Twitter Tips

I love Twitter. It is my social media platform of choice! Yes, you there is a character limit of 280 characters per post. You will learn to be concise! Yes, there are trolls and haters there. Just like everywhere else. But the benefits of Twitter far outweigh any negatives. 

Twitter is one of the busiest social networks but it’s also excellent for driving traffic back to your website. To get the most out of your tweets, follow these simple suggestions…

Keep your Twitter handle simple. Avoid adding numbers or supplementary characters to make it unique. 

Use longer messages. Twitter now allows users to post tweets that are up to 280 characters in length. 

Include video as part of your Twitter marketing strategy. Videos must be shorter than 2 minutes and 20 seconds. If you upload a longer video, you’ll be given the chance to edit it down to the required length. 

Make a tweetstorm. If you want to go in-depth about a topic, use a tweetstorm tool so your followers can easily follow your thread. 

Create videos that show behind-the-scenes of your business. This makes it more likely that your followers will like your brand and make a purchase. Maximum video length is 2 minutes and 20 seconds.

Avoid posting the same tweets repeatedly. Twitter now views this practice as spamming and may delete your account if you do this. 

Use a social media tool to find popular hashtags. Hashtags make it easy for users to discover your content. You can discover which ones are the most popular by using TagDef. or Hashtagify.

Pin your best tweet. Twitter allows users to ‘pin’ one tweet to the top of their profile. This is a simple way to drive more traffic to your website. 

Engage in trending topics carefully. Make sure you understand the hashtag and how it’s being used before you tweet. Otherwise you risk saying something that your followers might find offensive. 

Include more images. While text tweets can be easier to post they don’t drive as much engagement. Tweets with images are 90% more likely to get likes and replies. 

Add polls to your tweets. Polls can be a great way to gain valuable insights about the types of content that your followers prefer.

Curate content. Don’t just publish your own content. Gather content from other sources sources, and share it with your audience to diversify your Twitter posts. Retweet helpful articles, positive customer feedback, and user-generated content, among other posts, to maintain a solid Twitter presence and to better connect with your audience.

Use the right call to action (CTA). Include relevant and compelling CTAs in your tweets to generate more clicks. Go beyond asking your audience to share your content. Encourage them to visit your website, download content from your landing page, or use a discount coupon.

Schedule your posts. Schedule your tweets at the perfect time to ensure your audience sees them. Stay on top of your social media content calendar, and automate your Twitter posting schedule. There are reliable social media management tools, such as SocialJukeBox, that can help with this.

Two Top Marketers Spill Their Guts LIVE!

Yes, I know! It’s another post with another offer! But this is too exciting not to share!

2 top internet marketers are getting on the Wednesday webinar to spill their guts!

Why are they spilling their guts?

Because they are getting on to offer a FREE MASTERCLASS to help you discover amazing ‘Done For You’ customizable funnels & lead magnets that brand YOU, Grow YOUR E-mail list, and promote YOUR opportunity!

And to do that they’re going to reveal their most current and effective what’s-working-now tactics…

The tactics that are pulling in leads and customers for their business right now!

No yesterday’s news here!

Wonder twins Brian and James Fanale are going to be laying it all out for you tomorrow at 8pm EST.

Grab your spot now while you still can!

Here’s some of what you can expect…

• Why having a high-value funnel in place is CRITICAL if you want to get leverage in your business
• How to take ‘done for you’ solutions, WOW your prospects, and turn them into customers today!
• Simple little-known Canva tricks to customize everything so YOU are fully branded & look like a pro
• How to get thousands of video views, 200+ subscribers per month, and high-quality backlinks to grow your business FAST.
• And so much more… this LIVE show helps you take your business to the next level!

That’s all happening on ONE single training tomorrow at 8 pm EST…Get on it and get this inside info that won’t be revealed anywhere else!

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See you tomorrow night!

How Would You Like 36+ FREE Leads Per Day With Facebook? Look What I Found...

I’ve got some good news and bad news for you…

You know how much I LOVE Facebook marketing. But it appears that some of what I was teaching you could have been better!

I just watched this amazing webinar and while I am pretty excited I’m also a bit irritated that that I didn’t know about this stuff sooner. I really need to get through all these webinars a bit faster…

Oh well…

Anyway...so here’s the bad news I discovered about Facebook…

I have totally left you in the dark about some of the easiest
methods in the world to getting tons of leads for our home businesses…

But there’s very GOOD NEWS!!...

You’re not going to be in the dark any longer! This webinar I
just watched IS the light at the end of the tunnel.

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It’s a FREE, jam-packed 86-minute recording of one of the
most powerful webinars I’ve EVER seen on Facebook marketing...

