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Niche Affiliate Marketing Summit is going, going... (#NAMS)

Lots going on these days and I don’t want you to miss information that can contribute to the growth of your business and give your marketing a big boost. There are two deadlines that you need to know: First, the freebie: My popular free program, How to Drive Qualified Traffic to Your Blog, is being taken out of circulation. I’m going to be adding new content and then selling the product. After nearly 2,000 downloads in the last couple of months, it’s going away on Sunday, November 29. If you haven’t claimed your complimentary copy of this program, you better do it now! And, Niche Affiliate Marketing Summit (NAMS) is nearly SOLD OUT! I’m honored to be teaching 3 blogging programs during this event. (Maybe you saw my blog post asking what you want to learn at one of my workshops: http://budurl.com/NAMSworkshop ) This is a one of a kind training event in Atlanta on January 29 – February 1. Note the word “training.” It is not a pitch fest but 3 days of hands-on training in online marketing. There are 3 tracks: beginner, intermediate and advanced. Something for everyone. The faculty is stellar. People like Willy Crawford, Lynn Terry, Kathleen Gage, Jeff Herring, Ellen Britt, Bob the Teacher...the list goes on. Apparently there about 20 seats left and the block of hotel rooms reserved for attendees is nearly sold out. At NAMS2 in August, a product was created, live, with the audience and then ready for sale within one hour. Many attending reported making their first online sale by offering it as an affiliate -- during the Summit weekend. Impressive. I’ve only heard enthusiasm and excitement and positive feedback about this event. If you are considering going, now’s the time to make your decision. I also have a $100 coupon for you to save even more. The registration fee goes up to $497 on December 1. Click to register >> http://budurl.com/NAMSreg Use coupon 100NAMS3 to save an additional $100 (get in for $297) Personally, I can’t wait to be there, meet the amazing faculty (many of whom I admire, study and have been following for years), the students, and teach new online marketers about better business blogging! I hope you’ll join me...I’d love to meet you in person! Blog on!

Online Visibility Secrets is Live!

The day has finally arrived. I'm officially launching Online Visibility Secrets -- my first new marketing program in a long time. You've probably seen the posts and videos I've been sharing about how to create visibility on the Web. WARNING: this post is promotional in nature! ;-)I've been developing the content for quite awhile and I'm excited to finally unveil this step by step program to help you boost your online visibility so you can attract more opportunities for your business. OnlineVisibilitySecrets.com I could have done a brain dump of everything I've learned, done and implemented for my own business over the last 13 years and bundled it into an ebook. But I know from experience you would probably be overwhelmed and would most likely never get around to implementing everything you learn. That's why I created a simple, step by step, 26-week virtual coaching program to guide you through a steady, long-term approach to creating a solid foundation for your business. If you follow the steps methodically and consistently, I guarantee this system will generate more visibility for you on the Web and help you attract more traffic, more leads, more client and more opportunities for your business. The program is delivered to you via 26 weekly email lessons that include video, audio and articles. Plus you'll get resources and most important you'll get a weekly Action Step to complete before you move on to the next lesson. I'm not going to waste your time with a 30 page sales letter. The bottom line is that building a highly visible presence on the Web takes consistent, constant action. It doesn't happen overnight. It takes time, with each action building on the momentum of the previous actions. I've deliberately kept the investment low... ...only $19.97 per month for a total of 6 months. I know not everyone has the resources to work with me one on one, but that doesn't mean you can't get top-notch content and learn how to take your business to new heights by attracting more opportunities. You'd be hard pressed to find a marketing coach for $119.82! And the content in the course is valued at least 20 times more than your investment. FAST ACTION BONUSES I'm not setting any limits on how many people can join the program. After all it's delivered by email so I can handle 100 students or 1000 students. However, there are TWO launch day, fast action bonuses that are limited. > The first 20 people to join will get a complimentary one on one consult with me. > The first 100 people will get an invitation to an exclusive teleseminar and Q&A session. This will be the only time there is direct access to me for this program. These bonuses are only available for 24 hours or until they're claimed. OnlineVisibilitySecrets.com I invite you to join me on this journey to creating a pervasive presence on the web that attracts all the right clients and opportunities to your business. Click here to enroll today! Blog on! Denise Wakeman Your Online Marketing Advisor P.S. Not sure how long I will keep the investment this low or how long the bonuses will last. Personally, I think you can't lose at this price and you have EVERYTHING to gain. Take action and start making a positive difference in your business. OnlineVisibilitySecrets.com

