Haven’t set your goals yet for 2015? Good, you don’t have to. Brian Moran, author of The 12 Week Year, argues that “annual planning” is a great way to waste a lot of time. Twelve months is too long of a time horizon to produce a meaningful plan. Not only is there far too much […]
The Only 3 Ways to Grow Your Business
Wouldn’t you rather read something along the lines of “101 Ways to Grow Your Business”? I would too. But the truth is, while there are hundreds of tactics and strategies you can try, they’re only going help grow your business if they can successfully do one of three things: Increase the number of customers. Increase […]
7 Ways to Position Your Professional Services Blog for Success
Let’s say you decide to give this blogging thing a try. You’re convinced there’s a strong business case for it and you’re willing to invest the time to make it work. You buckle down, spend some quality time with the keyboard, and publish your best stuff for the world to see. Then you sit back, […]
3 Surefire Ways Blogging Will Generate New Business for Your Firm
You’re skeptical, I get it. At first glance, blogging looks like a gigantic waste of time. It requires serious dedication to consistently write useful blog content. And it’s not terribly clear why you should even bother. How can hammering away at the keyboard, in front of a screen, for hours on end somehow generate business […]
5 Steps to Winning More Deals By Helping Buyers Overcome Their Fears
You know that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach right after you sign a big deal? It’s a bitter-sweet moment. You’ve finally closed the deal — but the thought of having to actually do the work and deliver on your promises is frightening. What if you don’t deliver? What if something goes […]
Content marketing isn’t for everyone, but it should be for you.
I’ll be honest, content marketing is a tough sell. Not only is it a ton of work, but professional services firms generally don’t have the in-house resources to do it right and usually end up failing miserably. It also takes a really long time before you start to see tangible results. Most firms are looking […]
What You Can Learn from the Successes and Failures of 580 B2B Marketers
What marketing tactics produce the highest return on investment? The biggest road block to effective marketing is knowing where to spend your time. There’s a lot that you could be doing. But what’s going to get you the biggest wins? Where should you spend your limited time and attention? Every year, the Content Marketing Institute […]
How to Generate a Flood of New Business With Google Ads
Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is hands down the fastest way to generate new business on demand. A well-executed campaign can deliver a stream of qualified leads to your website within days, if not hours. But it’s also really also difficult to crack. There’s a lot that can go wrong in a PPC campaign… it’s not nearly […]