The Secrets Of Facebook Marketing
Yep, you can do marketing in Facebook, according to Shama Hyder from Afterthelaunch.com. I always thought that marketing in Facebook was simply buying some Facebook flyers (like Google Adsense), but Shama told me that that was a very small part of it. We talked about how businesses should and could be marketing inside Facebook and how to track results and all kinds of things. If you’re at all interested in learning how to start marketing in Facebook you should listen... Read More »
Your Fear Makes You Fail, Get Motivated
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”.... Read More »
Professional Speaking Tips To Help You Make $30k In An Hour!
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... Read More »
An Anthropological Introduction To YouTube
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... Read More »
Win $100 From Zappos.com
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... Read More »
Quit Wasting Money On Press Releases, Buy Shankman’s Book
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... Read More »
Bring The “Fun” Back To Marketing
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.... Read More »
Can You Become An Entrepreneur?
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... Read More »
What Is Social Media Marketing? Does It Work?
I’ve met a lot of people who say they “know” social media. But do they really know what they’re talking about? Look, this is all pretty much brand new in the grand scheme of things. So I wanted to find out what social media marketing is all about. I mean, is this really something that can be done professionally? So I went straight to the top of my list of people who I trust. My friend Lena West owns a social media marketing agency (Xynomedia) so I... Read More »
The Affiliate Summit Mandals Song
The Affiliate Summit in Boston is almost here. I’m so excited about it that I wrote and performed a song for the event. Video below, and here’s the video on Youtube if you want it. If you haven’t registered for the show yet, you better do it right now because it will sell out any day now (I know, I have the inside information). :) When you do, please use my affiliate link? Why not? Hey, I performed for you! Hey, and don’t forget to watch the end of... Read More »
Free Business Twitter Backgrounds
Sticking with my “the power of free” mantra, I put together a small little mini-site for anyone to use that has business-type Twitter backgrounds. It’s over at TwitterBacks.com. Head on over and download a Photoshop file and customize it to make your Twitter background personalized! Here’s mine. Why? Well, watch the video. It’s free. If you want to use them, go ahead, if you don’t, don’t. Read More →
The Death Of The A-list
It’s July 2008. Robert Scoble walks the early morning iphone3G line yelling “you’re live on the internet” while broadcasting live on his Nokia phone via Qik.com. But does anyone care what he’s doing or knows who he is? From the looks of the dreary eyed people in line, the answer is no, they just want to get their iphone and go home. Later that same day, Jason Calacanis decides to tell the world he’s quitting blogging in a dramatic long-form... Read More »
The Power of Free! A Case Study
So do you believe in the power of “FREE”? You should. Free works. All the cliches are true. If you give, you get. Don’t believe it? Here’s a video for you to watch. Tell me free doesn’t pay. Since launching my free resource site at OnlineVideoToolkit.com… I’ve been asked to write a book from a major publisher (paid) Invited to speak at a mastermind event (paid) Been interviewed to be featured in a major marketing publication that... Read More »
Sponsor My Ukulele Shows With A Bribe
Here’s the deal. I’m looking for someone to send me this Ukulele. Yep, it’s only $200 bucks or so. Purchase it and send me this ukulele and here’s what you get in return. 1. My playing the ukulele in at least one video per week for the rest of 2008 broadcast on this blog. 2. Your logo on those video recordings as the sponsor of these shows (anytime I play it). 3. Bad playing and bad singing of some of your most favorite and beloved songs of all time.... Read More »
And The Oscar Goes To… Jim Kukral
I’m involved in more than just “Daily Flip” type videos you know. I also work with companies to help create much “bigger” videos that are on “the next level” in terms of quality and production. Believe me, it’s a whole different world to create those videos. There’s concept strategy, scripting, pre-production, production, post-production, etc… And so much more. Fortunately for me, I work with an amazing full team... Read More »
How YouTube Is Missing Out On $1.2 Billion A Year By Not Having A Business Channel
Why doesn’t YouTube have a business channel? They have channels for musicians and experts and journalists and more, yet no place for businesses to upload their content. Why? Well, it could be that as of the time of this writing, there is hardly any business-type video content in existence. By this I mean that businesses have not begun en masse to create videos for marketing purposes. So it makes sense, right now, that there is no YouTube business channel because there... Read More »
Podcast: How To Build A Successful Niche Website & Market It?
This is a good one today. Listen to the interview below where I talk with Kelly from TheHolisticOption.com. A niche site that operates on a publisher/subscription business model. Kelly provides great insight about how she started the site only 8 weeks ago is already selling ads. But that’s not all, we talk about all kinds of things that you MUST listen to if you’re a person wanting to build a successful niche website. Standard Podcast [25:27m]:... Read More »
Practice Makes Perfect
Time for yet another learning how to play the ukulele update. The truth is, I don’t have that much time to practice, so I’m not getting that much better. So bear with me. In today’s video I show you some more chords I’ve learned. I’m still having fun, I just wish I had more time. Remember, the whole point of this was to see if I could learn how to play by watching videos on Youtube or learning from free information found through Google. So far,... Read More »
Podcast: Online Marketing For Small Business
Check this cool interview I did with Rob McNealy over at StartupStoryRadio.com. Rob runs a social media marketing company, as well as doing his podcast, and we chatted about that and all kinds of online marketing. Overall, a great interview with some helpful tips and tricks you can garner for your brand/business. Click here to listen. Read More →
Flip Winner Announced
So the winner has been chosen. Yep, you, are getting my old Flip camera. I hope you take good care of it. It likes to be read to before bed, preferably stories that aren’t scary, and it also likes to have its tummy rubbed when it’s not feeling well. When you get the camera in the mail, you had better use it to take a thank you video :) Oh yeah, and send me your address. I think you’re in Canada? Wow, what’s this shipping going to cost me? Can I just... Read More »
