When you go places and do things, do you look for the marketing and business lessons that are there? Some companies will show you good examples and some will show you not so good examples, but you can learn from all of it…and all companies, no matter if they are large or small, they all…
In “Love Is The Killer App,” Tim Sanders talks about a topic we, as small business owners and entrepreneurs don’t hear about very often and talk about even less…love, related to business. (if it makes you more comfortable, you can substitute the word caring, charity or compassion for love.) Tim defines love in business as…
Is there a difference between strategy and tactics? It probably depends on who you ask, but I see a big difference between the two. We talk a lot about, and utilize, strategy, in our business, and for our clients as well. So many things revolve around marketing and business strategy. Tactics has a negative connotation,…
Deciding which platforms you want to use on social media can very easily seem overwhelming. The list of possibilities out there of different places you can participate in social media are numerous, and could be as long as your arm if you started to make a list of all of them – especially when you…
One of the most common questions we get asked is “What exactly is Information Marketing?” What does that term mean? What is it all about? Some people call it information products, some people call it information marketing. It’s been a struggle to figure out how to describe what exactly Information Marketing is to people who…
List segmentation is a very smart marketing strategy. When you look at segments of your list and categorize based on dollars spent, courses purchased, date of purchase, geographic location, or whether they have attended any of your live events or not, you can make some very specific strategic marketing decisions as well as know a…
I don’t know if you have” love bugs” where you live, but here in Central Florida we have 2 seasons of “love bugs” – one in the spring and one late summer/early fall. Love bugs don’t bite. For a few weeks, they swarm around, find unique ways to slip into your house and are quite…
Do you have secret sauce in your business? Not secret sauce like ketchup, A-1 or any type of condiment. Some people refer to their secret sauce as their hook. What’s the thing, in your business, that is specific to you, that pulls people to you, that attracts people to you? What’s that secret sauce you…
“The Laws of Lifetime Growth” by Dan Sullivan and Catherine Nomura of Strategic Coach is another small, quickly read book packed with just a ton of great information that can be very impactful in your life. There are so many great nuggets in this book there is no way to cover them all in this…
Having grown up on a farm in Ohio where we raised all our own meat, eggs, and vegetables, venturing too far from meat and potatoes has been a bit of a stretch for me. But, over the years, I have branched out and tried a lot of new things – and found that I like…
