Insiders Club Q&A Sessions 2017
Each Thursday at 1PM Eastern (noon Central, 11AM Mountain, 10AM Pacific)
A Live Q & A call just for Insiders
Click here to access the call live http://nams.ws/hangoutlive
Replays are posted below.
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December
December 21, 2017
The topics we had in this session are:
- Linda Sterling shared some updates about her email marketing stuff
- the power of email
- Jen talked about the power of automation in email marketing and the need of creating a nurture email campaigns for a client
- shout out for Yvette for her Infusionsoft Certification
- Scott talked about the launch he did last week, and his expectations and goals
- tips on Facebook ads and the two-step process
- how to find email content
- when to boost a post in Facebook
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December 14, 2017
The topics covered in this session are:
- December Deals 2017 - why we do that, what we're doing and how is it part of our strategic process
- email marketing and automation process using Autoresponders
- the different metrics to look at when measuring success of your campaigns
- experiences in moving from one autoresponder to another
- tip for inbox placement and engagement
- upcoming changes in our 30DC Challenges in 2018
- update on Jen's post about Infusionsoft
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December 7, 2017
In this session, we talked about:
- go through some strategies and key points when building autoresponder series
- Evergreen vs. Non-evergreen emails
- a quick overview of new eMail Autoresponder Magic course
- how Jen create her evergreen email series
- getting started with conversion points and how to start analyzing them for yourself
- strategies you can use to test engagement levels for own list
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November
November 30, 2017
The topics covered are:
- the upcoming workshop on February
- cool tools we discovered (WikiTribune, Amazon Prime photos, answerthepublic.com, Lucidchart)
- PLR and the licensing (MRR, RR and Personal)
- MyNAMS December Deals 2017 and bonus products you shouldn't miss
- tips for email marketing (writing email content)
- Instant Product Engine and a peek to our Niche Mall Store Front
- upcoming event of Jean Lanoue and few comments from David and Jen
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November 16, 2017
In this session, we talked about:
- the overview of the case study structure that we're setting up for the 16-day promotion we did in the month of October (brought in 5, 269 leads)
- showed the spreadsheet we started to make things done for this promotion
- the mechanics of this (showed our sales campaigns in Infusionsoft) and the sales funnel process
- shared our journey to passive income automation
- the Biggest Issue Quiz diagram
- Basic Facebook Pixel /Audience set up training
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November 9, 2017
The topics discussed in this session are:
- welcome the new Insiders (Daniel Bean, Dennis Bancroft, Ian Robertson, Olaolu Babalola, Dominic Anderton, Bryan Toder)
- overview of licensing, products we got involved with - Automated List Profits and Store Builder and how this work
- brief explanation of the PIE test
- Dan, an Insider, talked about his passive income - do a lot of ClickFunnels Affiliates and just launched his membership site
- releasing our new Membership Profits Checklist for Insiders this weekend
- Kelly McCausey's PLR creator and seller (template), her micro-continuity program and a few leveraging tips
- MyNAMS little micro-continuity program, Profit Planners
- our sales funnels, what Jen did to do lead capture (leveraging traffic) and retargeting
- quick illustration of this leverage thing and how this applies to list building
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November 2, 2017
In this session, we covered:
- welcome the new Insiders (59 new Insiders in October)
- Jen introduced herself to new Insiders
- Products good for no business or startup: Camp Clarity and 12 Steps to Building a Better Business
- November is our Passive Income Challenge
- diversified list building
- addressed questions from Insiders: ways to manage our product catalogs to organize links and information
- all about passive income and how we do it (P.S. in email and blogging)
- PIE test
- the results of our affiliate contest and why affiliates are willing to promote like this
- the beauty of our 12 funnels
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October
October 26, 2017
The topics covered in this session are :
- latest updates on the 16-day affiliate promotion we're running now (the current leaders who are in the TOP 10 and New Referral $50 Daily Prize Winner)
- 2 promotions for this weekend: PLR Rights Stock Photos and List Building Mastery
- upcoming software launch - Simple Autowebinar System
- our top 3 lead magnets that attract more leads
- addressed Insiders' questions on where you may be stuck: specifically about coaches telling what needs to be done but not the step-by-step instructions on how to do it, not getting new clients (when is the time to market), Jean Eaton's 15-Day Privacy Challenge, working on Facebook campaign (getting 71 new leads in 2 months, how to decide which products are good to create or offer
- what's coming up: Simple Affiliate System and doing podcasts
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October 19, 2017
In this session, we talked about:
- the 16-day affiliate promotion we're running now and reasons why we did this
- few tips about cold and warm traffic and how traffic is the lifeline of your business online and offline
- our 12 lead-gen campaigns
- Jeff Arrowood's current project (working on paid lead gen) which is a Facebook campaign and ask suggestions on how to make this work
- addressed Amy Bair's question on how she can take advantage with the holiday season and creating more targeted ads
- quick talk on this cool report "101 Time-Saving and Money-Making Tips Collected in the Middle of the Ocean" created by awesome cruiser and friend Mark Donnan of Froggo Marketing
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October 12, 2017
In this session, the topics discussed are:
- go over some questions in the MyNAMS Insiders Club Private Facebook Group
- addressed a 911 issue from Leigha Baer's post - seeking ideas for sustaining a long-term client's business ( Joint venture ideas, ideas that will help them with cash flow for the short term and promotional ideas for sustaining the business long term)
- Congratulated Amy Bair for her small success (got her first sale this week) and David Perdew addressed her question
- showed the Opt-in Funnel Template
- brief explanation about affiliate traffic
- the changes we've been making on MyNAMS affiliate program
- talked about traffic - the types and examples
- Jen showed the Product Creation Template she has been using and quick explanation on how you can use this too.
