Today, I was joined by Com Mirza on the Internet Business Blueprint podcast. Com is a Serial Entrepreneur, Author, Consultant, Social Media Addict, Blogger, Networker, Video Addict, And The Lemonade Boy. He can be found on Twitter.com as (@TheLemonadeBoy). For the last 7 years Com Mirza has been actively involved in starting technology companies from scratch, building up the subscriber and revenue bases and selling them off to venture capitalists and companies. With a portfolio of over 20 Internet companies and partnerships with some of the greatest Internet entrepreneurs com is committed to starting, building and selling more companies and spends a majority of his time on his ventures.
Com Mirza
Com is also a part time author and has written 3 books, Mental Steroids, Bitten By Success, and Dreamer Businessman Humanitarian. In his spare time he likes to hang with his family, read like crazy, network with intelligent successful people, inspire people, teach, consult, challenge himself, help change the world, study personal development, peak performance, brain science, psychology, and business like crazy.
We covered a variety of subjects related to entrepreneurship and social media, you can hear the replay at http://www.JamesHolmesRadio.com (it is worth your time invested).
Here are a few notes from our conversation today:
Com on Failure
1. Have a personal support structure
2. Have a firm commitment to what you are pursuing
3. Access your personal support structure to create life balance
Com Recommends there ‘must have” social profiles
1. Twitter
2. Facebook
3. You Tube
4. Linked In
5. MySpace (although losing market share and mind share)
The Internet Business Blueprint podcast is a daily program designed to help anyone interested in Internet based entrepreneurship. Proving coaching, resources, and tools designed to help you establish and grow a thriving Internet based business. Guest and topics will focus on topics relevant to Internet marketers, network marketers, direct sellers and affiliate marketing professionals.
I would love to read your feedback after hearing the interview. Also, Com provides his personal contact information at the end for anyone who would like to learn how to turn lemons into lemonade!
Have a blessed day!
James
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Internet Marketing Master Ryan Deiss and Social Media Guru Perry Belcher will be hosting a Free 2 Hour Webinar on Wednesday evening July 22, 2009 titled “How to Finally Make Money With Social Media” the presentation is expected to sell out at 5,000 attendees. This is an early registration link.
I have personally listen to dozens of hours of Ryan Deiss and Perry Belcher training on information product creation, social media, and Internet marketing. I highly recommend their materials as I have found them to be relevant, actionable, an of high value.
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We have a very interesting guest joining us on Monday July 20, 2009 and there could be Late July Fireworks! I began promoting that Social Media Expert and Internet Marketing Guru Perry Belcher would be my special guest for a special one hour edition of the “Internet Business Blueprint” podcast, which I host every weekday. Perry Belcher witll be my guest Monday July 20th at 11:00 AM EST.
The responses I have received on Twitter have been more than interesting and will no doubt add a new twist to Perry appearance on the program.
My intention for inviting Perry on the program was to share my positive experience with others and allow my listeners to call in to ask Perry questions, chat with feedback, and benefit from the knowledge of someone who has produced tremendous results with consistency. There are literally ten of thousands of people trying to figure out how to make social media work, how to leverage it to build their brand and drive sales in their businesses. I felt that having Perry on the show would provide a unique opportunity to benefit a large number of entrepreneurs.
I have learned several profitable Internet strategies related to Google and other online marketing strategies from both Perry Belcher and his business partner Ryan Deiss through two programs: “Get Money From Google” and “Make Money with Your Microphone.” In both cases I found the content to be well researched, very actionable, and valuable when it comes to producing results.
Here is where the story becomes interesting. I have received a few tweets questioning why I would have a convicted felon on my show, someone who was convicted for running a fraudulent Internet marketing campaign and who had over one million dollars in assets seized by the Federal Government. They asked didn’t I know this about Perry Belcher? Fair question and I feel very comfortable with my answer. I did in fact know about Perry Belcher, the Federal Case for which he made restitution and all the details – Perry Belcher told me all about it and even told me where I could go to read all the details for myself. Ironically one of the sites is owned by a person who sent me a tweet.
I RESPECT all of the varied opinions on Perry Belcher, his crimes, his popularity, his authority on social media sites, his successes, and his failures. I can easily agree to disagree with the few who want to prosecute Perry Belcher over and over, I just as easily agree with the hundreds of thousands of people that follow Perry for his authenticity and sage marketing advice. So now you know my bias.I just posted a public comment on Perry’s blog in response to “Perry Belcher Shocking Confession Video” that Perry has posted and tweets out regular.
