{"id":173,"date":"2009-02-17T12:05:02","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T01:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrpitcher.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/17\/how-would-you-grow-your-sales-in-a-declining-market\/"},"modified":"2009-02-17T12:05:02","modified_gmt":"2009-02-17T01:05:02","slug":"how-would-you-grow-your-sales-in-a-declining-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.razchorev.com\/newme\/how-would-you-grow-your-sales-in-a-declining-market\/","title":{"rendered":"How would you grow your sales in a declining market?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>How would you grow your sales in a declining market?<\/u><\/p>\n<p>It appears to be a declining market, where consumer  confidence is down, and people are spending less on everything. However, they  are still spending!<\/p>\n<p>If there is less money to go around and the same amount of  people in the receiving end, how do we make sure the money will be spent with  us?<\/p>\n<p>One of my clients, a marketing and advertising agency (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.admailasp.com\">www.admailasp.com<\/a> ), understands the  concept of NEVER STOP ADVERTISING!&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Yes, marketing and advertising are expensive, salespeople  are expensive, and I keep hearing the stories of salespeople being <b>laid off<\/b>,  and marketing and advertising budget is being <b>lowered<\/b> to a minimum.<\/p>\n<p>I DON&#8217;T GET IT!<\/p>\n<p>How can you get out of a sales slump, without your  salespeople, or with no (or minimal) marketing?<\/p>\n<p>Let me let you in a little secret:<\/p>\n<p>Your competition is doing the same thing, which means it is  the right time to invest the money into marketing and advertising NOW! <\/p>\n<p>This is the time to capture your competitors&#8217; customers, and  get them to make the switch NOW!<\/p>\n<p>Why is it important? <\/p>\n<p>People like to be cared for in good times and bad. If you  take care of your people (customers) in the bad times, they will repay you  tenfold in good times, which with new acquired customers, the good times will  come quicker!<\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t it what we all want?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:10px;\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/posterous.com\">Posted via email<\/a>   from <a href=\"http:\/\/mr-pitcher.posterous.com\/how-would-you-grow-your-sales\">mr-pitcher&#8217;s posterous<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\" class=\"getsocial\"><a title=\"Add to Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/mrpitcher.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/17\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0;margin:0;padding:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/getsocialserver.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/gs3012.png\" alt=\"Add to Facebook\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Add to Newsvine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsvine.com\/_wine\/save?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmrpitcher.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F17%2F&amp;h=How%20would%20you%20grow%20your%20sales%20in%20a%20declining%20market%3F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0;margin:0;padding:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/getsocialserver.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/gs3022.png\" alt=\"Add to Newsvine\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Add to Digg\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmrpitcher.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F17%2F&amp;title=How%20would%20you%20grow%20your%20sales%20in%20a%20declining%20market%3F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0;margin:0;padding:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/getsocialserver.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/gs3032.png\" alt=\"Add to Digg\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Add to Del.icio.us\" href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmrpitcher.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F17%2F&amp;title=How%20would%20you%20grow%20your%20sales%20in%20a%20declining%20market%3F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0;margin:0;padding:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/getsocialserver.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/gs3042.png\" alt=\"Add to Del.icio.us\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Add to Stumbleupon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmrpitcher.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F17%2F&amp;title=How%20would%20you%20grow%20your%20sales%20in%20a%20declining%20market%3F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0;margin:0;padding:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/getsocialserver.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/gs3052.png\" alt=\"Add to Stumbleupon\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Add to Reddit\" href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmrpitcher.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F17%2F&amp;title=How%20would%20you%20grow%20your%20sales%20in%20a%20declining%20market%3F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0;margin:0;padding:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/getsocialserver.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/gs3062.png\" alt=\"Add to Reddit\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Add to Blinklist\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blinklist.com\/index.php?Action=Blink\/addblink.php&amp;Description=&amp;Url=http%3A%2F%2Fmrpitcher.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F17%2F&amp;Title=How%20would%20you%20grow%20your%20sales%20in%20a%20declining%20market%3F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0;margin:0;padding:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/getsocialserver.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/gs3072.png\" alt=\"Add to Blinklist\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Add to Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home\/?status=How%20would%20you%20grow%20your%20sales%20in%20a%20declining%20market%3F+%40+http%3A%2F%2Fmrpitcher.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F17%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0;margin:0;padding:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/getsocialserver.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/gs3082.png\" alt=\"Add to Twitter\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Add to Technorati\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/faves?add=http%3A%2F%2Fmrpitcher.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F17%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0;margin:0;padding:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/getsocialserver.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/gs3092.png\" alt=\"Add to Technorati\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Add to Furl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.furl.net\/storeIt.jsp?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmrpitcher.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F17%2F&amp;t=How%20would%20you%20grow%20your%20sales%20in%20a%20declining%20market%3F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0;margin:0;padding:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/getsocialserver.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/gs3102.png\" alt=\"Add to Furl\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; 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