Category Archives: Small Business Marketing Advice

The Little Known Secret to Creating Information Products

In Book Yourself Solid, I devote a chapter to creating brand building information products. In that chapter, I discuss a five-part process to successfully creating information products. However, I think the most important part of the process is choosing …

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David Meerman Scott on Social Media Marketing and Real Time Marketing

The following is a transcript of a compelling conversation I had with author, David Meerman Scott.

You can also listen to the audio recording with this player. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

MICHAEL:

Hi everybody. This is …

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Wanted: Rockstar Marketing Manager (Full Time)

I’m an advisor to a fitness and lifestyle start up company that is looking to hire a full time Marketing Manger. The team includes a multiple Grammy Award winner and some of the most decorated fitness professionals in the industry. …

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Seth Godin on Book Publishing, Taking Initiative, The Tyranny of Being Picked and Much More

This is a transcript of a Q&A session with Seth Godin. Seth is probably the only business author/blogger that I read every day without fail. Enjoy.

MICHAEL:

Hi everybody, this is Michael Port. Welcome to our Q & A …

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It’s Not My Job to Promote You

And, it’s not your job to promote me.

Note: this post is dedicated to David Meerman Scott and Scott Stratten. They’ll know why and smile.

We promote each other when we:

a) Like each other
b) Respect each other …

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Improve Email Opt-In Conversion by 167%. Here’s How…

I recently wrote a post about how I increased email newsletter conversion by 76.5% on MichaelPort.com. Now I’ve increased email newsletter sign up by 167% on BookYourselfSolid.com. Yes, that’s 167%.

As you can see, I’ve been doing focused website optimizing …

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The Only 7 Things You Need to Do If Starting Your Business Today

Starting a small business is not that complicated. Here are 8 simple steps from NY Times bestselling marketing author, Michael Port. Continue reading

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Get More Clients

Getting more clients is what you want. And you probably want easy tactics that let you generate more leads and book more business. You want to quickly and easily fill your business or practice with a never-ending stream of

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Smarter Marketing Advice

Sometimes it feels like all you hear people talk about is marketing and more marketing. But, if increasing sales is want you want, then you probably want to do smarter marketing.

Don’t make the typical marketing mistakes that most …

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How to Improve Email Opt-In Conversions by 76.5% with One Simple Switch

Lately I’ve been very inspired by the work of Anne Holland’s Which Test Won, a site about A/B and multivariate testing, and have been compelled to increase and improve the testing of my website pages.

A/B split testing gives …

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