Ryan Deiss: Digital Marketer Authority ROI

Digital Marketer AuthorityLiving the Internet lifestyle is a life like no other. You have the time and financial freedom to live the life you choose, with no one to tell you that you can’t leave early or take the entire week off, and no one may limit the amount of money you earn. In other words, you are the boss when you become an online entrepreneur.

No matter what you are doing right now, I can almost guarantee that you will enjoy this more. It’s also an opportunity to bring your family members and close friends into the business with you, sharing your knowledge and helping them to live a lifestyle of freedom and abundance as well. That is a great gift to be able to give to the people you care about most in your life, and I have been able to do this successfully several times.

But starting an online business and making it profitable is just not that easy without a plan. I spent my first year struggling because I just was not sure what to do next. You need a process and system that is realistic, repeatable, and one that can be done by most anyone, regardless of their technical skills or other abilities.

There are many people claiming to have this type of ‘system’, but once you spend your hard earned money on their programs you see that they do not work at all. This leads to frustration and disappointment and it’s why many people believe that Internet marketing does not work and sounds too good to believe. If this describes you then you know what I mean. People come into my programs regularly whom have had this type of unhappy experience.

Ryan Deiss – Digital Marketer Authority ROI Program

Well today I have good news. There is a training program out now, and out only for a short time, that can and will change everything you thought was true about building a profitable business as an online entrepreneur. If you know me at all then you know that I hate hype and false promises, so please allow me to explain why I believe this program is a game-changer. Then, if you feel compelled to do so, use the link you will find below to learn more and get started.

First, here are the reasons I am endorsing and recommending this training program:

  • I bought this product on the day it was released and have gone through it completely. I would never suggest it to you otherwise.
  • It comes from a trusted source – I have known the person behind this product (Ryan Deiss) for five years now and I have benefited in a huge way from other programs of his I have been involved in.
  • Ryan has now added the upsell to the member’s area at no additional cost. This is huge.
  • It’s very affordable. You should be able to easily afford this and there are almost no “after the sale” costs to worry about. The investment is a one time cost of $241 or three monthly payments of $97 each.
  • This is something anyone can do. I know you can do this. The reason I can say so is that Ryan has made this process both easy to understand and incredibly easy to duplicate. He not only gives you access to the people who do the work for him; he actually does the beginning work for you.

Let me repeat that last point because it is important and you may have skimmed over it.

Ryan’s team will do the work for you to get you started.

We’re talking set up, hosting and much much more. That alone is a very big deal.

I’m offering a Bonus that I will extend to you if you sign up right away. The Bonus is three full months of my Mentor program, where we meet three times a month on a Tuesday or Wednesday evening at 7 pm EST for a webinar. I teach you everything I can, answer your questions, share your sites with the group, and help you to connect with others for Joint Ventures and more. I’ve been hosting this Mentor program for four years now and many of my people have been extremely successful in their various niches. You also have email access to me during that time, and I will answer one question a day for you Monday through Friday, personally.

Ryan’s program is here. Watch the video (it’s 28 minutes long), have an open heart and mind, and then decide if this is for you. Once you sign up please email me by responding to one of my emails to you and let me know you are in. I will confirm your purchase of the program and add you to my student list.

Enjoy your weekend and let me know if you have questions.

 Get Started Today With the Authority ROI Program

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Online Marketing Tips With Connie Ragen Green – Podcast 006

Online Marketing Tips Connie Ragen GreenIn this sixth episode of Online Marketing Tips With Connie Ragen Green, my newest podcast series, I discuss how to get started online with affiliate marketing. I define affiliate marketing as ‘recommending what you love’. We discussed the importance of choosing a niche, setting up a hosted WordPress site, only recommending what you have used and benefited from, and affiliate contests.

I also answer questions on a variety of topics related to affiliate marketing and online business success, including how to shorten your links, how to become my affiliate to promote my products and courses for lifetime commission, starting with Amazon as an affiliate for books and other products, using Squidoo to create sites to recommend products and services you are an affiliate for, and much more.

Also, you can now pick up my training on winning affiliate contests for only seven dollars at Affiliate Contest Secrets.

Be sure to download your Study Guide to follow along with the podcast. I always create these to give you a frame of reference as to what I am discussing during that episode, as well as to share valuable resources and online marketing tips with you.

