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1. Increase your marketing spend but do it smartly

Many companies reduce their marketing spend in a recession which is counter-productive, to say the least. Make sure you don’t. In fact, I recommend that you increase it,  but increase it smartly.

Let me explain …

First, ensure all your advertising and marketing is measurable. Then - rigorously test and measure all your advertising efforts – all your promotional offers, your sales copy, your headlines, your sales copy, your landing pages, the media you advertise in, the list you market to, the timing and more.

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By now most people have seen all the “hoo-ha” about employees being fired over negative comments they’ve made on Facebook. But the even crazier thing is small business owners don’t seem to have taken the hint and continue to post very damaging tweets of their own.

I was initially reluctant to write this article because I figured that these mistakes were being made by a minority of people, but considering how frequently I’ve been seeing certain tweets pop up, I guess I was wrong.

This article is written in the hope of helping small business owners preserve their relationships with their clients in the future.

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