Sales and Marketing


Recent Sales and Marketing Guides

How to Profit from Market Research

Knowing what your customers want and how they want it is essential to any business. Here's how to gather information through market research.  Read more

How-to Save on Marketing Your Invention

You might be seeing dollar signs as you envision your invention heading to market. What you likely aren't thinking is just how costly the process can be.<...  Read more

Tips and Sales Techniques for Cold Calling

Advice on developing one of the most difficult skills in sales.  Read more

How To Know Your Customers Better

Demographics sounds expensive and frightening, but it's a useful tool even for small companies.  Read more

How to Provide Customer Self-Service Online

If you plan to process orders and transactions on your small business's website, then you had better be prepared to field customer service questions onlineâ€...  Read more

How to Use Customer Relationship Management Software

CRM as a Customer Service Tool Customer relationship management (CRM) providers have tailored their offerings for the small busin...  Read more

How to Use Technology to Improve Customer Service

More companies are using technology to handle customer service in an efficient and cost-effective way. Here's how you can use data management and analytics a...  Read more

E-mail Marketing

Despite the enormous influx of spam to our inboxes, e-mail still reigns as an effective marketing tool. E-mail newsletters, in particular, can particularl...  Read more

Conducting Online Market Research: Tips and Tools

How to use online market research tools, including search techniques, tips, and tools for using the Internet for researching your competition and market.  Read more

How-To | Customer Service

Customer-Driven Marketing Get ideas on generating referrals, using referenc...  Read more