A common question when I’m talking to people about email marketing is how do you get ideas for what to write. This isn’t always a spoken question, by the way. When I mention I write this list 3 times a week, I can see it on people’s faces. A mix of awe and fear and thinking I must be crazy. There are a lot of ways to come up with ideas for what to write …
Business owners Alice and Bob head in to work on a bright sunny Monday. Both have been in business for 3 or 4 years and serve similar clients. However, that’s where the similarities end… Bob entered his weekend after a frustrating week and is looking forward to getting started on a new project he knows will help take his business to the next level. It’s been a long time coming and he’s confident this is …
If you’ve got a website that gets you customers and is a revenue generator for your business, then congratulations; you are in the minority. The story I hear from many business owners is they started out, heard they had to get a website, paid some kid a couple thousand dollars and then the headaches began. Most often the website looked pretty and didn’t do a thing to generate sales or attract customers. What’s the problem? …
This is for the majority of you who get nervous when you start selling. You’re talking to a prospect, everything seems like it’s going great, but when it comes to making your offer, asking for money, you get all anxious and the call goes south. Plus, when you think of cold calling, you break out in a cold sweat. Or maybe it’s just when you stand up and make your “elevator pitch” at the latest …
I think we can agree that multi-tasking hurts work performance. Like trying to meet a project deadline while your phone chimes out IG likes and follows and you binge watch Game of Thrones on a second screen. You aren’t going to get as much done as if you shut down email, put your phone in airplane mode, and brew a fresh pot of coffee. There is a similar problem when you’re trying to learn or …