E-Mail Marketing Vendors - G-Force Gives it to Mail Chimp For Now ...
Well familiar with Constant Contact and generally pleased, we took some time to explore their competitors. Below are a few. –www.constantcontact.com –www.mailchimp.com –http://www.ymlp.com/...
View ArticleNot Satisfied with your Web Design Firm? Are you really the client or are they?
A friend shared with me a website they were having built. He was very frustrated. I could not believe they were spending thousands of $ on such trash and that a company could sell such poor...
View ArticleIs Yellow Pages Print or Online Directories Effective? No.
This is one of those topics where most of us feel it in our gut the right answer. We don't have to think about it. If you want to think about it: When is the last time you opened a yellow pages...
View ArticleMarketing Automation
Business owners and marketing pros .... the greatest opportunity in 2013 to move ahead of your competitors or conversely to be left behind is with the advance of marketing automation. If there is a...
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I Don't Get the Mobile Payment Fad or Benefit to My Business
In the past week, I ran out of cash (my allowance from my dear wife) twice! I do keep my debit card handy though. At the Farmer's market, not Best Buy or any other big fancy retailer, the local...
View ArticleGood Takeaways from 2012 Advertising Week
Want a successful marketing campaign?#1 Stop Selling. Start Informing. Be Helpful. Quote we liked:“How do we get people to think new things? We can’t just keep creating more of what they don’t...
View ArticleYou Don't Know What You Don't Know - Preventing This From Hurting Your Business
It is fun ... and frustrating when a more knowledgeable person reveals "how you don't know what you don't know". Do you get excited (in the good way) when you use your software? If so, great! If...
View ArticleQuality Content Is Critical But Getting Astronomically Harder
This slideshow has some important messages - read and heed: Crap. The Content Marketing Deluge. from Velocity Partners
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Social Media: Pouring Good Money After Bad
So ... "social media" is the magic panacea phrase of the decade for marketing? Really? The more we business leaders treat social media and today's digital marketing like magic shiny objects, the...
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My contact lists are in shambles!@#
Customer Quote of the Week "My contact lists are in shambles and I have no time to fix it!?@#" This is a great example of a problem, turned excuse, turned into slogan. Know of any of these in your...
View ArticleYou seriously want me to quit advertising?
Customer Quote of the Week "Giancarlo, you seriously want me to quit advertising?" Yes, pretty much ... If you will only do one thing well, excellent follow-up needs to be top of the list, not...
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We just spent a ton of money on a website
Customer Quote of the Week "We just spent a ton of money on a website and haven't gotten anything from it." First an "Uh-Oh" from last week: Last week I said to quit advertising and really upset a...
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My New Employee is Failing Me
G-Force Customer Quote of the Week "My New Employee Is Failing Me". Or are you failing your employee? Just like politicians, too often we throw money at or hire individuals as a magic pill for...
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I remain skeptical about cloud based software.
Customer Quote of the Week " I remain skeptical about cloud based software " Maybe you should be more skeptical of standard convention? Ponder this quote by motivational speaker Tama Kieves "The...
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I shouldn't get a loan?
Customer Quote of the Week "I shouldn't get a loan?" Loans are dangerous as they can reinforce bad habits with tragic consequences. This logic applies to our business owner / business leader audience...
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Quit Improving?
Customer Quote of the Week "Quit Improving?!" Some improvements only help hide bad habits. What's obvious to improve is not always what is best to improve. Making a bigger and better sandcastle, with...
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The purpose of business is to make a profit...right?
The questionable quote of the week"The purpose of business is to make a profit...right?"Wrong.A dear friend, a nuclear scientist, while working for a software company helped me understand a few years...
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Superbowl Training for Small Business?
Questionable Quote of the Week"I wish I could have some superbowl level coaching and live training to help my business".You can.Have you ever participated in an event that inspired you so much you...
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