The Blog Squad Recommends...

Tom Antion's Great Internet Marketing Mentor Program

Our mentor, Tom Antion, has put a call out for video testimonials.  Here's a brief review of The Blog Squad's success working with Tom Antion and his Great Internet Marketing Mentor Program.

Teaching Sells: A Must-Do Program for Every Professional

"Every so often a product is launched that I wish I had created. Brian Clark has done that with a methodical program that elegantly guides you step by step through the process of creating and selling multimedia teaching programs. Teaching Sells is my top recommendation for professionals doing business on the Web."

Every so often a product is launched that I wish I had created. This week that happened to me. Brian Clark of Copyblogger fame, launched his Teaching Sells program. After reviewing the free report and the first module of his educational program, I wish I had developed this comprehensive program on how to leverage your expertise into powerful multimedia teaching  systems that can create additional streams of income for you.

Patsi and I have been engaged in content development for years. We preach content development and product creation to all our clients and our Mentees. We assist our clients with creating info products and then marketing them on the web. We advise professionals to start blogging in order to create content that can be turned into books and info products.

But if you haven't been convinced by us, Brian Clark has come up with a methodical program that takes this concept and elegantly guides you step by step through the process of creating multimedia teaching programs.  As Brian says:

Our accelerated world demands that everyone become a lifelong learner, and that's why those who can effectively teach online will never worry about income. These teachers will live where they want, make as much money as they desire, and enjoy their lives as they see fit.

Check out the Teaching Sells free report and decide for yourself.  The Teaching Sells online training program launched on Tuesday and a three month charter membership is only $97 until October 31, 2007. After that the investment fee goes up.

Click: The Ultimate Guide to Electronic Marketing

When Tom Antion talks, The Blog Squad listens. And now we have over 800 pages of Internet Marketing expertise to read.

Tom has been working on the third revision to his gigantic Internet Marketing tome, Click, and for months and we've been bugging him about when we can get a copy. Finally, got it this weekend!

Tom invited us to contribute a chapter on blogging -- 57 pages with info about the basics of blogging, what makes a great blog, what you need to know about blogging, and a guide to get you started. Plus we included the transcript from a teleseminar we did with Tom about using a blog to write and market your book.

Here's the announcement from Tom Antion with information about what you can expect in Version 3 of Click.

InstantTeleseminar.com: The Easiest Way to do Teleseminars

If you are currently hosting teleseminars or if you are thinking about getting started with it, I have a recommendation for you.

I have been using InstantTeleseminar for the last couple of months and I wanted to wait to make any recommendation until after I had some experience with it. Now I have and I can honestly say, I love it.

In one system, for one monthly fee, InstantTeleseminar provides bridge lines, instant online webcasting, automatic call recording, mp3 file download, online interaction so listeners can ask questions before and during the event, and templates for your web pages.

I'm always looking for tools to make my business easier, even if it costs a bit of money. In the end, the investment can be worth all the time saved.

In the last two weeks, we have put the system to a true test, hosting two teleseminars with 350 and 400+ participants. The system worked like a charm.

You can see the service and what it does at InstantTeleseminar.com.
Plus you can get a 21-day trial for only $1. That's a great deal if you're ready to host a teleseminar.

Make MySpace Your Space

For the MySpace newbie, Nancy Marmolejo's ebook "Make MySpace Your Space" is perfect. It's a step-by-step guide about how to set up your profile and start networking on the second biggest site on the Internet. Mind you, this ebook is for professionals and business owners who want to leverage the power of MySpace. This isn't about rock bands and teenagers.

Nancy shows you how to use all the MySpace tools to effectively start making friends and attracting them to your products and services. In addition to the helpful screenshots, Nancy follows up with several email tutorials to help you really maximize your MySpace presence. Highly recommended.

TeleSeminar Jumpstart

TeleSeminar Jumpstart - Ellen Britt of Marketing Qi, has created an incredibly thorough 5-part program on how to do teleclasses.  Ellen covers facilitation skills, technology, marketing, how to deal with participants, how to run a teleclass, how to prepare, and much more.  There are 5 hours of audio, detailed notes and mind maps (the mind maps alone are worth the price of the product!).

