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A special kick in the butt just for you

by Andrew Neitlich

You know who you are.

You’re gliding along, doing okay.

But, if you are honest with yourself, you haven’t done much marketing in the past few weeks, or even months. Marketing has become a lower priority.

You used to hustle hard with marketing. You used to do at least one marketing activity a day. You had to, because you had no clients.

Now you are doing okay. So marketing has fallen behind.

Here is a kick in the butt for you:

Start marketing again. Get lean and mean like you used to be.

Otherwise, you will be un-busy like you used to be.

Do one marketing activity a day. Just one. Call a client and ask for a referral. Call a colleague to exchange leads. Write an article. Set up a speech. Get out an e-newsletter.

Do it now.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 26th, 2005 at 12:00 pm, contains 132 words, and is filed under Selling Web Design Services. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. The views and opinions in this blog post are those of its author.

This post has 15 responses so far

  1. Madmac Says:
    October 26th, 2005 at 1:30 pm

    Too busy.

     
  2. tkemma Says:
    October 26th, 2005 at 2:21 pm

    Thanks for the reminder…

     
  3. webnology Says:
    October 26th, 2005 at 2:30 pm

    Andrew is again completely right. Make sure you always have a glowing pipeline, always.If not for the future, then at least for the good fealing of having a big pipeline.

     
  4. hiker Says:
    October 26th, 2005 at 3:18 pm

    I would if I had the time,
    or my shoe wasn’t untied,
    or the sun wasn’t in my eyes,
    or the lady in front of me could drive,
    or I could find my contact list,
    or my dog didn’t need to go for a walk,
    or my hard drive didn’t need reformatting,
    or I hadn’t started on this new non-money-making project,
    or …

     
  5. T.J Says:
    October 26th, 2005 at 3:47 pm

    this is right
    but what is the way this is what im thinking about ??

     
  6. polvero Says:
    October 26th, 2005 at 4:45 pm

    get off my back already. :p

     
  7. ccdesigns Says:
    October 26th, 2005 at 8:21 pm

    Thanks mate - always on top of your game! Keep it up.

     
  8. pdxi Says:
    October 26th, 2005 at 11:58 pm

    Thanks - I needed it :)

     
  9. maria_shark Says:
    October 27th, 2005 at 12:02 am

    you are right… thank you kindly for the reminder

     
  10. chris ward Says:
    October 27th, 2005 at 4:37 am

    Ask for a referral? Is this for current clients, or past clients? :)

     
  11. Dr Livingston Says:
    October 27th, 2005 at 10:32 am

    Not enough hours in the week, simple as that. Besides, got more on the plate to take care off, than make a phone call - or to take one for that matter.

     
  12. Octal Says:
    October 27th, 2005 at 7:44 pm

    I would but I am busy reading your blog!

     
  13. hurtdidit Says:
    October 27th, 2005 at 9:50 pm

    I need this reminder, and have written it down on my calendar. Added to the suggestion list of daily marketing options: upsell just one client for an add-on service or product.

     
  14. RaS! Says:
    October 28th, 2005 at 7:55 am

    So?

     
  15. busy Says:
    November 3rd, 2005 at 8:01 pm

    I’m busy too. But I think I can swing a little bit of marketing every day.

     

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Andrew's consulting practice focuses on helping professionals and entrepreneurs build successful businesses. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1991. You can get his books, sign up for his free newsletters, and learn more about him at www.fastmarketingresults.com. Andrew also maintains Down to Business: SitePoint's Small Web Business Management blog.

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