The Twelve Kinds of Images You Need to Get Your Local Small Business on Page One of Google

This is a SUPER KEY to getting your business ranked on Page One. You’ll need to cobble together as many images as possible, and save them in a .jpg format. Often, it’s as easy as taking the format that the picture already has, and choosing “Save As…”. Select .jpg and rename the picture as well. […]

Are You a Small Business Owner? Check These 3 Reasons to STOP Paying Per Click to Get Your Business on Page One of Google

Hey you. Yeah, you with the face 😉 ….the business owner that wants STOP paying per per click, to get her local business on page one of Google. I feel ya. In case you were wondering, it IS a really REALLY good idea to save that money and put it somewhere else. 3 Great Reasons […]

Shortcut to Page ONE Of Google

My favorite shortcut to page one of Google is to put up a Facebook Page with a very specific, geographically oriented keyword as its name. If you have a “local” business — a business that primarily serves a limited geographical area– use this hack to get your business’s phone ringing and your door swinging! What ‘Local’ […]

3 Keys to Get Your Local Business on Google Page One, FREE!

People are searching to find your local business on Google. At least… they’re searching to solve a problem…  and hoping to find the solution locally. So if you’re following these 3 keys… your local business is likely to be on Page ONE, right at the moment your customers need you! 3 Keys I Used to Get […]

Get Your Local BUSINESS on Page One… NOT Your Local Business’s WEBSITE

Get Your Local BUSINESS on Page One, Not your Local Business’s Website PROBLEM: Your local business is not on page one of Google. BIGGER PROBLEM: You’ve spent hours and hours, and a lot of dollars. But your website is STILL stuck on page two… where local businesses go to die 🙁 It’s crazy hard for […]

Don’t Give Out Business Cards

Gonna break without hallowed tradition here. My best advice to people starting out in business is that they DON’T give out business cards. What do folks think they need to “be officially in business”? A card, right? WRONG. This post is going to spell out the difference between doing business… and “playing” business. Why Would […]

The Most Important Asset in ANY Business: Not What You Might Think

Ever hear the saying, “Take away a millionaire’s fortune, and in two years he’ll have it all back”? That saying used to really bother me. Not because I suspected it wasn’t true… we’ve all heard stories of men and women that have experienced loss and then came back stronger than ever. What bothered me was […]

Giving Away My Copy of “The Ultimate Guide to Local Business Marketing”

The strangest book recommendation I’ll ever make. I’m giving my copy away free: So I just read a book called “The Ultimate Guide to Local Business Marketing”. I give it one star out of five. (WHOA, Kurt… how is that a recommendation?!?!) Well, it’s not a bad book… it’s actually a well-written and extremely useful […]

5 Steps to Make Sales Copy EASY

Make sales copy easy? Tune into today’s marketing minute and see if it’s even possible. The PROBLEM: Make Sales Copy Easier When you’re a small business owner it’s CRAZY HARD to write your own sales copy! Because you’re a expert in your small business. Beautiful products, amazing services… the best around at what YOU do. […]

Three Counter-Intuitive Practices That Have Made Me Piles of Money

Sometimes the darkest moments in life are when you get the biggest breaks. Here’s a story about how I learned a 3 very important lessons about marketing, right in the middle of a DISASTER. These 3 suprising ideas.. and the counter-intuitive practices I adopted as a result… have made me hundreds of thousands of dollars. […]