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Teleseminar Secrets: Videomercial Features Alex Mandossian

Alex Mandossian just released a Teleseminar Secrets videomercial. Watch it to find out how to save $79 on the December 7 preview call and to see how a leading Internet marketer promotes his signature information series.

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After taking Alex Mandossian's Teleseminar Secrets a year ago, one of my goals was to meet Alex in person and thank him.

That's me with Alex at his and Armand Morin's Customer Appreciation Seminar in June. During the course Alex encourages you to set up your first teleseminar and compete in a contest, which I did.

Thanks to Jenny Hamby for talking me into taking Teleseminar Secrets last year.

Alex opens Teleseminar Secrets enrollment once a year with a preview call. As an affiliate, I just made arrangements to give you special access to the call.

During this tele-training, my colleague Alex Mandossian will reveal his teleseminar secrets that converted his annual income in 2001 into a hourly income in 2006!

In just 90 minutes, you'll discover: ->> 8 advantages whenever you conduct teleseminars so you too can win more sales at the speed of sound ->> 7 embarrassing mistakes most telemarketers make DURING their teleseminars and how you can avoid them ->> 9 common mistakes most telemarketers make BEFORE teleseminars and how to easily side-step them forever ->> Alex's 7-Step Plan to quickly triple your passive income as an “Tele-Interviewer” of industry leaders ->> 4 closely-guarded teleseminar Case Studies that generated 6-figure profits with little human effort ->> 5 core attributes to find low-cost reliable vendors for sales copy, winning website designs and much more! ->> 11 sneaky low-cost secrets so you will repeatedly and automatically build your own highly responsive online list(s) from scratch!

And much, much, much more!! Your VIP Discount Code is: AM3964 To claim your $79 discount and register at the lowest fee, click this link now: http://www.teleseminar-secrets-revealed.com

Listen to our Marketing Transformations teleseminar . . .

Free Conference/Free Recording

Recording conversations captures every nuance, relieves everyone from notetaking and plays backs a permanent record of the call. 

Our AM2.0 group is using Free Conference Calling Powered by LiveOffice to host and record our conference calls. As the name says, the service is completely free, but you and your callers will pay long-distance charges. A small surcharge applies to make the calls toll-free.

After recording the call, you'll receive a link to an mp3 recording. Our clients appreciate getting a CD back-up they can play in their car; the mp3 goes onto their iPod. This service makes it easy to podcast, too.

New Blog by The Godfather of List Building

If you read my previous post about Liz Ryan, whom I dubbed the mother of list building, then it's only fair that I tell you about Tellman Knudson, the Godfather of List Building.

Founder of List Crusade, Tellman Knudson is also the creator of My First List, an information product that tells you how to - you guessed it - build your first list.

I was lucky enough to be one of the first people to take Tellman's course.

Here's how I found out about it . . .

Being the ever clever marketer, Tellman "called" [using broadcast voicemail technology] one day. Phoebe picked up the phone, smiled coyly and said, "Mom, Tellman's calling for you."

[I admit my kids know way too much about Internet marketers - Warren insisted on listening to Tellman's Death Match when he came home for lunch in 5^th grade. And when Alex Mandossian sent my Teleseminar Secrets course material to the house, the kids unpacked it all and displayed the manuals and CDs in the living room. "Wow! Alex is so nice to send you the whole boxed set!" they exclaimed.]

Now, back to the post . . .

Intrigued, I took the call and before I knew what hit me, I'd typed in my credit card number and registered for Tellman's My First List.

For those of you who aren't as familiar with buying information products online as those of us who have purposefully memorized our credit card numbers so we can take advantage of timely offers, here's how these products work.

You pay for the opportunity to purchase any or all of these, depending on the product: one or a series of live teleseminars, mp3 recordings of a teleseminar or a presentation, DVDs of a video, transcripts of the information, a manual and bonuses.

In this case, I paid for the privilege of being one of the first to try out the "product" - a series of three phone calls with Tellman and his friends, all list building experts in their own right. A handout that outlined the call was also included as was access to recordings and transcripts.

The problem with me signing up without thinking was timing. Tellman scheduled the live calls to take place on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoon. While my family is accustomed to seeing me stroll around the house after dinner on weeknights wearing a headset listening to teleseminars, taking time away to study and listen on a weekend afternoon would present a challenge. 

One that I decided I would overcome by doing as often do - crossing the bridge when I come to it.

The first installment was captivating enough to keep me waiting in suspense for the next call. What was so great? Tellman and his colleagues were actually talking to people and giving them answers – and they stayed on the call until the questions ran out.

But I couldn't get up the nerve to push 1 to get in line to ask a question.

For two days, I hesitated.

I did the homework, though.

And on day three, somehow I got up the courage to push 1 and share my progress, which you can see for yourself at www.transformmarketing.com, my first opt-in email page.

Amazingly enough, I got through to ask a question directly. One of Tellman’s colleagues, Harris Fellman, opted in to my email list and that opened the door to our PR projects.

