Comments on: Stand out from the crowd and boost sales http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2008/12/17/stand-out-from-the-crowd-and-boost-sales/ Marketing advice & marketing tips for small businesses & entrepreneurs. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:02:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gabriel Presso http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2008/12/17/stand-out-from-the-crowd-and-boost-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-4084 Gabriel Presso Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:46:19 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=534#comment-4084 Hello, Jim! I am just catching up with some of your olders posts as I am waiting for your article on why you cut your Twitter presence. This piece ringed true with our latest deal recommendation - 1000wordsforsale.com - it comes across as creative marketing (after all, the million dollar page worked with less link juice promise). I still think "creative marketing" is a gamble, though - if you win, you can make it big, if not, you paid for the experience. Just for the "I said so" piece, I think you are about to make some creative move yourself with the Twitter stunt. Hat off to you! BR, Gabriel Hello, Jim!
I am just catching up with some of your olders posts as I am waiting for your article on why you cut your Twitter presence.
This piece ringed true with our latest deal recommendation – 1000wordsforsale.com – it comes across as creative marketing (after all, the million dollar page worked with less link juice promise). I still think “creative marketing” is a gamble, though – if you win, you can make it big, if not, you paid for the experience.
Just for the “I said so” piece, I think you are about to make some creative move yourself with the Twitter stunt. Hat off to you!

BR,
Gabriel

]]> By: Ben Roberts http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2008/12/17/stand-out-from-the-crowd-and-boost-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-2717 Ben Roberts Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:39:07 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=534#comment-2717 Jim, your post rings so true for my industry (Real Estate) and especially my local market. There is noone locally that has a forward thinking strategy to differentiate themselves online from the competition except me! With help from Jim Cronin at the realestatetomato and a number of great fellow bloggers and marketers like yourself, I am taking over the local real estate market both online and off by standing out and taking my marketing a different direction. Jim, your post rings so true for my industry (Real Estate) and especially my local market. There is noone locally that has a forward thinking strategy to differentiate themselves online from the competition except me! With help from Jim Cronin at the realestatetomato and a number of great fellow bloggers and marketers like yourself, I am taking over the local real estate market both online and off by standing out and taking my marketing a different direction.

]]> By: Eric Brown http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2008/12/17/stand-out-from-the-crowd-and-boost-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-2693 Eric Brown Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:02:24 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=534#comment-2693 Jim, Hello Great post, thank you. I sure agree with your point to do something, anything different than what your competitor is doing. In our small business, we are starting to hang out on the various rating sites, such as Yelp and Get Satisfaction. It is a fertile place to have an open conversation with our own customers and our competitors customers and we are in there alone with our competitors customers. Pretty interesting, Jim, Hello
Great post, thank you. I sure agree with your point to do something, anything different than what your competitor is doing. In our small business, we are starting to hang out on the various rating sites, such as Yelp and Get Satisfaction. It is a fertile place to have an open conversation with our own customers and our competitors customers and we are in there alone with our competitors customers. Pretty interesting,

]]> By: Saul Maraney http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2008/12/17/stand-out-from-the-crowd-and-boost-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-2578 Saul Maraney Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:23:21 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=534#comment-2578 Hi Jim, Great post! - I am very glad that I found you on Twitter. Kind regards, Saul Maraney Johannesbueg, South Africa www.whaishooponopono.com Hi Jim,
Great post! – I am very glad that I found you on Twitter.
Kind regards,
Saul Maraney
Johannesbueg, South Africa
http://www.whaishooponopono.com

]]> By: Simon T Small http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2008/12/17/stand-out-from-the-crowd-and-boost-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-2574 Simon T Small Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:59:42 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=534#comment-2574 Hey Jim, Great post, its a simple thing to say, and sometimes more difficult for marketers to do in their day to day lives. Hopefully this will inspire some. I don't fully agree with your example around paying a blogger to write, I think this can work, but can also have negative outcomes... I find that if you can find a blogger who is already writing about your category, sending him/her news, invitations, product samples or just making contact in some way often generates buzz in it self. Hey Jim,

Great post, its a simple thing to say, and sometimes more difficult for marketers to do in their day to day lives. Hopefully this will inspire some.

I don’t fully agree with your example around paying a blogger to write, I think this can work, but can also have negative outcomes…

I find that if you can find a blogger who is already writing about your category, sending him/her news, invitations, product samples or just making contact in some way often generates buzz in it self.

]]> By: Fabio Platero http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2008/12/17/stand-out-from-the-crowd-and-boost-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 Fabio Platero Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:23:46 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=534#comment-2573 Hi Jim. Thank you for sharing great advice. Today I did something different in my marketing message. I discovered what was constant in the marketing and did exactly the opposite. Hi Jim. Thank you for sharing great advice. Today I did something different in my marketing message. I discovered what was constant in the marketing and did exactly the opposite.

]]> By: Jordan Pearce http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2008/12/17/stand-out-from-the-crowd-and-boost-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-2570 Jordan Pearce Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:11:31 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=534#comment-2570 You're correct and this goes for freelance too. So many out there are competing and under-bidding in the same places for the same projects it's ridiculous. That's the hard way. It never occurred to some to either be direct or make it so that people pursue them and not the other way around. Coming in from left field is a good tactic. Excellent points sir. You’re correct and this goes for freelance too. So many out there are competing and under-bidding in the same places for the same projects it’s ridiculous. That’s the hard way.

It never occurred to some to either be direct or make it so that people pursue them and not the other way around. Coming in from left field is a good tactic.

Excellent points sir.

]]> By: Cindy Knight http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2008/12/17/stand-out-from-the-crowd-and-boost-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-2569 Cindy Knight Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:02:06 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=534#comment-2569 Hi Jim this is some great info. We were going to approach some local business owners and place them on our website but now it will be the blog. Thanks Hi Jim this is some great info. We were going to approach some local business owners and place them on our website but now it will be the blog. Thanks

]]> By: Ariellah Rosenberg http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2008/12/17/stand-out-from-the-crowd-and-boost-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-14495 Ariellah Rosenberg Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:19:49 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=534#comment-14495 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">@Jimconnolly Brilliant ending for my day with a great post! thanks for sharing your tips on marketing http://tinyurl.com/5ygavx</span></span> @Jimconnolly Brilliant ending for my day with a great post! thanks for sharing your tips on marketing http://tinyurl.com/5ygavx

]]> By: Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2008/12/17/stand-out-from-the-crowd-and-boost-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-2567 Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:14:14 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=534#comment-2567 Oranse, Great example - thanks for sharing! Oranse,

Great example – thanks for sharing!

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