What do you get when you mix marketing tips and a laugh?

201 201- Get more done with less, freebies, how to avoid being unsuccessful … plus a bunch of marketing tips!

It’s time for another episode of Funny Business with Australia’s best selling marketing author, Andrew Griffiths aka Griffo, and me, Timbo Reid. This time round, we get really stuck into big marketing questions like how to create a virtual marketing team, and how to know when it’s the right time to start your business. There’s more marketing tips than you could poke a bunch of bananas at!

Griffo and I also chew the fat over how businesses that are losing their touch can regain connections with their customer base and make positive impressions on their bottom line. PLUS, I introduce our brand new sponsor, 99designs, and an awesome offer from them exclusively for Small Business Big Marketing listeners. Let’s get started!

In this session of Small Business Big Marketing, you’ll discover:

What made me cry tears of both sadness and joy in the last week.
Why it is essential for any business website owner to never lost sight of WHY they have a website in the first place, and what it needs to do.
How outsourcing marketing work can give you the space to experiment with your business.
Why it is important that business owners should never assume that people know their business exists.
The power of getting to know your customers – talk to them, and listen to their needs.
How you can source your own virtual marketing team.
Why it is important to invest in marketing today for the success of your business tomorrow.
All about knowing when it is the right time to revamp your website.
The importance of ensuring that your business changes with the market – don’t let it stagnate.
Why you need to have criteria in place to know when you can give away business freebies and when it just won’t work.

Episode Timeline

3.45 Can’t catch a break with online marketing? Get it SORTED with Netregistry.
9.00 Time management and the power of creating your own virtual marketing team.
12.00 Ways to find great, affordable experts who can be part of your virtual marketing team.
14.00 Introducing our new sponsor – 99designs! Head to 99designs.com/sbbm for a free 99designs Power Pack.
17.30 The ways that outsourcing can allow you to experiment with your marketing and try things out without commiting to vast amounts of spending.
20.00 Figuring out the reasons why a business that was previously successful might lose its touch.
25.00 Knowing your customers and spending time with them – the cornerstone of grassroots marketing.
30.30 Launching websites – how can you know when is the right time? And how can you be sure your website is what you want it to be?
41.30 The importance of producing helpful, relevant content on a regular basis (for both Google and your customers).
42.00 All about work freebies and putting criteria in place to assess when you can commit to giving freebies and when it doesn’t make sense.
49.00 Consistency versus inconsistency in business. How to be familiar but also add new elements to a business.