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#89 ‘The Voice’ – A Runaway Marketing Success Story.

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In this week’s episode I have a fireside chat with Adrian Swift, the Nine Network’s Executive Producer of The Voice – one of the most successful TV shows Australia has ever seen. At the time of the interview they were getting 2.5 million viewers per episode – by the end of the series, this had skyrocketed to 3,000,000 viewers … just slightly more than Australia’s #1 small business marketing podcast ;0)

Now, you may well be wondering what can us small business owners learn from the marketing of a hit TV show like The Voice. The answer is PLENTY!

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#88 A Million Dollar Business in 2.5 Years on $0 Marketing Budget.

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Three years ago BlackMilk Clothing didn’t exist. Then one day in 2009, James Lillis sold a pair of leggings for $10 that he’d stitched together around his kitchen table. The dream was launched.

Two and half years later BlackMilk Clothing is a multi-million dollar, 100% Australian-owned business employing 130 people and selling out of everything they make … bought by an unbelievably loyal following of raving fans – 160,000+ of them on Facebook, alone!

Not to mention the tens of meet-up groups that connect globally, all manned by volunteers who live for BlackMilk’s next product.

Oh, and did I mention they’ve done this on a modest marketing budget of ZERO DOLLARS! Yep, nudda. Zip!

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how to market a business in tough times

#87 How To Market A Business In Tough Times.

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Larry Bloch co-founded Netregistry in 1997 – right in the high diddle diddle of the dot com boom. Things were going swimmingly with the business doubling every couple of months … until mid 2000 when the boom went bust.

BUT that’s where it gets interesting … really interesting.

You see, marketing a business in boom times is relatively easy – there’s plenty of money and eager buyers – especially in the area of domain names and websites where every one was trying to stake their claim. But how do you manage a business through the down times, and come out the other end shining? In fact, in 2012, Netregistry is now Australia’s most trusted provider of online services.

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