Creating and Building Your Brand
I sent out my holiday newsletter yesterday. Based on the responses I’m getting already, it surpassed (by far!) newsletters I sent in earlier years. Usually I get a pretty anemic response rate–people are busy and some of them follow me all year long on Facebook and here–so this year I didn’t expect anything different: …
About On Hold Messages — Here are the Basics Every Business Owner Needs to Know I received a call this morning from the wife of a power partner saying they’ll be moving from a home-based business into a similar storefront business in Kent very soon. They need me to write a series of …
It always amazes me to see hidden gems (local area businesses) struggling to make a living. I know at least ten people in the networking groups I attend who should be in high clover financially because their products and/or services are beyond stellar…and still they struggle to make ends meet! Part of the problem …
WOO HOO! Devin Bramhall, marketing manager at Alignable, sent me an email this morning saying she was looking through discussions and loved my comment on the email marketing tips post. She added, “I would love to feature your tips on our blog and/or in a separate discussion, since they’re so helpful and I think everyone …
I’m looking for you (yes, YOU!) if you want to help a businessperson or entrepreneur you adore who is struggling and shouldn’t be because their product, service or cause is EXCEPTIONAL but their website and other marketing materials are sub-par. You won’t have to get involved in any other way than to send me …
Who Has Seen–and Then Fled–the Crappy Website of a Person You Know? Read More »
This morning I wrote three letters of introduction about my availability as a speaker/teacher/trainer. Next, I posted a request online to all my networking groups asking them to send me contact info to other groups they know of, the schools their kids attend, and any military folks they know who schedule training for enlisted men …
I’ll admit it: I have Christmas Tree Brain. I’m so excited about this launch that it was hard to put my head on the pillow last night. So I spent a couple hours late last night getting the word out on social media to let my friends and business associates know that my new site …
About a year ago I was at a networking meeting. The moderator polled the group of some 35 people, asking them to write on a piece of paper what they know they needed to do for their business that they hadn’t been doing. More than three quarters of the answers were “Marketing.” It floored me. …
Looking for a professional writer? Stay Tuned! One of my power partners, Lisa Twining Taylor (Dancing Goat Web Design) is building me a sub domain that allows me to showcase the writing services I provide and post portfolio examples so interested parties can get a closer look and decide if I’m right for their projects. …
Sometimes my Muse surprises me. I submitted a quote on a project that I thought would take me about an hour to do — write four Adwords ads for a current client to split test. Instead, I cranked out seven of them in a little over 30 minutes (no extra charge). The fellow loves them …
