The Marketing Maverick - Ken Hammond http://marketingmaverick.com/blog How To Double Your Profits Being A Marketing Maverick! Tue, 08 May 2012 12:06:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Free Texting Service For Your Business? http://marketingmaverick.com/blog/free-texting-service-for-your-business/ http://marketingmaverick.com/blog/free-texting-service-for-your-business/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:22:57 +0000 Ken http://marketingmaverick.com/blog/?p=535

As you know, texting is a powerful way to stay in touch with your customers and help drive sales.

How would you like to use an easy to set up service and never pay for your texting campaigns?

Well, thanks to the 9th most popular website in the world… Twitter.com, it’s easy.

Here’s how to set your texting campaign in 2 easy steps:

1) Go to Twitter.com and create a new account called something like, YourbusinessnameDEALS or YourbusinessnameSpecials or similar. Keep it simple and easy to remember. Let’s use MaverickDeals as an example.

2) Next all you have to is advertise your new texting special… something like this:

Get all the super cool Maverick Marketing Updates by texting: Follow MaverickDeals to 40404

That’s it!

Not only will our good friends at Twitter send out unlimited texts to your prospects and customers, every time you tweet a message, they will automatically receive a text with your offer or special.

So, how do YOU make money with this tactic?

If you are marketing to local businesses, you can use this as a way to build trust and get them to love you so you can offer other marketing services.

Once they see the easy money and extra business a texting campaign can bring in, they’ll want more from you!

There’s an even more powerful texting AND voice broadcasting service you can charge a monthly fee for, check out this new wordpress plugin that makes it so simple to profit:

SMS WordPress Plugin (Otherwise known as Easy Income Stream For You)

 

 

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“My business is different Ken! I can’t do any of your maverick marketing… I’m a professional *Enter Fancy Job Here* !”

Well maybe that’s why your customers don’t come back and your sales are down again this year.

It never fails, there is always some business owner who is afraid of doing something different than their industry “norm” (whatever that is).

That’s why I love what my dentist has done to re-invent his business and office decor.

When I went in for a scheduled cleaning… I was pleasantly surprised to see the new patient experience.

(The Check In Bar… Where I was offered a coffee or a water.)

(The lounge area… nice!)



Wow! Here’s a business in an industry that is typically boring and where the majority of customers are usually a little scared and anxious to even walk in to the office.

Not only has my dentist made it fun being in the “chair”… but in the world of boring dentists, I guarantee his patients will come back more often and refer a bunch of their friends.

By the way, I complimented him on taking action but also reminded him he didn’t take my advice of having the dental hygienist wear a bikini while they clean my teeth. (I would totally come back once a month instead of every 6 months!)

So where have you been “shocked” when you walked in to a business?

What’s your favorite business where they stand out from their competitors and totally WOW the customer?

Leave your comment below…

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Press The Play Button Below…

]]> http://marketingmaverick.com/blog/are-you-selling-what-people-need-or-what-they-want/feed/ 1 Does Your Blog Have The Five Words That Are Killing Your Sales? http://marketingmaverick.com/blog/the-five-words-on-your-blog-that-kill-sales/ http://marketingmaverick.com/blog/the-five-words-on-your-blog-that-kill-sales/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:32:40 +0000 Ken http://marketingmaverick.com/blog/?p=428

You know how it goes.

You’ve just spent hours and hours writing that killer blog post
and now you’re ready for a ton of traffic and it being the talk
of the town on facebook… right?

Well hold on my friend.

You know you might actually have the five words on your blog that will stop
your post from going viral and even STOP your visitors from ever coming back.

What are these five words you ask?

“Your comment is awaiting moderation!”

Are you freaking serious?

A visitor and loyal fan of yours actually reads your
amazing blog post and wants to tell you how
much they love you…

And now you tell them they have to wait until you
get around to approve it?

Believe me, they won’t be so happy to share your
brilliant wisdom with all their friends if you don’t
even trust them to comment!

