Category: Sharing is Learning

When something good comes by, it’s always nice to share around. Sharing is learning and it makes the learning process more fun and less tedious.

Just Sales Techniques Are Not Enough Sometimes

Just Sales Techniques Are Not Enough Sometimes

A seasoned sales consultant would know that a client with lots of problem will be a willing paying client provided the latter is happy with the solutions offered. Prolonged hours of using the computer and surfing the internet cause my back, shoulder, wrist and thumb to ache consistently. Other than visiting a chiropractor, the other …

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Niche Marketing – Offer What Others Are Not Offering

Niche Marketing – Offer What Others Are Not Offering

At an earlier post, Niche Marketing Is Not to be Ignored, I said niche marketing is all about focusing on a specific, over-looked and under-served area where your product and expertise can create a major impact and be a big hit. I even used Mac Poker Online (poker site catering to Apple Macintosh users) as …

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Niche Marketing – Summer Holidays

Niche Marketing – Summer Holidays

I have been writing about niche marketing recently, and once again, I come across yet another interesting example that I think you will be interested to read about. For those in temperate climates, summer is a big deal. People who live in hot, tropical countries like Singapore and Malaysia have no idea what the big …

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Packaging Yourself to Better Mindshare

Packaging Yourself to Better Mindshare

When I first visited Japan, I was in awe at the respect and the lavishness with which they treated their goods, even when I ordered just 3 tiny sweets filled with red bean paste. They were first placed in a transparent tray, which was then lowered into a exquisitely green coloured corrugated box with printed …

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Niche Marketing Is Not To Be Ignored

Niche Marketing Is Not To Be Ignored

Niche marketing is all about focusing on a specific, over-looked and under-served areas where your product and expertise can create a major impact and be a big hit. You like dogs, and you intend to go into the dog business. However, do you have unique capabilities or huge resources to fight in the highly competitive …

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Seasonal Marketing Sells!

Seasonal Marketing Sells!

Every year, we start off with the Chinese New Year celebrations (a celebration of Spring), followed by memorable days like Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Visak Day, Father’s Day, Hari Raya Puasa, Deepavali, Thanksgiving and so on. Marketers are always excited about special events and festive seasons because they help to increase sales, sales margin and …

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Fair Exchange in a Free Market

Fair Exchange in a Free Market

I’m used to people telling me “I don’t have money to do marketing”, “I don’t have spare budget to advertise”. And my reply is almost always the same, “You got to do some form of marketing no matter whether you have money or not”. Anyway, whoever said that marketing needs money all of the time? …

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