Many entrepreneurs think of themselves as spontaneous people. Get an idea, act on it, and it will automatically become an overnight success. Unfortunately, it doesn’t usually happen that way. And, it probably won’t happen that way for you. Despite what you may have heard, most “overnight successes” took a lot of hard work and planning. …
Most business people and entrepreneurs think they’re running multi-pronged marketing programs, when what they’re really doing is the same type of single-pronged marketing over and over again. You don’t want to forget there are many marketing methods you should be incorporating into every project. Many internet marketers are just now starting to branch out into…
It doesn’t matter what level of market er you are, you either have already, or will at some point in your career, make this mistake. You are going along and things are going pretty well. You’re in the middle of a marketing campaign and you’re getting good results with what you’re doing. You get through…
You just made some sales, whether it was from the platform, on a teleseminar, after sending an email or your online newsletter, or from a direct mail piece. It doesn’t matter how you made the sales, you’re feeling pretty good about it. Most marketers think this is the end of the road, that their work…
Your Business Spaceship, “MSS Info-preneur,” Is Ready To Blast Off! What Would Happen If You Fell Into One Of The 10 Most Common Marketing Black Holes? Imagine that you get into your 2011 model “marketing spaceship,” named “MSS Info-preneur” and you point it straight at the million dollar solar-mass black hole, in the center of…
Are You Sending Messages About Cats To Dog Lovers? I received a gardening magazine and a chef magazine in the mail the other day. I have no idea why. I grew up on a farm so I pulled weeds and did yard work more than the average person. Now don’t get me wrong, I love…
No, it wasn’t that the credit card declined. No, it the card wasn’t expired. Yes, it had my signature on the back of the card. This frame shop didn’t take the type of credit card I was trying to use. Ok, no big deal, I’ll use the standard MasterCard or Visa that every business takes…
If you use social media you might be under the misunderstanding that you can’t really do much “business” on Facebook. That just means you haven’t been exposed to the now famous fan page. You are correct in thinking that Facebook has rules about not selling on your main profile page, but all the rules change…
Sometimes we can’t see the forest for the trees. I am always amazed when I see a client, marketer, or entrepreneur stop doing what’s working. And, sometimes I even begin to twitch when they give me the reason they stopped. I got a frantic call from an associate not too long ago. He was in…
If you own a business of any kind, you should be using direct response marketing as your primary means of advertising. Most of what you see in everyday advertising is what is referred to as image advertising. In other words, all the advertising does is bring brand or store name recognition. The problem with this…
