Good Morning,I was reading a news article, "The 'rug has been pulled out': Campaigns flop amid Facebook, Google ad bans" https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/facebook-google-political-ad-ban-462948) It described Facebook and Google again banning political ads. That may be good news for the … [Read more...]
Thank You Cards
January 21, 2021 by
Good Morning,A few weeks ago I wrote about my friend Pat Coyle of Senior Essentials who sells Medicare supplement insurance. He helped me out with some advice, and I returned the favor.He had very little budget for marketing, but still needed to get the word out. One of the things I suggested was … [Read more...]
Coupons/Discounts
January 14, 2021 by
Good Morning,Happy New Year; Welcome to 2021!I saw it on television, heard it on the radio and even saw it in print. Businesses trying to get customers, especially first time customers. The businesses offered discounts/special coupons. These specials were for new or first time customers only. I have … [Read more...]
Planning and Flexibly
December 17, 2020 by
Good Morning ,Around this time each year I do some planning on what I would like for the next year, business wise. Last year and early this year, I was starting to launch my customer recovery program that helps businesses get lost/past customers to come back and do business with them again and keeps … [Read more...]
Contacting Prospects
December 10, 2020 by
Good Morning ,My friend Pat Coyle of Senior Essentials, a Medicare supplement insurance company, and I were talking the other day about getting more customers. About a day later he sent me a chart about contacting prospects. His chart is like the information that Chet Holmes presented in his book … [Read more...]
Holiday Email Marketing Tips
December 3, 2020 by
Good Morning ,The holiday season is upon us so I thought I would share some marketing facts to help you get your message out. Remember the pandemic has more people shopping online!Having your consumer offer expire 10 days before Christmas will increase open rates by more than 35%*.Mentioning … [Read more...]
Your Black Friday Offer
November 19, 2020 by
Good Morning,A week from tomorrow is Black Friday! For most big retailers Black Friday this year is not just one day, it's every day all month long. They have been have been dripping out Black Friday specials all month long. Walmart had big screen TVs on sale last week as an example of this.With the … [Read more...]
Networking Rules
November 12, 2020 by
Good Morning ,Joseph Miller of TMT Spa, and Shawndi Purselly of Armstrong Purselley Wealth Management Group please contact me to pick up your prizes that you won at my HEB Expo booth.More and more in-person events are starting to take place. In fact a good friend of mine has been holding live … [Read more...]
Who Appreciate You Baby!
November 5, 2020 by
Good Morning ,Two weeks ago I had a booth at the HEB Chamber Business Expo. I had a drawing for some prizes, and the winners were Kristie Hanhart of Kristie's Cleaning Service, Joseph Miller of TMT Spa, and Shawndi Purselly of Armstrong Purselley Wealth Management Group. In addition, everyone who … [Read more...]
Customer Service
October 29, 2020 by
Good Morning,I've been in business now a long time, and before starting my business I was in retail. Growing up I worked (whether I wanted to or not) in my family restaurant. One of the rules during all those years was, when someone has a problem you try to solve it.I order supplies for my business … [Read more...]
