If you are new to Creativedge Marketing, you may be wondering where to start and how we can best assist you.
Read the three business profiles below, see which one matches your current situation, then click the appropriate
profile to access the best resources we have available to you.

Time To Grow & Expand

You have a small solo business or you are just starting out in your new business. You are serious and ready to grow and expand your business. You might need a more professional look. And you need to attract more clients, and/or patients but are not sure where the best place to start would be. Here’s how we can help:
I Want To Grow & Expand

Time For More Muscle

You currently have a relatively successful business, grossing at least $150,000 per year but you are wearing too many hats. Not enough time is spent on marketing and you need more consistent business. You may be experiencing a roller coaster effect with your sales. You need help automating your marketing so you can leverage your time and your business and increase your sales and your income. Our resources for you are:
I Want More Muscle

Time To Magnify Your Vision

You currently have a very successful business. You gross at least $2 million+ per year. You are family-owned and you are the President/CEO. You have a constant need for leads and/or clients, or patients on a daily basis. The marketing you are doing now needs to be updated and improved because you have a much bigger vision of your company. You may want to double or triple your sales. You need someone who can analyze where you are, put together a plan and help to implement it. This is where you belong:
I Want to Magnify My Vision

20 Marketing Mistakes

Posted by on May 4, 2012 in Marketing Tips | 6 comments

20 Marketing Mistakes by Jay Abraham & Kathy Jiamboi Mistake #1 - Not testing all of your marketing ideas. Corollary: Test all your marketing. Kathy’s comments: Most people shudder at the thought of this because it means they have to do more work upfront and take more time to get it executed. However, a test is far worth the effort and can save loads of money in the long run. Better to...Read More

3 Secrets of Blogging

Posted by on Apr 19, 2012 in Uncategorized | 58 comments

Getting your business seen over all the other businesses in your category on the Internet can be a daunting task. To do this, you must create as many avenues as possible that are available to you and relevant to your niche. Most business these days have a website, and more and more now have their own social media platforms, but what most organizations lack is a blog. One of the biggest mistakes...Read More

Remove the Risk, Get the Sale

Posted by on Apr 13, 2012 in Marketing Tips | 5 comments

Many businesses guarantee satisfaction with their products or services. And, if you are not doing this you should be. For those of us who do offer some sort of guarantee, is it something you articulate to your customers? If not, it could be the difference between an increase or a loss in revenue. Consider this scenario- You are looking to purchase two exact items. The only difference between...Read More

Brainstorming for Breakthroughs

Posted by on Apr 2, 2012 in Marketing Tips | 25 comments

With all the changes taking place in our economy it is important now more than ever to keep our eyes open for opportunities and different ways of doing business. Think about breaking away from the conventional approaches you have been taking in the many different areas in your business. Recently, I saw a clever sign at a Dairy Queen. It read: Happy Hour 50% off drinks 2pm-4pm A few instructive...Read More

They Said What??

Posted by on Mar 9, 2012 in Marketing Tips | 60 comments

Business phone etiquette can make or break your client and patient relationships. It is extremely important to make callers feel appreciated as well as well-informed. Besides the basics of speaking clearly, using a pleasant tone of voice, keeping slang out of your vocabulary, and keeping food out of your mouth while talking, there are two other items equally, if not more important. One of the...Read More

It Is Better To Be Alone Than In The Wrong Company

Posted by on Mar 2, 2012 in Marketing Tips | 8 comments

Tell me who your best friends are and I will tell you who you are. If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl. But if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights. A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses. The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you closely...Read More

4 Tips to Building Rapport

Posted by on Feb 24, 2012 in Marketing Tips | 43 comments

One of the keys to success in building your business is having positive relationships with your clients and patients. Building rapport is one way to create solid, long-lasting relationships. Follow these four tips and you’ll be on your way to having all the business you could imagine.   Rapport Tip #1 – Show You Care ? The more you can show you care for your clients and patients,...Read More

Do You Track?

Posted by on Feb 17, 2012 in Marketing Tips | 9 comments

In order for you to approporiate the right advertising dollars to the right vehicles, you need to implement a tracking system. If you look at most big company advertising, they do very little of this. They do a lot of branding building. They have deep pockets and seem to only be concerned with their image. Their need to make the phone ring or have someone walk through the door is not as...Read More

Having a System in Place

Posted by on Feb 10, 2012 in Marketing Tips | 7 comments

McDonald’s, Starbucks, Walmart, Disney. What common trait do these companies share? Systems. If you don’t have systems in place you will spend your time reacting to everything on a constant basis and consume much time and energy. Does your company have a marketing system in place to follow? Marketing systems can be the most valuable of all systems. Consider having a system in...Read More