From the category archives:

Relationship Marketing

Seth Godin on Tribes at Mixergy.com

by Melvin Ram
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Seth Godin is a gifted thinker & communicator. His books have sold millions of copies and he writes one of the most visited blogs in the world… sooo I was pleasantly surprised when Andrew Warner, the founder of Mixery.com (one of my fav. new websites of 2008) posted a 40-min candid interview with Seth Godin in the [...]

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Email Marketing To Past Clients & Old Contacts

by Melvin Ram
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If you’re like most people, you haven’t kept in touch with everyone from your past. Some of your clients have probably stopped doing business with you and you probably haven’t communicated with them in a few months or years.
So how can you bridge this communication gap? How can you rebuild a channel of dialogue so [...]

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Lead Generation Seminar Mindmap

by Melvin Ram
Lead Generation

Yesterday, I watched a video of a lead generation seminar by Marketo that I found to have some good thoughts so I created a mindmap of it for you:
MindMap of seminar on Lead Generation (PDF : Image)

* Created with iMindMap
If there’s anything in there that doesn’t make sense, please leave a comment and I’ll reply back.

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How to Write a Thank You Card

by Melvin Ram
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I highly recommend sending thank you cards to your clients & friends as a way to develop deeper relationships. Today I want to share how I usually write a thank you card. It is a method I learned from an article titled How to Write a Thank-You Note by Leslie Harpold (who sadly passed away [...]

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Keep in Touch Using Email – Part 4 of 4

by Melvin Ram

This post contains links to some of the resources I have found to be helpful in understanding the strategies and techniques for success with email.

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Keep in Touch Using Email – Part 3 of 4

by Melvin Ram

An important question you need to consider is: “How will I be sending my emails?” You may be tempted to reach for your normal email program such as Outlook, Hotmail or Gmail and using the BCC or CC functionality of these programs… but in most cases, this will be a mistake. Find out why these email clients are not up to the task of email marketing… and what you should use instead.

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Keep in Touch Using Email – Part 2 of 4

by Melvin Ram

With email marketing, an easy trap to fall into is treating email as your main means of communication with people… because of how convenient and time-efficient it is.

This is a mistake because emails lack the ability to create that human bond that is the real goal of keeping in touch. Here are 2 ways to get around this and use email as a supplement and not a substitute for 1-to-1 communication.

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Keep in Touch Using Email – Part 1 of 4

by Melvin Ram

Keeping in touch with clients, partners and friends is important to maintaining relationships… as well as getting repeat sales and referrals. As the marketing person in your team, this responsibility falls squarely on your shoulders. The challenge is, keeping in touch takes time. An approach I’ve found to work well for me is to employ techniques that allow me to leverage my time.

I’m a big fan of sending emails because it is a simple & easy way to keep in front of people and it can give you huge returns on your time investment but you need to be intelligent about how you use it.

In this “Keep in Touch Using Email” Series, I’m going to share tips on how to use email as an effective way of keeping in touch… so let’s get started.

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5 Steps to Relationship Building for College Students

by Melvin Ram

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August is here and my sister, Michelle, will be starting her college career at UC Berkeley this fall. Michelle, along with thousands of [...]

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6 Ways to Ask People Their Birthday

by Melvin Ram

Birthday’s are great for building relationships. However, in order to remember someones birthday, you have to know their birthday. So how do you find out the birthdays of people you know? Here are 6 ways I have used in the past to find out someones birthday:

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