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Secret No. 34: Do You Have Attitude?

Does your business communicate a positive attitude? Do you have a written “Mission Statement” that explains what your business is about? Does this statement represent the vision, purpose, and aspirations that your business communicates to the world? More importantly, do … Continue reading

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Secret No. 33: How Passionate Are You?

Be passionate about your business. It will catch on fire. Continue reading

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Secret No. 32: You’re Perfect. Aren’t You?

You can’t learn if you don’t kick into action. Continue reading

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Secret No. 31: Creating YOUR Top 10 List To Help You Sell More Of Your…

Whats on your top 10 list. Continue reading

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Secret No. 30: Why You Should Save Your Love Letters?

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Secret No. 29: How’s Your Sanity?

It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. This statement also applies to your business. What if you have developed a marketing campaign that is … Continue reading

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Secret No. 28: Rules Suck

If you play by the rules of your industry, or if you do the same thing as your competition, how will you ever gain more clients? Be inventive, creative, or even outrageous to capture a bigger share of the available … Continue reading

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A Few Tips, Tricks, Techniques, Tidbit And Marketing Secrets That Promise To Save You Time And Money

The following secrets are not in any order. Each is valuable on it own or combined with other secrets. I highly recommend that you do combine them because when combine your multiply there strength. — Provide high level proof that … Continue reading

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Secret No. 24: How Many Complaints Do You Receive About Your Business?

I was watching a story on the local news in which a reporter was bashing a travel agent. The travel agency didn’t refund the fees paid by a group of seniors who had had their trip canceled due to a … Continue reading

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Secret No. 21: How Many New Business Referrals Do You Get From Your Existing Clients?

Creating and using a strong referral system is a very effective marketing strategy. Every business should take advantage of it. In the post titled Meet Sandy, I mentioned that Gerry Weinburg spoke two words that changed the way i did … Continue reading

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Secret No. 16: What Are Your Marketing Goals?

The all absorbing aspirations for every marketing project should be large sales and giant net profits. Together, they equal the number one reason for any marketing effort. If you want to create an ad merely to win awards, or if … Continue reading

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Secret No. 1: What’s Your Business?

What type of business do you have? You may be in the manufacturing business, or own a retail store, or sell insurance, or provide personal pet care. You may have a store that sells actual “carry-out” items, or your company … Continue reading

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