Turning Content Into Cash

How To Transform Your Little Cash-Weak Business Into A Million Dollar Cash-Pulling, Money-Sucking Machine Overnight 

Dear Friend, How important is "marketing" ... really? You've seen the letters the emails and the products: courses, books, ebooks and teleseminars showing you how important 'marketing' is ...
You and I have tools through the Internet right now that direct mail marketers just a few years ago would give their eye and teeth for. These are incredible time savers and money-makers and they will allow you to generate tons of profits if you see the opportunity in front of you.

The question is, "Is it 'marketing' that REALLY makes the difference in your business? Is the hype of 'marketing' REAL? How important is marketing to your business REALLY? Is it all a game and hype? Or is there more to it?"

The answer is in your MIND. It's your MINDSET, once again, that makes all the difference. It's the way you look at things that will make the biggest difference in your life and your business.
People who run successful cash-cow businesses think different than you do. They look at business opportunities in a different way than you do. They look at risk differently. They SEE OPPORTUNITY everywhere and take action to go after more business at every turn and every chance they get.

They SEE RISK in every transaction but insure themselves against catastrophic loss by not investing large amounts of capital until they test and tweak their products and offers until the numbers are extremely promising. You may have learned something about business in the past that was NOT true, but you accepted it because you didn't know the REAL truth. The problem is that most people are not open to the truth when they have an existing belief that contradicts what they are hearing.

You need to open your mind here and suspend belief about what 'business' is all about for the next few minutes. A lot of people say to me, "I don't know what kind of business to start" So I ask them about their hobbies, what interests them, etc., and I ALWAYS find something they could start marketing immediately, but they hesitate because they are not sure they want to be "in" that type of business. They don't know if they should open a physical store or a website or whatever ... they are uncertain as to what course of action to take.
So our question is:

"How Important Is Marketing ... Really'?"
 
First answer this question: Are you "in" the "information marketing business"'? Or the "web business"? How about the "mortgage reduction business"'? Are you really "in" any kind of business at all?
Bear with me here… I have a point that could explode your income to brand new levels. You're not in the "information publishing business", you are not in the "mortgage reduction business" or the "coaching business" or whatever business you think you're in. You are in the "marketing business". Your only business is "marketing" (fill in the blank with what YOU think your real "business" is).

THINK about this for a moment. You can start any business you choose, but what is your REAL job in that business?

There is more to this than you think. .. so please stay with me. Let me give you some examples of how this mindset can TRANSFORM your business overnight! If you are an owner of a store that sells auto parts, are you in the "auto parts business"? No. You're in "the business of marketing auto parts". See the difference? I know it may look like I'm splitting hairs here, but I'm not.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that 'marketing' is YOUR BUSINESS and your first priority. What you actually sell is secondary. And I don't want you to think that just because you own a physical store that sells, for example, "gift items" that you are stuck with that method of marketing. A 'physical store' is just one method of marketing ... that's all it is. Just like a 'website' - it's only one form of marketing.

Don't confuse a 'method of marketing' with what your REAL business is. With a physical store, if you get a good location, you are able therefore to get your prospects' attention for your products simply because they are riding in their cars past your store and see the sign you've placed out front. Your location and physical storefront is a form of marketing-it is NOT your business. You are not an owner of a 'store'.

But don't get stuck thinking a 'storefront' is the only way to market your products (the "sign" and your storefront is a form of marketing-the marketing of your 'gift items', and to be honest, not a very good one because it's passive. Think in terms of more proactive forms of marketing like referrals, direct mail, press releases, coupons, display or classified ads and any other method that will bring business to your door... In other words, you are NOT REALLY marketing your "STORE" - because your store makes you no money ... ! Right'?

Let's be clear: It's the SALE of GIFT ITEMS that makes you money. So you do not want to market your store. Because your store makes you no money. In fact it's an expense. Your REAL business is the "marketing of gift items". You just use a physical storefront to HELP you market gift items. It's a completely different mindset than saying that you are in the "gift store business". Are you beginning to see this? We're not done yet. ..

How many ads have you seen in your local paper that try to market the 'store' the person owns. I guess it's pride of ownership that causes these shops to advertise the shop, instead of the gift items and the benefits of the products they carry. Believe me, very, very, very few store owners understand this difference and the mindset I'm sharing with you!

Let me ask you what would happen if you did not put a sign out or any kind of markings to indicate you had anything for sale at all in front of your store if you owned this gift shop? Nothing would happen, right'? People would not stop at your store to buy anything because they didn't even know you were there or didn't think you were selling anything at all! So you see that a "sign" in the front of your store is a form of marketing, right'? Is the sign there to advertise your store'? No. It's job is to DRIVE potential customers into your store TO BUY gift items.

As odd as this sounds, what is the most prevalent form of marketing storeowners participate in? A sign. And maybe a few local newspaper 'ads' ... that's it. Is it any wonder then why they can't make a go of it? So the marketing for most stores is a simple 'sign' out in front of your store that gives your name and maybe something that describes your store like "Gift Shop". Ok'?

Now people at least know what you do and that you're a business. No sign, no customers. Are you going to leave your entire business’s future dependent on that one 'sign' in the front of your business or a few ads in your local paper? Sadly, most businesses do.

They could be using a hundred different methods to DRIVE potential customers to their front door (direct mail, postcards, events and contests, sponsorship, drawings, IV's, open houses, etc) but they don't because they do not understand this important thing:

They are not in the gift shop business they are in the "business of marketing gift items"! When you realize what your REAL business is, you begin to see thousands of possibilities for getting more customers.

You use anything and everything at your disposal, test every method and keep the ones that work constantly. That's how successful business people THINK: They see OPPORTUNITY

EVERYWHERE! And it kills them that they will never have the time or money to take advantage of every opportunity they see because there are simply too many of them!
Know what business you're in ('the marketing business') and think like a master marketer at all times.