Thursday, September 28, 2023 118 How To Use Stories To Get More Results From Your Email Marketing

Email marketing is one of the most effective ways to grow your business, especially if you are a small, service-based business where you are the brand...

Thursday, September 21, 2023 117 Interview with Cindy Bidar: Finding Success With A Role Model Archetype

There's a lot of confusion about branding for small businesses and solopreneurs. Your brand influences the stories you tell, the promises you make, an...

Thursday, September 14, 2023 116 How These 2 Stories Convince Prospective Clients You Can Do The Job (And You're The Real Deal)

When you're a small service-based business, you are the brand ... and you deliver the value to your clients. Prospective clients come to you with the...

Thursday, August 31, 2023 114 Which story attracts clients for entrepreneurs: natural talent vs. hard work and struggle

When you're a service-based entrepreneur, your brand is YOU. You are selling yourself. And, as you know, the best way to do this is with a story. Your...

Thursday, August 24, 2023 113 How To Find Compelling Article Ideas From Other People's Stories

Content creation is one of the most important activities of a business owner, especially for online marketing.  As a prolific writer myself, I've foun...

Thursday, August 17, 2023 112 How A Story Can Traumatize Your Audience (With Life Coach Nicole Lewis-Keeber)

        Stories, by definition, evoke emotions. Strong stories encourage your audience to see themselves in your story.  But what does your audience e...

Thursday, August 10, 2023 111 Promoting a Service That Seems Frivolous and Unnecessary

As marketers - especially copywriters - we're taught to begin a project by asking, "What does the client need?"  Copywriting training usually includes...

Thursday, August 3, 2023 110 Tired of getting unmotivated clients who won't do the work? Tell the right story.

If you're a coach. consultant, lawyer, accountant or other service professional, you know you're successful when your clients succeed.  That means the...

Friday, July 28, 2023 109 Small business marketing:Clients confused about what you offer? Do this.

Here's something I see often. You're trying to explain a service to your clients. They don't get it. So...you tell them more about you. Your "why." Yo...

Thursday, July 20, 2023 108 How To Get Credibility When You Can't Get Testimonials

If you're an entrepreneur or small service-based business, what are clients concerned about before they sign up? "Can we trust you?" is  Testimonials ...

Saturday, July 15, 2023 107 How To Grow Your List With Targeted, Enthusiastic Prospects

If you’re marketing online, you probably know, “The money is in the list.”  To grow your list in today’s market, you almost always need to offer your ...

Saturday, July 1, 2023 106 What makes a story memorable (and maybe viral) instead of forgettable (and maybe embarrassing)?

What makes a story grab your audience’s attention? With all the stories going around, it’s hard to make a story stand out. Just opening my email today...