Below is an informative video from Guy Kawasaki on how to use Twitter in Business. The video was too large to be put directly in this blog. Click here to see it.
How to Use Twitter Video
Enjoy!
Phil Johncock
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How to Start Up and Grow a Business Online
In this article, you will learn:
· 4 facts why this topic is important
· Top 3 mistakes to avoid in growing your business online
· Top 3 new skills you need to grow your online business
· Top 3 steps to creating multiple streams of income
· 2 support packages
Why is it important to start up and grow a business online today? I asked this question recently during a teleconversation. Some of the replies were:
–To attract clients
–To create multiple streams of Income
–To work from home
–To reach more people outside my geographic area
–Just Google yourself
To clarify the last point, go ahead and Google yourself. Notice what comes up. If what shows up on the first page DOES NOT show you as an expert, then having a greater presence online so people can find you and your expertise is a great reason to start up a business online.
FACTS
TOP 3 MISTAKES TO AVOID
TOP 3 NEW SKILLS YOU NEED
TOP 3 STEPS TO CREATING MULTIPLE STREAMS OF INCOME
If you would like help with creating multiple streams of income, you will find 3 free videos of tremendous value at http://BrandYourNiche.com.
2 SUPPORT PACKAGES
I am sure you have heard of this proverb: Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. Well, this is not entirely true.
Most people need to be fed a fish for a while until they learn how to fish for themselves (find the right places, bate to use, etc.). So, most people need some of both.
The same is true for online business ventures. Many benefit from being fed solutions and answers, even have work done for them until they learn to fish. After watching numerous people struggle, I have created 2 packages to make their lives easier (feeding them a fish) while they develop their skills (teach them how to fish) over 12 months.
Here is a summary of the 2 support packages:
Claim your free audio teleconversation of this article, as well as more information about the 2 support packages, at http://4Grants.Net/nichepackages.htm.
I hope this helps!
Warmest regards,
Phil Johncock
Founder of BrandYourNiche.com
Claim 3 free videos at BrandYourNiche.com
See 2 support packages at http://4Grants.Net/nichepackages.htm
See Multiple Streams of Income, Part I at http://GuideYourHomeBasedBusiness.htm/blog
Have you Googled yourself recently? If so, how did you do?
Most people I know, even ones with websites, have poor results when they Google themselves.
There are 3 easy ways I’ve found to influence what shows up in a Google search. This applies to you personally, as well as your business, as well as goods and services. This information is so valuable that I decided to make the video below.
In the video, you’ll find out why people use Google. You will learn how to find out how you show up and where the information comes from. Find out the 3 top ways to change how you show up on Google searches.
Enjoy!
Thank you for supporting this site!
Phil Johncock
Free Training Videos
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This is Phil Johncock.
I am writing to invite you to create your own dedicated Expert Page on www.SelfGrowth.com, the # 1 Ranked website for Self Improvement on the Internet, getting over 1 Million visitors per month.
Your Expert Page on SelfGrowth.com will enable you to expand your online presence, promote your products and services, and network with other top experts in a variety of fields! There is no cost.
You can see my page by going to http://www.SelfGrowth.com/experts.html
and searching for Phil Johncock or by going directly to http://www.selfgrowth.com/experts/phil_johncock.html
To become a member of the SelfGrowth.com community, go to the link below or paste it into the address bar of your browser.
http://www.selfgrowth.com/membership.html
Now, to help you understand the power of SelfGrowth.com networking, I have enclosed a list of the top benefits of using our networking system on SelfGrowth.com, plus a free video “Brand Yourself as an Expert Free.”
Here are the benefits:
1) It’s not WHAT you know, but WHO you know and WHO knows you. We have 7,643 experts listed on SelfGrowth.com. Why not get to know some of them? Use SelfGrowth.com to initiate more personalized conversations with these experts!
2) Google and Yahoo love inbound links to your pages. The more people that have you in their Recommended Experts and Friends list, the more visibility your expert page will have in the search engines!
3) You can find people for Joint Ventures. Many of our experts have email newsletters — some of them will promote your product if you agree to promote their product. It’s the law of reciprocity in action!
4) The more connections that you have on our site, the more exposure you’ll get. We have a Most Connected Experts page displaying the most networked experts for our whole expert site. We also have the “most connected page” for each self-improvement topic displaying the most connected experts in each subject area. You can view the most connected experts on SelfGrowth.com by going to http://www.selfgrowth.com/most_connected_experts.html or visit our complete topics page at http://www.selfgrowth.com/completetopics.html
5) You can give and receive testimonials from other experts. If you help them, they might be willing to help you!
6) You can use the system to find people to create joint products with.
7) Everybody knows somebody! Each of the experts on our site has friends. You can make introductions for them — and they can make introductions for you.
It can be a lot of fun!
Here’s the free video “Brand Yourself as an Expert Free”:
Enjoy!
Phil Johncock
Do you want to increase Web traffic to your landing pages for products and services?
If so, read on …
The best way to increase traffic is “word-of-mouth” advertising. One “word-of-mouth” method that has had proven success recently is to reward clients with a “free gift” when they refer friends to your webpage(s). Several months ago, I heard Internet marketing guru Vic Johnson claim that “referrals” are one of the top strategies he uses to grow his subscriptions at AsAManThinketh.com.
