Today's Business marketing video in " Simple Marketing Tactics that Pay Off Big in a Slumping Market" is Invest in Accountability. This has been one thing that has helped me personally. I have used marketing and sales coaches to help me take my business to the next level. When you are investing in yourself you can never lose. People can never take away knowledge that you have gained.
Here are a few tips from Invest in Accountability:
1.Start a mastermind group
2.Track your time
3. Create an internal board
4.Hire a coach
Today's ACTION STEP- Call me to see if it makes sense to invest some time and money on your business. For anyone that calls me this month and signs up for a coaching package I will give you a free Flip Video HD camcorder. My cell number is (435)669-5996.
Quote of the Day:"A man's ledger does not tell what he is worth. Count what is in a man, not what is on him, and you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor."
Today's business marketing video in " Simple Marketing Tactics That Pay off Big in a Slumping Market" is Use Technology to Collaborate and Build. There is a lot to do. Here are a few things to consider:
Use Technology to Collaborate and Build- Things to consider:
1. Start a blog- Wordpress.org
2. Create a network blog
3. Use RSS to get better- Google Alerts
4. Find talent- LinkedIn
5. Find partners-Twitter
6. Serve- email center pro
7. Collaborate- Basecamp
8. Create buzz- PRWeb.com
Today's ACTION STEP- Start a blog!! If you need help give me a call and I will talk to you about your options and how to use it to help your business grow.
Today's business Marketing video in "Simple Marketing Tactics That Pay Off Big in a Slumping Market" is on Convert More Leads. If there are a lot less leads that are coming through the door or less phone calls, it is more important than ever to Convert More Leads. If your leads are cut in half, but you can double your conversion; you will be in the same place that you were before.
So here are a few tips that we can do to help Convert More Leads:
1. Get out of the office
2. Use web conferencing
3. Add a surprise
4. Fix your Follow-up
5. Buy wholesale advertising
6. Find and reactivate past customers
7. Teach your customers how to get value
Today's ACTION STEP-Get out of the office!!! It is simple and it works. If you need something to do give me a call and we can do lunch.
Today's business marketing video in "Simple Marketing Tactics That Pay Off Big in a Slumping Market" is on Building a Deeper Network. If you don't have a big marketing budget right now this is one thing that you can do that will help your business grow for years to come.
Here are a few tips to Building a Deeper Network.
1. Fill your gaps
2. Make referrals Daily
3. Automate customer testimonials
4. Create co-brand promotions
5. Involve employees
Today's ACTION STEP- Find 5 people that you would like to network with and take one of them out a week for the next 5 weeks. Discuss a few things that you can do to create a co-branded promotion.
Today's business marketing video in "Simple Marketing Tactics That Pay Off Big in a Slumping Marketing" is on TIHWDIT which stands for- This is How We Do It. When I first started implementing the Duct Tape Marketing system into my business this was one step that I feel had the biggest impact on my business. Just going through the Duct Tape Marketing process we ended up going through and re-doing our whole business. I found that as I was creating a process for my marketing, it made me go through and create better processes and systems for getting the accounting clients work done more effectively.
Here are a few of the TIHWDIT tips:
1. Package everything
2.Process everything
3.Add value through process
4. Lead convert with process
5.Deliver, serve, bill with process
Today's ACTION STEP- take a look at your products and services and see how you can RE-PACKAGE your offerings to create value.