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How To Become A Kindle Bestseller

How to Become a Kindle BestsellerBecoming a Kindle bestseller on Amazon can be accomplished in about thirty minutes a day, if you are willing to focus on creating an online marketing platform for yourself.

I have now taken seven of my books to bestseller status on Amazon. This was purposeful on my part, and you can do the same thing if you’re willing to spend about thirty minutes each day getting the word out about who you are and what you do. This is a training on how to become a Kindle bestseller that I highly recommend from having gone through it personally.

By creating an online marketing platform you will then have the unique opportunity to position yourself as an expert and the authority in your niche. The information I share here with you will enable you to build your credibility, increase your visibility, and create the platform necessary to market yourself and your books to your target audience.

The first step is to set up a hosted WordPress blog. Less than ten percent of Kindle authors are doing this, so right there you will be set apart from the other authors. Blogging changes the way you are perceived and enables you to leverage the power of the Internet to sell more books and other products.

Let’s begin with a discussion on how to increase your credibility on the Internet.

How To Become A Kindle Bestseller With Credibility

Think about your Mission and Vision for what you are doing in your business. What exactly do you stand for? The answer to this and other questions will help you to become the ‘go-to’ person in your niche.

This is achieved by answering questions and solving problems for the people who come to you as their trusted advisor. Credibility builds when you:

  • Blog regularly – twice a week is optimal, especially during your first year online
  •  Use storytelling to get your message out to the world
  •  Begin hosting your own teleseminars and webinars to share your knowledge
  • Start reading and writing and talking about your topic every day
  •  Show the world that you care about your topic and the people in your community
  • Write short articles to submit to the directories
  •  Put together short reports based on your articles and blog posts
  •  Host teleseminars and webinars
  •  Send press releases about what you’re doing
  •  Speak in front of groups to share your ideas and information and to have an exchange of ideas
  •  Tell everyone about your book!
  • Give away your book when you speak using Kindle Select

How To Become A Kindle Bestseller With Visibility

Increasing your visibility is all about getting your name and your content out to the world. Unlike credibility, where you are focusing on your target audience, visibility makes people say ‘I see you everywhere!’

Listen to the questions people are asking about your niche topic. Be the person who answers these questions and provides valuable resources. Doing this regularly will help you to attract more of the right prospects and clients into your business.

You will be able to increase your visibility by:

  • Getting involved with a charity you believe in
  • Utilizing Social Media to extend your reach
  •  Interviewing others and requesting interviews
  •  Attending live events – both local and international
  •  Writing for a local publication
  •  Sending press releases
  •  Becoming active on forums
  • Syndicate your content with RSS, an Author Page on Amazon, and Networked Blogs on FB
  • Mention your book every chance you are able to!

Channels are also what I use to create a marketing platform for my books on Kindle. These include Continue reading

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Online Marketing Tips With Connie Ragen Green – Podcast 005

Online Marketing Tips Connie Ragen GreenIn this fifth episode of Online Marketing Tips With Connie Ragen Green, my new podcast series, I discuss all things Kindle! I shared my experiences as an author or eight books and contributor to many more, and how to get started as an author in this ever-changing marketplace.

I also answer questions on a variety of topics related to writing eBooks, books for Kindle, paperback books, and hard covers. Our discussion included when and how to use Kindle Select, my strategy for publishing both with Create Space and Kindle, how long your book should be, why marketing your books is so important, the proper format for Kindle, recent changes to the Amazon affiliate program regarding free Kindle books, pricing your books for maximum profit potential, using press releases to sell more books, turning your books into products, and much more.

Be sure to download your Study Guide to follow along with the podcast. I always create these to give you a frame of reference as to what I am discussing during that episode, as well as to share valuable resources with you.

Be sure to subscribe to this new podcast series over at iTunes

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Library Research: Online Marketing Opportunity

Library Research Marketing OnlineYesterday I spent the afternoon at the library. I do this twice a month, spending one day at the Santa Clarita Public Library (that’s a picture of it on the left) and another day at the library in Santa Barbara. This is where I curl up with lots of good books, doing research for my business, learning from people who have written books on a variety of topics that are on interest to me, and writing down my ideas for new information products I will create, books I will write, and courses I will teach. Library research (online marketing related) is powerful – and free!

