Marketing & Sales
Sales Training: Did You Diss Your Ideal Client?
I speak a lot about identifying your ideal target market; how to create that perfect profile that will enable you to attract and capture clients and customers you will love and who love you back. You know, these are the kind of clients and customers that you jump out of bed in the morning for,…
Social Media Marketing: When is the Best Time to Market?
There is a very short answer to this question and it is simply ALWAYS! What I continue to run into, particularly with service based business professionals and creatives (like designers, stagers, and organizers) is a tendency (actually a habit) to have an uncomfortable roller coaster ride of have a full client load and then having…
List Building Secrets: 3 Easy Ways to Lose Your List Fast!
List building is big business; it is the goldmine and key to business success both online and offline. A profitable business needs a hot and buying list that grows and stays hot and buying. The care and feeding of your list is often a bit of a mysterious art. There are as many models for…
How to Know When Criticism Will Help You or Hurt You
Gosh this year has really flown by, and I think it feels faster today since we are all living on multiple planes of not just reality but virtuality. It is impossible to actually be alone anymore as there is always someone ready and willing online to either dish praise or bash (not always gently) with…
5 Hot Places to Find and Capture Your Ideal Clients Online
I’ve noticed a big gap for many business owners, solopreneurs, home based ceos, coaches and creatives today. You know you need online marketing solutions, but you aren’t sure why you need them or even if your clients are looking online. First, your clients are looking online. Think of it this way, we no longer yellow…
Match Your Message to Your Market
5 Deadly Ways to Fail Fast and Publicly Picture this if you will. A high end furniture showroom holds a grand re-opening coming out of a reorganization and launches with a party for interior designers, builders, and developers in Atlanta. The majority (90%) of the attendees are women and gay men. This is only important…
How to make a big difference with the little things
The brand, flavor, color and choices (if they have any) of tea is as significant (and essential) as the bread selections and just as often overlooked. When you don’t have the basics well done in your business it doesn’t lead your client or customer to expect the best. Put these in place and it really…
Weird Trick to Save Tons of Time and Keep Your Clients Hot & Buying
One of the real advantages to the internet is the ability to repurpose your content simply and easily from platform to platform and format to format. What that means is that you can write a blog post and repurpose it into an article or an ezine quickly and easily. Or you can write an ezine…
TOP 10 REASONS WHY YOU NEED A BLOG: Shortcuts to Profit with Ideal Clients
From everything I’ve seen, the biggest hurdles to starting a blog for small business owners and solopreneurs is the fear of writing and the perceived technical aspects. Well, take it from this avowed NON-tech, there is no technical skill required. And you don’t have to be a writer, in fact you don’t have to write…