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Member You - 7 Mental Marketing Principles for Authors and Solo Professionals
Stop Shaking A Stick At Sales TrainingI ran across a very insightful article in CLO Magazine today written by Tina Teodorescu (I had to cut and paste that one!). The article, “How Effective is Your Sales Training Program?” talks about the unique challenges of developing an effective training program for people that fund your payroll.Tina brings light to the fact that we’ve come to rely on Sales Managers, who were in many cases top performers themselves, to develop their team’s talent. The problem is these people were promoted because of their excellent sa ies and I actually started testing marketing ideas instead of letting them dart around in my head. I continued the process by studying my competitors, successful colleagues, and assembling my own group of advisors. Remember that success is meant to be shared. Help others and they will naturally come back to help you. Measure results and then reinvent yourself and/or your company as often as needed. Measure your results by conducting surveys (www.surveymonkey.com is a great tool) and keep an eye on your bottom line. If you aren't meeting your financial goals, it is time to eliminate what is Compare The Cash Back Deals Before You Go ShoppingThere are so many cash back portals on the web now that making a choice becomes extremely difficult. The only thing you can do to select the best one for you is to compare the cash back deals of the portals you visit to make a purchase.If you put the cash back offers of different portals side by side, you will realize that there are different cash backs on the same product on them. Suppose you want to buy a mobile of a major manufacturer, and visit a cash back portal which offers you 5 percent cash back on the mobile purchase y Authors and solo professionals can grow their businesses by mastering the seven mental marketing principles outlined below:- Try new things. It is crucial that you stay involved in your industry and network with other professionals. You will learn the techniques that really work and build phenomenal long-lasting partnerships this way. For instance, have you considered hosting an online radio show, podcasting, or blogging to promote your books and other products?
- Recognize fear and move through it. Are your fears keeping you from trying new marketing techniques? Pick up the phone and ask for advice from someone who is already doing what you want to do. Buy an infoproduct that teaches you--so you can learn at your leisure. I do this constantly. For instance, before I started recording teleseminars, I purchased--guess what--a teleseminar on doing teleseminars. Doing so alleviated my questions and it was easy to do the first time because I was prepared. Now I do a handful of these every month and they generate a significant amount of book sales for the NAWW. You will have fears... arm yourself with knowledge and move through it.
- Revisit old ways of thinking and be willing to change--don't stay set in your ways. I have worked with writers and authors that were very reluctant to change some of their marketing efforts. They got set in their ways and became fearful of wasting money on new techniques. I taught them that successful marketers are in a constant state of evolution--always changing and adopting new strategies; using feedback from their customers and their bottom line to figure out what to change.
- Dig deep into your programming--be aware of the preconditioned beliefs of your parents and family. It is never too late to make improvements. For years, I remained my own worst enemy. I had decided before I even started that I was only going to market using A, B, and C techniques and against D and E without any testing or research. I had already decided it wouldn't work. Why? Because I had preconditioned beliefs about the value of what I was offering and about my customers. Sometimes, we actually think we can read our customers' minds. We can't. Get feedback and they will tell you what they want.
- Keep an open mind. How did I reprogram myself and let go of my preconditioned beliefs? I began to open my mind to the many possibilities and I actually started testing marketing ideas instead of letting them dart around in my head. I continued the process by studying my competitors, successful colleagues, and assembling my own group of advisors. Remember that success is meant to be shared. Help others and they will naturally come back to help you.
- Measure results and then reinvent yourself and/or your company as often as needed. Measure your results by conducting surveys (www.surveymonkey.com is a great tool) and keep an eye on your bottom line. If you aren't meeting your financial goals, it is time to eliminate what is
Start a Small BusinessStart a small business to provide yourself with the challenges needed for a fulfilling life. If you are ‘bored’ or you are ‘unhappy’ in your current position, you could start a business. During the day, if you constantly think about how things could be different, and that you have ideas that you know would be successful if only given the chance, you already possess the needed drive to be your own boss, and to start a business.Having the drive to start a small business is the first step in being successful in any business. Perhaps you the phone and ask for advice from someone who is already doing what you want to do. Buy an infoproduct that teaches you--so you can learn at your leisure. I do this constantly. For instance, before I started recording teleseminars, I purchased--guess what--a teleseminar on doing teleseminars. Doing so alleviated my questions and it was easy to do the first time because I was prepared. Now I do a handful of these every month and they generate a significant amount of book sales for the NAWW. You will have fears... arm yourself with knowledge and move through it. - Revisit old ways of thinking and be willing to change--don't stay set in your ways. I have worked with writers and authors that were very reluctant to change some of their marketing efforts. They got set in their ways and became fearful of wasting money on new techniques. I taught them that successful marketers are in a constant state of evolution--always changing and adopting new strategies; using feedback from their customers and their bottom line to figure out what to change.
- Dig deep into your programming--be aware of the preconditioned beliefs of your parents and family. It is never too late to make improvements. For years, I remained my own worst enemy. I had decided before I even started that I was only going to market using A, B, and C techniques and against D and E without any testing or research. I had already decided it wouldn't work. Why? Because I had preconditioned beliefs about the value of what I was offering and about my customers. Sometimes, we actually think we can read our customers' minds. We can't. Get feedback and they will tell you what they want.