The comments I posted on Perry’s blog makes clear how I feel about this entire issue. I encourage you to watch it and draw your own conclusions, you can see it here: Perry Belcher’s Succcess Blog
Here is what I said:
“Perry -
I am going to “get real” with you here in response to your “getting real” through this video. I have seen your video a couple of times previously when you linked it to a Twitter post. I have and will continue to Re-Tweet this every time I see it for one simple reason.
My faith is Christian and I love the principles of forgiveness and redemption that are a cornerstone of my faith. Being fallible humans we can all fall short of perfection time and time again – at times some may go beyond making poor choices to consciously commit crimes, or harm another, etc. Does that matter? Absolutely it does!
But here is the reality; the story is not complete until the final chapter is written and only then can the character of a man be judged as final. It sounds like you did indeed cross the line and no doubt you paid a very heavy price and I am sure spend a good deal of your time making apologies for what has been exposed. That being said, you have admitted what has been done, paid your debt to society, and fulfilled your obligations under the law. Both the law and hundreds of thousands of people (friends, piers, associates, clients, customers, members of your list, and social media followers) have indeed proclaimed “your debt is paid in full and you are forgiven.”
Now comes your redemption. I can only judge by my personal experience, anything more is either opinion or an ill advised use stories from others, proof that is neither validated or my own. That type of judgment would lack integrity. I have followed you for the last several months, I have purchased yours and Ryan’s products and listed to hours and hours of your trainings, I have trusted you and with my credit card as a member of your continuity program, and I have benefited greatly from the value I have received.
So being a person of faith, I choose not to judge beyond what I personally know and the law has required. I have witnessed your passion and desire to teach others how to succeed in business, and I believe you have provided a great service to the social media community through your work – teaching others how to be well behaved at the party helps all of us.
Keep changing lives by the power gained through redemptive acts and the anonymous voices will over time fade away, driven into the darkness by the light of truth!
I appreciate you and the work that you and Ryan are producing. Keep adding value, keeping it up front and honest and many will benefit as a result.
Have a blessed day!
James”
In addition to discussing Perry’s life, his Internet marketing strategies, and his rise through social media, we will be discussing his new project with Ryan Deiss called “The Social Media Matrix,” which is being launched this week. If you are interested in the program that I referenced click here for “Get Money From Google” this is a tremendous value at $27.00, which includes five bonus courses.
I personally invite you to log on to the podcast, it should be interesting and I promise you will learn several actionable strategies that will allow you to grow your business, which is after all one of the primary purposes for the podcast. The interview will be live and we will take your questions at: The Internet Business Blueprint
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The “Definitive Twitter Resource Guide” is a free e-book containing 201 Twitter Tools to empower you to more effectively manage your Twitter stream, followers and those you are following. The guide has been created by Stephen Pierce, author of “Make Real Money on The Internet,” which is said to be the most powerful money making manual for the internet. You can obtain a free copy of Stephen’s book by clicking here: Make Real Money on The Internet
The “Definitive Twitter Resource Guide” is divided by catagories and includes: applications, ad networks, analytics, badges & widgets, Twitter for buiness, follow management, file sharing, finance, media, multi-account management, printing, posting & alerts, search engines, travel, trend and others.
The guide provides a very logical layout that includes hop links for each resoure highlighted and rated in the guide. I was aware of a few of the resources featued and have used a couple such as Tweet Deck; however, the vast majority of these resources were new to me as Twitter is a rapidly evolving tool to leverage social media to become a powerful part of my overall traffic strategy.
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For the aggressive marketer I simply will say, sorry guys you may have caused the problem and I know you are aware that YouTube is not the bad guy here. This is worth saying again, content aggregation sites like Google, Yahoo, You Tube and others are focused on the customer’s experience. The priority of these companies is to deliver “relevant” content to their end users based on their chosen search criteria. When a marketer games the system by manufacturing search results which do not serve the end user – watch out!
If you are an aggressive marketer or practice “black hat” techniques, you know that it is not a question of if but when the slap will come and you are likely ok taking it. It was a long run, you made your money and now on to the next frontier. If you are like me, you want to be as assertive as the rules allow, but your priority is to deliver value, build your brand on integrity, and create a sustainable business.
Because you guys are the target, the fix for you is a little more complicated and depending on whether or not you have already been flagged, following these suggestions might preserve your presence on You Tube.
1. Based on the feedback I am getting, I would explore the IP address questions previously raised and act accordingly. Really strive to get the correct answers, I have received conflicting opinions offered by I.T. professionals.
