Sales & Marketing

How to Write a Marketing Plan provides a step-by-step guide to creating a successful marketing plan: from carrying out a marketing audit, setting objectives and devising budgets to writing, presenting and implementing the plan. With brand new content on producing mini-plans and seizing new opportunities quickly, it also contains the most current information on email marketing, web usage, mobile commerce and social media. Including helpful chapter summaries and a detailed sample marketing plan, How to Write a Marketing Plan is essential reading for anyone who wants to boost their product or business.

The creating success series of books…

With over one million copies sold, the hugely popular Creating Success series covers a wide variety of topics and is written by an expert team of internationally best-selling authors and business experts. This indispensable business skills collection is packed with new features, practical content and inspiring guidance for readers across all stages of their careers.

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Looking to grow your local business to the next level and leave your competitors in the dust?
This comprehensive ebook reveals insider tactics and proven strategies for dominating local search and outpacing your competition. From optimizing your website for local search terms to leveraging Google My Business and online directories, this guide covers all the essential elements of local SEO.

But this isn’t just another run-of-the-mill SEO guide. It goes beyond the basics to share little-known tips and tricks that can give you a serious competitive edge. Discover the power of hyperlocal content, learn how to generate more online reviews, and explore advanced tactics for targeting local customers through paid advertising.

The ebook is written in a clear, easy-to-follow format that’s perfect for small business owners and marketers who are new to local SEO. But even experienced SEO professionals will find plenty of valuable insights and strategies to take their local search game to the next level.

Throughout the ebook, you’ll find practical advice, real-world examples, and step-by-step instructions for implementing each strategy. Whether you’re a local retailer, restaurant owner, or service provider, this ebook will help you improve your online visibility, attract more customers, and grow your business.
If you’re ready to crush your competitors with local SEO, download our ebook today and start your journey towards local search domination. Act now before your competitors crush your business

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Advertising research organizations have been trying for years to measure the effectiveness of advertising.

Recent research by Erik du Plessis and his colleagues at Adtrack South Africa, and subsequently at Millward Brown, has helped to show that the strongest factor predicting success is not the scheduling rate, but how much an advertisement is liked.

Erik du Plessis draws on information about the working of the human brain from psychologists, neurologists and artificial intelligence specialists to suggest why ‘ad-liking’ is such an important factor in establishing a firm memory of an advertisement and predisposing consumers to buy. He explores what ‘ad-liking’ really means, and suggests how use of this paradigm could lead to a new phase in the ongoing effort to obtain maximum return from advertising spend.

Millward Brown were also behind the research for the BRANDchild initiative.

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The book that started the guerilla marketing revolution, expanded and completely updated for the twenty-first century.

Jay Levinson’s Guerrilla Marketing revolutionized marketing strategies for the small-business owner with his take-no-prisoners approach to finding clients. Based on hundreds of solid and effective ideas, Levinson’s philosophy has given birth to a new way of learning about market share and how to gain it. In this completely updated and expanded fourth edition, Levinson offers a new arsenal of weaponry for small-business success including strategies for marketing on the internet (explaining when and precisely how to use it); tips for using new technology, such as podcasting and automated marketing; programs for targeting prospects and cultivating repeat and referral business, and management lessons in the age of telecommuting and freelance employees. Guerrilla Marketing is the entrepreneur’s marketing bible–and the book every small-business owner should have on his or her shelf.

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Amazon advertising helps to increase sales and launch new products on Amazon successfully.

Amazon advertising works, and equally, it may be easy to waste your money. This book helps you master Amazon advertising, giving you an in-depth guide from starting to an advanced level.

Amazon advertising follows a pay per click model, and marketers have spent hours to figure the correct process. This book explains how to create the advertising process and execute them successfully. This in-depth guidebook shows you:

• How to create Amazon ads
• How to carry out keyword research
• Advertising optimisation
• Different types of ads
• Advertising strategies
• How to scale your sales with your advertising

This practical book gives you the knowledge to advertise your product and grow your sales. Once you read this book, you will look into advertising differently and find ways to manage them well.

