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Ten Quick Marketing Actions

Written by: Alvah Parker

Article Overview: 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.

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.

1. Call a former client to ask for referrals.

2.Send a handwritten note to someone you met at a meeting recently.

3. Email a potential referral source to set up a meeting.

4. Call the program chairperson of an organization you want to speak to about setting up a speaking engagement.

5. Create an outline for an article you want to write.

6. Call a prospect to find out if he/she is ready to become a client.

7. Send an article with a note to a client or prospect on a topic you know he/she is interested in.

8. Order a thank you gift on the web or by phone to be sent to someone who just referred a client to you.

9. Put an article you have written on an article bank website.

10.Register for your next networking event

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