So you’re thinking… What about the spammers?

Don’t worry about it.  With plugins like askimet and
good ole’ fashion deleting the odd spam comment
once a day… you’ll be fine.

Let the conversation FLOW.

Reward your readers by letting them comment and
get their instant gratification… they’ll love you
even more AND tell their friends!

And don’t even get me started on blogs using those
lame CAPTCHA things that hurt your eyes trying
to read them!

So go ahead… tell me what you think and leave me
a killer comment… I promise you won’t have to wait
until I’m done playing tennis to approve it!  :-)

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“How To Use These 10 Proven Formulas To Create
Killer Headlines!

When you get started, make sure to write at least 5 different versions using each formula. You’ll get your creative juices flowing and will give you even more variations to test in your campaigns.

1. The question headline.

Do you make these mistakes in English?

Who else wants to know how to drive massive traffic to their website?

2. The direct statement headline.

The best chocolate cake you ever ate.

Unlimited talk and texting anytime, night and day, to anywhere in the U.S.!

3. The how-to headline.

How to grow big, ripe tomatoes quickly and easily.

How to build muscle and melt fat without dieting!

4. The guarantee headline.

Triple your conversion rate in one month or I’ll pay you $500 cash!

The “Real Estate Master” Guarantees You Will Buy And Flip A House in 48 Hours!

5. The implicit benefit headline.

7 sure-fire ways to get top dollar selling your products on eBay.

Sexy legs in only 6 minutes a day.

6. The command headline.

This is your window of opportunity. Open it.

Enroll now and learn how to play the guitar in just 35 days.

7. The deep discount headline.

“Buy 100,000 banner impression and receive an extra 100,000 FREE!”

Get 12 DVD’s for just $1 (Plus S&H).

8. The short, punchy headline.

“What if…”

“WARNING!”

9. The “reasons why” headline.

Here are 7 hard-hitting reasons to join GVO today…

3 Invigorating Reasons Why Using ‘Skin So Soft’ Will Make You Beautiful!

10. The personalized headline.

John, act fast… your special offer link expires on November 11th

Finally, here’s how you, Ken Hammond, can become an expert copywriter in 12 days.

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There you have it! I want to hear about the best headlines
you’ve seen or even written yourself.

Share them below…

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Would You Rather Have $1000 CASH or Make $50 an Hour Listening?

Is Get Rich Radio more shocking than Howard Stern?

Press The PLAY Button Below…

UPDATE:  4 people I have referred to Get Rich Radio have won $1000 CASH!

Congrats to…

Mark Call from Cornish, Maine

Krissy Thornbrugh from Chester, Virginia

Stephen Taylor from Thomson, Georgia

Jay Napier from Goodlettsville, Tennessee

Find out how you can too, register and listen free here:

www.GetRichRadio.com

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PRESS PLAY ON The VIDEO BELOW…

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PRESS THE PLAY BUTTON BELOW…

It’s happened to all of us.

We are at a social gathering with people we
don’t know and the obvious question comes up…

“So… What Do You Do?”

And what do you say?

Here are some I’ve heard… and what they are thinking after
hearing….

YOU: “I’m a marketing consultant.”
THEM: (Wow, sounds exciting! I’m going to grab another drink, nice to meet you.)

YOU: “I have my own business.”
THEM: (Yeah, that’s nice, good for you. You want me to pull teeth to get more details or is it
time to bolt to the bathroom?)

YOU: “I’m in the Health and Wealth business… which one do you want to hear first?”
THEM: (OK, I’m ready to throw up… definitely bolting to the bathroom. Bye!)

Forget all those lame, generic answers….

BE INTERESTING!

Use this 3 part formula for your own business…

1) Ask a question they’ll say Yes to. Here’s an example. “You know how millions of people use Google every day to find the products that they are looking for?”

Asking a question like that engages the other person, and in their mind they visually
see themselves using Google to find things online and their answer will most
likely be ‘Yes I do’.