On this most recent excursion I went upstairs and sat in front of the fireplace to look through my picks. These included Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, M.D.; The One Minute Entrepreneur by Ken Blanchard and Don Hutson; and For The Love of Letters by Samara O’Shea. I also checked out Shorter, Faster, Funnier: Comic Plays and Monologues, edited by Eric Lane and Nina Shengold.

The first two books are ones I have read in the past and enjoy rereading every couple of years because of their excellent business strategy. The third book is one that caught my attention after one of my students expressed her passion for note and letter writing, which has almost become a lost art.

The last book, a collection of short comic plays and monologues, is strictly for fun. This is most likely the book that will inspire me to be the most productive in my business. Yes, that’s right, when you lighten up a little you are able to open up your creativity and let your juices flow.

I would encourage you to dust off your library card and introduce yourself to your local librarian, if you are not doing so already. The people that choose a career in the library system are typically well above average in intelligence, well read, and see life from a very different perspective than the rest of us. Of course, I am making a generalization here, but having grown up in a home where reading was valued more than watching television, as well as having spent twenty years as a classroom teacher, I am bound to be prejudiced.

The original ideas for much of what I have created online were born and nurtured at the library. Book stores are also a great place to spend time, but the energy is quite different, I have found.

Use your library to research your topic, discover forgotten interests and passions, and to uncover gems from people all but forgotten. Most of what I see and experience online is not original at all; the library is filled with innovation and buried treasure.

 

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Online Marketing Tips With Connie Ragen Green – Podcast 004

Online Marketing Tips Connie Ragen GreenIn this fourth episode of Online Marketing Tips With Connie Ragen Green, my new podcast series, I discuss the importance of connecting with other business owners from the very beginning in order to achieve success as an online entrepreneur. You can do this through Joint Ventures (JVs), paid online forums, and by attending live events.

I also answer questions on a variety of topics, including the importance and value of blogging regularly, creating an irresistible free giveaway so people will join your list, creating your first product, using article directories and distribution services, finding relevant PLR (private label rights) content, choosing the right niche to get started online, creating eBooks and books for Kindle and how to best start marketing them, and much more.

Be sure to download your Study Guide to follow along with the podcast. I will always be creating these to give you a frame of reference as to what I am discussing during that episode.

Be sure to subscribe to this new podcast series over at iTunes.

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Publicity And Press Releases In Your Online Business

publicity and press releasesYou don’t have to be a publicist to think about the effects of publicity and press releases in your online business. Whether you are an author, entrepreneur, speaker, or a combination of these, there are many ways to increase your marketing exponentially through the use of publicity to build your business.

Think Like A Journalist

This requires objective thinking in that you want to always put the interests of your target audience before your own. Journalists strive to bring information to their readers that they will care about, and you can help yourself by seeing it through their eyes. This will give you much greater access to both online and offline media in a way that will surpass your expectations.

Leverage the Power of Google Alerts

It just isn’t possible for you to follow every thread of discussion related to your topic, or to know exactly where and when it’s being covered, but you do need to stay up on all of this. Google Alerts is the answer to this dilemma. Google Alerts is a great way to know when and where your topic is being discussed or featured. You will also see who’s getting quoted and which media is covering your industry.

Start by setting a Google Alert for your name, and use quotation marks to keep from receiving information that is not relevant. Example: “connie ragen green”

Expand Your Thinking to Other Markets

When it comes to promoting yourself and your business you’d be surprised how much difference it will make when you reach out to other audiences. I first did this during 2012 when I began speaking to groups of authors instead of staying focused on the Internet marketing niche. The importance of creativity when you’re pitching cannot be overstated and sometimes to be creative, you have to look through your world using a different lens. By digging outside of your market, you’ll be able to gain access to information that could affect your message over the long-term, or perhaps give your brain enough juice and insight to bring a new set of ideas that will create some great pitches.

Think Locally

Many times we tend to overlook local media because it’s not as glamorous as national media. While that may indeed be true, remember that there is gold right in your own backyard. We love local campaigns and local media loves their regional “celebrities.” If you haven’t done a local outreach you should. Additionally, network with local media by going to media events like Press Clubs (which anyone can register for). You never know where this will lead you.

