How to Build Your First Sales Funnel
A sales funnel does not have to be complicated. However, it must address the key elements of converting strangers into buyers. How a funnel is executed will depend on each business. Some funnel builders make it seem more complicated than others. It doesn’t have to be. When you distill it down, every funnel starts with…
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Elevate Your Brand: 11 Essential Steps You Need to Take Now
Tip #1: Use consistent brand visuals. Visuals register with the brain first, so a consumer should first see a consistent brand look. Brand EVERYTHING the same way. Think of Coca-Cola or Apple. They look very different—Coke’s red, swoopy logo versus Apple’s Zen bluish-silver website. Both are successful. Both send a consistent visual message that goes…
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Secure Your Future: Easy Steps to Consistent Income
The question I get most from clients is how to create consistent income. I get this from my clients, entrepreneurs, and creatives. The industry doesn’t matter; the idea of having reliable income does. Ready for the big secret? The path to consistent income comes from consistent marketing. Not so revolutionary. Coca-Cola, Toyota, and Netflix spend…
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When You Specialize You Unlock the Path to Greater Income
Think of your own life. Your doctor may refer you to an orthopedic surgeon to help you solve back problems. If you’re rewiring your house, you call an electrician, not a handyman. Are you building a skyscraper? You’ll hire an architect who has won awards for their tall buildings, not a local homebuilder. These specialists…
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Unlock Business Growth: The Power of Building Your Brand
When you’re just starting out, building your brand can feel overwhelming. But it can be easy – when you have a plan. If you put a plan in place before you start, you will be much more strategic about how you spend your time and money. My CATCH Branding system is a framework to help…
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Overcome Overwhelm: How to Build Your Dream Business Step-by-Step
When we hand a child a violin for the very first time, we don’t expect them to map out their worldwide concert tour. We don’t hand a kid their first pair of ice skates and start talking about preparing for the next Olympic games. Yet that’s what we often expect of new business owners.…
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Leverage “The Princess Bride” Strategies to Supercharge Your Business – NOW!
If you are trying to build your business, you might be surprised to find that The Princess Bride has some great lessons that can help you find success, inspiration, and, yes, more profits. Here are TEN lessons you can apply starting today. 1 – It might take you a while to really succeed: The Princess…
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Rise to the Top: Proven Strategies for Aspiring Female Entrepreneurs
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of women starting new businesses. According to American Express, women-owned businesses grew by 58% from 2007 to 2018, more than twice the rate of all businesses. So what’s behind this trend? Better education: According to the National Women’s Business Council, women now earn…
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Find Out If Your Audience is Listening – Act Now!
When it comes to profitable businesses, one of the biggest drivers to gaining audience share is how well your audience understands your messaging. Your messaging can make your customers brand loyalists and directly affect a campaign’s effectiveness – if you get it right. Being on point with your marketing messaging can affect how your audience…
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Do You Understand Your Customers’ Buying Motives? Learn NOW!
It’s Sunday morning… I take my dog and head out for our walk. On the way back, I stop at Lyndell’s Bakery Lyndells, an old-school place in Somerville, MA, where you grab a paper number from the 1950’s dispenser by the door. The 1960’s curved glass cases display cakes, Italian cookies, pies, cakes, cannolis, and…
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