- Podcast Secrets + An Amazing Faculty = Podcasting Profits
- Spectacular Presentation Marketing Including Twitter Ignites Waves of Traffic to Your Sites
- Poll: For Valentine's Day What Do You Prefer To Receive?
- Poll: Do You Use Twitter In Your Business?
- How To Auto-Tweet Your Ezine Articles to Twitter
- Repurposing Your Presentations on Twitter, Recap
- Repurposing Your Presentations on Twitter, Episode 7
- Repurposing Your Presentations on Twitter, Episode 6
- Repurposing Your Presentations on Twitter, Episode 5
- Repurposing Your Presentations on Twitter, Episode 4
- Repurposing Your Presentations on Twitter, Episode 3
- Repurposing Your Presentations on Twitter, Episode 2
- Repurposing Your Presentations on Twitter – A New Series
- Twitter In Plain English
- Lee Ann You Are A Spectacular Person And We Are Blessed In Many Ways
- How Social Networking Gave Us a Warm, Fuzzy Feeling
- Staying Warm with the Power of Social Networking
- We Got A Twitter Grade of 97.9%
Podcast Secrets? What secrets?
How would you like to "Recession-Proof" your business with the monetization power of Podcasting… even if you're starting an online business from scratch?
Podcast Secrets, taught by Paul Colligan and Alex Mandossian will give you the tools you need to do just that. Trust us, anything you can learn from Paul and Alex is well worth your time and investment. They are information marketing masters… knowledgeable, insightful and focused on helping you achieve success.
So what will you discover in the Podcast Secrets course?
Take a look…
- Strategy Casting – How to Aim Towards Monetization
- Ease Casting – How to Podcast Simply and Easily
- Growth Casting – How to Grow Your Hungry Audience
- Stat Casting – How to Track the Numbers that Matter
- Off Casting – How to Get Your Audience to Act
- Funnel Casting – How to Profit Directly from Your Audience
And…
If you look at their Podcast Secrets Faculty Page, you’ll notice 12 of the top experts in Internet Marketing, Media Production and Social Media.
How does this work with Podcast Secrets?
This special program includes a solid hour of pitch-free training with each of the faculty members. It will then be followed with a Q&A session.
These will be included in the private membersite and the premium course feed – but there is nothing like being there live!
We have been honored by being included in this year's Podcast Secrets Faculty. So without further adieu… here is the Podcast Secrets 2009 Faculty (In alphabetical order – links open their Twitter accounts):
You’ll notice we’re following all the faculty on the Podcast Secrets’ Twitter Account. We recommend you do the same.
- Leesa Barnes – How to Use a Podcast to Fill & Make Money From Any Event
- Denis De Bernardy – Semiologic Secrets
- Jamie Davis – Lecture 2.0: giving students 24 hour access to the classroom through recorded media and podcasting
- Michael Geoghegan – From Podcast To Book Contract In 6 Months Or Less
- Jeff Herring – Article Marketing Your Way To A New Audience
- Christina Hills – Blogging Basics From The Beginning
- Dave Jackson – Working With A Podcast Consultant
- Mike Koenigs – Secrets To Web Video
- Raymond Chip Lambert – Linked-Into A New Audience
- Julie Perry – YouTube Secrets For Podcasters
- Dan Safkow – Vendor and Reseller Outsourcing Secrets
- Pat and Lorna Shanks – Making Your Audio Podcast Very Visual
- Mari Smith – Relationship Marketing Secrets
- Mike Stewart – Building The Best Studio For Your Buck
- Jason Van Orden – Promoting Your Podcast
- “Mr. X” – The Next Generation Of Paid Podcasting
We totally recommend that you invest in Paul and Alex's Podcast Secrets course. With the knowledge imparted by Paul and Alex and the wealth of information shared by all the amazing faculty members, you'll be well on your way to Podcasting Success!
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Using Spectacular Presentation Marketing on your websites and in your blog is one of the best ways to draw endless waves of traffic and visitors to those websites and blogs. Add Twitter to the mix, which is free, and you’ve added an extremely powerful traffic generation system to your marketing toolbox.
We couldn’t stop the traffic and visitors coming to our websites and blogs even if we wanted to… and we really don’t want to. We’re pretty sure you would love to have the same flood of traffic to your sites as well. Read on to see how to get this result…
"SPIT IT OUT"
SPIT IT OUT stands for Spectacular Presentation Marketing Including Twitter will Ignite endless waves of Traffic and viewers will go OUT of their way to get to your blog. Here's how you do it:
1. Auto-Tweet Your Blog Posts & EzineArticles Submissions – You can set up a free account to automatically send a “tweet” to Twitter each time you add a new blog post or when one of your new articles is published. This auto-tweet will go out to your followers announcing your blog post or new article.