2) Say exactly what it is you do. ‘Well, I help small businesses get their
website to the top of the first page of Google for the keywords that people use to
find their business…”

The other person will now understand exactly what it is you do, and now is the
time to tell them the main reason why people work with you.

3) List the main benefit your business provides. “So that they get more
leads, book more clients, and make more money!”

This is the easiest way for the person you just met to think you’re
interesting… and say…

“WOW, that sounds interesting, how do you do that exactly!”

Congrats, you social butterfly, you’re now the life of the party! :-)

Leave me your comments below and tell me the lamest answers you’ve
ever heard when you asked someone what they do…

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Press The PLAY Button Below!

In his book, “Success Principles,” Jack Canfield shares a story about working with W. Clement Stone, a self-made millionaire worth $600 million in 1969.

He tells how Mr. Stone pulled him aside one day and asked him if he took 100% responsibility for his life. Jack stutters, “I think so.”

Stone replies, “This is a yes or no question, you either do or you don’t.” Jack goes on to assure him that he does indeed take responsibility for his life.

Stone asks: “Have you ever blamed anyone for any circumstance in your life? Have you ever complained about anything?” Jack admits he has.

Stone then goes on to explain: “That means you don’t take 100% responsibility for your life. Taking 100% responsibility means you acknowledge that you create everything that happens to you. It means you understand that you are the cause of all your experience.

If you want to be really successful, then you will have to give up blaming and complaining and take total responsibility for your life – that means all your results, both your successes and your failures. That is the prerequisite for creating a life of success. It is only by acknowledging that you have created everything up until now that you can take charge of creating the future you want.”

So when you flow with the experience of life and accept 100% responsibility, you are using the two most powerful forces in the world… Appreciation and Gratitude.

Let me know your thoughts below…

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GVO Conference – The Making of A Million Dollar Business in 90 Days Or Less?

gvo conference

It’s no secret.

Businesses can go viral and explode throughout the world in weeks… if not days sometimes.

With the combination of a truly viral product AND a way to make an amazing residual income, GVO Conference has all the key pieces in place for a major worldwide launch.

Here are the top 7 reasons why this will spread faster than a Lady Gaga You Tube video…

1) It’s launching in 5 different languages.  Obviously, if you want a worldwide launch, you need a personalized experience.  And no, this not a simple “Google Translation”, but a real business developed specifically for each country.

2) It’s extremely simple. Nothing to download on your computer.  Anyone with an internet connection and a browser can host or attend a webcast.

3) The product is the easiest to demonstrate. It takes less than 10 seconds to show someone how easy it is to host a meeting and start a webcast.

4) The price point is affordable to the masses. Since this is a worldwide opportunity and service, the price is set where anyone with a job ANYWHERE in the world can easily afford it.

5) The commissions are residual and HUGE! Over 70% of all sales are being paid back out to the affiliates.  Make a sale once and get paid month after month!

6) It’s a service to complement any home business. Internet marketers, affiliate marketers, network marketers, can all use this to make more sales in their business as well as creating an additional income stream.

7) It’s GREEN! Entire sales presentations, team meetings, trainings, can be done without any traveling or printing of paper.  With powerpoint presentations, screen sharing, and online chat, everything you need is right online from the comfort of your home or office.

GVO Conference has all the pieces in place for a VIRAL explosion all over the world.  With the backing of Joel Therien and his massive multi-million dollar data center in San Antonio, the foundation is in place and ready!

In the last 9 months, my business partner Mark Call and I have built a team of over 12,000 members using the suite of tools and hosting of GVO.

With the launch of GVO Conference, we plan on achieving that number in the first 90 days… most likely sooner.

How fast around the world do you think this will spread before we hit a million users?

Leave a comment below and tell me what you think!

If you want to get in early during our massive pre-launch phase, get on our VIP list immediately and get ready for a WILD ride!

Click HERE!

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