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Article marketing is a subtle way companies can gain exposure for their business by writing articles that provide information about news and trends occurring within their respective industries.

Why go through the hassle of hiring an employee when you just need short term assistance? TargetStars Virtual Assistants are qualified professionals dedicated to providing top notch administrative support to companies and individuals.

What is a TargetStars Market Profile? It is a report that allows companies to see how successful their business would be BEFORE starting or expanding to a particular city or state.

This report allows you to learn more about the city or state's business environment while simultaneously identifying your target market's demographics, interests, etc. Businesses need to stay on top of these issues if they want to continue experiencing success.

Surveys help companies to understand the following:

* Preferences your clients enjoy

* Eliminate attributes/preferences that your clients do not like

* Allocate money to your clients preferences

* Reduce business operation costs

* Be more efficient and save money

Conducting market research while juggling administrative responsibilities can be overwhelming, so allow TargetStars to do it for you! Share your vision with a TargetStars consultant and based upon your comments, we will customize a strategy that will best suit your organization.

In order to be successful you must know your competition. A TargetStars Company Profile enables your business to obtain the following information (can be customized to suit your needs):

* Overview of the competitor

* Current state of business

* SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats)

* TargetStars’ Opinion (TargetStars opinion in how to surpass your competition)

Our industry profiles enable companies to react to changes occurring within a specific business sector (i.e. beauty salon, technology, etc.). Thereby, arming businesses with the knowledge they need to efficiently promote their product or service.

Allow TargetStars to conduct, analyze, and recap market information such as identifying emerging or niche markets, sales, trends, etc. so you can spend your time surpassing the competition!

So you want to save money on marketing and don't know where to start? You have come to the right place! Allow TargetStars to create a grassroots marketing campaign consisting of various strategies and techniques customized to suit your organization's needs.

Based upon your budget, you can implement any of these ideas on your own at your leisure (should you choose to do so, if not check out our TargetStars Combo). All TargetStars Grassroots Marketing Campaigns contain the following 3 sections (we will explain how to implement the strategies and techniques listed within the campaign)

You would never think about taking a road trip without a map, so do not consider starting or expanding your business without a business plan. A business plan will direct you to the pathway of success—especially if obtaining a loan from the bank is one of the places you need to stop on your journey!

Image is everything. A TargetStars Insight Map allows organizations to recognize needs that are NOT being met in the industry. The spatial illustration on the map represents consumers’ perceptions for your competitor's product or service. For example, if Ford Motors is seeking to revamp their product (cars), using a TargetStars Insight Map would enable them to see which companies (Ford's competitors) and attributes consumers most value (i.e. consumers highly rank the attribute reliability and associate reliability with Toyota etc.).

In order for a company to experience continued success, one must find a way to create new market space. TargetStars New Market Approach (TNMA) is a method that allows organizations to create new market space by focusing on the desires of consumers.

TNMA identifies desires that are not offered by other organizations. The TNMA technique allows organizations to differentiate themselves from the industry norm by inventing or enhancing innovative methods to please consumers.

This technique requires your clients to rank products or services. This way your organization can assess the overall judgment of a product or service. This task would be achieved by dissecting an individual’s value system for the product or service. Therefore, organizations are able to understand the value or utility of each product attribute at each level.

Organizations can identify where they reside in the minds of consumers by evaluating the importance of the attributes that the product embodies. TargetStars Rank Analysis can be used to identify features (physical and psychological) that would enable an organization to do the following:

* Product development

* Targeting

* Pricing

* Revamp product designs