You Will Learn:

The Top 10 Ways Teleseminars Can Grow Your Business

The Best Topics for Teleseminars

How To Record Your Teleseminars Like A Pro

5 Factors To Successfully Market Your Teleseminars

How To Lead Your First Teleseminar

How To Turn Your Teleclass Into an Instant Income Generator

$7 Secrets Report

When you’ve been around the Internet as long as we have, you get a little jaded – well, okay, we’re down right skeptical about "get rich quick" claims, you know those emails that promise big easy bucks with just a few mouse clicks?

We’ve seen just about every scam that has floated around the Internet from one con artist to the other. So when a trusted colleague sent us this email about a great report for only $7 that made over $3,000 in just 7 days, we just laughed and said, “yeah, right!”

I went to the guy’s sales page, and my immediate reaction was this:

When you’ve been around the Internet as long as we have, you get a little jaded – well, okay, we’re down right skeptical about "get rich quick" claims, you know those emails that promise big easy bucks with just a few mouse clicks?

We’ve seen just about every scam that has floated around the Internet from one con artist to the other. So when a trusted colleague sent us this email about a great report for only $7 that made over $3,000 in just 7 days, we just laughed and said, “yeah, right!”

I went to the guy’s sales page, and my immediate reaction was this:

Craigslist: a Global Publicity Tool

Craigslist has become one of the hottest and most important tools for getting free exposure for your products, service, business, newsletter, etc.  But, you have to follow the rules or you get shut out forever!  One of my favorite PR experts, Joan Stewart did a teleseminar with Nancy Mills, an expert at leveraging Craigslist.  The transcript is required reading if you plan on using Craigslist.

"How to Use Craigslist as a Global Publicity Tool"
Featuring Joan Stewart and Nancy Mills (A 70-minute teleseminar)

You will learn:

• Why Craigslist is such a valuable tool for PR and why you're paddling with only one oar if you're not using it
• How Nancy uses Craigslist to promote an electronic newsletter, teleseminars and in-person events. 
• How she decides exactly which cities to choose for her posts so she generates the most exposure
• Why you can't post the same news item over and over and over again
• Tips for using photos with your post and the one caveat to using photos
• What you should do when you first arrive at the Craigslist website...Nancy says this will save you lots of time later
• The importance of reposting items so you don't lose customers
• How to stay on a potential client's radar screen so they remember who you are and how you can help them
• Why the writing style of a Craigslist post should be very different than the standard press release
• A simple tool you should have at your fingertips before you even start posting information about an event...it will help you get maximum exposure
• The important question you should be asking every customer who does business with you so you get the biggest bang from Craigslist
• Why you should spend more time thinking about the strategy of posting instead of just posting   
• Why you shouldn't get turned off by the austere look of the Craigslist site...and why looks are deceiving
• A question you should ask to really help you promote every aspect of your business
• Etiquette you must follow so you use Craigslist properly, ethically and intelligently 
• The one thing you don't have to spend a lot of money on before you can get massive exposure through Craigslist   
• How to know if your strategy is working
• A helpful tip that will help you write killer headlines for your posts

Check it out if you're serious about getting more free exposure for your business.

Internet Radio Interview Opportunities

This past week I was invited to review a new product called the Directory of Resources for Internet Radio Interview Opportunities.  Of course this was very interesting to me since not only am I a radio host now, but as part of The Blog Squad's marketing strategy, we want to get more exposure through radio interviews.

Here's my review...

Internet Radio is hot.  If you want to get known as a expert in your industry and sell more books and products, then you need exposure.  And Internet radio is an excellent way to reach millions of prospects.  But how do you find the shows you should be on? 

25 Proven Ways to Grow Your Ezine List

There are 3 phases to building an opt-in list of subscribers to your newsletter, ezine, or mini-e-course:

1. Preparation and mechanics for capturing names and email addresses
2. Tips and tactics for increasing subscribers
3. Long term retention and growth

This information package will give you the insider secrets to growing a list that will reward you with Internet sales. Save yourself time and money by learning what we have discovered doing business on the Internet for over a dozen years:

• Which database and email broadcasting systems work the best so you don't have to worry about keeping track of subscriptions
• How to write an opt-in web page that includes a paragraph that is shown to double sign-ups
• What's a "squeeze page" and do they work?
• How to craft a compelling ezine description
• What to put on the "thank you" page and follow up autoresponder messages
• 25 tips for growing your list
• 3 keys to retaining subscribers

25 Proven Ways to Grow Your Ezine List