Marketing tips and ideas to help you grow your business, by Jim Connolly

9 Amazing free resources to help you grow your business and feed your mind

Right now, you have access to an Aladdin’s Cave of freely available marketing, business development and professional development tools. In today’s post, I am going to share just 9 of them with you. Free marketing and educational resources Here are my 9 free resources. Remember to add yours at the end: Automattic, the company behindContinue Reading

12 Ideas to help you and your business thrive in 2013

Let’s get started. Look for the opportunities, where others see problems. Back up your plans with action. Do what’s right, rather than what’s easy. Choose to respond to negativity with education, not anger. Regularly feed your mind with information that educates, motivates or inspires you. Deliver on your promises. Look for the learning in everyContinue Reading

How to grow your business and your influence – and enjoy the process

If you want to grow your business, your network and your influence AND enjoy the process, there is an powerful idea I would like to share with you. It’s simply this: Be helpful, often Think of it like this: The process of giving and receiving starts with the giving part. The process of sowing andContinue Reading

How to grow your business with clarity and confidence

I want to share a superb opportunity with you. I need to start by saying that if you intend to just hunker down and hope business improves in 2013, then this post is not for you. Okay, it’s just you and me now! As you genuinely want to grow a more successful business and areContinue Reading

How to show people your achievements and create a powerful impact!

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, theContinue Reading

What’s inside the box?

I want you to imagine you have a very special box, which you place on a table in front of a prospective client or customer. You explain to the prospective client that the contents of this sealed box, will be of so much value to them that once they have it, they will wonder howContinue Reading

Social media smoke blowers: How to stop them hurting your business

I recently wrote a post asking you what your main marketing challenges were, so I could cover them in future posts. One of the most common questions, was to do with the ocean of information being offered online, by people claiming to be social media experts. Today’s post is all about how to tell thoseContinue Reading

20 minutes of pure awesomeness

If you find yourself with 20 minutes spare today, here’s how to fill it with awesomeness! Send a handwritten note to thank someone, who has helped or inspired you recently. Comment on a blog you value, but have never previously commented on. Send someone flowers – just because. Write a newsletter article or blog post,Continue Reading

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