Are you wondering how you can write better sales copy? Do you want to know how to get the most out of your sales copy?
Jim Edwards will tell you with a short video that will also give you an UNFAIR advantage in your sales copy!
I’ve watched it myself and found it to be great information and worth listening to…
Click here to find out what those “Bad Words” are… http://www.IGottaTellYou.com/5BadWords.html
Until next time,
Heather
Permalink 9 CommentsSimilarities Between Marketing and Gardening
We had a beautiful, abnormally warm March day in Southwest Virginia a week ago. The kids and I decided that we would plant some fruit, vegetables, and flowers. We decided on porch plants because I do not have a green thumb and we wanted to start with something small and idiot proof. I have yet to keep a plant alive, even the ones that people swore I couldn’t kill.
It’s not that I don’t like plants; I do. I think they are beautiful. I love to eat fresh fruit and vegetables. But for whatever reason, this whole watering thing baffles me, and I completely forget to water them.
We repotted Matthew’s third grade project, his oversized cabbage that will grow to be more than 40 pounds. We also planted strawberries, tomatoes, grape tomatoes, and sunflowers. But here is where I struggle. When I woke up the next morning, there sat 7 pots that just had dirt in them – no buds, no blooms, and no sign of life.
As a society, we have come to expect things instantaneously. We have microwaves to cook meals faster, online banking to expedite money transfers, and email to eliminate the time it takes for a letter to make it through the Postal Service. As a whole, we want things now.
Our marketing efforts are no different. We send out a direct mail piece and we want something from it immediately. We submit an article and expect the traffic soon thereafter. We submit our press release and expect some kind of coverage within a day or so. We hang out our open sign and become disappointed when we don’t have some sort of bite right away.
Here is what we fail to realize, and I’m just as guilty as the next guy. With our marketing, we must plant our seeds, nurture them, and provide them what they need to flourish before we will see the results – the fruits of our labor.
The next time you feel discouraged because you have put so much time and energy into your marketing efforts and have nothing to show for it, stop and smell the roses. Then realize that they weren’t planted yesterday.
Heather Jacobson doesn’t pay for marketing or advertising if she doesn’t have to. To learn how she does it and get 10 inexpensive marketing tactics visit http://www.10freetips.com
Permalink 3 CommentsHere’s something a little different than I’m used to but a nice break!
I’ve been “tagged” by Nan at The Mommy Circle
Basically, I have a few questions I have to answer before I tag some more people and this spreads around the internet for a little while!
So here we go…
Four TV Shows I Love To Watch :
1) Grey’s Anatomy
2) Medium
3) Law & Order: SVU
4) Without a Trace
Four Places I’ve Been On Vacation :
1) The Grand Canyon
2) Disney World
3) The Virgin Islands
4) Gatlinburg, TN
Four Tunes That Play In My Head :
1) Dancing Queen (my 6 year old loves it)
2) Drive by Incubus (it’s Tim’s cell phone ring tone)
3) She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy — i don’t know why, i just like it
4) Grease Mega-Mix
Four Favorite Dishes :
1) Mac and Cheese (home made, not from a box)
2) Alice Springs Chicken from Outback Steakhouse
3) Ziti with alfredo sauce and chicken
4) a roast beef sandwhich
Four Websites I Visit Daily :
1) VANF
2) my web stats
3) Virtual Assistant Tool box
4) roanoke.com (have to get the news!)
Four Books I Really Love :
1) Anything by James Patterson
2) To Kill a Mockingbird
3) The Great Gatsby
4) Huck Finn
Four Places I’d Rather Be :
1) on a beach
2) by the lake
3) Disney World
4) Cozumel
Four Bloggers I’m Tagging :
1) Becki Noles – Virtual Accuracy
2) Cassi – Simply Delegate
3) Michelle Zambos-Duerksen M’n'M Taining
4) Laurie Dart – Working Wisely
Until next time…
Heather
Permalink 10 CommentsThe March 21st Issue is now available online at
http://www.valleyva.net/Marketing-Made-Simple/Marketing-Made-Simple-mar21.html
In This Issue:
*Off the Cuff — Help Me…Help You!
*Featured Article — Why Ezine Advertising Still Works
*Marketing Humor — More Ads that Should Have Been Proofread
*Heather Recommends — Conversations with Experts Teleseminars
*Featured Business Owner — Connie McVicker, Signature Worx
*Marketing Q&A — Marketing Much Like Growing a Garden
Enjoy!
Until next time…
Heather
Heather Jacobson
Valley Virtual Assistants
http://www.valleyva.net
Life Before The Computer
Memory was something you lost with age
An application was for employment
A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano
A web was a spider’s home
A virus was the flu
A CD was a bank account
A hard drive was a long trip on the road
and finally…
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived!
Until Next Time-
Heather
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