You won’t have gone far in the world of digital marketing before running into the concepts of sales and marketing funnels. And as I work with email marketing and CRMs you might be surprised that I don’t talk in terms of funnels. In this post I’ll explain why. The sales funnel is a model for … Read more
I often find myself in the first few working days of the year feeling a little aimless. I know there are things I should be doing but I can’t quite get back into the routine just yet. What helps is to start on a task I know I can complete that day, and that will … Read more
I know I’m a bit of a geek, but I’m a huge fan Excel. I even use it on my Smartphone to keep track of the scores while I’m playing crazy golf with my kids! But even I would prefer to use a CRM (customer relationship management tool) to Excel, and here’s why: 1) Do … Read more
In this post I explained that I’d switched over from MailChimp to Aweber a few years ago because I wanted to do more affiliate marketing, which is against MailChimp’s terms. I don’t think I gave Aweber enough credit in that post, so I’m back to tell you a bit more, especially the new Aweber campaigns … Read more
I’m going to file this post under ‘you know you should do this, but ARE you doing it?’ Because if you’re not, you’re almost certainly losing money! Follow up after networking events I’m a regular networker (and by regular I mean I attend networking events regularly, rather that I’m normal 🙂 ) and it boggles … Read more
Which email marketing service do you use? Over the last few weeks I’ve been asking micro business owners this question and MailChimp was the most popular by a long way, which gave me the idea for this post. If you’re shopping around for an email service provider you’ll find tons of reviews and comparisons online. … Read more