It shows EXACTLY…step-by-step… how a master Facebook
marketer named Michelle has made over $10,000 in one week
on Facebook. Yes, that’s right.  ONE WEEK!

Now that’s not every week of course, but it was certainly
enough to make my ears perk up...

And here’s the amazing part about Michelle’s tactics…These are simple methods that have been staring us all
right in the face!!

Basically there’s nothing that YOU can’t do yourself...

Michelle shows exactly WHAT to do, and HOW to do it.
She’s taking the wool from our eyes that so many of the
gurus have been blinding us with...

You’ve got to go CLICK HERE and check it out...

In the Webinar Michelle reveals...

** What she does to pull in 25+ new raving fans per
day on FACEBOOK...

**The tactics she uses for 36+ solid...can’t-wait-to-work-
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** The secrets to creating Facebook PPC ads that only
cost .07 cents per click and get a whopping 49% click thru rate...

** And tons more!!...

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This is seriously everything that you need to

know to start killing it on FaceBook every single day.
Business and life changing information...for FREE right now...
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One More Chance

I am officially hibernating after this. Okay probably not. But I am going to be focusing on finishing my next book, so I don't have time for a long and drawn out post.

Besides, with the holidays and all, I am thinking you really don't want one either. So this is ONLY for those of you who have been looking at the marketing system I told you about in a recent post.

I am working with a bunch of people on this and I am getting ready to start my 10 Day Success Group again. The truth is that there is a window of opportunity right now that is just really cool. So if you were looking at MLSP and didn't go for it and you regret that decision...

I have something special for those who take advantage of the 10-day trial.

Stop reading and disregard if you are not into it. But if you are, go order HERE.

Once I see you’ve joined, I’ll contact you so I can help you out and add you to our group.

If you are not into this or it's out of your budget, no worries.

I have so much good stuff coming you are absolutely going to flip.

I know this isn't my typical blog post. I just wanted to make sure you get this just in case.

But if you feel the need for a longer read, did you see this blog post?

Meet Jennifer Lamb!

I do these Success Story profiles from time-to-time. Whenever I meet someone really cool. And Jen is REALLY cool!

Could you be my next profile? 

5 Actions That Can Make Your Life Better

Sometimes it can seem like improving your life is an uphill battle, or like digging your way out of a hole in the sand. Things seem to be working more against you than in your favor. The problem, however, could be something very easily fixed. You may be thinking too big.

There are actually a number of fairly small things that you can do to change your outlook, improve your health and make your life better. This post lists only five. Granted some of them take some commitment, but try out a few of these and see if that uphill battle doesn’t get a little easier.

1.         Joining A Social Group

This could be a club, a sports team, a Facebook group, a group centered around a common interest, or just a group of friends that goes out for drinks once a month. The important thing is having friends.

Having friends improves our self-confidence. It gives us a network to help us deal with things like stress, or grief, and it even improves the immune system. All of these things also have secondary benefits. For example, people with strong and healthy social networks have been shown to be more likely to maintain a healthy bodyweight and to live longer than those that don’t have that social support system.

2.         Practicing Your Faith

For quite a while now, many experts have understood that following a religious faith genuinely helps people in a number of ways. It gives us a sense of purpose. It makes us feel like we’re part of something larger than just ourselves. It encourages us to be understanding, forgiving, and generous. It makes our lives better and it makes us better people.

Research consistently shows that finding meaning in life greatly increases our mental and physical health. Many of us benefit from the fellowship we find in our church community.

3.         Learn A New Language

Learning a language like English, Spanish, French, German, or Chinese, can be practical in a business setting, or just while you’re walking around town. Learning any additional language, however, comes with a number of benefits, including helping you to learn and remember other things, and helping you to see things from new perspectives.

Some universities may let you audit classes on foreign languages. Community centers may have classes in foreign language that are open to the public. You may be able to find books on learning new languages at book stores or thrift stores near you, or you could download any number of free or cheap apps to learn another language on your mobile phone, tablet, or computer.

4.         Change Jobs

If you hate your job and your company, you can read this as “quit your job and start over,” but you don’t have to. If you worked hard to get where you are and you like the work that you do, consider a lateral job change in your own company.

See if you can work in a new department for a bit, even if it’s just filling a position while someone is on vacation or while management is looking for someone to fill a spot permanently. Changing jobs provides a nice change of pace, it helps you to understand your own abilities and versatility, and it helps you to understand what the world looks like from someone else’s office.

5.         Go To College

Even if you’ve already been there, or even if you can’t or don’t want to stay for a four-year degree. College is a unique experience where you get to meet new people in an institution specifically dedicated to learning and looking at new ideas.

