Even if that’s not your career goal you need to be a good public speaker. Whether you’re standing up in front of an audience or one-on-one with an employee or a customer at the heart of each of those interactions are your communication skills.
#871 Create Complete Offers
Content | Email, SEO | Web Design
A product by itself is not enough to guarantee success. Shaun McAndrew explains you need a complete offer.
#870 Things Go Wrong
Entrepreneurship | Economy, Marketing Minute, Marketing Strategy
Things go wrong. How you handle the situation will often determine whether your smallest mistake becomes a big crisis
#869 Stop and Read This
If people don’t open your email what good is it?
#868 To Reply or Not to Reply
Content | Email, Sales | Customer Service | Networking
Maybe you think when someone says something negative you shouldn’t dignify their comment with a reply. According to David Oates, that’s not the best strategy.
#867 Home Court Advantage
Content | Email, Marketing Minute
Athletes love to play on their home court. Being intimately familiar with every square inch of the field is reassuring, and the supportive crowd gives them the confidence to play their best.
#866 – On the Road To Marketing Mastery
In this conversation Tracey Watts Cirino and I explored the first steps you need to take on your journey to master your marketing message.
#865 Affordable Market Research
Entrepreneurship | Economy, Marketing Strategy
Alison K talks about affordable marketing research techniques any small business can easily apply.
#864 Podcasting Tips and Tricks
Marketing Minute, Marketing Strategy
After 13 years of podcasting, I have found tools I rely on. My two favorites are Podmatch and Zencastr
#863 Measurement vs Attribution
Attribution is harder than ever to determine is marketing data is clouded by privacy. So marketers need to look at the cumulative impact of their actions.
#862 Stand, Stagger, Fall
Sales | Customer Service | Networking
Matt Nettleton believes you can shorten the time to learn any skill with practice that is well designed, repeated, measured and adjusted.
861 – Go Negative to Get Noticed
Content | Email, Marketing Minute
People skip the nice boring headlines. Try going negative if you want to get noticed.
#860 The Perfect Podcast Pitch
Entrepreneurship | Economy, Marketing Strategy, Sales | Customer Service | Networking
Would you like to be a guest on a podcast? If so, you want to pay attention to what Kelly Mosser has to say about pitches.
#859 Better Content in Three Easy Steps
Follow three simple steps to create any type of content. The result is better content which encourages people to want to buy your product.
#858 Ego Drives Social Media
Marketing Minute, Social Media | Online Advertising
Social media is driven by ego. No matter how big your audience is, it always makes you feel special when someone likes, comments or shares a bit of your content.
#857 A Good Bio Makes People Want to Know You
Branding | Graphic Design, Content | Email
Danielle Hughes believes you need to give prospective customers a sense of who you are as a person. You do that with an interesting bio.
#856 Grow Your Business Beyond Start-Up
Anna Lundberg shares the five pillars to build a sustainable business that prioritizes personal wellbeing and fulfilment.
855 To Meme or Not to Meme
Marketing Minute, Social Media | Online Advertising
People love a good meme, but what about brands? Are they invited to the party?
#854 How Introverts Network
Sales | Customer Service | Networking
Introverts can network successfully. Amanda Watts explains how they should select networking events that allow them to play to their strengths.
#853 Lessons from a Networking Junkie
Sales | Customer Service | Networking
I am a networking junkie. I love getting out in meeting people. Unlike people with other addictions, I’m not looking for a cure for my networking addiction
#852 Google Does Not Buy From You
Marketing Minute, SEO | Web Design
Google does not buy from you. People do! So start paying attention to the need of the people, most likely to buy your products.
#851 Easy Ways to Ask for Testimonials
Content | Email, Entrepreneurship | Economy
Make it easy for customers to give you testimonials
#850 Become a Next Level Entrepreneur
We often grow into our roles as business owners from a starting point of Knowledge.
849 Shout A Little
Marketing Minute, SEO | Web Design
We’ve all been there, in a crowded room and you want to get someone’s attention. Sometimes you have to shout or raise your voice a little bit to get noticed.
#848 Write a Book
Content | Email, Creative Thinking, Entrepreneurship | Economy
There’s a perception that authors are more credible experts than people who are not authors.
#847 Email Marketing Kendra Corman
I am an email marketing fan so I was excited to invite Kendra Corman to join me for a conversation on how to make email marketing effective.
#846 A Little Help From My Friends
Entrepreneurship | Economy, Marketing Minute, Marketing Strategy
I get by with a little help from my friends.
#845 Manage Your Inbox
Stop for a minute and think about your inbox Do you feel that little pain because you know there’s a lot of clutter there?
#843 It is All About Attitude
Creative Thinking, Entrepreneurship | Economy, Marketing Minute
You can’t control the outside world, but with the right attitude, you can control how you feel, and how you react.
#842 Don’t Scale Too Fast
Many business owners believe the path to success requires that they scale as quickly as possible. But that may not be the best strategy for you.