Ask Frank Kern

He's running some ads and he's not getting any sales. And to that I reply, welcome, sir, to the club.

And so I don't really understand the question. It says is it only sales conversion that count? Or should I check for some other stats? I'm not...

Very simple. It would be to get them on the phone, give them a proposal and see if they wanted to become a client.

Everybody's got testimonials, you know. I don't really think it matters.

Is high-end continuity still a significant part of your business model? No, high-end continuity isn't and it never really has been. By high-end, I'm assuming you mean multi-thousand dollar consulting engagements...

I think you went through either yours or a version of the perfect day experience where in a perfect day, this is what life would look like. Do you remember that day?

So Simon asks, have I worked with clients from Europe who sold their products/services to US customers? And is it more difficult for Europeans to sell on the US market?

Yes I have, and the answer is no.

Here's a pretty good question. Samuel asks, is SEO dead? How much should I worry about it for a blog/biz website?

Well, I'll give you my answer with a disclaimer.

One thing I've really appreciated about you over the years has been obviously, you know, you're one of the most intelligent marketers out there, but something about understanding human behavior, positioning and dynamics.

So for example, however many years ago, maybe you remember what year it was, you did the first state of the internet address. You did it in an office that looked pretty fancified, you sitting at the big desk and what people didn't realize, and I know you explained this later...

Do you think there's any connection between the MK-Ultra experiments and modern marketing methods, especially the ones that have a background in NLP.

Okay. Number one, I don't know...

We're recording this for you in this little wooden room of the California place where we are staying for the next couple of weeks, here in the summer, and just had the craziest health thing happen...

This morning, I read a pretty powerful marketing lesson written by a Saint. I'm pretty sure he didn't intend for it to be a marketing lesson, but it's a good marketing lesson nonetheless. The Saint's name is Nikolaj Velimirović and in his writings, he says that we are better off if we do not engage others in lengthy debates and fruitless discussions. We can better change their hearts by our love and good deeds.

If we take that sentence and we apply it to marketing, it really makes a lot of sense because one of the most effective ways to persuade someone that you can help them is to demonstrate that you can help them by actually helping them.

I know this sounds really, really basic and really, really simple.
Usually the most basic and simple things are the things that work the best. So here's why this technique is so powerful...