How To Market Online With Ease

 By: Robin Harris

You can ignite your marketing efforts and passion for the game by learning to use your personal story and expertise to get potential clients subscribing to your opt-in list.

I want to show you 10 simple steps you can implement with a low-cost investment and a little effort that you can use as a springboard for more aggressive online marketing campaigns.

By creating an interesting web site, which consist of one simple, yet, well-designed web page you can begin a relationships with qualified prospects. The "Interest Site" is designed to share content and offer a customized introductory e-product to someone who would qualify to be considered your ideal client. The focus of the site has to be a HOT TOPIC for your ideal client and it has to tie back to your product theme in some logical way.

The Interest Site will include the following components:

1. The reason why the ideal client should read the content and subscribe to your list to get the introductory product. You written communication should be compelling, not contain hype, and impress the ideal client so they know free product does not mean no-value, low-value product, but it means you are a generous person, you are a skilled business person, and you are beginning your relationship with them on good and ethical terms.

2. Weave in a soft introduction that is designed to create affinity with your ideal client so they know you are like them, understand them, and share some of the same concerns and interests as they relate to this topic. Be brief.

3. Discuss one to three key points related to the topic that the ideal client would find very interesting. Notice I said the ideal client would find them interesting, you may not, and the non-ideal client may not. You may have expertise in this area or you may have to go and do some research. Either way, make sure the information is highly relevant to your ideal client and related to your primary business offering.

4. Include a message that lets the ideal client know that this content is incomplete and they can get more advanced information by signing up for the complimentary ecourse or workbook. Don't offer just a newsletter or special report. These things are over used and are often perceived as low value until your credibility is well established.

5. Give the ideal client a teaser preview of the HOT HOT HOT TOPICS covered in the ecourse or workbook. Summarize what you have provided and remind them to subscribe.

6. Provide a Bio-box with 3 or 4 lines about you, written in third person to start imprinting the ideal client with the perception that you are a great resource, expert, etc. Be sure to include email contact. Get yourself an official domain and email address. Make sure the web address you pick for your interest site relates to the topic being discussed. Remember to represent yourself as being an established professional. Do not use an ISP email address. Bob@my-interest-site.com is much more attractive than bob1698@yahoo.com.

7. Use an autoresponder to create an online signup form for your opt-in list. Include this sign-up form directly into your web site page. I use an autoresponder which allows for attachments and can create both text and html messages. You can use the HTML software inside the autoresponder to create simple yet elegant messages without knowing HTML. I recommend you stay away form text based messages, there quick, fast and cheesy looking. Imagine getting a text-based email from Amazon, it just wouldn't look all that professional, would it?

8. Set up your autoresponder so the subscriber gets an immediate message congratulating them on their new subscription. Assure that the e-product is sent with the first message. You can either attach the product or store it on a web server and include the link. The first option is the easiest if you use the full-featured autoresponder.

9. Instead of trying to push people to your replicated site or your affiliate site, or convince them to spend money with a stranger, you want to get them to your interest site and get them into your opt-in database before sending them off to some other web site or having a serious sales conversation with them.

10. You can get more information about tools and resources for the Interest Site Project and you can also receive a complimentary template for creating your first ecourse when you subscribe to our online newsletter at www.marketing-with-a-story.com.

Author Bio
Robin Harris is a Certified Coach and the Founder of www.Marketing-With-A-Story.com. She works with entrepreneurs who want to market with ease by using their personal experiences, knowledge, and passion to attract their ideal clients. You can reach Robin via email at support@marketing-with-a-story.com

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How to Make $1,000 A Month Online From Affiliate Marketing With Kartra

What do you think of when you read claims of monthly profits? Are you looking for a Clickfunnels alternative? How about this Profitcopilot video using Kartra as an affiliate marketing tool? 

Steps To Starting Your Own Podcast

One of the growing media channels of 2020 has been podcasts. Podcasts are becoming an excellent tool to show the market how well you know your business area and to generate brand awareness and real interest from clients.

If you want to get your podcast off the ground then Robert Thibodeau has some great tips

You may have listened to a podcast or two or just simply heard about podcasting, but how do you start podcasting yourself? Especially if you are a Christian or interested in starting a Christian Podcast? Podcasting isn't the most difficult thing to do, but it can be challenging to become a successful podcaster. Many people, when they start a podcast, want to be so general that anyone will want to listen. But that does not really appeal to anyone!

It takes a lot of time and hard work to start, run and have a successful podcast. But for those that do have a successful podcast, they are targeting a very specific audience.

Figure Out What Your Podcast Is About

Before you even start recording, you have to figure out what it is you want to talk about. What do you want your podcast to accomplish? It should be something relatively specific, but most importantly, it should be something that you are passionate about.