Smart Networking - Interview with Liz Lynch

Every entrepreneur knows that relationships are the key to growth. You can't find the best partners, win over the best clients, or attract the best opportunities without making connections and having conversations. In other words, through networking. But how do you keep networking from being awkward, overwhelming and a big time sink? Well, my colleague, networking strategist and coach Liz Lynch shows you EXACTLY how to build lasting relationships easily, authentically and productively in her book Smart Networking: Attract a Following In Person and Online. (I'm quoted on page 41 about using blogs as a networking tool!) She's been speaking all over the country and all over the media, and here are some of the key questions everyone has and wants the answers to: What's the biggest challenge people have with networking? The biggest challenge has got to be the word itself. People have so many negative feelings about it-not something they want to do, or worse, have done to them. So they resist getting out there until they really have to and then they give off a scent of desperation that makes networking awkward and uncomfortable for everybody. What's the premise of Smart Networking and how is it different? Smart networking is about getting 24/7 results WITHOUT the 24/7 effort, because NO ONE wants to network non-stop. It's about becoming skilled at connecting both in person and online when you need to so that you can build relationships with ANYONE you need to meet, and combining that with key strategies for increasing your visibility so that opportunities find YOU. Can anyone learn to network? Absolutely! I'm proof positive of that. The first event I attended when I started my own business in 2000 I lasted 5 minutes! Networking wasn't something that came naturally to me, or that I even liked doing at the time, so as I learned how to do it, my underlying goal was always to look for ways to get maximum results with minimum effort. And the step-by-step process that I followed to build two successful businesses almost exclusively through networking is laid out right in the book. With the growing popularity of social networking, do you think face-to-face networking is on the way out? Not at all. The two in combination are so powerful. While we can connect with more people online and stay in touch more easily, nothing beats in-person interaction to really move a relationship forward. Smart Networking is the first book to talk about how to seamlessly integrate both to accelerate results. What's the one thing we can do to network smarter? I teach my clients to take a very strategic approach to networking. It can be so easy to get caught up in a million activities, groups, events, and social networking sites, putting in lots of effort to juggle everything, but not getting a good payoff for your investment. While I cover a wide range of networking tactics and techniques in Smart Networking, the most important thing is that I help readers put a whole plan together so they can really choose the right mix of activities for them. Grab a copy of Smart Networking TODAY. Then, head over to Smart Networking Now right away to learn more and get special access to some free gifts that Liz and her partners have put together to help you take your relationships and your business to the next level. And while you're at it, send a copy of Smart Networking to someone in your network as a gift-whether to say thank you or just thinking of you. Because the more people who network smart, the more we'll all benefit!

New poll on Build a Better Blog - Please Vote!

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Twitter Lists: How To Video by Amy Porterfield

Following up on my post about creating twitter lists, I want to share a good, clear video on how to set up lists by my colleague Amy Porterfield. If you blog for your business, you should check out my post on a business blogger list I'm putting together and find out how you can get on the list. I think by this time just about everyone on twitter has lists enabled and there are numerous conversations about the best way to use lists. Like everything else in social media, there are no rules so figure out what works best for you. One list I'm going to create that will take care my Friday Follow challenge (I don't play because I know I'm going to leave someone important out and then feel bad). I'm going to create a #FF list and add all the great peeps I recommend you to follow. Since I can add people whenever I want and then share a link to the list every Friday, seems to be a good solution. We'll see. I'm enjoying the filtering nature of lists and the amazing array of filters people use. I randomly click on lists that intrigue me to see who is on them and always find interesting new people to connect with. I'm also finding that the number of followers I have is growing much faster. As my colleague Naomi Trower suggests, a great way to start conversations is to tweet your thanks to people who have added you to their lists.