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Let’s set a few ground rules. The speed of your website (also known as load time) depends on 4 things.
The server hosting the website The internet connection of the user downloading the website The DNS configuration of the domain for the website The file size and file structure of the website
The first three [...]
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I was invited to attend a webinar with Russell Brunson which was a presentation he had at an e-commerce convention. His presentation was about an hour long most of which outlined his approach to upselling but I found the most valuable insight to be this; there are only 2 kinds of buyers, i.e. people who [...]
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Truth is, I am going to tell you how to design C.R.A.P. instead of crap. I learned this while in design school at Humber College and it goes like this;
Colour: I learned colour instead of contrast because there are a few “laws” when it comes to colours such as contrasting colours versus complimentary [...]
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I think most of us would say that Google is king and that optimizing your website for Google will likely do well in other search engines such as Yahoo or Bing.
That being said, [...]
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While surfing around the net I came across an old adage that has helped me negotiate value with my clients.
There are three major sales points to every deal; good, fast and cheap. The rule is that you can only 2 of the three.
If you want good and fast it won’t be cheap. If [...]
Continue Reading →So while studying business in school, one of my professors taught us what he coined “The Six Step Sales Process”. I swear by it, it has worked for me everytime but it’s not the only way. In fact, sometimes I’ve been able to skip steps and make it all happen within the first meeting. Truth [...]
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Are you getting flooded with emails? Do you feel as though you aren’t getting anything done because you just can’t seem to catch up with all those emails? Here’s a word of advice, stop what you’re doing because you can’t stop what they are doing (the people sending you emails). I’ve received some terrific advice [...]
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Now you may already know that I use social media as a form of generating links for search engine optimization (SEO) but it is by far the most efficient way to establish a rapport and develop loyal “fans” (that means customers). The other weekend I had time to kill while downtown [...]
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I hate to say it but this book is a whole lot of fluff. I mean the essence of this book is packaged in one acronym; D.E.A.L. or D.E.L.A. depending on your situation. Don’t get me wrong, Tim Ferris is definitely an inspiration and a all around bright guy, but he says it [...]
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I’ve started listening to another audio book, it’s a hobby of mine while working away in the office. It’s called “The Secrets of Word-of-Mouth Marketing – How to Trigger Exponential Sales Through Runaway Word of Mouth” by George Silverman. It came highly recommended by another author I really respect named Seth Godin who wrote [...]
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