Plan Your Podcasting Schedule

To be successful in podcasting, you will need to consistently upload new episodes. You cannot develop a loyal audience if they do not know when you will publish your next program.

My recommendation is to start slow. Maybe once per week or twice per week at the most. It will take you some time to get started. You are learning new things and that will take a lot more time than you realize.

After a month or two, you will have a system down and you will find everything is moving a lot faster for you. You can expand your production schedule from twice per week to three or even five days per week. But do not jump into that from the start.

Record It!

Now that you have some idea of what you want to talk about and have a strict schedule, you get to the most important part - RECORDING IT!

Some people do not like pushing the record button! You've done all the planning and preparation, just hit the button! Press record. Pressing record on your machine is one of the hardest things you can do.

But once you pass that mental barrier of "should I do this," podcasting becomes easy and enjoyable! If you are a pastor or speaker, you probably remember the first time you gave a sermon or stood up to speak in front of people. You will feel the same way the first few times you hit "record" for your podcast.

The more episode you record, the easier (and the better) it becomes.

Required Equipment

You do not need to have a fancy podcast setup. I know a lot of "guru's" out there will tell you to "buy this microphone" and provide you recommendations (and sometimes links - affiliate links) to purchase the "recommended" equipment. They will usually emphasize how great it will make you sound, etc., etc.

DON'T DO THAT!

You probably have all of the required equipment you need, right now, to get started. Most computers have a recording device pre-installed. Most have a camera (especially modern laptops). If not, a camera that sits on your monitor is cheap enough off of Amazon. You can also use your smart phone. Although it will not be the best audio, it will do as you find your way and get started.

Editing Your Episodes

Now that you have finished recording your podcast episode, you need to edit the file. There may be a minor edit to remove an awkward silence (like when you were looking for a particular scripture reference). You may want to add an "intro" and "outro" to your finished product. If that is the case, you can hire a voice over artist to create one for you.

I have used "Fiverr.com" to find voice over artists for years. I have a few favorite people I work with for very particular things. You could use "Fiverr" or you may have someone you know that has a great voice to help you out.

None of this is required to start. These are things we can go over to make your podcast better in the future. But you do not need them to start out.

You can use Audacity (PC) or GarageBand (Mac) to make minor edits, add intro our outro's and then save your finalized podcast episode file.

Upload Your Episode To Your Podcast Host

Once you have your final episode file ready to load, follow your particular host provider's policies and procedures for loading it to their platform.

You will need a photo or logo. You should create show notes for each episode (simply a brief summary of what is covered in that particular episode).

Once it is loaded, you will be provided with a link from your provider. When you share this link (either on your website or on social media), anyone who clicks the link will be taken directly to that episode.

Robert Thibodeau has been in online media since 2010. Between his online radio programs and his podcasts, he has accumulated about 4,000 episodes and conducted 600+ interviews in that time. He has helped many people to launch their own podcasts (many of which have earned numerous podcasting awards). He has a complete podcast training program, taking you from "Concept to Launch and Into Monetization." You can read more information on his training program at http://www.podcast-training.com You can also download his "Podcast Creation Checklist" for FREE under the "Services" tab on his website. He has also created a Christian podcast hosting and marketing platform at https://faithcasters.net

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Master Affiliate Marketing - 7 Ways To Take Your Earnings To The Next Level

 By: James Simpson

It's a fact that affiliate marketing is one of the quickest ways to get a web business up and running. After all, you don't need a website, you don't need a list and you can start advertising someone else's product just 5 minutes from now.

And the great thing is you really can make money by doing it. But the truth is, if you are
making money from a particular product you're promoting in this fashion, you're almost certainly leaving money on the table.

To explain why, we need to look at your average affiliate marketing strategy:

-- Pick a product to promote with a high affiliate payout ($50 or more)

-- Set up a pay-per-click campaign to promote your affiliate link

That's it! Those two steps are what the vast majority of affiliate marketers do. And that's why 95% of all affiliate payouts are made to just 5% of the people doing the marketing... because those top 5% are doing far more to earn their commissions than just a simple PPC campaign.

You need to understand that if you're fortunate enough to be making money from the product you're promoting just by doing those 2 basic steps, then it's almost a racing certainty that you're missing out on a mass of additional income.

Let's look at how you could increase your commissions and future related sales on just one product you're already making money from:

1. Build a 'name squeeze' page to capture your prospect's name and email address. It's a fact
that virtually all product sales are made after the customer's fifth visit to the website.

If you're not capturing your prospect's details, how are you going to make sure they go back to the sales page using your affiliate link? To greatly improve the chances of this you can set up a 7-series autoresponder to automatically send your lead additional information and reminders about the product they're interested in. This approach will keep the product fresh in their mind.

2. Build a website reviewing the product you're promoting, including a newsletter to catch your prospect's details. You can give full details about how the product will solve your prospect's problems, giving an impartial review of the features and benefits with some real-life results.

