Business Coaching

Twitter CashMap From Mark Joyner & Simpleology

Mark Joyner and Simpleology announce the launch of the Twitter Marketing Cashmap.

Twitter Marketing Cashmap - affiliate link

Why Twitter Marketing Is Important

iLearning Global: Business Development & Network Marketing

I have just been listening to a call about the launch of iLearning Global, a new way of personal business development put together by Brian Tracy, Bill Bartmann and a few others which is attracting the cream of trainers, consultants and speakers.

It is a very interesting idea and similar to how I saw DT Alpha from Stephen Pierce working out. Unfortunately that never moved forward beyond the promise although Stephen's DT Alpha blog is excellent.

The iLearning Global Deal

AdviCoach Coming To UK & Ireland

AdviCoach is a new name to me but they are bringing their business coaching franchise over to the UK and Ireland.

The press release says that AdviCoach have awarded the first international Master's License to John Culliney who will be opening an office in Dublin, Ireland, targeting Ireland and Britain and will be awarding additional AdviCoach) franchise opportunities.

Jonathan Jay Armchair Seminars

Jonathan Jay, founder of the Coaching Academy is continuing to promote his new venture SuccessTrack™ with lots of energy.

One of the latest ideas is his Monday night Armchair Seminars™ which started three weeks ago.

While you missed the chance to take part, you can download the recordings.

Armchair Seminars™

Each week Jonathan talks about different aspects of marketing.

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Joe Polish Interviews Sir Richard Branson

I have just bought the Piranha Marketing CDs by Joe Polish which Nightingale Conant sell and I'm reading through the workbook.

Good stuff - Dan Kennedy influenced marketing with some interesting twists along the way.

So I decided to follow Joe Polish on Twitter.

And one of his recent posts sent you off to the recordings of an interview with Sir Richard Branson.

Magnetic Marketing Video - Dan Kennedy

In my car at the moment is a copy of Dan Kennedy's six CD series Magnetic Marketing and I'm  really enjoying the way Dan builds up the case for marketing and learning more than I expected.

I also found this video which Dan gives a shortened Magnetic Marketing speech - as he is an expert at selling from the stage, people would watch this presentation and then rush to the back of the room with their credit cards out - you have been warned.

Most Persuasive Words - A Copywriting Hoax?

I have just been reading the Simpleology / Mark Joyner blog and I learnt that what are often quoted as the "twelve most persuasive words" based on research by one of the leading US universities was a made up hoax.

Here are the words:

Perfect Biz Finder Survey

I like the tools which teach you a little more about yourself like the Kolbe A Index or Axiology based value profiles but both of those cost.

Thanks to Yanik Silver, I discovered a free survey from Steve Little called perfect Biz Finder which give you an assessment of your best role in business as it forces you to choose between various alternative answers for 48 statements.

Perfect Biz Finder - affiliate link

Just give it a go - it takes about 5 to 10 minutes and you get a long report back.

Companies House Late Filing Penalties - Another Stealth Tax

At a time when the UK economy faces a sever recession and the latest statistics show that huge parts of the country are 60% or more reliant on public sector expenditure, the government is accused of failing to support the entrepreneur.

And today I received an email from Companies House announcing the increase in fees for late filing accounts - including dormant companies - so bureaucracy triumphs over the idea of cutting red tape.

You Don't Have To Like Your Marketing, It Just Has To Work

Why are you spending time, energy and money marketing your business?

Because you want to attract new prospective customers to you and you want to make more sales.

So there are two types of marketing:

What Would You Do If You Retired Or Won The Lottery?

I am in a reflective mood today and whilst it may be a strange question to ask when you are working harder than ever to fight off the recession, but "What would you do if you retired?"

Some entrepreneurs and managers will find that they have more time on their hands than they want if their businesses fails and may find themselves asking;

• What is my life all about?
   
  
• What do I want to achieve?
  

How To Twitter - Beginner's Guide To Twitter

One of my little interests at the moment is to use the Micro-blogging website Twitter to help my business interests and to form a closer connection with followers as well as see what other people are doing.

