Author: Connie Ragen Green
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Humble Yourself as Part of Your Business
There is a scene from the movie “Runaway Train” that made quite an impression on me when I first saw it back in 1985. Two men have escaped from prison and dream of a life of freedom. Eric Roberts’ character Buck) tells Jon Voight’s character (Manny) about how he’s going to do things “his” way…
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Connie Ragen Green – My Theme for 2017
Do you have a theme for yourself and your business for 2017? The first person I knew who chose a word for each year was Mari Smith. We met in 2009 while we were both speaking at a marketing event and I was taken by her choice of the word Influence for that year. Here…
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Joint Ventures for New Online Entrepreneurs
Joint Ventures Used Wisely for Online Entrepreneurs Joint ventures can be defined as a commercial enterprise undertaken jointly by two or more parties that otherwise retain their distinct identities. This business entity is generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance and participation. Many people seem to think of a partnership…
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Recruiting Affiliates to Help Sell Your Products
Recruiting Affiliates to Promote Your Products When you sell products online, a great way to get the word out about your offerings is to have an army of people behind you. These people will represent your brand, refer your brand, and encourage people to buy your brand. You can end up with loyal customers, who…
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Email Marketing to Increase Your Sales and Conversions
Benefits of Email Marketing There are so many reasons to focus on email marketing for your business, whether it’s a brick and mortar business or a digital one. Let’s discuss some of these reasons so that you can make the most informed choice. It used to be that only huge corporations were able to take…
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Email Marketing: Writing to One Person
Email marketing was not an activity I had any knowledge around when I first came online. I began joining people’s list and receiving their regular emails, but when I needed to start doing this for myself I was at a loss as to how to structure each message. Early on I had started sharing a…
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Public Speaking for Your Business
Public Speaking for Your Business It is said that most people fear the idea of public speaking more than they fear their own impending death. I can speak from personal experience and tell you this was most definitely true in my case. Even though I had been a classroom teacher for twenty years before coming…
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Connecting People for Mutual Benefit
The Art of Connecting People When I attended my first marketing conference in the spring of 2008 there were more than two thousand people in attendance. I knew fewer than a dozen of them and had not met any of them in person previously. To say that I was intimidated would be an understatement. All…