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If you ever procrastinate – this will help! Open up :-)
I had an interesting procrastination discovery moment this week that I wanted to share with you. Let me give you a little background first for context—I’m working on another big launch. This one is an affiliate launch. We have over 50 affiliates that will be promoting our launch to their email lists. When you do this type of launch, you need to give your affiliates all the promotional materials they will need to create a successful launch for everyone. This includes creating social media graphics, email copy, and more. One of the free lead generators for the launch is a trailer video that’s about 5 minutes long. (The other three…
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Inspiration to Create Your Own Manifesto
Let’s talk about manifestos and how they could be a perfect way to inspire you, your staff, or your team to make a huge difference in the last quarter of this year. You might be thinking that manifestos are just reserved for people who are trying to create a political revolution to overthrow governments. How is that even relevant to my business? Well, I will get to that in a minute. First, I thought it might be interesting to give you the top 5 manifestos that you may have heard of or maybe not thought of as a manifesto: Here’s the definition of Manifesto from Meriam Webster: “A manifesto is a public…
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Are You waiting for the perfect moment?
Have you ever been in a group of entrepreneurs where you meet regularly to connect about your business and also get the opportunity to do a hot seat about it? I’ve been in several over the years, and the insights and ideas are pretty mind-blowing. My most recent group is one I look forward to participating in each month. One of the many reasons is that there’s no ego in the room. We all just show up, support each other, and give honest feedback that helps create some pretty amazing insights. After being in the group for over 2 years now, there’s a theme that seems to always come up at…
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How to set yourself up for success everyday
It’s officially six months into the year. It’s half over, or as I like to look at it – there’s half the year left. 🙂 It’s also a terrific time to pause for a moment, reflect, and reevaluate where you are regarding your goals this year. The calls I’ve been on lately with clients have been focused on wanting guidance to boost their productivity and being better at meeting their project deadlines. Plus, they also want a better work-life balance. Is that why you became an entrepreneur? To plan your calendar, manage your time as yours, and work on things you love? I’ve written before about productivity. This time, I…
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What do ChatGPT, virtual events, and blank screens all have in common? Hmmmm
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a live virtual 3-day event – Product Launch Formula (PLF Live). I attended this event in person many times until the pandemic hit, and as you know – there weren’t any more in-person live events. And the people behind this event decided to keep it as a virtual event. I get it because they never were able to get more than around 900 people in-person. Virtually at this event, they had almost 2k people attend from all over the world. What do you think about virtual events? Have you attended a 3-day online one before? I honestly don’t like them. The thought of…
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What type of entrepreneur are you?
Just got off a call with a person I met online at a Trends Newsletter networking event. (If you don’t know what Trends is – I’d highly recommend you check them out. Especially if you want to connect with like-minded entrepreneurs.) The funny thing is I’m not usually on these networking calls. And the only reason why I was on it was because I didn’t read the whole email. I thought it was their newsletter expert speaking – my total bad for quickly skimming that email. Please tell me I’m not the only person who’s jumped on a Zoom call thinking there was a speaker and I could be invisible — turned out…
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Attitude, Challenges, Clients & Customers, Communication, Entrepreneurs, Marketing, Prospects, Questions
Is your business like Nike? Lessons from an athletic shoe company
Last week, I shared about how your business changes over the years and how that change will impact your dream clients/customers. My core message was to ensure you connect with your power dream clients/customers and interview or give them a survey so you can take into account their needs before you implement your changes. This week, I promised to share some interesting insights from Nike (and the athletic shoe industry) – focusing on sales from a unique perspective. And how these insights can help your business. My spouse, during her college years, supported herself by working part-time at Athlete’s Foot. She was one of their top salespeople. She knows running and athletic…