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October 5, 2017
In this session, we covered:
- Insiders' favorite business books. The books mentioned are: Confidence & Power in Dealing with People by Les Giblin, The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp, Millionaire Messenger by Brendon Burchard, Failure is Obsolete by Benji Rabhan, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, Why Good Girls Don't Get Ahead... But Gusty Girls Do by Kate White, The Go-Giver by Bob Burg, The Goal, Getting to Plan B y John Mullins and Randy Komisar, Honest Spin Doctor by Grant Ainsley, The Expert Secrets by Russell Brunson, Teach and Grow Rich by Danny Inny, The E-Myth by Michael E. Gerber, Just Listen, What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith, The ONE Thing by Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur by Mike Michalowicz, The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons by Napoleon Hill, 'Built to Sell' and 'Automatic Customer' by John Warrillow, One Minute Manager and Cheaper By the Dozen, Naked Entrepreneur
- a few points on the Traffic Challenge, specifically: building your avatar, keyword research and the importance of finding the right traffic in the right platform
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September
September 28, 2017
In this session, we discussed about:
- free products and how to incorporate them in your marketing funnels quickly to generate sales
- the importance of sales writing
- asking for advice (from the right person) or paying for it and how to use it effectively without getting off track.
- discussed Tameaka's post about emails and ways to manage them
- addressed Sue's question about positioning ourselves and being prominent
- What should you do right now if you have a list and no products to sell - even if you have 50 people on your list.
- Patricia Iyer and Jeanne Kolenda shared what they're working on and asked for insights (answers to their questions)
- gave insights on Tameaka's landing page
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September 21, 2017
In this session, one of our own, long-time Insider David Baer walked us through Medium. Here are the topics covered:
- how Medium works and its features
- how you can take advantage of this platform
- Memberships and latest updates on this platform
- David Baer demonstrated how he's repurposing content to Medium
- how to import a blog post directly to Medium
- how to upgrade to become a member in this platform
- adding videos to posts
- addressed questions from fellow Insiders (still about Medium)
- few tips on product creation and list building from David Perdew
- Kelly McCausey shared her thoughts about Medium
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September 14, 2017
In this session, the topics covered are:
- acknowledging new members who joined this session
- David addressed Tamaeka's post about having a different business name.
- open discussion for Insiders to share what they're doing, are they getting stucked and what David and Jen can help them with
- Jeff Arrowood and Keith Watson talked about their respective products and where they are stucked
- a little talk about affiliate marketing
- Eliot Spegiel is looking on what his path was
- what's coming up in NAMS and future webinars
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September 7, 2017
In this session, we talked about:
- showed our new lead gen page and the Thank You page for the WarriorPlus purchase created in the past 2 days after doing an asset inventory
- shared why and how we created 2 products in a fly last week
- the process of the HOT LIST (diagram)
- quick explanation about Leverage YOUR PLR For Cash
- the Commission Gorilla promotion and the features of this tool
- addressed Paul Young's question earlier in the week about how to leverage his 25 published books
- Patricia Iyers' comment about book writing
- Jeff Arrowood's current project
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August
August 24, 2017
In this session, the topics covered are:
- an overview of the upcoming microworkshop "Create Your Successful Membership Site" - what to do and the topics to be covered up.
