Personal Branding & Content Creation – Turn To The Pros

Every Internet marketer in today’s noisy arena needs a powerful brand along with fresh, relevant,  high-value content to support it. Content Prose is who we use for our personal branding and content creation.  Don’t let a lack of copywriting “know-how” hold you back from getting your projects off the ground!

To find out how to get the help you need to brand your business with compelling copy, contact kerry@contentprose.com with a short email outlining what you’re looking for…and they will contact you directly.

Action Selling: How To Sell Like A Professional Even If You Think You Are One

Told in a compelling story format, this easy-to-digest sales book presents a tested and proven system for implementing the entire sales process – one that works with any industry (online or off). Duane Sparkes meshes crucial sales skills with relationship-building skills into a practical, non-aggressive approach that moves the sale forward to the ultimate customer commitment.

When I applied the Action Selling method from first contact to closing the sale in my online business, I saw my conversion rates go up dramatically. My coaching students are seeing the same results. This short (135 pages) sales book will completely change the way you think about selling.

The Definitive Guide To Google Adwords (2011 Edition)

Written by Google Adwords Expert Perry Marshall, this is by far the #1 best-selling guide to overcoming the Google Adwords learning curve with step-by-step instructions on setting up your own Adwords account while consistently paying less for your Google traffic than everyone else.

Gone are the “glory days” of 25 cent clicks, and your advertising blade needs to be a lot sharper today. Marshall reveals the exact adjustments to make in your campaigns to trounce your competition that no software can duplicate. Sign Up Here For Perry’s FREE 5-Day Ecourse **Click on the “Products” tab to purchase his book.

Magnetic Sponsoring – The Missing Chapter To Attraction Marketing!

This ought to be required reading for anyone considering an online business. Competition is brutal, and learning how to position yourself as a leader who mentors your team by example will create what will attract serious entrepreneurs to your business instead of tire kickers. Attraction marketing is the key to survival in the Internet marketing industry, and no one does “attraction marketing” better than Mike Dillard. Click Here To Get Mike Dillard’s Free 7 Day Video Boot Camp

The Ultimate Sales Letter – A Classic By The “Godfather Of Direct Marketing”

This is the one book that remains on my desk at all times.  A compelling sales letter is a marketer’s ultimate weapon, and a good copywriter is worth his or her weight in gold.  In Dan Kennedy’s newly revised and updated edition, The Ultimate Sales Letter reveals the exact steps for writing attention-getting ads and sales letters that any business in any niche can use effectively. 

Dan Kennedy, one of the most successful and sought after direct-response copywriters in the industry, takes copy writing to a new level AND presents it in a way that both newbies and veterans can immediately apply to their marketing campaigns.  He’s not called the “Professor of Harsh Reality” for nothing!

GoDaddy - The #1 Leader In Domain Services

If you’re going to have an online business, you’re going to need domains – a lot of them!  And GoDaddy, in my experience, is the most trustworthy Internet domain registrar available.  Capable customer service representatives are always on hand to help you buy, register, host, and forward your domains.  Having long been committed to meeting the Internet needs of small business owners, GoDaddy is the largest accredited domain registrar in the world.

Animoto – Cool Videos That Even Your Grandmother Can Make

You’ve seen them everywhere – fully animated, professional quality video slideshows that members of the service make using their own photos and video clips.  Animoto videos are quick, easy, and fun to create!  You can use your own music or Animoto’s in-house selection to set your videos to music and then upload them with one click to YouTube.  It’s just as simple to post them on your own website and sync them up with your social media sites.

AWeber – You’ve Got Mail!

There are several EMAIL marketing systems; but in my experience, AWeber is still the gold standard. Allowing unlimited autoresponder lists per account plus unlimited emails and broadcasts, AWeber gives you the ability to fully automate all your email campaigns and schedule delivery. In addition to excellent live operator support, regular training in the way of live video seminars is available. A wide selection of custom newsletter templates is yet another reason I’ve made AWeber my go-to email delivery service.

Check out these helpful email tips from AWeber:

7 Split Tests You Can Implement Today
AWesome Emails: Rita’s Water Ice
Are You Choosing the Wrong Format For Your Emails?

WordPress – Search Engines Have Made Their Choice

An extremely popular and effective self-hosted website format, WordPress.org allows anyone to easily and quickly create a customized blog with thousands of design themes, plugins, and extensions.  Search engines love WordPress blog sites, and integration with your social media platforms is seamless. 

With no more than a basic knowledge of HTML, site installation is simple with Hostgator; and once your site is in place, it’s easy to update your blog by adding posts on your own.