I was going to write a "How to Twitter: a beginner's guide" but then "IT dealmaker" Mark Shaw beat me to it so asked for permission to re-publish.

Getting Started with Twitter: What You Need To Know

I am sure by now that there are a lot of you that are using Twitter. But there are still probably plenty of you that don't get it, don't understand it, and are not using it... So I just wanted to highlight why you may want to use it, but also to point out that Twitter is not the be all and end all.. Twitter can be one single string in your overall marketing plan.

Certified Formula Five Business Coach Or Consultant?

Question "You are following the Formula Five launch from Paul Lemberg aren't you?"

Answer:

• "Yes Paul, the content looks hot, I'm learning a lot and making more money", or
   
  
• "No Paul, I realise that this is a massive mistake and I'm shooting myself in the foot. Can you remind me where to go?"

How To Increase Profits Webinar

Just a quick reminder to make sure that you don't miss my webinar with top US business coach and former INC 500 fastest growing private companies entrepreneur, Scott Hallman, founder of the Small Business Growth Club.

Scott will be explaining how you can find easy and quick ways to increase profit, even in these difficult times.

Profit Improvement Models & Methods : Comparison

As Formula Five is receiving so much promotion and attention at the moment, I decided to assess the methodology underlying Formula Five (affiliate link) and compare it with other profit improvement models and business coaching frameworks.

Eureka Moment - So That's How You Make Profit

There are no qualifications to be an entrepreneur.

No one teaches you how a business makes a profit and how you can manage for profit improvements.

Formula Five PDF Report - Formula 5 PDF

If you are intrigued by the Formula Five product but you are not ready to watch a 32 minute video followed by a 73 minute video...then I have good news. These videos have been transcribed so you can now download a Formula Five PDF report.

The Internet marketing community has been trained to respond to long videos because that's what most of the big gurus generate.

Hiring Sales Superstars

I haven't published any Tuesday Profit Tips from Scott Hallman recently so when this one rolled into my Inbox, I thought I'd better get my act together.

Hiring Sales Superstars with ZERO Out of Pocket Dollars

 
Hi, this is Scott Hallman and welcome to this week's Tuesday Profit Tip where we bring you real world ways to Build-Grow-Manage-Profit from your business.

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Many business owners say the #1 reason they fail to achieve their business growth goals is because of the lack of time (or desire) to sell.

Get A Grip Stephen Pierce

I liked this 4 minute video from Stephen Pierce as he urges you to get a grip on your money.

Stephen is mainly an Internet marketer but I like his style and this has practical advice for any business.

Get Involved In The Small Business Success Forum

Last year I was thinking about adding a Forum to my blog because it gives you the chance to ask questions and discuss issues that matter to you rather than to follow my lead.

But a friend of mine, Rob Warlow created the Small Business Success Forum and I decided that we had more chance to create something good if we combined forces rather than competed.

Paul Lemberg Formula Five or Formula 5

Paul Lemberg is famous in the business coaching world for creating Quantum Business Coaching, (now called Axcelus) and is also the author of a number of business improvement books.

In collaboration with Internet training company StomperNet he is bringing to the market a new business development/profit improvement program - Formula Five.

Marketing In A Recession: Do You Increase Your Investment?

I read a blog today on mistakes made in advertising and whilst I agreed with much of the contents since it drew on proven direct marketing principles, there was one statement I disagreed with strongly.

"Businesses that thrive during a recession double or triple their usual advertising budget"

It seems to me that potentially we have the classic cause and effect confusion and faulty logic suppositions.

Wake Up Productive Eben Pagan

I heard overnight that Eben Pagan is opening up his time management program - Wake Up Productive - for one day - January 5th 2009.

Wake Up Productive (link has stopped working)

Excellent Customer Service Is Even More Important In Tough Times

My Business Coaching Blog came a long way in 2008 but one of my regrets is that I did not focus enough on on bringing you articles about creating excellent customer service.

All my ideas for increasing your sales to and through your existing customers rely on you delivering the excellent customer service your customers can depend on and confidently build into their own business strategies.

And when it comes to customer service, one customer service guru stands out and that is Ron Kaufman.