Sales and Marketing
How to Get to Yes
We all love to hear more yeses and Yes is the key to more sales in any direct sales business. Here is a simple system to boost your number of yeses so that you can increase sales and make more money from home.
The Power of Just ONE More Unit
There is such leverage in high gross profit margins once a company is past break-even. Every dollar of gross profit falls to the bottom line, increasing net profit faster with each transaction. The point is that once a company is stable at or above the break-even point, one incremental unit generates robust increases in net profit.
Position Yourself as a Trusted Brand
When your mission in business is to create a product or service with integrity and to earn a reputation as someone who cares about people more than earning money, you’re on the right track. One company I love to use as an example of establishing a trusted brand is Honest Tea.
7 Marketing Trends You Should Not Ignore
The capability to use marketing tools and technology without having to beg or pay for attention is unprecedented. It’s a time where you can now build your own crowd to market and sell to without paying the mass media gate keepers. This freedom to take control of your own marketing comes at a cost.
How Are You Evaluating Your Clients?
While I’d like to think we make good decisions based entirely on gut instinct, there are often hidden red flags. One tool we have implemented with success in our company is a client scorecard that rates our clients and their fit for us, past and prospective.
Will Google’s Gmail Update be the Death of Email Marketing?
Just as everybody seems to have become comfortable again Google has announced its plan to roll out a new layout for its Email client, Gmail, which will force Email marketers to rethink, and ultimately rework their methods.
How to Unleash the Power of Content
There is a war going on but you maybe haven’t noticed. It is a battle for eyeballs and Google attention. It is a content war where the best rises to the top. Readers and viewers vote with social signals such as retweets, plus ones on Google+ and Facebook likes and shares.
Using Hashtags on Facebook
You may have heard the announcement that in June 2013, Facebook instituted hashtag functionality into their site. The reason businesses love hashtags is that not only do they inspire interaction and generate buzz amongst followers but they are searchable and easily measurable.
How to Turn Your Customers into Company Evangelists
Ever wonder how companies like Apple are able to get its customers to advertise for them? That company has some of the most enthusiastic users on the planet. Apple’s secret? Education.
SEO 101: Learning the Basics
It’s hard to be in business these days without having some knowledge of search engine optimization. Commonly referred to as SEO, this is something every small business person should have a basic knowledge of, even if someone else in the company handles all the internet marketing and web design.
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