How to Use E-Mail Vacation Messages
You’re probably familiar with the idea of using an automated e-mail response to inform people that you’re away on vacation.
READ MORELiving Rich: Escaping the Internet
How many hours a day do you spend on the Internet? Me, I’m always connected – mainly because I work remotely. And, according to a Nielsen Online report, the average American was online 54 hours during the month of May.
READ MOREPlaying the Slots
If you are building an Internet marketing business, you will soon start to get requests from people asking you to promote something of theirs by sending an e-mail to your list. Or perhaps you are on the other end of that transaction, asking successful Internet marketers to promote your book…
READ MOREWhat Do Donald Trump, Jack Welch, and I Have in Common?
It seems like such a simple concept to rid your organization of sub-par players. Yet it is one of the largest problems I see among entrepreneurs and fledgling business builders. They have an extremely hard time firing people.
READ MOREAustralia: Where the Beer Is Great and the Bonds Are Better
Australian government bonds have never looked better than they do right now. And this is the perfect time to jump into them…
READ MOREHow to Write Search-Engine-Friendly Articles
Writing articles and submitting them to article directories (such as ezinearticles.com) is a great way to increase your ranking in the search engines and get ever-growing amounts of traffic back to your website. And I often recommend that aspiring entrepreneurs who may be short on time use inexpensive freelancers to write those articles.
READ MOREDo You Have a Problem?
Some business owners are like ostriches. They bury their heads in the sand. I have talked with owners who owed millions in debt, were 120 days late on their accounts payable, and couldn’t price and order correctly – and they still looked at me like I was crazy when I said they should sell and get out.
READ MOREHow Elmer Wheeler Can Help You Make Sales
“Don’t sell the steak, sell the sizzle.”
That just might be the most famous piece of sales advice ever. And, as a marketer, knowing the real meaning behind those words can transform your company’s sales copy – and your bottom line.
READ MOREA Painful Lesson in Supreme Service
As copywriters, marketers, and business owners, we spend so much time getting customers in the door. It’s too easy to forget about them once that’s done.
READ MOREDon’t Act Too Quickly or You Could Get Burned
Back in April, my colleague Rick Pendergraft wrote about the troubles he saw facing Starbucks (SBUX). A few days later, the company’s stock fell almost 11 percent on reports that it would likely miss its second-quarter earnings numbers. Starbucks investors who followed Rick’s recommendation to get out could have made…
READ MOREWhat’s Better Than Being a Top-Notch Inventor?
The marketing philosophy of choosing improvement over invention has generated millions of dollars for my info-publishing business, as well as those of my students.
READ MOREEarning 10 Times As Much
Here’s an exercise for you. Imagine that it’s possible for you to earn 10 times your current annual wage.
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