While many small business owners know that promotional products are a way to advertise their products or services, there’s often a question about which ones are right for them. Bags? Pens? Stationery? It’s completely understandable—there are so many options on the market that it can get overwhelming. The Power of Promotional Products But before diving […]
Sales and Marketing
Types of LinkedIn Ads & How to Use Them
LinkedIn… home to a social network of over 500 million active professionals. That’s a LOT of users, and more importantly, a lot of potential professionals that you can directly target! If you are a B2B company, it’s really a no brainer that you should be advertising on LinkedIn. 80% of B2B leads generated through social media […]
Always in Good Form
You’ve now learned the first two Feel-Good Questions as well as the “One KEY Question” that will separate you from practically everyone else. Here’s one more type of question. They (because there are actually four of them) are called “F-O-R-M” Questions and they simply provide additional questions you can ask that will deeply strengthen the rapport with […]
The Art of the Bluff
I was stunned and appalled to read an article sponsored by a major sales publication promoting the “Art of the bluff.” The author was cautious to highlight the negative connotations around bluffing—the feeling of manipulation, the proximity to lying, and the knife edge a “bluffer’ must walk to avoid lying. Trying as hard as I […]
Elevate Your Video Ads with New YouTube Extensions
Video is an increasingly important component of a successful marketing campaign for any business. In fact, Google reports that more than half of consumers say online video has helped them decide which specific brand or product to buy. With new features announced at Advertising Week New York, Google is making it even easier to build engaging video […]
Tools of the Trade
One of the best outcomes of the proliferation of the Internet into all of our worlds is the access that it affords us to information, each other, and tools that make our jobs easier. In our work for clients, we’ve found some tools that allow us to help clients react faster, smarter and produce more […]
Don’t Panic: A Traffic Decline Analysis Checklist and Toolbox
Has there been a shift in your site’s organic performance that’s got your wheels spinning? Did rankings inexplicably drop from Page 1? Are conversions slowing to a crawl? Is the three-month traffic bleed suddenly alarmingly apparent? As Google’s algorithms become less announced and more nebulous, it can be easy to allow paranoia and chaos to […]
Grow Your Business in 2020: 9 Critical Strategies Exposed
In this article we’re going to talk about 9 critical areas of your life and business you should be focusing on this year. By focusing on these specific areas, you will help your business grow by leaps and bounds. Some are hard. Some are easy. Some require you to make changes… and others require you […]
The One Key Question That Will Set You Apart
Over the past several brief videos we’ve been discussing how focusing on the *other* person (whom you just met) through what I call “Feel-Good Questions” helps you to quickly establish yourself as a “person of value” in their eyes; a person worthy of getting to know better and having as part of their network. Now let’s amp […]
6 Online Review Strategies Essential to Improving Your Brand Awareness
In this technological age, online relevance is the most important thing for every business, influencer, and brand. If you do not have constant online presence, it would be impossible for you or your brand to be recognized in this fast-paced world. One of the best tools you can use online is to have reliable online […]
