Creating Visual Business Buzz with Laura West

Creating Visual Business Buzz

Learn How to Use Visual Content to Break Thru the Clutter, Be Seen As An Expert and even Make Money!

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Visual Content is Hot! 85% of us are primarily visual learners. Social media sends visuals to the top of the preferred content list. New technology and software allows everyone to be creative at the push of a few buttons.

Infographics, sketchnotes, photo quotes, videos, Instagram, Pinterest, FB photos, SlideShare, are just a few of the examples of how and where to create engagement, education and inspiration through the use of Visual Content.

As a Creative Business Coach I help creative & inspirational entrepreneurs awaken their creativity, own their expertise and share their knowledge and resources in ways they will stand out from the crowd and get you noticed!

In this fun, creative and hugely practical workshop – I’ll share how to promote your products and programs using the compelling and engaging power of Visual Content.

What you’ll take away from this workshop:

Visual Content – Why is it critical for you to pay attention and get on board? (It’s not as hard as you think!)
Learn the different types of Visual Content and Visual Communities you can harness to share your expertise
We’ll walk through a real life example of a digital product and you’ll learn 10+ ways to use Visual Content to increase visibility, gain attention and create more engagement
Leave with tons of Visual Content examples for promoting products and programs to create engagement, education, visibility and list building that you can use as inspiration and ideas for your own projects
You’ll create your own Visual Content Plan AND get started in the workshop!
Hands On: Create easy visual content using your own content or even content from other people!
Lots of checklists and resources for creating Visual Content
I’ll share a Secret Money Making Idea – how to use Visual Content to make money – did I mention it’s easy?

Celebrate Independence with Jeff Herring and Maritza Parra

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When your dad asks when you'll get a job, tell him you're celebrating your independence...

Jeff Herring and Maritza Parra are living the life that dreams are made of as husband and wife. And one reason they are absolutely great for each other is that they both have a streak of independence a mile wide running through them.

Jeff's dad, like mine, was always concerned that he didn't have the benefits of a corporate job. And told him so often. But Jeff, like me, couldn't survive under the corporate thumb. He and Maritza discuss this and much more in this 8-minute audio and discover how to celebrate your own independence.

Then be sure to join the celebration at Celebrating Independence for an awesome line up of fundamental training including 15 hours of key step-by-step instruction. And be sure to check out the bonus gifts by these instructors as well.

Why the MyNAMS Insiders Club is EXACTLY
what you're looking for!

MyNAMS TEAM - You never have to work in isolation again!

The MyNAMS Team goes way beyond the staff and support personnel. We've put together a group of people who make it their mission to ensure your success. With more than 75 instructors and 100s of members, you find people who can answer your questions quickly, partner with you to create products, and build relationships that help you launch your business or take it to the next level.

We've worked diligently to ensure you have the ability to communicate with us, instructors, and peers (at your own experience level) in a safe environment and find the right mentors or coaches just for you. We make the introductions that you want.

Look for the icon at the left in the benefits grid to see the specific team options we offer.

MyNAMS Training - Learn what you need when you need to learn it!

The MyNAMS Training system is focused on thorough step-by-step instruction with that meets you where you are. It makes no sense to teach you advanced strategies and techniques when you don't have a blog or website. And teaching you how to install a blog when you have dozens already is ridiculous. First, we determine where you are in your experience and then we point you to the right level of training that will enhance your business experience from Novice to Advanced.

Yes! We teach marketing, traffic generation, technology, keyword research and much more, but only when you're ready. And if you need help just getting the technical aspects of doing business online, we have more than 1300 tutorial videos in the Library.

Look for the icon at the left in the benefits grid to see the specific training options we offer.

MyNAMS Tools - Content, graphics, audio, checklists - we've got it for you!

The MyNAMS Tool belt comes with just about everything you need to get a business up and running. In fact, you can be selling products from the Niche Mall even if you've never sold anything before and don't have a website. One of the most frustrating parts about doing business online is realizing you have to nickel and dime yourself to bankrupcy before you can actually get a site up. Not with us.

We provide you graphics, article content, images, audio clips, reports, sales funnels, turnkey websites, and even adsense website portals so you can begin immediately to create or improve your business with confidence that you don't have to spend a ton more cash.

Look for the icon at the left in the benefits grid to see the specific tools options we offer.

To find out more about the MyNAMS Insiders Club, click the link below!

Facebook's Open Graph Protocol – How to Facebook For Business With Powerful Leverage

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As a blogger, the question is how to Facebook for business and pleasure effectively

Here’s a stat that will blow your mind…

According to AllFacebook.com, 1 of every 8 minutes users spend online is on Facebook.

Want another staggering stat from From Tech Journal South?

More than 25% of all page views on the web are now on Facebook. (Facebook) accounted for 24.27 percent of all U.S. pageviews, while runner-up YouTube.com had 6.93 percent.

Wow!

That is domination. Wouldn’t it be great to tap into that traffic with your blog automatically?

Welcome to Facebook’s Open Graph protocol technology – the ultimate vehicle in changing how to Facebook for business and personal use.

I’d never hear of the protocol until today. And now, I’m really excited about harnessing the power of Facebook from my own blog.

So, what is Open Graph?

Well, it gets very technical. And frankly, I just passed over the techie part. I don’t really care. What I do care about are the benefits. But before we get into that, let’s review what the “Like” button does and why it’s cropping up all over the web on different sites. (You’ll notice I’ve added it to this blog as well as the member forums and member blogs.)

