“For many years I felt inadequate because I found business very difficult. I thought that everyone else found it easy. Business is hard, and people often find that their work is stressful, unfulfilling emotionally and doesn’t return the financial rewards they feel they deserve for their efforts. Once I realized that, I didn’t feel so […]
The Backwards Dentist from Australia Read More
The following is an excerpt taken from an interview I did with the brilliant Robert Middleton. A lot of my core marketing philosophy, I got from this man. This material will be compiled into a book called “Pay What You Want” in 2011. Robert: We’ll talk later about what you’re making now and how you
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I was recently working with a client on mine on the welcome video to his website. He is a lovely man in his sixties who does incredible mindfulness meditation trainings. When you meet him in person he is just the warmest, most real person you could meet. A bit cynical but so loving. The real
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I just met with a therapist today for lunch. We were doing a consultation and it really reminded me of something . . . If you’re a therapist it can kind of seems like you’re screwed in the marketing department. After all, ethically, you can’t even ask people for a testimonials sometimes. You can’t really
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written by Andy Sernovitz: 1. Happy Customers are your best advertising. Make people happy. 2. Marketing is easy. Earn the respect and recommendation of your customers. They will do your marketing for you, for free. 3. Ethics and good service come first. 4. UR the UE; You are the user experience(not what your ads say
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There are really two goals of WOM marketing. One is to get prospects and their friends talking about you. The second is to get current clients referring business to you. In the long term, both are probably important. The following tactics offer a mix of both – some geared more towards raising the buzz –
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People love to spread the word about things they love (and hate). It’s like a gift of ‘information’ they get to give people. They get to be a ‘hook up’ of good things. They get help someone. It’s important to create excuses for people to talk about what YOU do and mechanisms that facilitate that
14 Ways to Make It Easy for People to Spread the Word About You Read More
Not convinced about Word of Mouth? Here are some more things to consider . . . Andy Sernovitz, in his book Word of Mouth Marketing puts it this way . . . “Good marketing is easy. One of the most important things I’ve learned is that word of mouth marketing can be so easy and
Do you know that your competitors aren’t as green as they SAY they are? Are they misleading the public? Sure they are. A lot of big companies are. Arm yourself with this information on the 6 major types of greenwashing. To get it – just click on the link below. http://www.terrachoice.com/files/6_sins.pdf If you’d like
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I want to tell you why I will likely not be helping anyone redo their bios anytime soon. (If you are an independent professional such as a coach, consultant, solopreneur, aspiring and thriving author, speaker or infopreneur – pay attention – Even if you aren’t this could me more relevant than you might think) It’s
Is Your Bio Doing You and Your Business Justice? Read More