Weekly Update – June 01, 2022
A Note From Jim 5 Odd-Ball Best Sellers That Are CRUSHING IT On Amazon Right Now! There are lots of books selling in categories most people never even think about. You can get outside the “how to” world of book creation and maybe catch a whole new audience. You don’t have to limit yourself strictly…
Weekly Update – May 25, 2022
A Note From Jim The #1 Shortcut For Building A Huge List and a Rabid Tribe Of Rabid Followers & Fans Having your own book makes list building a LOT easier (not to mention it builds a tribe that hangs on your every word). If you’re a speaker, trainer, coach, or professional, you need to…
Weekly Update – May 18, 2022
A Note From Jim “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney This is a quote from one of Walt Disney’s many speeches. You know Walt as the creator of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and other beloved characters. But did you know that Walt Disney was one…
How I CRUSHED My Competitors With This Simple Postcard
Want to make a killing with email marketing?
Let me tell you a quick story about how working at a furniture store over 30 years ago taught me the secret to making a killing with email marketing (6 years BEFORE I ever sent my first email)…
I went to work at Grand Furniture on Denbigh Boulevard in the summer of 1990. I started as a salesman and I worked my way up to being the number one salesman in the store within about 90 days.
The other salesmen hated me…
Weekly Update – May 11, 2022
A Note From Jim What I Learned About Content Marketing In High School Science Class I learned about “experiments” in high school chemistry class. That’s where I learned the “scientific method.” That’s basically where you come up with a hypothesis about what you THINK is going to happen. Then go do stuff and see what…
Weekly Update – May 4, 2022
A Note From Jim Think Building a Profitable List Is Difficult and Expensive? Think Again! Many people believe building up an email list is super expensive, takes a long time, and is really hard to do. Surprisingly, nothing could be further from the truth. Here’s what I mean… People believe list building is difficult because:…
Weekly Update – April 27, 2022
A Note From Jim 3 Deadly Book Writing Mistakes Every Entrepreneur Needs To Avoid Creating your book is not as hard as you think, as long as you avoid these mistakes. There are certain things publishers want you to believe about what it takes to create a book so they can keep control of the…
Weekly Update – April 13, 2022
Jim’s Golden Nuggets “That’s Not A Real Book!” Let me tell you a story about the time a lady told me very rudely that my book was not a real book. This happened back in 1996 when I was a real estate agent in Williamsburg, VA. I had developed a system for leveraging my unpublished…
Is Your Email Address “Blacklisted?”
A lady emailed me yesterday very upset over the fact that her friend’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) wasn’t delivering important email messages. This lack of delivery caused a real problem for the two of them with ruined plans, missed appointments, and just plain inconvenience. If you don’t use email, this might not sound like a “big deal.” But this problem of non-delivery has dramatically affected the way businesses use email and how consumers receive email.
To put things into perspective, imagine if every time you dialed a friend’s phone number you had no idea whether it would ring or not. Now imagine how frustrated you would feel over time if…
Weekly Update – March 9, 2022
Jim’s Golden Nuggets Are You An Accidental Spammer (And You Don’t Even Know It)? When most people hear the phrase “email marketing” they think of a business sending email out to people trying to sell stuff. When entrepreneurs hear the phrase email marketing, they often think of emailing your customers and subscribers to sign up…