Corte Swearingen
Corte Swearingen is the developer of the Integral Marketing System™ and CEO of SmallBiz Marketing Tips. He holds a degree in physics and mathematics from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
Articles by this Author
Ready, Set, In Compliance
- By Corte Swearingen
- Published 27/11/2009
- Business
- Unrated
The Federal Reserve Bank recently updated its Cash Services Operating Circular 2 This update applies to all retail and commercial banks
Converting Prospects Into Customers
- By Corte Swearingen
- Published 2/08/2009
- Marketing
- Unrated
Most small business owners are challenged when it comes to converting their prospects to customers This article outlines three simple marketing strategies to help you move prospects into actual paying customers
Marketing Strategies For Building Customer Relations
- By Corte Swearingen
- Published 30/07/2009
- Marketing
- Unrated
As business owners, we all want to sell more of our products and services to new and existing customers But before we can achieve this goal, it is imperative to understand a few basic marketing strategies for creating interest, trust and desire
How to Build a Compelling Marketing Communications Folder
- By Corte Swearingen
- Published 12/07/2009
- Marketing
- Unrated
What do you give your prospects after they’ve expressed an interest in your products or services Most small business owners simply pass out a single sales brochure
The Four Key Factors For Website Conversion
- By Corte Swearingen
- Published 8/07/2009
- Marketing
- Unrated
Before you start performing split and multivariate testing in order to improve your landing page conversion rate, there are several important factors to keep in mind
Factor #1: Product Quality
The web can be a risky place to make a purchase
Creating Your Unique Value Proposition
- By Corte Swearingen
- Published 29/05/2009
- Marketing
- Unrated
Do you know the unique value you bring to customers
Defining your value proposition is the first step in clearly identifying how your products and services are different from your competition
Website Analytics – A Necessity For Growing Your Business
- By Corte Swearingen
- Published 13/05/2009
- Marketing
- Unrated
These days, installing a good website analytics program on your website is simple and costs nothing Still, there are many small business websites that have not taken advantage of the amazing information they can retrieve through an integrated analytics package
Preselling Your Suspects
- By Corte Swearingen
- Published 7/05/2009
- Marketing
- Unrated
A Suspect is a person you think you might be interested in your products or services, but you’re not sure
By definition, a Suspect has not made any direct request with your company
Using Latency to Improve Customer Retention
- By Corte Swearingen
- Published 27/04/2009
- business management
- Unrated
If you record the date of every customer transaction in your database, you can use the power of Latency to help improve your customer retention
Latency is simply the average amount of time between customer transactions
Testing Your Way to Website Profits
- By Corte Swearingen
- Published 17/04/2009
- Marketing
- Unrated
Testing has always an important part in marketing and advertising Companies that took the time to test were the ones that were able to zero in on offers yielding high conversion rates
