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Three Things Every Business Blog Should Have

For any business blog to be worth the effort to your business, whether offline or online, you must have three main things going on.

Consistent blog posts that are valuable to the reader
An opt-in type of device to capture prospects
Video that is embedded in your blog, related to your product or service

It is not necessary to [...]

Step Three – Develop and Send Out an e-Course

This is one of the most important parts of developing a strong customer relationship. Most businesses fail because of not following up with quality content to their customer list. This especially holds true for “brick and mortar” businesses. Even if it is a postcard mail out of some educational information sprinkled with a special on [...]

Step Two – Give a Free Gift – Build Your List

This step is an all important one. Make sure that you have a complementary gift of some kind to give to your target market. Everyone loves something for free, even if it means spending more money in the back end. Casinos are an excellent business model for this. Have you ever been invited to a [...]

Step One – Make a List, Build Your Business

In step one, you need to make a list of at least 100 businesses to approach. You can generate this list from several sources. I use the local business magazine that has space ads. If they can afford space ads, they can afford your product or service. I also use the weekly news bulletins, and [...]

Building your customer list with a blog

Lately, there is a buzz about blogs being able to build your customer list. There is a lot of truth to this but it does take calculated work. If you are dedicated and able to think “outside the box” and run with several systems at the same time, you simply can’t miss with generating a [...]

Upcoming blog seminar for July

We are pleased to announce our next live blog seminar to be held on July 22 called “Discover the Secrets of Getting More Customers Using a Blog.” For those of you who are located in the Phoenix Metro area, we extend a personal invitation.
For details, please click here.
We are planning to make videos of these [...]

Blogging is the Marketing Tool of 2009

Did you check how much you are spending on marketing costs from a monthly basis? A quarter page 2 to 4 color ad can cost $2,500.00. Print advertising, whether in “Val Pack” or specialty flyer inserts can cost $2,500.00. Radio or TV will run $1,000 for each 30 second spot, more for prime time slots. [...]

Building your customer list

When building your customer list, there is no better way than with a business blog. One of most important things to do is put up an “opt-in” box on the sidebar of the blog. You want to entice the visitor to fill in their name and email address so they become part of your targeted [...]

Why your business should be blogging – now

There is no doubt that business blogs are sweeping the business community. As a matter of fact, if you do not have a blog today, you are at a disadvantage. The top of the line businesses who either “rule” the top of their niche, or the movers and shakers are blogging away right now. Reason? [...]

Improve your chances of making a sale

Blogs are here to stay and are making an impact on affecting the buying process more than any other medium right now. 80% of the time, when you are making a search online, you will be directed to a blog. It could have been a search on current events, instructional videos, health products, surveys, etc. [...]