Jack Zenert

Marketing Specialist. Expert Marketing Speaker. Trainer / Instructor in marketing, business management and succession planning.

Building Business Relationships

Mastering the Art of Relationships. Face it – Business is all about Relationships! You do not do business in a vacuum.  You have clients and customers – your life blood of your business. You also have employees, co-workers, maybe a boss, business partners, shareholders, joint venture partners, business associates, referral sources, suppliers, vendors.  The list goes on and on. So the true ‘Art of Business’ is the ‘Art of Relationships’.  It is one reason why there are more and more successful women in business (not knocking the men here).  Women just have a knack for developing strong relationships.  Men are driven to get the […]

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Do you have a business

I believe the them in the online marketing world of 2007 will be ‘run a business’. It seems everyone is talking about how to run your online efforts more like a business than a hobby. But really – is that relevant – and is it the correct focus for you? I think it comes down to your vision. Now many people talk about vision statements and mission statements, goals, dreams etc. But really getting a hold of what these esoteric concepts are is the tough part. Let’s stick with Vision and Vison Statement. I think a business does need a Vision Statement. The problem

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What are the ‘Business Basics’

If you are doing your own marketing – then you know you need a website!  I have said that before many times.  These days the website can be your cornerstone to your whole marketing campaign.  It can even be more than that, but I will not get into that now. I at one time would then go on to talk about the tools you need to create that website, to make it look good, to keep it current.  I would suggest Nvu, and highly recommend DreamWeaver. But not -  times they are a changing! Not that builidng a website using those tools are bad

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Where does success come from?

That is a good question. The difference between doing ‘ok’ and true success is very small. Is it know things – knowledge? Or is it doing things – ACTION. I think it is Action – and I am first to admit that I have not done the right action! Just look at when my last blog post was – June 7!!!! What kind of action is that – almost a month since the last post! I could make excuses that I was doing all kinds of other thing – and yes I was busy – but not doing the ACTION I needed! So my

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Self improvement and success go hand in hand

How do you know if a person is willing to attain self improvement? This is a question with no definite answer. It will all depend on the individual. Many people have goals, dreams or ambitions but do not know how to go about achieving them. They may have thought about what would make up self improvement and their ideal life, but have no idea how to even begin to make the plans and take the actions required to make them a reality. Some people have a vague idea on how to go about self improvement. These are the ones that believe that if only

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