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The Hidden Power of Advertising presents a radical new challenge to traditional thinking about the way consumers interact with and process brand communication. For over 70 years the universal assumption has been that advertising is only effective if it consciously persuades consumers to choose a particular brand. In such circumstances attention is critical, which is why most of the advertising industry’s creative resource is focused on achieving the highest possible levels of interest and awareness. But how is it that advertising can and frequently does work, even when consumers have no conscious awareness of having seen or heard the ads themselves?

Recent neuroscientific research has shown that the brain’s capacity to absorb certain types of brand information is far greater than we ever imagined. Building on these findings, Robert Heath is able to explain with exceptional clarity how advertising creates meaningful and enduring brand associations in our minds, even when we pay virtually no attention to it. These associations exert a powerful influence on our intuitive feelings, and can unknowingly drive us to choose and buy particular brands.

This mechanism – low involvement processing – turns out to be an especially effective way of getting through to consumers, who in general have little or no interest in learning about brands. Heath shows that low involvement processing has been a major factor behind the success of mega-brands in markets as diverse as insurance, cars, toilet paper, cigarettes, and beer. The Hidden Power of Advertising is a must-read for those involved with creating, planning and researching effective advertising, advertising and marketing academics, indeed anyone interested in the field of advertising and marketing communications.

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Ever felt like you’re lost in a digital desert, crying out for visibility amidst a sea of competitors? You’re not alone. In this ground-breaking guide, Carmichael and Swanson unravel the mystifying web of SEO and lead you to the oasis of online success.

This isn’t your run-of-the-mill SEO guide, regurgitating the same old advice. Oh no, this is the Red Pill, offering a profound awakening to the limitless potential of SEO done right. With wit, wisdom, and a sprinkle of Matrix references, the authors demystify complex SEO strategies, making them accessible to everyone, from neo-entrepreneurs to seasoned business owners.

You’ll dive deep into the intricacies of on-page and off-page optimization, learn the art of leveraging social media and YouTube for SEO, and discover advanced techniques like Broken Link Building and Podcast Guesting.

But that’s not all. Carmichael and Swanson extend beyond the tactical, delving into the strategic layers of SEO. You’ll learn to craft compelling content strategies, harness the power of Google Analytics, and even explore how writing a book can supercharge your SEO authority.

SEO Secrets is more than just a book; it’s a digital compass guiding you out of the wilderness of obscurity and into the promised land of high rankings and online success. It’s time to escape the matrix and embark on a journey to the top of the SERPs.

Are you ready to uncover the secrets of SEO? Plug in, power up, and let’s get optimizing!

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Whether you are a student or a professional working in Marketing or as a creative, whether you are looking for ways to come up with ideas, or to find the next best advertising concept for a print or digital ad, the book will explain everything you need to know about how to get there.

Free yourself from negative thoughts about not being creative. You don’t have to struggle to come up with ideas to better advertise your brand. With your newly acquired “Superpowers”, you can become anything you want in the world of communication, from the money making person to the award winning, cherished by all creative. It’s up to you.

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Revised and updated for 2021 with new case studies and covering the latest Google updates!

Become one of the 10,000+ business owners and marketers who have used this bestselling no-nonsense SEO book to increase their rankings and sell more.

Whether you’ve dabbled in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and been disappointed with the results, are a complete SEO newbie looking for a large slice of the ranking pie or you’re a seasoned professional looking to stay up to date with the best SEO practices, this book is for you.

How would it feel to…

• Understand how Google chooses which websites to rank?
• Know exactly what keywords to target to attract people who are ready to buy what you sell?
• Have your most profitable keywords hit the top spot?
• Confidently be able to tweak your website and its structure (no technical know-how needed!) for fast gains?
• Be able to write killer content that Google and your visitors love?
• Build relationships with key publication players in your industry and have them begging for your content?
• Have crafted a complete SEO strategy to laser-target your focus and get big results?

What kind of results can you achieve?

One of our clients came to us in 2015 asking for help. His business was making $2k per month in sales, and he was contemplating closing shop. Today, that business turns over $3.4million per month, thanks to the strategies in this book.You’ll read about this business and others in the book. Every strategy is data-backed and battle-tested by the Exposure Ninja team, who grow real businesses like yours.