- Keep an open mind. How did I reprogram myself and let go of my preconditioned beliefs? I began to open my mind to the many possibilities and I actually started testing marketing ideas instead of letting them dart around in my head. I continued the process by studying my competitors, successful colleagues, and assembling my own group of advisors. Remember that success is meant to be shared. Help others and they will naturally come back to help you.
- Measure results and then reinvent yourself and/or your company as often as needed. Measure your results by conducting surveys (www.surveymonkey.com is a great tool) and keep an eye on your bottom line. If you aren't meeting your financial goals, it is time to eliminate what is
Unique Ways To Hand Out Your Printed PensJust because you want to get your printed pens into the hands of future clients doesn’t mean you are limited to offering them in buckets at your office, as freebies at conventions or via direct mailings. There are plenty of unconventional ways to pass out printed pens.Holiday Gifts
Consider a special printed pen production a few months before a less-known holiday. Send a printed pen to the company’s secretary instead of the president for Secretaries Day. How about sending a special printed pen to say “thank you” to former custom be willing to change--don't stay set in your ways. I have worked with writers and authors that were very reluctant to change some of their marketing efforts. They got set in their ways and became fearful of wasting money on new techniques. I taught them that successful marketers are in a constant state of evolution--always changing and adopting new strategies; using feedback from their customers and their bottom line to figure out what to change. - Dig deep into your programming--be aware of the preconditioned beliefs of your parents and family. It is never too late to make improvements. For years, I remained my own worst enemy. I had decided before I even started that I was only going to market using A, B, and C techniques and against D and E without any testing or research. I had already decided it wouldn't work. Why? Because I had preconditioned beliefs about the value of what I was offering and about my customers. Sometimes, we actually think we can read our customers' minds. We can't. Get feedback and they will tell you what they want.
- Keep an open mind. How did I reprogram myself and let go of my preconditioned beliefs? I began to open my mind to the many possibilities and I actually started testing marketing ideas instead of letting them dart around in my head. I continued the process by studying my competitors, successful colleagues, and assembling my own group of advisors. Remember that success is meant to be shared. Help others and they will naturally come back to help you.
- Measure results and then reinvent yourself and/or your company as often as needed. Measure your results by conducting surveys (www.surveymonkey.com is a great tool) and keep an eye on your bottom line. If you aren't meeting your financial goals, it is time to eliminate what is
Outsourcing BenifitsOutsourcing is the latest buzz word to hit internet marketing circles and niche websites. Internet has given rise to a new dimension to many of the popular techniques. Because of this, there are number of issues to keep in mind when looking at outsourcing as a viable alternative to doing it yourself.For customers, Outsourcing brings innovative and streamlined products and services like billing, CRM and data warehousing. For employees, it brings enhanced performance critical applications like intranet, e-mail and online collaboration.< For years, I remained my own worst enemy. I had decided before I even started that I was only going to market using A, B, and C techniques and against D and E without any testing or research. I had already decided it wouldn't work. Why? Because I had preconditioned beliefs about the value of what I was offering and about my customers. Sometimes, we actually think we can read our customers' minds. We can't. Get feedback and they will tell you what they want. - Keep an open mind. How did I reprogram myself and let go of my preconditioned beliefs? I began to open my mind to the many possibilities and I actually started testing marketing ideas instead of letting them dart around in my head. I continued the process by studying my competitors, successful colleagues, and assembling my own group of advisors. Remember that success is meant to be shared. Help others and they will naturally come back to help you.
- Measure results and then reinvent yourself and/or your company as often as needed. Measure your results by conducting surveys (www.surveymonkey.com is a great tool) and keep an eye on your bottom line. If you aren't meeting your financial goals, it is time to eliminate what is
Buy A Business Armed With These Two Questions And Scare Crooked Business Brokers And Sellers AwayOne of the single most important pieces of information you need when buying a business -- any business, big, medium or small -- is the truth about why the owner(s) is selling the business.
Now, one of the most common "reasons" why almost always has to do with the health of the owner. But I'm here to tell you, that is not always the case. In fact, when someone says ill health, nine out of ten times that’s not the real reason.
And what you have to do is find out what the real reason is because it could be something th ies and I actually started testing marketing ideas instead of letting them dart around in my head. I continued the process by studying my competitors, successful colleagues, and assembling my own group of advisors. Remember that success is meant to be shared. Help others and they will naturally come back to help you. - Measure results and then reinvent yourself and/or your company as often as needed. Measure your results by conducting surveys (www.surveymonkey.com is a great tool) and keep an eye on your bottom line. If you aren't meeting your financial goals, it is time to eliminate what isn't working and create new products (books, audios, etc.) and create processes that help you work more efficiently. Hire a professional coach or mentor. Don't rely on your friends and colleagues to give you honest feedback. That is too much pressure on your relationship. Pay a qualified person instead. With my mentees I have one goal in mind--helping them succeed and I can't do this if I don't give them the honest feedback they need to make more money. It is my job to help them make a plan to make the necessary changes.
- Take risks! You must get used to taking risks. The best marketers take risks and put themselves out there. They are often controversial, on purpose, to create a buzz about their book. Take calculated risks by continuing to focus on learning new, proven promotional techniques that have worked for other professionals in your industry. Marketing is definitely a numbers game. You will try 3 techniques for every 1 that works for you and your particular book. With every risk you take, you will learn more!
Start using these mental marketing principles and I promise you will see positive results. And if you are overwhelmed, just remember what Henry Ford said, "Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small parts."
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