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• SPECIAL REPORT: How to Get Big Companies to Call, Buy, and Beg for Your Products and Services
  In this special report I reveal a secret method that I've used to get executives at big companies to call me "begging" me for more information about my products and services.

• True Confessions and My Big Mistake
  In this article I reveal a true confession...a big mistake that I made for years.  Please don't make the same mistake I made.

• My New Daily Goal
  Would you like to see what my new daily goal is?  It's not what you might think it is.  It's something that will not only bring you more business, but it will make you feel good too!

• The Crazy "Medical File" Reactivation Direct Mail Letter
  How would you like to see the craziest reactivation letter that I've ever come across.  This unusual letter worked astronomically well for a local chiropractor and you can use the same strategy.

• How to Get Free Media Publicity on National Television
  In this article you'll read about a man who is a ghostwriter (writes for other people) who was able to get on the Fox and Friends national morning show using creative publicity strategies.

• The "Breaking News" Postcard
  If you combined the power of a press release, a postcard, and a website what do you get?  You get a marketing campaign on steroids.  Go check this out.
  
  The Secret of the Amazing Left Hand Glove
  Here's how one small local bank created a uniquely successful marketing campaign that captured the attention of local small business owners.

• How to Easily Appear In a National Magazine...for Free!
  Would you like to appear in a national magazine for free?  Here's a little tactic I (and my website) recently used to appear in a MAJOR magazine.  You can use the exact same strategy.

• The Top 5 Marketing Trends In 2006
  A friend asked me to name the top five marketing trends so after doing some thinking...this is what I came up with.

• The Greeting Card that Made Me Pick Up the Phone
  The other day I received a greeting card that was so powerful that it made me pick up the phone and call the sender (who I didn't know personally).  Read this article to see the greeting card.

• A Most Amazing Direct Mail Letter
  The "Copywriting Chiropractor" has done it again by creating a direct mail masterpiece that sucked in patients like an ambulance in a 100 car pile up on I-5 in L.A.

• The Top 10 Behavior Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs
  Do you make these 10 behavioral mistakes?  I know I do.  You'll be nodding your head in conviction when you read this article and it might open you mind up to some new possibilities.

• Do You Know the Laws About Using Testimonials?
  All good marketers use testimonials.  They are a powerful selling tool.  But not all marketers know the rules about using testimonials.  This articles exposes what you need to know.

• How to Blend Brand Marketing with Direct Response Marketing
  Brand and direct response marketers have been arguing for years about the best way to approach advertising.  In this article you'll see a new "blended" approach to getting the best of both worlds.

• How Video Will Change Internet Marketing
  A new era of Internet marketing is exploding onto the scene and it's called VIDEO.  Finally, the technology has arrived to use video on the web.  This article demonstrates several ways to use video to sell more products and services on the Internet.

• How to Write Over 100 Books
  How would like to know the hidden secret to being able to write over 100 books?  This article outlines how to get more things done in less time.

• The One Common Trait of All Successful People
  Would you like to know the one thing that separates the mediocre people from the super successful people?

• A Sample Sales Letter that Works
  Sales letters are a dime a dozen.  But sales letters that really work are few and far between.  Here is a sample sales letter from the "Copywriting Chiropractor," Dr. Greg Nielsen.

• The World's Smallest Newsletter
  Newsletters are one of the most powerful marketing tools that businesses have at their disposal.  In this article I'll introduce you to the World's Smallest Newsletter that gets big time results.

• The Retail Advertisement that Grabbed Me By the Throat
  Would you like to see an advertisement for a furniture store that breaks all the rules of retail advertising?  If so, you'll want to read this article.

• SPECIAL REPORT: The Power of Controversy Marketing
  In this pdf download special report you'll learn about a marketing strategy that is widely used in business, but isn't talked about very much. You'll also enjoy all the case studies and photos in this very unique special report.

• How NOT to Get Customers
  Imagine having your vendor shut you down and cause financial damage to your business as a result of the growth of your business.  Crazy isn't it.  Read this article to find out how it happened to me.

• Niche Marketing Miracles: What You Can Learn from the Travel and Dating Industry About Niche Marketing
  When it comes to niche marketing - - the dating and travel industries know what they're doing.  This article reveals their secrets to niche marketing success.

• How To Create an Unstoppable, Never-Ending Marketing Virus
  In this article you'll learn how to use viral marketing and you'll witness several examples of viral marketing at its best. (You'll also see me get beat up in a Santa suit)

• An Ingenious Autopilot Lead Generation Tactic
  In this article I reveal a simple "step-by-step" lead generation system that you can put on autopilot (once it's implemented).  Don't underestimate the power of this simple tactic.

• Using Alternative Media to Generate More Customers
  Would you like to learn about a potentially new way to generate new customers for your business? This article will introduce you to the world of alternative media and package inserts.

