Double or Nothing… Written Marketing Plans Increase Success

Marketing plans come in all shapes and sizes. However, studies show that businesses with written marketing plans always do better than those who undertake ‘random acts of marketing’.  Sometimes more than double the business. Marketing plans aren’t just a pretty brochure or a Facebook page. A marketing plan includes a broad range of information that points…

6 Action Based Marketing Steps

I had the distinct pleasure of presenting a program for the Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association with my esteemed colleague, Elizabeth Hailer.  The title of our presentation was Action-Based Marketing for Developing Business Opportunities: The 5 Steps You Need to Take.  (So, yes… you are right that the title of this post says 6 steps.  The…

The CLE of Lead Generation

I often get asked how to generate leads.  I usually begin talking to people about how they define a lead.  The typical answer is that a lead is akin to a cold call.  Unsolicited inquiries from strangers about your services or business.  I don’t agree, entirely.  Of course that can be one type of lead,…