If you checked out the social media activity of 100 businesspeople, do you think you would find many leaders? Leaders lead: They have the courage to offer their own unique opinions and views. They act like leaders, from the front. Followers follow: They copy what others do ...
Here's a question for you: Have you ever wondered how far you can go with your business? I mean, if you REALLY applied yourself fully; did the hard stuff, made the tough decisions, used all those great ideas you have picked up over the years - how far could you ...
In many countries around the world, something interesting happens on TV and radio stations over the Christmas period. The established TV and radio presenters take a break from work and are replaced by their less well-known colleagues. As the a-list; newsreaders, weather people, broadcasters, DJ's and announcers relax at home, ...
On 5th December 2009, my mentor passed away. E James Rohn, known to millions simply as Jim Rohn, was a truly incredible human being. Though we never met, Jim's words of wisdom helped ...
I received yet another email this morning, from someone who's lost a lot of money, after taking bad advice from a marketing blog. This seems to be a growing problem, as more and more small businesses look for free advice online, in a bid to help grow their business. So, to help you (or your clients ...
My FriendFeed buddy Robert Scoble announced last night, that he was going to unfollow around 105,000 people on Twitter. He has his reasons for doing this, most of which are valid in my opinion. Robert also publicly said (very generously) that he now realises he was wrong, when he said that I ...
I have just updated the blog's 'about' page and was going to include some personal information about me, which is not business related. Then I realised that if the information just gets added to the about page, almost none of my regular readers will see it! I like to know a little about the people ...
Whenever I ask a business owner, why he or she refuses to get professional help in the key areas of their business, the answer is always the same. They tell me that they can't afford it. This answer is based on a 100% incorrect assumption. The incorrect assumption, is that by not investing in ...
The current economic downturn has encouraged many businesses to cut their prices or fees, in order to be more competitive. These price cuts create a number of important, often overlooked issues. Here are a few common price cut issues you need to avoid, along with some suggestions and answers. Even small price reductions have big ...
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 ...
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
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 ...
There are some exceptional websites and blogs out there. Today, I would like to share one of them with you - and give my 'Highly Recommended' award to The BBC's dot.life blog. The dot.life blog Like many small and medium-sized businesses, I rely heavily on technology. I use technology to support the ...
One of the best things about writing for a busy blog, is the feedback I receive from readers. Usually, the feedback is a general question about marketing, business development or a suggestion; and these can be answered by my readers and myself in the comments section of the relevant post. However... However, if you would like to ...
As of today, Jim's Marketing Blog has a whole new look - I hope you like it! For me, content is everything - but people need to be able to find that content easily and read it without any fuss. So, how did I come up with this new blog design? The importance of user opinions After ...
Almost there.... Just a very quick post, to let you know that I am in the process of having a brand new theme applied to this blog. As a result, I have not posted anything for a few days (while the theme is being tweaked). However, I have some GREAT stuff waiting for you when the ...
An idea for you and your business - From Jim Connolly With the advent of the Internet, there has never been more information available to you. Although this has created an unbelievable number of opportunities for you and your business; it has also created a problem: THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH ...
I wrote a post a while ago, saying that WordPress.com was a good place to host your business blog, if you were just starting out and wanting to 'test the water' as it were. However, since then I have been emailed by a reader; who pointed out some poorly publicised, but extremely ...
I have just relocated this blog; from being hosted at WordPress.com to being self-hosted professionally. This will allow me to provide you with far more resources and remove the limitations of having the blog hosted at WordPress.com. Mr Mark White - "Thank You!" The entire relocation / migration process has been ...
If you run a business and you want people to call you to enquire about your services or buy from you - NEVER use premium rate numbers for your sales phone line or main phone line! Here in the UK there are some misguided small businesses who (unbelievably) only offer a premium rate number for people ...
