Use Storytelling and Statistics to Illustrate Results When Timothy Sykes hired Neil Patel to increase his website traffic, Neil did what he was hired to do. The number of visitors from Timothy's emails to his landing pages increased by 26%. But that was not the big win. What was really interesting, Neil says, is that [...]
Email is the virtual welcome mat to your business Photo by RTImages on iStock The moment I stepped into the store, I felt something was wrong. My wife and I were strolling down Hawthorne Street in Portland, Oregon. Our young kids were at home with their grandmother babysitting, and we were on our first date [...]
Sales gets you where you want to go. Marketing is why you want to get there. Meme by Alex Bogusky Does selling feel sleazy to you? If so, there’s a good chance you don’t understand the difference between sales and marketing. Using the example above, these two signs give you very different reactions. In the [...]
It is much easier to find an existing audience than to carve a new one out of the crowd. Your future customers are already congregating somewhere. Go there and be valuable, make relationships, and gain customers. Photo by WoodysPhotos on iStock I think of marketing myself like I am a vagabond peddler. I have a [...]
This is a very personal question, and since it’s also a business question, there is no single right answer. Some say a personal brand is best, while others say a business brand should remain separate from your personal identity. They’re both right, sometimes. The Origins of Branding A brand was originally a symbol that [...]
Selling is only pushy if you haven’t done enough pulling. Photo by Camrocker on iStock My first sales job was selling donuts door-to-door. Every Saturday morning, I would knock on the doors of strangers, introduce myself, and make my pitch. Within a few minutes, the stranger would either hand me five bucks, or shut [...]
A Lead Magnet is a short, digestible, nicely designed example of your work. The right kind of Lead Magnet will build you an email list of potential customers who all face the same problem. If you design your Lead Magnet to solve a small problem well, you can: demonstrate your expertise, qualify your leads, [...]
Have you ever been lost in the woods?The only way out is through, it's true, but not all directions are the same.Tramping one way might lead you closer to where you want to go; choosing the wrong direction could keep you lost, indefinitely.What is the surest method to find your way out?Find a trail.If you [...]
Have you ever been in a grocery store, and been offered a free sample? Maybe it was a bite of a bagel, or guacamole, or a little sausage on a toothpick. Something small. Something interesting. Something free. After taking a bite, were you asked to become a shareholder in that company? Were you asked [...]
