http://www.dominateyourlocalmarket.com Online & Offline Marketing Strategies for Entrepreneurial Business Owners and CEO's! Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:50:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en BELOW IS A LIST OF THE ALA’ CARTE SERVICES AUTHENTIC MARKETING PROVIDES. ESTIMATES FOR EACH PROJECT ARE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US TO REVIEW YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION. Website Re-Design/Makeover: Authentic Marketing will review your current site, perform a thorough competitive analysis, determine the weaknesses, and then work with our designers to ... http://www.dominateyourlocalmarket.com/other-services-authentic-marketing-provides/ The "Price is Right" gameshow has been a fan favorite for many years. I think Bob Barker was the host for like 100 years and Don Pardo the announcer would also say "you could win fabulous prizes...If the price is right!" What about you? Are You Charging the Right Price? A question we get asked ... http://www.dominateyourlocalmarket.com/the-price-is-wrong-bob/ This morning I made the typical daily stop at McDonalds for my morning Diet Coke.  Hey don't judge... some drink coffee-I drink Diet Coke. OK back to McDonald's. When I arrived at the window I was handed a little rewards card.  You know the punch card type. Being in the Marketing Biz, my natural instincts ... http://www.dominateyourlocalmarket.com/franchise-giant-makes-2-dumb-marketing-mistakes/ How many times in the past 30 days have you heard or read about multi-tasking? 10-25-maybe 50? I would be shocked if it was not at least in the double digits. Usually at the beginning of every year the Multi-Tasking movement gains some serious momentum.  And why wouldn't it... We start the New Year with ... http://www.dominateyourlocalmarket.com/do-you-consider-yourself-a-good-multi-tasker/ For years this little mantra has been emailed, spoke, and even published for millions to take to heart.  My problem was, like many of you I have to assume, I never listened or took it to heart. Often I spent years waiting for something to be perfect before I would let the world see ... http://www.dominateyourlocalmarket.com/better-to-get-started-and-make-mistakes-then-not-get-started-at-all/ If you have…don’t feel too bad.  In our previous lives (as financial advisors) we made this mistake repeatedly in the early years. It’s all too easy to make. Why? Because business owners are usually good at the “thing” their business does for their clients. For Example... carpet cleaners are good at cleaning carpets, mechanics are good at fixing cars, retail ... http://www.dominateyourlocalmarket.com/have-you-become-an-advertising-victim/ I have a cautionary question for you, about your business; how much are you talking about what interests you vs. what interests...them? Has this ever happened to you? I remember walking into a local computer sales shop (I try to support local any chance I can), looking for a new laptop. I was greeted by the ... http://www.dominateyourlocalmarket.com/are-you-an-asker-or-are-you-a-teller-be-honest/ As time passes one thing our readers will learn about us, is that we are reasonable business men. We understand our luggage is going to be lost once in a while, there may be the occasional malfunction in our dinner order, or a product you ordered get's damaged beyond recognition through the mail. However, the one ... http://www.dominateyourlocalmarket.com/are-rules-really-meant-to-be-broken/ Karry and I just returned from Eben Pagan's Guru Mastermind Content Summit with some of the industry greats.  Let me just say we learned a ton and it was well worth the hassle of getting there! So here is a quick tip with a twist! Gary Halbert, one of the best copywriters of all time was ... http://www.dominateyourlocalmarket.com/are-you-serving-the-starving-or-the-bleeding/ Every year on this day Karry and I reflect on how sad it is to lose a brilliant man like Martin Luther King Jr. Mr. King had a special gift, a gift that would be referred to for many years to come – do you know what it is? Many people that we talk ... http://www.dominateyourlocalmarket.com/what-marting-luther-king-jr-can-teach-you-about-marketing/