The Blog Marketing Blueprint Is Almost Ready

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For those of you who have been a subscriber of mine for several years, you may have noticed that I had retired my JumpStart Blogging e-book.  Basically, it was getting out of date and I needed to update it which I did, but never recommissioned it. Fast forward and I decided to take that e-book [...]

The Virgin Way of Getting Your Customer’s Attention

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Our cable service is through Virgin Media here in the UK and I’m being honest when I say the customer service was better when Telewest had the ownership but, I’m impressed with some of Virgin Media’s marketing strategies including how they get their customer’s attention. Yesterday, I received an email from Virgin Media and the [...]

Everybody Loves A Good Story

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So, if everyone loves a good story, why don’t we use more of it in business? Copywriters use intriguing story openers to get people to read their copy, people love movies, we love to sit in groups and listen to other people’s stories and yet, in business, we dry up and try to be all [...]

Is Your Niche Too Big?

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I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “big fish in a small pond” or “small fish in a big pond.” Let me ask you, which one would you prefer to be? I know I’d personally prefer to be a “Big Fish in a Small Pond,” when it comes to marketing within a niche.  You get more [...]

A New Perspective On Social Media

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A few months ago, I was adamant that social media was hyped up and in fact, I even wrote in a blog post where I said that it seemed to me that the only people making money from social media were those selling the programs about social media. That was until I was privileged enough [...]

How The Canvassing Window Cleaner Got My Business

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In minutes, I went from paying £5 to £12 to the canvassing window cleaner. So how did the slick marketing window cleaner get my business without me even sniffing at the 60% increase in the cost!? We’ve been in our current house for 15 years now and since that time, we’ve had the same window [...]

Can Anyone Market Online?

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This is a question I’m putting to you my readers really since as someone who consults with people to build and grow their business online, I personally have to dispel the myth that anyone can market online. It could be that anyone can do it, but most people won’t. And of course, this could also [...]

Give Your Site Some Voice

Give Your Site Voice

Whose voice does your website or blog really have? I’ve visited some sites of people I know and have been bored out of my skull when reading them.  Sorry to be so blunt, but, I call a spade a spade!  The embarrassing thing is though, I felt the same way about my own blog some [...]

This is My Internet Marketing Model

Statement of Fact … I make more money selling my services online to entrepreneurs and small business owners who want to create an online business. But, if you think that eliminates me from being a REAL Internet Marketer, think again! I get most of my clients via my online marketing efforts and NEVER leave my [...]

3 Ways To Get Your Blog Off To A Flying Start

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Blogging is such a powerful marketing tool, yet the sad truth is, it’s such an underutilized tool in the online world, often being reduced to as a tool just for affiliate marketers or, get rich quick AdSense schemes. Whilst it’s true that there are thousands of blogs created daily, the majority of those blogs never [...]