I went to his site above. I scrolled down the left column until I saw “Tell a Friend” and a “Free Gift” button. When I clicked on the link, “Can we send you a free gift?” appeared with instructions for referring “at least one person” to the site in exchange for a free E-Book “Acres of Diamonds” a best seller by Russell Conwell. I signed up to see how it worked! Vic’s system was simple and easy-to-use.
I started researching a dozen free and paid systems online that handle “free gifts for referrals.” After lots of trial-and-error, I came across one that I like: ReferAFriend.com. It does everything I want a system to do. Plus, it’s free, too! Yay!
Here is a list of what you need:
• URL for the banner image of the “free product” you plan to give away in exchange for referring friends
• Content for the MESSAGE you want to send to people who are referring their friends, telling them about your offer
• EMAIL content sent to the friends who are referred
• URL of the page to DOWNLOAD the “free product” you want to give away
• A brief THANK YOU message
• The LOCATION where you want to promote the refer-a-friend campaign (websites, blogs, emails, etc.)
The system is very user-friendly.
I wanted to test it out, so I created a simple campaign. I gave away Napoleon Hill’s best-selling book “Think and Grow Rich” to people who referred friends and colleagues to a free book, “Guide to Home Based Business.”
I was surprised, too! In less than 1 week, 45 people were referred.
Don’t take my word for it. Try it for yourself. Here are the steps I suggest:
1. Click here to see my campaign.
2. Sign up and test my campaign.
3. Come up with “free gift” ideas that you have or could develop that might be a great reward for someone making a referral to your site.
4. Create your own campaign at ReferAFriend.com.
5. Watch you website traffic numbers grow immediately. (ReferAFriend.com has great “reports” to track traffic.)
I would love to hear from you, too. Post your “comments” below.
Warmest regards,
Phil Johncock
Can I send you a free gift? - Click here
FREE Videos to Grow Your Home Based Business Online - Click here
You can use “key words” to make money and find niche-markets for your products and services while working at home. I have!
The 10-minute video below answers these questions:
**Why are key words used?
**Where are 3 places to find key words for your home based business?
In the video below, you will also learn 9 places to put the key words that brand your niche.
Enjoy!
Warmest regards,
Phil Johncock
Founder of BrandYourNiche.com |
9 Ways to Profit from Your Key Words Free Video |
Free Training Videos at http://BrandYourNiche.com |
In this post, you will learn …
**How to create and edit a Wikipedia page
**How to Google yourself
**3 tiers of a Google display
**How to influence the top 2 tiers of Google
**Where to put endorsements on your SelfGrowth.com expert page so their show up in tier 2
**How to use AudioAcrobat
In a recent post, Dr. Ruth Marcus asked for some help with her website and branding her name. One challenge she faces is that she shares the same name as another columnist and other people.
We did a consultation on July 10, 2008. Videos of the advice I gave her are below. The videos can be played by Windows Media Player. Videos are divided into 2 parts.
Also, here are links referred to in the session:
26 Ways to Use AudioAcrobat
http://www.fununlimitedinc.com/audioacrobatideas.htm
5 Samples of Websites that Brand You as an Expert
**SelfGrowth.com - http://www.selfgrowth.com/experts/phil_johncock.html
**LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/philjohncock
**Plaxo - http://philjohncock.myplaxo.com
**Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johncock
**ZoomInfo - http://zoominfo.com
Video Recording of 2nd Half of Our Session
Download video: http://4grants.net/Ruth2.wmv
Uses Windows Media Player
Video Recording of 1st Half of Our Session
I apologize for the quality of the recording. Plus we got “cut off” during our session. That’s why there is a 1st and 2nd half of the video.
Download video: http://4grants.net/Ruth2.wmv
Uses Windows Media Player
Audio Recording of 2nd Half of Our Session
http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WNFfMP1x
Uses AudioAcrobat
I hope this helps, Dr. Ruth! Good luck!
Warmest regards,
Phil Johncock | How to Create Your Own Wikipedia Page | How to Influence Your Google Display of Your Websites and Expert Pages | Claim your free Niche Making system at www.BrandYourNiche.com
**PRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM www.guidetohomebasedbusiness.com/blog**
After you ask yourself, “What makes you and your products and services different?” and “What do you do that you are most proud of?”, marketing guru Tom Peters in his article called The Brand Called You suggests that to find your niche then ask yourself, “What do you want to be famous for?”
In his wildest dreams, Matt Harding never thought he would be famous for “dancing badly.” He just went over to a coworker’s desk and did this stupid dance to annoy his friend and say, “It’s time to go to lunch.”
One day, his friend said, “Why don’t you go and do that stupid dance you used to do and record it.” Matt did. He videotaped himself dancing badly on a street in Hanoi, then decided to keep taping his crazy dance in various places he went on a trip he was on.
In June 2005, Matt put a video of his bad dancing around the world on his website. Through people seeing it, emailing and putting it on their blogs, it snowballed to over a million downloads, even before YouTube was popular.
