2016 Resolution: Coordinate a Small Business Co-Marketing Campaign

NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- For small businesses chasing success, leveraging a co-marketing campaign should be at the top of every 2016 to-do list. By partnering with like-minded companies, this relationship-building strategy provides unique opportunities for cost-savings and increased brand exposure. In his latest post on PR Newswire's Small Business PR Toolkit, contributing author Rich Kahn explains that co-marketing is a necessity for small businesses and outlines three key benefits.

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• Double the efforts. While marketing budgets may be limited, imagine the reach when multiple businesses work together on a promotion. Co-marketing helps to increase your brand's exposure, while sharing the costs involved to reach those new consumers. If you are co-promoting a particular piece of content, you're also building quality backlinks to your website, thus raising your credibility within your given industry.
• Edification. Kahn suggests using the edification process to leverage co-marketing relationships. Edification is the process of speaking highly of someone or something and then backing your words up with an action. He suggests that by edifying your partnerships, you're creating a positive cycle that instills long-term credibility and trust.
• Product launches. Consider combining a product release with a co-marketing campaign where businesses can work together to develop the promotional strategy. Responsibilities can be evenly divided or each partner can determine which tactic they are better equipped to handle.

For further discussion on co-marketing and how it can help to GROW your small business, read Kahn's complete post here.

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