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When someone says " marketing is simply ..." we suspect that they are amateurs. Maybe it is understanding what people value or catches their imagination and then responding with products and services ... but it seems much more than that.
Herein, marketing includes advertising and analyzing the needs of customers to deliver needed and desired products and services. It includes the analysis as well as the delivery system...and the bridges that need to be made between the abilities of Lasting Forests and the land owner and potential buyers, users, and clients.
Fundamental parts of local marketing are:
The following is a list to produce thought and questions about the local situation and conditions and to see if anything more effective could be done within each area to remove barriers or enhance the delivery of effective services or products.
Those with an * are believed by experts to be the most important.
*Ten most important weapons
Perhaps self evident, the following are marketing guidelines presented to prepare owners and advisors when addressing the news media for emphasis:
Strategies for Media Interviews for Marketing
You might ask, for example, "Where are you going with this?"

These strategies were compiled from numerous sources, including Steve Adubato, Jr., Rutgers University 1993, the Fur Information Council of America, the Wisconsin DNR, Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, and Stephen Rafe's book Mastering the News Media interview. See Media Smart (Stauffer. For further information, contact the Proactive Strategies Project.
Sample marketing letter (after Bezos, Amazon.com, 1999)
Thanks you for making yearxxxx such an exciting year for us. We're having a fantastic time and we're extremely grateful for your support. As a gesture of our appreciation we are sending this small gift - the zzzz - and hope that you enjoy it.
As you know, since we started in xxxx, people have been telling us that we're crazy. We've been working to build a place on the Internet and a field staff where people can come to find and discover how to get effective, sophisticated, modern wildland management and then to have it implemented on their lands. The parts of our concept of an integrated modern wildland system existing for profit include: forestry, wildlife, advanced recreation, fisheries, tourism, and a variety of hiking, camping, and outdoors related activities. We're nowhere close to the finish line of our vision but we've made a lot of progress and we won't give up.
All of the suggestions and feedback that we received in the past year were very helpful and became a major part of our decisions. Thanks again and best wishes for the New Year filled with family, friends, and happiness.
Sincerely yours, etc.
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