John Jantsch, marketing guru and founder of Duct Tape Marketing, shares his insights on building trust in marketing for small businesses. He emphasizes the importance of a strong marketing foundation and effective customer relationship tools. John discusses the balance between self-reliance and seeking guidance in entrepreneurship. He also offers strategies for navigating consumer expectations and leveraging AI in marketing. Plus, he highlights the role of influential literature in shaping marketing perspectives.
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Strategy Before Tactics
Develop a marketing strategy before choosing tactics like websites.
Understand your ideal client and create a customer journey.
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Staged Marketing Approach
Establish a baseline of the client's current marketing efforts and needs.
Use a staged approach with milestones to guide marketing progress.
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Building Trust
Claim your Google My Business page and build trust markers like BBB accreditation, affiliations, and reviews.
These markers build credibility and influence purchasing decisions.
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Tommy Mello's "Elevate" offers a practical guide to building and developing high-performing teams. The book shares insights from his experience at A1 Garage Door Service, a $200 million company. Mello details strategies for attracting, training, and motivating employees to achieve shared goals. The book emphasizes the importance of accountability, clear communication, and creating a positive work environment. Readers will learn how to transform their teams into cohesive, high-achieving units.
Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill
Published in 1937, 'Think and Grow Rich' is a seminal work in the self-help genre. The book is the result of over twenty years of research by Napoleon Hill, who studied the habits and achievements of more than 500 successful individuals, including Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford. Hill distills their wisdom into thirteen principles that, when practiced with persistence and faith, can transform dreams into reality. These principles include the power of desire, faith, specialized knowledge, organized planning, and the role of the subconscious mind. The book emphasizes the importance of maintaining a positive mental attitude, setting clear and specific goals, and taking consistent action to achieve success. It also explores the concept of the 'Master Mind' alliance and the need to overcome fears and doubts to achieve one's objectives.
The E-myth
why most businesses don't work and what to do about it
Michael E. Gerber
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber dispels the myths about starting your own business, highlighting that most small business owners are not true entrepreneurs but rather technicians skilled in their trade. Gerber introduces the concept of the 'E-Myth' and explains that business owners must embody three key roles: the Entrepreneur (the visionary), the Manager (the organizer), and the Technician (the doer). The book emphasizes the distinction between working 'on' your business and working 'in' your business, and provides practical advice on building systems and processes to ensure a business can run independently of its owner.
Rich Dad Poor Dad
What the Rich Teach Their Kids about Money - That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not
C.P.A. Sharon L. Lechter
Robert Kiyosaki
The book tells the story of Robert Kiyosaki's two fathers: his 'poor dad,' a highly educated but fiscally poor man, and his 'rich dad,' the father of his best friend who was a successful entrepreneur. It emphasizes the importance of financial education, distinguishing between assets and liabilities, and building wealth through investing in assets such as real estate and businesses. Kiyosaki argues that a good education and a secure job are not guarantees for financial success and provides practical lessons on how to make money work for you rather than working for money[1][3][5].
The Self-Reliance Entrepreneur
The Self-Reliance Entrepreneur
John Jantsch
The Referral Engine
John Jantsch
In this episode, Tommy speaks with John Jantsch, a marketing expert and founder of Duct Tape Marketing, about the critical role of marketing in small business success. John is an expert at creating marketing strategies, building trust with customers, and creating tailored marketing systems for small and large businesses. In this episode, John provides actionable strategies for generating leads and retaining customers through effective sales training and referral systems, and gives his advice on how to adapt to the future of AI in marketing.
For more information about John and his company, you can visit ducttapemarketing.com
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