- insights and tips on content creation specifically content organization, PLRs and lead-gen products
- types of memberships
- Profit Planners monthly release
- Insiders namely Cathy Chapman, Patricia Iyer, Charlinda Byrd and Keith Watson shared about what they've been working on
- a peek into Xbrander dashboard and what's inside Brandable Reports page
- the reasons why you want to use the Brandable Reports
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August 17, 2017
Here are topics discussed in this session:
- showed the new functionalities of Simple Quiz Engine (SQE)
- a peek on how Jen make some adjustments for the Quiz software to build a beautiful front end to a million-dollar funnel for a client
- the plan of having four plugins bundled as a Marketing Suite
- quick explanation on how to use custom pixels for Facebook ads
- having memberships
- mentioned Jeff Arrowood's question in Facebook group about value-added promotion ideas
- the reasons why you want to use the Brandable Reports
- Mark Hendrick's death
- get registered for Greg Cesar's webinar
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August 10, 2017
The topics covered in this session are:
- promotional changes in the Insiders Club membership and its new levels
- Jen shared about her work on her two done-for-you clients.
- our new tracking tool, SegMetrics
- Insiders, namely Kelly McCausey, Tamaeka Shelton, Jean Lanoue, Cathy Chapman, Ute Goldkuhle, Toni Rockis, Art Remnet, Charlinda Byrd, Tunde Morrow and Kat Sturtz, shared their ongoing and upcoming projects, wins and questions
- our new promotion, the ProductDyno platform and some insights on shifting platforms
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August 3, 2017
In this session, we talked about:
- leveraging content and paid lead gen
- Does content marketing really make money?
- addressed Keith Watson's question about affiliate promotion: the link up between NAMS and Warrior Plus.
- the avatar improvement
- coming changes to the Insiders Club
- addressed Sue's question about videos
- announced the latest updates of our upcoming workshop on October and Greg Cesar's upcoming webinar
- Next week session will be come , show and tell.
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July
July 27, 2017
The topics we had in this session are:
- VerVante vs. Disk.com vs. Kunaki
- What is the strategy behind this "Teach Me Something I Don't Know" series and how we adopt these to our goals in Insiders and memberships
- the different approaches we got from the 15 incredibly good training "Teach Me Something, I Don't Know"
- quick explanation of Flip the Funnel thing
- give you a short version of our new blog post about Converzly promotion
- How does this apply to you and to your niche?
- showed Charlsa's football page built using Converzly
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July 13, 2017
The topics covered on this session are:
- the idea of doing $1 Interview
- Productivity tool for the Week - Trint.com and how does it work (quick demo)
- Discover what to do once you've identified where your lead generation funnel has issues to avoid wasting time and money.
- the comparison between paid and free traffic, and their benefits
- quick introduction about Nick James who will be interviewed for today's "Teach Me Something I Don't Know" Interview series
- Insiders' updates on where they are now in the List Building Challenge
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July 6, 2017
In this session, we talked about:
- the List Building Challenge overview
- Listbuilding fears and what does it take to overcome them.
- Productivity tools - ZamZar for free online conversion and valuable tip from Zoom
- the plan of doing 10 interviews this month for "Tell me something I don't know."
- the upcoming workshop this October
- Looking at your stats so you can fix your issues and banish that fear of no one signing up for your freebie!
- the Leadserve ads and sequence
- Announcement: NO Insiders' Mastermind Weekly Session on July 20th
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June
June 29, 2017
In this session, we covered :
- MyNAMS newly launched course, Beyond 9 to 5
- designing PowerPoint presentation slides using Office 365
- utilizing done-for-you content from Coachglue to create this new course
- addressed Jean Lanoue's question about using redirects in blog posts
- using Simple Click Track and Click Magic Tracker
- showed the process on how we mail to our internal list using Infusionsoft
- Ellen Finkelstein shared the free offer structure (6-step process)
- Beyond 9 to 5 promotion
- the lead-gen products that drive traffic to MyNAMS site: Profit Planners and Insiders Club
- WarriorPlus vs. JvZoo
- We're proud to announce that we had 2 products on WarriorPlus leaderboard this week.
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June 22, 2017
The topics covered in today's session are:
- a peek into the new look of our Insiders Club Dashboard (added new icons)
- the importance of using redirects with affiliate links
- Why sending free traffic to the right affiliate offers pays off?
- How to use affiliate offers internally in your own sales funnel?
- finding the right mix of long term affiliate offers and quick instant commission offers
- addressed this question: What are the best questions to ask to those people who are offering affiliate programs?
