{"id":72116,"date":"2019-09-18T08:33:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T12:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/needseo.com\/?p=72116"},"modified":"2020-05-21T19:59:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T23:59:41","slug":"successful-business-marketing-ask-the-right-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/needseo.com\/successful-business-marketing-ask-the-right-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Business Marketing: Ask The Right Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71815\" src=\"https:\/\/needseo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ask-The-Right-Question-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Simplicity is always the best formula to follow when it comes to problem solving.\u00a0 Sales and marketing are essentially problem solving at its best.\u00a0 Businesses and their owners\/ management are always confronted with some type of a challenge or “problem” that 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