http://amarketingconnection.com/blog I love marketing for the healthcare industry. Copywriters, marketers, consultants, coaches, business owners, managers...welcome, learn and share. We\'d love to hear what you have to say! Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:40:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What is going to make the difference between creating success and not creating success?   Fully expressing your power.   I believe this is true no matter what your desires - to become a successful and profitable holistic practitioner, to become a millionaire, to create passive income streams so you can travel ... http://amarketingconnection.com/blog/?p=178 Working in the healthcare industry is different than working in any other industry. In healthcare, you will usually work with people who are experiencing a pain - whether physical or mental. In addition to stopping that pain you know there are a lot of other ways you can help people. ... http://amarketingconnection.com/blog/?p=177 Asking for something is simply the best way to ensure you get it. However, asking is often something many of us shy away from. Fear of rejection, shyness, feeling awkward or uncomfortable, assuming you are going to get a no, and just plain being afraid of the word NO are ... http://amarketingconnection.com/blog/?p=176 Is being creative in your business really possible? One thing I have to make an effort to do is make myself slow down and find the time to let myself be creative. After finishing a large project I find myself running off to do the next thing rather than ... http://amarketingconnection.com/blog/?p=175 Caring about your clients and your product or service shows through in a hundred subtle ways to your clients; regardless of whether you are in the healthcare industry or not. In my experience, I've found that people that either work in healthcare, or start a business in the healthcare industry ... http://amarketingconnection.com/blog/?p=174 A client I met with recently was looking to streamline their advertising. I met with them right after the yellow page rep had been there to renew their account. They had a full page ad in the yellow pages (they were very proud to be the first page in their ... http://amarketingconnection.com/blog/?p=173 We all have clients that love us. And I mean loooooooove us. These are our favorite clients that we like to think about all the time. Clients like these are the reason we are in business and the reason we love our business so much.   Unfortunately, not all our clients ... http://amarketingconnection.com/blog/?p=172 What better way to get new customers than by being highlighted in your community paper. Being featured in your local newspaper or a local magazine - in an article, not an advertisement - is a sure way to have new clients lining up out your door. Having an article about ... http://amarketingconnection.com/blog/?p=171 Are you one of those people that go to a trade show and walk from booth to booth filling up your bag with goodies from all the trade show booths? Do you collect pens from your doctor's office? Keep the magnet from the veterinarian on the refrigerator?   I do. I ... http://amarketingconnection.com/blog/?p=169 Making goals and objectives before writing your copy is the way to get to the meat of your subject.  A clearly defined purpose will help you write faster and better.  A good acronym to adopt in setting any objective is SMART: Specific, Measurable, Action-Oriented, Realistic, and Time-Bound. Let's take a ... http://amarketingconnection.com/blog/?p=167