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5 min

The Introvert’s Guide to Networking

Sales 101 says that you have to do networking. So whether you’re shy and introverted like me or you’re the biggest people person in the w...

6 min

10 Marketing Tips to Save Your Business

Entrepreneurs who are launching a business always underestimate how hard sales and marketing are. If you want to avoid bankruptcy, you be...

9 min

Find the Right Type of Video Promo for You

With everyone talking about video, how do you know what’s the most effective video for your business marketing? Here are nine promo video...

6 min

Why Blogging Is Key to Growing Your Business

Whether you are growing your personal brand or your business, you have to be blogging, and here’s why. You’re going to say, “Come on, blo...

5 min

The New Approach to Cold Calls

If you are struggling in sales, then traditional tips will tell you that you need more time pounding the phone. But today, traditional co...

4 min

How to Build Trust with Customers

Mistrust is at an all-time high, and the simple truth is, if your prospective customers do not trust you, they will not buy from you. Bui...

8 min

Marketing with Zero Budget

When you have money, when you have the budget, marketing and advertising are so much easier. But what do you do if you’re a startup and y...

8 min

5 Key Steps to Launching a Winning Marketing Campaign

There is a reason why your marketing campaigns do not work. You are more focused on the idea of running a campaign than running a winning...

2 min

Be the Expert

The problem with creative people like you is that you love options. You love thinking about all the things that are possible. But here’s ...

6 min

Top 5 Marketing Misconceptions

It is absolutely crazy to me how much BS exists when it comes to marketing. There are so many myths, so many misconceptions, and so many ...

7 min

Recruiting Done Right

As an entrepreneur, you are a leader. And as a leader, you take on the weight of the world on your shoulders, but you fall into the trap ...

8 min

The 6 Sales Mistakes You Should NEVER Make

When you are in sales, you need to make the most of every single conversation, but when you’re just getting into it, you make tons of mis...

5 min

My Advice to Leaders

As an entrepreneur, you are literally fooling yourself if you think you can hire away your problems; the more people you hire, the more c...

6 min

The Best Way to Start a Conversation With a Client

Every conversation is an opportunity that you are wasting in your sales conversations, your pitches, every client call, they're all oppor...

9 min

Mistakes I Made My First Year as an Entrepreneur

Your fear of failure keeps you playing small, so much smaller than you're capable of, and so much smaller than your dreams. And as long a...

1 min

Letting Go of the Past

Stop focusing on the past on all the things you could have done, on all the things you should have done; don't beat yourself up for the t...

3 min

Chase for Business

Do you want to know the secret that hardly anyone does, but the best business people do time and time again? They know that you have to c...

2 min

Just Be Yourself

No matter how action-focused you are, we all have parts of our lives where we don't do anything. Everybody compares themselves to everyon...

7 min

Principles of Marketing Strategy

No matter what you try, your marketing isn't working. It's hard. It's expensive. And with everything that you need to stay on top of, it'...

9 min

How to Sell a Product

You are selfish, you will never be a good salesperson. And this is when you say, “But Mark, I'm not selfish!” Ah, but you are selfish, yo...

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