Make It Pop

Resources and Development Graphic Design

There are 5 major components to good advertising copy (The order of these is essential to success): Command Attention Showcase Benefits of Products/Services Prove the Benefits Persuade People to Embrace the Benefits Call to Action Advertising is sales in print. So, you need to think about the unique benefits your products/services offer and showcase that […]

Direct Response or Bust!

Resources and Development Direct Response Marketing

Direct response marketing is a marketing that demands a direct response from your potential customers. This type of marketing is used to answer questions, present your branding, products and the reason you do what you do. Customers love this, as they are offered the opportunity to response, whether that be in the way of signing […]

Kick Start Your Marketing

Resources and Development Ford

Today We’d like to teach you about the three most important start up marketing tools you need to get and keep new customers. In person: It’s essential you meet with customers/clients in person whenever possible. This shows you respect them and take the time to work with your clients to give personal attention to each […]

Stop Wasting Your Resources!

Wasting Resources

Today you’re going to learn how to find a target market of potential customers so you aren’t wasting precious resources on blitz marketing. So, the two questions you have to ask yourself are: What do people really want to buy from me? What related products are they already buying? Once you figure this out you […]

Educate Your Customers

Resources and Development Education

Educate them about what, you may be thinking. Well, consider this, many businesses focus solely on attracting new customers, but you NEED to spend a good chunk of your time retaining current and former customers. These are people you already know to be a good sales potential…they’ve already bought from you! Take the time to […]

Lessons I Learned from Paris Hilton

Resources and Development Paris Hilton

Today we’ll talk about shameless self-promotion. That’s right, We said it! Shameless! After all, we are learning from Paris Hilton here. It’s all about self-promotion! Self-promotion comes in many forms and you can use different tactics to get your name out there. Look at politicians! Talk about self-promotion and in some not so discreet ways, […]

Deliver + 1

Resources and Development Deliver Plus One

In the last post we talked about how to figure out what your customers want out of a positive shopping experience. Today we’ll talk about the concept of Deliver +1 and how this concept can take your customer service to the next level. I’ve decided to split up this post so the next one will […]

You Turn Me Right ‘Round Baby, Right ‘Round

Resources and Development McDonald's Franchise Cup

You Turn Me Right ‘Round Baby, Right ‘Round The biggest area of turn-key businesses is franchises. There is a franchise for ever industry in the world and they are fairly easy to acquire and come with pre-packaged, easy-to-assemble system. McDonald’s is a prime example. In fact, a 12-figure, 38,000 franchises example. There are a few […]

Expand the Life of Your Business

Resources and Development Expanding Business

Expand the Life of Your Business Today I’m going to talk about the life cycle of a business and how to get the most out of each cycle while also extended the lifespan of your business. The four different stages of a business life cycle are: Infancy Adolescence Growing Pains Maturity   We’ll talk a […]

How do I transition from Manager to Leader in my business?

Resources and Development Leader

Steve from Montana asks: How do I transition from Manager to Leader in my business? What an important question Steve. This is critical to taking your business to that “next level” and NOT transitioning is a mistake that many business owners make that stagnates the growth of that company, and never allows them to realize […]