• A Simple Way to Generate Goodwill Using Parking Meters
  If you have a retail business in the downtown area of a city where there are parking meters you'll love this little marketing tactic.

• Unique Tactics for Getting Awesome Customer Testimonials
  Would you like to get testimonials from your customers and clients but just don't know how?  This article gives you some simply tactics to use for generating powerful testimonials.

• Direct Mail that Gets Attention
  Are you in fear that your direct mail piece won't get your prospect's attention?  This articles shows you two mailers that got my attention...and kept it.

• How a Local Dominos Gets All the Referrals It Can Handle
  Would you like to find out how a local Dominos pizza restaurant gets several local hotels to send them all the customers they can handle? 

• A Unique, Simple-to-Implement, Customer Loyalty Program
  If you're interested in doubling your average customer purchase frequency you'll want to read this article.  It reveals a simple customer loyalty technique that any business can employ.

• A Powerful Do-It-Yourself Guerilla Marketing Mobile Road Sign Tactic
  Here's a smart tactic for getting 30,000 - 40,000 people to see your billboard sign every weekend for very little cost.

• How to Sell 120,000 Books with a Single Phone Call -   Part I
  Would you like to know how one man sold over 120,000 books with just one single phone call.  This article uncovers a clever marketing strategy that any service business can use.

• How to Sell 120,000 Books with a Single Phone Call -   Part 2
  Would you like to know how one man sold over 120,000 books with just one single phone call.  This article uncovers a clever marketing strategy that any service business can use.

• Product Packaging: The Secret to Selling a Commodity Product
  In the world of marketing, perception is reality.  You can use that to your advantage if you sell a commodity product.  This article gives you a good example of how to package a commodity product for higher profits.

• A Referral Tactic to Quadruple Your Business
  Learn how to get business owners to "refer" your business to all of their employees. It's simple, but brilliant.

• I Hate Asking for Referrals! – 6 Proven Methods for Getting a Flood of Referrals Without Asking
  The secret to getting referrals without asking for them is to develop referral systems that do the asking for you. Here are six innovative systems for getting referrals without asking.

• The Curiously Strong Way to Expand Your Business
  After receiving a curiously strong email I was reminded of this little-used strategy of exploding your business.

• Small Things Can Lead to Big Impressions
  How many times has a business left you with an "out-of-the-ordinary" positive impression?  This article talks about one such experience I had and how you can apply it to your business.

• Database Marketing: Using Point-of-Sale Data to Improve Profitability
  One of the most effective and cost-efficient ways to add profits to the bottom line is the use of database marketing. This article teaches you how to uses information collected at the point-of-sale.

• Education-Based Marketing: How to Make Business Come to You
  The most important function of your marketing should be to establish that you are knowledgeable and can be trusted. This article will help you learn this amazingly simple approach.

• Follow-Up Marketing: How to Win More Sales with Less Effort
  Consistent follow-up creates a predictable and profitable stream of prospects and customers that buy.  Check out this simple follow-up marketing system.

• Internet Marketing for Local Small Businesses
  If you are a small “offline” business you may find several of these innovative strategies useful to your local Internet marketing efforts.

• The Anatomy of a $25,000 Business Idea
  If you have an idea...isn't it time you did something about it?  See some innovative ideas that paid.

• A New and Unique Way to Get Lots of Free Publicity
  Here are a few excellent, non-traditional ways to get thousands of dollars in free advertising that are known to only a few people.

• Creating Your Own Online Referral Group
  This article shows you ways to take advantage of networking relationships that will bring you a never-ending stream of referrals.

• A Simple, But Deadly Effective Referral Strategy that Has Created a $40 Million Business
  Would you like to know how a car wash chain with only 12 locations has cleaned over 33,373,975 cars and has an annual revenue of over $40 Million using little to no paid advertising?

• Kick-Butt Direct Mail Envelopes
  Apply the lessons from this article when sending your next direct mail piece so they will get noticed among the pile of other mail that's vying for your prospect's attention.

• Doubling Your Postcard's ROI
  Would you like to double your return on any "lead generation" postcard marketing campaign you launch?  This article will show you a simple, easy tactic you can implement very quickly that will make your postcards perform "double duty."

• The Secret of Door-to-Door Street Marketing
  This article will show you a way to sell more of your products or services than you thought possible WITHOUT even knocking on one door.

• How to Double the Conversion Rate on Anything You Sell
  When you provide too many options to a customer then they get confused and often decide not to buy anything at all. This article will help you use this marketing principle to your advantage.

• How Roger Embury Turned His Fledgling Company Into the Nations Largest Supplier of Fake Boulders
  There isn't a single company out there that cannot dramatically increase it's customer base using Education-Based Marketing. This article will show you how easy it is to get people to respond to your offers and sell your products and services.

