Using YouTube for Answers AND Branding!

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I think most people are well aware of how much YouTube has grown as a search engine. It's currently the second most popular search engine being used these days. (you all know who's #1, right?)   This post has two purposes.   1. Find Video Answer's to Practically Any Question It's really no surprise YouTube has become such a well-used search engine. People are wanting to read less … [Read more...]

WordPress Screencast – Adding YouTube Video to a Page or Blog Post

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This short screen cast shows you how easy it is to add a video from YouTube to your WordPress blog post or page. This method would also apply to Vimeo or any other service that provides the embed code. … [Read more...]

Make Your Videos Stand Out – Do Something Different – The Movie!

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Okay, 2011 is here. If you're not adding video to your website yet, you should be. Video is one of the best and most effective ways for you to get your message across to people. Another thing to think about is how to make your video stand out. How can you make it different than what everyone else is doing? Think about Mathew Lesko. He's the guy who you've seen on late night TV telling you about … [Read more...]

5 Ways To Make Your Website More Effective In 2011

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If you're creating a new website or redesigning your current site in 2011, then good for you! Nothing like having a nice fresh face on your site to start the new year. Here are five suggestions to help you get more bang for your buck with your website this year: Make Your Site Blog Driven Unless for some weird reason it just doesn't make sense, build your site around your blog. This … [Read more...]

5 Ways To Strengthen Your Own Professional Brand in 2011

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Whether you are an entrepreneur, run your own business or work for a company with 1000 other employees, it's important for you to develop your own professional identity online. The business model of getting a job when you're 22, then working there until you retire is really not realistic anymore. Far from it! It would behoove you (yes, behoove you) to develop your independent professional … [Read more...]

Make More Money by Adding Video To Your Website

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How can you make more money with your website? Do you feel your products or services are awesome and can't understand why your site isn't creating more customers? There could be a number of reasons for this. A couple obvious ones would be: One: Not enough people know about your website. Solution: marketing, blogging, social media, and so on, and so on… (this could be covered better … [Read more...]

What’s Your New Business Idea for 2011

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The great thing about this economy these days is that it's, in some cases, giving creative people and entrepreneurs the time to put more energy into their own business ideas. That's fantastic! Do you have an idea for a new business? What are you passionate about? What's a new business idea that you think could really help people? What's the idea for your new business? Share in the comments! … [Read more...]

How To Make Money Online – The Movie! :-)

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This is a bit of a video followup to a recent post: Making Money Online. This information answers one of my most frequently asked questions by people who are looking to start a business online or just looking to make some supplemental income. In this video I talk about the basic concepts of starting an online business, but obviously it's a complex topic, much more in depth than I can cover in a … [Read more...]

Using Video On Your Website to Promote Your Business Online

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Does anyone read anything anymore!?? Well, yes, (that's why blogging continues to be so popular) but a fantastic way to dynamically reach your potential customers, clients and business contacts is through online video. Video catches the viewer's attention Video can help you with search engines Video can add more of an authoritative feel to your site Grab Their Attention! Back to … [Read more...]