Why a small business needs to invest in great marketing:

If a potential customer doesn't know who you are or what you do that's an issue. Without a solid marketing strategy your business can struggle to get noticed.

Why does a small businesses need great marketing?

• Marketing has the power to inform

• Marketing has the power to sustain

• Marketing has the power to level the playing field

• Marketing has the power to build a following

• Marketing has the power to build trust

• Marketing has the power to sell your business

• Marketing has the power to grow your business

Informing your customers

At a fundamental level marketing is a way to inform your audience of who you are and what you do. If customers have no idea who you are or what you do then it doesn't matter how good of a product or service you offer them. Customers need to be educated on what it is thy are buying and how it's different than everything else on the market.

Sustaining your customers

Marketing isn't something that just happens overnight. Instead it is a continual effort that is built up over time. It is the constant effort and attention that will sustain your businesses digital presence for the long term. This effort translates to long-lasting relationships that will keep your business thriving.

It doesn't matter if you're a small business or a mega corporation good marketing is possible across the board. In the past big businesses had all the power as they could afford the expensive advertisements to make their brand known. Today anyone has the ability to build a following through social media and web presence. It has even been said that smaller businesses now have the upper hand as they can be more direct and intentional with their marketing whereas big corporations cannot.

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Back to the JRIII Media definition of marketing:

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