tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25738779873994353572024-02-18T21:37:48.718-05:00The Importance of Relationship MarketingBuilding a good relationship with your friends, clients, prospects, and referral partners is essential to having a successful business. I write mostly about how to build good relationships through networking and other business resources.paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-21074193940017612042022-05-06T12:45:00.002-04:002022-05-06T12:49:43.167-04:00How does appearance affect your creditability?Should we be judged by the way we dress? No, but we are judged on everything from our age, our intelligence, how much money we make, etc. in the first 11 seconds. First impressions do make a difference and are oftentimes hard to overcome.In an article on 'What does business casual really mean,' I found the following....."Many highly intelligent, well-qualified, capable men and women paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-90288138582609421152021-12-30T14:47:00.000-05:002021-12-30T14:47:06.229-05:00Good Luck Rituals, Traditions, and Superstitions for the New YearAs I look back on the past year and look to the new year, I'm always looking for something that might give me an edge and a leg up to improving life, health, and prosperity in general. And yes that includes superstitions. In searching for social media content for my clients, I came across a lot of lists of rituals, traditions, and superstitions, I decided to compile the lists. paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-79054273079514725572021-02-13T14:29:00.000-05:002021-02-13T14:29:12.462-05:00New Company - Greener Still Greener Still Hope your New Year is off to a Great start. I am very excited to announce being part of the launch of a new company - Greener Still. SendOutCards, which I have been a part of since 2006, announced on January 30 a new parent company - Greener Still with 5 other product and service lines. Not only does it offer six streams of income to Greenerpaintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-89704512487246853962021-02-13T14:24:00.001-05:002021-02-13T14:24:19.782-05:00How is it Going for You? Happy New Year! Hope your New Year is off to a Great start. Did Christmas and New Year's come and go and you still didn't get your cards mailed. Did you know it is still perfectly permissible to send 'Happy New Year' cards up until the end of January. I received one myself the other day from a law firm that had a casual photo of all their attorneys on the front of thepaintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-11863750867457287112020-11-12T17:28:00.000-05:002020-11-12T17:28:18.099-05:00How is it Going for You? So how will your holidays be different this year? Have you been able to visit with your family and friends? Have you lost family and friends because of COVID?It's been a different kind of year. We've all had our challenges to deal with, some more than others. I've seen many take it in stride and make the best of it and others are still wallowing in 'Oh ain't itpaintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-90566494166082476852020-04-05T10:18:00.001-04:002020-04-05T10:18:45.313-04:00Kindness Matters
Wow! What a difference a few weeks can make. So how are you managing these days?
In all of this 'social distancing,' it seems that we could use this time to socially connect. Now, more than ever, reaching out to family, friends, customers, clients, prospects, acquaintances, etc. to see how they are doing, to offer encouragement and help. To show kindness.
paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-62597189311607547352020-03-19T17:18:00.001-04:002020-03-19T17:18:51.419-04:00Perspective
In this uncertain time, how are you approaching things? Doom and gloom or looking for opportunities? I am a big fan of Shark Tank, the TV show, and recently I saw a segment on Daymond John and his new book Powershift. It is very inspiring. It's all in our perspective. 'If you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.' If you think it will work, or paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-63920609247000077132020-01-12T12:32:00.000-05:002020-01-12T12:32:38.772-05:00Getting to Know Your Customers
Did you know that January 16th is 'Getting to Know Your Customers Day.' Did you know that Getting to Know Your Customers Day happens once per quarter? Why do you think this day happens so often? It's very important to get to know customers and maintain a relationship with existing customers as it is five times harder to get a new client and it cost six to seven times paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-34877505721626687012020-01-04T16:35:00.000-05:002020-01-04T16:35:59.235-05:00What is your Vision for the new Decade?
As we turn the page and look to the new year, what is your Vision for 2020? It's not just a New Year, it's the beginning of a New Decade. Time to not just set goals for the New Year, but to set BHAG Goals for the Decade!
I am a member of BNI and I recently listen to Podcast #445. In this podcast, Dr. Misner talks with John Assaraf with OneCoach.&paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-81830413925418711612019-08-14T16:39:00.001-04:002019-08-14T16:39:18.921-04:00Keeping In Touch - Relationship Marketing
I think the above quote describes Relationship Marketing for customers as well as prospects. It's all about keeping in touch. For good customers are our best referral sources. By keeping in touch we show them we appreciate their business. By showing appreciation they are more apt to contact us to purchase again and/or refer us to someone who may need our products or paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-79237331033824370992019-05-19T08:16:00.001-04:002019-05-19T08:16:30.322-04:00Are You Looking to Grow Your Business?
I often write about how to network. Today I am recommending an upcoming networking event.
