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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Market to a 9-Year-Old

I just came across an Inc. article about simplifying the sales message. Beyond just the sales message, this is important for everyone that's in marketing. We have gotten to fancy, fru-fru, and complicated.

I read so many business plan concepts and statements of competitive advantage, and I still don't know what it is the business is selling. If I can't figure it out from a business description, I likely won't be able to figure it out from the marketing messaging. It's a bit of an identity crisis on the business owner's part--who are you and what do you sell, in plain, simple, digestible words.

You know very well what you do--your business is your heart and soul. I don't know though, and big words with extra fluff aren't going to make it any more clear for me. Simplify. Simplify. Simplify.

What a 9-Year-Old Can Teach You About Selling [or Marketing in general]