As this morning saw me attract my 8,000th ‘follower’ on Twitter, I thought it was a good time to share with you, how I have built my network of Twitter Associates thus far, (I don’t like the word ‘followers’.)
Some background
Whilst a few social media / marketing people have more followers than me, I have attracted [...]
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How I attracted 8000 Twitter followers in 14 weeks!
Seth Godin and Twitter
A number of people contacted me yesterday, with a link to this post on Seth Godin’s excellent blog. In his post, Seth warns people about using Twitter. His argument is that it’s easy to be misunderstood, so you should avoid it for anything important or controversial, unless you want people to “assume you are an [...]
Get your timing right!
One of the fastest ways to dramatically increase the number of sales you make, is to make sure you ‘close the sale’ at the right point in the negotiating process!
Why is timing so important to your sales success?
In any sales situation, there is a certain point in time where the prospective client or customer is [...]
The advertising question
I’ve had quite a few people asking me recently, why there’s no advertising on jimsmarketingblog.com. So, I thought I would let you know.
The short answer is that this blog is NOT here to sell advertising!
Some commercial blogs start off with the sole intention of selling advertising – which is great. However, the primary focus of [...]
Internet marketing experiment update!
It’s almost 2 weeks since I started an experiment on jimsmarketingblog.com. I wanted to see what REALLY happens when a blog offers a valuable, ‘do-follow link’ to everyone who comments there.
What does ‘do-follow’ mean?
In brief, every time you comment on my blog, you will receive a special kind of link back to your website or [...]
Getting your marketing balance right!
It’s a fact: People will only buy from you, if they believe that the value of your product or service (herein called a service), is significantly higher than its cost to them. If they believe they can get better value (or a better deal) elsewhere, they will go and spend their money somewhere else.
Equally, if [...]
Highly Recommended: Chris Brogan’s blog
Occasionally, a blog stands out to me as being a little bit extra special and when it does, I think it deserves a special mention.
Today, the blog I highly recommend you take a look at is ChrisBrogan.com.
Who is Chris Brogan?
The full answer is here.
However, as a marketing specialist, I’m recommending his blog to you because [...]
Dear Google
An open letter to the Google algorithm
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Dear Google algorithm,
I see from what you have done that I have REALLY offended you. You have reduced the amount of traffic you send here by 50%, so you must be very angry with me.
In view of this, I just want you to hear my side of the [...]
Focus on people – Not ‘hits’!
Because of the amazing growth of this blog, since I started marketing it just 9 weeks ago, I am getting a lot of people asking me the same question:
Could you take a quick look at my blog / website Jim and give me some tips for how to get more traffic?
This question is based on [...]
I’m following you!
If you have been reading my newsletter over the years or my previous blog posts, you will know that I am passionate about helping as many people as possible to grow their businesses, increase their sales and boost their profits.
Link love
That’s why I’m ALWAYS looking for new ways to give something of value to the [...]
Marketing Guru’s, equality and attraction
Recently, I have started getting a lot of emails from people; asking me a version of the same great question.
Here’s the question:
Jim, I hear that you don’t use any form of paid advertising or link exchanges – yet your posts often get dozens and dozens of comments. According to alexa.com (or whoever), this new blog [...]
How to sell ANYTHING!
In this post, I am going to show you how to sell anything (and for a great price too!) This means not only making a sale or gaining a new client/customer – but making that sale or winning that contract in the most profitable way possible.
Overview
People often tell me that once they get ‘in front’ [...]
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