Media Group Offers $25,000 Worth of Free Marketing Services Plus 10 Additional Prizes Valued at $1,000 Each for Survey Respondents

Data Resource Consulting is doing a survey of business owners to find out which forms of advertising are the most effective, and offering a grand prize of $25,000 of marketing services plus 10 prizes of $1,000 of marketing services to be drawn at random from the survey respondents.

(PRWEB) October 29, 2004 -- So what's the best, most effective marketing method for the majority of business owners today? What promotional or marketing system can really increase sales and get results?

Is it TV, Radio, Newspapers, Magazines, Internet Pop-Up Ads, Email, Search Engines, Direct Mail? Data Resource Consulting, Inc., (DRCI) a Clearwater, FL-based company, is aiming to find out.

The company, a popular lead generation firm that possesses one of the largest databases in the U.S., is currently conducting a free online survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=79153677928 to uncover what kind of marketing is the most effective for businesses in general and what advertising brings the highest Return on Investment (ROI) overall for small, medium and large businesses.

In working with companies from all over the world, we have come to understand that many owners today are confused about where to invest their marketing dollars to really increase sales and get results," said Laura Betterly, President of DRCI. In fact, most business owners, and especially small business owners, struggle daily with the decision of how to allocate their precious few marketing dollars amongst the many media choices available."

For example, should these owners choose to advertise in their local newspaper, in the yellow pages, on roadside billboards, on the radio or on the Internet?," Laura said.

This survey will provide the concrete information business owners need to determine how their advertising dollars can best be spent today."

The brief survey, which can be completed in a matter of minutes, includes such questions as:

What types of promotion do you presently use in order to get new business and increase sales?

How would you rank your success with (various) promotional methods?

What method of promotion or marketing do you consider to be the most effective system which gets results?

As a special thank you to the busy business owners who take the time to complete the survey, DRCI will award $25,000 of marketing services plus 10 prizes of $1,000 of marketing services to survey respondents drawn at random.

Respondents will also enjoy a free, no-obligation access to a report made from these results, which they can use to fine tune their marketing strategies.

About Data Resource Consulting, Inc.
Data Resource Consulting, Inc. (DRCI) is a permission based marketing and lead generation firm that possesses one of the largest databases in the U.S.

DRCI has one goal for its customers - flood each and everyone with more business than they can handle.

DRCI was founded by five highly successful entrepreneurs whose past experience spans the following industries: telecommunications, publishing, entertainment, fashion, direct sales, public relations and software. Each brings a tremendous amount of creativity, knowledge and diversity to DRCI. With a combined fifty plus years running multi-million dollar corporations, DRCI's executives have faced and resolved almost every challenge its clients can come up against in the areas of promotion and sales.

The company has been featured widely in major news media such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, CNBC and many more.

More information is available online at http://dataresourceconsulting.com

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