Today’s post is about the secret behind the best paid, most valued people in your industry. It will show you how they attract the highest fees and work with the best clients. I want to start though, with a plea: Service providers: If you want to consistently produce great work, which will help you build…
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Attract more high quality clients with this amazing, free resource!
Are you a service provider, who is interested in attracting more high quality clients? If you are, I want to make sure you know about all the great information I’m giving away for free over on my Content Marketing blog. The blog is called Internet Marketing Jam and it’s dedicated exclusively to helping service providers…
Stop marketing to yourself
One of the keys to building a great client list, is to embrace the following 2 points. There is more than one opinion: You may believe you are right, but you have to believe that there is more than one way to look at things. There is more than one truth: It may be true…
What everyone ought to know about Tribute Acts
Most of the world’s top rock bands have their work copied by tribute acts. These people try and dress like the original band, look like the original band and sound like the original band. But it’s never the same. This is because we place little value on people, who simply copy the work of others….
Thank you!
The American Thanksgiving holiday always acts as inspiration for me, to think about the people I am thankful for. Here are some of the people from my commercial life, who I am extremely thankful for, in no particular order: The people who read this blog and have left over 20,000 comments OK, I know I…
Newsletters: A more human approach
When you share your news with your friends via an email, your email looks like a regular email; no glossy images, no “buy now” offers – Just an email from you, to them. When businesses decide to offer newsletters, they tend to do the opposite. There’s usually little if any actual NEWS and the whole…
What everybody ought to know about choices
It’s often easy to spot why people are not doing as well as they would like. All you need to do is examine the choices they make. They tend to major in minor things; to spend major time on minor activities. The choices people make If you know someone who isn’t getting the results they…
Should bloggers delete comments that disagree with them?
I was prompted to write this post, after 2 people recently thanked me for publishing their comments. They assumed that as their comments disagreed with me, they would be deleted. I am hearing this more and more often, hence the reason I want to bring this out into the open. Here’s the problem: It seems…
Give a developer a hug!
I wrote a post a while ago, where I asked readers to hug a blogger. The idea behind the post, was to encourage people to support the bloggers, whose work you enjoy (other then me); either by sharing their awesomeness with your friends, dropping them a note or, if they have a book or product…
How to grow your business during a tough economy, without lowering your fees
With daily media coverage of the turmoil facing most of the world’s economies, how come certain businesses, of all sizes, from all industries are flourishing? It’s not about price Whenever times are tough, people think harder before they make a decision. This doesn’t mean they buy the cheapest. The fact Apple products have repeatedly smashed…
Writer’s: Yes, plumbers DO GET Plumber’s Block!
It’s common for people to quote urban myths, as if they were facts; especially if the myth seems to make sense. One popular myth, spread by super smart Seth Godin among other highly respected authors, seems to make it’s way into most intelligent discussions about Writer’s Block. It goes like this: Well, you don’t hear…