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Challenges, Clients & Customers, Dog Marketing, Entrepreneurs, Marketing, Product Creation, Product Launches, Questions
Change is Inevitable
When I worked in Corporate America in the late 1990s and early 2000s, I had an amazing executive coach who I worked with for ten years. One of the things we focused on was how to deal with change, cuz at that point, I was dealing with at least two layoffs in three years. I often joked that I’d become a professional interviewer. The one quote that always stuck in my head about that time frame was, “Change is inevitable.” This is true, not just for your personal life. This is also true for your business. I guarantee over the course of your business. It will morph and change as you…
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Marketing lessons from a popular weigh loss app
I love looking at popular brands and then breaking down their online dream client experience to see how it works. Yeah, I’m kind of geeky like that. The fascination is not just about the how. It’s also about the who, the what, and the why too. My recent experience is with a brand you may know of – Noom. In this blog post, I want to share with you some of my discoveries about their dream client experience and how it can help you in your business. I’ve had many friends and colleagues who have raved about Noom for losing weight. I remember checking it out a while back and getting…
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Getting Scrappy & Curious – Let’s Go Down The Rabbit Hole
Come down this rabbit hole with me. :-) One of the main ways to improve ranking on Google searches is to get higher-ranked like-minded sites like Inc, Forbes, Amazon, GoodReads, and others to LINK TO YOUR SITE. (Yeah sometimes not an easy feat.)
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Something a bit off the beaten path than my usual blogs…
Each week, when I sit down to write my weekly eNewletter, the idea usually just comes to me. I LOVE my intuition and connection with my inner writing and marketing guide. Yet, I often wonder if you’re a bit disappointed when you get this each week that I’m not giving you enough about marketing, launching, and making money… (If you have thoughts on this, leave a comment, I’d love to hear what you think.) Especially when I write an email like today’s – Something a bit off the beaten path, and it’s a bit of a long story. So tuck in, or save and read later. Before I get to my story……
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What’s all the fuss about AI & copywriting?
It seems that all the email lists I’m on can’t stop talking about AI and copywriting. Are you finding this too? (Or maybe it’s just me on too many copywriting lists!) I find it a bit fascinating. It’s like the next big thing in tech and copy – ChatGPT (GPT = Generative Pretrained Transformer – hmmm sounds very techy.) People are likening it to some kind of copywriting second coming or doomsday scenario. Saying things like… – OMG, There won’t be any jobs. – There will be a massive firing of writers. – Businesses will fail if they don’t get on board with it. You will lose out on not being up-to-date…
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The psychology behind getting you to buy stuff…
I’m constantly curious about what tactics companies use to get me to buy their stuff. And believe me; there are some that do some very interesting manipulative maneuvers… So what exactly is the “Psychology behind getting you to buy stuff?” As you may know – people buy on emotion, then they rationalize their purchase afterward. Or they feel remorse and may end up returning it. Either way, there is a process that’s baked in psychology that fuels the sale. It’s about companies using hype language, browbeating you with fear, deadlines, discount popups, and flashing buy now buttons on their sites, or you will lose out on the deal of a lifetime.…
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Best conversion tips for your website
A few weeks ago, I had a colleague reach out to me and wanted my thoughts on a new website that she had just launched for her mom’s business. I always find it curious and fascinating to look at new websites. Especially when it’s someone I know, and I have a bit of a backstory. I’m always happy to look at people’s websites because I can give some actionable feedback after looking at the home page for only 1 – 2 minutes. (As an aside, if you ever want me to look at your site, schedule a complimentary call with me, and I will give you some actionable feedback on it.) Creating a website…
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The launch that simply wasn’t
Have you ever launched a course, product, or service and felt like you worked your tail off, and then the big day came……and it was crickets? A few trickles of sales came in, yet overall, it was a bit of a disappointment. Well, this happens way more than you think. The reality is there are SO MANY VARIABLES you have to get right to create a significant amount of sales for a launch. Most experts don’t tell you that you’re more than likely to bomb on your first and even second launch. This is why, as a soulful marketer, I always want to be honest and give the truth about what…
