Work Better, Not Harder

As I step into my 7th year in business, it strikes me that I’m facing a whole new set of challenges this year. That means new experiences and probably some goof-ups to learn from. For my first few years in business, my focus was on sales and marketing. I should say that it’s where my focus should have been but wasn’t always. I spent a lot of time (and money) to get good people to help me in my efforts – and lots of good people invested their time in me. Almost two years ago, I changed my whole business model because it became clear that a strategy which depended on cold calling wasn’t going to work for me. Since then my strategies have been networking, referrals, social media and e-marketing – and it’s been working so good that now I have a whole new challenge: How do I increase my capacity? Now that I have a fully integrated sales and marketing strategy, how do I continue to take on all the work I’m generating? I’m painfully aware that I’ve reached a very critical point in...

To all of you readers who have established email contact lists... are you capitalizing on opportunities that are staring you in the face? Today I received a timely and relevant email from Fairway Insurance Services - a warning about preparedness for Hurricane Irene.  It included an update on the storm, a colourful picture of the storm's expected course, and links to useful checklists and such to help me prepare for a storm.  Now how cool is that? You don't have to wait till your next newsletter issue when something big is going on that affects your subscribers.  Help them out - provide useful information - make it timely and relevant.  Scan for opportunities to be of service to your community. Click to Tweet this Article

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I came across this excellent example of how to promote your newsletter sign-up on your website:  It's not visually appealing, but it says all the right things.  It tells me what I can expect by signing up and teases me with what's coming up next.  The only thing it doesn't mention - which is important - is how often I will receive her newsletter. Click to Tweet this Article