Productivity
A classic moment from my all-time favorite television show, Batman (the 1960s version, of course). Commissioner Gordon is hanging out with Batman at Gotham City Police HQ. The Commish turns his back for just a second then 360s to say something to Batmanā¦ andāPOOF!āThe Caped Crusader is gone. Vanished. Disappeared into the night like a a bat…
Hereās a question I spotted on Reddit this morning: āWhich social media platform should be first priority for a business to promote their products? For a client with a small business and a limited budget, what is the platform you would recommend and why?ā I hear that question (or ones like it) all the time.…
A long, long time ago when Groupon was the shiniest object online, I knew a lot of business owners who tried it but didn’t like it. Groupon sales reps would woo these business owners with this promise: Instead of paying for advertising that doesn’t work, do a Groupon and get a flood of new customers…
Near the shores of the Mediterranean in Naples, Italy. After writing yesterday’s email about wine merchants in ancient Pompeii and their wise marketing, I recalled of story I once heard about a wise hotel owner. Like the wine merchants in Pompeii, he raked in more revenue by thinking differently about what he sells. This story…
Yesterday, a member of the Story Power Content Transformation Academy (I’ll call her “Nancy”) sent me a draft of her weekly email and asked for feedback. She does that every week — for every draft… …which has led her to create better, client-attracting emails with far less struggle. That’s one of the Academy’s many membership…
I met yesterday with a business coach who wrote an excellent book… …but is struggling to leverage it as a profit-generator. He sells the book ($20, plus shipping) on the front page of his website. “How many books have you sold from your site?” I asked. “Not too many,” he said. “Most of my sales…
I got an email this morning from marketing masterĀ Dave DeeĀ who needed to get something off his chest. One of his clients “doesnāt see the value in building a list of prospects who need his service and doesnāt have a follow-up system to turn those leads into appointments and clients.” The result: The client is struggling…
May I vent for a moment? I can’t get over how many business owners have websites with zero-zilch-nada ways for prospects to raise their hands and say, “Tell me more…” … Or their sites have “sign up for the email list,” but that call-to-action is buried in the footer where most people don’t find it.…
I work with an attorney who attracts prospects with webinars and converts them to clients with complimentary consultations. Good strategy. But there’s one problem: Her calendar is filled with tire-kickers who ask her for piles of free advice, discounted services, and other profit-crushing gifts. The solution: Weed out the tire-kickers before they book a consultation.…
It snowed here in St. Louis on Friday. By Saturday morning, the melt was on. Melissa opened the front door to go for a walk. She began to step on the door mat, but stopped… …because she saw this… “Snowy Symmetry” she called it when she texted the photo to me. That diagonal line near…