I'm NOT a fan of elevator pitches. Heresy coming from a marketing guy, right? Yes, I know EVERYONE tells you you need an elevator pitch. It may be the 1st thing you learned at that networking group you joined when you started in business. (The second thing you learned...
Good marketing is all about relevancy. "Getting the right message, to the right people, at the right time", you've heard that before, right? How can you increase the relevancy of your marketing? One way to is to send more specific messages to more specific groups. To...
When it comes to lead generation, do you know how many leads you must generate in order to meet your goals? Last time, we talked about how to use the Rule of 45 to determine the value of your portfolio of inquiries. You can also use the Rule of 45 to determine how...
When it comes to leads, you've probably heard the expression "the money is in the follow up". But have you ever wondered how much money? Today I want to show you how to calculate the value of your lead portfolio. Why "portfolio"? While we may not know which leads will...
When you think about marketing, you think about generating new leads, right? Generating new leads is an important part of any marketing system. But chasing new leads can be expensive. You often have to have an ad. That ad needs to be performing well. You have to send...
Keeping a "clean list" is an important part of email marketing. The email bounce report is one of the tools you can use to keep your list clean. But, did you know you can also use your bounce report as a prospecting tool? What is a “Bounce”? When speaking about email,...
Metrics have always been an important part of marketing. Measuring what works, what doesn’t, and figuring out how to best spend our marketing dollars will always be important to small business marketers. Metrics can help us in many ways, but I believe one of the one...
What’s the difference between drip [marketing] emails and triggered emails? That’s a question I've been hearing more often as business owners and sales pros begin exploring marketing automation software for their business. These tools bring the promise of...
As marketing and sales folks, we are always on the look out for the latest and greatest ways to attract more leads. Lead generation is important, but the money to be made from generating leads is in the follow up. Most small business owners and sales people would be...
We tend to focus on ways to generate new leads (networking, advertising, etc.), but without proper follow-up, those activities are a waste of time and money. Some studies show that while it takes an average of 5 sales calls or contacts to close a deal, most...