Even if you’ve already been to college, many find that the experience is quite different when they return later in life, even if it’s just to audit a class.

Some of the things listed in this post are a pretty big commitment. Other things on the list, however, are things that you could do pretty quickly and with little or no financial burden. Give one or all of them a try, and you'll soon find you are on your way to designing your perfect life.

My Secret Marketing System

Okay...I confess...

I hate doing one-on-one sales and prospecting. I detest closing. It's just not my thing. It just feels unnatural, forced, and phony.

Now put me on a Zoom or a Facebook Live and I can chatter FOREVER...as some of you know.

Put me on stage in front of people, and I'll be on FIRE! I love the energy of interacting with a live audience. I feed off it. 

But trying to talk to just one person cold? Trying to convince a stranger to join my team or try my products? Not so much. It's not that I can't carry on a conversation. I definitely can. But somehow I just don't like talking about business in that setting. I have to have a relationship with you before I feel comfortable getting down to business. 

Maybe that's why it's different when I'm on a Zoom or onstage. I know that everyone is expecting it to be business. The audience already knows what I'm going to talk about. It's not a surprise. And I probably know many of the people in the audience or at least the person who set up the event.

It's kind of weird, if you think about it. But unfortunately, it's totally true.

You might think that would greatly hamper any chance I had of building a successful business. And it did...at first. When I started in business, I was so afraid to talk to people, I just didn't do it. I placed ads and handed out business cards and DVDs and simply waited for someone to reach out to me saying they wanted to work with me. 

Want to know how many people that was? ZERO!  

So then I tried buying leads. At least that way I'd be talking to people who wanted to talk about business, right? Well, we all know how that went. I wrote an entire blog post on the topic! 

Obviously, something happened. Something changed. Because here I am...7 years from the date of that blog post. Making money. So did I suddenly get over my aversion to talking about my business to strangers? Did I hire someone to do it for me? Do I just never talk business to anyone?

Of course not! I just found a way to work around it! I still never talk to strangers. I just make sure that by the time I'm actually having a one-on-one conversation with them, we've already started building that very important (to me anyway) relationship.

You can work around pretty much every obstacle if you want. You can overcome any weakness. I did it. You can do it too. Just give yourself time. Don't panic. And stop trying to do things that just don't feel natural to you. I will never be Ray Higdon or Eric Worre or Rick Billings. And that's just fine. I can do things my own way and still be successful.

If you're reading this, then I'm going to assume that you also want to talk business. And maybe, like me, you are too shy, too nervous, too frightened, too unsure, too WHATEVER, to do it. You might be thinking of giving up. Maybe all those people who told you it wouldn't work were right. 

Well I'm here to tell you they were WRONG!

You just have to find the work-around that's right for you.

There is a simple way to do that. Surround yourself with a community of people who have done it already. Yes, Ray Higdon is part of that community. But if you can't do the cold contact like he does, that's okay. Because Mark Harbert is also part of that community. And Diane Hochman. And Erin Birch. And many MANY others who do things THEIR way. 

Find a place to learn different skills to help you build an audience so you have a group of friends to talk to so you never have to talk to another stranger...ever!

Get access to tools that will help you reach out to your audience wherever they may hang out...Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, your blog, your newsletter, anywhere at all.

Where is this magical place? It sounds almost too good to be true, doesn't it?

Everybody knows I use a marketing system. Y'all should know by now that we offer free weekly training from the best minds in the business. And yes...there are TOOLS! Lots and lots of tools. Everything to help you build your audience.

If you haven't heard me talk about it by now, then you obviously aren't really following me anywhere. (Which is why we've never talked business. We don't have a relationship!)

You can learn all about my secret marketing system...and the community around it...here.

One of the saddest things I see in this business today is the people who are willing to spend a ton of money on opportunities they will never promote, tools they will never use, and coaches that can't help them.

I see people all the time running themselves BROKE trying to find that magic button or the silver bullet that will finally bring them success. 

This is definitely NOT that. Because, frankly, there is no button or bullet or secret program or system that will bring you long lasting success. There might be things that cash in on the latest hot trend that will bring you a momentary flash. But then the market changes, or something new comes along and suddenly you're left struggling and wondering what happened.

I have worked with this system for the last 5 years and credit it with much of my success.

If you're finally ready to build YOUR business on YOUR terms, check it out here.

