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Social Marketing is something that has been around for many, many years, however it is has now transferred into the Internet.  Offline businesses share their business with others via business cards, billboards, advertising as well local social networks such as rotary clubs and associations.  Online while trying to earn money, learning the social marketing basic principles is necessary to succeed.

There are many different facets to social marketing but of course this article would never end, so let’s focus on three facets.

Blogging

One of the greatest social marketing tools available is your blog.  With your blog you are able to promote and make individuals aware of your product, service and opportunity. [Read more →]

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I have chosen to intentionally surround myself with winners, achievers and those who think BIG! Frank McKinney is one of those folks and I always leave his presence feeling better than when I arrived!

I met Frank on a Maverick trip with Yanik Silver & his Maverick Business Adventures. I’d already read a few of his books (“Make it Big” & “Maverick Approach“). When I learned more about what he was doing with Caring House Project Foundation, I began to support that cause. Then when he sent me autographed copies of his three books being released simultaneously…the kids & I started family reading time every night to “Dead Fred & the Flying Lunchboxes” (“The Tap” & “Burst This” are also great!)

Well now, I had the chance to help raise funds again while also taking along a guest (a Mastermind member) who I wanted to meet Frank. Frank is a BIG giver, a BIG thinker and a BIG action taker. I thought you might want a sneak peek of how our day with Frank went…

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For those considering outsourcing in their online business, the goal is to create a more profitable company while streamlining the owner’s work. Taking the time to avoid common outsourcing mistakes will make the process go much smoother and avoid the feeling that you are spinning your wheels and getting nowhere. Or to quote Nicole Dean of Common Sense Outsource Tips “You must plan your outsourcing wisely. Otherwise, you’re simply throwing money into the wind.”

As with any part of business, outsourcing has its good and bad points, however if you are aware of the potential problems before hand, you increase your chances of an enjoyable experience. [Read more →]

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With my clients, alot of what I hear is…but WHAT do I give ‘them’ to do?
What CAN they do for me? and on and on…

So today ….part 2

5 Easy to Outsource Tasks for Online Businesses

When you are looking to save yourself time and to make sure that your online business is running to the best of its ability, you will find that one of the things that you should look at is outsourcing. You may consider outsourcing to be something that only huge companies do, but you’ll find that online business and outsourcing are a perfect fit. Because online business calls for a wide variety of skills and talents, no one person can or should tackle them all on their own. There are several tasks that can easily and, more importantly, beneficially be outsourced elsewhere. Here are just a few of them. [Read more →]

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Today I share the final W of the 4W’s on how to fill your stadium.  The first 3 W’s are: Want, Woo, Win and today I will share the final one which is to ‘Wow‘ your audience.

Our goal in any business is to not only attract clients and/or customers but to keep them and continue to provide a service that they not only enjoy but will tell others about.  So, yes you must Wow them.  You’re probably asking, ‘Carrie, how do I wow my audience?’ and I will share that with you.  Quite simply a great way to Wow your audience is to provide to them more than they expect.  Sounds easy enough, but you’d be surprised how many won’t do it!

In any business we must provide our services in order to make our audience happy but, have you considered going the extra mile? [Read more →]

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Continuing with the 4W’s on how to fill your stadium, the third W is Win them!  Wait, don’t know what the 4W’s are?  Go here, quick and read all about them. Then come back to this post to learn more.   Now that you are all caught up, we will discuss how to Win your audience.

If your goal is to fill your stadium with a happy audience and referring audience you will want to provide them with the goods. [Read more →]

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Now don’t roll your eyes, people want to be romanced and your audience is included.  Do you remember your first date? It was great how your date tried to ‘Woo‘ you with flowers, and sweet words.  At times your date succeeded and a relationship began. Notice the word ‘relationship’? A relationship is necessary in building your audience. Remember we want to fill our stadium with adoring fans and that requires building a relationship.

In order to ‘Woo’ or romance your audience, you must build your audience.  It’s difficult to ‘Woo’ and empty stadium. There are several ways you can entice your audience and below are just a few examples: [Read more →]

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We all want to fill our stadium or believe that we do, so what’s the problem?  Why are some successful and others not successful?

If you recall, I mentioned the 4W’s in one of my last posts.  If you have not read that post, go now and read it before continuing with this one.  Now that you are all caught up we will begin with the first W which is the ‘Want‘.

Now you may be asking yourself, that is silly, don’t we all want more business, more clients, more customers, and more __________ {you fill in the blank}. [Read more →]

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There’s a song in “The King & I” with Yul Brenner and Deborah Kerr — ‘Getting to know you, getting to know all about you. Getting to like you, getting to know you like me…’ — and I believe filling your stadium, building your fanbase and increasing your subscriber list is the same way.

How do I do this quickly, consistently and authentically?

WITH VIDEO!

My ‘video mentor’ has been none other than my friend Perry Lawrence at AskMrVideo.com

Watch this video and not only will you see an example of me just being ME and communicating with an audience…but you will also hear great things about ‘the man’ himself!

Go check him out — time AND resources well spent!

==> CLICK HERE to visit his site <==

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What would YOU do? Share your ideas with us!

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