Relationship Marketing Rules!

Once you start getting media, remember that staying in touch with the person who interviewed you is important. You can find them on LinkedIn, thank them for the story they did on you by sending hand written card, and then stay in touch regularly throughout the year. Look for a way to comment on a story they did or send them a copy of your latest book. If you can become a reliable media source for someone, you’ll likely always be top of mind with them, even when they move on.

Building relationships with the media may take a while, but if done effectively, these relationships can grow and flourish throughout your lifetime. Learn the rules of how everything works, and the media may just beat a path to your door.

Publicity and Press Releases

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Online Marketing Tips With Connie Ragen Green – Podcast 003

Online Marketing Tips Connie Ragen GreenIn this third episode of Online Marketing Tips With Connie Ragen Green, my new podcast series, I discuss the importance of keeping it simple to achieve success as an online entrepreneur.

I also answer questions on a variety of topics, including which plugins to install on your WordPress sites, the value of attending live events, my 5 Pronged Approach™ , the changes to article marketing, setting up autoresponders, creating eBooks and books for Kindle, and much more.

Be sure to download your Study Guide to follow along with the podcast. I will always be creating these to give you a frame of reference as to what I am discussing during that episode.

Be sure to subscribe to this new podcast series over at iTunes.

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Santa Barbara International Film Festival

santa barbara film festivalThis week I’m in Santa Barbara at the International Film Festival. After attending this event off and on since its inception more than twenty-five years ago, I decided that it would be fun to volunteer this year to see the Festival from a different perspective. Additionally, as an online marketer I am always interested in how people market themselves, their products, and their talents in a creative environment.

I have become quite a people watcher and observer of behavior since coming online in 2006, and this was an opportunity to do it in a setting that is both extraordinary and unique.

What I have truly been impressed with is the confidence and networking skills of people from diverse backgrounds, all the way from the volunteers to the press to the actors themselves. So many people are giving their all to getting the word out about who they are and what they care about to others who might be able to help them.

Today I spent time talking with Justin Schwarz, the writer-director of a new film called The Discoverers, about the importance of marketing when it comes to filmmaking. Justin has done many things well, including having a website with an optin form, a Facebook fan page for the film, and a Twitter account. I asked him if he had a blog, but there just wasn’t time for him to set up anything else while getting the film ready for the competition.

Marketing takes you from where you are right now to closer to where you would like to be, in lightning speed time. Having the confidence to share what you are doing with others will bring you bigger and better results that you could ever imagine. Looking people in the eye and asking them to get on board with your dream will put you light years ahead of most anyone else.

I think of the people I have known throughout my life who did not have the courage to go for their dreams. They believed that others were more worthy because they were smarter, better looking, had better connections, more experienced, or had more talent than they did. None of that matters when you believe in yourself and have faith in the possibilities that await you when you reach for the stars.

Successful people do not second guess the situation or the circumstances. Earlier this week it was announced that Leonardo DiCaprio had a scheduling conflict and would be unable to attend the Film Festival and receive the coveted ‘Riviera Award’. This was handled very quickly and by the next day he had been replaced with Quentin Tarantino, who would receive the same award instead of DiCaprio. Think about it; would you be as thankful and gracious if you were asked to be a last minute replacement for a prestigious honor such as this one? How you handle situations is a good indication of how you handle everything in your life.

My experience this week as a volunteer in the Festival’s Press Room is one I will treasure forever. I have met the most amazing people who are professionals through and through. They made me feel welcome from the very first minute I arrived, allowing me an inside look at their world and an opportunity to serve them in a small way.

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Online Marketing Tips With Connie Ragen Green – Podcast 002

Online Marketing Tips Connie Ragen GreenIn this second episode of Online Marketing Tips With Connie Ragen Green, my new podcast series, I discuss how we can achieve anything we want to once we have the mindset associated with being a successful entrepreneur.

I also answer questions on a variety of topics, including how to schedule your day as a new online entrepreneur, how to write press releases and have them appear on page one of Google for your keywords, responding to others on Twitter, keeping your digital content organized, and much more.

Be sure to download your Study Guide to follow along with the podcast. I will always be creating these to give you a frame of reference as to what I am discussing during that episode.

Be sure to subscribe to this new podcast series over at iTunes.

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