Wednesday, November 23, 2011

200 Marketing Weapons



by Jay Conrad Levinson

These guerrilla marketing weapons should all be considered for promoting your
product, service or website offline. 

Notice how more than half of them are free.

1. Marketing plan
2. A marketing calendar                          102. A designated guerrilla
3. Identity                                             103. Employee attire
4. Business cards                                   104. Your social demeanor
5. Stationery                                          105. Your target audience
6. Personal letters                                  106. Your circle of influence
7. Telephone marketing                          107. Your contact time with
8. A toll-free number                              108. How you say "Hello"
9. A vanity phone number                       109. Your teaching ability
10. The Yellow Pages                             110. Stories
11. Postcards                                         111. Sales training
12. Postcard decks                                 112. Use of downtime
13. Classified ads                                   113. Networking
14. Per-order and per-inquiry                  114. Pisrionfgessional titles
15. Free ads in shoppers                         115. Affiliate marketing
16. Circulars and flies                             116. Media contacts
17. Community bulletin boa r d s              117. "A"-List customers
18. Movie ads                                        118. Your core story
19. Outside signs                                    119. A sense of urgency
20. Street banners                                  120. Limited time or quantity
21. A window display                              121. A call to action
22. Inside signs                                      122. Satisfied customers
23. Posters                                            123. A benefits list
24. Canvassing                                      124. Competitive advantages
25. Door hangers                                   125. Gifts
26. An elevator pitch                              126. Service
27. A value story                                    127. Public relations
28. Backend sales                                  128. Fusion marketing
29. Letters of recommendat i o n             129. Barter
30. Attendance at trade sho w s              130. Word-of-mouth
31. Advertising                                       131. Buzz
32. Direct mail                                       132. Community involvement
33. Newspaper ads                                133. Club and association
34. Radio spots                                      134. Free directory listings
35. Magazine ads                                   135. A tradeshow booth
36. Billboards                                         136. Special events
37. Television commercials                     137. A name tag at events
38. A computer                                      138. Luxury box at events
39. A printer or fax machine                    139. Gift certificates
40. Chat rooms                                      140. Audio-visual aids
41. Forums                                            141. Flip charts
42. Internet bulletin boards                     142. Reprints and blowups
43. List building                                      143. Coupons
44. Personalized e-mail                           144. A free trail offer
45. An e-mail signature                           145. Guarantees
46. Canned e-mail                                  146. Contests and sweepstakes
47. Bulk e-mail                                      147. Baking or crafts ability
48. Audio and video postcar d s               148. Lead buying
49. A domain name                                149. Follow-up
50. A web site                                        150. A tracking plan
51. A landing page                                 151. Marketing-on-hold
52. A merchant account                          152. Branded entertainment
53. A shopping cart                                153. Product placement
54. Auto-responders                               154. Being a radio talk show
55. A search engine ranking                    155. Being a TV talk show
56. Electronic brochures                          156. Subliminal marketing
57. RSS feeds                                        157. A proper view of marketing
58. blogs                                               158. Brand name awareness
59. Podcasting                                       159. Intelligent positioning
60. A personal e-zine                              160. A name
61. Ads in other e-zines                          161. A meme
62. E-Books                                           162. A theme line
63. Content provision                              163. Writing ability
64. Webinars                                         164. Copywriting ability
65. Joint ventures                                   165. Headline copy talent
66. Word-of-mouse                                166. Location
67. Viral marketing                                 167. Hours of operation
68. eBay and other auction site               168. Days of operation
69. Click analyzers                                 169. Credit card acceptance
70. Pay-per-click ads                              170. Financing availability
71. Search engine keywords                   171. Credibility
72. Google adwords                               172. Reputation
73. Sponsored links                                173. Efficiency
74. Reciprocal link exchang e s                174. Quality
75. Banner exchanges                            175. Service
76. Web conversion rates                       176. Selection
77. Knowledge of your market                177. Price
78. Research studies                              178. Upgrade opportunities
79. Specific customer data                      179. Referral program
80. Case studies                                     180. Spying
81. Sharing                                            181. Testimonials
82. Brochures                                        182. Extra value
83. Catalogs                                          183. Adopting a noble cause
84. Business directories                          184. Easy to do business
85. Public service announce me               185. Honest interest in people
86. A newsletter                                     186. Good telephone demeanor
87. Speeches                                         187. Passion and enthusiasm
88. Free consultations                             188. Sensitivity
89. Free demonstrations                         189. Patience
90. Free seminars                                  190. Flexibility
91. Articles                                            191. Generosity
92. Columns                                          192. Self-confidence
93. Writing books                                   193. Neatness
94. Publishing-on-demand                       194. Aggressiveness
95. Workshops                                       195. Competitiveness
96. Teleseminars                                   196. High energy
97. Infomercials                                     197. Speed
98. Constant learning                              198. Focus
99. Marketing insight                              199. Attention to details
100. Yourself                                         200. Ability to take action

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