The big trend now is a shift away from traditional PRINT media like magazines and newspapers to the internet. People like to search and find information online these days, especially for a product or a service. A business website should bring in leads and assist to close sales to customers! Otherwise, it’s a waste of […]
What Are You Doing About Lost Customers?
True story. I just got off the phone after much frustration trying to track down my insurance broker. As of last Friday we have relocated office and we need a new insurance policy (the insurance was covered in our outgoings at our old Erindale road office). I had a three year old letter which I […]
Are Peers On Your Team Too?
In business much can be learnt from peers in your own industry or from related industries. I found an ‘old’ photo – well, a November 2008 photo of Ari Galper (left), Steve Baker (right) and myself (middle) after we had attended a two-day marketing seminar. Ari Galper is the creator of Unlock The Game™, a […]
What’s Basketball Got To Do With Marketing?
A quote from Michael Jordan : "I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is precisely why […]
Are You a Marketer or a Shop-Keeper?
Everyone who is successful in business has a mentor (or mentors) and a coach – or should have! Even Bill Gates (once the world’s richest man) had Warren Buffett (the world’s second richest man) as his mentor. One of my mentors is Dan Kennedy. I receive his paid newsletter once a month and it’s a […]
Getting More Customers – Fast! (part 1)
Often business owners contact me because they need more customers – and more cashflow – today! So how do we achieve this goal for our clients? The answer : We start with our Kinetic Media & Marketing ‘INSTANT CASHFLOW’ checklist! One item on the checklist is the break-down of sales process into two components : […]
27 Vital Questions You Should Ask Before Buying A Business
I met the husband and wife owners of a small retail shop recently. The business was running at a $65,000 (approx) annual loss. They had purchased the business over 12 months ago and had been steadily losing money. I looked briefly at their books and realised they had paid too much for the business. On […]
The Business Story Behind Monopoly
Hi Mark Fregnan here. I’ve always been interested in start-up business success stories, so here’s another good one… The Monopoly Book by Maxine Brady The Setting The stock market crash of 1929 caused mass unemployment for millions of Americans. For Charles Darrow, the financial problems grew increasingly difficult. Once a salesman of heating and engineering […]