The newsletter will allow you to keep in touch with your prospects in the same way as the name squeeze page method.

3. Offer additional bonuses for buying through your affiliate link. This gives your prospect a reason to buy from you, especially if they know you're going to make a commission from the sale.

The important thing here is that your bonus products are related to the product you're selling. I mean, there's no point advertising a bonus book on 'how to make your parrot talk' if your initial product is about training dogs to perform tricks.

4. Create video tutorials on how to use the product you're promoting. This works especially well when you're promoting a software product. You can show people how to get started as quickly as possible without them having to read the manual.

The vast majority of people learn visually, so they're much more likely to use your videos than read the manual supplied with the software. You can even tie this in with option 3; give your prospect free training videos if they buy through your affiliate link.

5. Make your own product to cross-promote. It can be an add-on to the product you're promoting as an affiliate. Again, you could easily offer it for free or at a discounted price if they buy through your affiliate link.

6. Promote related products via email. This works by creating an 'A ' Grade list out of your newsletter and squeeze page sign-ups, i.e. the people who have actually gone on to buy the product you're promoting.

It's a known fact that people who have a proven track record of buying online are more likely to buy from you again. You can easily recommend to them a related product that will further enhance their original purchase, resulting in more affiliate commissions for you.

7. Tie all of the above together. You don't have to use just one of the methods above. Use all of them.

Create a name squeeze page, build a review website with newsletter, add some bonuses to your affiliate link, make some video tutorials, develop your own related product and promote other affiliate products via email to the lists you've built with your name squeeze page and newsletter.

But before you do any of this, make sure you're promoting a product that sells. After all, spending your time doing all of the above for a product that is poorly supported, doesn't work properly or has a high refund rate is going to be time wasted.

Author Bio
James Simpson is an internet marketer and product developer. Currently he is producing 'how to' videos, showing how to properly use and benefit from XSitePro, over at www.xsitepro-videos.com

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12 Basic Steps For New User To Grow On Instagram

 If you want a dozen steps for Instagram growth this guide from "ChrisJames1211" will give you  thirteen (a bonus number 2 tip too!)

Instagram is one of the largest and most important channels for your brand or business to be found by consumers.  An active and growing Instagram is an essential tool for building credibility and revenue in 2020 and beyond.

In order to grow your business, and stand out from competitors, you must have a large and growing following and a whole lot of likes. 

With the continued popularity of influencer marketing, brands and people are become famous, almost overnight, with a fraction of the cost of traditional advertising. Sometimes it can feel like your Instagram engagement has barely scratched the surface. 

So how do you Increase Instagram Engagement and get likes on Instagram? The best approach is to use a mix of the organic building as well as reputable growth services, such as CertifiedLikes.  Growth services can help you instantly add real likes, add real Instagram followers, and build your Instagram profile overnight. Purchasing or “boosting” likes and engagement will show credibility and popularity to potential consumers, who will then follow and engage with your profile or product because they now have a better perception and confidence in your brand. CertifiedLikes also offers a free trial for free likes and free followers to test the quality of their service.

There are other tips and tricks which we recommend to engage to help build your Instagram profile over time, to gain the most organic followers and likes.  Here are our top 10 ideas, strategies, and tips from social media experts to help you get likes on Instagram. 

1. Complete Your Profile 

This tip might seem too simple to mention, but you’d be surprised how many brands or influencers leave their account incomplete or void. 

It is a social etiquette that you should always fill out your account bio and use a profile image. Remember that people use your profile to judge or gauge whether or not they can trust, learn, or understand who or what your brand is on Instagram. 

Take the time to select an appropriate profile image… it can be a logo, product, or brand persona. Remember that your profile image will be small, so try to pick something that will allow followers to easily identify you. 

Instagram only allows you to use 150 characters in your bio, so use them wisely. Think of your profile bio as an elevator pitch, by the end of it all, followers should know a lot or little about your brand. 

 

2. Use High-Quality Photos

Instagram is a highly visual social media app… from your first selfie to brands showing off new their newest products and happy customers. If you want to stand out or compete with brands, you must post high-quality images. If photography and editing is not your top skill, have someone assist you with this critical part of your profile.

 

2. Make Your Account Public 

Another no brainer, make your Instagram account public. When your account is private, it limits new followers and likes from reaching your account. There’s a trend that making your Instagram account private gives followers the illusion of exclusivity or “fear of missing out.”

This may be true for popular Instagram accounts with a large following, but it will work against brands looking to increase their Instagram engagement and quickly build a following.

 

3. Use Relevant and Local Hashtags

Hashtags are what makes your post discoverable. The more you use hashtags, the more exposure your post will receive. Instagram limits users to 30 hashtags per post (in captions, stories, or comments), so you’ll have to find the popular and relevant hashtags related to your post. 