This concise description comes from Facebook’s own Core Concepts / Social Plugins / Like Button page:

“The Like button lets a user share your content with friends on Facebook. When the user clicks the Like button on your site, a story appears in the user’s friends’ News Feed with a link back to your website.”

Okay – that’s pretty cool. Clicking a like button puts that content right into Facebook’s content flow. We knew that…

But…

“When your Web page represents a real-world entity, things like movies, sports teams, celebrities, and restaurants, use the Open Graph protocol to specify information about the entity. If you include Open Graph tags on your Web page, your page becomes equivalent to a Facebook page. This means when a user clicks a Like button on your page, a connection is made between your page and the user. Your page will appear in the “Likes and Interests” section of the user’s profile, and you have the ability to publish updates to the user. Your page will show up in same places that Facebook pages show up around the site (e.g. search), and you can target ads to people who like your content.”

Did you catch that?

“…you have the ability to publish updates to the user…and you can target ads to people who like your content.”

If you use Open Graph and turbo-charge your “Like” button on your posts, you can connect automatically with anyone who “Likes” your content – whether it’s the page or the post – as if they were liking your Facebook Fan Page because Facebook now treats your pages with the Open Graph Protocol installed as if they were Facebook objects.

The downside is that, like everything else Facebook does, it’s pretty tech heavy and not all that user friendly. Until now, understanding the Open Graph protocol was a little daunting.

No more mystery determining how to Facebook for business – let your readers do it for you…

A new friend of mine on the Warrior Forum (Peter Maxwell) created a plugin that makes the whole process simple and automatic. There’s no question now how to Facebook for business more effectively – or for more exposure if you’re promoting your personal writing.

This is exponential leverage, and it finally solves the puzzle of how to Facebook for business easily

And not a lot of people know about this yet. Peter just released his plugin yesterday.

He’s combined the Open Graph protocol with the “Like” button and a Facebook comments on WordPress in one plugin.

I installed it in a few minutes, tested it, and just can’t live without it now.

The hardest part is setting up a Facebook app to connect directly to your blog, but Peter’s installation guide walks you through that.

So, how much is this magical little baby. It may be the best deal on the web right now. A single license for all your personal blogs – just $17.

And if you’re building blogs for clients, get a developers license for $47.

I’m not kidding. Peter says this may be the most important plugin he’s created and I agree. This changes the way I do everything on my blog.

Be sure to check out this plugin today before the price goes up and discover how to Facebook for business or pleasure and get more access from your readers.

Are you ready to have your own radio show with Blog Talk Radio?

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Mastering Blog Talk Radio is so much easier than I thought it would be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZb7n2590BQ

Joe Marsh and Cindi Dawson revealed their Blog Talk Radio secrets in a special webinar.

In a another life long, long ago, I ran from a radio station recording booth where I had been trying to tape a commercial for the newspaper I owned then.

When I heard my voice on the playback, I freaked out.

The thought of hearing myself hawking my papers on car or home radios was too much for me at the time. My self-confidence was so low, that I afraid of embarrassing myself in front of thousands of listeners in my hometown, many of them that I knew personally.

So I decided never to try radio again.

That was 30 years ago. Since then, I have been a talk show guest on major metro television programs as a local expert on some aspects of the news business. In the past year and a half I’ve hosted nearly 100 webinars. And I regularly speak in front of large crowds. But until today, I still was nervous about using radio. And the idea of my own radio show still freaked me out a bit.

Like many others, I had established a Blog Talk Radio station a couple of years ago and had actually produced a few programs, but BTR was too complicated and too inefficient for my taste. (And it still felt too much like radio.)

When Blog Talk Radio changed their business model to a paid model with a nearly-invisible free option, I wasn’t willing to spend the money if I didn’t know how to use the program effectively.

Boy, was I wrong about Blog Talk Radio!

Joe and Cindi spent an hour demonstrating how BTR – the free version – can be an important part of your marketing arsenal generating great traffic to you products and services.

Blog Talk Radio, they said, can be used for content creation to create articles, reports and even blog content material. They also emphasized how BTR can help you get more exposure for your current or new businesses by taking advantage of one of the key benefits: Getting ranked in the search engines quickly.

Of course, free organic search engine traffic puts more dollars in your pocket as well as your clients if you service clients.

But isn’t producing a live radio show a pain? Not if you do it the way Joe and Cindi show you.

In fact, it doesn’t have to be live at all. You can upload pre-recorded shows to take advantage of BTR’s exposure. Of course, you can host your shows live too to interact with your audience.

Speaking of free, Joe and Cindi smashed my concern about having to spend money at Blog Talk Radio to get the most benefits from the service.

You don’t need a paid blog talk radio account to get started.

With BTR you can create radio programs, series, audios magazines, e-books, reports, articles, CDs and DVDs, as well as physical books and Kindle books.

Be sure to watch the replay of the BTR webinar. It’s great stuff.

But be sure to sign up for their four-part webinar series before June 6 to discover how to really master Blog Talk Radio. Joe and Cindy will reveal in depth how to use blog talk radio most effectively to drive massive traffic to your business and while creating massive products on the fly.

Because you’re a friend of mine, I was able to secure this special deal on the 4-part Mastering Blog Talk Webinar series for you.

The low price is guaranteed until June 6, then all bets are off. The price will go up substantially..

Check out Mastering Blog Talk Radio now.