From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Can Twitter Really Help Companies Sell More?

April 10, 2009

The answer is yes… BUT, not in the way most people think it can.
If you do it the wrong way, you risk getting branded a slimy spammer.
Twitter is about conversations and people don’t want to have conversations about giving you money. Certainly not when they hardly know you…  If/when they DO want to have [...]

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7 Ways to Sell More Software (or anything else) Using Web 2.0, Social Media and Direct Response Principles

April 10, 2009

Your prospects are busy. They don’t care a bit about your software. Their bills are due, the kids need to be picked up from day care, they aren’t getting enough sleep and they don’t trust advertising.
How are you going to break through? How are you going to catch their attention long enough to let them [...]

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The Lost Art of Attack Ads: How to Cripple Competitors By Exposing Weakness

April 7, 2009

If you aren’t the leader in your category… OR, you are currently the leader but there is a rival gaining ground quickly and stealing minds from you, then here is a strategy that will put a damper on them.
The strongest competitor has picked out a particular strength or clear benefit and used advertising to dramatize [...]

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Sex, Money and Eternal Life

April 3, 2009

Hey,
Someone I know is creating an extremely fascinating, fast-reading special report on all the new brain research that has been done in the last few years. This research is yielding all kinds of facts and tidbits sure to boost the quality of one’s life.
In thinking about marketing this product, he felt somewhat discouraged. Why? Well, [...]

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