- Kat Sturtz shared her affiliate marketing experience
- David Perdew asked Jeff Arrowood about what he's looking for from an affiliate perspective and where you're looking
- A quick converstion with Keith Watson and lessons learned in Tamaeka Shelton's struggle
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June 15, 2017
The topics discussed in this session are:
- David Perdew shared a piece of information about the mastermind session he's into now in Atlanta.
- Tamaeka Shelton's struggle about redesigning her website wherein the small company who worked on it used SquareSpace instead of WordPress
- our "nightmare" experience moving to A2
- the affiliate promotion we're in now in JvZoo, the Bleupages
- joint venture experiences and relationships
- affiliate promotion tips and techniques that you can implement on your future promotions
- launches to your own affiliate promotions
- what Cathy Chapman and Kat Sturtz are working on right now
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June 8, 2017
The topics we had in this mastermind session are:
- our experiences as we're moving from Liquid Web to A2 Web
- David's response on questions about getting started with an online business.
- the process of writing our blog post
- a quick conversation with Jeff Arrowood and his problem about how to get more engagement and drive more people to a paid membership site
- Keith Watson's post about his new membership site and pricing structure
- how to use demos on warm and hot traffic (related to Jean Lanoue's post)
- Xbrander and how you can benefit from this as an affiliate
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June 1, 2017
In this session, we talked about:
- thoughts from Insiders about your favorite affiliate marketing approach and the kind of affiliate marketing you're involved in
- MyNAMS Profit Planners launch and how to enable 100% recurring instant commissions
- why affiliate marketing is the foundation of everything you do
- shared our best income generator
- the goal of every launch
- a quick conversation with Jean Lanoue and continued her unfinished story last week
- tips and techniques when doing affiliate marketing
- addressed questions and shared links of the video products
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May
May 25, 2017
The topics we talked about are:
- affiliate marketing and relationships
- joint venture partnerships and relationships
- the Warrior event
- take these insight tips on "why we were so successful in affiliate marketing"
- using bridge pages (adding extra layer of commitment)
- the importance of conversion techniques and segmentation
- announced new product launch - MyNAMS Profit Planners
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May 18, 2017
In this session, we had:
- a free discussion about video: questions about using video to market your business and what are you doing right now that is successful and not working.
- announced the re-launch of our Simple Video Management System
- a quick discussion with folks on what they've been working on - Jeff Arrowood, Paul Taubman, Mike Beek, Tamaeka Shelton and Jean R. Lanoue
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May 11, 2017
The topics discussed in this session are:
- the webinar of Stephanie Watson-Barry
- the freeze that happens during the first webinar or first speaking
- quality contol and the process to get it
- taking down notes for processes and put it together into a standard procedure
- big thing coming called "Monthly Blueprint Membership"
- conversation with Jeff Arrowood about quality control and Keith Watson about what he's been working on
- SOLO Smarts affiliate tool
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May 4, 2017
In this session, we talked about:
- huge takeaways Jen got from ICON '17 that really applies to anybody not just Infusionsoft users
- announced a new product to be launched next week: MyNAMS Business Blueprint
- tips on doing Facebook Live for better engagement with cold and warm audience
- Do autowebinars really work?