Avoid using hashtags that have nothing to do with your brand or your image; as this can feel like spam and can turn people away from your account. 

 

4. Have a Consistent Theme

People love the consistency as much as they love creativity. Going beyond the constant use of filters. Consistency also includes the type of content you promise people in exchange for likes. 

Brands that suffer from lack of Instagram engagement should step back and see if there are any inconsistencies with their branding or Instagram content theme. 

For example, if people want to know that if they follow an Instagram account about dogs, they’re going to see cute puppies, not clothing or shoes. Have a consistent theme to attract followers and increase likes. 

 

5. Master Your Online Branding 

As a social media manager (or the person posting content on your blog), your online brand determines a lot more than what you might think. Your online brand defines the type of content, what your photos say about you with or without captions. For example, Burger King is a fun, fast food brand that has mastered a colorful and youthful online branding on Instagram. Without the need for a logo, users can instantly spot and identify Burger King content. 

 

6. Tag Your Geo-Location

Make sure to always tag your geo-location in your post. Let Instagram users know where you are, and connect with your content more easily. Tagging a general location (like “New York City” instead of a specific restaurant) will increase the chances that people will see it. People looking for photos near them will be likely to engage with them, meaning you have an excellent opportunity to get more likes on your photos!

 

7. Partner with Other Accounts

Grow quickly with partners and other Instagram influencers!  Reach out to a complimenting brand and do a co-promotion or Instagram takeover. Combing your followers and audience will help to increase your Instagram engagement and likes. 

Be sure to tag each other so viewers interested can quickly find you both. 

 

8. Use Your Instagram Stories 

More than 42% of users have become more interested in a brand/product after seeing their  Instagram Story. Instagram stories have made their way into the daily lives of users and is one of the best ways to show how active your account is as well as highlight your new post to get more likes. 

Tip: You can also add hashtags to your stories to make them more discoverable to other Instagram followers who aren’t following your account. 

 

9. Share Your Post on Other Platforms 

Sharing your content on other digital platforms helps to expand your reach to new likes and increase engagement. You can share your post on other platforms with these three easy tips: 

• Add an Instagram widget or feed to your blog
• Automatically share content right on Instagram with button options
• You can directly share a link to your post in blog articles or other platforms, directing likes to your post. 

Check out how brands such as West Elm share their Instagram feed on their website, allowing shoppers to see how real customers style their products. 

 

10. Share Behind the Scenes Photos 

Everyone loves to take a peek behind the curtain, people are curious to see how something is made, and the synergy between your team. 

You aren’t just sharing behind the scenes content, you’re growing loyalty with the quality of your products and the people behind it, as well as building a relationship with life-long customers.

 

11. Run a Tag-to-Enter Giveaway

Giveaways are one of the best tools to get likes on Instagram and help to make your account more noticeable!  Host a giveaway with an Insta-worthy prize and ask participants to tag a friend or friends to gain automatic entry. 

This technique allows new followers and users to see your account, follow, like, and engage with your brand to grab your attention and win. 

Once you have a giveaway method and prize down, simply wash, rinse, and repeat for future giveaways. 

12. Reply to Comments 

If you want to get likes on Instagram, engagement is the name of the game. The more engagement your post gets, the more it’s noticed by others, and the more likes it can receive. 

Always be sure to reply to comments and talk with your followers each time you post. Open up the conversation and watch little by little as people begin to interact with you. 

Remember also to always post consistently! Posting every now and then won’t cut it if you want to get likes on Instagram. One thing popular influencers and marketing experts have sworn by in regards to their Instagram success is posting consistently on social media. 

This can range from 7 days a week to only a few select days. But once followers expect you to post daily or on certain days, you’ll have to keep that schedule, or you’ll resist losing followers and likes.   Following these tips, combined with a reputable social media boosting service to help give your account an automatic boost is a formula for success used by most top brands and influencers today.

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Facebook Ad Funnels For 2020 - The Perfect Facebook Ad Sales Funnels

Facebook Ads are an artform in themselves if they are to be effective.

The funnel system Jason Wardop presents gets lots of positive feedback

How to Build a Dangerously Effective Sales Funnel

If you're attracting clients from various channels you'll need an effective funnel to get conversions.

Here Gillian Perkins describes how that funnel can really drive conversions

Build Better Funnels and Websites

In this day and age, any business that wants to thrive must go online.

With so many things going on around the world, and global changes that will forever impact the way people live and do business, going online is no longer just an option.

Not only to maintain their success, but even just to survive.

Sure, there are tools that are already available that any business can use to run their entire company and processes digitally.

However, any minimum amount of research will tell you that most of these products are expensive, complicated and limited in customization.

In other words, not very user-friendly, and definitely not suitable for all business owners, especially those who are less tech-savvy and might even be on a budget.

