Rainmaker IQ
Weekly “snacks” to find, land, and optimize new clients
How To Improve Your Networking Results
As you develop your networking program, here are some tips to help you build an effective presence.
How To Write A Marketing Email
Use the easy three-sentence method to focus your email message. Build new business relationships and get coveted referrals.
Are You Using The E-Cubed Rule?
You’ve probably heard about the WIIFM rule but there’s a BIGGER rule that few seem to know. It’s the E-CUBED rule.
Get The Green Light From Prospects
The green, yellow, red way of thinking can be a great way of evaluating and managing both prospects and customers.
How To Create A Marketing Budget
When you start thinking of your various marketing initiatives as stocks within a portfolio, it becomes easier to evaluate them.
How To Remove Marketing Bias
Why you must constantly ask yourself whether any unintended marketing biases are creeping into your customer messaging.
How To Prosper In A Recession
As you anticipate or experience a recession, you’ll likely find four psychographic patterns that can guide your priorities and messaging.
How to Make Better Referrals
A simple formula to give and receive great business referrals.
How To Predict The Future
How a Slinky toy can help you through many future business decisions that create difficulty for others.
What Is Your Marketing Culture?
Will your business seek to become a tree, a crop, a flower, or a weed?
How To Motivate A Growth Team
President John F. Kennedy did one thing that every business owner should emulate.
Break Your Boundaries Like A Rock Star
The practice of breaking boundaries has vital business implications. Successful entrepreneurs dare to do things differently.
Watch Out For Business Beaver Dams
We often let beaver dams into our business, causing a business plateau or growth ceiling. What should you do?
Watch Out For Tumbleweed People
They are now-and-then people who tend to blow through our lives. They can also be a dangerous and risky nuisance.
Why Rainmakers Avoid Sales Decks
If you use pitch or sales decks then you should probably stop. There are better ways to close new deals.
Overcoming Bad Business Habits
How to red flag, and then fix, the things which are holding your business back.
How To Profit From Recessions
Recessions are a desirable realignment cycle. Here are some rainmaker ideas to burn down old ways so new growth can emerge.
How To Create More Rainmakers
Youthful rainmakers can take your business to a much higher level if you learn how to cultivate them.
Creating A Business Advisory Board
As a company grows and becomes more successful, a business advisory board can become a very helpful resource. However, there’s a good way to build one and a poor way to build one.
The Key To Successful Outreach Campaigns
If you have been disappointed by your outreach marketing campaigns, then consider adding this powerful ingredient.