It has been my privilege to be part of BNI for 10 years. The very first time I attended a BNI meeting, I found it to be a little overwhelming and intimidating. The meeting I attended had about 30+ members from various businesses. At the time I was just beginning my entrepreneur paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-35470847144323142782019-03-25T13:26:00.000-04:002019-03-25T13:26:29.833-04:00Change - Trying something new - Old Dog – New Tricks
I am a creature of habit, I’ll admit, and I am not a fan of
change. As I started out for my run on a few days ago, I couldn’t go my usual way. We
live on a street that circles around and blends into the main street for the neighborhood. I couldn’t go my usual way because my
neighbor had the road blocked with his truck and trailer. So rather than waiting for him to paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-53603726602902268482018-08-10T18:14:00.000-04:002018-08-10T18:17:18.623-04:00Ch - Ch - Changes - Website Security - Facebook Business Pages
I'll be the first to admit, I don't like change. I worked for a company where we joked about the only contant was change. So over the years I learned to go with the flow. I get used to doing things a certain way and then things change and there's a learning curve to get up back up to speed. This newsletter is about changes to website security and upcoming changes to Facebook paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-7172038360532388272018-06-19T17:40:00.000-04:002018-06-19T17:40:10.471-04:00DIY Marketing
This month is 'Do It Yourself Marketing' Month. So
what is your marketing strategy? Do you do it yourself or do you have
someone else doing it for you? Or a combination of both? Either
way, do you know what is working? If not, that should be your first
action item. Start tracking what's working and what's not. This
will save you lots of money over paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-66766250180220072252018-04-12T12:51:00.001-04:002018-04-12T12:51:18.517-04:00Customer Loyalty and Relationship Marketing
This month is International Customer Loyalty
Month. It is said that it takes 5 to 25 times more time and money
(depending on which reports you read) to gain a new customer vs. working to
retain the ones we have.
Statistics say that if a business retains only 5% of their
customer base, it can increase their business by 50%. Why?
Because loyal happy customers will keep buyingpaintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-74614950860306121172018-03-17T13:32:00.000-04:002018-03-17T13:32:07.401-04:00Social Media Platforms - Which Ones to Use
Why post on Social Media?
To create visibility and awareness about you, your products, and/or
services.
Which platforms
should I use? It depends on your
target market and demographics. In order
to know where to post, you have to know who your best clients are. Who can use your products or services? And don’t say anybody, everybody, anyone,
everyone, because not paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-74387717092962284952018-01-31T17:09:00.001-05:002018-01-31T17:09:29.383-05:00Starting a New Business
Tips, Tools, Recommendations, and Things
to Consider.
So, you think you want to start a business. Be your own boss. You have a great idea for a
product or service. Being your own boss
can be fulling and satisfying, but before jumping in, here are some tips, tools,* and recommendations* to consider.
(* I have referenced people, businesses, tools, books, etc.
in this paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-1487398255730626372017-11-15T17:57:00.002-05:002017-11-15T17:57:37.832-05:00Showing Clients Appreciation
The holidays are fast
approaching whether we like it or not. Thanksgiving
is next week, and Christmas will be here in no time. It is important to show our appreciation to
our clients and prospects.
Thanksgiving and Christmas are
my favorite times of the year. It's just
all the preparation leading up to it that gets me in a panic, wondering how in
the world I'm paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-33235208745908137232017-10-17T18:10:00.002-04:002017-10-17T18:10:28.618-04:00How do you get people to buy your products and services and refer you?<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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With the past few weeks of hurricanes and wildfires, I hope where
ever you are that you made it through with minor to no damage and
inconvenience.
These
recent events remind me of my days as a Call Center Manager and having
to have a plan in place so that there were no single points of failure.
Major disasters, like Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and large-scale power
outages, are paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-11658673177928422432017-08-09T19:33:00.001-04:002017-08-09T19:33:41.781-04:00How to Build Your Social Media Following
Oftentimes when I meet with clients and review their Social Media
sites I discover they don’t have very many followers. In order to get
your message out to your target market, you have to build a following.
So how do you do that given the constraints and algorithms of social
media, particularly Facebook and Facebook business pages.
First, we must understand why people are on Facebook. paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-2179065965141099562017-07-17T12:57:00.000-04:002017-07-17T13:18:10.072-04:00Are You a Hostage?Do You Own Your Website and Domain Name? Or are you a hostage?
This
month's topic comes from conversations I have frequently with business
owners wanting to get a new website or get their current website
updated.
Have you trusted all the aspects of your website to someone else?
In working with one of my clients recently, they wanted me paintedlady musingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13828381935749180989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573877987399435357.post-27708918478025559872017-06-18T15:55:00.000-04:002017-06-18T15:55:22.846-04:00Are You Easy To Do Business With?<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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