Marketing Strategies
Marketing Success Strategies: Got a Business Bucket List?
One of the surest ways to get a lot more done in your business and scale that ladder of success that much faster is to create a bucket list for your business. After all if you saw the movie, The Bucket List, years ago you know that the idea is to actually live all the…
Marketing Success Strategies: Does Your Brand Matter?
As I was standing in the grocery store the other day, searching for 9 volt batteries for an outdoor fan, I had a brand break through moment! I was originally scanning prices and reached for the Kroger brand, generic and unknown to me. Suddenly it hit me. This battery was going into the remote for…
Marketing Success Strategies: How to Create and Deliver on Great Expectations
One of the key components to success in any endeavor both professional and personal is delivering on expectations. But all too often we fail to establish “great” expectations at the start that are realistic, reliable, and fuel our success. A significant portion of your marketing success strategy needs to be devoted to creating and managing…
When Policies Prevent Profits: Are You Stalling Your Success?
This is a lesson in how your policies and procedures may be preventing your profitability. Read closely not as a business owner but instead as a customer or client. Too often we get caught up in our operations, and forget that we are in business to serve our customer and clients. We must see it…
Stuff You Need to Know to Succeed: Let Them See You Sweat
Don’t hide all of your magic. I know, I know, it bucks all conventional wisdom and it is tough to change old habits (at least for me), but I’ve learned that it is vital to let your clients and customers see at least a bit of what you do so they understand your true value.…
Stuff You Need to Know to Succeed: Are you trying to sell the way you buy?
There are lots of reasons you may lose a sale, and there are three that you can correct immediately. #1 Failure to Be Ready to Close the Deal and Take Their Money I was working with someone this week who, when I offered them payment, they said “no thanks, it will mess up our bookkeeping,…
Hot Marketing Tip: 5 Steps to Go from Now to WOW!
Are you afflicted with Bright Shiny Opportunity Syndrome? It’s okay, you can ‘fess up, I have it too. I’ve simply learned how to tame it so I can stop the distractions, get focused, and achieve extraordinary results. You can too, I promise, stop arguing with me and read how here! The Cure for BSOS: Step…