Power Friending is reviewed by ReadItforme Channel on You Tube:Business Book Summaries
“To find more out about these Business Book Summaries and ReadItFor.Me Channel go to: Polar Unlimited and visit Steve Cunningham.
If you like this idea check out this great offer they have for ReadItFor Me Pro ”
I came across the above video in my daily scans. It is a book trailer on You Tube Channel by ReadItFor.Me, a digital review and book summary site by the Burlington based digital media agency Polar Unlimited for my friend AmberMac and her new book Power Friending: Demystifying Social Media to Grow Your Business
These guys are specialists at Digital marketing and it shows and is instructive to all you internet marketers and authors out there . So why do I think that ? Let’s look at it above, then on their site
1. I can have all my senses stimulated at the same time by watching the cute You Tube Video show in that I see it, I hear the music and the visuals are captivating almost as obviously as Amber Mac and the book.
2. It tells me the story of the book in a scintillating way that is not commercial but very entertaining.
3. It then makes me curious about who has made this and lures me to find out who these characters are. I know Amber Mac and this fantastic book very well. I want to know more about Readitforme and Polar Unlimited
4 When I get to their site it is very well laid out and appealling and the ReadItFor.Me idea is upon the navigation bar.
5. I then look on the right hand side and I am being offered two things of value. The first that catches my eye is a free digital health check, the second is an extension of what drew me in and that is a Free offer for a ReadItFor.Me Pro subscription which has a description of what I will get . Imagine the simplest “Vayniac”* not finding the summary on Crush It! not valuable.
6. I see the Business Summaries slow pitched a little differently right below. I am enticed further into their web by inviting me to subscribe with my email and get on their list, so I can benefit from further conversations about cool topics by interesting guys and gain a chance to win something like a book from one if these authors. They now will talk to me weekly about new books and ideas
7. I see massive social proof in the form of Client Lists and Portfolios. I also see exclusivity in their speaking engagements as they appear only for C-Suite types.
8. I am reinforced more in that they also offer webinars on a regular basis where I can probably get to know them like them and trust them more. I have been given three opportunities three different ways to engage in addition to the Videos.
And on their main page their depth of knowledge, a team with young and older folks, is demonstrated by their own promo video.
These guys have a crystal clear understanding of the conversations that you need to engage in with your customers, your viewers and your market and do so in a digital form.
Are you using these kinds of tools and tactics on your website ?
Are people lured in and fascinated? Ask yourself if you have mastered the 8 items above. Are you capturing visitors and getting them on your list with an opt-in form. Are you using your autoresponder to continue the conversation. I use Aweber as my autoresponder due to their excellent deliverability rates and statistical capabilities. They have excellent customer service and training.
Are you offering an ethical bribe to encourage subscribers to engage with you? Are you using video on your site to have the conversations that will build your relationships? If you are not you are missing some valuable opportunities.
Are you using free web “what” analytics tools to measure activity on your site? Are you capturing the “why” analytics that give you the the Primary Purpose of Visit, The Task Completion rate, and the Voice of the Customer ?
I welcome your comments. Come back and visit and I will outline these steps for you in greater detail here on the blog.
* Vaniac: A devotee to the Crush It! author, and internet cyber-Wine Guy Gary Vaynerchuk.
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In order to make your presentations interesting and useful use the following roadmap and you should have success. It does not matter if you do powerpoint like slides or video or you are conducting a teleseminar, the important thing is that people are listening or watching you and what you have to say. Be careful you do not use all sorts of technology tricks in your presentations. You want people to remember your message versus the medium or delivery.
- When you start define and set the expectations for your audience in your Introduction.
- Tell them who you are and why they should listen to you and what you have to offer. Give them a brief biography and highlight what you have achieved and how you can help them with their issues.
- Immediately build your value proposition in their eyes by telling them what you are going to cover and how you are going to do it.
- Present your material at a fairly quick pace so you can be interesting but not tedious or boring. Provide all forms of communication, oral, written and a combination of oral,written and visual. Be direct and avoid all sorts of fancy transitions and tech tricks. They take away and diminish your content
- Summarize what you have just presented in point form to reinforce them in your delivery and content
- Give them the next step for them to act upon your information. Ask for the order. Tell them exactly what to do. If you want them to go to the back of the room at a live presentation tell them what awaits them and how they can get your product or service now. If they are on the web provide them a simple shopping cart or order button that allows them to order then and now and highlight it with arrows pointing to the desired action button. Thank them for taking action.
- Leave them with some parting words that reinforcc the action you are asking them to take and the benefits that will accrue to them upon purchase. Without sounding like a Veg-O-Matic salesman on TV Infomercials with the “But Wait” paragraph, repeat the value stack of what they will get for taking the action and what bonuses will accrue for fast action.
If you do this and use bullets in your slides or presentation, avoiding long sentences on screen you will entertain, educate and make sales. If not you could bore your audience and yourself. Be lively and have fun. It will show your expertise and value. 
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With the New Year upon us, people have been discussing what will be “hot” in 2008. One of the most common topics has been VIDEO. That’s no surprise really but I think the difference is HOW video will be used.
That’s why so many are talking about the significance of this video:
It gives tremendous insight regarding the emergence of entertainment and marketing working together in the same video.
Armand Morin has put together something very similar to a “movie trailer” which is generating a lot of excitement especially when people are finding out that it leads to free video lessons.
Notice how it creates an element of “curiosity” and draws you in – very powerful for maximizing conversion. It makes you ask yourself this – how could I use a similar approach in 2008?
After you watch the video you’ll be redirected to an optin page where you can claim an entire month’s worth of free video content.
Armand has already posted 6 videos and he’s adding more throughout the month of January.
Enjoy!
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