Maximize Member Excitement to Stop Your Members From Quitting

“I can’t even get them to return my call.” If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a million times. It’s the telltale sign of a membership marketer who has a member with an expired credit card. They’ve been a member for months, but now they’re getting canceled because their monthly charge didn’t go through. The team emails, calls, and … Continued

Do You Give Members What They Expected or Do They Quit?

Is this what your member says when he receives your email? “Yeah, I was hoping for an email. It’s been too long since I received one of those. I’m excited to finally get one.” Nope. Your member never says this to himself. Instead your member sits down to his email with the mindset of, “How can I get this cleaned … Continued

Why I’ve Given Up Facebook Until After the Election, and What ‘Pokemon Go’ Reveals About Stopping Your Members From Quitting

I’ve decided to give up on Facebook. I can’t look at it anymore. Does everything have to be a flaming argument about the election? Even my closest friends have become lunatics about their chosen presidential candidate. I’ve long-since learned political discourse on Facebook is a total waste of time. But when I see an ignorant post, it just burns me … Continued

The simplest way to get customers

I have a coaching client who is working as hard as anyone I know.  Yet, he isn’t getting the results his hard work deserves.  And, when I suggest changes he’s SO busy keeping up with his current commitments it’s a challenge to implement anything new. In many third world countries children have to walk an hour in the pre-dawn darkness … Continued

Embarrassed by success

I’d finally accomplished everything I had been working toward for years, but now that I had it, I hated it. I was a consultant, and I had successfully tripled my prices. I exceeded my competitors’ rates by double. But I had a problem. I realized there was no way I could grow my income further without working even more hours … Continued

Do you have a number?

During my last three consultations with clients, the same issue came up, so I thought I’d share it with you here. Many of our goals are nebulous and difficult to think about because they appear far away and out of reach. To someone who has never earned more than $100,000.00 a year, “Build a million-dollar business” will seem like a … Continued