In the year 2007, I had a discussion with a client. It was about giving some of our courses away—yes, Psychotactics Course. Without charge. It sounds unusual: Why would someone just give valuable information away? You and I know that “normal” people don’t do this kind of stuff. No one just gives away thousands of dollars […]
Why Bad Testimonials Attract Bad Clients
Nothing bugs you more than a painful client. A client who hassles you at every step of the way. A client who won’t pay on time. A client who takes up so much of your energy that you get drained. I used to have clients like that And then at some point I stopped getting […]
How A Single Article Drew Tens of Thousands of Customers To Sign Up.
Imagine you woke up one morning and wrote an article. Just another article like all the articles you’ve been writing. And then suddenly you had tons of folks clicking on this article. Reading it. Then signing up to your newsletter. These tons of folks go into the hundreds, then into the thousands, then into the […]
The Biggest Reason Why Your Website Content Drives Customers Away
Let’s imagine you and I are meeting in Donostia-San Sebastián in the north of Spain for dinner. And we’re going to have dinner in the old town. What are we going to have for dinner? I know. We’ll have some beer, los pintxos, some icecream, and a cafe cortado. And guess what? We’ll get the […]
The Side Effects Of Expertise
Yes, yes, so everyone tells you you should become an expert. And yes, you know that you’ll earn more and get more customers. But there’s also a side-effect to expertise. It’s called influence. And when you’re influential, people pay attention. What do I mean? Well, read on. Here’s a letter from a company XYZ Inc. […]
Turning Tears into Gold: How to Create A Personal Marketing Success out of Pure Despair
Dylan and Rita were at their wits’ end when I met them at the World Internet Summit . By this point in their lives, they were supposed to be successful. They were supposed to be vrooming around in flaming red Ferraris, living the plush life and knocking back champagne on the harbour. Hah! They should […]
Six Degrees of Customer Separation
Consider yourself for a moment. The first time you saw either of our sites at 5000bc or Psychotactics, did you buy anything? Yeah, sure, so you signed up for a free newsletter. But did you buy? You couldn’t or wouldn’t because of the six degrees In all our testing, all our measurements and weird tracking, […]
What Kids in Third Grade Know Instinctively
Expertise is a matter of perspective. It cannot be based in years. It cannot be based on experience. It can only be based on perception. To the second grader at school, the third grader is an expert Simply because the kid in the third grade knows more stuff than the second grade kid knows. Having […]
The Secret Marketing Motivators Of Weight Watchers
Let’s assume you desperately want to knock off some weight. And you’re serious enough to get onto a structured eating system. Let’s also assume, you were presented with two diets Diet 1 consists of: Chocolate. Cake. Maybe even chocolate cake. Pasta with Cheese. Some butter chicken. Vegetables. Fruit. Diet 2 consists of: Vegetables. More vegetables. […]
How Do You Spell Success?
I cry at weddings. Not when the bride and groom are smacking faces. I stand pretty nonchalantly at the ceremony. What really gets the tear ducts going is the buffet at the reception. My eyes well up with tears as I watch the tuxedo clad servers bear golden platters of jumbo shrimp in zesty cocktail […]
