by Stu McLaren

Before we begin, I suggest you can a pen and paper because you will want to write down ideas, thoughts and new product ideas you get from answering the five questions in this article. These questions will help you generate multiple ideas for your current products and services you are offering, your business and yourself.

Number one question: In the next seven days what can I do that will increase the number of people opting in to my squeeze pages? To increase my conversion rate? To increase the number of people promoting my products? What can I do in the next seven days to let my customers know I appreciate their business? In the next seven days how can I overdeliver to my customers?

Basically you need to think about: What can I do in the next seven days…and you can fill in all the things you can to improve. Increase traffic? Increase response rate? Decrease email removals? Decrease refunds?

There’s all kinds of things you can sub in there. But ask yourself those questions and then watch what happens. Watch your imagination take off. Make sure you record those ideas as you start generating them.

Number Two question: Regarding marketing strategies, which of them are being used successfully in your industry?

Look at a business in your industry that is very successful and ask yourself what marketing strategies are they using that you could apply to your business?

Number three question: What would be five new ways to attain new customers?

Have you ever thought about that? Most of us acquire customers one particular way. We have one method of acquiring customers. Ask yourself: What are five new ways that I can acquire customers? It will set off a chain reaction of ideas for you and your business, and when you start implementing these ideas, your business inevitably is going to expand and grow and get bigger and better and bring in more revenue.

Question number four: Who could really help my idea take off and how can I make it super easy for them to do so?

Throughout my career I have asked myself this question over and over again. If you really think about it and apply it, this question can be extremely powerful. I cannot even begin to explain how powerful it really can be and how I have been able to apply it to my business.

I’ll repeat it one more time. How do I make it really easy for people to help me and who do I know that could really help my idea take off? This is a great question.

Number five question: For only $10, how could I wow blank?

Spending only $10 how could I wow my customers? For only $10 how could I wow my affiliates? My joint venture partners? Why not use this everywhere, spending only $10 how could I wow my girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse, friends?

It’s an awesome formula. Use it to grow your business. Use it to take your money makers and turn them in to profit empires.

I know when I ask myself these questions I see not only a difference in the number of ideas I am able to generate, but directly in my business. If you want to know five more questions that will help your business expand check Part Two of this article.

Until then

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