Stride Gum was coming out with a new gum and offered to sponsor Matt on another trip. This time, they paid for him to travel “any where on the planet I wanted to go,” says Matt.
When he started dancing, kids nearby would watch. They thought it looked like fun and started dancing, too. When other kids saw this happening, they said, “Well, I want to be part of that, too,” according to Matt. “They started flooding in from all directions. In 5-10 minutes, there was literally every kid in town dancing. There was this moment when there was this immediate access to joy.”
Your niche is your immediate access to joy … even if it is “bad dancing”!
Check out Matt’s niche …
Here is Matt being interviewed …
Phil Johncock | Founder of BrandYourNiche.com |
Claim Your FREE Niche Making System at www.BrandYourNiche.com |
Claim your free gift at www.BrandYourNiche.com/blog |
**POSTED HERE WITH PERMISSION FROM http://GuideToHomeBasedBusiness.com**
What if you could actually get paid to buy genius stuff that grows your business!
In this post, you’ll find the top 5 questions to ask yourself to GET PAID TO BUY stuff you’re already using!
1) What are the unique benefits you get from ALL the products you buy for your home based business? For example, in using Blue Host as my web hosting service I get a low cost ($6.95/month), unlimited domain names, enough space that I can even rent some, free WordPress to create blogs (like this one), and an excellent affiliate program where I make $65 for each referral!
2) Where do you show off your affiliate programs? For every product and service you use, join their affiliate program; if they don’t have one, suggest it! Advertise your favorite affiliate programs in a variety of places, such as email signatures (see below), expert pages (http://tinyurl.com/5sakmd) and special partner pages you drive traffic to (http://fununlimitedinc.com/partners.htm).
Below are some of my favorite products and services. Most that were also used in the Guide to Home Based Business E-Book project (many have free trials, too):
If the URL’s for affiliate links are too long (they often are), use http://tinyurl.com to shorten them, like I did above.
3) What motivates you to endorse a product? When I endorse something, I put my reputation on the line. When I like something and see its value, I want others to experience it, too.
4) How can you make more money than you spend? With only 2-4 referrals with the products above, I make more than I spend. Recently, by asking myself this question, I made six times what I paid for a training program before the 8 weeks had finished!
5) What’s the return on investment? Related to #4, you should get an actual return on the investment of money you spend on a product or service quickly. In a mentoring program in grant writing and fundraising, I show people how to earn back their tuition before they graduate (http://4Grants.Net/mentoring.htm)!
Thank you for supporting our blog!
Phil Johncock |
Do You Want to Get Paid to Buy Stuff?
Use this URL —>>> http://fununlimitedinc.com/partners.htm |
Can I send you a free gift? www.BrandYourNiche.com/blog |
One of the top ways to brand yourself as an expert is to “endorse” others and let others “endorse” you.
In this post you will find:
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5 Reasons Why Endorsements Work
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10 Top Strategies for Endorsing
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1. Offer to endorse people. I was surprised to find out that great people love to endorse great people. Click on the link below to hear a story about how I got a huge surprise endorsement for my first book - Dream-Making to Billions: http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WD0lv46x
2. Include your name, title, and website (minimum) with your endorsement. Whenever possible, provide your tagline, photo, and product photo, too. Examples: http://CompletionGenius.com
3. Give and ask for audio testimonials. I recommend AudioAcrobat (click on link below for a free trial). Just give out your testimonial line for people to call in. Example: http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/Wssvdb44
4. Post on blogs, discussion boards and forums. Try something unique. Share posting with a group. For example, in one situation, 10 different people take turns posting on their assigned day. Mine are the days ending in “0” … the 10th, 20th and 30th of the month. Example: http://guidetohomebasedbusiness.com/blog
5. Use refer-a-friend systems. Vic Johnson says that one of the top strategies for growing AsAManThinketh.com into a 6-figure income generating site was when he started giving away another E-Book when a person referred someone to his site. Example: http://refer.referafriend.com/taf/102183/2450/form
6. Appreciate often. Email appreciations and grant them permission to quote you in their branding campaign.
7. Request that clients complete online surveys after events and services you provide. Click on the link below to check out how I worded my survey to use comments in my marketing. Example: http://www.4grants.net/nichesurvey.htm
8. Ask “credible people” to tell you what your niche is. Ask them to tell you what they see as your genius! When I do this, I’m amazed at the great feedback I get. Remember: great people love to endorse great people. And, you’re great! Example: http://www.fununlimitedinc.com/clients.htm
9. Add endorsements to your website and email messages within 48 hours. As soon as possible, transfer endorsements you receive directly to places where you brand your name, products and services. Don’t wait. Example: http://BrandYourNiche.com
10. Ask for (or give) an endorsement NOW. Don’t wait for the right moment. Ask for the written or oral comment now before you move on. Ask for or give your “permission” to use the quote in marketing.
Endorse away!
Thank you for supporting our blog!
Phil Johncock |
Founder of BrandYourNiche.com |
Claim Your FREE Niche Making System at www.BrandYourNiche.com |
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Go to www.BrandYourNiche.com/blog |
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