Before I get to the story about the business with 12 Million followers, I want to start by discussing a Facebook ad about the "truth around building an audience" that drives me bonkers every time I see it, so I decided to share my analysis around why I think it's extremely misleading (and could even be dangerous to your financial and business health). In a nutshell, the ad … [Read more...] about [Real World Analysis] How a Business with 12 Million Followers Went Bankrupt
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[Case Study] My Precise Strategy on How to Start a Blog
After all the mistakes I made with my first blog (aka my "starter" blog), I decided I needed a better plan for how to start a blog successfully. In fact, I would say knowing how to start a blog on the right foot is crucial. Even when you do everything correctly, it can still take months to start seeing results. And, if you don’t start out right, it will take even … [Read more...] about [Case Study] My Precise Strategy on How to Start a Blog
What I Learned from My Blog: 5 Mistakes I Made
In 2016, I took a hard look at my blog, my business, and my industry, and I knew I had to make some new choices when it came to marketing and promoting my business. (I share my story in depth here.) Along with deciding a blog was still the way to go, I also decided my blog (which I now lovingly refer to as my "starter" blog) had so many issues, it seemed the best thing to do … [Read more...] about What I Learned from My Blog: 5 Mistakes I Made
My Big Marketing Campaign Success Story
In the fall of 2016, I came to a realization. The main marketing campaign I had been focusing on for much of my entrepreneurial life wasn't working the way I had intended. This wasn't a big surprise. For years, I had been watching the trends in the information Marketing/Internet Marketing industries and I could see we were headed for a reckoning. And I had a feeling the … [Read more...] about My Big Marketing Campaign Success Story
[Video] Flip It! Where is the Magic Website Traffic Bullet?
How many of you are secretly looking for the website traffic button? I mean, all you have to do is take a quick view of your Facebook feed to see tons of ads from gurus promising to teach you where that that magic website traffic bullet is. It's Facebook ads! No, it's Instagram! Pinterest is the missing secret. Maybe you should post videos or do a podcast. No, … [Read more...] about [Video] Flip It! Where is the Magic Website Traffic Bullet?
[Video] Flip It! Are You Using the Wrong Marketing Strategy?
If you're not seeing the success you want to be seeing in your business, it's very possible it's because you're using the wrong marketing strategy . Let me explain: There are two types of marketing strategies -- long-term and short-term. Long-term strategies are designed to build your business over the long term. The benefit of using them is you can be reaping the … [Read more...] about [Video] Flip It! Are You Using the Wrong Marketing Strategy?