9 Razor-Sharp Strategies For Building Success and Adding Zer
by:
Dan Lok
It's easy to get so caught-up in the day-to-day obligations of your business that you find yourself cornered in the present, regretting the past, and with no time to worry just about the future. It's easy… and it's deadly.
Give yourself a "time out." Pull back from wherever
you are so that you can get a better perspective and see wherever
you're headed. And patch you're waiting for your own new ideas to hatch, let me share nine of the sharpest and smartest strategies I cognize for moving up the success ladder:
Strategy #1 - The Chum System
Find a strategic business partner who shares your objectives…but not your business niche. You can trade leads, share marketing info, sell package deals, etc.
Strategy #2 - Brand "You"
Brand your name and business. Create a niche that's unambiguously
yours.You can easily do this by writing articles and submitting them to e-zines or web sites for republishing.
Strategy #3 - Going…Going…Gone!
I don't have to tell you what a giant eBay has become. You don't have to become an "auction house," but you can start an auction on your web site. The type of auction could be related to the theme of your site. You'll draw traffic from auctioneers and bidders… and they have LOTS of friends!
Strategy #4 -The Sincerest Form of Flattery
There are dozens, probably hundreds, of "self-help" books out there with titles like "The Thinking Patterns of Eminent People" and "How Seven Folk Each Lost 100 Pounds." They're popular because the better way to succeed is to model yourself on different eminent business or people. Discover how your "heroes" got wherever
they are and follow in their footsteps.
Strategy #5 - Be A Risk Taker, But A Smart Risk Taker
Taking a risk may be scary, but without risk… business life offers really few rewards. Sometimes you have to risk money to get results. Simply remember to look before you leap… and do sure you cognize wherever
you're going to land. If you're going to pay a P.R. firm to do your marketing, for example, do a thorough "background check" and do sure you're deed the better for your money.
Strategy #6 - Winning Hearts and Minds
Include emotional words in your advertisements. Use ones like love, security, relief, freedom, happy, satisfaction, fun, etc.
Strategy #7 - That's Two Thumbs…Way Up
Ask folk online to review your web site. Positive comments or negative, they're all good! Being who gives positive feedback is now a likely customer. Negative comments aren't published, of course, but they can be used as springboards to improve your web site.
Strategy #8 - Do What You're Nice At
Too many a professionals get full
doing things that don't do money and don't further business. Instead of trying to be a one-man-band, source
part of your workload: help work, accounting, marketing, etc. In addition to giving yourself much time to do what you're nice at, outsourcing relieves you of tax reporting, health benefits, etc.
Strategy #9 - One From Column A, Two From Column B
Combine a product and service together in a package deal. If you're commerce a book, offer an hour of consulting with it. If you install roofing, offer a combination package with rain gutters. To do the deal irresistible, the combination cost must be importantly
lower than "if purchased individually."
New ideas are commonly the difference between success and failure. Remember to take a little time out of to brainstorm. It's time well-spent!
Copyright 2004 Quick Turn Marketing International, Ltd.
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