Alright, I had to share this with you guys. I was just watching this Carlos Mencia video from my favorites on YouTube and just had to share it with you. It’s a great laugh break if you have a drier/non-politcally correct sense of humor.
It is a “longer” laugh break, so be prepared to kick back for a little bit. Go ahead — you deserve it!
And if you need an excuse to not feel like you’re goofing off, it is another example of New Media Marketing. Comdey Central (who sponsors most of Mencia’s videos on YouTube) has seen a 23% increase in viewership in the last 12-months thanks to their New Media promotions.
Warning: although not rude, this is NOT kid friendly
When you’re blogging for business every single visitor counts. Tracking visitor movement on your site, especially your home page is essential for blog optimization. A lot of the solutions out there have been cumbersome at best, and disappointing at their worst. Now that CrazyEgg is out of beta and is completely stable — there is a simple solution for optimizing your business blog that works!
We’ve been testing CrazyEgg on several of our business blogs over the last two weeks and the results have been very helpful to say the least. I’ll share a more detailed overview after we’ve tracked more results, but we’ve seen the error of our ways in a couple spots already.
For instance, 18.8% of visitors click on the “Resources” tab at the top of Advanced Business Blogging. Sadly, we’ve been so preoccupied with our travel schedule and the three live BLOG 360 courses we’re running that I have not had time to get our programmer to load that page and connect it to our merchant account. (Yeah, I know, I know — suck it up and stop whining! )
Anyway, the results from CrazyEgg have kicked me in the butt and made me realize how many people are disappointed when they go to that page, and how much money we’re leaving on the table.
What are you missing out on with your business blog and a lack of blog optimization? You can find out for free since CrazyEgg will track 5000 visits/month at no cost. More robust plans start at a VERY reasonable $19.99/month.
John-Paul Micek is the premier Click-and-Mortar Business Coach. He’s been described as the “Communication Commando” and “Profit Matrix Master” by peers and coaching club members. With four multi-million dollar businesses under his belt and over 9,100 hours of experience coaching business owners and marketers to success from the inside out, J.P. is ready to help you get the profits, performance, and lifestyle you want from your business online and off-line. His latest book Secrets Of Online Persuasion is the definitive guide on marketing with New Media. J.P. is a weekly columnist for the Honolulu Star Bulletin, and professional speaker. You can reach J.P. directly via [communicationcommando@gmail.com].
OK, OK… so I get back to Hawaii from 3 weeks in Australia and disappear. No updates to Advanced Business Blogging or your other business blogs for a while. "What’s up?", "Where’ve you been?", and "Where are the pictures?"
Well I’ve got a good excuse for not blogging (business or otherwise.)
I’ve been enjoying my life since getting back from a grueling 3-weeks tour criss crossing all of Australia and haven’t been blogging for business at all. As a matter of fact, except for a few coaching calls, I’ve been off getting into some new real estate deals, and hanging out at the Triple Crown of Surfing here at home on the North Shore of Oahu.
I’m actually headed out right now to Sunset Beach to watch some trials but saw yet another email (yes Evana, I did get your joke too ) and thought I’d drop a quick note. I’ll have some pics from Australia up early next week.
Local hero and three-time world champ Andy Irons took the first jewel in the Triple Crown of Surfing (the OP Pro) at Haleiwa on Wednesday this week.
For all our Aussie friends… sorry but despite some great surfing & a close heat, Australian Adrian Buchan fell out early of the runnings in the round at 32.
If you want to check out the waves, surfing, and of course the beautiful people on the beach — you can get a LIVE video feed over at www.triplecrownofsurfing.com. This year there are commentators doing an excellent job of hosting the video feeds. Just click on the "Live Webcast" at the top of the page. (Another example of New Media Marketing in action!)
Remember, especially during this holiday time — there’s more to life than blogging and business. Some business bloggers blog about life, and some live it! Remember to do both!
And if you’ll be in Hawaii over the next few weeks and you’ll be up in our area on the North Shore, drop me an email so we can hookup. Here’s the remaining dates for the Triple Crown of Surfing:
Men
» O’Neill World Cup of Surfing, at Sunset Beach, Nov. 24-Dec. 6, a $125,000 6-star World Qualifying Series finale. » Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters, at the Banzai Pipeline, Dec. 8-20, a $280,000 World Championship Tour finale.
