You have probably heard the quote: "Sales and Marketing is a Numbers Game".
You have probably also heard the quote: "Sales and Marketing is a Quality Game".
Would you be surprised if both quotes were true? Any sales and marketing expert with experience will tell you that 1 quality lead is worth far more than a large quantity of low-quality leads. However, a Quantity of Quality leads is what brings in the sales and profits. All of this begins with quality advertising.
Problem:
So, how do I get quality leads? And lots of them?
Many small businesses will promise you an abundance of quality sales leads... few will deliver. Keep an eye on your junk e-mail folder for a while. Companies will promise you anything... Simply give them your credit card number...
Solution:
Do Not Look for the "Big Red Easy Button" to make you instantly wealthy and solve all your advertising, marketing and small business needs - generating for you huge amounts of quality traffic to your website eager to spend money on your product or service. I'm quite certain that if such a button did exist, someone would be quietly pushing it... while keeping his mouth shut.
Bottom line, transforming a small business into a Successful Small Business takes work! It matters not whether it is an traditional "brick and mortar" style business or a newer online business. Success requires getting word out about your product or service, using different methods of advertising and tracking which methods of advertising deliver the results: Sales and Profit.
Small Business Resources Are Limited:
Large companies have resources to properly track and target their advertising efforts. Small companies do not have this luxury. Most will spend money on Advertising that sounds good, judged by how many people call on their business phone or walk in the business door. This is actually a pretty good method of measurement for small businesses - they just need a way to capture this information, then analyze and review it for future advertising spending.
Advertising Helper:
Not all tasks related to running a business can simply be replaced by one computer program. If it were possible, someone much smarter than us would already be doing it and taking the results to their bank account. However, the point of the Wal-Mart article is: many business tasks can be simplified using computers. This task simplification can contribute a good amount of profit to your small business.
This is the purpose of Advertiser Helper. It's not a "one-button push does all" for you approach, but rather a way to simplify and track your various methods of business and online advertising.
It accomplishes this through the use of "Advertising at New Levels" and "Advertising with Focus!"