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Article Swapping: Encourage What Goes Around—to Come Around

2018-03-27T07:58:56-04:00

{3:50 minutes to read} Article swapping is an excellent opportunity to leverage content others have published on their blogs/websites. Excellent example: Our client, Ada Hasloecher, a divorce mediator, referenced an article on spousal maintenance written by a colleague, Clare Piro, who is also a client. Clare’s well-written article—which cited Dan Burns—another mediator, and client—discussed using [...]

Article Swapping: Encourage What Goes Around—to Come Around2018-03-27T07:58:56-04:00

How to Capture the Attention of a Prospect…Long Before They Seek out Your Services? Start an Advice Column!

2018-03-27T08:04:00-04:00

{3:10 minutes to read} An advice column opens a dialog with potential clients who are seeking “help” and who might not yet know that your service could be their best option. An advice column presents a real opportunity to broaden your audience. It is a totally separate engagement from what your blog posts provide. An [...]

How to Capture the Attention of a Prospect…Long Before They Seek out Your Services? Start an Advice Column!2018-03-27T08:04:00-04:00

Marketing Fitness — Don’t Sprint to Win the Marathon! (Part 1)

2018-03-27T08:07:23-04:00

{4:50 minutes to read} When I was younger, with a rather extreme physical regimen of fitness including football, wrestling, tennis, weightlifting, etc., I often repeated the same cycle — I’d push myself too hard, get injured, and then I’d have to stop. And when I stopped, I stopped completely. I’d go from one extreme of [...]

Marketing Fitness — Don’t Sprint to Win the Marathon! (Part 1)2018-03-27T08:07:23-04:00

How to Market Yourself During Conference Season

2018-03-28T00:32:19-04:00

{3:50 minutes to read} Business professionals often wonder: Is it worthwhile to market my practice during the various conferences I attend? At Practice Marketing, we’ve used conferences for marketing for a number of years, and fairly successfully. Whenever possible, we try to be in a room full of potential clients. […]

How to Market Yourself During Conference Season2018-03-28T00:32:19-04:00

Are You Building Yourself a Business or a Job?

2018-03-28T00:32:45-04:00

{5:00 minutes to read} A number of years ago, a fellow by the name of Michael Gerber wrote a book called The E-Myth Revisited. Michael relayed the story of a baker who had started his own bakeshop and found himself essentially to be a chef, cook and bottle washer. After going out and shaking the trees [...]

Are You Building Yourself a Business or a Job?2018-03-28T00:32:45-04:00

What Is CRM & Does Your Business Need It?

2018-03-28T00:33:10-04:00

{3:30 minutes to read} Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is basically a hub where people organize, store and stay in touch with their customers or clients, whether for a service, product or company. Unlike a standard contact list or email program designed for a single user, CRM is more functional and interactive. It allows you to [...]

What Is CRM & Does Your Business Need It?2018-03-28T00:33:10-04:00

What Can a Virtual Marketing Assistant Do for You?

2018-03-28T04:41:47-04:00

{4:20 minutes to read} Relationships take time, but one of the things you can do to help offset that is to use a virtual marketing assistant. In the early days of Practice Marketing, long before phoneBlogger came into play, Vik and I would sit with professional services clients – attorneys, CPAs, financial advisors, etc. – [...]

What Can a Virtual Marketing Assistant Do for You?2018-03-28T04:41:47-04:00

Is Social Media Getting You Referrals?

2018-03-28T04:43:36-04:00

{4:54 minutes to read} Clients ask if we can advise them on how they can get more likes and interactions on their social media. There are many ways to encourage people to like your Facebook business page or LinkedIn company page including direct invites, giveaways, prize drawings and other enticements. But I keep going back [...]

Is Social Media Getting You Referrals?2018-03-28T04:43:36-04:00

Boost Your Referrals with Social Media Relationships

2018-03-28T04:47:36-04:00

{4:08 minutes to read} A client of mine recently asked: How do I engage more with social media to enhance my professional network? My answer was that engaging is all about establishing and nurturing relationships with centers of influence (COI) and/or potential clients. It’s my opinion that the whole social media landscape is just a [...]

Boost Your Referrals with Social Media Relationships2018-03-28T04:47:36-04:00

Does Business Feel Like a Roller Coaster? 5 Tips to Leverage the Ups & Downs

2018-03-28T04:49:04-04:00

{3:00 minutes to read} Any number of things can affect the ebb and flow of business. Acknowledge that there will be cycles, and use the downtime wisely. I often see clients in professional services experience being busy one month, but not the next. The workflow gets crazy busy for a while, and then it’s like [...]

Does Business Feel Like a Roller Coaster? 5 Tips to Leverage the Ups & Downs2018-03-28T04:49:04-04:00

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