I mean, who can afford to invest thousands of dollars a month into a bunch of complicated tools, and on top of that, hire employees to manage the systems, right?

Well, if this sounds familiar in any way, I have some good news for you.

As an online marketer and blogger myself, I am always looking for new solutions for these everyday challenges we face as business owners.

Today, I am very excited to introduce you to my latest discovery.

GrooveFunnels is, by far, the best way I have found to be able to build websites, sales funnels and sell digital products online.

The best part? It’s FREE.

But the free value does not end there…

You see, GrooveFunnels is not just a website and sales funnel builder.

The co-founder of GrooveFunnels, Mike Filsaime, is actually a veteran in the Internet marketing space, and has put all his experience and expertise into one of the best suite of marketing tools I have ever seen.

I’ve also signed myself up for an account (it’s free), and for the past few days, I’ve had the chance to play around with it.

And you know what?

I can definitely tell you that this 100% free tool is perfectly capable of running your entire business, maybe even better than some of the expensive complicated tools out there.

I’m not exaggerating by any means…

From what I’ve seen so far, GrooveFunnels includes everything that I need to run my online business, all for absolutely free.

Here’s just a quick list of what I’ve gathered so far:

FREE sales, page and funnel building platform

Possible to build my own branded websites with full navigation

Can integrate with my own custom domain name

Able to sell my products with what they call a 1-click upsell

Capability to integrate upsells, downsells, and order bumps

Even has a way to create my own powerful affiliate program for my products!

And that’s just for starters, because there is so much more for me to explore!

I’m not even joking when I say that I am planning to change my ENTIRE online business over to GrooveFunnels!

I mean, why wouldn’t I?

It’s FREE, and it’s probably the BEST suite of marketing tools I have ever seen in my life.

By the way, there’s more…

I didn’t even mention some of my favourite benefits of GrooveFunnels.

As a member, I’ve also received a TON of community benefits.

I’ve been able to join their private Facebook group, connect with marketing experts inside, get help with all my problems, access private training within their own academy, ask questions through their helpdesk, and meet other like-minded entrepreneurs just like me to make the best use of these tools.

So, if you’re like me… Striving to grow your business, looking to learn more about marketing and getting to know some of the best in the industry at a more personal level, then you won’t want to miss out on this opportunity.

Sounds great, right?

But you might be asking… what’s the catch?

The catch is that GrooveFunnels is free, but for a limited time only.

GrooveFunnels is in its pre-launch phase, which means that many of the products have still yet to fully launch.

When they do, and as the products continue to get upgraded, GrooveFunnels may no longer be free anymore.

This means that now is the time to sign up for your free account, which would also qualify you for the additional software upgrades that they make as time goes on.

Awesome deal, right?

It’s called being at the right place, at the right time.

And that’s where we’re at right now :)

Don’t wait any longer, because I’m honestly not sure when this free offer is going to go away.

Do yourself a favour and sign up for your free GrooveFunnels account right now, and I will see you inside of the Facebook group.

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Their free offer on Groove Pages and Groove Sell is a good start

Their full package is still available on the promo price too, working out similar for lifetime access than some of their competitors charge for a single year

In this video The Business Mentors show how to create your first page using Groovefunnels

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How To Video Marketing

With the growth of the internet and technology, videos have increasingly become a more powerful tool in getting more leads and growing one's business.

The commercialization of video editing tools and ease of sharing videos via video sharing sites such as YouTube has made the growth of the video industry explode rapidly.

Currently, it doesn't matter if you are a small-time marketer or a corporate giant, you stand lots of gain through leveraging on videos to grow your business.

The trends of internet marketing have always been evolving. Back then, it was article marketing. Then came the paid advertising era of PPC and PPV. Today, we have Video Marketing.

What is video marketing? Video marketing is the art of using videos to market and grow your business. This could be in the form of using videos for getting leads, building traffic or selling a video product.

Video marketing is great because it has the ability to grow virally. Viral marketing as in it spreads as fast and as widely as a biological virus, but in the marketing sense. This can help you reach a wide audience in a short amount of time and at a low cost.

People love watching videos, so much more because you can incorporate visual and audio elements which can excite emotions and make content interesting. E-books are so yesterday and have a hard time keeping up with videos which have been getting better and better.

One of the most useful sites out there is YouTube - The world's largest video sharing site. We shall look into the power of YouTube in the next section.

The Power of YouTube

As mentioned earlier, YouTube is the world's largest video sharing website. Why are they called video sharing sites? It's because everyone who uploads videos are like a TV channel of their own - You can get subscribers and people who watch your videos can freely share it with others through a wide variety of social media sharing tools available.

The popularity of YouTube has exploded, and businesses, big or small stand a lot to gain by tapping into this phenomenon.

