The best advice I ever got about blogging came from Anita Campbell, publisher of the award winning Small Business Trends with well over 100,000 subscribers.
It came on a day that I was feeling very down. I had been writing posts and… Read More »
The Top Experts Reveal Small Business Marketing Strategies
That Get Results In This Economy
The Best Sales Tool Ever
If you’re in business for yourself or working with a small company, you’re wearing many hats.
That’s just the way it is.
You may be responsible for answering the phones, some selling, checking inventory, and sweeping the floor. Many entrepreneurs work alone and do it all. The question of how well your business does is strictly up to you… Read More »
7 Fastest Ways to Increase Your Income
Have you ever met someone who seems to have it all?
Their business is growing, they’ve got success, wealth, freedom, and a great family.
Meanwhile, you’re struggling to make ends meet, to bring in business and to pay the bills. Is it that they are just lucky? Read More »
3 Ways to Differentiate Your Affiliate Program
There are tens of thousands of affiliate programs all competing for a limited number of affiliates.
How do you attract the best affiliates you possibly can? Here are 3 different strategies for you to pursue. Read More »
10 Phone Marketing Mistakes To Avoid
You set a goal for yourself to make a certain amount of sales in a week. But by Friday you’ve had more rejections than you can count and you’re not feeling very successful.
There are 10 things people do on the phone that always lead to automatic no’s…Read More >>
The Reason You’re Not Closing More Sales
Don was working with Phyllis at Ajax Manufacturing and was about to put a proposal together.
He needed some additional information about their situation.
He sat down wrote a list of questions and sent… Read More »
10 Quick and Easy Ways To Write More Blog Content
So you’ve told yourself you were going to use a marketing strategy that uses blogging and social media to build a loyal customer base.
And soon after, you found out exactly how difficult that would be.
There aren’t nearly… Read More »
85% Of People Said You Couldn’t Do This…
85% of the people around you said you could never do this.
It’s not impossible, but it does take work. Read More »
The Easiest Way To Profit From Negative Feedback
The other day I called a local charity organization to schedule a pickup of some of our household goods we wanted to donate.
The person I talked with was rude and condescending. He used statements like, “If your TV gets wet we won’t take it!” and “If you want to know whether we will be there in the morning or afternoon you must call our office at 9 a.m.” Read More »
Why Focusing On Closing Is Killing Your Sales
Dear Jeff, I’ve got this problem. I’ve been calling customers to follow up on quotes that I’ve given them and on prospects who have expressed an interest.
They tell me they haven’t had time to look at the proposals or aren’t ready to… Read More »
