GRIND MARKETING By The founders of SPATE MAGAZINE Antoine King and Rondell Maddox aka MaddMann Published by SPATE Publishing www.SPATEMAG.com www.SPATETV.com www.Blogtalkradio.com/SPATE Full eBook coming soon 1 | G r i n d M a r k e t i n g Contents: What is Grind Marketing? 3 How to market products online 4 Make people love you 6 (Grind marketing website coming soon) www.SPATEMAG.com www.SPATETV.com www.Blogtalkradio.com/SPATE 2 | G r i n d M a r k e t i n g What is Grind Marketing? Grind marketing was founded by Antoine King and Rondell Maddox. They wanted to give marketers with a small budget easy ways to make more sales. If you are not making sales you are not making profits so Grind marketing focuses on how to market a small business with very little money. Antoine King is a business graduate and Rondell Maddox is an award winning hip hop artist. They have years of experience in the entertainment industry and that’s what makes them very valuable businessmen. 3 | G r i n d M a r k e t i n g How to market products online? We are now in the computer age and many small businesses are still not taking advantage of the millions of people online. Only 3% of businesses actually have products for sale online. This is amazing to me and if you are a small business and don’t have products for sale online you are missing out on valuable sales. I wanted to just give you some tips on how to market your business online and make more sales with little money. 1. Set up your website or blog 2. Give useful information such as tips and tricks 3. Future customers want to be educated 4. Use current customers as a referral horn 5. Use sites like myspace to get emails to build your email list. 6. Use your knowledge and make sure everyone comes to you when they need to learn something. 7. A great business person builds relationships that last forever. 4 | G r i n d M a r k e t i n g 8. Treat your customers like you would treat a loved family member. Free gifts, conversation, advice, support, eCards etc Important sites for new online marketers: • www.blogger.com • www.myspace.com • www.twitter.com • www.facebook.com • www.directmatches.com • www.tagged.com • www.bebo.com Or you could just do a google search for social networking sites. Use these sites to get information like emails and contacts. Build your contacts database. Your contacts are your lifeline. 5 | G r i n d M a r k e t i n g How to make people love you? Winning over customers is the same as building a relationship with your significant other. So if you are having relationship problems, you are most likely having business problems because it’s about building relationships. How to they compare? Well what makes a solid relationship is trust, reliability, caring, thoughtful and many other things. How can you put this in your marketing? Here are a few tips. 1. Put your personality in your marketing in other words be funny. Use Youtube and other networking sites to release jokes and make funny videos. Laughter always attracts attention. 6 | G r i n d M a r k e t i n g 2. Free information always works people love free stuff. Become a master at free things and watch your business grow. 3. Try to answer all your emails, customers like to communicate with knowledgeable people These tips will help you grow as a marketer and we will be releasing a full eBook for sale at www.SPATEMAG.com and a full Grind Marketing website will be coming soon. We look forward to giving you valuable information on growing your business and marketing career. Make sure you visit our websites regularly. www.SPATEMAG.com www.SPATETV.com www.Blogtalkradio.com/SPATE 7 | G r i n d M a r k e t i n g SPATE Communications Copyright 2009 GRIND MARKETING 8 | G r i n d M a r k e t i n g . GRIND MARKETING By The founders of SPATE MAGAZINE Antoine King and Rondell Maddox aka MaddMann Published by SPATE Publishing www.SPATEMAG.com www.SPATETV.com www.Blogtalkradio.com /SPATE Full. 6 (Grind marketing website coming soon) www.SPATEMAG.com www.SPATETV.com www.Blogtalkradio.com /SPATE 2 | G r i n d M a r k e t i n g What is Grind Marketing? Grind