I found today that the mailing list for my online networking group keeps growing. I’ve been sending out occasional reminders about it to my main list and despite one unsubscribe from the main list, have gotten more subscribers to the networking list. (I have one email list for my business marketing. I have a separate … Read more
Morning networking group was good. I tried an experiment last night and tried to memorize my “30 second commercial”. I wrote it out in the style of my marketing emails which try to sound like me talking. Timed it to the 50 or seconds I would actually have. And then memorized it from the end … Read more
I had a call with a potential client that should turn into business. I’ll be helping her with a book launch and new website and stuff. My hope is that I’ll be able to use it as a good case study to bring in other clients. I also did a little experiment with my latest … Read more
I went to visit my daughter Catherine in Berkeley today. She is done with her Junior year there and was less stressed but still tired from finals. The weather around here is unusually rainy and cool this weekend. There was enough rain off and on that driving slowed down in the freeway. And then it … Read more
Among other things I tried to make a video for my upcoming online course on Email Marketing. I need a video thanking people who pay for the course. Especially since initially you are becoming a pre-launch customer meaning you pay money and don’t get a course. You just get this thank you video that thanks … Read more
I had a good meeting with my finance guy today. We were mostly talking about his business and it ultimately turned into a coaching session. I gave some suggestions he thought were good for a follow up strategy for his prospective clients. I’ll add business coaching to the list of things I can do, and … Read more
I had a call with a past client who wanted additional services. However this was not an ideal client and while I made some decent money from them, it wasn’t ideal. My business has also evolved some since I started with them and thus my prices and offerings have changed. And prices have gone up. … Read more
My morning started with a coffee meeting with a fellow marketing colleague in the networking group. I wanted to find out more about her business and she likewise and if there were referral opportunities between us. This was another weird case of meeting someone who just wants to help people and isn’t worried about charging … Read more
I’m amazed at the results I’ve gotten adding people to my business marketing email list. I grew it from 16 subscribers to over 70 in the last couple of weeks. And the average response has been around 30% of the people I invite agree to join. This is from people whose business cards I got … Read more
I got a message from an old client who is looking for some help with her marketing and hopefully has money now to pay what she is asking for. We’ll see. A call is set for later this week. I confirmed a couple of meetings this week and continued to work on marketing for the … Read more