This is spectacular, but don't stop there…
2. Follow up the Auto-Tweet – Like in all other areas of business, your fortune and future lies in the follow up. Don't just rely on the auto-tweet to announce your blog posts and articles; direct your followers to your posts and articles yourself. You could say something like… "For 3 tips on how to… check out…" and then give the URL of your blog or article.
3. Others will "Re-Tweet" Your Blog Post or Article – A huge part of being social on Twitter is "re-tweeting" (RT) messages you can relate to and want other people to read. An amazing thing is that many people will do this for you without even being asked. So how do you get other people to RT for you? You ask them… and then return the favour with their tweets. It’s like Twitter karma.
Here's how you do it – "Get free instant access to…" whatever it is you are giving them in exchange for their name and email address.
4. Direct Them to Your Opt-In Page – You can also invite your Twitter followers to go directly to the opt-in page that you send people to from the Resource Box in your articles. If you aren’t sending people from your Resource Box to an opt-in page, you seriously need to correct that.
In conclusion… "SPIT IT OUT!" Use Spectacular Presentation Marketing Including Twitter and you will Ignite endless waves of Traffic and viewers to go OUT of their way to get to your blog!
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Please answer our Valentine Twitter poll. It will take you less than 7 seconds. It will help me (Pat) out with what I should get for Lorna. Thx.
For Valentine's day what do you perfer to receive?
- Going out for Dinner (25%, 12 Votes)
- Spend quality time together (23%, 11 Votes)
- A Hug (21%, 10 Votes)
- Flowers (21%, 10 Votes)
- It's not a big deal (21%, 10 Votes)
- A Kiss (19%, 9 Votes)
- A Card (17%, 8 Votes)
- Choclates (17%, 8 Votes)
- Lingerie (6%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 48
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Pat & Lorna on Twitter
It's Simple If You Know "How To"…
We get questions on how we Auto Tweet our Ezine Articles to our Twitter account. Chris Knight and his team over at Ezine Articles have put together a Spectacular video showing exactly how to do this!
There are even written instructions if need HERE or if you would like to see a larger version of the video.
If you want to see some of the articles that we have written please visit ArticlesByLorna.com or GreatArticlesByPat.com
You can see where we are on the Twitter.EzineArticles.com list.
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Pat & Lorna on Twitter
Today recaps our 7 part series on The "Top 7 Reasons to Repurpose Your Presentations on Twitter". Do these small things and you will increase your traffic, reach more prospects and connect with your market.
Reason 1 – It's Social – One of the rules in a Social Network (SN) is to be 80% social and 20% informative. Twitter is one SN where your current customers and potential customers can learn to “know, like and trust” you. When you are being helpful with your presentations and articles you are also being social, and as you are being social you are also marketing and informing.
Reason 2 – Extends Your Reach – Extending your reach means to get your marketing message and influence in front of as many eyes and warm bodies as possible. When you tweet your presentations and articles on Twitter, you are not only reaching those who are following you, you are also reaching everyone that follows each person who follows you. We call that Compounding Social Networking and that can happen when someone Re-Tweets (RT) your information to their SN group.
Reason 3 – It’s Present Marketing – In many ways Twitter is like Instant Marketing Messaging – you get an instant response from many people who are using Twitter at that point in time. Many internet marketers are beginning to notice that their Twitter list is many times more responsive than their email list.
Reason 4 – Gives You Expert Status – Mentioning your presentations and articles and using them to answer questions increases your expert status in the eyes of the tweeting public. And with some of the latest tracking services you can find out what people are responding to. Because this is a new frontier, there is still time for the majority of you to get in and establish your expert status in your niche.
Reason 5 – Spread The Word – If you send out more than one email message a day to your list, people will unsubscribe in droves. With Twitter you can send out multiple 140-character tweets (which contain marketing and informational tips) in one day. In fact, we encourage you to, because your followers are on at different times throughout the day. And don’t forget they are also on different time zones as well. People can choose not to follow you, but we have found those numbers to be quite low.
Reason 6 – Be Helpful – "People don't care how much you know–until they know how much you care." ~ John Maxwell. So when you are having conversations in Twitter and you see a question where one of your presentations or articles could help, you are being very helpful to someone when you refer them to your information. How's that for increasing your "know, like and trust" factor?