What’s inside?

Section 1: The Foundations

You’ll learn:

• The four free ways to appear on the first page of Google
• How to identify keywords that will drive hordes of hungry traffic to your website
• The key to seeing ranking gains in just weeks
• Why snooping on your competitors is crucial, and how to steal the good bits.

Section 2: Your Website

Transform your website’s ranking by:

• Structuring it to make it easy for Google AND visitors to use
• Using content to 10x your traffic
• Transforming your blog into a sales generator
• Avoiding the SEO pitfalls that can do more harm to your website than good

Section 3: Promoting Your Website

You’ll find out:

• The exact process that took one business from 35 to 3,450 leads a month
• How to get links from national newspaper websites
• The easy way to pitch content sounding desperate
• How to get links from social media

Section 4: Designing Your SEO Strategy

SEO can be overwhelming. Replace panic with serene calm as you:

• Put everything into a comprehensive strategy
• Pick the key tasks to get results if you’re low on time
• Learn which metrics to track and which to ignore
• Implement three key practices that will ensure long-term improvement, whatever Google throws at you

“But how do I know all this is possible?”

Tim Cameron-Kitchen started out as a professional drummer. After building and ranking a website for his next-door neighbour, he got bitten by the SEO bug. Hundreds of clients later and with a team of 100 at his agency Exposure Ninja, Tim’s story shows that anyone, even if you don’t have a background in SEO, can learn what it takes to rank their website on Google.We update the book at least once a year to reflect the latest changes to the algorithm, so you’re always in the know. Lifetime updates are included with purchase, so this is the last SEO book you’ll ever need to buy!

Bonuses worth over £400

You’ll also receive a FREE video review of your website’s SEO, carried out by one of the SEO experts at Exposure Ninja. They’ll build you a prioritised plan to follow to improve your ranking and sales.

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Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman at Ogilvy, said the following about ‘Brands, Bandwagons & Bullshit’: –

“I noticed that this book ingeniously starts with a glossary – which was recommendation enough. But it gets even better from there on. I’m really enjoying it”.

In marketing, it’s easy to get caught up in the hype – the latest channel, brand, agency or media outlet. Cutting the useful from the useless is a constant battle.

Marketing, Advertising, PR and Media are all designed to sound awesome, but how can you possibly know which path is right for you without getting stuck in? You won’t know the facts until it’s too late – so the best thing to do is research what’s out there and make the most informed choices possible.

‘Brands, Bandwagons & Bullshit’ was written for two main audiences:- First, Students, Graduates and young marketing professionals looking to find their first job in marketing, advertising, media or PR . Second, it’s useful for an older demographic of those people who use marketing within their businesses but have no idea how it works (and are, by now, too afraid to ask).

Marketing is never perfect. How could it be? Every second of every day, everything that helps inform your decisions changes. Trends disperse, media pivots, demographics shift, geographies imbalance, economies peak and trough, products fail, creative is subjective, Pandemics arrive and strategy’s a Rubik’s Cube of a conundrum.

‘Brands, Bandwagons & Bullshit’ was written using notes, hints and tips I’ve found valuable myself and it also contains snippets from several articles I’ve written for Marketing Week, Campaign and other magazines. The topics are wide ranging, broaching marketing strategy, brand strategy, campaign tactics and some of the pitfalls you may/ will encounter on your own journey.

Part 1: Getting Started’ covers the things you might want to consider before you get your first job whilst ‘Part 2 – The Marketing Bit’ branches out into the strategy, tactics and campaigns that brands employ to give them an edge (or sometimes get it very, very wrong).

This isn’t a ‘self-help’ book, nor does it profess to hold all the answers. Think of it less as a Sat Nav directing you to your ideal marketing career or a bible for perfect marketing and more like a shopping list to browse, extracting useful snippets at will.

The baking of the cake is totally up to you, but hopefully you’ll pick up some useful directions and suggested ingredients over the coming pages to help you steer between the bullshit and the bandwagons.

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