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Are you selling something your clients know they want? Or are you offering a cure for a disease they don't know they have? A little while ago, I was scrolling through my Twitter feed, and I came across this gem from Calvin and Hobbes: It reminded me of a recent conversation I'd had with one of my clients when I suggested that she change the name of a chapter in her course. Why did I want her to change it? Because her potential clients don't know that they need the mindset she was describing. And if they don't know they need... Read More

When you're describing your product and how it helps your clients, there's one "selling point" that you should seldom or never use: "Why you should/shouldn't X". Seriously, this is a sale-killer. "Why you should never do __"... "why it's vital to __ after each meal"... "why every business needs __"... those are all examples of phrases that DON'T belong in your emails, sales pages, blog posts, and other marketing materials. Why is "why you should/shouldn't" such a bad phrase? I'm going to be a hypocrite for a minute here, and... Read More

In today's distraction-packed world, it can be a challenge to focus on one task for a protracted period of time. You're just getting into the groove, your train of thought is leaving the station, and you're ready to be productive... and then an email comes in, someone messages you on Facebook, or you think of something else that has to be done, and the next thing you know, you've lost half an hour. Now, not only are you behind schedule, but you're wasting even MORE time on mentally kicking yourself! This challenge comes up a lot in... Read More

Are you giving your leads the best possible chance of becoming customers, or are you needlessly losing them somewhere along the way? The answer to that question partly depends on how well you use the "Scavenger Hunt" principle when creating your sales funnel. What is the Scavenger Hunt principle? As kids - or as adults - you may have played a game where one person made and hid a series of clues, and the others had to find them. Each clue led to the location of the next clue. Sometimes, if you were lucky - or unlucky, depending... Read More

For every writer, whether in the field of fiction or nonfiction, there's an important question that needs to be asked: "Should I outline my material before I write it, or fly by the seat of my pants?" If you write blog posts, web pages, articles, video scripts, sales pages, training programs, courses, or ebooks for your business, this question will probably come up for you. Both methods have their merits. Flying by the seat of your pants - or "pantsing", to use a more concise and funnier-sounding term - allows for a greater degree of... Read More

Are you a Canadian business owner who's looking to find or switch to a new email marketing, website hosting, blogging, time management or CRM system? Whether you're looking to use these systems for the first time, or you aren't happy with your current provider and want to try something else, I have a special opportunity I want to share with you: My current provider, AllProWebTools, is expanding into Canada! To celebrate their introduction to Canada, they're giving a special offer to Canadian entrepreneurs : if you sign up... Read More

Are you tired of seeing your blog posts and articles disappear into the forgotten corners of the web? It happens to bloggers, content marketers and coaches all the time. You spend an hour creating an awesome blog post, it's packed with great content, and you're sure that it will help your readers and bring lots of traffic and engagement to your business... But then, a couple days later, people stop paying attention to it, and it's back to the drawing board to create new content and hopefully get another short burst of traffic.... Read More

Over the last few weeks, you've learned how to create the script for your webinar , tell your story in the webinar , and turn your script into an audio and video . But even the best webinar won't grow your business if nobody watches it, so today, I'm going to give you 5 ways to get people to watch your webinar. Method #1: Promoting your webinar on social media Sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn can be good sources of leads for your webinar, if you know how to use them. Here are a few guidelines for promoting your... Read More

Before you can enroll clients, you need to get their attention. But in today's busy, cluttered world, putting your message in front of the right people can be a challenge. Today, I'm going to share 7 ways you can connect with more potential clients, and get more leads for your business. ... Read More