[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] I read a lot of blogs, and this means I get to see a lot of blog designs. Usually I'm tempted to go to these blogs because the headline or permalink,...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Blogging is definitely a 21st century phenomenon. So why am I thinking of it in Victorian terms? Quite some time ago I posted a question on LinkedIn asking how would a...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] If you make your customers happy, then they are satisfied; but that is not the same as loyalty. Loyalty requires working on these satisfied customers, giving them excellent, high quality service,...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] A blog carnival is a great way of getting more traffic to your blog. It is referred to as a blogging event or community, or even a magazine. All these terms...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Blogs are hard work. They require consistent updating to make them successful, and unless you love or excel in writing skills, the effort required can be daunting. Perhaps you feel you...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Someone on LinkedIn asked a question if blogs are businesses. Many of the answers wittered on about affiliate and sponsored advertising, as if making money made your blog a business. I...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] One factor facing marketing today that is not accommodated adequately by businesses is that it needs to take time to succeed. So many companies confuse it with sales and expect immediate...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] A question from LinkedIn presented this subject, and I duly responded with these following points. They are in no particular order, just as they came out of my head. This information...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Here are some tips on various selling techniques. Controversially I'm treating them like my marketing methods: building relationships, spreading expertise and gaining credibility, as these attributes can all be used in...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] This is a good subject for start-ups and very small businesses who don?t have a large budget to work with. The first free marketing method is networking. Go to as many...
In my travels around the world, I get to speak to many different audiences, work...
Why is it so easy to get marketing wrong? To spend money and not get...
USPs (Unique Selling Propositions) don’t work anymore. Why not? Because they’re about selling. They’re not...
