Posts Tagged ‘small business marketing’

What is Ethical Marketing?

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

ethical marketingEthical marketing usually refers to the execution of marketing ethics onto the process of marketing.  In today’s world there are few companies that follow ethical techniques to achieve what they really want. Many companies manipulate marketing techniques to get the best results. So who do you think is ultimately being affected by this? No one but the audience; the one who is paying for these services.

This is the reason that in today’s world ethical marketing is playing a very major role in marketing strategy.  There is a huge variety of people that expect that it is the responsibility of the organization to follow all the ethical techniques to get the marketing needs fulfilled and this is one of the major reasons that people expect it to be the responsibility of the organization to follow ethical techniques.

So ultimately it is only the organization that has to take care of its marketing procedures; what are they, how they are implemented and what are their pros and cons. There are many companies and organizations that follow appropriate marketing techniques and show exactly what is being followed. So whenever companies review marketing strategies they should consider whether the marketing decision that they are taking are ethical and reflects the expectations of the market. There are different takes and views on ethics and morality by an organization. There are many factors that affect these morality and ethics.

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How to use social media in small business

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
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Social Media in small businesses is becoming more common, many are aware of the potential benefits that can be developed. Many are still lagging behind as the recent survey by Citibank has portrayed (Reuters, 2009). 86% of small businesses in the US (under 100 employees) do not use social networking sites or do not find them useful in generating business leads or to expand business, can you believe that?! I sure can.

Small businesses that use social media correctly will be using it as a relationship marketing tool rather than a point of sale tool. To do this, it does take a considered effort and time to start creating the social networks that your business can benefit from. As within the physical world networks and relationships take time develop. Small businesses need to make time or hire SMO professionals to develop social media strategies that suit their business.

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