http://www.maniacalmarketer.com $1 gives you the best marketing videos, audios & articles Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:54:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week, I lead the last of three workshops on marketing at Baby Grand Books. I've gotten some very generous feedback from many of the participants, and I must say I enjoyed it very much. Last week's workshop was on advertising. For those of you unable to attend, and as a ... http://www.maniacalmarketer.com/flags/blog/this-is-what-your-advertising-is-missing/ You like to hear that, don't you? It means that someone is interested in you and what you offer. You've made a connection, and maybe the beginning of a relationship Perhaps they'll even buy from you. Here's mine. Thanks for asking! If you clicked the link and are looking at my card, what ... http://www.maniacalmarketer.com/flags/blog/can-i-get-your-card/ Ever since I bought my iPod Touch a couple years ago, my two sons have loved one particular game. It's a stupid little game, but they can't get enough. Carrots fall from the sky and the bunny at the bottom of the screen must catch them by the player moving ... http://www.maniacalmarketer.com/flags/blog/the-secret-to-how-you-can-move-mountains/ < ?php if (is_user_logged_in()){ ?> [flash medium=63 linktext={} w=720 h=480] < ?php } else { ?> < ?php }; ?> Have you given up on advertising? Do you find yourself thinking that it's too expensive to put an ad out there only to get ... http://www.maniacalmarketer.com/persuasion/how-to-do-advertising-that-works-finally/ Christine Regan here. I was thinking this morning about 'my ideal life' and started asking - what would I want to experience every single day for me to feel that I was living my IDEAL life. I decided that it might be fun to do a 30 day challenge and ... http://www.maniacalmarketer.com/leadership/your-ideal-life-take-the-30-day-challenge/ A serious affliction is infecting a large number of people who aren't even aware of the affliction, much less that they've been carrying it for a very long time. It's invisible to them, and even though they are vaguely aware of the symptoms, they actually believe that these symptoms are ... http://www.maniacalmarketer.com/health/insufficient-funds-the-cure-for-the-common-cause/ Hard to believe, but in the so called age of "over-consumption" - of CDs, MTV,  fitness products of every variety, thousands of video games and pet rocks of infinite variety of the 1980's - that there was only one variety of jarred spaghetti sauce from category leader Ragu. It was ... http://www.maniacalmarketer.com/flags/blog/the-marketing-lessons-contained-within-a-jar-of-spaghetti-sauce/ It's one of the most unintuitive things to do in marketing, and one that's seldom done well. Most business try to be something to everyone. Acme Electronics: "TVs, computers, appliances, lighting, and a whole lot more". Most small businesses think that the wider their message, the more customers will buy ... http://www.maniacalmarketer.com/flags/blog/broaden-your-bank-account-by-narrowing-your-marketing-message/ I was asked a question the other day that was so profound that I just had to pass it on to you. I had never been asked this before, and I know that if more people asked it, it would change the way they market their business forever. I plan to ... http://www.maniacalmarketer.com/flags/blog/the-absolutely-best-way-to-know-your-search-engine-keywords/ One of our premium subscribers called last week and asked me a great question. What made it even better was that this was coming on the heals of our Search Engine Optimization video series (how to get higher up on the search engine results). He had signed up for a free ... http://www.maniacalmarketer.com/sales/how-to-convert-web-site-traffic-into-sales/