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Cezary Baginski commented on the post, Swipe File Letter: Hyper-Effective Cover Letter #6: From The Desk Of Dr. Russ Horine 11 years ago
Besides the point, but it’s an interesting and recently revealed fact: the Indians were actually decimated not by overwhelming numbers of settlers, but lost the same way aliens did in “The War Of Worlds” – […]
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 11 years ago
John Carlton Marketing Tips: How to Market a Seminar Jason is writing copy to sell a seminar, and is looking for advice. John and Lorrie offer their experience: Jason: So, does anyone have any […]
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Jason Cliff posted an update 11 years ago · updated 11 years ago
Can anyone provide examples of website homepages that do an effective job of doing what a homepage should do?
For a service business that requires conversation to close a sale and perform the work, what should a websites purpose be? Inform, Educate, Complete a Form, Make a Phone Call?
What should a homepage do for a website?
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 11 years ago
John Carlton Marketing Tips: How to optimize the 80/20 rule In this marketing hot seat, John Carlton emphasizes the importance of focusing on customers who have already bought from you. Not the ones who […]
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 11 years ago
John Carlton Marketing Tips: Your Money is in the Ether In this marketing hotseat, John Carlton gives some great mindset information, about how to think about your prospects and what you are selling […]
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What type of service biz are you talking about, Jason? It might matter. Check out our pal Joe Polish’s carpet cleaning site — it’s actually an option off his home page joepolish.com (which is a gateway page for both his overall biz stuff, and his carpet cleaning site). What Joe’s done is take what COULD have been a nightmare-level complex…Read more