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Archive for March, 2006
On top of the world…
Thursday, March 30th, 2006Cool Cats to look out for…
Thursday, March 16th, 2006Companies, Associations and Movements that get IT!
If you know a company that gets IT, please share.
Welcome to the Idea Farm
Saturday, March 11th, 2006Trends
Connecting Words to Opportunities and Defining those Words
Read the following words and you will start connecting synapses and ideas will form in your mind, unique to your viewpoint.
Online Security
Lifelong Learning
Surgery for All
Digital
Museums
Culture
Student Loans
Green
Reuse
Elderly Education
Recycle
Solutions
Rejoice
Renovate
Flexibility
Flat
Digital Books
Homemade Diamonds
Walmart?
Responsibility
Tortillas
Connected
Buzz
Caffeine
Boomers
Apprentices
Biomedical
China
Identity Protection
Security Companies
Mobile TV
Screens
Travel + Tourism
Social
Innovation
Biotech
Watershed
Contingency Plan
Virtual
Action
Utility
Villages
Urban
Small Towns
Instant News
India
Wind
Robotics
Biofood
Pro Sports
Ergonomics
Logistics
Industrial
Communities
Spirituality
Open Source
DNA
Galleries
Online
Campaigns
Visual
ID Pass
Clean City
Solar
Superculture
Modernization
Minimalism
Education
Return on Investment
Projects
Spanish
Chinese
Virtual Assistant
Scheduling
Blogs
Transparency
Wifi
Broadband
Animation
Cures
Handshakes
Genetics
Drugs
Open IPO
Direct
Experiences
Smart Cards
Solutions
Medical Checkups
Self monitoring
Auctions
etailers
Information
Overload
Cures
By now, your mind is spinning with new ideas. Stop for a minute, start to capture the ideas that appear by writing them down and continue to work on this technology. This is the future that you are creating. Now you just have to participate in that future. Make your stand.
J124
Wednesday, March 8th, 2006Simple Beauty…
Coming soon to my San Diego port…
Nobel Peace Prize Winners
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006Nobel Peace Prize, Spend some time here and magic will happen. Be Inspired!
Do you want to be Inspired?
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006Wayne Dyer put together a PBS Fundraiser that shared inspiring people and they moved me in a way that created this blog…
GET INSPIRED:
Ryan’s Well
Peace Pilgrim
Imaculee
Mother Theresa
Ghandi
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
John F. Kennedy
Smart ways to play the GAME!
Monday, March 6th, 2006According to the guys who are figuring it out…
Be a…
According to Gladwell…
Maven
Connector
Salesperson
According to Godin…
Ideavirus
Bootstrapper
Sneezer
Hives
Remarkable
Storyteller
According to Peters…
Excellence
WOW!
Experience
Guerilla Marketing Weapons
Monday, March 6th, 2006100 Guerrilla Weapons 2/13/2006 1:48:36 PM
Visit http://www.gmarketingstrategies.com for more information.
Ask the average business owner what marketing is and you’ll be told that it’s advertising. Guerrillas know that this is nonsense; advertising is only one weapon of marketing. Guerrillas are aware of a full 100 guerrilla marketing weapons but may not use them all. Go through this list and put the weapons in one of three categories; currently using, not using but would like to, and not relevant or applicable to my business. Note how many of these tools cost next to nothing. Most of them require only time and energy.
Remember, successful marketers use a COMBINATION of several marketing tools at a time!
1. Marketing plan
2. Marketing calendar
3. Niche/Positioning
4. Name of company
5. Identity
6. Logo
7. Theme
8. Meme
9. Business card
10. Letterhead
11. Outside signs
12. Inside signs
13. Hours of operation
14. Days of operation
15. Package and label
16. Word-of-mouth
17. Community involvement
18. Neatness
19. Referral program
20. Sharing with others
21. Guarantee or warranty
22. Telemarketing scripts
23. Gift certificates
24. Printed brochures
25. Electronic brochures
26. Location
27. Advertising (only one of the weapons)
28. Sales training
29. Networking
30. Quality
31. Reprints and blow-ups
32. Flipcharts
33. Ways to upgrade
34. Contests/sweepstakes
35. Barter options
36. Club memberships
37. Partial payment plans
38. Phone demeanor
39. Toll free phone number
40. Cause (environment)
41. Free consultations
42. Free seminars
43. Free demos or tours
44. Free samples
45. Giver vs. taker stance
46. Fusion marketing
47. Marketing on hold
48. Past success stories
49. Attire
50. Service
51. Follow-up
52. Yourself and your employees
53. Free gifts
54. Catalog
55. Yellow pages ad
56. Column in a publication
57. Article in a publication
58. Speak at a club
59. Newsletter
60. All your audiences
61. Benefits of your offering
62. Computer
63. Selection
64. Contact time with customers
65. How you say hello and goodbye
66. Public relations
67. Publicity contacts
68. Online marketing
69. Classified ads
70. Newspaper ads
71. Magazine ads
72. Radio commercials
73. TV spots
74. Infomercials
75. Movie commercials
76. Direct mail letters
77. Direct mail postcards
78. Postcard decks
79. Outdoor billboards
80. Flexibility
81. Special events
82. Show displays/staff
83. Audio-visual aids
84. Posters
85. Prospect mailing lists
86. Research studies
87. Competitive edges
88. Marketing insight
89. Speed
90. Testimonials
91. Reputation
92. Enthusiasm
93. Credibility
94. Spying on self/others
95. Easy to do biz with
96. Brand awareness
97. Designated guerrilla
98. Customer mailing list
99. Competitiveness
100. Satisfied customers
The Naked Truth about Sales Success
Saturday, March 4th, 2006#1 PEOPLE DON’T SELL, customer’s buy
#2 experience is common sense, its the golden rule
#3 your attitude and what you create is a choice
#4 it does not take years to be the “BEST of the BEST” – just be
#5 Everyone is a customer, service always happens
Be Present. No Problems. Think. Create.
Saturday, March 4th, 2006
Be Present.
Stay connected to any moment.
No Problems.
Problems do not exist, it is how we react to situations, in which we create them.
Think.
Stop perfecting something that does not work.
Create.
Find a clearing to see the future, get out of the past.