2. If you have been a heavy abuser you might consider subscribing to a proxy server provider and shift your marketing to a new IP offered through a third party proxy service.
3. Do not change the email address on your primary account, but do so on the others, it appears that duplicated email addresses draws a flag.
4. Consider consolidating all of your content onto your primary account and close all others.
5. Do not reload the exact same videos without following these steps.
Create an original source file by re-compressing the video from your editing software on your desk top
Provide a new title for the video when uploading to YouTube
Make sure that ALL of your tags are relevant to the content of your video
6. Do not use friend finder or video blaster software to manage content or make connections on YouTube. This is not the same thing as appropriately using a system like Traffic Geyser.
7. If you use video submission software to post your videos, edit “YouTube” out of your posting preferences and manually upload your content to You Tube.
In addition to these suggestions, I would adhere to all of the recommendations offered to new YouTube users listed in my prior post:
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As an experienced YouTube user you know the value gained by posting relevant content, participating in the community, viewing others videos and posting comments, and have likely grown your following organically as a result of the value you bring. If you are like me you also had no idea that having more than one account could put your entire YouTube strategy at risk.
If you are in this category you may be feeling a little frustrated by a slap that might impact you even though you are playing by the rules. If you follow these tips you will be able to continue doing a great job providing value to your viewers and building your brand.
1. Decide which of your accounts has the broadest reach and impact on your desired market and make that your official home on YouTube.
2. Step back and take a fresh look at your profile and messaging, ask yourself this simple question, “Am I adding value?”
3. Consider closing all secondary accounts especially if the content is duplicated from your primary channel, your videos are simply hyped up sales pitches, your content is not relevant to your titles and tags, or if you built a following predominantly with friend finder software.
4. If you decide to maintain more than one account you may be at greater risk if you use a common email address for multiple accounts. So consider changing the user email for your secondary accounts.
5. There are conflicting opinions about the role of IP addresses when monitoring accounts. Some who have researched this say that maintaining multiple accounts on one IP address will flag your accounts. I am not an I.T. expert, so I am not certain of all of the details related to this issue. One marketer who had his accounts closed suggested that you call your ISP and find out how to obtain a new IP address.
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I posted a HUB Page titled “How to Survive the YouTube Slap, Build Your Brand and Create Lasting Results,” which received more that 100 page views within hours of be published. It has been interesting to watch the fallout from YouTube’s decision to more aggressively enforce their “terms of service” policies resulting in the closure of several accounts, including a few big name internet marketers.
I have decided to share the key content from my HUB Page on this blog and I am doing so by breaking the article into three parts to specifically address the your needs based on your level of experience using You Tube.
The YouTube slap was predictable and it may reach wide and deep before the dust settles and we gain a complete understanding of what this means for Internet marketers. YouTube has become a favorite platform for both legitimate Internet marketers and unfortunately online spammers. The spammers and a few gamers may have spoiled the party for many well meaning marketers who consistently provide value to their viewers.
I personally know two big internet marketers in the network marketing niche who have had all or most of their channels shut down and have lost tens of thousands of page views and friends connections as a result. To their credit they acknowledge why their accounts were closed and have vowed to correct their own “terms of use” violations and teach others how to do the same.
Content aggregators like Google, Yahoo, You Tube and others are focused on the customer’s experience. The priority of these companies is to deliver “relevant” content to their end users based on their chosen search criteria. When a marketer games the system by manufacturing search results that do not serve the end user – watch out.
In this HUB Page I am going to share a number of suggestions designed to help you survive the YouTube slap and thrive through this transition by focusing on value creation and the development of your personal brand. This HUB will address best practices for you regardless if you are new to YouTube, a regular user with one of more accounts, or an aggressive video marketer with several accounts, automated systems, hundreds of videos and thousands of page views.
For New You Tube Users
Congratulations, you don’t need to unlearn any bad habits and you get to start with a clean slate flying well below the radar screen. Follow these simple rules and you will survive and thrive.
1. Build your YouTube brand and presence on one account. Many of the users that had their accounts shut down utilized multiple You Tube accounts.
2. If you just can’t help it and want to utilize a second of third account for personal use or another purpose unrelated to your online marketing activities, be sure that each account is registered using a unique IP address.
3. Regardless of the number of accounts you have do not spam! This includes your title, video description, and tags with “non relevant” keywords. This has become a common practice with aggressive marketers and this practice will get you shut down.
4. Avoid using “add a friend” software programs and mass submission software specifically in YouTube. Do not use these programs to add friends, rate your videos, or add comments.