Reason 7 – It's Automatic – You can set up your blog to automatically tweet your blog post titles (which contain your presentations) to Twitter. If you have an EzineArticles.com account, you can also automatically repurpose your brand new articles (about your presentations) onto Twitter as well. So when your blog and/or article is publishing, it will automatically show up on Twitter without you having to lift a finger. That is magic!
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Pat & Lorna on Twitter
Today continues our series 7 of 7 on The "Top 7 Reasons to Repurpose Your Presentations on Twitter". Do these small things and you will increase your traffic, reach more prospects and connect with your market.
Reason 7 – It's Automatic – You can set up your blog to automatically tweet your blog post titles (which contain your presentations) to Twitter. If you have an EzineArticles.com account, you can also automatically repurpose your brand new articles (about your presentations) onto Twitter as well. So when your blog and/or article is publishing, it will automatically show up on Twitter without you having to lift a finger. That is magic!
We'll recap all 7 reasons tomorrow.
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Pat & Lorna on Twitter
Today continues our series 6 of 7 on The "Top 7 Reasons to Repurpose Your Presentations on Twitter". Do these small things and you will increase your traffic, reach more prospects and connect with your market.
Reason 6 – Be Helpful – "People don't care how much you know–until they know how much you care." ~ John Maxwell. So when you are having conversations in Twitter and you see a question where one of your presentations or articles could help, you are being very helpful to someone when you refer them to your information. How's that for increasing your "know, like and trust" factor?
We'll be back tomorrow for final Reason 7…
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Pat & Lorna on Twitter
Today continues our series 5 of 7 on The "Top 7 Reasons to Repurpose Your Presentations on Twitter". Do these small things and you will increase your traffic, reach more prospects and connect with your market.
Reason 5 – Spread The Word – If you send out more than one email message a day to your list, people will unsubscribe in droves. With Twitter you can send out multiple 140-character tweets (which contain marketing and informational tips) in one day. In fact, we encourage you to, because your followers are on at different times throughout the day. And don’t forget they are also on different time zones as well. People can choose not to follow you, but we have found those numbers to be quite low.
We'll be back tomorrow for Reason 6…
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Pat & Lorna on Twitter
Today continues our series 4 of 7 on The "Top 7 Reasons to Repurpose Your Presentations on Twitter". Do these small things and you will increase your traffic, reach more prospects and connect with your market.
Reason 4 – Gives You Expert Status – Mentioning your presentations and articles and using them to answer questions increases your expert status in the eyes of the tweeting public. And with some of the latest tracking services you can find out what people are responding to. Because this is a new frontier, there is still time for the majority of you to get in and establish your expert status in your niche.
We'll be back tomorrow for Reason 5…
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Pat & Lorna on Twitter
Today continues our series 3 of 7 on The "Top 7 Reasons to Repurpose Your Presentations on Twitter". Do these small things and you will increase your traffic, reach more prospects and connect with your market.
Reason 3 – It’s Present Marketing – In many ways Twitter is like Instant Marketing Messaging – you get an instant response from many people who are using Twitter at that point in time. Many internet marketers are beginning to notice that their Twitter list is many times more responsive than their email list.
We'll be back tomorrow for Reason 4…
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Pat & Lorna on Twitter
Today continues our series 2 of 7 on The "Top 7 Reasons to Repurpose Your Presentations on Twitter". Do these small things and you will increase your traffic, reach more prospects and connect with your market.
Reason 2 – Extends Your Reach – Extending your reach means to get your marketing message and influence in front of as many eyes and warm bodies as possible. When you tweet your presentations and articles on Twitter, you are not only reaching those who are following you, you are also reaching everyone that follows each person who follows you. We call that Compounding Social Networking and that can happen when someone Re-Tweets (RT) your information to their SN group.
We'll be back tomorrow for Reason 3…
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Pat & Lorna on Twitter
Today begins a brand new 7 part series on The "Top 7 Reasons to Repurpose Your Presentations on Twitter". Do these small things and you will increase your traffic, reach more prospects and connect with your market.
Reason 1 – It's Social – One of the rules in a Social Network (SN) is to be 80% social and 20% informative. Twitter is one SN where your current customers and potential customers can learn to “know, like and trust” you. When you are being helpful with your presentations and articles you are also being social, and as you are being social you are also marketing and informing.
