I like motivating people. I’m no Tony Robbins, but when I get on stage or in a room of people I really enjoy getting people revved up and inspired to be successful.

So I decided to have a guy on the Daily Flip by the name of Noah St. John. from Successclinic.com. He’s a motivational guy that helps people get their foot off the brake and lose the fear holding them back.

We talked about a bunch of topics, like fear of success and motivational tips and “secrets”. Also about how to reduce stress and a bunch of other things. This podcast should motivate you, please enjoy!

Oh, and feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you thought of the podcast and how you’ve overcome your fears.

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One of the things I love to do is speak to a room full of people. I really enjoy it. Assuming I’m speaking about something I actually know about. :) So I talked with Dr. Ric Morgan, professional speaker who has over 35 years of experience speaking about how to be a professional speaker for a living.

Hey, this guy got paid $30k for an hour once. $30k!!!!!! He talks about that in the podcast below.

He gives us stories about how he got started speaking, and how you can too. He also offers very helpful and smart tips that you can use in your speaking presentations to make them better. This was a great interview and I really learned a lot from Dr. Ric. You will too. Enjoy.

Here are the show notes.

I wear yellow and black as “my” corporate colors
How do I get my first gig speaking today? Placed an ad in the paper. Who am I and why I can speak. Call me.
Join the national speakers association, don’t need an agent.
Get involved with Toastmasters.
Do you have to be dynamic to be a good speaker?
Never start with a joke, put it in the middle. Start with a line to get attention. Startling!
You’re the actor, writer, producer, director. Be prepared.
Over time you begin to gather material.
Take core messages and adjust it to a theme. Example: “Diving Into the Future”
How much can I expect to get paid?
Got paid 30k once for an hour.
Talk about 3 things. More than 3 things overwhelms the audience.
Speaking is a business. Run it like one.
Incorporate the expenses into the speaking fee before giving rate.
Get paid before you even leave for the event. No checks. Paypal payments are great.
Emergency speaking services. I’ll come last-minute to speak for you.
Never speak anywhere for free without a contract! It opens up legal issues.
What if it rains? Do I still get paid? Contract!
Can do smaller group meetings, many in one day.

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Servant of Chaos tipped me about a VERY good, but long, video that talks about how Youtube was created and how it “exists” as a community. His post is called: YouTube and the Context of “Being Social”.

I’ve included the video below. I HIGHLY suggest you take an hour to watch it. I just did and it was fascinating to see how Youtube has grown and how people interact with it, and each other. There was a lot of other great thoughts and stats and ideas that came out of the presentation as well. Watch this.

As an anthropologist, Michael Wesch is providing a fascinating analysis of the shifts in society and culture that are already underway. In this video he shows how user generated content + user generated filtering + user generated distribution is reinventing the way in which we create, find and share branded and unbranded material via the web. This potent mix is ignited with a final piece, which Michael calls “user generated commentary” — ie blogs — however, I feel this is better represented as user generated CONTEXT. When blog authors share content with their readers, they create a context into which the content becomes more accessible and digestible for their particular audience. It is this final piece which is an essential part of any digital strategy.

There’s a new affiliate forum that has launched at Affspot.com. It’s being run by friend Sam Harrelson with support by a bunch of other highly credible affiliate marketers who have years of experience in the industry.

Here’s my video talking about it. Shawn Collins has another post about it here.

Why have another forum? Why now? Well, here’s a video of Sam talking about it.

You like shoes, no? Well, you will like this contest I’m having with my friends over at Zappos.com. Five people will win a $100 Zappos.com gift certificate to buy anything they want on their site. And all you have to do is… well, watch the video. It’s easy to enter, believe me.

Oh yeah, and are you a blogger or webmaster? You should sign up for the Zappos affiliate program and earn bucks for referring sales. Great program that converts well. And don’t forget to follow @Zappos on Twitter.

Click here to see all the current entries at Flickr. Yes, ladies, you can wear flip-flops to enter. :)

Just got back from vacation in the sun and surf! Wow, look at my non-tan. Hey, I used 50 spf. I don’t like getting burned. Anyway, while I was on vacation I grabbed the USA Today every day and well, it got me thinking about a theory that’s called consistency of quality.

Watch the video for my full explanation, but you get the point already? Brands like the USA Today continue to produce high-quality content, over, and over, and over, and over…

It makes you trust them, and crave them. It makes you comfortable with them. And most importantly, it keeps you buying them. $$$

I can’t believe I found another old Internet geek like me! Yep, today’s conversation/podcast is with Jeremy Epstein, a hard core internet geek and now word-of-mouth marketing and social media strategist. Wow, I’ve been having a lot of people like this on the show lately haven’t I?

Jeremy and I do some venting about clueless customers and how to approach them and educate them about social media. We also talk a lot about customer evangelism and at the end Jeremy gives his picks for the top social media tools every small business should be working with right now.

Here are the show notes.

Chatting about customer evangelism. How do you convince a business to embrace evangelists?
Direct marketing traditional model of measuring ROI is a problem for most marketers.
How do you convince giant brands that social media is worth spending on?
How do you educate them? The key is starting small.
You cannot control the message anymore, but you can influence it.
Small business owner walks into your office and says social medis is b.s. How do you answer that?
What are the top social media tools I can get started with right now?
How are you measuring social media for your clients?

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Seriously. Stop sending boring press releases that don’t work. It’s a huge waste of money. Grab a copy of Peter Shankman’s book for a few bucks and learn why, and how you’re going to save thousands.

Book title: Can We Do That?! Outrageous PR Stunts That Work–And Why Your Company Needs Them

Peter is the guy who brought us HelpaReporterOut.com (HARO), which is a great resource if you haven’t signed up yet, go now and do it. Back to the book…

This is a must-read book for you as a small business or brand that’s wants publicity, and you should. Spend the money and read this book and thank me later. And yes, those are my affiliate links in the video widget below. If you buy from clicking on them I get like 10 cents or something, lol.

Check out Pete’s blog too. Good stuff.

You know I love fun, don’t you? You should also know I love having fun marketing. In fact, that’s what I’m all about. So it was pretty cool to have a couple named Kim and Jason on the Daily Flip to talk about their “fun” marketing efforts.

The conversation (play podcast below) I had with Kim and Jason is about how they market “fun” as a product. But more specifically though, I asked them a lot about how they market their own business. Here are the show notes. This is a great interview that I think you will enjoy.

Newsletters work.
How to do marketing without a ton of money?
Cross-promotions work.
How to contact people to interview?
Is starting a podcast easy?
Kids are never afraid to fail. So start small and just do it without worrying about failing.
People have different ways of learning. Some listen to podcasts, some read blogs.
Club K&J is a subscription program. $4.95/month. Exclusive content. Going for volume. Using amember subscriptions and paypal for payment processing.
What’s the funnest thing you’ve done lately?
Can you eliminate not having fun completely from work?
Is it easy to sell fun? People are dying for permission to have fun. They’re afraid to have fun.

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Or is it just born in you? What do you think? Is it possible to change who you are? Would you even want to? Today I chat with Suzanne Mulville, author of “From Employee to Entrepreneur“.

Suzanne and I chat about many questions regarding being and becoming an entrepreneur.

Questions like… Is it possible to “become” an entrepreneur? What does it take? And triggers that people face when they’re considering making the jump. For example, you may ask yourself as you sit in your horrible job you hate, how long do you want to tolerate being unhappy?

It might be time to listen to this podcast and find out if it’s possible to make the switch to a new lifestyle.

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