Paul Zane Pilzer is one of my favorite authors and I have read every one of his books. This might strike you as odd, especially if you know that Paul Zane Pilzer is an economist (and they are usually boring, full of bad news, and stuffy). Paul Zane Pilzer is anything but any of those…
NOW is a great time to be thinking of what’s next? in terms of strategic planning and building you marketing plan(s) for the next year. Have you met your goals for this year? Do you consider this year a success or simply – OK – successful but could have been better? What is pulling you…
par·a·digm 1. One that serves as a pattern or model. 2. A set or list of all the inflectional forms of a word or of one of its grammatical categories: the paradigm of an irregular verb. 3. A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community…
Understand the Benefits of Building an Opt-In List When it comes to marketing on the Internet, there’s no better way to virtually guarantee your success than by building a loyal and targeted database of Opt-In subscribers. Once you have a list… you own it! Nobody can take it away from you. There aren’t too many…
Many people think business is a lot like gambling, because they think in order for someone to be successful in business, whether it is information marketing or if you have a brick and mortar kind of business, an insurance company, or a dry cleaner, or any kind of service you do or any kind of…
In “Love Is The Killer App,” Tim Sanders talks about a topic we, as small business owners and entrepreneurs don’t hear about very often and talk about even less…love, related to business. (if it makes you more comfortable, you can substitute the word caring, charity or compassion for love.) Tim defines love in business as…
Is there a difference between strategy and tactics? It probably depends on who you ask, but I see a big difference between the two. We talk a lot about, and utilize, strategy, in our business, and for our clients as well. So many things revolve around marketing and business strategy. Tactics has a negative connotation,…
I’m sure my friend and business associate was trying to tell me something when she recommended Cheryl Richardson’s book “Take Time For Your Life: A 7-Step Program for Creating the Life You Want” to me. Like a lot of entrepreneurs and small business owners, I have a tendency to put work in front of almost…
List segmentation is a very smart marketing strategy. When you look at segments of your list and categorize based on dollars spent, courses purchased, date of purchase, geographic location, or whether they have attended any of your live events or not, you can make some very specific strategic marketing decisions as well as know a…
Live events can change the life of your business. For many promoters, small business owners, entrepreneurs, and information marketers, starting and running successful events has been the thing that’s catapulted their income from six figures to seven figures. It might also be yours, or you might already be running successful events – either way, there…
