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Live Blogging: Joe Girard - World’s #1 Retail Salesperson

Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Read more about Articles, Creating Trust Online

I am at the Convention Center in KL and the room is packed with over 2,500 people.  There is a standing ovation even before Joe Girard has come on stage.  The energy in the room is electrifying… while I might have been tired just 5 minutes ago I am now wide awake waiting with eager [...]

Why Centerpointe Almost Always Gets A High Customer Lifetime Value And Amazing Customer Referrals

Friday, April 25th, 2008 Read more about Creating Trust Online, Make Money, Viral Marketing

Whilst in Los Angeles, I met Brad Antin, Director of Marketing for Centerpointe Research Institute.
He works with Bill Harris, and after listening to both these guys, this is the first of a series of posts in which I’m going to share some key points and interesting things these guys are doing with Centerpointe.
Our [...]

What’s a friend worth to you?

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Read more about Creating Trust Online

John Reese is inviting you to become his friend. Jack Humphrey thinks it’s a great idea.
It’s a nice marketing stunt, and I’m sure John has a well thought-out plan for the likely 5000 people who add him, but that’s all it is: a stunt. The long term value is not pending for most of us [...]

Eugene Schwartz’s 8 Rules of Great Copywriting

Monday, March 31st, 2008 Read more about Copywriting, Creating Trust Online

Eugene Schwartz was a legendary copywriter. In fact, I would go as far as to say that he is one of the greatest copywriters who ever lived - we still swipe his material today. His specialty was direct-mail campaigns, and before he passed away in 1995, he had written 10 books including “Breakthrough Advertising”. Although [...]

How to Get Quality Testimonials

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Read more about Copywriting, Creating Trust Online

Can’t figure out how to get quality testimonials for your product? Try this:
Set up a form on a web page asking specific questions related to your product. Let’s say you offer a pop-up software product. You might ask:
1) How has your conversion rate increased since using our software? (Please be as specific as comfortably possible)
This [...]