop print media (business cards, stationary, forms, advertisements, newsletter, etc.). -- Decide if online marketing will be part of your plan (website, newsletter, ad's, etc.). -- Practice describing benefits of what you do in 30 seconds and 2 minutes (called verbal logo, USP, elevator speech). -- Re-evaluate your plan every 3 months.
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