Why we'd rather see you call an inactive customer before engaging in SEO marketing.

14 years ago

In my last post I told you why I hated SEO and SEO firms.  But I also mentioned that we…

5 reasons to be frustrated with SEO and SEO firms.

14 years ago

Alright.   I've been holding back on this post for a long, long time.  But I just can't hold my breath…

How to dramatically cut postage, printing and fulfillment costs while reducing your impact on the environment.

14 years ago

Regularly sending out lots of information to prospects, clients, or customers? How are you doing that?  Is it time consuming? …

How the new rules of marketing apply to planned giving. (A SmartGiftmaker® blog post)

14 years ago

If your organization desperately needs to generate more planned gifts, bequests, charitable gift annuities, etc... it's time for you to…

Raise your hand if your marketing and sales teams don’t seem to dance well together.

14 years ago

Marketing and sales efforts working together? NOT! Right? How about this....  Are your marketing and sales teams even talking to…

What's your objective?

14 years ago

In an attempt to generate leads and grow her business, I had one client recently say, "I'm thinking of placing…

When in doubt… ask a question.

14 years ago

The most powerful tool a salesperson possesses is a question. Sure, enthusiasm and creativity will get you pretty far.  Some…

3 easy recommendations for improving your batting average with cold (or warm) calls.

14 years ago

Don't "wing-it!" That's what most sales people do.  They wing-it.  They know they need to make some sales calls to…

How to avoid screwing up your leads!

14 years ago

Ok.  I know someone will tell me that I should be more professional and should have titled this post something…

5 reasons why customers defect

14 years ago

We've talked about the 80/20 rule and why you should focus on the 20% of your clients who (most-likely) generate…

3 Steps to Figure Out Which Email Subject Line Will Perform Best

14 years ago

So you're scratching your head wondering which subject line will get your email blast opened and read, right? Scratch no…

The 80/20 rule!!!

14 years ago

I can't tell you how many times I see people, sales people, marketers and companies forget about the 80/20 rule. …

The number one thing to do in order to close a sale.

14 years ago

Shut up! Really. I'll never forget one of the harshest lessons I ever learned in business. I was 22 years…

Real handwriting generates 14% response rate. Wow!

14 years ago

How many times have you received direct mail with your name on it?  How many times has the letter had…

The press release, the bin and the trash can.

14 years ago

The press release, the bin and the trash can. Waaaaaayyyy back… I worked for a newspaper called The Journal.  There…

UPDATE to: 4 ways to really offend people with your email marketing efforts.

14 years ago

So the super-short post about emails and how they offend people got some people to ask me to elaborate.  So…

Increase sales more cost-efficiently- 3 steps to get your data cleaned up.

14 years ago

Everyone knows that marketing and sales is a numbers game.  But I bet your numbers are sloppy because your data…

The Superbowl, the web, social media and "did it work???"

14 years ago

The Superbowl happened and the results are in. This year more marketers tried to infuse a multi-channel marketing approach into…

4 ways to really offend people with your email marketing efforts.

14 years ago

1- Offer no way to unsubcribe. 2- Make it really difficult to unsubscribe. 3- Try to trick people in one…

Three things you should never do when making a cold call.

14 years ago

Reading time for this entry: Under 3 minutes. 1- Never start off by saying, “Hi.  My name is (insert name…