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10 Essential Entrepreneurs you should follow up on Twitter

Posted by admin | Posted in Blog | Posted on 30-10-2009

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For those entrepreneurs and business managers, who seek for tips and advice on how to be successful, this article provides a list of 10 entrepreneurs who have built their businesses from scratch.

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These entrepreneurs use Twitter to communicate their unique perspectives. Follow their tweets and learn from the big players. I hope you enjoy the article.

ttp://mashable.com/2009/10/29/entrepreneurs-twitter-follow/

Claudia Walliman

Why Virtual Marketing Departments are the way forward

Posted by admin | Posted in Blog | Posted on 20-10-2009

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Marketing for Small Businesses is proud to offer a Virtual Marketing Department, tailored to Small & Start Up Businesses in Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire, that is cost-effective and managed by qualified marketeers. Find out about the benefits of this service in this interesting article about the benefits of having a Virtual Marketing Department taking care of all your marketing needs. No project is too small for us!

‘Outsourcing has always had the good and the bad associated to it, but the success of outsourcing all over the developed world has proven beyond doubt, that the volume of the pros associated with outsourcing overpower the cons to a great extent. Latest in the field of outsourcing is the concept of “virtual marketing departments”.

Wondering what these are? Well, just like any other outsourcing job, virtual marketing departments take care of all your marketing needs and strive to make your startup/established business a success in the online world. Right from branding to developing market strategies and getting leads and tackling the media etc., these departments know all the tricks of the trade and the best part is that they help you save a lot of time that you otherwise would have wasted on doing each of these things on your own.

You might put a question to me at this juncture- why outsource when I can hire people and see them formulate plans in front of my eyes? Well, I understand your apprehensions about outsourcing your marketing job to a third party virtual department, but in doing so, you are entitling yourself to a hoard of benefits. First up, you don’t pay these virtual departments on an on-going basis. Rather, you pay them only for the work they do. On the other hand, if you had a dedicated marketing system set up for your company, you would have had to pay them a fixed salary and compensation packages, irrespective of the kind of work they are doing. In outsourcing, therefore, you tend to save at least two quarters worth of money that you would have paid your local marketing department.

Besides, you would also have incurred the cost of setting up the office, telephone connections, health benefits, worker’s comp etc. for your dedicated marketing department, while this is not the case with virtual marketing departments. Virtual departments have their own infrastructure set up and all you have to do is pay them and put your idea across, without worrying about anything else. So, what are you waiting for? Just outsource your work to a virtual marketing department and give yourself complete peace of mind.

Another point to consider is that if you hired a local in-house marketing department, you would need to train them to do the tasks you need. This takes time and expertise which you may not have, and the benefit of having a Virtual Marketing Department will free up your time and stress of wondering how to get your marketing going.’

For more information on our Virtual Marketing Department (VMD) Service please call us on:

01202-233262

or emails us to hello@marketing-for-smallbusinesses.co.uk

Extracted from http://ezinearticles.com/?Outsourcing-Tips-For-a-Small-Business-Virtual-Marketing-Department&id=3017036

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