Posted by bizcoach on May 15th, 2011
We’ve been taught to avoid failure by abstaining from challenges with uncertain outcomes. Proclamations of wisdom from successful high achievers help remind us of a higher calling – not to avoid such challenges but to seek them out, determined to make a positive outcome a reality.
“Don’t ever think that you get nothing out of being treated poorly. Some of the best lessons I’ve learned were from bad examples.”~Biz Coach
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Posted by bizcoach on October 5th, 2011
Hard data that shines a positive light on the attitudes and effectiveness of sponsored tweets by major brands
As Twitter evolves as an advertising platform, with the latest development being Promoted Tweets to followers, there is concern as to how consumers will react to seeing ads from brands in their Twitter feeds.
The fact that large corporations have successfully begun growing their brand recognition and reputation through social media, specifically Twitter, has given credence to its effectiveness and credibility. Sure, there will always be the annoying marketer acting like the noisy kid in the corner of the room yelling “look at me, look what I can do” and yet providing no real value.
That’s not unique to social media. Our ability to unconsciously ignore their message is the reason we have the term “ad blindness” and “banner blindness” which has been proven true whether in print media or digital. The question is, does developing a network of like minded people who reflect your target market respond favorably to a value added message to promote your branding reputation, your site and your business? The answer is “yes”.
Posted by bizcoach on September 23rd, 2011
The single most important attitude adjustment you’ll ever make…
I speak to people everyday who just want their little piece of the “success pie”. They just want to be successful enough to quit their job or market full-time. Just successful enough to be comfortable, to get ahead, to pay their bills, to enjoy life a little more.
Because I care, I just can’t allow myself to make you feel comfortable treading water in life’s shallow end and enable your stagnation. So if the above description sounds like you, then you need to prepare yourself for an ugly truth….
Posted by bizcoach on September 22nd, 2011
The best strategies to develop loyalty in your brand, increase conversions and dramatically grow a community of ACTIVE followers
So maybe you’ve begun developing a small but growing community of interested online “fans”. Hopefully you’re building your dedicated community of fans by being a “trust agent” (Chris Brogan), delivering value and dedicating yourself to “being remarkable” (Seth Godin).
But, once you’ve begun to develop this “fan community” what are the best strategies to increase loyalty, keep them active & create conversions?
Posted by bizcoach on September 22nd, 2011
The Most Important Common Denominator Among All Successful Online Marketers Making Over $100,000 A Year
When working with new or struggling online home business owners I’m inevitably asked what is the most important thing to learn in order to be successful making money online. For those who are either aspiring Internet & affiliate marketing or online network marketing successes, my answer is the same. It’s not a single marketing process or technique, nor is it becoming proficient in sales copy writing, blog set-up, site SEO, social media marketing or attracting waves of traffic. Hell, all those my friends I can teach and you can learn.
Posted by bizcoach on September 22nd, 2011
A great book from Tim Sanders creates a compelling case to support the viability of this principle in “Love The Killer App”
In this day and age there is more of a dog-eat-dog mentality than ever when it comes to succeeding in business. From the financial markets to online marketing and even internet based network marketing; everyone is looking to take what they feel they deserve or looking for the new magic software that will give them the edge.
I am of the opinion however, that the obsession for “what will give you a leg up” is diminishing the perceived value of what really is the delineating factor in your business and that which determines your success or failure… That is; who you are inside and what you internally have to offer to make the world a better place for your target market.
Posted by bizcoach on September 21st, 2011
Google Giving Display Ads Their Version Of The “Like” Option With +1 Button
Taking their cue from the Facebook “like” button which has proven to be a tool to increase exposure and promote brand reputation, Google has followed suit with their own version; the +1 button.
Zachary Rogers of “Click Z” stated that Google’s ad products are aiming to look a little more like Facebook’s. Imitation however, might not be the form of flattery that Facebook is looking for as this social media war heats up.
Posted by bizcoach on August 13th, 2011
How To Take The Right Steps So That The Google Spider Doesn’t Crawl & Penalize Your Blog Posts
We’ve talked about how to easily get valuable content on your blog before (see post: The Traffic Getting Strategy Of Inserting Yourself Into The Traffic Loop) which details finding great applicable content, posting a summary with a backlink-kick back to the original author to give him some traffic juice.
Google however has made some changes recently in how they would like this done so it’s imperative that you learn this little trick so that, while others get penalized, you can increase your search ranking. Basically it’s meant so that the “blog-bots” don’t just farm content, driving the blog without anyone at the wheel or even worse, trying to pass the valuable post as their own.
Posted by bizcoach on August 11th, 2011
Vows to “kill” Facebook in recently published video and adjoining online statement for perceived privacy violations
Hackivist group Anonymous vows to “kill Facebook” on November 5, citing users’ lack of choice in privacy as its reason for attack.
The group of hackers has claimed participation in just about every recent notable hacking attack of this year and successfully broke into 70 law enforcement websites and took down the Syrian Ministry of Defense website this week alone.
Posted by bizcoach on August 11th, 2011
Their famous recommending “Stumble” button has been clicked more than 25 billion times
StumbleUpon Surpasses The 25Billion click Milestone!
Their famous recommending “Stumble” button has been clicked more than 25 billion times
Social discovery tool StumbleUpon has reached a new milestone; its famous “Stumble” button has been clicked more than 25 billion times.
“Today we celebrate 25,000,000,000 clicks of the Stumble! button,” StumbleUpon Community Manager Monica Semergiu said in a tweet.
The social media company has been on a roll ever since it was spun out from eBay in 2009. In November 2010 the social site hit 12 million users. Then in January of this year it recorded more activity then Facebook and Twitter!
