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Here’s what your marketplace wants from you

Updated February 2022

By Jim Connolly | April 15, 2020

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Here are a few thoughts regarding the needs and wants of your marketplace, written from their perspective.

  • We’re about to find out how you react in a major emergency. Please exceed our expectations.
  • We always value sincere, personal messages. But never more so than today.
  • We’re eagerly looking for sources of realistic optimism. And we’re looking at you.
  • We want your seed, not your need. So show us how you can help. Go easy on the sales pitches.
  • We’re just like you; when people go silent on us, we soon forget them.
  • We all respond differently under stress. Expect the unexpected from us and you won’t be disappointed.
  • We will remember how you treated us after the crisis has passed.

Your marketplace is made up of a diverse group of people. They won’t all be focused on the exact same things. But many will be sensitive to some of those points.

This is a challenging time for everyone, including your clients and prospective clients. Your marketing needs to speak to this new reality or it will be irrelevant and ignored.

IMPORTANT: If you want to make more sales, boost your profits and grow an amazing business, this will help you!

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