YouTube allows you to upload videos for free, and if your videos meet their standards they will offer you a director's status, where you can post up videos longer than 10 minutes.

One good thing about YouTube, is that you can post descriptions down at the bottom box of your videos. This allows you to draw traffic to your website and write descriptions about your videos.

YouTube also has that added benefit of being owned by Google, the largest search engine in the world. Because of that, YouTubes videos rank highly on Google, and you can draw tons of traffic by targeting keywords with high search volume and are related to your niche.

We have seen the potential of YouTube - Huge user base, easy to upload videos and easy to share them as well.

Here's how you start marketing your business using YouTube:

1) Create a video worth of valuable content related to your niche

2) Make sure there's a call to action at the end of the video 

3) Upload your video to YouTube

4) Add a description below each video

5) Be sure to include a link to your website (traffic drawing purposes)

6) Share your videos with your target audience

Remember, a very important part of video marketing is the sharing component. Get your subscribers or followers to share your videos with others to get more views. The more views you get, the higher your video will be ranked.

Videos with higher rank will usually be featured in YouTube's channel listings and this will further garner you more views.

Basic Tools For Video Marketing

Let's look into some simple tools for creating videos for marketing purposes. One of my favorite combinations is Microsoft Powerpoint + Camstasia.

Microsoft Powerpoint allows you to create video content through slides, animations and sound effects. Camstasia allows you to record a screen capture, so when you play your slides in real time, you can record every single thing that is happening.

Combo-ed with some cool music, you can make powerful informative videos which your customer base will like.

Camstasia also allows you to edit your videos with basic features such as audio editing, slide transitions etc. Post video production is followed by uploading to YouTube, all can be done instantly via Camstasia.

Last but not least, you will need to sign up for a YouTube account before you can start uploading videos.

In short, these tools will help you create simple yet powerful videos for getting traffic and customers, as long as you have good content that your target market would enjoy.

Videos are a great powerful tool for helping you grow your online business in many aspects.

Rome wasn't built in a day, the same way traffic doesn't happen in an instant. However, if you diligently practice these video marketing methods, your business will surely have a lot to gain.

The best way to build a budding business online is to leverage not just on videos, but on as many marketing methods as well such as article marketing, SEO and paid advertising.

Once you have found what works best for your business, replicate and multiply your efforts and in no time you've built yourself a solid business empire streaming with thousands of followers.

I wish you all the best in your video marketing, and your online business journey!

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8 Things You MUST Do BEFORE Launching Your Business | Admin Tasks to Sta...

If you are just starting out you will have big goals and great ideas

Don't forget the essential background things too as Erin on Demand takes us through in this great video

She focuses on the framework for the USA , but the principles apply everywhere

Just be sure to check your own country's equivalent laws and organisations to those Erin mentions

Selling on an ECommerce Site Vs. A Social Media Marketplace

Do you now the difference between eCommerce and social media selling? Susan Friesen elaborates in her July 20 article

The Difference Between Social Media Selling & eCommerce

Over the past few weeks, I've shared some tips on improving your eCommerce website as well as some of the different ways to sell on social. This week, I'm going to help you choose whether you should focus on selling on an eCommerce store or opt for a social media marketplace.

But first, a quick refresher:

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  Selling on an eCommerce store means you're selling products or services on your own domain. You're responsible for everything from web design to creating compelling content and managing SEO.
• Selling within a social media platform or marketplace involves utilizing the platform's selling capabilities to actively market your products. Generally, if someone clicks, they're driven back to your website to complete the purchase.

You'll have to figure out how to process transactions either way and install shopping cart software or drive buyers to a third-party site like PayPal.

Here are some of the marketplaces you can sell on:

• Facebook Shops: Allows you to add products in different categories, communicate with customers and get insights around data.
• Facebook Messenger: While still a part of Facebook, this involves communicating with customers (either manually or with chatbots) to reach your target audience.
• Shoppable Instagram posts: You can tag brands and products in organic Instagram posts, then your audience can tap to see more details and buy the product.
• Pinterest (stats show that nearly half of all users are logging onto the site just to shop).

The Differences Between Selling on an eCommerce Store & Social Media Marketplace

Now, if you're selling on an eCommerce store, you can use a combo of SEO, content marketing and paid ads to drive traffic to your products or services. Because you can use your branding and content to your advantage, this can offer a more authentic experience to your customers.

If you're using an online marketplace, it's less time-consuming. The platform is already there, and you're populating it with your images, copy and products/services. It may be easier for some small business owners to engage with their audience on a site like Facebook, Pinterest or Instagram vs. growing visitors to their website organically.

However, the competition is high. You're competing against many other brands, both big and small. Your company could get lost in the noise, so to speak.

You'll also often pay a fee to sell. For example, the selling fee on Facebook Shops is 5% per shipment, or a flat fee of $0.40 for shipments of $8.00 or less.

