Marketing is EVERYTHING
You May Know Everything
There's to Know About Your Business and Your Industry ... But -
If You Don't Know How to
Easily Attract a Constant Flow of Pre-Qualified
Prospects - Your Business Won't Make It!
When you first thought about
opening your own business / practice, you probably thought
"technical" knowledge about the industry was all you really needed to
be successful.....
......
maybe you thought that expertise and
"professionalism" would be the keys to your success ....
......that
customers would seek you out when they heard how "good" you were.
Perhaps
you set up an office of your own. You had phone lines and equipment
installed. You learned to make coffee, your
way. Then, you sat down and
perused the phone book to start making cold calls, or got the Yellow
Pages rep in to see you.
You
may have had ideas in mind about "personal promotion," or other
image-building techniques.
Most
certainly, you had all kinds of information about how to be "the best"
___________ around. And that, with a few ads, some phone calls and
publicity, the world would pay attention and, indeed, beat a path to
your door.
But something happened that
you didn't expect.
Even though you have a great
business, and are one of the best in your field people haven't beaten a
path to your door!
In fact,
the hardest thing about being in ANY business IS getting
people to buy from you!
So
what gives? Well, the fact is - and it's a very important fact - that
every entrepreneur and business owner must grasp:
you're
not in
the business you think you're in.
You're
not in the "_______", _______, _______, or _______business as much as
you're in the business of MARKETING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES!
It's
true. No matter what type of business you have (or plan to have), no
matter what you sell, you're not really in that Business! You're in the
business of marketing of your business!!!!!
So,
what does this mean?
Well,
it means you must tweak your thinking. You must realize that
you are
a Marketer first and a "whatever
you do" second.
Acceptance
of your role as a marketer is very important. In fact, the best
entrepreneurs out there would agree that it is
the
only way to change the size of your bank account and gain success
otherwise unattainable.
Of
course, no matter how terrific your Marketing is, it can't and won't
make up for substandard services.
That
means you must not only work to be the Best Marketer; you must also
work to be the best professional in your field as well.
Luckily, the second, and
hardest, part of that equation comes naturally to you.

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