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Every person has a book in their heart. When the book comes out, you feel liberated. You don't carry it, it carries you. It is your anthem; it is your message to the world. Your book is everything you want to leave behind. Even if you die, your book will outlive you. If you become famous, your book will become famous with you. If your book becomes famous, so will you. Frankly, I think every business owner should write one.

Topics: Insider, Blog, digital marketing, copy, Business Growth, concepts and strategy, elaunchers

Branding is typically used when referring to companies. Today, I want to talk about what it means to have a personal brand and why it can be more useful than a corporate brand.

People cannot relate to a company. They can only relate to other people. Companies also have a lot of competition -- people, not as much. And finally, individuals are seen as the leaders or authority on a subject. This is why personal branding is important.

Topics: Blog, digital marketing, Social Media, Business Growth

Image from: http://www.amuldairy.com/index.php/the-organization/butter-girl 

My mom was the assistant director of agriculture for the State of Gujarat before we came to America. During my childhood, I went on plant tours of Amul Dairy in Anand, Gujarat, several times. The massive mountain of butter, about three stories tall, waiting to be packaged in to different size of cardboard boxes was quite a sight. Today, I want to talk about the utterly, butterly Amul girl. This animated character has been in India’s marketing landscape for several generations. This fictitious character made Amul butter more famous in India than the ‘Got Milk’ campaign in America. You can view Amul’s animated ads from 1976 time frame on Amul’s web site here.

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It’s no secret that newsletters are a great way to maintain contact with your customer base, and to communicate offers, news, ideas, and expertise to potential clients. But how many email newsletters do you receive each week? Each day? And of those emails, how many do you open? How many do you read? I bet it’s only a small fraction of those that land in your inbox.

Topics: Blog, digital marketing, direct marketing, copywriting, copy, how to

Your marketing collateral gets sent out in the world to do one thing: act as an ambassador for your product or service, in place of you. This may seem like a big job for a piece of paper, but it’s a helpful way to think about the materials you create.

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Many businesses can’t answer the question: Who is your target market? They often make the fatal assumption that everyone will want to purchase their product or service with the right marketing strategy.

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Read on to discover the best-known human operating system (assembled over 41+ years) for time management, autonomy, and wealth attraction…

Topics: digital marketing, direct marketing, profit, copywriting, how to, guarantee, referrals

Increasing your lead generation doesn’t necessarily mean diving in and implementing an expensive array of new marketing strategies. Marketing and customer outreach for the purpose of lead generation can be inexpensive, and bring a high return on investment. You are likely already implementing many of these strategies. With a little tweaking or refinement, you can easily double your leads, and ensure they are more qualified.

Topics: lead automation, lead marketing automation, small business automation, Blog, marketing automation, digital marketing, copy, how to

To the question of "where do your customers come from?" most people would probably choose advertising as an answer. Or referrals. Or direct mail campaigns. This may seem true, but it’s not really accurate. Your customers come from leads that have been turned into sales. Each customer goes through a two-step process before they arrive with their wallets open. They have been converted from a member of a target market, to a lead, then to a customer.

Topics: lead automation, lead marketing automation, Blog, digital marketing

In order to look as relaxed as the man in the picture above, you might want to try implementing a referral system. A referral strategy is any system you can put in place to generate new leads through existing customers. The ideal way to do this is to create a system that runs itself! Here are some ideas for simple strategies you can begin to implement into your business immediately.

Topics: Blog, digital marketing, referrals