Tuesday, May 8, 2007

The 100 Guerrilla Marketing Weapons

According to "Guerilla Marketing" principles there are at least 100 marketing weapons in the small business arsenal. So, what exactly are all 100 weapons?

I've compiled a full list below of those recognised by author Jay Levinson (the father of Guerilla Marketing) in his Guerilla Marketing Weapons: 100 affordable marketing methods for maximizing profits from your small business.

Clearly, some are more suitable for micro-business than others but they are all worth giving some consideration to. Best of all, more than half of them are free.

I'll be exploring some of these 100 weapons in more detail over the coming months. For now, here is the list:

  1. Marketing plan
  2. Marketing calendar
  3. Niche/positioning
  4. Name of company
  5. Identity
  6. Logo
  7. Theme
  8. Stationery
  9. Business card
  10. Signs inside
  11. Signs outside
  12. Hours of operation
  13. Days of operation
  14. Window display
  15. Flexibility
  16. Word-of-mouth
  17. Community involvement
  18. Barter
  19. Club/Association memberships
  20. Partial payment plans
  21. Cause-related marketing
  22. Telephone demeanor
  23. Toll free phone number
  24. Free consultations
  25. Free seminars and clinics
  26. Free demonstrations
  27. Free samples
  28. Giver vs taker stance
  29. Fusion marketing
  30. Marketing on telephone hold
  31. Success stories
  32. Employee attire
  33. Service
  34. Follow-up
  35. Yourself and your employees
  36. Gifts and ad specialities
  37. Catalog
  38. Yellow Pages ads
  39. Column in a publication
  40. Article in a publication
  41. Speaker at any club
  42. Newsletter
  43. All your audiences
  44. Benefits list
  45. Computer
  46. Selection
  47. Contact time with customer
  48. How you say hello/goodbye
  49. Public relations
  50. Media contacts
  51. Neatness
  52. Referral program
  53. Sharing with peers
  54. Guarantee
  55. Telemarketing
  56. Gift certificates
  57. Brochures
  58. Electronic brochures
  59. Location
  60. Advertising
  61. Sales training
  62. Networking
  63. Quality
  64. Reprints and blow-ups
  65. Flipcharts
  66. Opportunities to upgrade
  67. Contests/sweepstakes
  68. Online marketing
  69. Classified advertising
  70. Newspaper ads
  71. Magazine ads
  72. Radio spots
  73. TV spots
  74. Infomercials
  75. Movie ads
  76. Direct mail letters
  77. Direct mail postcards
  78. Postcard decks
  79. Posters
  80. Fax-on-demand
  81. Special events
  82. Show display
  83. Audio-visual aids
  84. Spare time
  85. Prospect mailing lists
  86. Research studies
  87. Competitive advantages
  88. Marketing insight
  89. Speed
  90. Testimonials
  91. Reputation
  92. Enthusiasm & passion
  93. Credibility
  94. Spying on yourself and others
  95. Being easy to do business with
  96. Brand name awareness
  97. Designated guerrilla
  98. Customer mailing list
  99. Competitiveness
  100. Satisfied customers

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4 comments:

mrktg said...

Your event sponsors and exhibitors are your best allies, as well as a support network of resources for recruiting attendees. Twenty percent of them will support your event because they can; the rest won’t due to limited resources or conflicting agendas. Use any of the tools already mentioned with your partners, or trade a contact database of theirs to be used for telemarketing, seminars for marketing or promoting the sponsor in the telephone blitz.

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