Some people have weird ideas, when it comes to saving money. I remember listening to an accountant, who charged £120 an hour for his time, explain how he wasted 3 hours trying to repair an IT problem at his office. He eventually called in an IT professional, who fixed the problem in 30 minutes for…
Dear Intuition, I know I said I would listen to you, after ignoring you last time and making a huge mistake. However, this time I mean it! Yours, Jim
Over on my content marketing blog, I have a core piece of advice, which is elementary to successful online marketing. It is simply this: Don’t sell to people – Enlighten them! People really dislike being sold to. However, they love to gain useful, valuable knowledge. That’s why on the Discovery Channel, people make coffee during…
It’s hard to say, in general terms, how someone can gain the feeling of desire, which often precedes attainment. Here’s what I have found though, as a life-long student of human motivation. Desire, like motivation, is created internally. Again like motivation, desire can be triggered by external sources. Our external world often acts as a…
They say; “a watched pot never boils!” I just watched a pot of coffee come to the boil. Beware false limitations!
I installed woopra on one of my sites yesterday and went to youtube, to see if there were any video tutorials. I found one, which was made by an affiliate marketer. He started off by saying; “The most important thing an affiliate marketer needs is good tracking software.” Actually, no Einstein! The traffic is more…
I wrote a post a while ago for Jim’s Marketing Blog, all about people’s attitude to money. It’s due to be published tomorrow. Anyhow, something I didn’t mention in the post, is that people can change their attitudes about anything, (including money) so long as they really want to. For example, I know a guy,…
When someone I follow on Twitter tells me you’re great, it immediately puts you on my radar for all the right reasons. I have a positive expectancy that when I check you out, and I will, I’m going to find something of value. When you tell me on Twitter that you’re great, it immediately puts…
