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How to Make Your Ezine Content More Social
Thursday, 14 May, 2009 – 17:34 | 9 Comments
How to Make Your Ezine Content More Social

I’ve been having a content problem.
I write articles online, I write blog posts, and I write articles for my weekly e-zine. While there isn’t a shortage of content, I was becoming overwhelmed trying to write content for all 3 areas.
I want to provide premium content to those subscribed to my e-zine. I wanted to reward [...]

Why Social Media Ads Don’t Work for Every Business
Monday, 4 May, 2009 – 11:40 | One Comment

Recently I spoke at an eventabout the benefits of using social media. After sharing my tips with the people in the audience, one person raised his hand and asked the following:
“I want to use ads. How can I do that?”
I was completely shocked by the question. The reason is because over the previous 90-minutes, I [...]

How to Become a Trending Topic on Twitter Using Hashtags
Wednesday, 10 Dec, 2008 – 16:33 | 8 Comments

A few weeks ago, I used a Twitter Hashtag called #smmb during my virtual event called Social Media Marketing Blueprint. Towards the end of the live call, it became a trending topic on Twitter Search. That means it was one of the Top 10 most talked about topics on Twitter.
Making the top 10 trending list [...]

How to Use Twitter Hashtags to Fill Your Virtual Event
Wednesday, 19 Nov, 2008 – 10:21 | 5 Comments

Last week, I held a teleclass to give a sneak preview of my Social Media Marketing Blueprint. At its peak, all 250 lines were maxed out. Originally scheduled for 75 minutes, the call took 90 minutes to complete.
It became a trending topic on Twitter Search, just underneath Obama and a girl named Anita. Here’s the [...]

How to Create an Irresistible Information Product to Create Leads, Build Traffic and Make Money
Monday, 27 Oct, 2008 – 0:10 | No Comment
How to Create an Irresistible Information Product to Create Leads, Build Traffic and Make Money

[ October 28, 2008; 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. ] I’m always surprised at how many people haven’t created an information product. I can whip out two to three information products a quarter and here what I use them for:

I create an eCourse to generate leads for my database (check out the Marketing Fit Detox on the right)
I create an audio product to include my [...]

Why a Top Anything List Is an Excellent Blog Traffic Tactic
Wednesday, 22 Oct, 2008 – 7:37 | 7 Comments
Why a Top Anything List Is an Excellent Blog Traffic Tactic

I was recently named as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Social Media and I believe I’m the only Canadian on the list, so this is a true honour.
The list that Ron Hudson put together generated just over 2000 unique visits and 189 comments in less than a week. The [...]

4 Ways to Trim & Tone Your Twitter Profile So You Get a Ton of Followers
Monday, 6 Oct, 2008 – 7:14 | 13 Comments
4 Ways to Trim & Tone Your Twitter Profile So You Get a Ton of Followers

Last week, I talked about the fastest way to lose followers on Twitter. In this post, I want to share the criteria I use before I follow someone. If just one is missing out of the four below, I don’t follow the person.
These are the 4 things I use to determine whether or not I [...]

Teleclass: How to Use Social Media Get Thousands of Warm, Hungry Visitors to Your Website
Tuesday, 13 May, 2008 – 21:00 | No Comment

One of the biggest complaints I hear from people who are blogging and podcasting is the lack of traffic.
If this is you, I’m inviting you to join me on Wednesday May 14 at 2pm EDT for a one hour teleclass with 2 of my favorite marketing gals - Michele PW, Your $Ka-Ching! Marketing Strategist, and [...]

How to Use Twitter to Fill Your List
Tuesday, 29 Apr, 2008 – 13:44 | No Comment

I love how my friend Nancy Marmolejo is using Twitter to fill her ezine list. She posted the following tweet earlier today:
Waiting for my VA to send me a proof to this week’s ezine. Great article on Twitter Tips - u can get on my list here http://snurl.com/26c7q
Awesome idea. I know [...]

How to Write an Earth Shattering Episode Title
Wednesday, 9 Apr, 2008 – 8:59 | No Comment

This week’s issue of Make Selling Fun & Profitable will include some tips on how to write an earth shattering episode title.
Last week, I shared 2 tips in Part 1. Here are the tips I shared in last week’s ezine:

Put the episode number at the end.
Make sure your episode title contains keywords.

If you want to [...]