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In order to make money with your website, you need a steady flow of visitors. After all, traffic is the foundation on which all websites are built. If you are successful in attracting lots of traffic, your site and bank account will flourish. If you cannot build traffic, your site and income ... Views: 631
When you have decided on the business that you are going to do you will need to know what to do and what not to do. You are going to learn what all of the mistakes are that you will not want to make. The business that you are going to hear about is internet marketing and the mistakes that people ... Views: 925
Even if you have finally decided to start your own virtual assistance business you still need to do a lot of things. Yes, that decision was the biggest of all steps but it doesn’t end there. It is very critical that you have a business design that will ensure that your business will ... Views: 794
The most important small business internet marketing tips will guide you into the mainstream where you will get noticed. When your business is noticed on the internet the customers will come. I am going to share with you a few tips to increase your awareness on the internet and get your ... Views: 2597
VA loan programs have assisted many veterans receive housing financing with little or no money down. While VA loan programs don’t provide direct funding, they do insure loans for veterans allowing them to tap into loans without down payments, even on larger loans. Without the security of ... Views: 1114
I’m going to share with you a few important tips to marketing an online business and making it a success. You have your business idea and you have a business plan, now you want to know the best way to marketing an online business.
If you follow these beginning tools, you will have ... Views: 890
One of the first things you will want to do when starting your small business plan is too get a clear vision of what you want to manifest. It is really important that you know where you are going and what the purpose is before you start your business.
Small Business Marketing Plan Part One
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Most people love to buy stuff, but they don't like being sold. Many of my clients love what they do, but they really detest selling it.
How can we reconcile these two points of view?
What if you could learn to "sell" without actually selling? Then, you wouldn't have an unpleasant feeling ... Views: 1378
One of the hardest things to do as a business owner is make time to work on growing your own business. We're so busy working for our clients, creating the products or services we sell, or reacting to the Tyranny of the Urgent that there just isn't enough time to give to our ... Views: 1148
So many of my clients name "referrals" or "word-of-mouth" as the number one source of growth in their business. However, when I ask how they get those referrals - so that we can increase them - they're not sure.
I like business boosts to be predictable, reliable and replicable. Referrals ... Views: 1646
Marketing For Small Businesses That Think BIG!
Small businesses that think BIG use a multifaceted approach to marketing. Learn the secrets, gain the tools then watch your business accelerate to the next level of success.
Marketing For Small Businesses That Thing BIG! is a seminar packed ... Views: 1558
One of the most important Sales Techniques I learned in marketing and building a business is the power of relationship building.
When I put my energy into getting to know my clients personally their likes and dislikes, what their interests and passions are, that takes the business ... Views: 927
The secret which is the “law of attraction” really works if you understand a few important factors.
It’s not enough to just want something or to tell the universe you want something, you have to allow that something to come into your life.
There is a certain level of energy ... Views: 924
Making money and bringing in new business and lots of it can be easy if you know the basics of effective marketing. What I have found in my twenty successful years in sales and marketing as both a Sales Executive and Sales Director/Regional Manger is, most people when they start out don’t know ... Views: 962
The law of attraction, sometimes referred to as karma, applies to much, much more than just your personal life. The law of attraction is evident all throughout the universe so it is no wonder that a number of people are using the power of positive thoughts and actions to experience unforeseen ... Views: 2773
The process of converting a prospect to a client can seem like it takes forever. You meet a prospective client, follow up with him or her over time, and hopefully have a chance to make a sales presentation or schedule an initial consultation at no charge. Then you follow up some more, trying to ... Views: 1290
A friend of mine is an IT consultant. He's been an independent contractor for the 20-plus years I have known him, and gets all his consulting contracts through agencies. Even when he works a year or two for the same client, the agency takes 15-20% of what the client is paying for his services. I ... Views: 1367
New entrepreneurs frequently hear the advice to "be unique" in their marketing. The basic idea is a valuable one -- to get attention in a crowded marketplace, you must stand out in some way. Distinguishing your product or service from the competition can make your marketing more effective. ... Views: 1370
"Call us today and change your life," proclaimed the hot pink flyer on the bulletin board. It was signed "Sunrise Hypnotherapy" with a phone number and a blind email address. No practitioner's name appeared anywhere on the flyer.
Posted near it were numerous other leaflets, advertising ... Views: 1283
It's the nightmare of every professional who offers group programs. You design a powerful workshop, schedule a date, broadcast your marketing message… and no one registers. Then what?
