The thing with social platforms is, they are always in flux. The violations of today are the norms of tomorrow. Do you remember the time when everyone was upset that they couldn’t have links on the Instagram profile page? Then when Instagram allowed 1 link there was an entire range of products that let you…
Something of great significance happened last week. Google released an official update and then announced that they will no longer use – Mobile-friendliness – Secure Site (SSL) – Page experience As a ranking signal. That’s right, they are saying that all these things will not affect site rankings anymore. That is rather disruptive. It means…
When I read my first book on sales, it began with the advice – Find your ideal customer and create their persona. Who are they, what do they like, where do they live, where do they hang out? And so on. I thought it was pointless. Why should a vendor care what type of coffee…
Some months ago I was talking to a fellow entrepreneur who was telling me about his father who built a small business, building metal storage boxes by hand. He told me that his father had the strongest hands he had seen on a man. Literally like hunks of logs. Those were the result of decades…
A lot of people start their ventures with a dream and expectations, but not a lot of them get to establish long-term successful businesses. Why do they fail? In my opinion, the biggest reason is that they are not listening. Whenever you do something that’s wrong for you, there’s always an inner nudge telling you…
Getting results from marketing is difficult, but it has always been difficult. There has never been a time when marketing was easy. It requires a special kind of mindset, a ‘put your foot in the door and be unmoving’ thought process. Listen, I am not asking you to be obstinate or pushy. I am asking…