Marketing With Rob

Recently I saw the movie Julie & Julia. I enjoyed it a lot. Meryl Streep deserves her 16th academy award nomination for her portrayal of Julia Child. Bon Appetite- Yes I loved seeing all the great food scenes.

But today I’m writing about a different aspect of this film. The power of blogging. Amy Adams plays Julie Powell in the film. Julie is frustrated as a cubicle bureaucratic worker dealing with the problems of 9/11 back in 2002. Her friends are all fast track executive climbing women on the go.

So Julie realizes what will make her happy is making every recipe from Julia Child’s best selling book “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”. Julie goes to work for 365 days making 524 recipes in a tiny apartment over a pizza shop in Queens, New York.

When Julie tells her husband her friends are making it big with blogging. Her husband says you can blog too. So Julie says “I can write a blog, I have thoughts”

Well as they say, the rest is history. The blog was a smashing success. So was Julie Powell’s 2005 book on that year of cooking in 2003 and blogging about it everyday. And of course it is now a major motion picture.

I hate pushy sales blogs. You know the ones where the first thing you see is a big credit card. Nothing wrong with selling from your blog. But I think it’s best to do on the sides, not in people’s faces.

So lets have some fun with blogging. Lets just be real. What an awesome chance to just express ourselves and share with others what we know and what can help them.

Leave me a comment, Let me know if you’d like to be on my blog roll. I’d appreciate being on yours too. And if your not on my video marketing newsletter yet, sign up on this blog. I’ll share with you some great tips on video marketing.

Blessings, Rob

The ride I’m talking about is the future for all of us who are doing Internet Marketing. Well as usual there’s so much I want to do. And as usual too many thoughts stop me from doing very much.

I am so ready to make some serious decisions about my job as a projectionist. I mean I work 18 hour days. So that lack of sleep makes putting in a full days work in Internet Marketing on my days off a sleepless struggle.

But this post is not about excuses. As Alex Jefffery’s says there are only two outcomes: Results & Excuses.

So I’m gonna do it. And you’re apart of it. We are a powerful community. When we help each other we help ourselves succeed. That’s the beauty of the IM community. People from all different backgrounds, but the same entrepreneurial spirit.

So I’m gonna redo my “to do” list once again. And make things happen by taking action. I’m glad your along for the journey. This is not just about making money, but taking action confronts our own restraints and moves us forward to our own personal transformation.

Blessings,

Rob

Hey Guys,

I just had this logo made on http://99designs.com/ This is not an affiliate link.

It was a really cool process because you start a contest. You can pick the contest to run different lengths. You tell the artists what your looking for, how much you want to spend and than wallah!

The competition begins. Entries from all over the world come in so you have many, many choices to pick from. As the contest proceeds you give the artists you like feedback so they can make changes.

I offered the minimum cash prize you can start a contest at which is $195. Though it’s about $275 when they get finished with fees, since the $195 goes to the artist.

So I’m a happy camper, I like this design and now I can use it everywhere including squeeze pages, Aweber, and blog posts.

Best,

Rob

My 2 week vacation starts on Thursday.  The biggest constraint with moving forward with my Internet Marketing Business has been time.  My job as a motion picture projectionist just takes up too much time, 60-70 hour work weeks plus traveling are normal for me.

My wife is going to Kenya on Thursday for a mission trip with 10 others from our church.  So wow.  I have a snapshot opportunity to see if I really put full time into my Internet Marketing business will I be satisfied with the progress.

I can really feel I have learn’t enough to go full time.  But lets face it, the money has to be steady and at least be close to a sure thing to go full time.

I want to and I will go full-time soon.  These 2 weeks will be a tremendous opportunity to see if I can put those wheels in action.  I’m  wondering if you have thought of going full time and how you will make it happen?

TalkSoon,                                                                                                                                                             Rob

Well it’s been 2 weeks into Maria Andros’s “Social Media Traffic Blueprint” Program.  So here’s what I’m learning and moving forward with from it.

Twitter- I learned the importance of a powerful biography to establish credibility.  To get a company logo and graphics up also.  Get followers and keep your ratios balanced.  Have at least 5-10 conversations a day.  Build relationships which lead to new customers, JV Partners and speaking engagements.

YouTube- Create a powerful biography that establishes yourself as an expert and authority.  Get a custom logo made.  Choose a catchy title and headline.  Use all the custom design channel tools.  Create a simple intro video 25-40 seconds for your videos.

How to make hypnotic videos- Go deep to find out who your customer is.  When making a video change your own space first to be in a confident state.  Speak to the camera as you are talking to only your best friend, not to the masses.    Share your story to gain trust.

Well this is just a snapshot and doesn’t do justice to all the cutting edge information I am learning and starting to implement.  It’s a great time of fun, excitement and growth while getting out there and known in web 2.0

It’s been great being part of this community and I suggest you keep track of Maria’s videos as you will learn a ton.  Also subscribe to my videos and we can keep in touch together and grow on this great journey together.  My youtube channel is:  http://www.youtube.com/user/MarketingWithRob

Anything else you would like to know about the course?                                                                              Rob