5. Do not upload duplicate content even if the title and tags have been edited. This is not likely to be a big red flag, but since we are discussing best practices, let’s raise the bar.
6. I am not too familiar with the process of buying You Tube views. I understand that the practice will put you in the cross hairs. Avoid buying views and play it safe.
7. Do not turn your channel into a cheap pitch site for your programs or opportunities. Not only does this practice rarely work, it weakens your posture in the marketplace and leaves you exposed if you change companies or your company encounters problems.
Keep in mind the hyped up sales pitches only attract those looking to get rich quick, which may produce short term results, but provides a weak foundation to build a long term business upon.
8. Remember, the goal is to be a professional and build a sustainable long term businesses that will provide income, leverage, and time freedom long term. Always seek to provide value and your rewards will follow.
Additional Resources to Leverage Video and Grow Your Business:
Why do top marketers use video? *It’s faster than slaving over your keyboard writing sales copy and much less agonizing… *It gives you quick search engine rankings for massive FREE traffic (results in minutes)
The 30 Day Challenge is a professional coaching program for home based business professionals
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Twitter is a phenomenon growing at an increasingly rapid pace to gain mainstream acceptance that reaches beyond the new media devotees to include traditional media outlets and corporate communications offices. This is a insightful presentation featuring Twitter co-founder Evan Williams at TED 2009.
Who is Evan Williams?
Evan Williams is the co-founder of Twitter, the micro blogging social media site that is revolutionizing real-time communication. Before Twitter, Evan was a creator of the free blog platform Blogger now owned by Google where he was employed until 2004. Evan launched Odeo a podcasting service from which Twitter was born in 2006. Enjoy this video and be sure to post your comments.
Evan Williams at TED Conference February 2009
Source: TED.com
I encourage you to create a social media plan for your home business and make Twitter along with Face Book and You Tube the central platforms of your strategy. Be sure to refer to my other post on the subject of social media and become engaged in this power niche in the new media space.
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Seth Godin is counted among the leading thought leaders on the topics of branding, marketing and social media. In this extended interview conducted by Andrew Warner of a wide variety of relevant subjects are covered and you are also given deep insight into the mindset of Seth Godin. This is an extended interview covering a wide range of subjects with enlightened insights which will allow you to create the proper mindset to develop a Tribe of your very own.
I am sharing this video with you because if you can implement this knowledge to grow your business by nurturing a thriving Tribe of like minded people. Do yourself a favor by clearing away all distractions and watch this video in one sitting while tacking notes; then create an action plan based on the specific goals you have set for your business. Please be sure to leave a comment for others to read.
writes the most popular marketing blog in the world;
is the author of the bestselling marketing books of the last decade;
speaks to large groups on marketing, new media and what’s next;
and is the founder of Squidoo.com, a fast-growing recommendation website.
Seth is a renowned speaker as well. He was recently chosen as one of 21 Speakers for the Next Century by Successful Meetings and is consistently rated among the very best speakers by the audiences he addresses.
Seth was founder and CEO of Yoyodyne, the industry’s leading interactive direct marketing company, which Yahoo! acquired in late 1998. Godin worked as VP Direct Marketing at Yahoo before leaving to become a full time speaker, writer and blogger.
He holds an MBA from Stanford, and was called “the Ultimate Entrepreneur for the Information Age” by Business Week.
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This interview was conducted by Robert Scoble of Fast Company and Fast Company TV in the home office of Guy Kawasaki the visionary entrepreneur, former Apple Computer inner circle member, author, and creator of All Top. I personally believe that Guy Kawasaki is among the most import voices in social media today, the is no question that he is among the most influential.
I wanted to share this short video with you because I believe the insights contained here will help to provide perspective for anyone who wants a glimpse of where we may be heading in the social media space in the coming year. I also wanted you to hear for yourself how Guy Kawasaki feels about the value of Twitter.
Guy Kawasaki is a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm and a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. Guy is the author of nine books including Reality Check, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. He has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College. (from http://www.guykawasaki.com)
Here are a few key questions this great interview answers:
1. What is the story behind “Reality Check” Guy Kawasaki’s latest book?
2. What is the value of “All Top” Guy kawasaki’s latest venture?
3. Is Steve Jobs brilliant a jerk or a brilliant jerk?
4. What was the motivation behind the $1000 bet with Michael Arrington
5. Would Guy Kawasaki rather have Twitter or a cell phone?
6. What was it like being at Apple Computer in the formative days?
7. What is the value of company culture?
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