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How to Become a Public Speaker and Get Leads for Your Business Too

Posted on February 13, 2020 By Marty Dickinson

Becoming a public speaker is still the best way to get leads for your business. I may be biased, but I am just not seeing any modern-day internet marketing technique that draws “soft sell” leads better than getting in front of a targeted audience and demonstrating your expertise to them ...

More than 350 power action verbs for use in sales copywriting to create benefits statements for professional speakers, authors, and business owners.

Internet Marketing Tips

Over 350 Power Verbs for Your Benefit Statements

Posted on January 24, 2020 By Marty Dickinson

What is a Power Verb? Standard verbs suggest action. Power verbs suggest action that will produce a positive result. The words “suggest” and “produce” in that first sentence are both considered action verbs. What made them power verbs is the positive results expected when th...

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Internet Marketing Tips

SEO Checklist for Professional Speaker Websites in 2020

Posted on January 9, 2020 By Marty Dickinson

The purpose of this post is to provide an evolving (but streamlined) SEO checklist for professional speakers over the coming years. This first edition is current as of January 2020. What is SEO? Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the term used to define specific actions a person takes to dress a we...

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3 SEO Tips for Your Speaking Business

Posted on January 9, 2020 By Marty Dickinson

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for your professional speaker business is a bit different than SEO for traditional businesses because of the order in which speakers are hired in relation to any particular Google search. When someone searches online for a specific product or service, for example, a ...

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Speaking Tips

Speech Introduction Template for Professional Speakers

Posted on January 1, 2020 By Marty Dickinson

Your Speech Introduction Should Get the Audience or Virtual Live Viewers Excited to Listen to You! When you are properly introduced for your speech or virtual live presentation as a professional speaker, you feel energized and excited like you want to RUN to the speaking area like you were just anno...

Video Tips

Zoom Video Conferencing Best Practices

Posted on December 30, 2019 By Marty Dickinson

Improve Your Zoom Communication Skills with This List of Best Practices…Like Your Career and Business Depends on it! According to S&P Global, Zoom video conferencing software increased by 183,000 users in the first three months of 2020. I’ve also heard various experts say the focus o...

Business Tips

Business Networking with Live Video

Posted on December 29, 2019 By Marty Dickinson

If you think business networking doesn’t work and you are just wasting your time attending networking events and passing out business cards, try using LIVE video in your networking efforts. Here are 7 benefits of business networking using live video due to the rise of popularity of using video and...

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Coaching Tips

Why Internet Marketing Coaching Doesn’t Work

Posted on December 10, 2019 By Marty Dickinson

Online Marketing Coaches Could Harm Your Business More than Help it Since the beginning of modern civilization, life and business coaches have had a positive impact on peoples’ lives and businesses, including my own. Several of my long-time friends, advisors, influencers, referrers and clients...

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Business Tips

How to Start a Business

Posted on December 1, 2019 By Marty Dickinson

Starting a new services business in 2020 is a lot like using a plastic shovel on a beach to build a brick house. You know what the outcome looks like, but don’t have the tools to get the business launched properly. Add the 40 million who have lost jobs due to Covid-19 and most people […...

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Website Tips

Why WordPress Websites are Better than Traditional Websites in 2020

Posted on November 11, 2019 By Marty Dickinson

Why WordPress in 2021? More than 30 reasons exist for why WordPress is STILL the best website builder and content management system (CMS). I should include, though, that many of those reasons have changed or evolved since this post was originally posted more than ten years ago. Back then, the benefi...

How to Become a Public Speaker and Get Leads for Your Business Too

Over 350 Power Verbs for Your Benefit Statements

SEO Checklist for Professional Speaker Websites in 2020

3 SEO Tips for Your Speaking Business

Speech Introduction Template for Professional Speakers

Zoom Video Conferencing Best Practices

Business Networking with Live Video

Why Internet Marketing Coaching Doesn’t Work

How to Start a Business

Why WordPress Websites are Better than Traditional Websites in 2020

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