What I do

I’ve done lots of things and I don’t figure that’ll end anytime soon. It’s the Montana way, at least until the scenery becomes more edible.

Software/technology guy, marketing consultant to small retailers and service businesses, copywriter, business columnist, wholesale skin care baron<grin>, and most of all, a guy who helps businesses find solutions to their business problems, helps businesses find (and KEEP) more customers, and helps businesses become more productive.

If you think I got a little repetitive with “helps businesses”, well, that’s what I do. I help businesses. Much of what I teach was learned in the school of hard knocks, but I’ve also been trained by none other than millionaire-maker Dan Kennedy, one of the most successful marketing and business advisers there is.

Dan’s exhaustive up-front training followed by ongoing training several times a year, added to years of using Dan’s strategies in the real world - even before I knew he existed, yielded the end result - I was trained and certified to help small businesses by Dan Kennedy himself.

At Rescue Marketing, I teach business owners 7 fundamental strategies to improve their bottom line, obtain and keep more customers, and find sources of revenue “hidden” inside their business. I also teach business owners how to fix their marketing and make their advertising accountable to them so they can stop being an “advertising victim”. I also show them how to integrate technology that makes sense by saving time on repetitive work, and integrate the internet into their business processes. Once the 7 strategies are taught and the owner’s implementation of business improvement have begun, then we move on to more fundamental strategies.

You’ve probably heard that only 10% of businesses survive 5 years. A related statistic is that only 5% of new business survive 10 years. Here’s a statistic you may not have heard. Only 15% of all businesses reach $1 million in revenue. My software company did all 3 things. It helps to have someone on your side who has been there.

Most of my clients these days are small businesses that want to be larger, more profitable and more successful - but without the owner having to work 100 hours a week. Primarily, that involves Rescue-ing them from themselves: Cleaning up their marketing, systemizing the business so that anyone can do the grunt work, focusing the owner on what they should be working on, and integrating technology throughout their company where it makes sense - including getting their business on the internet in a way that benefits the company and its clients.

My best clients get an opportunity to take advantage of a limited number of slots in my “Trusted Advisor” program. In addition to poking around in the nooks and crannies of your business like a nosy mother in law (mine doesn’t do that and is very nice, by the way), this process helps them to look beyond the mental barriers they’ve put up, think big and take massive action to benefit themselves, their families, their staff and their business. Accountability is a big part of this program, but it’s far more substantial than that.

I really enjoy helping business owners take their company to new levels of success - and I’d really enjoy talking with you about your business. You can reach me at 866-997-7634 or 249-0307 here in the Flathead.

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1) Visit http://www.rescuemarketing.com

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PPS: Software entrepreneurs: Despite all the talk about helping small businesses, I haven’t exactly abandoned the software world. In addition to having a number of tech company owners in my coaching groups, I moderate the software company operations discussions at SoftwareCEO.com, teach courses at Software University, and act as an advisory board member at ClarionMag.com.