The Ideas Marketing Board Game

Yes, you read it right! The Ideas Marketing Board Game! I’m pretty excited about this. Some of you may know that under the banner of Ideas Architect I design custom board games for clients to translate their training programs into an activity they can license or franchise to others. Most training merely presents a bunch […]

How to Build a Business that Generates Leads for You

Here’s the links to the entire series of posts from the Book Rapper issue Your Referral Trumpet. This issue is derived from John Jantsch’s book The Referral Engine. Book Rapper Summary: Your Referral Trumpet Book Rapper Review: The Referral Engine Seven Principles for Building Referrals How to Build a Referral Culture The First Secret to […]

How to Create Strategic Referral Partners

Derived from : John Jantsch, The Referral Engine Buy The Referral Engine on Amazon (Affiliate Link) The obvious place to source referrals is through your existing customers. A less obvious and potentially more lucrative opportunity is to form a network of business owners who cater to the same Ideal Customer. Who else serves your Ideal […]

How to Create a Customer Referral Network

Derived from : John Jantsch, The Referral Engine Buy The Referral Engine on Amazon (Affiliate Link) The obvious place to source referrals is through your existing customers. Instead of thinking of individual referrals consider ways to generate multiple referrals. Customer Network Referrals The key to building a referral network through your customers is to design […]

How to Create A Marketing Plan That Inspires You

Most marketing plans are designed for implementation. That’s important. And, it’s not enough. How many times have you known what needs to be done and not done it? A dry, dull, mechanical plan will do that to you. An alternative is to write your Marketing Plan as a Manifesto. In this way, you will be […]

How to Educate Your Customers with Content

Derived from : John Jantsch, The Referral Engine Buy The Referral Engine on Amazon (Affiliate Link) Content is the new fuel for lead generation. Use it to educate your prospects to sample your wares; for your customers to learn how to grab the most value from your product/service and to instruct your advocates how best […]

The Ideas Marketing Seminar Series

Late last year we trialled a couple of 3 hour seminars. And, based upon this success we’re going to run some more… It’ll be a similar format to the previous seminars. They’ll be 3 hours in length. They’ll be run as small-group sessions with between 6-10 people. Two seminars will be held on each day. […]

Converge Face to Face and Online

Derived from : John Jantsch, The Referral Engine Buy The Referral Engine on Amazon (Affiliate Link) Most traditional businesses rely on face to face contact to attract customers and provide service. Today, technology focussed businesses do most of the marketing and service delivery online. Both are useful. And, together they’re potent. The Four Ps Meet […]

Seven Steps to Define Your Referral Touchpoints

Derived from : John Jantsch, The Referral Engine Buy The Referral Engine on Amazon (Affiliate Link) If you’re going to start with the referral in mind and the lifetime value of the customer, then every single point of contact and influence with them needs to be considered. Here’s seven steps to include as you build […]

The Book Rapper Webinar Series 2012

Following from the success of our webinars from last year we’re launching a series of new webinars for this year. We will be continuing with our Book Rapper series of webinars. These will be complimentary webinars. You can attend and participate in the live events or if you register you can also listen to the […]