I find that there are four things most of the people need most when they’re lost and stuck. I’ll use entrepreneurs as an example since that’s the majority of who I work with. First is Empathy: Hell, being an entrepreneur can be hard. We can work so hard and take failure or rejection so personally. […]
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I’ve been talking a lot about ‘becoming a hub lately’. But, while that’s a nice idea and theory – what can you actually do about it. I can think of at least ten things – can you think of anything to add? You don’t need to be almost naked on a unicycle to be the
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
Ignore the drunk young fellow photobombing this picture. Notice what I’m wearing. It’s a kilt made by www.Utilikilts.com It’s a plain black, canvass kilt. It gets lots of comments. In a way the kilt is the pass on material. It generates the conversation and their website is easy enough to remember and every time someone
I’ve never tried this one but I bet it would work great. Have you ever been at someone’s house and seen a painting or piece of art that really floored you? My friend Jordanna Rachinsky’s paintings blow me away. You probably have your own favourite local artist. Or a piece of art you saw that
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 –
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
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“If you build it they will come.” Those are probably the most destructive words an entrepreneur can utter – aside from, “I already know that.” and “the government can pry those taxes from my cold dead hands!” Sure, if you offer a great quality product and service word will spread. Especially if you’re at the
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Hubs can help you spread the word. Why? They’re well connected and well respected. They’re like the one’s and two’s in the photo to the right. Their circles overlap a lot of other people’s circles. An endorsement from a ‘1’ can mean more to you than an endorsement from ten ‘4’s. Placement in the ‘right’
There’s something that’s often overlooked in marketing that my pal Mark Silver brought to my attention in a conversation we had a while back. He also wrote about it on his blog here. This is something that is very much at the heart of the notion I’ve been working with a lot lately on ‘becoming
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