•  Eight Dirty Little Sins that Stop Business Owners From Growing Their Business
  This article will remind you (or surprise you) of eight little sins that small business owners often commit that stop them from growing their business.

• The Five Step Formula For Getting Prospects to Call You
  No matter what product or service you sell, there is a formula for getting people to call you (instead of the other way around.) This article will explain each step in this formula and give you a few examples of how it works.

• Target Marketing: A Case Study in Identifying Your Best Prospects, Talking Directly to Them, and Sealing the Deal
  This case study will help you evaluate your own marketing activities and give you 4 simple steps you need too take to improve your marketing activities.

• How I Made Several Thousand Dollars By Changing One Word In My Headline
  The hardest thing to do in Internet marketing is to get your visitor to continue reading your copy. Learn how to create headlines that will keep your prospect reading.

• Using Innovative Promotions to Build Your Business
  Nearly every small business can think up some contest or competition that could bring them a lot of free publicity and get prospects talking about their business.  This article gives some tips that you can use to make sure your promotion is successful.

• Is It An Article or An Ad?
  Studies Have Shown that News Articles Get Looked at At Least Seven Times More than Advertisements. This article will get you started in creating your own "Advertorial ads".

• The Carnival Cruise Line Profit Machine
  The more products and services you can sell to your customer, the more valuable they become, and the more you can spend to acquire a customer. Read this article and find out how you can apply the marketing techniques used by Carnival.

• Marketing to People Who Influence Your Market
  As you apply the lessons learned in this article, you will discover an entirely new target market that will help you leverage your marketing dollars.

• Lessons from the Mazatlan Marketplace
  Every small business owner should identify specific goods and services that they can offer to cross sell and up sell during the selling activity. You'll learn how a small change in your customer's average purchase amount can make a big change in your bottom line.

• Do You Have a Marketing Plan?
  Don't fall into the same trap that 98% of all other business owners fall into -- that is putting "fire fighting" as a higher priority than "business building."  Use the process outlined in this article  and start writing your marketing plan today.

• Niche Marketing: How an boring, stale old insurance company found a new niche that injected life into their company (and how you can do the same!) 
  If you're at a roadblock and you're struggling to figure out how to grow...ask yourself, "How can I modify my product or service to fill the need in a new niche."   Read more and watch your profits grow.

• How to Penetrate the Veil of Skepticism
  Here are a few unique tactics that will penetrate the veil of skepticism with great success.

• The Secret to Getting People to Pay Attention to Your Marketing Message
  Statistics say that the average American gets bombarded with over 3,000 sales messages a day.  This article will teach you how to get your prospect's permission to market to them, then your message gets noticed.

• Putting Your Feedback Forms on Steroids
  This is a simple strategy that nearly any business can utilize. All it takes is a little elbow grease to make it happen.

• A Common Misconception About Generating Referrals that's Severely Limiting the Amount of Referrals You Receive
  Learn how you can motivate businesses that sell complimentary products and services to consistently send you referrals.

• Stealing Customers from Your Competitors
  See some examples of stealing customers.  The best answer is simply doing a better job of marketing.

• The Anatomy of a Winning Postcard
  This article will provide you with a real lesson in writing compelling copy and postcard marketing.

• In Your Face Marketing
  This article stresses the need to include aggressive marketing tactics in your marketing plan.  This will increase your business referrals more than exclusively using passive marketing tactics.

• The Big (Small Business) Advertising Mistake
  Learn how to avoid falling into this common advertising mistake when creating you ad campaign.

• The Chiropractor's Valentine Referral Makeover!
  See how 3 easy makeover steps improve the number of referral responses you'll receive from your customers.

• Joint Venture Referral Relationships
  Discover easy-to-follow steps in creating unique and effective joint venture referral relationships.

• Three Exciting New Direct Mail Breakthroughs
  Rack up increased direct mail responses when you try out these 3  new innovative ideas.

• Stop Begging for Referrals!
  If you don't have a systematic approach for obtaining referrals, you're missing out on a obtaining predictable responses with less stress, time and effort.

• Papa John's Pizza Night Referral System
  Here's a GREAT article on how to use non-profit organizations to partner with you in obtaining referrals.

• The Pest Control Yellow Page Ad
  Some important tips you need to know if you're planning on creating a yellow page ad.

• Six Low-Cost, Cutting Edge Technology Marketing Tools Every Small Business Should Be Using
  If you’re not using even a few of these technology tools then you’re missing out on potential lost sales.

• The Advantage that TV Has Over All Other Mediums
  Television is considered the heavyweight champion of all advertising mediums. This article will help you jump start your efforts in that arena.

• How to Turn Prospects Into Paying Customers
  Converting prospects into cash paying customer isn’t always easy, but if you follow the four steps outlined in this article, it will become infinitely easier.