Simplify Your Business For Maximum Impact

Lately I've felt this need to simplify my life as much as possible. Even in the year of COVID-19, I still felt like I was always on a dead run and yet I could never catch up. And so I've put some real effort into simplifying my cleaning routine, my meal planning and preparation, my daily schedule, and my business. As a grandmother, mom, wife, business owner...I wear so many hats that sometimes it feels a bit overwhelming. I knew I needed to implement some productivity tools to help me balance everything I had going on.

I've discovered some productivity tools that have really helped me streamline my business and my life in general. I was amazed at how many unnecessary activities I was able to just cut out of my day! It's allowed me to free up a lot more time for things I truly enjoy. And I learned a lot of great tips from the Productivity Secrets videos I've shared. These are an incredible resource if you want to get more done with your day!

Some of the benefits of a streamlined business include:

• Having the time to spend on the activities that actually generate income
• The ability to move closer to achieving your ultimate goals
• Using your time more efficiently and being more productive
• Feeling more at ease and in control of your business

I know  it can be hard to simplify things as a busy entrepreneur. But it's critical to your health and well-being the health and well-being of your business. Here are my top productivity habits for entrepreneurs to streamline your business and help you get on the path to feeling empowered!

Organize Your Workspace

Physical clutter almost always turns into mental clutter. If you’re serious about streamlining your business, this is the best place to start. Once you get the clutter under control, it will be a lot easier to simplify the other areas of your business as well.

For more in-depth tips on how to go about simplifying your possessions and decluttering, feel free to read these other posts I’ve written on this topic: 

6 Steps to a Stress-Free Organized Office

De-Stress Your Home Office With Four Feng Shui Elements

De-Stressing Begins With De-Cluttering

Make A To-Do List

I can NOT function without a list! Seriously, I have a list at all times. Having a list of what you need to accomplish each day helps keep you on track. Prioritize your list so the most important tasks are at the top to ensure the most critical (i.e. moneymaking!) activities are done first. Check each item off your list as you complete it. There is something very satisfying about seeing a completed list at the end of the day. 

Set Up Routines

I am all about routines and habits. Just ask my husband! In fact, I am currently doing a Morning Makeover Challenge in my Facebook group and today's lesson was all about habits and routines!

Routines don’t sound very exciting, but they really can do wonders for your productivity level. There are morning routines, workout routines, office routines, etc. I think the best approach is to pick one type of routine to help you simplify your schedule and some tasks that you need to accomplish. After that one routine is established, then maybe move on to incorporating another into your life. If you'd like to start with the Morning Makeover Challenge, you'll find it in my Facebook group!

Automate

This is a great way to save some time and energy. Automate as many tasks as possible. If you are a blogger, figure out how you can automate your social media platforms! Use an autoresponder to follow-up with leads. 

Delegate and Outsource

I had a number of years where I would run around like a mad woman, trying to do it all. But the need to be "Superwoman" isn't healthy for you...physically or mentally. If you are an entrepreneur and a wife and mom, this is especially true for you. You can quickly become completely overwhelmed, exhausted, and burned out. 

There is no rule that says you have to do it all. Part of what I teach is my Morning Makeover Challenge is to let other family members help out. If your children are old enough to  make their own breakfast or dress themselves, let them! If your husband knows how to turn the coffee pot on in the morning or take the dog out, let him. Use the extra time to do something for your or your business.

The other way to save time, if you are at the point in your business where it makes sense, is to outsource. This is true especially if there are tasks that you are not good at or that you absolutely dislike doing. 

I love coming up with ideas for designs for my t-shirt stores. But that's where it ends. I don't have one shred of artistic talent. So I outsource the actual design work to a graphic artist. She takes my concept and turns it into something that will actually go on a shirt and sell! It's worth what I pay her to do this because here designs are professional looking, which means I make more sales.

Finances and managing the money is an important part of any business. It's also something I hate dealing with. I've passed this task off to my husband. He's very good at it, doesn't mind doing it, and it's his way of supporting me in my business. 

Look for ways you can outsource parts of your business. Hire a VA for a few hours each week. Barter with another entrepreneur. If there is something you are particularly good at like web design or social media, offer to help with that in exchange for her doing some tasks that you dislike. 

Learn To Say “No”

If something doesn’t align with your priorities in your business, don’t feel guilty about saying “no” to it. You aren’t obligated to do everything that is asked of you. You are the keeper of your time, so it is up to you to not let others dictate how you are spending it. When we allow ourselves to become caught up in activities and perceived obligations that we don’t enjoy, it doesn’t leave much time to spend on what we actually want to do.

Use these tips to help you simplify your business. 

I'm having a "fire sale" on some older products so now is a great time to take advantage of the Productivity Secrets video series. For the next 48 hours, you can get them less than 1/2 price!

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