No one likes people who are boastful. Little wonder then, that so many small business owners feel uncomfortable when showcasing their achievements. However, unless we learn how to show the marketplace what we have accomplished and when we are capable of, we will place a very low ceiling on our success. In my experience, the… Continue Reading
The first step to making great decisions, is to ensure you are working with accurate data. You can assume your past clients were happy with you or you can ask them. By the way, if you get too few word of mouth referrals from past clients, do this now. You can assume that prospective clients… Continue Reading
Regular readers of this blog may have noticed a slight change in the format of last weeks posts. They didn’t contain any images. For years, I have invested a great deal of time trying to find interesting images for blog posts. I was of the opinion that posts needed images, yet as I discovered last… Continue Reading
If you write a business blog and would like to see better results from it, I believe you will find the following 8 blogging tips really useful. They are based on my own experiences, having grown Jim’s Marketing Blog from zero, to one of the world’s most popular marketing blogs. Let’s get started with tip… Continue Reading
The success of your business is directly linked to your ability to attract and engage insiders. Insiders are the people who buy from you, recommend you, comment on your blog and link to you from their social networks, etc. Most small business owners regard almost everyone as a potential customer or client. They have not… Continue Reading
I get asked that question a lot, because I tend to write a post most weekends and people want to know if they should publish posts at the weekend too. So, what is the answer? Optimum days Depending on the subject of your blog and the demographic of your readership, you will find that there… Continue Reading
Following 4 interesting emails today (Saturday), I wanted to quickly share a great little blogging tip with you. It’s all about discovering and embracing the best time for you to write your posts. Time after time Like many people who publish regular blog posts, I seldom write a post and publish it on the same… Continue Reading
Today has been a pretty challenging day. I woke up with a fever at 5am and have been feeling unwell all day. It’s now 9pm, so I have been awake for around 16 hours – making this the perfect time to write THIS blog post. I can’t write a blog post today, because… As business… Continue Reading