Yes there are you can get a lot of free marketing ideas and resources from my site www.moneymakingmarketingideas.com and there is another good one at www.cardellmedia.co.uk.

Here on SmallBusiness.co.uk you will find guides and tips on a range of subjects, including sales and marketing - click here.

There are 100+ marketing channels that are effectiveley free and many more very low cost ways of marketing your business very effectively. You need to market your business at all times but beware of putting all your eggs in one basket and of using any form of marketing just because everyone else is using it. For Free Advice and a Free Marketing Tips Newsletter please feel free to go to my website - www.StefanDrew.com

Marketing is the 'What' and the 'How' to build your business. Yet, it is exactly the 'What' and the 'How' that many business owners and executives do not truly understand.

First, there is confusion between marketing and sales.This confusion is probably the first obstacle to achieving the goal to increase sales.

Next, since the "What' is not known, limited resources are then spent on activities that are not aligned to the strategic plan or business action plan. The business owner or executive becomes disgusted and then starts to believe that the 'How' of marketing is not worth the effort.

If there is any confusion about the difference between sales and marketing, there's a useful answer here in the Q&A forum. It's called Sales and marketing defined.

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