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Five Hot Consumer Marketing Trends You Must Understand to Gain a Competitive Advantage, or Risk Being Left Behind

Have you ever asked yourself, “What’s the latest trend?” or “What’s working now?” Or this puzzler: “What can I do on a small budget?”

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Dear Business Builder,

If you’re in marketing today, you know that competition, financial pressure, and ever-changing consumer marketing trends are among the leading challenges for 21st century businesses.

Your job isn’t easy — not at all. The marketplace is crowded and more competitive than at any other time in history.

If you’re trying to grow your business with sophisticated marketing initiatives, but you’re short on cash, it can be especially difficult to get noticed and gain momentum.

You have to work harder. You have to work smarter. And you have to pay attention to the latest marketing trends, or you risk being left behind.

If you’re unsure about what’s working right now — and why — please keep reading. In How to Crush Your Competition, we have compiled a fast-reading report on the latest marketing trends that are leading the way today. And the good news is, they are easy to replicate in your own business.

Have you any experience with “cause-related marketing” and the other latest marketing trends?

One of the latest consumer marketing trends is, quite simply, about doing good deeds. Cause-related marketing can pay off in increased sales, improved visibility, greater customer loyalty, enhanced company image, and positive media coverage.

Do it right, and you can reap a huge return on your investment. Get it wrong, and you can have nothing to show for your efforts. Or worse, tarnish your company’s reputation.

Learn the six rules for deciding which cause to support, and the pitfalls to avoid that can spell failure.

In How to Crush Your Competition you’ll also discover the fundamentals for using the Internet to level the marketing playing field.

This is one of several consumer marketing trends that any business can afford. Your new Internet presence can start small, evolve over time, and pay big dividends along the way.

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The mysterious strategy of “co-opetition.” The Godfather might call it, “Keep your friends close and your competitors closer.”

Of the five hot consumer marketing trends, one seems contrary to common sense. “Co-opetition” involves working with competitors to open new markets, build consumer awareness, bring new products to market — even secure contracts with much larger organizations.

It may seem far-fetched, but you’ll discover lots of reasons to consider the benefits of “co-opetition” in the pages of How to Crush Your Competition.

Plus, some straight talk about what’s really working for today’s successful marketers, including:

• How you can tap into the hottest consumer marketing trends for a competitive advantage.

• How to make your marketing initiatives work together to present one, unified message.

• How to make your marketing stand out in a sea of competing media strategies.

• How to measure the response rates to your advertising, marketing, and promotional campaigns.

• Economical tactics for getting your business in front of prospective customers, plus convincing them you have the best solution to their problems.

• Six low-cost suggestions for motivating your existing customers to build a buzz about your business with their friends, families, coworkers, and professional associates.

• How “creative customer contact” can be far more effective than in-your-face “guerilla” marketing tactics.

• How creating a dynamic Web site can get customers to help build your brand.

• How to know when an initiative isn’t working, and how best to change a losing strategy.

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Do you know the distinction between puzzles and mysteries?

Experts say a puzzle can be figured out if you just assemble enough pieces. But a mystery lacks “pieces” and it involves a totally different thought process to address.

If you’re like me, that’s how you feel every time technology changes the marketing game and creates new media, requiring new strategies, and forcing difficult new choices.

In today’s business environment, unraveling marketing mysteries requires us to make judgments and assess uncertainty. The problem is not that we have too little information, but that often we have too much. Often, it can be overwhelming.

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With my sincere best wishes for your continued success,

Bill Dugan
Vice President/General Manager
The Fuel Network

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