Former owner and partner of web firm Jenesis Technologies, John is currently Director of Digital Strategy at Haines Local Search, a company providing local search marketing solutions to SMBs, including print and Internet Yellow Pages, web design, and local SEO. When not working or spending time with his family, John offers great sales and marketing advice on his blog, Small Business Marketing Sucks. When not working or spending time with his family, John offers great sales and marketing advice on his blog, Small Business Marketing Sucks.
John's articles
John Tabita looks at Asana, and guides the reader through his process for getting the most out of it in a project management setting.
Small businesses needn't drop huge sums on SEO experts to get a leg up. John Tabita outlines 9 easy, cheap ways to improve your site's ranking.
John Tabita explains why and how you can optimize your site for mobile visitors and improve your search ranking and, more importantly, sales.
Cold calling can be brutal, but it can be a great way to get yourself in front of that dream client. John runs us through 8 tips to make a good cold call.
There's a right way and a wrong way to educate your clients. Make sure that you're not wasting your time and that you're going to make some money!
Read How to Create Ads People Want to Click and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
All three methods of web advertising are powerful, but combining search ads, display ads and ad retargeting is even better.
Read Sell Like a Yellow Pages Rep, Part 2 and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read Sell Like a Yellow Pages Rep, Part 1 and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read 7 Qualities of a Good Client and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read The Web Designer’s Copyright Crash Course and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read The Web Designer’s Guide to Image Copyrights and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read Selling Your Services? Six Must-Read Sales and Marketing Books and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read 10 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Starting a Web Design Business and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read How to Kill a Sale and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
John Tabita pinpoints factors that can influence a client to choose to do business with you.
Read Six Reasons to Target Larger Clients and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read Six Sales Axioms to Help You Win More Business and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read When Something Goes Wrong in the Sales Process, It’s Your Fault and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read The ROI of Cold-Calling and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read Word-of-Mouth: The Best Form of Advertising and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read Word-of-Mouth: The Worst Form of Advertising and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read Website Design: Valued Service or Just Another Commodity? and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read Stop Writing Proposals to Win Business and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read Stop Giving Away So Much Free Information! and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read Stop Wasting Time with Prospects Who Aren’t Serious and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read Who are You: Freelancer or Business Owner? and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read Transactional vs. Consultative Selling: Differentiation and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read Fish or Cut Bait? How Knowing the Difference Helps Your Marketing and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read Hunting or Farming: Which Type of Prospecting is Best? and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.