Posted by Joseph Bettencourt on Apr 12, 2010 in
Internet Marketing
Every marketing rep should be trained in ways to ask for the order. It’s one of the major subjects, for obvious reasons. But do we remember to use those closing techniques on every call? Maybe not. It would be nice if we could always do such an effective job on describing the products or services we sell that the prospects would offer to buy on their own. But that isn’t the way it usually works. How about you? Do you ever go through your presentation in great detail, explain every benefit of what you’re selling, and then forget to ask for the order?
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Posted by Joseph Bettencourt on Nov 1, 2009 in
Entrepreneur,
marketing No one knows the answer to every question. No matter how diligently you study up on your products or offer, there’s bound to come a time when you face a question that you can’t handle off the top of your head. Don’t become paralyzed by the need to know everything about your product or offer, you can’t know it all. Someone’s always going to ask that one question that makes you say to yourself, “I should have known that.” Well the truth is you can’t and shouldn’t wait until you know everything before you start to market.
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Posted by Ron Cripps, partner blogger on Oct 17, 2009 in
Entrepreneur,
Internet Marketing,
MLM,
Network Marketing,
Sales,
marketing Pay Per Click Marketing or PPC is a method of online promotion that is used on web sites (like blogs) you will also see these as well on search engine pages on top of the listings and down the right hand side and across the various ad networks. Vendor’s post this ad content though the PPC Program with various web sites and the webmaster or site owner is rewarded only if and when that ad has been clicked on. The phrase “pay per click” which you always see listed everywhere online actually means what it states, in which the advertiser pays each time a visitor clicks on the ad. Read more…
Posted by Steven Schlagel, partner on Oct 11, 2009 in
Entrepreneur by Steven Schlagel
Being a small business owner or entrepreneur can be lonely. It can be hard to stay motivated. It isn’t necessary to struggle this way. Add a coach, mentor and mastermind group to your success toolbox! I’ve already written about mentoring and coaching in articles and on my site. It’s time we discussed the power of mastermind groups! Read more…
Posted by Steven Schlagel on Sep 23, 2009 in
Entrepreneur by Steven Schlagel
If you dream of starting your own business, you may feel you can’t because you don’t have a significant amount of cash. This can be discouraging, but many business have been “bootstrapped” into realization. That is, others have started with virtually no cash. What cash they did get was obtained using non-traditional methods. This can be you! Read more…
Posted by Hillary Marks Bettencourt on Sep 11, 2009 in
Entrepreneur,
Internet Marketing,
marketing You’ve written your goals down for the year or maybe the next few months. You’ve identified the little steps you want to take to achieve the goals and you feel positive that this time you will be able to attain your goals.
None of the above steps are going to ensure you have success in reaching those goals. It’s great to work towards a goal, but there are many further processes that will need to be completed as well to ensure that you reach your dreams. Read more…
Posted by Hillary Marks Bettencourt on Sep 1, 2009 in
Entrepreneur What has happened to those New Year’s resolutions? You ask yourself that question every year, very soon after you have written them down. It’s only a matter of weeks before those grand ideas have wafted away in the morning mist not to be seen again for another year.
When you made them, they seemed so easy to adhere to. You were going to go to the gym three times a week, OK, maybe two. That was an easy goal to set. You were going to drink or smoke less, maybe even give up smoking all together. Phoning your parents once a week was on that list, so was signing up for a new course to help your career along. Your goals seemed reasonable at the time, right? Read more…
Posted by Joseph Bettencourt on Aug 16, 2009 in
Entrepreneur,
marketing If you’re serious about starting any business, especially marketing, you’ve got to know “why” you’re doing it! I know this sounds obvious or perhaps simplistic. I can tell you from experience, that I’ve seen talented entrepreneurs who don’t have a clear, concise and powerful reason why they’re doing what they’re doing, who eventually quit in frustration! Read more…
Posted by Hillary Marks Bettencourt on Aug 10, 2009 in
Uncategorized Welcome to our new website. We will now use this blog and you’ll be able to follow us and together we’ll fullfill dreams!
