Focus
Do one thing and do it better than anyone – Orville Redenbacher In The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!, law #5 is the law of Focus. It states the most powerful concept in marketing is owning a word in the prospect’s mind. Narrow the focus to a single word [...]
Sales 2.0
Does anyone have time to talk on the phone anymore? Do your prospects really want to talk to you? Are you cold calling? Seriously? With Facebook and the other million social media sites, your customers have plenty of friends. They are not looking for someone to get to know, they want someone who is going [...]
Productivity vs. Activity
I used to watch the people at work run around all day long talking about how busy they were. They would talk about all the things they had to do, but never really accomplished anything. They were very active, but not at all productive. If they didn’t have anything to do they would get [...]
Local Business Toolbox – Google Voice
I recently signed up for Google Voice, and I have to say that I am impressed. Another superior product offered by Google for free. My wife’s property management company covers three counties, that have two different area codes. Since our office is in one area code, I was considering adding a line with the other [...]
Small Business Owners “Who Cares”
If you go to the National Small Business Association website you will see find aides and information for starting a business. The NSBA has a regional office near many major cities. I owned a small business and I vividly recall those stressful days. With three young children, it was difficult to make payroll. But, it [...]
Business Ideas
DUMPIT!- The opposite of Digg, Reddit, Delicious, Stumbleupon etc, this is a web 2.0 site where people can bookmark articles that they don’t like. Probably costly to set up, but still think this would be a success. Chickenburger- One time at a bbq, I put a piece of chicken and cheeseburger in a kaiser roll, [...]
Are you a Devhead?
There are a lot of e-books and coaching programs teaching you how to make money online today, but the best way to learn something is by actually doing it. I found DevHub as a good place to start for anyone who wants to start an online business but has no experience. You do not [...]
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