Small corporate marketers love the chase. They adore to think of a marketing promotion as a singular event. But it's only this approach of marketing that holds a number of small businesses back. They fall victim to the marketing concept of the day and rarely fully know what it takes to develop and build a totally functioning, consistently performing, marketing method In this article I am going to outline the basic steps that any business can follow on the way to instigating their very own marketing system. Small business managers have no problem thinking systems when it comes to, Accounts or Human Resources. However, when it comes to marketing though, it's a different concept . It's as if they are waiting for lady luck to knock on their door with the next great marketing creation. Claim and define a niche market - The next thing you know the target niche is just about anyone they think will pay them. You must abide to a narrowly defined target niche and you must focus all of your energy upon serving that market like no one ever dreamed of. Find and communicate a central message for that market - Until you can show how your corporation is different and offers something varied, you will always compete on price. You must find a way to tell your newly defined narrow target market why you have something to give that they value. Develop multiple forms of permission based lead generation - Your lead generation angle must be built on a number of fronts, such as public relations, referral marketing, strategic alliances, and targeted marketing. Every method needs a winner. Either find someone in your organization who does no more but operate the system or hire a marketing professional and charge them with helping you develop, implement and run the system. Umberto Tassoni is a marketing writer and creator of the Events Marketing System in Melbourne Victoria Australia.