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When you think of what assets your business has, several things may come to mind. If you’re the financial type, you might immediately go to your balance sheet and look at what you have in the bank. If you’re more subjective you might look at your staff and the talents they bring to the table. Both of these are good ways to judge your assets, but there’s one important factor that might get overlooked— you!

Have you ever seen someone get up on their ‘soapbox’? It’s called a soapbox because soap used to come in wooden crates and if you wanted to speak in public you stood up on one so everyone could see you. They were also free to ignore you as well, which is why the phrase took on a negative meaning. The idea became pretty clear. A call-to-action is great, but if it doesn’t motivate your audience, then it’s a waste of your time and theirs.

When it comes to effective marketing, you want to do more than just talk at a prospective client. You want to talk TO them. You want to build a relationship with them, to become their friend. And so like a helpful friend you try to anticipate their questions and provide answers, often in the form of nurture emails. The only problem is that people sometimes don’t listen to their friends. If the friend doesn’t have anything relevant or interesting to say, they’ll tune them out. The same is  true with the nurture emails you’ve been sending out.

Sure, you can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can certainly judge an article by its headline. We do it all the time. Think back to the news stories you skimmed over the last time you wanted to catch up with current events. Some of them you read because you were interested in the topic. Others you skipped over entirely. And there were a few where you just couldn’t help yourself— you just had to click on. Why? What made them stand out? If a writer could bottle whatever it is and sell it, he or she would be rich indeed.

As any writer worth their keystrokes will tell you, words have power. The right words in the right place and time can have tremendous impact. That’s certainly true when you’re writing copy. You want to set the scene for your audience and invite them to find out more. You want to tell a story, but unlike a novelist, you don’t have pages and pages to get your audience’s attention. To do that your copy will need to be many things, but most of all magnetic. Here’s how:

“There’s no such thing as bad publicity.”

      ~ P.T. Barnum

As a small business owner, you’re good at what you do. You wouldn’t be in business for long otherwise. You know you’re good, your staff knows you’re good, but outside of your company and maybe your community, how many other people know how good you are? That’s one of the key aspects of a successful business. It’s not enough to be good. You have to let everyone else know you’re good. That’s where good PR comes in.

We’ve all read about great leaders. Maybe they were historical figures like George Washington or Martin Luther King, Jr. They may have been captains of industry like Henry Ford, influential politicians like Margaret Thatcher or sports legends like Michael Jordan. Even though their styles differed, all of these men and women were leaders.

“All work and no play makes Jack dull boy.”

        ~ Old Proverb

You’ve probably looked at the mountain of work piled up on your desk and thought about how great a vacation would be. Perhaps you’ve wistfully looked at a travel brochure of a tropical sunset or a majestic mountain top and wished you were there. It’s a common dream, but like most of us, you sadly put the travel brochure away and get back to the grind.