Women
» Roxy Pro, at Sunset Beach, Nov. 24-Dec. 6, a $67,500 World Championship Tour event. » Billabong Pro Maui, at Honolua Bay, Dec. 8-20, a $67,500 World Championship Tour finale.
In the previous two posts we took a detailed look at 14 ideas on how to use business blogs to market your business. Today we’ll finish up the series by taking a look at 7 practical ways to use blogs inside your business to boost your bottom line.
OR… if you prefer to download or print a special expanded report in PDF format (complete with images and full introduction,) you can do that by clicking here >> Business Blogging Basics Revisited.
Here are the links for the final third of the “21 Ways to Boost Your Bottom Line Using Business Blogs” series online. They’re all ideas specifically for using business blogs inside your business
John-Paul Micek is the premier Click-and-Mortar Business Coach. He’s been described as the “Communication Commando” and “Profit Matrix Master” by peers and coaching club members. With four multi-million dollar businesses under his belt and over 8,500 hours of experience coaching business owners and marketers to success from the inside out, J.P. is ready to help you get the profits, performance, and lifestyle you want from your business online and off-line. His latest book Secrets Of Online Persuasion is the definitive guide on marketing with New Media. J.P. is a weekly columnist for the Honolulu Star Bulletin, and professional speaker. You can reach J.P. directly via [communicationcommando@gmail.com].
As I mentioned in the last post I thought it would be a good idea to revisit a special series we did here at Advanced Business Blogging to help out the 1,000 or so new subscribers we have from our Speaking tour in Australia. The series was called “21 Ways to Boost Your Bottom Line Using Business Blogs.” Today I’ll share the second third of the direct links to each part of the series.
OR… if you prefer to download or print a special expanded report in PDF format (complete with images and full introduction,) you can do that by clicking here >> Business Blogging Basics Revisited.
John-Paul Micek is the premier Click-and-Mortar Business Coach. He’s been described as the “Communication Commando” and “Profit Matrix Master” by peers and coaching club members. With four multi-million dollar businesses under his belt and over 8,500 hours of experience coaching business owners and marketers to success from the inside out, J.P. is ready to help you get the profits, performance, and lifestyle you want from your business online and off-line. His latest book Secrets Of Online Persuasion is the definitive guide on marketing with New Media. J.P. is a weekly columnist for the Honolulu Star Bulletin, and professional speaker. You can reach J.P. directly via [communicationcommando@gmail.com].
Over the last three weeks in Australia as Deborah and I spoke on blogging for business and New Media Marketing in Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth we’ve gotten a lot of questions regarding the basics of business blogging. Just this morning in Perth as we were speaking with several attendees about our presentation last night. I was again amazed at how hungry entrepreneurs and business owners are for a firm grounding on effectively blogging for business.
To help out the 1,000 or so new subscribers we have from down under I thought it would be a good idea to revisit a special series we did here at Advanced Business Blogging just over a year ago. The series was called “21 Ways to Boost Your Bottom Line Using Business Blogs.” It’s a very valuable series that I’ve regretfully forgotten about, but now have “seen the light” and am bringing back to the forefront for your benefit right now.
Today I’ll share the first 1/3 of the direct links to each part of the series, and in the next two posts I’ll share the remaining two-thirds of the series.
OR… if you prefer to download or print a special expanded report in PDF format (complete with images and full introduction,) you can do that by clicking here >> Business Blogging Basics Revisited.
John-Paul Micek is the premier Click-and-Mortar Business Coach. He’s been described as the “Communication Commando” and “Profit Matrix Master” by peers and coaching club members. With four multi-million dollar businesses under his belt and over 8,500 hours of experience coaching business owners and marketers to success from the inside out, J.P. is ready to help you get the profits, performance, and lifestyle you want from your business online and off-line. His latest book Secrets Of Online Persuasion is the definitive guide on marketing with New Media. J.P. is a weekly columnist for the Honolulu Star Bulletin, and professional speaker. You can reach J.P. directly via [communicationcommando@gmail.com].
) and thought I’d drop a quick note. I’ll have some pics from Australia up early next week.
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