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HereNextYear Announces New Product Launch Coming Thursday July 29
There are three simple concepts to using the Internet to get more leads or sales for your business and to make more money online. No matter what products have been launched over the past year or what social networks have sprung up, the same three concepts haven’t changed. We figured with all the hoopla going on right now in the Internet marketing world, it was perfect timing to unveil our new educational manual for accomplishing those three tasks, which are:
1) Converting those who visit your website or interact with you somewhere else on the web to taking action with you
2) Enabling yourself to be not just “found” or “stumbled upon” but ever present
3) Maximizing your sales potential by either making or creating something to sell on your own or promoting someone else’s product.
HereNextYear is Growing and Seeks Dedicated Sales Person
We’re looking to take HereNextYear to a whole new level by bringing a dedicated sales person into our fold. The best sales people wouldn’t accept a salary if you offered one. The best sales people want commission only. The best sales people should be the highest paid in the company. And, that’s what we’re offering. Handsome commissions and side-by-side training with HereNextYear president, Marty Dickinson, to get you started, and a world-class team of Internet experts to deliver what you’re going to be selling.
Some of the requirements will include:
-Availability during business hours Monday-Friday to take inquiry calls and emails and return them.
-More than half of our leads come from other business owners who are referring their clients to us so you will need to be able to be able to track where leads came from so that we can pay referral fees.
Internet Marketing Workshop June 24th Featuring Marty Dickinson with HereNextYear and Zakary Barron with Constant Contact
Last month (May 2010), I partnered with Zakary Barron of Constant Contact to offer a 3-hour workshop. He talked about email marketing, of course, and I taught WordPress, web video, blogging, social networking, and article marketing. We called the event “Profit Again in 2010.”
In one week worth of promotion, we packed a room of more than 100 people and we had 40 more on a waiting list. We just couldn’t fit any more into the room.
So, we’re doing it again! And, it won’t cost you a cent to attend.
This one-day-only event will be from 9am to noon on Thursday, June 24 at the Red Lion Hotel in Aurora Colorado, just off I-225 at the Parker Road exit.
Our room will only hold 125 and, as last time, it’s sure to fill up fast, so register now or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://tinyurl.com/29qr8tf
I Wish I Could Just Design My Own Business Card
Well, you can design your own business card. A business card design is much more than just the look of it. The most important part of a business card design is the text you choose to include. Here’s an example of the back side of my business card. The front side has a picture of “Action” and me along with contact info.
I chose the words in a design format that I wanted my designer to use when she created my business cards. So, sure, I took things to a little higher level by first creating my design and then sending it to my designer. But, you don’t have to. There are a number of free business card creation tools on the web. Just search Google for “free online business card maker” and you’ll find a bunch of them. Or, just drop your text into an MS Word template.
How to Make the Most of BlogWorld Expo 2010
Join Marty Dickinson, HereNextYear president at BlogWorld Expo in October 2010 after every day of sessions to compare notes and networking connections. It’s the new way to attend conferences! Find out how to get into the group at the next BlogWorld Expo 2010.
New Online Store for Internet Marketing Education
It’s been a long time coming but we finally have launched Action’s Store. If you’ve attended any HereNextYear workshop, you’ve been introduced to “Action,” our president Marty Dickinson’s mascot. And, for the first time ever, we’re offering the actual processes and procedures we perform for our clients to the general public. So far, there are five Internet marketing related manuals with checklists to follow and one audio file. For the next couple of months there will be at least one new product added each week. And, of course, we’ll feature those new additions here on the HereNextYear blog. Checkout the new Action’s Store for business and online marketing and let us know what you think.
Is the Romaine Lettuce Recall 2010 Like Amazon’s Associate Program Recall?
Seems like every year around this time, there is some major recall of something we ingest. Earlier this week it was cough medicine. And, now romaine lettuce is being taken off the shelves everywhere. Here is a nice writeup about lettuce announcement.
The post says the recall is in 23 states and 19 people have already been impacted by E. coli. Can you even imagine the dollars lost in all the lettuce that has to be thrown out now? Lettuce is almost (not quite but almost) as popular as potatoes in usage. Lettuce is everywhere!
There’s nothing funny at all about the lettuce recall and for me being someone that east salad daily for lunch I have to wonder if I should settle for a burger today. But, I do find it somewhat curious why Amazon came to mind immediately when I heard about the 2010 lettuce recall.
Be Careful of Twitter Email Attack
If you get an email in your inbox from “Support Engineer” with an @Twitter.com email address and a subject line of “Ticket #040″ or something similar, do NOT open the email. Just discard it. I’m usually quick to catch these viruses, because there are usually 10 of them sent to me at a time with different from names. Easy to spot. But, this one looked legit…Good going loser hackers! Anyway, just wanted to post a warning about it.
How to Give a Video Testimonial and Why
Video Testimonials are in high demand at conferences and seminars. Everyone knows video testimonials are the best kind to have on your website. So MC’s and conference promoters are always trying to entice audience participants to share what they’ve learned. But, what’s in it for YOU? Plenty.
Video testimonials are free publicity for you and your website if you do them right. Plus, you’ll get a little more experience in front of a video camera whenever you have the opportunity.
Those two reasons are enough. Let’s get on to the “how.”
Of all 16 video testimonials I filmed at a conference I helped put together called The Capital Factor, only 4 people had given one somewhere else previously. Most had no idea what to say or how to say it. I attempt to provide a video testimonial whenever I attend an event. And, I’ll make it easy on myself mentally by using the same formula every time. If you attempt to give a video testimonial without some preparation, it can get rather nerve racking.
Selecting a Website Hosting Company in 10 Steps
You’ve just returned home from a well deserved and relaxing dinner out with friends after a long hard week launching an extensive promotional campaign for your web site.
Before deciding to call it a night, you can’t resist checking your e-mail one last time to see how many orders have come in over the last few hours.
When you click on your e-mail “Inbox” link, you’re met with a long pause….
The message, “Can’t Connect to Server” finally appears.
A slight tingling begins in your fingers. You wonder how many important e-mails have been lost. You then wonder if the problem is with your connection, the e-mail server, or worse yet, your web site.
Sure enough. The web site is down.
You call your web site hosting company. The voice mail message tells you that office hours will begin Monday morning. As suggested on the voice message, you submit an emergency support request by e-mail.