So what's a small business owner to do?

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READ: Your Guide to eCommerce Social Media Marketing

Your social media accounts aren't just platforms for sharing content and engaging with visitors to accomplish those goals. From Facebook to Instagram, it can be a powerful way to market your products and services to your followers.

But despite these statistics, many small business owners still don't understand the value of using these popular platforms to sell. That's why I created this guide: to not only help you understand how important eCommerce social media marketing is, but to give you actionable tips to drive traffic, leads and sales.

Read more on our website.

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Sell on eCommerce First & Social Media Second

I recommend you start out with a website that allows people to buy what you're selling on your own site. Then, as part of a bigger strategy, if it makes sense to your target audience, you can use a service like Facebook Shops to increase the size of your audience.

I don't advise you to only sell on a third-party platform. Here's why:

• You have far less control over technical issues. If something breaks or the service goes down, it could create a negative experience for your customers-and you may not even know it.
• If you are having a technical difficulty or issue with your online store, you'll have to connect with the site's third-party customer support vs. contacting your web development company.
• There can be marketplace limitations around how your business can brand itself. Your own site allows you complete control over the visuals, content, coding, videos and of course, SEO.

4 Tips for Selling on eCommerce or on a Social Media Marketplace

While there are some important differences between selling on a third-party platform or on your own eCommerce store, there are some similarities in how you should approach things.

1. Build, don't push.

Focus on building relationships, not pushing your products or services on people. You'll have to spend time nurturing relationships and growing engagement, whether that's through in-depth blog articles on your site or replying to comments on Facebook.

2. Know your customers.

There are so many questions that can help you understand your buyers. Who's your target audience? What networks are they active on? Do they leave reviews? Do they prefer to consume video content or written content?

3. Understand your website weaknesses.

You're driving potential customers to your site, so make sure it's at its best. If traffic isn't converting into leads or sales, it might not be your paid ads or product images.

Check your CTAs, look for broken links and take a long, hard look at your navigation. Also, check your Google Analytics data to learn what's working and what isn't.

4. Listen to your customers.

Whether you're selling on social media or through your website, your reputation depends on how you treat your customers. Monitor your comments, answer questions and complaints promptly and keep tabs on online reviews on sites like Google My Business and Yelp.

So there you have it: if you can, take both approaches to connecting with your target audience! These two tactics can really complement each other and be a key part of your multi-channel marketing strategy.

However, there's more to the process than buying a domain name and loading your site with products or services or creating a profile on a social media marketplace.

Hiring a professional marketing company can save you both time and money. Contact us today to learn how we've helped many small business owners succeed.

To your business success,

Susan

About the author:

Susan Friesen, founder of the award-winning web development and digital marketing firm eVision Media, is a Web Specialist, Business & Marketing Consultant, and Social Media Advisor. She works with entrepreneurs who struggle with having the lack of knowledge, skill and support needed to create their online business presence.

As a result of working with Susan and her team, clients feel confident and relieved knowing their online marketing is in trustworthy and caring hands so they can focus on building their business with peace of mind at having a perfect support system in place to guide them every step of the way.

Visit http://www.ultimatewebsiteguide.ca and download your FREE "Ultimate Guide to Improving Your Website's Profitability - 10 Critical Questions You Must Ask to Get Maximum Results".

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AMAZON AFFILIATE MARKETING for Beginners in 2020 (Tutorial) - Make $100 ...

I was looking for an easy to follow guide for people getting into affiliate marketing with Amazon

This tutorial from Ankur Aggarwal is right up there!!

I hope you enjoy it

LinkedIn Sales Navigator Tutorial

LinkedIn Sales Navigator is by far the most powerful sales platform for modern sales reps and teams.

In this video, Gabe Villamizar takes a deep dive and shows you step-by-step how to setup your account and how to find sales leads and accounts.

Whether you're a sales pro, or just getting started with your professional sales career, this LinkedIn Sales Navigator tutorial video will help you understand how the platform works and its major features and benefits.

How To Joint Venture With The Gurus

Joint ventures (JV) are a great way of leveraging expertise, experience, resources and even funding. When it comes to your business a JV can be really effective if done right, as Ash Trivedi describes:

One of the best methods for getting the word out about your product and making a lot of sales in a short amount of time is with Joint Ventures.

These joint ventures or "JV's" can take-on many different forms. Some are as simple as promoting each other's newsletters, while others may be more complex partnerships with cross-promoting of complimentary products.

Joint Ventures are a powerful tool for expanding business in many areas. So, what is stopping 'you' from using this technique to expand your business?

For many new marketers, starting a JV can be a frightening task, especially when it comes to contacting other marketers.

