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Author Archives: Sabah Karimi

7 Essentials of the Marketing Plan

Developing a marketing plan can be a part of business planning and development, but it’s easy to confuse it with the formal business plan or startup strategy.
A marketing plan can help you identify the key objectives and goals of increasing sales, and it’s not as intimidating as it seems. A one-page marketing [...]

Tips on Training Your Sales Team for Success

Motivation, encouragement, and positive feedback are just a few elements of a successful training program, and if you’re in charge of rounding up a sales team for your business venture, it’s important to use the right strategies no matter what the topic might be. People learn and absorb new information fairly rapidly, especially when [...]

How to Review the Competition

Keeping track of your competitor’s activities can be challenging, but knowing about new activities and events is critical to your own success. If you’re in an industry with very similar products and services, you can learn a lot from the competition and even strategize how to make your company take the lead with [...]

6 Benefits of Email Newsletters

Company newsletters have long been used to share information about current events, upcoming highlights, and latest news. With today’s blogging and website capabilities, many companies have simply turned to web-based versions of newsletters, allowing both customers and employees to access critical information and the latest news. E-mail newsletters offer many benefits beyond a [...]

5 Traits of Powerful Ad Copy

Whether your advertising and marketing efforts are primarily online or take place in tangible form offline, developing powerful ad copy is critical to long-term success. Brand building, highlighting a new product, or simply delivering an important message are all possible with clever ad placement and a well-strategized marketing plan. But how do you make [...]

25 Ways to Be Your Own Boss (If You’re Not One Already)

Despite the benefits and success stories of today’s most prominent entrepreneurs and independent business owners, many people are still ‘on the fence’ about plunging ahead with their business idea. Struggling with obstacles of financing, time, and risk, many simply choose to work for a company and reduce any fear involved with becoming their own [...]