Television Advertising - Advantages and Disadvantages
by Mike Brassil
http://www.websitemarketingplan.com/small_business/tvadvertising.htm
Watching TV is the most common leisure activity in our country today. It is the medium where the consumer spends the most “attentive” time. A number of surveys report average daily television viewing time as high as five to six hours. No wonder it has grown into a [...]

Radio Advertising Pros and Cons
by Mike Brassil
http://www.websitemarketingplan.com/Arts/radioadvertising.htm
280 million people own more than 300 million radios and, contrary to the predictions of doom, radio still fills a strategic advertising role for businesses both large and small. It is a relatively inexpensive way of reaching people, and it has often been called the “theater of the mind” [...]

Newspaper Advertising - Advantages & Disadvantages
By Mike Brassel
http://www.websitemarketingplan.com/Arts/newspaperadvertising.htm
Paid-circulation newspapers are a popular advertising medium for most local businesses. They are the oldest forms of mass media and they continue to be one of the largest, as measured by volume of advertising dollars. Industry giants, as well as the local convenience stores, use newspapers to advertise. [...]

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Hello Folks -
This month’s theme is the importance of strategic marketing, whether your business is offline, online or a combination of the two. Smart marketing is something that can make or break a business. Yet, marketing is frequently one of the first budget cuts when profit or sales are down, and often non-existent in [...]

http://www.websitemarketingplan.com/small_business/marketingmix.htm
Here, I give traditional marketing examples of long term and short term strategies:
Including both short term and long term strategies in the marketing mix can make for a more profitable business.
Long term strategies build brand/company awareness and give sales revenue a permanent, gradual boost. Short term strategies create a temporary, immediate revenue boost by giving [...]

Short Term vs. Long Term Marketing Efforts
By Sharon Housley
http://www.websitemarketingplan.com/online/strategy.htm
Sharon explains about combining short and long term *online* marketing strategies:
In order to create consistent sales cycles and a positive growth trend, businesses usually engage in both short and long term marketing efforts. Short-term marketing efforts tend to cause sudden sales spikes, which rarely last. These sharp [...]

http://www.websitemarketingplan.com/marketing-programs.htm
Some businesses tend to look at marketing as an expense that takes profit away from the company — as a luxury item to “splurge” on when they have the money — but not a necessity. This approach is short sighted. Marketing is an investment that increases profit and improves business value over time. The article [...]

American Marketing Association - www.marketingpower.com
The AMA is holding a Strategic Marketing Conference May 21-23, 2006 at The Fiarmont Hotel in Chicago, IL…
Moving Marketing Out of Crisis Mode: New Answers in a World of Competition
This strategic conference will provide answers to ongoing challenges we all face as marketers. Among the seminars and tutorials:
- Basic Strategic Planning [...]