Monthly Archives: December 2008

Blog marketing tip

If you want to achieve great results with your online marketing, I believe you need to become a really good observer.  This means developing the ability to see what other people miss; to observe what someone is doing in order to get a result. For example, I received an email recently from someone who made the ...

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Your marketing map!

In this post, I am going to show you a very simple way to make your marketing massively more powerful. Most small business owners / entrepreneurs have only a vague idea of what they want from their business.  They tend to be highly-motivated and launch themselves like a rocket into their work.  However, with a little ...

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Twitter photo shock from PhotoShop

We have all heard those stories, where someone has used PhotoShop to make themselves look younger, more handsome or thinner - right? Well, what I am about to share with you here is what I call photo-shock! It's the shock someone experiences when they meet someone for the first time, who they have previously only seen very ...

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Unsexy blog posts can be valuable too!

A blogger recently told me how his analytics software was unavailable for several days. He went on to say how much more he enjoyed blogging and social networking his business during that period; without the pressure of checking 'the numbers' after everything he did. Freedom to blog and connect

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Link love, Google and spammers

The results are in and I can now let you know what's happened since I started this exciting marketing experiment! As many of you already know, jimsmarketingblog.com offers everyone who comments here a special reward; something called a do-follow link.  This is great for my readers, as it ...

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Stand out from the crowd and boost sales

Would you like to gain a massive marketing advantage and boost your sales? Then find a way to market your services, which is NOT already being used by your competitors! Take a look ...

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Comment spam doesn’t work!

People hate spam! But not as much as we hate spammers! I mean, they are the kind of people we all avoid at any cost. We would never do business with a spammer or risk having our good name associated with a spammer, right? So why do businesspeople leave comment spam on blogs? Comment spam is the ...

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13 years this week since…

It's 13 years this week, since I got my first ever email address!  At the time, even though I only knew a few people who used email, it was clear to me that email had massive potential for me and what was then, my new business.

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No advertising or sponsors!

I've mentioned previously that this blog was never intended as a tool to generate advertising, sponsorship or affiliate income. I said at the time that the only way I would have any kind of paid ads here, was if it was for a product I use, love and endorse.  On review, ...

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Building your twitter network

If you want to develop a high quality, large network of 'followers' on twitter; you will find what I am about to share with you extremely interesting! As you know, the best way to build any high quality network, is to make sure you are connecting with the right kind of people for you and your ...

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Quick Marketing Tip – Strategic marketing

One of the common factors behind all successful businesses, is that they use a strategic approach to their marketing rather than a tactical approach. So, what's the difference? Strategic marketing In short, businesses that take a strategic approach to their ...

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Chunking it down!

Isn't it strange how people think about money? There are people who happily spend £3 a day on a coffee at Starbucks, but who wouldn't dream of investing that same £60/£70 a month on SEO for their website / ...

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How to quickly boost your marketing results!

Here's a quick tip, which can help you MASSIVELY increase the effectiveness of your marketing! It's all about focus Whenever you write any form of marketing material, it's extremely important that your message is focussed 100% on your core prospective client base.

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