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Why does so much panic spread so quickly and easily through so many people whenever tough times occur in a given industry or profession, or the national economy?

 

Without deep roots, a tree topples in the storm. What are 'deep roots' for the business owner, entrepreneur or sales professional?

 

One: a system of selling and conducting business that has proven reliable and profitable, from which he can draw confidence, and which he can stick to with reasoned persistence. If he is advertising and marketing to attract customers, selling to them, retaining and multiplying them without a system, by random and erratic and even impulsive acts, with unplanned and disorganized effort, he'll be blown off course by a stiff breeze.

Topics: Business Growth, Systems and Processes, elaunchers, Business Plan, Marketing education, mentor, mentorship

One of my earliest mentors had his office walls adorned top to bottom, side to side, with big, handwritten signs intended as cautions to others as well as reminders for himself. If you've ever been in a direct sales environment, you've probably seen such a place. Two of the biggest signs read "Thumb-Suckers Not Welcome Here" and "You Can Hire Spellers For Minimum Wage".

Topics: Business Kamasutra, Business Growth, Magnetic Marketing, Marketing education

(Guest Post by Everte Farnell)

Topics: Magnetic Marketing, customer journey, follow up, CRM

Creating urgency is one of the most important things we can do as business owners and salespeople. 

Topics: Wow boxes, inbound marketing, Magnetic Marketing, marketing for dentists, target marketing, direct mail, value

Let’s hop right in.  In the previous 2 posts we talked about the likely outcome of this depression and how you will have to change your business to stay in business and take advantage of the incredible opportunity that is available because of it. 

Topics: Magnetic Marketing, business planning, target marketing, ideal customer, nurture, direct mail, follow up, CRM

In my last post we talked about the likely outcome of the economic shutdown and what we can likely expect in the coming years.

Topics: Magnetic Marketing, customer journey, business planning, target marketing, nurture, follow up, Web site, CRM

Welcome to the business, post-Covid. The world will not be the same for a long time.  Things have radically changed and are not going back to normal.

Topics: Customer Retention, Magnetic Marketing, entrepreneurship, business planning, target marketing, ideal customer, nurture, follow up, CRM

Measure what matters: Establishing cause & effect relationship between Return & Effort/Investment

 

This is an actual conversation between me and a dentist who is considering hiring me. I am recommending a non-trivial investment in Hubspot for a dentist with multiple locations and about $2.5M in revenue. The doctor has been looking at me for the last several years, has bought and read my books, read at least a dozen blog articles and over 20 recent page views before booking an appointment. After a good initial interview he invites me to come in for a video conference with his leadership team. He requested and now has a copy of my fee estimate and engagement letter. Before signing, he asked me this question:

Topics: Magnetic Marketing, marketing for dentists, Databox Dashboard, Hubspot for dentists

Just the other day one of my clients called me to ask for some help with a marketing problem he was having.

Topics: customer journey, business planning, direct mail, deliverability

eLaunchers.com becomes a PLATINUM Hubspot Solutions Partner in May 2020.

Something interesting happened after the start of the COVID crisis. We sold more Hubspot in 30 days after COVID lockdown than we had sold in the last 24 months.

Why did the market embrace Hubspot? Why Now? What is it about Hubspot and COVID? What is the correlation? When everyone is in distress and panic, when everyone is in 'shutdown' mode and mindset, why is my marketplace (which is made up of dentists, physicians, attorneys, financial advisors and information marketers with 1 to 4 million dollars in revenues) making a non-trivial capital investment in a technology infrastructure?

Topics: Magnetic Marketing, hubspot, Web site, Web