Which activities do you find you focus on the most? Column A Direct Mail Email Advertising (online & off) Tradeshows Networking Telemarketing Column B Facebook Blogging Search Engine Optimization LinkedIn Twitter Constant updates to your website If you chose Column A, congratulations you are a control freak. You ight be exhausted and stretched monetarily,…
Category Archive for: Referral Marketing
If any of you have ever been so lucky to attend a multi-level presentation or even better a pyramid scheme, you are well aware of the Numbers Game. I always think about it when I recall an old Faberge Shampoo commercial where a women “tells 2 friends and they tell 2 friends and so on…
If you’ve been around long enough, you may recall an old song called “50 Ways to a Lose a Lover”. Well here are 5 guaranteed ways to lose a prospect. SPAM them – Entering their information into an automated drip campaign or calling them relentlessly. Today that might even include SMS and automated calls. No…
After giving a marketing presentation to a group of financial advisors, one of their very best in the country got up on stage and proceeded to lay out the key strategies he believed attributed to his success. “Know Your Profitable Client, Provide Exceptional Service, Always Follow Up,” he said. I sat there enjoying this live…
When a prospective buyer is looking at your product or service, he or she is really comparing you to the competition. So the question is, are they comparing an apple to an apple or an apple to an orange? It is vitally important in marketing that you find a way to be THE orange! In…
I had the opportunity to listen and speak with David Meerman Scott through a private telephone session he hosted for Duct Tape Marketing Coaches on the New Rules of Marketing and PR. Below, I have summarized some key points which may give you a fresh perspective on how to enhance your credibility online. The old…
Do you have a box of business cards on your desk that you hardly seem to put a dent in before the information changes and a new box is ordered? Or worse yet…are you still working on that same box of business cards that you printed 3 years ago! Business cards can be a…
Have you ever had a really good look at who’s actually referring you and been surprised to find it’s a handful of the same people over and over again, or Have you wondered why more of your customers or strategic partners aren’t referring you at all? Even though you might have a great product…
It’s funny. When we start a business most of us have dreams of becoming #1 in our industry and taking the world by storm. Then as the months and years go by our focus becomes first on survival and then on sustainable growth. As we grow, we might add some different service or…
