In Sermon Illustrations: "Marketing" showing 141-160 of 431

Consumers Don't Spend Any More Time Standing In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Consumers don’t spend any more time standing in line to examine your product than their grandparents did, but they have a lot more lines to choose from. So if one line isn’t moving at a speed they like, they move to another one. Today marketers have to give their customers more than the traditional ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

Customer Loyalty: A Recent National Survey By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Customer Loyalty: A recent national survey by Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories found the following factors cause customers to become loyal to a company: 56% Good Service, 28% Good Products, 7% Good Price, 6% ...read more

Tags: Church General

Internet Ad Revenues Are Set To Pass Radio's For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Internet ad revenues are set to pass radio's for the first time, according to eMarketer. Internet ad spending is $21.7 billion, compared to $20.4 billion for radio. Veronis Suhler predicts the Internet ...read more

Tags: Internet

Metro Minority: Just 3 Of The Nation's 25 Largest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Metro Minority: Just 3 of the nation’s 25 largest metro areas have a born again majority. However, 15 of the 27 mid-sized markets (adult population of 500,000-1,000,000) have a born ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

If Joy Is Our Product, We Are Free To Find New, ...  PRO

Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Mar 20, 2002

If Joy is our product, we are free to find new, creative ways to serve and encourage one another. When the stock market plummeted on Black Monday, panic and desperation were everywhere. Ben and Jerry were on the sidewalks of Wall ...read more

Tags: Joy

Denomination: Methodist

Apologize In Person: When Asked How To Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Apologize In Person: When asked how to most effectively apologize for a major problem, a survey of sales and marketing professionals determined the following; Meet with the customer in person (79%), ask someone above you to call the customer (16%, and ask ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Spiritual Hunger: Christian Retailers And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Spiritual Hunger: Christian retailers and publishers have reported Bible sales skyrocketed 20%-30% in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Some industry leaders say this is a time for aggressive ministry outreach, and not the time to shave marketing and ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Charitable Fundraising Hazards: While Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Charitable Fundraising Hazards: While its laudable to donate a portion of sales to a charity, otherwise known as “cause marketing,” it’s a highly regulated and complex practice that poses numerous traps for the unwary. Prudent businesses will seek ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Religious Children's Books Are Being Buoyed By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Religious Children’s Books are being buoyed by the overall strong sales of religious books, particularly Christian while much of the publishing industry is flat. General market publishers such as Simon & Shuster and Golden Books are releasing numerous new ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Affluent Optimism: Prospects Look Strong For The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Affluent Optimism: Prospects look strong for the rest of ‘05 in terms of luxury spending. 28% of luxury consumers expect to spend more buying luxury over the next 12 months. 55% expect their financial status will continue to improve ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Religious Giving: According To A Recent Study By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Religious Giving: According to a recent study by Epsilon, 4 out of 5 American donors give to a religious center and religious centers receive half of all donated funds. The study also found that 28 million Americans used the Internet in ’01 ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Jane Friedman, President Of Harpercollins World, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Jane Friedman, President of HarperCollins World, identified the "Five Tenets of Publishing" at a recent ECPA Publishers University. They are: foster relationships; create and develop great content; remember that the author is the most important asset; move with technology and ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

There's A Story Of A Farmer Who Was Taking A ...  PRO

Contributed by Kory Wilcoxson on Feb 19, 2005

There’s a story of a farmer who was taking a sackful of corn to sell in town. On the way there, he sees the king ride by in his fancy golden chariot. The farmer flagged him down and stopped him, and said, “Dear King! You give me so much through your benevolence and generosity! I wish there was ...read more

Tags: Gifts Giving, Giving Yourself

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Top Business Books Good To Great, The World Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008

Top Business Books Good to Great, The World is Flat, and Blink were the top 3 most recently read books by senior-level marketing execs. All -time favorite business books they’ve ever read Good to Great, Positioning, and 7 ...read more

Christian Publishers Receive A Combined Total Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Christian Publishers receive a combined total of about 250,000 manuscripts per year. All Christian publishers combined (slightly over 300) publish approximately 12,000 new tittles per year. This indicates that about 5% of manuscripts get ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Retail Spending Decreasing

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008

RETAIL SPENDING DECREASING "The retail numbers leave little doubt that shoppers are in belt-tightening mode," TNS Retail Forward says. "No part of retail spending is immune right now. From stores to online retailers and lower-income to higher-income shoppers, ...read more

Tags: Money

Advertising Institute Reports 70% Of All Buying ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

Advertising Institute reports 70% of all buying decisions in supermarket and mass merchandise outlets are made at the P-O-P display. They also claim 2 out of 3 consumers who buy an item being promoted via P-O-P claim the display or sign ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Brand Must Tell A Story: Story Telling Is A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Brand Must Tell A Story: Story telling is a fundamental way humans transmit and process information. Brand recognition is no substitute for brand connection and it’s through brand stories where consumers can connect. It is through brand story telling that corporate ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

In Matters Of The Heart, No Less Than The ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 31, 2006

"In matters of the heart, no less than the market, a bigger investment means better returns…..marrriage for most people is the means to health, happiness, wealth, sex, and long life. In love, victory goes not to the half-hearted but to the brave: to those ordinary people who dare to take on the ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment

Denomination: Independent/Bible

False Teacher: Bernie Madoff

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 26, 2010

FALSE TEACHER: BERNIE MADOFF Bernard Lawrence "Bernie" Madoff is a former stock broker, investment adviser, non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market, and the admitted operator of what has been described as the largest Ponzi scheme in history. Madoff was a prominent philanthropist[who ...read more

Tags: False Teaching

Denomination: Independent/Bible