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Posts Tagged ‘Strategic Planning’

Achieving Staff Buy-in for Strategic Planning Initiatives

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

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Change is hard. In fact, change management is a business discipline unto itself. That is why achieving staff buy-in is vital when a company undergoes strategic planning with the intention of moving in a new direction or introducing new ideas. Since there will always be employees who oppose or even sabotage the efforts, it is critical to get key staff (not just management) on board early. Here are a few key steps for achieving staff buy-in.
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The Importance of Strategic Planning for Business Growth

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

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What is Strategic Planning?

Strategic planning is vital for the growth of any business. Much like a great recipe is a guide to making a delicious meal, a strong strategic plan provides a business with a clear path to achieving its goals.
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How to Optimize Email Marketing for Conversion

Monday, May 28th, 2012
Pinpoint Tactics recently completed a client’s marketing strategy, which involved the creation of multiple online marketing tools. Online marketing is new to many people, but it is becoming increasingly important in many industries. The rise of social media and mobile technology hasn’t just dramatically changed the music and film industries, it has revolutionized the art of marketing a business.

Online marketing has enabled small companies to achieve much better results with modest budgets than was possible with traditional marketing. Email newsletters are one of the key tools in your online marketing arsenal and below we discuss a few ways to optimize your newsletters for conversion.

1. Start with a quality subscriber list
As the old saying goes: “quality, not quantity”. A subscriber list with thousands of recipients will earn very few conversions if the readers aren’t interested in what you’re selling. Filling your newsletter list with recipients who have an interest in or use for your services is the first step in achieving conversion.

2. Concise, relevant, high-quality content
Audiences follow quality. If your newsletter becomes known as a consistent source of concise, useful information, the subscribers will come.

3. Integrate your newsletter with the rest of your online marketing
Don’t limit your newsletter to subscribers. Once it’s been sent out, increase your audience by mentioning your newsletter on your blog and linking to it on your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media outlets.

4. Include a call to action
Even a well-written newsletter with relevant content will be ineffective if it lacks a call to action. Make sure that each newsletter asks the reader to take action of some kind, whether it’s buying your services, visiting your website, liking you on Facebook, etc.

Email newsletters are a vital element of your online marketing toolbox. If you distill your list into a relevant audience and carefully develop your content to maximize conversion, your email newsletter will likely become the cornerstone of your online marketing efforts.

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