network
When I first began my online business, I honestly thought that the moment I uploaded my Web site to the host it…
How many times have you heard the old adage, "The customer doesn't want a drill, he wants a hole in his wall"? While I may disagree with parts of that phrase, one thing is for sure... if you want to increase your advertising effectiveness, you have to stop selling what YOU want the customer to buy and start solving his problems.
You know, it's very odd. Many business owners sit back and wonder why their customers are "so hard to get along with". They constantly demand more and more. They ask for special consideration under certain circumstances and they always want you to bend the rules.
Marketing a business is like any game. If you know the rules you are much more likely to win. All to often small businesses spend their limited time and money on advertising, networking, making calls, mailings, meeting with prospects, yet only achieve middling results. The problem isn't that they don't know their business or provide high quality products and services, its that they don't know…
I do a lot of surfing. I don't do a lot of bookmarking. For a site to earn a position on my favorites list, it has to meet a few of my "must have" requirements.
I was just sitting here at my computer (as usual) when my husband walked in and announced, "There's a man here to see you". What? I wasn't expecting anyone. "Who is it", I asked. "Some guy who wants to speak with my wife." OK, my husband was home so I knew I was safe. I ventured outside to see who it was.
