Business Marketing Tips
Essential Follow-Up Marketing Systems
For the bricks and mortar business owner who relies on customers (or clients/students/patients) to walk through his or her business front door to buy products or services, properly designed follow-up marketing techniques and campaigns are critically important for these important reasons: They differentiate your business from your competition. They delight prospects and customers. When automated,…
Read MoreRay Kroc & Wisdom from McDonald’s
I recently finished an interesting book and wanted to pass it along to other business owners as a suggested read. The book is titled âGrinding It Out: The Making of McDonaldâsâ and itâs the autobiography of Ray Kroc, the entrepreneurial legend who brought McDonaldâs to the world. Published in 1977, seven years before Ray died,…
Read MoreMarketing Context is Critical for Maximum Results
One of the principles of marketing I constantly remind people about is the importance of appropriate marketing context. The term “context” means the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, scenario, etc. and for this article, what I mean by marketing context is the appropriateness and sensibility of a particular marketing…
Read MoreFix Your Follow-Up Marketing
NO business is immune to it and I guarantee everybody reading these words is guilty of either inadequate, or worse, no follow-up marketing. Like a leaky bucket, poor follow-up marketing is draining your business of additional sales, profits and customer goodwill. Over the years Iâve consulted with hundreds of business owners and every single one…
Read MoreA Copywriting Headline to Help Overcome Procrastination
Being on the lookout (e.g. having your marketing radar always set to ON) for smart marketing you can modify and use in your own business is a worthy use of your time and attention.  If youâve been reading my article posts over these past several years, you know I am constantly advising business owners to…
Read More5 Marketing Game Changers for Your Business
I cannot help myself, but I love talking to entrepreneurs and business owners. It tends to drive my kids nuts, especially when we’re at a new restaurant or store, but I cannot help myself. I find these conversations quite interesting and as you would expect from me, I usually start to asking the owner various…
Read MoreMarketing Contest: Can You Identify These High Impact Marketing Strategies?
In the past, Iâve shown several advertisements for the Jitterbug cell phone because their ads typically follow good direct response marketing laws and design techniques and this recent ad is no different. This ad in particular, does two very smart things, which both represent powerful strategies for you and your business and rather than just…
Read MoreTake This Simple Direct Mail Test & Avoid Costly Mistakes
I will make a professional disclaimer right from the start – critiquing 99% of the direct mail that lands on my desk is like fishing out of a barrel – thereâs really no challenge to it, because most of the direct mail being sent is so bad. So the purpose of this article is not…
Read MoreAnnouncing an Elite Dan Kennedy Newsletter Added to the High Impact Marketing Club Benefits
Iâm pleased to announce the addition of an exclusive Dan Kennedy newsletter, that is near and dear to my marketing heart, to the already impressive list of member benefits for my brand new High Impact Marketing Club! The newsletter is one I have been a subscriber to since 2009 and it’s Dan Kennedy’s LOOK OVER…
Read MoreTrumpâs Viral Video Task â the Right Challenge?
The other night on NBCâs Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump assigned a task to the contestants to âdevelop a viral videoâ for the 83 year old Chock full oâ Nuts coffee company. As soon as I heard the task, I said to my wife âThatâs a ridiculous assignmentâ and then, much to her viewing dismay, I…
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