Get in on the Agriculture Bull Market
Agriculture is booming and shows no sign of slowing down. So anything agriculture-related should do well in your portfolio for the foreseeable future.
Name Calling That Persuades
The next time you need to get someone on your side, try this unusual persuasion technique: Call him names.
Don’t Overlook Organic Search Efforts in Your Online Marketing Mix
Many Internet entrepreneurs think they’re doing everything they can to get the word out about their businesses. But they’re ignoring a major source of potential traffic… which means they are losing hordes of potential new customers. Big mistake.
The Power of Price
“However valuable your product is… however clever your marketing… nothing will grow your customer base faster than underpricing the competition.” – Michael Masterson When I was in college, I was desperate to find a way to make some money. And I wasn’t crazy about the idea of working at the…
5 Ways to Make Your First Product Launch a Resounding Success
“I think it’s very important that whatever you’re trying to make or sell or teach has to be basically good. A bad product and you know what? You won’t be here in ten years.” – Martha Stewart Every time you launch a new product online, you have the chance to…
Quick Professional Networking Tip: 3 Simple Steps
here’s more to networking than meeting new people. In fact, networking has three distinct steps – and if you’re not doing all three, you’re not taking full advantage of your networking efforts.
How to Dominate Your Market With a Product Launch
“Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with each unit of effort.” – Charles J. Givens If you want to give your business instant momentum, the best way to do it is with…
The Secret to Entrepreneurial Success
To achieve entrepreneurial success, you need these five things.
Profit From the Next Wave of Info-Publishing
“I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it, and one is the feeling that I haven’t just been sitting on my ass all afternoon.” – William F. Buckley (1925-2008) Right now, there’s no better business in the world than information publishing. Whether…
Are These 3 Marketing Sea-Changes Killing Your Response?
“Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.” – George Santayana Our customers are changing. The customer who was 65 when I began writing marketing copy in the 1970s is 98 today. The 65-year-old who bought the rare coins I sold for Blanchard in the ’80s is now 88.…
A Small-Business Success Formula
“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.” – George Bernard Shaw Stuart and I clinked glasses, toasting our upcoming success. It was New Year’s Eve about 20 years…