I wrote recently about copycat marketing. That’s where someone copies the marketing of someone else, hoping that it will work.
After writing that post, I received a lot of email and comments, from people who had personal experience of copycat marketing going wrong.
Here’s one email, which I would like to share with you and hear your thoughts on….
I had one of those moments earlier, where something suddenly clicks into place. I figured out that Jims Marketing Blog is not actually a blog.
Yes, it’s built using blog software, but it’s not a true blog. A blog (short for web log) was originally supposed to be an online journal. That’s why everything’s presented in [...]
Here’s some good news for those of you, who are kind enough to comment here and share your opinions with my readers and myself. As from right now, when you leave your comments, you will be able to share YOUR most recent blog post with MY readers!
How come Jim?
The CommentLuv Wordpress Plugin
I have just installed [...]
I want to share a valuable piece of advice with you, which I received from my mentor; the late, great Jim Rohn. Here’s what Jim used to say;
“Have something worth saying and say it well.
Jim would use that phrase when speaking about effective communication and I believe it’s also a very simple, powerful way to [...]
Ever wondered why some blog posts get lots of comments and other posts get very few?
I have one post on this blog with almost 700 comments and others with just a few, so why does this happen? Well, there are thousands of posts around the Internet, offering long lists of what to do in order [...]
Do you write a blog?
Are you thinking about blogging or taking your blog more seriously?
In either case, I believe you will find this post really useful.
As regular readers will recall, I wrote a post last month about the results I have seen, since I increased the frequency of my blogging from around 1 post a [...]
Ever wondered why some bloggers write blog posts every day? Well, I did too – So I tried a 14 day experiment, and I am going to share my results with you.
Usually, my blogging schedule is erratic; often just a handful of posts in a month. However, as regular readers will have noticed, I have [...]
One of the marketing challenges that all businesses face, is how to leverage their time and money for the best possible return on investment (or ROI). There are so many things we all could be doing, yet these are not of equal value to us.
For example, there’s an interesting debate along these lines over [...]
So, can social media really help you market or promote something?
Oh yes!
Earlier today, I launched a brand new blog. Now, usually when you launch a new blog, the first day sees very little traction; after all, no one knows it’s there. However, thanks exclusively to the use of a few social media tools, the blog [...]
Way back in November 2008, I decided to start an experiment. Against the advice of a few SEO professionals, I decided to see what would happen, if I offered ‘dofollow’ links from the comments section of this blog.
I have been able to take this gamble, because this blog is 100% free of advertisers, affiliates and [...]
I just received a text message from O2, my mobile / cell phone provider. It turns out that they wanted to let me know that they were about to withdraw one of the benefits of using their service.
However, rather than just admit that, for whatever reason, they were about to withdraw this benefit – they [...]
One of my favourite sayings is; “start with the end in mind.” In other words, make sure you know what your outcome is, before you decide to take action.
I was thinking about this earlier, when I received an email from a reader, who had just realised that the time and money she had been investing [...]
I have always been a keen reader of blogs, not only because of the actual blog posts – but because of the gold dust you can find in a blog’s comments section.
For example, no matter how knowledgeable a blogger is on his or her subject, there will usually be people reading a post, who can [...]
This post is all about how you can increase your sales and enquiries, by using a targeted approach to your marketing.
A great product or service, with an excellent marketing message, will still fail to generate sales – unless that message is reaching a targeted group of prospective customers. That’s why it’s so important for you [...]
A blogger recently told me how his analytics software was unavailable for several days.
He went on to say how much more he enjoyed blogging and social networking his business during that period; without the pressure of checking ‘the numbers’ after everything he did.
Freedom to blog and connect
He kept saying how he enjoyed the freedom to [...]
Would you like to gain a massive marketing advantage and boost your sales? Then find a way to market your services, which is NOT already being used by your competitors!
Take a look at the businesses in your local area and you will notice something interesting.
You will see that businesses in the same industry, advertise in [...]
As this morning saw me attract my 8,000th ‘follower’ on Twitter, I thought it was a good time to share with you, how I have built my network of Twitter Associates thus far, (I don’t like the word ‘followers’.)
Some background
Whilst a few social media / marketing people have more followers than me, I have attracted [...]
I’ve had quite a few people asking me recently, why there’s no advertising on jimsmarketingblog.com. So, I thought I would let you know.
The short answer is that this blog is NOT here to sell advertising!
Some commercial blogs start off with the sole intention of selling advertising – which is great. However, the primary focus of [...]
It’s almost 2 weeks since I started an experiment on jimsmarketingblog.com. I wanted to see what REALLY happens when a blog offers a valuable, ‘do-follow link’ to everyone who comments there.
What does ‘do-follow’ mean?
In brief, every time you comment on my blog, you will receive a special kind of link back to your website or [...]
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 ChrisBrogan.com.
Who is Chris Brogan?
The full answer is here.
However, as a marketing specialist, I’m recommending his blog to you because [...]
