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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:27:41 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Blog</title><link>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/</link><description></description><lastBuildDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:17:49 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright></copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>How To Turn Facebook Into Big MONEY In As Little As 30 Minutes A Day!</title><category>Facebook Marketing</category><category>Monetizing Social Media</category><category>Social Media Marketing</category><dc:creator>Alan Mckenna</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:06:51 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/2009/9/29/how-to-turn-facebook-into-big-money-in-as-little-as-30-minut.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">165902:1567943:5339123</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>OK, so here&rsquo;s the deal&hellip;<br /><br />There are these two guys hardly anybody<br />knows about&mdash;who have truly cracked<br />the code on how to monetize social media,<br />specifically Facebook.<br /><br />[Check Out This Dude&rsquo;s Story]<br /><a href="http://www.crowdconversion.com/social-media-blueprint/?10165">http://www.crowdconversion.com/social-media-blueprint/?10165</a> <br /><br />Yeah I know&mdash;you&rsquo;ve probably been hearing<br />a lot of people flapping their jaws lately<br />about their super whiz bang methods of<br />using Twitter or the like to rake in the dough.<br /><br />But what they do NOT tell you, is often they<br />are using questionable black-hat methods, or<br />other temporary strategies that just won&rsquo;t<br />last for the long haul.<br /><br />Frankly, I was pretty skeptical about this too.<br /><br />That is, until I saw the results they were getting&hellip;<br /><br />[Phenomenal Results&mdash;Extremely Ethical]<br /><a href="http://www.crowdconversion.com/social-media-blueprint/?10165">http://www.crowdconversion.com/social-media-blueprint/?10165</a> <br /><br />I mean this guy has built his network to almost<br />300,000 people in just one year. <br /><br />If you know anything at all about traffic generation or list<br />building, you&rsquo;ll immediately recognize how<br />important this is to your business&mdash;especially<br />since the strategies being used don&rsquo;t cost<br />a cent, AND are shockingly effective.<br /><br />Do yourself a big favor, and take a few minutes<br />to watch the short video on this page&hellip;<br /><br />[This Is The Real Deal]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.crowdconversion.com/social-media-blueprint/?10165">http://www.crowdconversion.com/social-media-blueprint/?10165</a> <br /><br />I promise you&rsquo;ll discover at least eight things<br />you can start doing on Facebook right now, that<br />will dramatically impact your business&mdash;and by<br />that I mean astounding profitability.<br /><br />After seeing how consistently reliable this is,<br />I&rsquo;m already doing this, and you should be too.<br /><br />To your success,<br /><br />Alan<br /><br />P.S. Did you know there are three deadly sins on Facebook<br />that could destroy your credibility and presence in<br />social media? You really need to hear this&hellip;<br /><br /><a title="http://www.crowdconversion.com/social-media-blueprint/?10165" href="http://www.crowdconversion.com/social-media-blueprint/?10165" target="_blank">Social Media Marketing the RIGHT Way</a><br /><a href="http://www.crowdconversion.com/social-media-blueprint/?10165">http://www.crowdconversion.com/social-media-blueprint/?10165</a></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-5339123.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Seven FREE Videos To Start Transforming Your Business - Even In This Recession</title><category>Attract More Clients</category><category>Business Coaching</category><category>Business Growth</category><category>Business Mindset</category><category>Business Mindset</category><category>Lead Generation</category><category>Strategies</category><dc:creator>Alan Mckenna</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 17:43:19 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/2009/5/8/seven-free-videos-to-start-transforming-your-business-even-i.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">165902:1567943:3924321</guid><description><![CDATA[<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">If your business could do with more clients and more cash, then you should check out seven powerful business growth strategies.</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">My good friend John Assaraf, featured teacher of &ldquo;The Secret&rdquo;, New York Times best-selling author and founder of OneCoach a small business coaching company - just launched these.</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">If you want to know how to attract more clients and create automatic wealth then grab these videos today at &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="http://budurl.com/freebusinessvideos">http://budurl.com/freebusinessvideos</a></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Here&rsquo;s what you&rsquo;ll learn in these seven Free videos ...</strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><span>&Oslash;<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>The Right Mindset To Grow Your Business - Using The Natural Laws of The Universe<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"></strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><span>&Oslash;<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Attract More Clients - Discover The Ideal Client That Will Make You Wealthy<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"></strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><span>&Oslash;<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Automatic Wealth - Using The Unlimited Potential of Your Sub Conscious Mind</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><span>&Oslash;<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Your Client&rsquo;s Decision Making Process - Finding The &ldquo;Hot Buttons&rdquo; That Compel Your<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Prospects To Buy From You</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><span>&Oslash;<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Accelerating Your Manifestation - The Neural Reconditioning Process</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><span>&Oslash;<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;</span></span></span>What To Say In Less Than 10 Seconds That Move Your Prospects To Buy What You Sell</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><span>&Oslash;<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span>Marketing That Works - How To Create Competition-Crushing Marketing</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1">Check them out here &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="http://budurl.com/freebusinessvideos">http://budurl.com/freebusinessvideos</a></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-3924321.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Your Company on the Front Page of Google - for FREE!</title><category>Front Page of Google</category><category>Organic Search</category><category>Search Engine Optimization</category><category>Search Engine Optimization</category><category>Stompernet</category><category>Stomping the Search Engines 2</category><category>Strategies</category><dc:creator>Alan Mckenna</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 05:07:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/2009/5/7/your-company-on-the-front-page-of-google-for-free.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">165902:1567943:2377488</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Dear Business Owner,</p>
<p>You&rsquo;re either on the front page of the search engines or you&rsquo;re losing business to your competition. This blog post will show you how to get your Company on the front page of search engines - for FREE!</p>
<p>Over the next few weeks I&rsquo;m going to be bringing you resources that are either free, nearly free, or incredibly inexpensive - but will help:</p>
<ul>
<li>Explode your website traffic </li>
<li>Increase your online lead generation </li>
<li>Convert those leads to appointments and paying customers </li>
</ul>
<p>This week&rsquo;s focus is how to dominate the search engines and get a mass of traffic to your website for FREE.</p>
<p>Every week I speak to companies that want to get more leads and revenue from their website but haven&rsquo;t got a clue how, therefore they spend money with so called &ldquo;experts&rdquo; only to be disappointed with the results.</p>
<p>In today&rsquo;s market, if you're not getting 25% to 50% or more of your business from the internet you&rsquo;re missing the boat.</p>
<p>There are three keys to getting more business from your website&hellip;</p>
<ol type="1">
<li>Driving traffic - the more traffic the more leads </li>
<li>Capture visitors information - they become a lead </li>
<li>Convert those leads to appointments and sales </li>
</ol>
<p>The number one thing is having traffic, the right traffic and masses of it because you can have the best website in the world but if no ones visiting it you&rsquo;re whistling in the wind.</p>
<p>The best traffic you can get is FREE traffic but most companies simply don&rsquo;t know how to secure front page listings on the search engines.</p>
<p>Here&rsquo;s a powerful solution to <strong>Dominate the Internet&hellip;</strong></p>
<p>Meet Brad Fallon and Andy Jenkins - these two guys&rsquo; personally sell tens of millions of dollars of product each year via the internet, in fact Brad has a site that generates $20 Million per year in sales - selling nothing but - Wedding Favors!</p>
<p align="center"><strong>Learn their strategies for just $1 - One Dollar&hellip; </strong></p>
<p>They are both masters at Search Engine Optimization and for years they&rsquo;ve been teaching others how to dominate the search engines for $800 per month. Now they have a brand new program called - <a href="https://member.stompernet.net/?r=200817&amp;i=68" target="_blank">Stomping The Search Engines 2</a> - that can be bought for $497, and at that price it would be more than worth it - but I want to show you how you can <strong>get it for One Dollar</strong>.</p>
<p>If you were to pay for Search Engine Optimization to your website you could easily spend $3,000 to $10,000 - but for just <span style="text-decoration: underline;">a buck</span> you can access to this program&nbsp;immediately and you&rsquo;ll learn all you need to know to secure front page listing on search engines.</p>
<p><a href="https://member.stompernet.net/?r=200817&amp;i=68" target="_blank">Go here now and get access for just&nbsp;$1 to Stomping The Search Engines 2 and start driving free traffic to your site.</a></p>
<p>Until next time&hellip;</p>
<p>We look forward to helping you grow your business - exponentially.</p>
<p>Best regards,</p>
<p>Alan McKenna</p>
<p>858 729 0100</p>
<p>PS. <a href="https://member.stompernet.net/?r=200817&amp;i=68" target="_blank">Click here to claim your $1 access to this Search Engine Optimization Program</a></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-2377488.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Five ZERO Cost Ways to Explode Your Revenues and Add Huge Profits to your Bottom Line</title><category>Free Leads</category><category>Internet Traffic</category><category>Lead Generation</category><category>Marketing Follow up</category><category>Marketing Strategies</category><category>Metrics</category><category>Rehash leads</category><category>Sales Strategies</category><category>Strategies</category><dc:creator>Alan Mckenna</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:22:01 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/2009/3/4/five-zero-cost-ways-to-explode-your-revenues-and-add-huge-pr.