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This book is one of the best marketing books I have ever read.
Kim Gordon writes in a clear and easy to understand style. Instead of inundating the reader with lots of abstract, academic business theory, she instead relates practical, real world marketing information that she herself has already tried and tested. For a relatively slim volume (222 pages including index), this book covers a lot of ground --- including writing great sales letters, relationship marketing, and creating press kits. I can't recommend it highly enough --- especially considering the book's low cost.
Check out Kim Gordon's columns at entrepreneur.com.

Small business owners have to continually make decisions about things outside our core areas of expertise. If marketing is a little outside your comfort zone, you'll undoubtedly find this book as useful and practical a guide as I have. Gordon gives you a concise and understandable overview of the full range of contemporary marketing avenues -- what they can do for you, when they're appropriate, what's involved in making them effective, and more -- integrating plenty of best-practices tips and illustrative case histories in each section. It's news you can really use. I especially found the last part of the book helpful which walks you through the necessary steps to put together a cohesive marketing program that fits your market and your budget.

For many of us, what starts out as a great idea for a product or service ultimately turns into a marketing and sales challenge. When it comes to books on marketing, Maximum Marketing, Minimum Dollars is one of the best. First, it contains incredibly practical advice that can be put to use right away. This includes strategies that can be applied by every business, small or large, and irrespective of its product or service. Second, the book is written in an approachable manner, one that clearly and concisely conveys a large amount of information. If you're looking for a practical guide to marketing that will help you to make the most out of your marketing dollars, then this book is highly recommended.

Steven K. Gold
Author, Entrepreneur's Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture

Maximum Marketing, Minimum Dollars: The Top Fifty Ways To Grow Your Small Business by author, national columnist, marketing expert, media spokesperson, and lecturer Kim T. Gordon draws upon her more than 27 years of experience in helping small-business owners in this informed and informative guide to expanding and profitably enlarging a small business regardless of the product or service to be marketed. Knowledgeably providing readers with an understanding of how to implement powerful marketing plans while staying on budget; identifying the right market niches and conduct customer research; the production of leverage e-mail lists, Web sites, and online PR; reinvention of traditional tactics like magazine, radio, and television advertising; and combinations of sales and marketing techniques for low-cost effective results, Maximum Marketing, Minimum Dollars is very highly recommended and profitable reading, especially for all small-operation entrepreneurs searching for an expertise-based advisory for successfully running a small business enterprise.

I love this book. I checked it out at the library, but wanted to highlight so many things, I bought it. I keep it close at hand as a great resource for marketing my company. Kim Gordon is a competent, qualified writer, and I plan on reading more of her books!

Kim Gordon has outdone herself with this newest book from a seasoned marketing specialist. Ms. Gordon's book offers successful strategies to maximize small business marketing dollars, offered in a friendly and informal manner with great examples of businesses using the strategies. As a small business owner, I find Kim Gordon's insightful marketing strategies easy to understand and implement; making it much more likely that I will use the ideas rather than simply read about them. Buy Maximum Marketing, Minimum Dollars if your goal is to increase your business and your income.

Overall, I was disappointed with the content presented in the book and here's why: the description of this book said "leads readers step-by-step through 50 innovative, affordable tactics to generate sales."

To me, this book provided a nice overview of each of these tactics, but did not explain how to use each of them step-by-step. I know what email marketing and direct mail are ... how do I actually apply these tactics to my business though? This is what I what looking for out of the book, and it didn't deliver.

The content seemed a bit outdated to me as well. For example, the email marketing section talked about Overture, which hasn't been in the picture for years.

Granted, if you have no background in marketing, then this book provides a nice overview of "Marketing 101" tactics. But to someone who already has a solid understanding of basic marketing principles, and is looking for advice on applying different marketing tactics, I would say look elsewhere.

I work in sales at an agency in FL. I liked this book alot it gives you a bunch of great ideas. I got distracted almost everytime I picked it up because there were so many ideas that would pop into my head while I read the book. There is a public relations part that I couldn't really find a way to apply to my situation but that doesn't mean it won't help you. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is interested in marketing and is interested in increasing sales. I am not in a position to implement any of these changes but I have discussed ideas with my bosses and they seemed pretty receptive. It never hurts to have ideas that could help your company make money even if it's not "your" company.

This book rocks! It is an easy read with tons of information that a new business owner can use. The information is creative, cost-effective and results oriented. Can't wait to read more books by Kim. She is fabulous and inspirational.

This book was very helpful and easy to read. I applied the techniques and am getting surprising responses.