Tag: rich brooks

After 21 years in business, I finally decided to take a sabbatical. If you’ve been wondering if you can take a sabbatical, or how to make it happen, I’ll share my process in this episode! And, if you’re not sure why you should take a sabbatical, I’ll share with you why I’m taking mine, and […]

There’s nothing quite like a live event–a conference, expo, or business networking gathering–to learn a connect with like minded people. However, too many people don’t take full advantage of the opportunity.   In today’s episode we’re going to talk about how you can get more out of any business event with a little bit of […]

Your website contact form is potentially your best source of quality leads, so when no one’s using it, you’re missing out on a lot of potential business. In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the biggest reasons why your site visitors aren’t completing your online form, and what you can do about […]

So, it’s finally here. The Lead Machine. The reason I wrote this book is because after twenty years, I’ve worked with an incredibly wide range of businesses. Marinas, psychologists, bed & breakfasts, authors, jewelry makers, insurance companies, septic specialists, ticket sellers, universities and english as a second language schools! So many of them came into […]

Every business is constantly looking for ways to reach their audience and drive more traffic to their website. Unfortunately often overlooked, blogging is actually a fantastic and robust way to do just that. But maybe you’re not confident in your writing ability, or just aren’t sure how to start or what to write about. Have […]

I can’t believe we’re TWO DAYS from the Agents of Change conference. There’s STILL so much to get done it’s crazy! So, I hope you can forgive me that instead of a typical interview, or me reading a chapter of my upcoming book, I’m instead sharing with you my presentation from last year, Digital Marketing […]

Recently, our two keynote speakers, Chris Brogan and John Lee Dumas, along with Agents of Change founder, Rich Brooks, took to the airwaves. They appeared on 207, the evening news program for the local NBC affiliates here in Maine.  So, how’d they do? 🙂 We still have no idea what Rich was describing here. 😉  

There are certain things that every business website needs. In this podcast I want to talk about a few things that you just can’t do without… Content Management System (CMS) One of the biggest complaints new prospects have about their current website when they come to me is that they don’t have enough–or any–control over […]

Brainstorming Your Keywords One of the first things I do when sitting down with a client for SEO, is to ask them two questions: What do you think are some of the phrases that your ideal customer would search for to find a product, service, or company like yours? What do you want to rank […]

Thanks to all of the digital marketing and social media platforms available to us today, businesses have the availability to reach their customers on a global scale. But what if you’re looking to concentrate on a more local level? Learning to expand your local footprint using these same platforms can be very important, too. Once […]