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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 [...]

The Fastest Way to Lose Your Followers on Twitter
Wednesday, 1 Oct, 2008 – 12:14 | 22 Comments

Over the past few days, I’ve noticed a curious tactic that some Twitter users are employing to generate leads from this microblogging tool.
Whenever someone follows me, I follow them back. And then on first contact, they send a direct message to me (DM) that says:
“Thanks for the follow. I have a special bonus ebook for [...]

3 Fuss Free Ways to Power Up Your Relationships Using Twitter
Wednesday, 1 Oct, 2008 – 1:45 | One Comment

Twitter is a fast way to tell people what you’re doing at this very moment. However, you may be missing out on an easy way to build quality relationships on this microblogging tool. In this article, I’ll share with you the 3 fuss free ways to power up your relationships on Twitter.

Fuss Free Tip #1 [...]

Blogging Etiquette: How to Handle a Link Hound Who Wants Link Love
Friday, 27 Jun, 2008 – 11:34 | 4 Comments

About a month ago, I met with someone over coffee who was gung ho about blogging, podcasting and all walks of social media. I loved his enthusiasm, gave him some advice and within a week, he got his blog up and running.
I was quite pleased that he grasped things so quickly and equally pleased that [...]

Buying Me on Facebook is the Worst Widget Ever
Thursday, 22 May, 2008 – 10:00 | 2 Comments

Folks, I’m going to keep this short and sweet. Some people join Facebook and add every widget possible to their profile. Then, they invite others to do so.
Not a good idea. I ignore most of them, but I shall comment on one in particular. There’s one where you can buy people. Then, they send you [...]

Facebook Is the Only Thing that Matters
Thursday, 19 Jul, 2007 – 0:53 | 4 Comments

In my quest to go on a social media diet, I looked at all the social networking websites I belong to. I’ve been social networking since 2003 (first one I joined was Ryze), but only one has become relevant - Facebook. Facebook has become so relevant to me, I no longer accept invitations to join [...]

Rynor: The community building aspect of podcasting
Sunday, 9 Jul, 2006 – 16:50 | No Comment

Becky Rynor, a writer who attended the Podcasters Across Borders conference a couple weekends back, had an article published today on podcasting. The lousy thing is that you need a subscription in order to read the article. So un-podcast-like. I mean, the purchasing part.
In any case, I went to my closest Internationale Presse store and [...]