- process and tips on how to create your own self-contained autowebinar that converts
- quick conversation with Cathy Demers
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April
April 28, 2017
In this session, we covered:
- the Blogging Course and how it was created
- our new sales pages - the outsourced materials
- some of our outsourcing success
- announcing MyNAMS monthly blueprint (different topics every month) and the plan of creating a course out of 10-12 blogs David created in the past 4 months
- Kat Sturtz' experience in Beach Camp
- the 2nd Book in "Built to Sell" series: Automatic Customer
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April 20, 2017
Here are topics discussed in this session:
- discover 2 books that David loves to read
- a peek on MyNAMS Insiders Club Progress Map
- the importance of having an Asset Inventory Worksheet
- quick explanation on how to use custom pixels for Facebook ads
- hacked password issue of Margaret Eves
- announcing the pre-Warrior Event NAMS Insiders schedule
- upcoming product launch - "Blogging like a Pro"
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April 13, 2017
The topics discussed in this session are:
- how to make some level of assumptions and set requirements and specifications for our outsourcing requests
- open conversation with Insiders on who's doing outsourcing, their experiences and how they get started
- Holly's experience with your SSL certs and the rabbit hole you've gone down with this switch
- the most inexpensive form of outsourcing
- Announcement for Insiders: Pay attention to your account for special stuff
- sending traffic from FB ad to our blog posts using Push Connect Notify
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April 6, 2017
In this session, we talked about:
- learning experiences on our Simple Quiz Engine launch
- a quick overview of our team - how much we're outsourcing and what we're doing
- frustrations and risks with outsourcing
- two different kinds of outsourcing: project-based and team
- setting specific requirements for every task/project you want to outsource
- addressed questions posted in Insiders Club Private Facebook group
- creating the VSL for our launch using Camtasia
- MyNAMS newsletter release
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March
March 30, 2017
In this session, we discussed on:
- our experiences and hurdles during our Simple Quiz Engine launch
- impact of doing Facebook live and why I missed today's live session
- doing a Zoom Call live in Facebook this April
- Kat Sturtz' launch of her Escape from Inbox Insanity - Free Pilot Program
- what are basic questions when exploring a piece of technology or software for your business
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March 24, 2017
The topics we talked about are:
- why Social Marketing doesn't always mean Social Media Marketing
- share 2 conversations I've had this week about where the best marketing opportunities are right now
- Gala Gorman's avatar research
- Margaret Eve's viral video that focused on creating momentum
- how to build an audience
- Facebook live videos, results and what's next
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March 16, 2017
Here's the list of topics:
- see a quick demonstration of WeVideo, a web-based video tool
- know about single point of failure and how to mitigate it
- discover why a tool we
recommend could end up as a refund - the challenge of getting 1000 members in Insiders Club before June 15th
- basics of setting up a Facebook Ad and how to research retargeting
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March 9, 2017
In this session, we talked about:
- using Instant AdCopy in creating a good converting ad copy in an inexpensive way and do landing page review
- review on Facebook live video of Charlsa Perdew on Hardy and Healthy page and how we boost the post for $15
- comments of marketers in our curated content in MyNAMS Facebook page
- pre-product launch of free MP3 package and Simple Quiz Engine
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March 2, 2017
The topics deliberated in this session are:
- introduction of Simple Quiz Plugin System - quiz setup, process and styles
- case study we're working on
- presented the new course MyNAMS Business Success Library
- quick and easy wins with Facebook Ads wherever you can get them
- Blog Content - What's the point?
- Get your content calendar done with downloadable Social Media Calendar and Planner
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February
February 24, 2017
In this session, we discussed about:
- Outsourcing and how it works?
- Alena Powell shared about her featured profile on Behind the Hustle
- Facebook live and our learning from it
- Jeff Arrowood's experience on the Business Operations Challenge
- Errors and omissions concept and dealing with financial plans
- FTC Guardian promotion
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February 16, 2017
The topics we talked about are:
- What is a strategic business decision?
- Test on our newsletter - NAMS Magazine
- Creating a long term partnership with another entrepreneur
- When is the right time to make a commitment?
- Know more about file structure and different cloud storages you can use
- Week 2 follow up with Facebook Live Videos
- Upcoming webinar with FTC Guardian
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February 9, 2017
Here are the topics discussed in this session:
- What's your big win?
- Small email test Jen did over the weekend and the results
- A huge outsourcing addition made last week for the upcoming ThumbDrive Product Launch
- Tracking down tech issues and how to not lose your will to live
- Facebook Live: how that’s going and why I’m doing it
- Asana Launch Project Template
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February 2, 2017
In this session, you'll learn:
- the importance of evaluating your needs long term and how to get what you need short term
- finding the right tools to integrate in your membership site
- why managing your list is a never ending job and how to stay on top of it
- how to fit 'testimonials' into your business operations
- overview on Business Operations Challenge
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January
January 26, 2017
The points discussed in this session are:
- David shared his experience on the 2017 Marketer's Cruise and his plan of creating a new Insiders Club session talking about Tools, Tips and Tools (what’s working and not),
- the importance of short-term and long-term strategies
- focus on promoting the 1-2-3 process (why-what-how)
- learn about Listbuilding, Launches and Leads
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January 19, 2017
In this session, you will discover:
- It's all about testing, learning and be patient.
- the success that we’re having with really focusing in our content in our blog
- how to drive traffic to your blog using Facebook advertising
- posting shareable posts/automated content using Hootsuite to engage marketers
- how to use transcripts and create checklists out of it
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January 12, 2017
In this session, we talked about:
- the impact of attending the marketing cruise
- What is Your Source Material?
- Kindle is the heart of publishing.
- repurposing epic posts into a book
- producing high quality content from videos
- tools you can use to get transcripts done
- re-emphasis of valuable content from webinar series
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