Tips on gathering customers, distributors, reps, affiliate partners, upselling, retention and consistent predictable sales for long term success in home business / direct sales.
Better than a slew of the wrong friends, are a few of the right ones. Better than thousands of subscribers, are a few of the right ones who open, read and apply. Better than hundreds of likes, comments & shares through debate & discouragement, … are a few of the right posts that touch hearts …
It seems that nearly every strategy for growing your business brings with it a unique set of both pros and cons. The upside of buying leads is, it’s fast & easy. The downside? It doesn’t seem to work that well. Shortcuts are always easier, but they never seem to work as well as taking the …
We all seem to have our own view of the way things, people and business should operate. It can be tempting to run around sounding alarms & raising awareness for danger zones. When someone is in a business, that’s different from yours, pointing out the flaws can seem like a shortcut for helping others see …
I’m told that by the year 2030, will exist a robot with an IQ of 10,000. Proponents of artificial intelligence prophesy of the ‘singularity’, …a moment machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence. Can they make a heart or soul to go along with those brains? In today’s hyperlinked world, automation – …
As you’re bringing your products & services to market, it can be tempting to look at all the wrong data to gauge your impact. “If I’m making money, I’m having a positive impact”, says the idealist entrepreneur. Bernie Madoff pulled in a cool 18 billion with the largest financial fraud in US History. This financial windfall …
Stephen Covey said in his book the seven habits of highly effective people, “you can’t pick up one end of the stick without picking up the other.” Getting drunk on hype may be fun and exciting while the parties raging, But when the brain beer wears off, it’s possible to find the other end of …
‘Authenticity‘ is a buzzword we all seem to throw around as an ideal to aspire to, but what the heck is it? Voltaire said, “If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.” Some say ‘authenticity is to just be what you are, period.’ The problem with this definition is that it doesn’t take …
This last Saturday night I was having a bit of entrepreneurial depression. You know the type where you begin to have small little doubts (disguised as questions) creep into your mind. Am I doing the right things? Am I in the right business? Am I in the right profession? Am I fulfilling my purpose in …
Have you ever wondered why big advertising platforms such as Facebook and Google have, what seem to be, anti-network marketing policies in place? I was just placing an ad this morning and read in Facebook’s terms that the platform is not to be used for get rich quick and/or network marketing ads. The first tendency …
The other day I read a blog post from a marketing guru, Seth Godin, making the point that “Selfish marketing doesn’t last.” Actually, the post was so short, let me paste it here so you can see it. Side note: Seth’s blog is proof positive that blog posts don’t need to be novels to add …
I recently had an interesting and enlightening marketing experience that I would love to share with you because it has some powerful insights on getting better responses from the people you’re marketing to. I’m one of those guys who rarely ever opts into email lists. I used to be subscribed to many, many lists and …