About Marketing: Asking for a Referral is Easy with a Reward Marketing Program

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Marketing Marketing What is Branding? Marketing Careers Public Relations From Laura Lake, your Guide to Marketing We've seen some changes in the marketing industry in the last decade. We no longer tell consumers what to buy with our marketing efforts, we advise them. Potential customers are more inclined to listen and ask the advice of their peers when it comes to determining their choice of not only what to buy, but where to buy. Asking for a Referral is Easy with a Reward Marketing Program In recent years with the advancement of social media marketing, word-of-mouth has become even more important, because your customers don't just tell a few people about a positive or bad experience, they often tell thousands if not millions. This year is coming to a close and it's a good time to review your own reward marketing program. Are you rewarding customers for telling others about you? Referrals are the most powerful form of marketing that you can use and it's also the least expensive. Your referrals have more of an impact than any other marketing strategy or advertisement.... Read more Outsource Your Marketing - What Do You Need to Look For? In today's economy it's common for businesses to begin to look at the option of outsourcing their marketing rather than doing it in house. Outsourcing can save you the... Read more What is Inbound Marketing? The term "inbound marketing" is getting a lot of buzz today, but I've found that several people really don't know what is meant when someone refers to inbound marketing. Inbound... Read more Marketing Tools and Help Marketing templates, calculators, forms and other marketing tools that will assist you in building and marketing your business successfully. Marketing Ads Marketing Strategies Buzz Marketing Online Marketing Reward Social Marketing Featured Articles Marketing Courses and Tutorials Small Business Marketing Marketing Your Business Online Social Media Marketing Marketing Your Brand Public Relations   More from About.com Free Children's Books How would you like to have access to a free online public library of books from around the world for kids 3 to 13? Read more...> Best Water Parks Better pack your bathing suit -- here are our recommendations for the funnest, wettest, splashiest water parks around. Read more...> This newsletter is written by: Laura Lake Marketing Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Marketing newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Must Reads Breaking Into a Marketing Career First Steps to Marketing a Business Social Media Marketing 7 Day Course Mobile Marketing for the Small Business Marketing Glossary   Follow me on: Advertisement