We'll be back tomorrow for Reason 2…
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Lots of our readers are wondering what Twitter is and why you would want to use it. This is a short video that gives you in plain English what Twitter is.
Pat & Lorna on Twitter
- To follow us on Twitter click here => PatAndLornaOnTwitter.com
- To get a Twitter account click here => Twitter.com
- For a Quick Start on how to use Twitter if you are a Teleseminar Secrets student (TSS) click here => TSS On Twitter (This really can be used by anyone to understand and use Twitter)
Please click the image below to start that presentation.
(Duration: 2 min, 25 sec)
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We both have been blessed in our lives, our first was meeting 27 years ago in a parking lot at a rugby game which started it all for us.
But we have been blessed in many other ways too;
- With our family (Our oldest son Brendan celebrated his 19th birthday today)
- With our close friends and,
- With our Internet friends that we have met through Twitter or at seminars,
- With our business SpectacularPresentations.com
So when we see something that is Spectacular that touches us in one way or another we feel that we need to share it with you.
This is a video montage that was created by our friend Lee Ann Price of LeeAnnPrice.com. We met Lee Ann at Armand Morin's Big Seminar this past fall. This is Lee Ann's first video, so please tell her what you think. The Trackback to Lee Ann's blog post is here.
Please click the image below to start that presentation.
(Duration: 2 min, 44 sec)
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This is how Social Networking using Twitter gave us a warm, fuzzy feeling as well as some warm jackets…
To get the full details on how we got these wonderful Ezine Articles jackets please read this post here.
In a nutshell, we were tweeting about how Ezine Articles was going to give their authors with 5000 followers a jacket. We made a comment (tweet) about how Ezine Articles was allowing their authors to automaticlly post their approved articles to twitter.
You can check this out at Twitter.EzineArticles.com. We are in the Top 10 followers with published articles.
EzineArticles.com raised a challenge to its authors to have 5,000 followers on Twitter before the end of 2008. The reward? A very warm Ezine Articles fleece jacket!
Here we are in the front of our house with our brand new Ezine Article jackets from Chris Knight and the Ezine Article team. We are having a chinook today, it's (-0c/32f), but we are having winds of 39km/h (24m/h) and wind gusts of 50km/h (30m/h).
Those white streaks in front of us is the blizzard that was occuring at that time.
So thanks to Chris Knight, the Ezine Article team, and of course you our followers; without you this would not have been possible. But it also shows you the power of social networking. Thanks to all of you.
– Pat & Lorna
P.S. They are very, very warm!!!
Follow us on Twitter http://PatAndLornaOnTwitter.com
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EzineArticles.com raised a challenge to its authors to have 5,000 followers on Twitter before the end of 2008. The reward? A very warm Ezine Articles fleece jacket!
With only about two weeks left in the year, we were about 590 followers short of that target. And… with the temperatures hanging around the -25 degree Celsius (-10 degree Farenheit) mark, those fleece jackets were looking very inviting!
So, feeling motivated (and cold), we sent out a few messages on Twitter asking others to help us reach the 5,000 follower mark.
Wow! We were blown away with the results! In a few short days we reached our goal. And now, with two days left in the year, we have a grand total of 5,584 followers.
Previous to sending those messages our followers list did not grow anywhere near that quickly. It was, in our opinion, a miracle… or at the very least, a huge learning.
It was solid proof to us that there is power in social networking. Think about it, if it worked this well to increase follower numbers, what else could be accomplished? Anything! There is power in numbers and in people working towards a common goal. All it takes is someone to ask for help or raise a challenge that others believe in.
To answer a much-asked question… can social networking help your business? We believe it can. There is a lot of help and support available through the social networking channels.
But one last word… karma. You can only get out of something what you put in. By being involved in social networking and by offering your help and support, you may be pleasantly surprised what will be available for you when you ask.
To follow Pat and Lorna on Twitter, go to PatAndLornaOnTwitter.com.
To follow Pat and Lorna on Facebook, go to PatAndLornaOnFacebook.com.
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We just checked out Twitter Grader and we got a 97.9%.
So what is Twitter Grader?, Well, right from their grader report they state;
The Twitter Grade measures the relative power of a Twitter user. It is calculated as a percentile score. A grade of 97.9 means that the user scores higher than 97.9 percent of the other user profiles that have been graded.
So try it out for yourself and see how you grade with Twitter.
We invite you to follow us on Twitter at Pat & Lorna on Twitter.
Our Twitter Grade Report
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