We’ve all done our sales planning for 2019? If you’re a bit behind, like some people I’ve heard about, you can use this quick pipeline planner to get a sense of how many leads you need, what your close rate … Read More
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Nail Your Marketing Message
Who do you help? What’s different about your approach? How can you get this message to resonate with your audience? Try this simple “Mad Libs” style marketing message generator. Just plug in values in the blanks. Play around. See if … Read More
Convert Blog Posts to Video
The world seems to be moving to video (does this make me an old man for often preferring text?), but creating video content is harder and more time consuming. But if, as I’ve argued, every company is a media company, … Read More
Create Video Testimonials in Less than 2 Hours
Wouldn’t it be great to have a client video testimonial or three on your website? Video testimonials are great, but who has time to create them, or money (and time) to have someone else create one? I don’t know what … Read More
How to Use Lead Magnets that Convert on Your Consulting Web Site
Ahmed Munawar, host of the Forecast podcast for consultants, invited me on to discuss how to use Lead Magnets to convert visitors into clients. How to Create a Lead Magnet that Converts with Reuben Swartz
Taxes, Architecture, and Your Business
There’s a fascinating short piece by Kurt Holdstedt at 99PercentInvisible on how taxes and regulations shape the architecture we associate with cities like Paris, Amsterdam, and more. (I also learned that those distinctive Parisian roofs are called “mansard roofs”.) The mansard … Read More
2018 Sales and Marketing Pipeline Planning
We’ve all done our 2018 sales and marketing pipeline planning already, right? He he. If you’re a bit behind, like some people I’ve heard about, you can use this quick pipeline planner to get a sense of how many leads … Read More
Mimiran MailChimp Integration Setup
Mimiran Support Connect Mimiran to your MailChimp account so new Mimiran leads automatically join your MailChimp List(s). Create MailChimp API Key Navigate to API Keys Log in to your MailChimp account and go to your Account settings > Extras … Read More
How to Exponentially Increase the Value of Your Content (With a Robot and an Octopus)
“Content Marketing” is all the rage these days, and with good reason. Rather than the traditional approach of filling web pages with meaningless corporate jargon about how awesome you are, why not provide some actual value to the visitor, right? … Read More
5 Steps to a Simpler Digital Marketing System
5 Steps to a Simpler Digital Marketing System for Consultants (Guest post by Tsavo Neal.) Are you overcomplicating your marketing? Have you thought of leveraging your digital presence to win more clients? Many consultants don’t bother with digital marketing because … Read More