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">165902:1567943:3193006</guid><description><![CDATA[<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">Dear Business Owner,</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">As I consult with companies around the country I typically find the same things preventing them from getting the most leads from every marketing dollar and the most revenue from every appointment - therefore massively limiting the profits they make.</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">I have listed below five ZERO cost ways that will literally change your business overnight and exploded your revenues and profits.</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span>1.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Measure Everything</strong> - measure every lead source, every sub lead source, every marketing person and every salesperson. Only when you truly know your key metrics can you begin to make changes, and then cut out what&rsquo;s not working and do more and improve what is. The first thing I do with any new company I consult with is measure everything, and most time just measuring increases performance (one company&rsquo;s revenues grew by 38% in the first month just from accountability)</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">Remember - &ldquo;When Performance is Measured Performance Improves.&rdquo;</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span>2.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Urgency - have the phone LIVE answered all the time and respond to leads immediately -</strong> last year I couldn&rsquo;t begin to tell you how many companies&rsquo; offices I called and they didn&rsquo;t answer the phone. I even spoke to one company that wanted to grow their business but they fired the person who answered the phone and let potential leads go to voice mail. Make sure you have your phones LIVE answered at all times and when no ones in the office have the phones forwarded to a cell phone and book leads immediately - in fact purchase a phone that receives email (like an iPhone) so you can immediately book any internet leads.</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span>3.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Capture All Leads - </strong>most companies only register leads that want appointments - you must capture all lead information and constantly market to those that didn&rsquo;t schedule appointments - one day they&rsquo;ll be ready and turn into sales because you established a relationship with them.<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"></strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"></strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"></strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span>4.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Rehash all leads - </strong>so many leads are wasted and rehashing them serves 2 purposes. <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"></strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">1) It instantly creates you more business - typically you can recapture between 10% and 20% more business via rehash.</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">2) You find what the salespeople are not doing in their presentations and then&nbsp;retrain them to further increase sales.</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"></strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span>5.<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Get listed with &ldquo;Local&rdquo; Search Engines and Internet Yellow Pages </strong>- there is<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </strong>Zero cost to register, they charge you nothing for any click throughs and any leads you receive are FREE</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">I trust you&rsquo;ll use these strategies and prosper massively in 2009</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Until next time...</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">We look forward to helping you grow your business - exponentially.</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Alan McKenna</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">858 729 0100</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-3193006.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>UNLIMITED, LOW COST Traffic anytime you want it!</title><category>Cheap internet traffic</category><category>Content Ads on Google</category><category>Conversion</category><category>Google Adwords</category><category>Internet Traffic</category><category>Lead Generation</category><category>Marketing On The Web</category><category>Paid Search</category><category>Targeted Traffic</category><category>Unlimited Traffic</category><dc:creator>Alan Mckenna</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:09:04 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/2009/1/29/unlimited-low-cost-traffic-anytime-you-want-it.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">165902:1567943:2927737</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Marketing on the web really boils down to two things...</p>
<p>Traffic and Conversion.</p>
<p>First and foremost, you need to get people to your website. Then, you focus on converting them into prospects and customers.</p>
<p>But that&rsquo;s why so many entrepreneurs get stuck - they can&rsquo;t get consistent, reliable traffic to their sites.</p>
<p>If you&rsquo;re nodding your head in agreement, then <a onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.placementlocator.com');" href="http://www.placementlocator.com/x.php?af=426755" target="_blank">click here to take a look at this video </a></p>
<p>It will save you a ton of time (and money) and the best part is, you can drive lots of highly targeted traffic to virtually any site.</p>
<p>This software is very unique - especially with the way that it interacts with Google.</p>
<p>Let me know what you think.</p>
<p>Take care.</p>
<p>Alan</p>
<p>P.S This software helps you advertise on SPECIFIC websites which are currently running Google Adsense Ads.</p>
