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Rockstar Radio Network Interviews Marty Dickinson

Here’s a recording of Judith Briles interviewing me on the Rockstar Radio Network last week. When her and I get together to talk websites, we could just go on forever! But force us to only talk about the most important elements of a website today, and an hour radio show goes by mighty quick!

 



Mark LeBlanc Speaking at NSA Colorado

Mark LeBlanc Speaking at NSA Colorado January 14, 2012Marc LeBlanc is doing a great job teaching NSA Colorado how to do a better job making a business out of our speaking business. Just a couple of his takeaways are:

 

-Track Your Numbers! Side-by-Side-by-Side, meaning, track your sales (separated by profit center), along side with your actual deposits, along side by side of your side by your income as an owner.

 

Big Companies Love Google Plus

Google Plus Tips on Google+ and G+You know Google Plus is there. You might have already setup an account on your own and joined a few circles.

 

But, who’s really making the big money with G+? The big companies for now.

 

But, there are a few million of us waiting to make it happen!

 

Rory Vaden Speaking at NSA

Rory Vaden is doing a great job speaking at NSA Colorado. Rory’s topic is that you “have to start doing some things you don’t want to do.”

 

Rory Vaden Speaking at NSA Colorado

 

Rory’s “deep dive” session after the break will be about social networking really, but what a good lead in for a presentation about social media for speakers than to inspire the audience first to be willing to do things we have to start spending time doing! Great job Rory and good luck with your new book, Take The Stairs.

There Definitely IS an I in a Great Team!

You’ve heard the saying that “There’s no I in TEAM.” Well, that’s true, unless you’re part of a GREAT team!

 

I was emailing a potential HereNextYear client a couple of days ago and talking about our amazing team. In one of the sentences I mentioned the phrase GREAT team! and put an exclamation point at the end of the sentence.

 

Denver Networking Group for Wide Variety of Creatives

So far at Creative Connections annual Expo in Denver I’ve networked with authors, writers, media and video experts, inventors, publishers, promoters and yes even a few more traditional business owners.

Denver Networking Group called Creative Connections in Denver Colorado

If you’re looking for a networking group to attend in Denver, checkout Creative Connections on meetup.com, which meets every first and third Friday of each month. This particular event is once per year where I was asked to speak on various Internet marketing topics. A great turnout.

Starting a Business in 2011

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve had more emails from people wanting help with starting a business than I have in the past six months. What’s interesting, is that almost all of these inquiries are from people who do not yet have a product or service in mind to start their business with. How can I help anyone to launch a business when they don’t even have the idea conceived yet?

Andy Cleary Branding Speaker Leads Branding Session

Andy Cleary of Orbit Design and His Session on Branding for Buzz
Andy Cleary of Orbit Design, a Denver-based web design company did a great job last night leading the author attendees of AuthorU through the complex steps of the branding process. I really liked the “flip your cow” segment where he had us make a list of 10 things that people perceive about our business and then flip them into “reality statements.” Perfect for creating headlines!

Pamela Gordon Doing a Great Job Training NSA Members How to Craft a Keynote Speech

Pamela Gordon teaching how to construct a keynote.

Pamela Gordon is one of my long-time National Speaker Association mentors and she’s doing a great job teaching the NSA Colorado audience this weekend.

 

One of my favorite quotes from her is “Pick the best and throw away the rest.” She’s now going through the steps for crafting a 35-45 minute keynote. My question for you is…Does your speaker website show that you know the game?

Merchant Account Changes You Need to Know

Just got back from a lunch meeting with my good friend and long-time merchant account provider Lew Kelly.

 

I interviewed Lew a couple of years ago about choosing the best merchant account and it became my #2 downloaded item on the HereNextYear website, second only to my 101 Realistic Methods for Getting Traffic to a Website.