Would you be surprised if I told you I've actually mentored a LOT of marketing consultants and business coaches who help others build their businesses? Many of these consultants and coaches come to me because, even though they know how to put these steps into practice, they still don't have a full practice, or at least not consistently. WHY?The reason is simple. They don't market consistently. What usually happens to most self-employed...more
The corporate community makes use of different terms in talking about business planning - business strategy, sales planning, marketing strategy, business plans, and marketing schemes. But as different as these terms sound or spell, they cover same principles -- how to improve sales and getting the company "out there". Efficient business plans and marketing schemes need to be strong, cost-effective, and most of all, realistic. As...more
Have you seen one of those post-it pop-up? The one that looks so realistic, with awesome shadow effect. If you don't know what I am talking about, try opening the following website: http://myhobbybooks.com/wowpop They look awesome don't they? And something like this is always good for your web marketing campaign. One reason, it never gets blocked by pop-up blockers. And another, it really grabs the attention of your web visitors. This is good when you want to increase subscription rate to your ezine, or promote an affiliate program, or even increase sales. But you wonder, how do they do it? You thought that you can achieve similar result, and you try, and try, and try... you tried GIF image, JPG image, none of those can get the job done. But there's one thing that you just don't know. Many pro web programmers know this, but not the normal web designers ... maybe even most web designers don't know how to do this. The secret is in PNG image format. PNG image format is the little-known image format that you can use on the web. PNG image format is unique because you can do the Alpha effect with it. The Alpha effect is where you set transparency factor on certain areas on the PNG image....more
When it comes to skin care, Dallas is about more than facials. This affluent Texas city has made non-surgical procedures like chemical peels, laser skin resurfacing, microdermabrasion and Botox treatments extremely popular and very common. If you're a Dallas resident and looking for more information on these five popular skin care treatments, read...more
Payday loan is a very short-term loan that is offered to a borrower to cover the expenses until his or her next payday. The amount may vary from 100 dollars to 500 dollars on a two -week term, the interest rate ranging from 390 percent to 780 percent .The most appealing part of payday loan is that the lenders give the cash instantly when the...more
I like to think that my approach to business is 1 part experience, 1 part research and 2 parts common sense. I know my business; that's my experience. I read as much as I possibly can to strike a balance in my efforts between tried and true and newer methods of business planning and marketing. But to me, the most important, and often lacking in my opinion, is the common sense part of running any business, especially online. I do not claim to be an expert in SEO or SEM or any of those acronym concepts. In fact, I'm not sure who legitimately can claim to be. In my observation, the rules to those theories seem to change daily if not more often. However, like most online entrepreneurs, I do try and pick up as much as I can from all sources in trying to market and run my business. In working on both my own business and my client's, I have found that too often I can get too focused on the technical aspects of my website and business. We are constantly inundated with tips, tricks and techniques for getting more traffic and finding new leads. Please don't think I'm discounting any of those or disparaging those giving advice. On the contrary, I think it is necessary to take in...more
The welcome email is probably the single greatest opportunity that email marketers have to engage subscribers and drive action. Welcome messages generate superior open rates and, done well, create a halo effect that boosts subscribers engagement with...more
When you are reading the newspaper or looking on news websites, how do you decide which article to read? Most likely you read articles that have headlines that caught your attention. The headline had something in it that made you stop and think...more
It's a recession.The answer, of course, is marketing. To get revenues up, you have to market more. In order to do that, here are a few ideas to help you:1. Collect email addresses.The lifeblood of an online business is email addresses. If you...more
Why have millions of people chosen to invest in online money making systems? One of the main reasons is that it gives them the opportunity to work from home. They no longer spend hours commuting to work or spend thousands of dollars on business...more
The way you think and your attitudes may be sabotaging your financial success. It has been observed that those who are successful and those who are unsuccessful have two very different attitudes toward making money. Those who are unsuccessful tend to...more
When someone starts an online business, and many do, they tend to think that they know what they are doing. In other words, they don't have a clue. Everyone keep telling them that they need a nice looking website, throw some affiliate...more