Parker's Points
April 2005
Ten Quick Marketing Actions
It is often difficult to manage to do marketing tasks when you have a busy business or professional practice. Here are 10 ideas each of which take 5 or 10 minutes and can be done between appointments or when you take a break from working on a large project.
- Call a former client to ask for referrals.
- Send a handwritten note to someone you met at a meeting recently.
- Email a potential referral source to set up a meeting.
- Call the program chairperson of an organization you want to speak to about setting up a speaking engagement.
- Create an outline for an article you want to write.
- Call a prospect to find out if he/she is ready to become a client.
- Send an article with a note to a client or prospect on a topic you know he/she is interested in.
- Order a thank you gift on the web or by phone to be sent to someone who just referred a client to you.
- Put an article you have written on an article bank website.
- Register for your next networking event