October 31, 2011

This week, one of my clients was asking how they could make better use of LinkedIn as part of their marketing strategy. As you know, if one person is asking, then there are generally lots of others that would like the same information too. There are many ways for businesses to reach a wider audience [...]

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October 24, 2011

While so many people continue to dream of becoming a millionaire, its one place you can’t get to without having the mind of a millionaire, unless of course you win the lottery or marry into a royal family as a way to gain instant triumph.  Today’s post looks at 3 of the most common things [...]

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October 17, 2011

If you want to learn to make money online, you need to also learn how to get friendly with Google!  The most trafficked site on the planet is Google… and if you can find a way to get your business listed within the top 10 search results (on page 1), this will drive loads of [...]

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October 12, 2011

  It’s really can be relatively easy making money on the web. What are important are the decisions you make when choosing the ideal business model. Sadly, this decision process is often neglected. Where are you at now? Are you struggling making money on the web? Are you spending loads of time, energy and money [...]

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October 3, 2011

Are you leaving thousands of dollars on the table? I was conducting a marketing seminar a couple of years ago and I asked the question “How many people know exactly who is visiting their website?” I remember one lady as she chimed in saying “I have Google Analytics so yes, I know exactly how many [...]

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September 23, 2011

Are you a Red? Maybe Blue?  Or maybe you’re Yellow and Blue? What on earth am I talking about? I’ve heard colours related to skin tones, but never to personality types before. That was, until I was attending a personal development day a short while ago.  I enjoyed their explanation of personality ‘colours’ and what [...]

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September 19, 2011

There is barely a week goes by that I don’t see a news story based on the dwindling funds that our elderly have to survive on.  So many of these folks are going without so many of the bare necessities just to survive week to week. When I think of the years these people have [...]

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September 5, 2011

After mentoring and coaching small business owners now for several years and I still see so many have websites that are nothing more than a pretty brochure. These sites are focused on information all about the business, rather than being an effective client attraction tool that will get more highly qualified leads and ultimately, more [...]

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August 29, 2011

When I was in my late thirties, I competed in the grueling half-ironman triathlon. Swimming, running and cycling for 5 or 6 hours non-stop is not something you just go out and do. You must learn how to strategically put together all those different disciplines to compete in a journey that long, and how to prepare [...]

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August 22, 2011

I’ve been working with several small businesses lately on their marketing strategies and I have to say that I’m amazed by the fact that NONE of them had any way of systemizing a referral system. All of them said that one of their most effective ways for them to get more clients was by word [...]

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