It’s this week! Thursday, Feb. 18th from 12:00-1:45 pm is the first of a series of digital marketing workshops I’m leading in conjunction with the World Trade Center Atlanta and sponsored by Collllor. Open to the public, $30 for WTC members and $45 for non members. I promise it’s worth every penny and then […]
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Facebook Advertising Infographic Here’s a useful (and actionable) infographic covering three ways to drive local traffic fast by using Facebook advertising. If your prospects are on Facebook, this is one way to bring them to your website and help them become clients, customers or patients. First, as long as you’re here, please like and share […]
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We’re proud to announce the publication of the first issue of Clicks to Clients magazine, a free marketing magazine filled with actionable tips, tactics and strategies designed to help you get more business. The first issue includes: Reputation management: 4 simple steps to protecting your reputation online Making websites work: 5 ways your website is […]
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If you’ve been blogging for more than a week, and have comments enabled on your blog, you’ve probably seen comment spam in action. Comment spam is basically the same thing as email spam, but it’s found in blog comments instead of an email message. Comment spam can be as few as one word, all the […]
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Most of us realize that persuasion is a part of everyday life – we’re conditioned from birth to use persuasion tactics to get what we want, from milk to even though we don’t necessarily realize the logic and science behind those tactics or why they’re so effective. It’s also an inseparable part of marketing – […]
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Many of you know that two of the keys to making sales are benefit and urgency. Both of those should be used effectively in your marketing, whether you’re marketing to businesses or to individuals. But what do you do with those leads that have gone cold? Maybe, for whatever reason, those in active prospects haven’t […]
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For those of you who don’t know, Foursquare is a location-based social network, where users “check in” at physical locations. It’s a little more “real life” based than many social networks, as it’s based on where you actually are. I enjoy using it, but am far more selective on who I am friends with on […]
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Here’s another guest post from J.W. “Jim” Straw – this one originally appeared in his April 2012 Business Lyceum newsletter. This month’s issue was prompted by a question I received from a Business Lyceum Attendee … “Dan Kennedy always emphasizes testimonials. What if you are new to the business and don’t have any?” Although Dan […]
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One of the least kept secrets in the Mailorder industry. by: J.F. (Jim) Straw If I have been asked once, I’ve been asked a thousand times; in different ways…”Where Should I Place My Classified Ads?” Well…the renowned philosopher/sage/pundit; Anony Mouse, put it this way, “Give a man a fish and you will feed him for […]
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Here’s a Marketing Failure you can certainly avoid making. In the interest of helping you avoid making marketing mistakes and wasting or losing money, we’ll periodically feature examples of marketing failures. Mistakes should be something to learn from, whether they are your own mistakes or someone else’s failure. We all make them – the smarter […]