Archive for the 'Marketing' Category

This is not home business related per se, but it’s one of Dane’s best posts ever in my opinion… My only question is how does a barber get a liquor license? The following is an excerpt from The Entrepreneur’s Manual, by Richard White and published in 1977. Although it’s long out of print, and some [...]

Trump University if offering a free 18 page report on Trump’s 10 Commandments of Branding if you’re brave enough to answer 4 questions and give them your contact information. No, I don’t think “the Donald” will be calling you personally to solicit your enrollment. While we’re at it though… what do YOU think those 10 [...]

Frank Bettger who wrote “How I Raised Myself From Failure To Success In Selling” went from starvation to doing well selling life insurance. His story is a classic dating back from the early 1930′s. He did what modern folks call “Sales Cycle Optimization” but he didn’t have that fancy name for it. Instead he kept [...]

Here Marketer Stephen Pierce uses the Revver.com platform to get his message out. This 5 and a half minute video is about the “Power to Create Profits” and relates to building and maintaining marketing momentum for your online or offline business. “Before profits can happen, you have to take action…”

In my blogroll I list Dan Sherman as “Busy but ingenious”. I love reading his ideas. Here he takes an online affiliate program and links them to an offline business concept. It may not be your cup of tea, and it would be a tough way to earn a living, but when you see how [...]

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Jason Hatchett tells how he got his home based business off the ground. Here’s how you do it! Go to nice neighborhoods early Sunday morning about 5:00am and look for the newspaper boxes that are out by the road. Sometimes there under the mail boxes. Don’t mess with the mail boxes, but you can put [...]

When writing your ad it pays to remember the Top 8 direct marketing offers of all time. They work again and again and again… why not put them to work for you? I’ve listed them with my comments. Click through for Dean’s comments! From Dean Rieck 1. Free Trial – If it’s something they’ll love, [...]

Bob Leduc of BizTipsLetter.com  “What was the best response you ever got to a marketing postcard and is it something that is still working now?” * Answer: To be accurate, I have to answer your question twice …first for postcards sent to existing customers then for postcards sent to complete “strangers”. (1) The best response [...]

Have you ever gone into someone’s home, office, or business and seen a newspaper article elegantly preserved and framed? People love seeing themselves in print and like sharing the news with their family, friends, customers, and patients. Here’s a home business opportunity I saw recently. I can’t vouch for the company, but some of you [...]