<p><a onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview ('/outbound/www.placementlocator.com');" href="http://www.placementlocator.com/x.php?af=426755" target="_blank">Check the video out by clicking here</a></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-2927737.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>3 FREE places to advertise that will drive customers to your business</title><category>Free Advertising</category><category>Free Leads</category><category>Free Marketing</category><category>Lead Generation</category><category>Lead Generation</category><category>Lead Strategies</category><dc:creator>Alan Mckenna</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/2008/10/7/3-free-places-to-advertise-that-will-drive-customers-to-your.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">165902:1567943:2394918</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Dear Business Owner,</p>
<p>As promised, I said I&rsquo;d be bringing resources that are free, nearly free, or incredibly inexpensive - that will help your business grow exponentially.</p>
<p>This week&rsquo;s focus - three places you can advertise for FREE - today - that will drive leads and customers to your business starting tomorrow.</p>
<p>Most people don&rsquo;t know this but <a href="http://www.craigslist.org/">www.Craigslist.org</a> has almost 41 million visitors per month and you can post an ad (or multiple ads if you have multiple products and services) on their site for FREE.</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s simple to do -</p>
<ul>
<li>Create some good ad copy - remember to use a great headline and obviously have a strong call to action </li>
<li>Register with these sites&nbsp;and you can post an ad, in the services section, in 10 minutes or less </li>
</ul>
<p>So here are the three places&hellip;</p>
<ol type="1">
<li><a href="http://www.craigslist.org/">www.Craigslist.org</a> - Part owned by eBay </li>
</ol><ol type="1">
<li><a href="http://www.kijiji.com/">www.kijiji.com</a> - Majority owned by eBay </li>
</ol><ol type="1">
<li><a href="http://www.backpage.com/">www.backpage.com</a> </li>
</ol>
<p>I have suggested this strategy to a number of my clients; they&rsquo;ve posted ads one day and received leads the next - for FREE!</p>
<p>Until next time&hellip;</p>
<p>We look forward to helping you grow your business - exponentially.</p>
<p>Best regards,</p>
<p>Alan McKenna</p>
<p>858 729 0100</p>
<p style="FONT-SIZE: 110%"><a href="http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/free-leads-from-local-search/">PS. Click here to see another way to get FREE leads</a></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-2394918.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Is your marketing working for you or against you?</title><category>Business Coaching</category><category>Business Consulting</category><category>Lead Generation</category><category>Lead Generation</category><category>Marketing</category><category>Sales</category><category>Strategies</category><category>Strategies</category><dc:creator>Alan Mckenna</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:30:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/2008/9/4/is-your-marketing-working-for-you-or-against-you.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">165902:1567943:2210480</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Dear Business Owner,</p>
<p>I speak to&nbsp;companies&nbsp;all over the country and here are just a few of the things I&rsquo;m hearing, you may be experiencing something similar&hellip;</p>
<p><em>&ldquo;Leads are very slow&rdquo;</em></p>
<p><em>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not getting any&nbsp;inquiries from my website&rdquo;</em></p>
<p><em>&ldquo;Our leads are costing us more than ever&rdquo;</em></p>
<p><em>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m tapped out with my marketing dollars and honestly hope it all turns around soon&rdquo;</em></p>
<p><em>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re just not converting at the same rate&rdquo;</em></p>
<p><em>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m spending a ton of money but my website is not generating enough business for me&rdquo;</em></p>
<p><strong>Problem solved - read on...</strong></p>
<p>With this in mind,&nbsp;I thought - how do I take my private consulting with the phenomenal results I achieve for my clients - and bring the same strategies to other companies helping to explode their revenues, slash their marketing costs, drop huge profits to their bottom line - and do it at a fraction of the cost?</p>
<p>Over the past four years I have worked with my private consulting clients to bring huge revenue and profit increases to their businesses, producing them hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars in additional revenue. These companies have paid me thousands to tens of thousands of dollars per month because of this massive revenue growth and the tremendous impact to their bottom line.</p>
<p>I have consistently thought about&nbsp;a way that would enable more companies to profit from my strategies - Now I've developed such a program, it's&nbsp;called the &ldquo;Virtual Marketing Strategist&rdquo;</p>
<p>Now, you can achieve the same massive results at just a fraction of the cost...</p>
<p><strong>How would you like these results in just 6 months?</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Increased Overall Revenue by - 20% </strong></li>
<li><strong>Reduced Cost per Appointment by - 29% </strong></li>
<li><strong>Reduced Overall Marketing percentage by - 42% </strong></li>
<li><strong>Increased Revenue per Appointment by - 57% </strong></li>
<li><strong>Increased Close Rate by - 10 points </strong></li>
<li><strong>Increased Rehash Business by - 244% </strong></li>
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<p><em>&ldquo;We hired Alan in July to help us with our marketing; from month one our business grew and our marketing costs reduced. </em></p>
<p><em>After 6 months our sales had grown by an average of 20% each month, and even more significantly we had slashed our marketing costs by an average of 42%, dropping a significant amount of money to our bottom line. </em></p>
