Marketing Strategies

How To Win Business Awards

I used to think winning an award was just a silly thing. More of an ego stroke than anything else. But the day I won the Young Entrepreneur of The...

What Do You Stand For, Entrepreneur?

You’re probably thinking, pop quiz? I haven’t even had my coffee yet, man! Relax. This pop quiz only has one question. It’s a tough one, though. Are you ready? What...

Winning Strategies Are Controversial – Ice, Ice Baby!

Yo, V.I.P. let’s kick it… Ice, Ice Baby. If you recognize the 1990 Vanilla Ice blockbuster hit, don’t be embarrassed. If you hummed the little bass line jingle in your...

How To Use Color In Your Business

Looks matter. So much so that research by the secretariat of the Seoul International Color Expo documented 93 percent of test subjects put the highest importance on visual factors when...

What Is The Best Way To Market My Business?

No question about it. You need to be all over social media! No. Wait. Hold on. I take that back. I meant, you must have a killer website that links...

Wanna Go Viral? Start A Secret.

Nothing spreads like a secret. Start one about your business, and let the virality begin.

The Trust Factor

I hustle to get the word out about my books, bringing them to events, doing signings at bookstores, and sticking them in supermarket cereal boxes in hopes that people will...

How To Make Your Product More Desirable To Customers

You are likely familiar with the scarcity theory - the concept that the less available something is, the more desirous it becomes. But few people realize that products became even...

The New Way To Collect Email Addresses

What’s one thing all entrepreneurs need? Clients. Sometimes I feel like I spend half of my time working to make connections, land clients, and strengthen relationships with existing customers. I...

The Marketing Flywheel

I am far from an engineer, but I do know a little bit about flywheels (call it a fetish).  Those heavy wheels are hard as hell to turn, at first,...

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