Author: Maria Sparagis

  • Company Valuations Part 1: What Makes a Subscription Business Sellable

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    At some point in every business owner’s life, they’ll want to sell their business. Whatever the reason is, each proprietor comes to this conclusion eventually. It’s good practice to know what makes a business sellable, especially a business is your vertical, long before you reach the point of sale. This way, you can prepare yourself…

  • How AI Copywriting Benefits Your Business (and Why You Should Keep Your Human Writers…for Now)

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    The bells aren’t ringing just yet for copywriting professionals. AI copywriting tools are available online for business owners, students, and writers to use that speed up certain processes. You can use these tools to assist with web content, blog posts, meta descriptions, and a lot more. And these tools can benefit businesses more than you…

  • MasterCard Goes All-in on Crypto, Embraces the Future of Payment Processing

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    About a decade ago, cryptocurrency began. Bitcoin was the one and only option and mined by just a few enthusiasts. At the time, crypto was arguably too futuristic to be taken seriously. Decentralized? Blockchain? Digital wallets? Very few were buying into the idea. Fast-forward 10 years and we’ve reached the point in crypto’s lifecycle where…

  • The Future of Direct Response Marketing Part 2: Partners, not Providers

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    Welcome back! In this Part 2 of our interview with Rich Schefren, internet marketing pioneer and “guru to the gurus”, we uncover what the future of direct response marketing holds. His insight on the subject is both understandable and surprising. Use this information to your advantage to prepare a future-proof business model that can capture the…

  • The Future of Direct Response Marketing Part 1: Building the Foundation

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    We sat down with famed business strategist and “guru to the gurus”, Rich Schefren, founder of the automated webinar (2007), for insight into where the direct response marketing industry is headed. He gave us some great personal accounts of what makes a marketing strategy good, what doesn’t, and how he got to where is today. You can leverage his extensive knowledge to…