Changing the Channel: 12 Easy Ways to Make Millions for Your Business (Agora Series)

An all-encompassing guide to making the most from multi-channel marketing Written in a straightforward and accessible style, Changing the Channel offers you a detailed look at twelve of today's most important marketing channels-explaining how each one works individually as well as in conjunction with each other, leveraging the power of your message for explosive profits. Page by page, you'll become familiar with a variety of approaches, including direct online marketing, social media, public relations, radio and television advertising, direct space ads, event marketing, telesales, telemarketing, joint ventures, affiliate marketing, and direct mail. Discusses how to create successful marketing campaigns by using a mix of different marketing channels Offers some smart ways to track customer buying habits with a database that covers all marketing channels Helps you learn how to develop profitable relationships with your customers through frequent contact and by providing free quality content-not just sales pitches With this book as your guide, you'll quickly discover how marketing across multiple channels can help develop quality customer relationships and improve the bottom line of your business.The EPUB format of this title may not be compatible for use on all handheld devices.

Praise for Changing the Channel

"Changing the Channel is a valuable ally for any business owner willing to go beyond the 'same old' marketing in their industry. Tribby and Masterson draw on their own experience at Agora, one of the direct marketing giants of our age, to show you not only what to do, but how to do it. They combine timeless principles with the latest technology and media to give you dozens of strategies to increase your bottom line. Get yourself a copy of Changing the Channel, a quiet corner, and a couple of highlighters—you'll discover dozens of simple actions you can take to grow your business beyond what you thought possible."
—Howie Jacobson, PhD, author of AdWords For Dummies

"I just finished reading Changing the Channel, and all I can say is WOW! As a thought leader in Internet marketing, I read four to five books a week, and Michael and MaryEllen's book stands way above all the others. Why? Because it's the only book I've ever come across with an easy-to-understand, yet comprehensive approach to leverage both offline and online channels (a combination that is often confusing, even to the most celebrated marketing gurus). This book is a must-read for anyone and everyone who has anything to do with marketing that must deliver real results to the bottom line."
—Rich Schefren, CEO, Strategic Profits

"If I'd only had and followed the advice in this incredible book years ago, it could have cut short my own and my clients' paths to success both online and offline. What Michael and MaryEllen have done here is to crystallize decades of classic marketing and online wisdom and experience into a practical, easy-to-repeat formula that anyone in business—from a small startup to a large corporation—can follow and produce and measure their results. I'm going to suggest to every businessperson and marketer I know that they must read and apply these timeless tips immediately to their own business. An excellent book that inspires action. Applying the principles in the final chapter alone is enough to revolutionize any online business."
—David Cross, Senior Internet Consultant, Agora Publishing

"If you want to put your business on the fast track, Changing the Channel is a must-read. Michael Masterson and MaryEllen Tribby lay down a clear and proven road map to greater success. In Changing the Channel, they outline many ways of reaching prospects, building relationships, and maximizing customer lifetime values. Changing the Channel is a must-read for all entrepreneurs."
—Lou Betancourt, Publisher, StreetAuthority.com

An all-encompassing guide to creating, maintaining, and profiting from multi-channel marketing campaigns that accelerate your business growth. Given the multitude of avenues that a business owner or marketer can use to access today's customers, the days when one could rely on a single channel to bring in great results and big profits are gone. Today's most successful campaigns take advantage of multi-channel marketing by offering customers multiple ways to buy. In Changing the Channel, authors Michael Masterson and MaryEllen Tribby provide readers with a detailed overview of multi-channel mar This is an all-encompassing guide to creating, maintaining, and profiting from multi-channel marketing campaigns that accelerate your business growth. This book provides readers with a detailed overview of multi-channel marketing and explains its benefits, pitfalls, and great potential for profits Most businesses have all of the necessary tools to attract and retain customers at their disposal, but they don't know how to leverage them. Today's most successful companies take advantage of multi-channel marketing by offering their customers multiple ways to buy.