<p><em>Alan reduced our cost per appointment - increased our revenue per appointment - helped increased our close rate - and with his scripts, training and accountability the monthly volume in our Rehash Department grew by 244%. </em></p>
<p><em>In December when most other companies were really struggling for leads and sales, Alan created an amazing direct mail campaign that brought us a huge month, increasing our revenue nearly 50% over our previous monthly average.&rdquo; </em></p>
<p>Ross - RBA, CA</p>
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<p>PS. Here are more of my results&hellip;</p>
<p>I&rsquo;ve taken one flagging office with 2 sales reps, from just under $1 Million in reveune (sold over the previous eight months) and <strong>increased the sales by almost 60% to $1.5 Million in just eight weeks</strong>.</p>
<p>I have used proven strategies to help one company grow by <strong>128% in one year.</strong><br />A second company saw their <strong>raw leads go up by 400%, appointments jump by 200% and increased their revenue 61% in&nbsp;6 months</strong>.</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-2210480.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>The Biggest Mistake Most Companies Make With Their Website</title><category>Lead Generation</category><dc:creator>Alan Mckenna</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:27:50 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/2008/8/12/the-biggest-mistake-most-companies-make-with-their-website.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">165902:1567943:2126510</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Dear Business Owner,</p>
<p>I have reviewed hundreds of businesses websites and more than 90% of them make one huge mistake, I even spoke with one company recently that does more than $30,000,000 a year in sales and they were making this mistake.</p>
<p>The Big Mistake Is&hellip;</p>
<p><strong>NOT having your phone number prominently displayed as a call to action on <span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">each and every page</span>! </strong></p>
<p>On most websites you have to hunt for a phone number by clicking on a &ldquo;contact us&rdquo; page or it&rsquo;s hidden at the bottom of the home page in small font.</p>
<p>Let me give you a tip - if your prospect has to work at finding a way to contact you they&rsquo;ve leave your site faster than say Jack Robinson.</p>
<p>You wouldn&rsquo;t think of hiding your phone number on a newspaper ad, a piece of direct mail or in the yellow pages - so make it real easy for them to call you from your website and watch your leads increase with no more effort or expense.</p>
<p>Here&rsquo;s what to do...</p>
<p><strong>Simple Step Number One</strong></p>
<p>Have your 800 or local number prominently displayed on EVERY page in the header section with a call to action. I.E - Call Us Today - 800 - xxx - xxxx.</p>
<p>This may sound obvious but let me assure you, if you took a look at 20 local websites today you&rsquo;d see that 90% of them do not use the above simple but proven strategy. This small distinction creates a significant advantage to you.</p>
<p>So while most companies are trying to drive more traffic with search engine optimization or paid search if they miss the basic purpose of their website - lead generation - and how that happens - they&rsquo;re wasting their marketing dollars.</p>
<p>Take this simple step and let me know how it positively impacts your bottom line.</p>
<p>Best regards,</p>
<p>Alan</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-2126510.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Are You Receiving FREE Leads?</title><category>Lead Generation</category><dc:creator>Alan Mckenna</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/2008/7/22/are-you-receiving-free-leads.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">165902:1567943:1826976</guid><description><![CDATA[<script type="text/javascript" src="http://forms.aweber.com/form/54/356954.js"></script>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-1826976.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Leads for less than $20 - how many do you want?</title><category>Lead Generation</category><dc:creator>Alan Mckenna</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:23:09 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/2008/7/12/leads-for-less-than-20-how-many-do-you-want.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">165902:1567943:1984404</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left"><img style="width: 430px; height: 190px" alt="20bill.jpg" src="http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/storage/20bill.jpg" /></span></p><p>Dear Business Owner,</p><p>Leads costing you $100, $200 or more? </p><p>Let us show you how to get $20 leads - that are exclusive to you.</p><p>Find out more by going here &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/20dollarleads">http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/20dollarleads</a> </p><ul><li>You get access to a 6 minute video that reveals how to get more from you marketing dollars.</li></ul><ul><li>Plus, we&rsquo;ll give you a free analysis outlining the average number of people looking for your products and services in your area, with the approximate cost per lead.</li></ul><p>Find out how to pay only for people that are actively seeking your products and services</p><p>Go here to get the details &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/20dollarleads">http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/20dollarleads</a> </p><p>We look forward to helping you drive low cost leads to your business.</p><p>Best regards,</p><p>Alan McKenna</p><p>PS To access the 6 minute video that shows how we can help you create an abundance of low cost leads go here <a href="http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/20dollarleads">http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/20dollarleads</a></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.strategicmarketingedge.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-1984404.xml</wfw:commentRss></item></channel></rss>