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

Social Business: Before you publish, press pause and think

I want you to think about the following for a moment: The last tweet you sent. The last blog post you published. The last marketing email you sent. The last blog comment you made. The last Facebook status you wrote. First impressions count Each of those actions, could easily be someone’s first exposure to you.Continue Reading

How to compete successfully in a crowded marketplace

I’d like to take a moment, to talk to you about your competitors – even if you think you don’t have any! I have always been an advocate of moving away from the direct competition model of business. My model is about developing a business, which is very different from what’s currently available in yourContinue Reading

Everything you need is within your reach

No matter what you want to achieve, everything you need is within your reach. The books you need are within your reach There are countless books, written by people who have overcome whatever challenges you are facing now. Many of the classics are available for free online, such as Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Continue Reading

5 Ideas to grow your business… Starting now

I shared 5 ideas with a business owner yesterday, which she found extremely useful. Today, I am sharing them with you. 1: Study the gold dust around you If you find yourself reading a marketing email or mail shot today, stop! You have some potential gold dust in front of you. Examine it and lookContinue Reading

Are you going to increase your value or lower your expectations?

As business owners, we are faced with lots of important decisions. One of them concerns what we are willing to do for our business. It looks like this: Am I going to increase my commercial value or lower my commercial expectations? We can ignore the question but not the answer We can decide to consciouslyContinue Reading

Blogging, social networks, newsletters: Your prospective clients are watching you

Thanks to social networks, blogging and newsletters, your prospective clients or customers can see what you’re doing, like never before. As a result, the basics of developing your business today are extremely simple. It’s all about DOING rather than SAYING. If you want to be regarded as a leader, stop talking about leadership and startContinue Reading

A casual approach to business causes casualties

You can’t casually run a business, if you want to achieve above average results. Why? Because success doesn’t interrupt us. It requires planning and action. If you want your business to grow, you need a marketing plan and then you need to work that plan. If you want to retain your clients or customers, youContinue Reading

Make today a day you will never forget

With each new day, life offers you an amazing opportunity. Just as you once dreamed, you can decide today to become a dreamer again. Just as you once believed, you can decide today to become a believer again. The starting point? It starts with the decision to let go of the familiar and reach forContinue Reading

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