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Customer loyalty and other entrepreneurial delusions

By Ken McCarthy in Business advice, Marketing insight

When I hear entrepreneurs complain about the lack of customer loyalty I always have to laugh a little.

They think what they need is a customer loyalty “program” that comes with a bag of tricks to keep customers coming back.…

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Discover the super sales power hidden in your calendar

By Ken McCarthy in Business advice, Marketing insight, Marketing Tools, Selling Physical Products

This is one of those powerful, simple and ever-reliable sales techniques there is that I’ve only rarely heard marketers talk about.

Maybe it’s TOO simple. Maybe it’s too obvious.

On the other hand, in this day and age when selling …

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Sales vs customer acquisition: A million dollar distinction

By Ken McCarthy in Business advice, Business Tools, Marketing insight

Words are powerful.

Need proof?

Before it became one of the highest rent districts in New York City, Soho, the neighborhood south of Houston Street, was called “Hell’s Hundred Acres.”

John Wayne’s pre-Hollywood name was Marion Morrison and Google’s original …

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Refund policies: How to do them right

By Ken McCarthy in Business advice, Marketing insight, Selling Physical Products

This one should be a no-brainer, but somehow many in the “Internet marketing” world have failed to learn, or actively ignored, this old school direct marketing basic:

Refund policy – You should have one, you should state it clearly, and …

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You can’t win ’em all, but you can always take pride in giving it your all

By Ken McCarthy in Business advice, On the road

System grad Nick LaCava’s bid for an Olympic medal ended today.

There were two semifinal races and had Nick’s boat been in the second race, they would have qualified for the final. Instead, they were matched in the first race …

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What success really is and where it comes from

By Ken McCarthy in Business advice, On the road

I took a trip down to Princeton, NJ last week with my good friend Bettina Mueller to visit with System grad Nick LaCava.

Nick, the co-founder of a business called Chocomize, attended System 2010. He’s also Bettina’s nephew and someone …

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