November 25, 2024

Ways To Get Your Message Read!

Good MorningHere is this week's Birthday Special:  Consulting Special: For the next week I will be offering consulting services for $1.00 per minute. All you have to do is let me know when you would like to schedule our meeting. You have until the end of January 2020 to use your time, but to take … [Read more...]

Spending & making Money

Good MorningHere is this week's Birthday Special: Quick Start to Kick Start Your Business Growth - Great way to start off 2020, with 3 one-on-one weekly meetings. During these meetings we will 1) review what your goals and plans are, how you are doing so far and what road blocks might be in your way … [Read more...]

Bandwagon

Good Morning  As part of my celebrating 25 years in business, here is this week's birthday specials: 500 - 5.5 x 8.5 full color post card for only $80.00 or 1,000 5.5 x 8.5 full color post cards for only $95.00, and I'll even throw in the addressing of the cards for free. That's a saving of $75.00 … [Read more...]

Happy Birthday

Good Morning  Happy Birthday!  This month I'm celebrating my 25th birthday! I know I look a bit older than my age. No, it's not my birthday. 25 years ago I went into business for myself. I left Barry's Camera/Wolf Camera and started Marketing Specialist out of my dining room at home. Over the … [Read more...]

Popeye’s Chicken Sandwich

Good Morning I was going to write on something totally different, but then as I do almost every evening, I drove past the local Popeye's Chicken. As I drove by tonight (I wrote this Wednesday night), I noticed cars all around the place and out on the frontage road of the freeway. I noticed it … [Read more...]

Customer Service

Good Morning  Happy Halloween! May the candy that's left over be your favorite.Have you ever gotten a customer request that was so strange that you could not believe it, or something that you absolutely don't do? How did you respond?  Did you say "What the...! You want what?!" or "No way. We … [Read more...]

Who Are You Selling To, 2

Good Morning  Last week I went over two of the four basic types of buyers' personas (you can read about the first two by clicking here),   Introspective/Competitive and  Impulsive/Spontaneous. This week we will go over Practical/Methodical and Enthusiastic/Humanistic.Practical/Methodical - This … [Read more...]

Who Are You Selling To

Good Morning  Selling. That's is the most important job that you have as the owner of your business. If you don't sell, you don't have a business. I've know owners who have told me, "I don't have to sell; I have salespeople." My answer was, "Yes, you do, but when a big customer calls, do you help … [Read more...]

Recession and Your Business

Good Morning  A few weeks ago I wrote about whether we were going to have a recession.  Click here to read it. A few people contacted me about it, stating that they don't think we will have one. I mentioned that we might not have it this year, but maybe next year. At any rate we are due for one. … [Read more...]

Signs

Good Morning  Last Sunday my wife and I stopped by a Subway to pick up sandwiches for a late dinner. It was almost dark and we were able to see their lighted sign from a distance so we could turn in the correct parking lot. We weren't sure they were still open but saw the lights were still on and … [Read more...]