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" Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is
but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a
day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year
."
Horace Mann
US educator (1796 - 1859)


Here you will find a series of articles written by us
at Short Order Marketing as well as others.

How's Your Marketing IQ?
Score yourself with this quick test and determine your marketing
intelligence.
Marketing has always been regarded as a fuzzy art because it seems
hard to quantify the effectiveness of a few handshakes and phone
calls. So, the more precisely you can quantify your efforts - or at least
understand your marketing strengths and weaknesses - the sooner
you can see how your investments in marketing are paying off in
hard dollars.
The 7 Secrets to Success – Brian Tracy
Excerpt from: “The Way to Wealth Part I”
By Brian Tracy, Entrepreneur Press
These principles have been taught and repeated thousands of times
in various books and seminars over the years but I believe everyone
can benefit from seeing them again.
Why choose a target market? You need to decide exactly who your
audience is before you sell your services.. Deciding on your target
market lays a critical foundation for your business. Choose the
wrong one and you will waste a lot of time and money with very
little results When you get clear about who your target market is,
you will:
.. know where to focus your selling and marketing efforts.
..know where to focus your research efforts. You want to intimately
understand your market: the problems they have and the language
they speak. The greater your level of understanding the more
magnetic you will become.