Too often, many marketers appear to be "spamming," when they are really just seeking other JV partners. There is a correct way about finding joint venture partners and getting them to say yes to your proposal. Here's a few tips to get you started right away.

Don't use a template style letter and email all potential partners with that letter. Take the time to visit their site and make personal comments about it in your proposal. Let your future J.V. partner know that you have taken the time to contact him/her personally.

There are joint venture networks out there that can save you a lot of time emailing and not get you accused of spam. You could visit sites like J.V Gold.com and www.jvAlert.com/invite.aspx?id=2133 (that site requires an invite, so I've given you one in that link)

So now you've got access to a massive network of heavy hitters and guru marketers. What you need to do is write the best proposal possible and really over deliver for your partners. This will make your proposal stand out over everyone else's. Here's a few tips you can use;

If you have a product or service, let your J.V. partners have it for free. Let them know that as J.V. partners they can have your product for a free review. Without offering them a free review you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who is willing to endorse a product to their list which may have taken them years to build a relationship with.

Just by giving your product away for free to a couple of people you open up the gates for thousands of potential customers.
If you have an affiliate program in place, offer your potential partners a higher commission rate rather than simply paying the standard affiliate rate. Make them feel special.

Lastly, don't give up. If you can't for whatever reason join a joint venture network and you have to go emailing future partners one by one, this can get very tiring. Especially when all you may keep hearing is "no" or you get no reply at all. Well, just remember that you may have heard 100 "no's", but it only takes one "yes" from a heavy hitter to sky rocket your profits. Be patient and it will happen.

Author Bio

Ash Trivedi is an online marketer who's created partnerships with multi-national companies and small businesses alike. Visit www.ash-trivedi.com/Mike.html for an opportunity to J.V. with the gurus guru Mike G. as a gift from Ash.

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How To Generate Leads From LinkedIn

As a business to business (B2B) platform LinkedIn is one of the preferred social media platforms for lead generation

Listen to Deepak Shukla at SEMRush take you through why you should consider maximising your network reach through LinkedIn

7 Great Reasons You Should Be Publishing On LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a great platform for business to business (B2B) sharing and has a different etiquette to other social media platforms. Effie Cinanni takes us through how and why you could be using it for your business

LinkedIn Marketing for Small Business

LinkedIn Marketing for Small Business is becoming increasingly popular because it is a fast growing platform and the world's largest professional network with hundreds of millions of users. Posting regular, valuable content on Linkedln helps to create trust between you and your connections and helps you to be seen as an expert in your field. Why does this matter? Well, those that are perceived as experts in their field are able to command higher rates and generate more business and wouldn't we all like that!

7 Reasons To Publish Content On LinkedIn

1. It helps keep you top of mind within your LinkedIn network.
2. Your content provides more value to your network. For instance, posts offering free advice, tips or information on industry trends are often useful or valuable to your network.
3. It allows you to share your expertise, insights, technical or industry knowledge with a broader audience.
4. It helps to amplify your blog content to a wider audience and can help drive traffic back to your website, but be sure to use URL links within your posts to help people navigate back to your website.
5. It helps position you as a thought leader in your industry.
6. It can help build your business profile. How? Well if you've won an award lately, worked with a high profile client, gotten some great press, share a post about it. All these things help create 'social proof' or 'evidence' that can help you to secure future sales.
7. Your network can share your LinkedIn post and this opens up your content to a wider audience.

When thinking about LinkedIn Marketing and more specifically the types of posts you should write, remember to ask yourself;

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  What do I want to be known for?
• What sorts of challenges and desires do my ideal customers have?
• Then write your posts using key messages that show you understand these challenges, or desires and that you can help provide a good solution.

Following this strategy with help you to better connect with your target customers and build rapport.

LinkedIn Marketing - Build Your Network

LinkedIn has a powerful built-in search function hat you can use to help you identify new contacts. The main question you should answer is - who are the professionals and potential customers you'd like to connect to? Once you have defined your ideal connections, use the search function and LinkedIn filters to locate connections based on items such as job title, industry and location.

When you 'connect' with someone on LinkedIn make sure you add a note to personalise your request. It is very important to personalise your connection requests, try to use a message that shows the context and the relevance of connecting. For instance, comment on why it might be a good idea to connect, perhaps you are in complimentary industries. Maybe you found a recent post that they wrote interesting, or you might mention something that you have in common. Referring to shared contacts within your networks is also a good place to start, as we are more likely to connect with people we have common connections with.

Get started today, start posting valuable content and growing your network.

Effie Cinanni is Founder and Director of Small Chilli Marketing a Melbourne based consulting firm specialising in small business marketing and communications. She is an Associate Member of the Australian Marketing Institute and a Certified Practising Marketer (CPM) with almost 20 years of marketing experience. Effie has provided actionable advice and assistance to small businesses across Australia, helping them to create and grow profitable and meaningful businesses.

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