Here’s a quick question for you:
“Do you fit your business around your lifestyle or your lifestyle around your business?”
Many people start a business with big plans and dreams. They want to get out of the rat-race and start earning what they are really worth; not what their boss pays them. They want the freedom that [...]
Tag Archive: small business
Never, ever, settle for less than you deserve!
Your true voice
Here’s a quick question for you: Think about the websites, blogs and newsletters that are most valued. What do they all have in common?
The answer is that they all have something to say, which is not just a generic rehash of popular opinions. They dare to be different. The writers have the courage to [...]
Marketing tip: The value of feedback
One of the most powerful tools in marketing is also one of the least mentioned. Ladies and gentlemen, I am talking about the marketing value of feedback.
Marketing feedback
The fastest and most accurate way to guarantee you are giving the marketplace what it wants, is to ask the marketplace what it wants! This feedback is [...]
The price of success or the cost of failure?
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 [...]
Stop pushing!
If you want to develop the effectiveness of your marketing and increase your sales, I have a piece of advice, which could help you massively improve your results.
Stop pushing!
If you are walking down the street and a stranger pushes you, they get your attention! Of course, the attention you are giving them is 100% negative, [...]
Quick marketing tip
Right now, no matter what kind of business you are in, one person or company is leading the way; locally, nationally or internationally. These elite providers get to work with the most commercially valuable clients and their name is usually on everyone’s lips – but why?
A great marketing question
Most businesses spend their time focusing on [...]
Trust me – We’re great!
This post is all about how to increase your sales and profits, by matching your actions to your promises.
Marketing & trust
Trust plays a BIG part in sales and marketing. That’s because we buy from people we trust. It’s also why testimonials and referrals are such powerful marketing tools. They provide a short cut to the [...]
Do this right now
Question: What happens whenever the economy gets tough?
Answer: People become massively more value focused!
Right now, there are businesses in the same industry, in the same town, selling to the same people; with very different results. Some will be struggling, whilst others will be seeing their market share increase – even in a recession.
We know that [...]
Focus on results – NOT hits!
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 [...]
Boost sales with your advertising!
In this post, I am going to show you how to get massively better results from your advertising – starting right now!
Making advertising work!
If you tried advertising in the past and found that the only winner was the person who sold it to you, you’re not alone. Over the years, I have helped market the [...]
Quick marketing tip
Here’s a quick marketing tip, which has helped thousands of people to massively improve their sales results.
One of the most common marketing problems businesses have, is reaching the right people at the right time. You need to get YOUR message in front of people, at the exact point where they are extremely interested in buying [...]
Is your marketing exposed?
One of the secrets behind the most successfully marketed small and medium sized businesses, is that they utilise more forms of marketing than their less successful counterparts! In my experience, ‘the average’ business will use just two or three different kinds of marketing – yet the most successful businesses will be benefiting from eight or [...]
Record breaking results
With the media focusing constantly on negative business news, it’s refreshing to see some good news stories coming out; (yes, there are still a lot of businesses doing really well!)
Apple announce record breaking revenue & profits
This article, from my tech news blog, gives some background to yesterday’s announcement by Apple; that their figures for the [...]
4 ways to grow a business
With so many buzz words and marketing ideas flying around, it’s easy to forget the basics. That’s why I wanted to share something with you today, which really helps us focus on what’s important.
4 ways to grow a business
As Jay Abraham said so concisely, many years ago; there are only 4 ways to grow a [...]
Recession thinking
Judging by my inbox and the comments on this blog, it seems that the current recession is having a very different impact on different people. That’s to be expected, yet I’m seeing businesses of similar sizes, in the same industries and the same region having totally different experiences.
Recession marketing
I wrote a while ago, about how [...]
Google and me!
As any of my regular readers will know, me and Google have a very strange relationship! I decided to write this blog exclusively for people and develop it’s readership via ’social media marketing.’ As a marketing professional, I wince when I see blogs, which are clearly written primarily to score SEO points; with the actual [...]
Movement or progress?
As we move into a brand new year, I would like to share one of the simplest, yet most valuable pieces of advice I know with you.
Don’t mistake movement for progress!
Progress is not the result of hard work. If hard work were the secret to success, our grandparents would have been millionaires! Progress only comes [...]
Your marketing map!
In this post, I am going to show you a very simple way to make your marketing massively more powerful.
Most small business owners / entrepreneurs have only a vague idea of what they want from their business. They tend to be highly-motivated and launch themselves like a rocket into their work. However, with a little [...]
Link love, Google and spammers
The results are in and I can now let you know what’s happened since I started this exciting marketing experiment!
As many of you already know, jimsmarketingblog.com offers everyone who comments here a special reward; something called a do-follow link. This is great for my readers, as it means when you comment here, your link actually [...]
Stand out from the crowd and boost sales
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 [...]
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