First of all, you should know something about me. I cannot tell a joke to save my life. If you were to ask me why the well-read serial killing, yet thin-skinned chicken crossed the road I’d probably say something like “to kill a mockingbird.” That’s my level of natural humor which is to say I […]
Tad Hargrave teaches sales and business skills to the people who are on a mission to change the world – which is hard, because they’re the same people who tend to be most resistant to the concept of business! Tad manages to walk the line gracefully through his work at Marketing For Hippies, with an incisive
Apart from the Home page, which do you think is the most visited page on your website? Don’t know? Here’s a hint: It’s also the page that most businesses make the biggest mistakes on. Still not sure? The answer: It’s your About page. And mistake # 1 most businesses make is assuming their about page
Charles H. Green is a master of gaining trust in business. He’s the co-author of the well known book, The Trusted Advisor, and founder and CEO of Trusted Advisor Associates. He’s taught for Kellogg and Columbia business schools and written for the Harvard Business Review, American Laywer, and the CPA Journal. He also write the
Ryan Levesque is the author of the best-selling book Ask, and creator of the Ask Formula, one of the most important paradigm shifts to influence online marketing in the last decade. That’s impressive in and of itself, but Ryan is also a truly self-made man. He has found himself starting from nothing more than once in his
Have you ever stopped to consider what motivates your audience to click, share, favorite, and purchase from you? Ever since high school, I’ve been enamored with how we act and interact as humans. In time, I realized behavioral psychology is a key component of building a blogging empire and marketing yourself online.
How many marketing product promotions have you seen this year? I see two or three every week, and I guess you’re quite similar in that sense. I skim through lots of programs (this year, eight so far) because just one usable idea is easily worth the price tag for me.
Ted McGrath make a living sharing his story – the good, bad, and ugly – as a performer on stage. He also coaches speakers and entrepreneurs on the use and application of stories in business. But what makes him so unique in this? He takes the approach in marketing that we aren’t all alike, and while we can relate
Until recently, I always recommended that content marketers focus on high ROI activities like guest posting and SEO while limiting time on social media. However, I was able to get 1 and 3 articles featured on LinkedIn Pulse by putting my own tips into practice. While I do still recommend high ROI activities over social media,
What does a ‘Bean Queen’ know about how managers can work together with their employees to create better business environments? Annie Hyman Pratt grew her family’s business The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf from a small store chain to a celebrated national brand. Even with all that success, she learned a lot of hard lessons along the
