The Loss of Jobs…

Everybody is mourning the loss of Steve Jobs. In this post, one of the world’s top Marketing Speakers, Jim Ackerman, explains why Jobs was the embodiment of industrial icon, Peter Drucker, and why Jim wants to be like Steve, when he grows up…

Marketing Speaker Says Blogs Can Build Your Business…

You too can use a blog to attract new customers, clients or patients, to convert prospects, and to keep your existing relationships loyal. Here is Marketing Speaker, Jim Ackerman’s take on BLOGS, along with some step-by-step advice on how do to a BLOG…

Advertising Speaker, Jim Ackerman, Announces New VLOG

The first in a series of programs designed to help you hone your skills as a marketer and advertiser. Presented by Marketing Wizard, Jim Ackerman, one of the most renowned marketing speakers and advertising speakers in the USA. Become a better marketing and advertising practitioner, so you can clobber the competition as you — perhaps for the first time — approach your advertising efforts with confidence and cool! That’s how you increase sales and make more money.

Marketing Speaker, Jim Ackerman says Speed Is Of The Essence

The Universe Likes Speed… And So Do Prospects
When God told Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, the scriptures record… “And Abraham rose up early in the morning… and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.”
Interesting to note that there was no delay on the part of Abraham. He didn’t [...]

Cyber Monday Email Spike & Dive

Email marketing is bound to set records for emails sent on Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving, but it is likely to lead to a DECLINE in email marketing in the coming year. Here’s why…

Tricks With Gift Certificates…

There are two kinds of businesses in the world… those that rely on the holiday season to make or break their year, and those that don’t.
If your business’s success for the last 12 months depends on how you do in the next 30 days, it might be a good idea to milk all the revenue [...]

Advertising is a messy, almost futile endeavor

A client called me from a medium-size Canadian town of about 120,000. The client is in charge of marketing for a jewelry store. One of about five competing stores within the geographic area of dominant influence of this town.
The boss had entered into an agreement to do some television advertising and they said they wanted [...]

Recession/Depression Prescription

I recorded this video a year ago. Revisiting it today, I was surprised at my own profundity. If you haven’t seen this, you really should take a look. If you have seen it, it bears watching again. It’s a good prescription for what you can do to save yourself from today’s economy.
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Recession Marketing Tips: How Your Mindset Creates Success, Even in a Down Economy

Have you watched the news lately?  Listened to the radio?  Opened a newspaper?
If so, then you’ve been inundated by doom and gloom everywhere you turn.
Or maybe you’ve noticed your store is a little emptier…your inbox a little less crammed…your phone a little quieter.
You hear about businesses, households, and individuals failing all around you, and you [...]

Recession Marketing Strategies: Are You Wasting Your Most Valuable Business Asset?

Here is a profound truth, something that not one in 20 business owners truly appreciates:
When you fail to continue to SELL to your customers, they will fail to continue to BE your customers.
And when the economy goes in the tank, if you’re not selling to them enough, you’ll be the one who is flushed.
I don’t [...]