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 ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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 want to lower your costs, increase your sales and boost your profits, you need to get the most from online marketing. This post focuses on 2 forms of FREE online marketing, which you can use to achieve amazing results for your business; Blogging and Newsletters! Online marketing is changing
Generating high quality sales on a regular basis can be either really hard and stressful or really exciting and enjoyable. Sadly, for most businesses, making frequent high calibre sales is a struggle. It's easy to see why, when you look at what they do. They make life as ...
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 ...