Let's assume you have the basics down. You've chosen a compelling topic, identified a likely audience, and ... Views: 1317
Recently, a client of mine complained, "I'm really good at what I do. I shouldn't have to market myself." In fact, he is quite good at his profession, but the problem is that not enough prospective clients know about him. Like many professionals, he is reluctant to talk about his ... Views: 1319
"I don't have time to market." It's a common complaint from self-employed professionals. When you are the only one who can serve the clients, manage the business, and perform all the sales and marketing functions, time becomes the most precious commodity you have. How can you find time for ... Views: 1421
It's easy to think that any business can be successful if you work hard enough, but there are many situations where this just isn't so. Consultants, coaches, and other service professionals often start a business believing that all they need to do is charge a "reasonable" fee and sell ... Views: 1317
There's more marketing hype published on the Internet in one day than P.T. Barnum generated in his lifetime. Like a worm swallowing its tail, the Internet marketing beast feeds mostly on itself. The vast majority of what appears on the Internet about marketing is designed to help you market ... Views: 1372
If you have enough clients to keep you busy, you must be making a good living, right? Well, not necessarily. Some of the busiest professionals around aren't earning enough to pay their bills. On the other hand, there are some consultants, coaches and other service providers who have plenty of ... Views: 1358
One of the biggest challenges in selling professional services is that what you are offering is intangible. Your product can't be seen, touched, or tasted. Until your prospective clients experience what you do, they have no way of knowing if it will turn out, whether they will like it, and how ... Views: 1124
Every independent professional should have a website, an ezine, and an email marketing strategy, right? If you're not taking maximum advantage of web technology to market your professional services, you are behind the times, and missing out on huge opportunities. At least that's what most ... Views: 1185
"Every person who has ever started a business, I imagine, thought he had a good idea. It's the smart person, and the rare person, who tries to find out the most important thing: do other people think it's a good idea?"
Those words of wisdom come from Bernard Kamoroff, author of "Small-Time ... Views: 1137
I am not a sales and marketing guru. I've written two books on marketing and taught thousands of people how to sell themselves, but really, I don't know more about sales and marketing than most of you.
What I know how to do is talk to people, all kinds of people -- restaurant owners and ... Views: 1059
Are you finding many of your best prospects already working with competitors? When you pursue a new opportunity, is someone else capturing the prize? Maybe it's time to re-evaluate your positioning.
Your market position is the place you occupy in the mind of your prospective clients. It's ... Views: 1064
When you look at your marketing to-do list, do many of the items on it look all too familiar? Have entries like "call Donna Sanchez" and "follow up with Floyd Corp." been copied from a previous week? Putting off unappealing tasks may be human nature, but for an entrepreneur, procrastination can ... Views: 1183
A question I often get from clients and students goes something like this: "I've been collecting marketing ideas... and I have a drawer full! I also have a stack of promising leads I've accumulated. And I know it's important to stay visible, so I do a lot of networking, but then I just end up ... Views: 1148
Networking is one of the most effective ways to find clients for any consulting or professional services business. But if you limit your networking to only what you can do in person, you'll be missing out on a huge number of possibilities.
Networking is more than entering a room full of ... Views: 1427
Networking is one of the most effective ways to find clients for any consulting or professional services business. But if you limit your networking to only what you can do in person, you'll be missing out on a huge number of possibilities.
Networking is more than entering a room full of ... Views: 1427
I often suggest public speaking as a powerful way to show prospective clients what you can do. Many professionals and consultants have built successful practices by giving free presentations to associations, businesses, and educational institutions. But what about producing your own seminar, ... Views: 1242
Entrepreneurs pay a lot of attention to the mechanics of marketing. They take workshops, read books, and hire consultants to find out how to do the best job they possibly can. With my own clients, I often discover that their knowledge of marketing techniques is quite good already. What they ... Views: 1248
Even if you never place a cold call, you still have to reach people by phone. That customer who was so interested last month never called you back, and now you must call her. You call once, twice, three times, but you can't get her in person. How can you manage to close a sale if all you ever ... Views: 1325
When you're just starting out in business, it's a safe bet that you need more clients. But what if you have been up and running for a while, and you're still not making as much money as you would like? You may be in the habit of thinking that attracting new clients is the answer, but this isn't ... Views: 1348
No, that's not a typo in the title. Resolutions are easy; most of us make them at least once a year. A revolution, on the other hand, is something you may not have made since you started your business.
Starting a business is actually quite revolutionary. When you began yours, there were ... Views: 1477