Posts Tagged ‘Blogging’
One Great Tip: It’s OK To Swipe
It’s Monday morning. You’re at your desk, all ready to plan out your week. You take a look at your calendar… A bunch of client meetings and a great new potential client meeting. Yep, you have a pretty exciting week! Until…. It hits you – You’ve gotta write a blog post today. You need to…
Read More »One Great Tip: The 5-Second Website Test
Quick, count to five: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 That’s how long it takes for someone to decide whether it’s worth it to stay on your website. Five seconds is like…the attention span of a goldfish! We all need people to stay longer than five seconds, right? But how? Here’s the tip: Answer the big…
Read More »One Great Tip: For Blog Posts Your Ideal Customers Will Love
If you write a blog for your business, there’s a good chance that you sometimes get stumped trying to think of a topic. But, you may not realize you already have a steady stream of great blog topics right at your fingertips. They are nestled in your conversations with your ideal customers and clients. Try…
Read More »3 Secrets About Your Ideal Customer You Probably Don’t Know
How would you feel if every person with whom you have a sales conversation was 80% ready to buy? Well, guess what? I’m going to share a few of my secrets about your ideal customer that could actually make this happen. It’s likely that you “know” who your ideal customer is, but I’ll bet you’ve…
Read More »3 Of My Favorite Marketing Blogs
I’m on vacation this week. (!) Being on vacation clears my brain of the minutia of running a business and opens up space for me to pay deliberate attention to what I do on a daily basis — the things that even vacation won’t keep me from. So, today when I opened my laptop I…
Read More »What’s the Difference Between a Tagline and a Brand Promise?
The best way to differentiate your business from the pack is to be crystal clear about your marketing message. But what does that mean? Do you need a tagline? Do you need a brand promise? And what is the difference between a tagline and a brand promise? Let’s get this cleared up… The Difference Between a Tagline…
Read More »Are You Giving Away Too Much On Your Blog (For Free)?
One of my business friends recently came up to me and said, “I think you are giving away too much on your blog.” My colleague was concerned that my blogs are so helpful and informative that no one needs to actually hire me! I beg to differ. As a blogger for business, I believe it’s necessary…
Read More »The Fun Trick That Will Get You Blogging Again
I hope you had a great holiday season. I had a wonderful time going to all kinds of parties and events in my new town of Covington, Kentucky and nearby Cincinnati. People here love to celebrate! So, how’s business? Lots of folks I’ve been talking this week are in the midst are figuring out how…
Read More »Lost in Space? 5 Great Tips To Make Your Blogs Findable On Google
Do you find yourself wasting valuable time writing blogs and then they just sit there on your website and do nothing for your bottom line? Well, guess what? They can be powerful marketing tools – and there’s a lot you can do to make your blogs findable on Google and get the sales process going while you’re working on other…
Read More »How To Use Voice Typing To Write Enticing Website Content
Remember those old movies where there was an office scene and the boss wanted to write a letter? All he had to do was say “Take this down!” and his secretary would take shorthand while the boss simply blurbed out what he wanted to say. I always wanted to be that boss, especially a few months ago.…
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