Should you buy My First List?

If you're looking for a short-cut, rapid-fire easy way to get your list going, yes. It's up to you to decide whether or not to buy into the recommended products and services. If you do, your list will grow faster.

Because of all the personal interaction, this was one of the best courses I've purchased. Anytime an expert you trust offers and opportunity to participate and be part of a new product launch, don't hestitate.

Why am I writing about all this almost six months after it happened?

To let you know that Tellman's now blogging about list building.  Check out Tellman Knudson's list building blog for ideas and strategies on how to grow your own list.

And, if you subscribe to Tellman's email list, be prepared to pick up on some of the zaniest, brightest and most persuasive writing you'll see in your email box. 

Have questions or comments on the way you grow your list? Thanks for sharing by clicking on the comments link!

Barbara

Teleseminar PRofits: What's next? You Tell Us

Thanks again to my talented friend Jenny Hamby for writing a killer sales letter to promote our call last week.

And . . . to all of you who listened on the call. . . I'll always remember you as among the first to buy one of my products.

High five to everyone who's reading this - yes! - we did make a profit. Enough to pay for a VIP lunch and dinner at Big Seminar.

While our take is about what I'd make with our entry-level consulting package, this was a huge milestone for me. And, it's one that was much easier to achieve than I thought it would be.

How so?

Like most people who know something, you don't think you know as much as you do until you meet someone who needs to know what you know.

Got that?

Seriously, it astounds me at times when people tell me I have the answers they're looking for.

Maybe you're like that, too. You take for granted your experience, your know-how, your conquests, even your failures - which may be the most important part of success.

So, what did Jenny and I do on the call for an hour? We talked. I gave away lessons I learned the hard way. At the end of the call, we gave out the link to the bonuses.

After we hung up, I pulled out my calculator. The bonuses added up to over $40,000 in projects - and more than $300,000 in free publicity.

While I won't take up your time showing you how I arrived at those numbers, I will tell you that I will never give away this much again - at least on a $29 call like this one.

We're leaving the page up and the price as is until October 10 and then we'll reassess the value.

Mabye we'll get more sales if we price it higher. It's worth a try anyway.

Stay tuned for our next product roll out, an enterpreneurial PR guide.

What do you need to know about? Leave a comment below or call us at 630.942.9542 to tell us about your marketing and PR education needs.

Killer PR: Is Social Media the Suspect?

My call with Jenny Hamby is less than 2 hours away and I'm having a hard time pulling myself away from the research about the future of PR.

Getting ready to present motivates me to run down the latest, the freshest, the most provactive research.

And, most of the time my audiences comment: "Wow! I've never heard that before!"

Yes, I am into marketing PR shock therapy.

So, what will I reveal today on the call?

(Sorry, Jenny for breaking the news here first - I'm scooping your exclusive.)

Here's the deal . . . lots of places, sites and people - like an international PR publishing standards group that's organized to pioneer structures for distribution and reporting, Wikis, Yahoo! groups, Crispy news, feeders of all sorts - are trumpeting the arrival and imminent overthrow of traditional PR by new media.

Well, that's exciting, edgy and controversial now isn't it?

But, how is this way out there PR space ship relevant to Jenny's seminar promoter audience?

Like most marketing . . . it depends - on your where you want your news to go and who you want to read it.

If the pick up receptor is tuned into tags, diggs and media - and your audience is too, check out this Top Rank blog post for a list and primer of  new media resources.

If, however, the news receiver:

1. suffers from technophobia - like many writers I know
2. doesn't know how to read blogs or search for Technorati tags
3. has no clue how to open up multi-media files
4. doesn't know about You Tube
5. thinks an iPod is for teenagers and mp3 is a motor oil
6. actually spell checks and follows a style guide
7. works from a computer that has no speakers
8. might be techo-savvy but needs to be trained on how to interpret the social media format
9. appreciates stories written in a traditional news format
10. prefers to receive plain text email or faxes

. . .  then there's no point in going all out to fit your news into a format that doesn't fit their preferred style. They'll tune out before they ever tune in.

Last week I tested out a social media release format modification. Here's a simple website with everything reporters needed to cover the event - except downloadable images. Because of design copyright concerns, we wanted to keep track of who requested what.

Results?

Every reporter we called wanted the images emailed - and nobody clicked that link. If we're going to use this system going forward, we're going to have to be the ones to train the media on how social media works and how the format can enhance their lives - save time, give resources, etc. Do we have time for that? Do they have time for that?

Real live writers (good ones) appreciate a press release that's more storytelling than writing - that's why so many of our press releases run verbatim.

On another project, following the new social media format for PR web releases brought the intended results: high search engine rankings, blog pick ups and a quick spike in pages visits.

Until the two types learn to interpret each other's languages and technologies, the safest bet is to approach each press release project with the end receptor in mind, whether it's a search engine, blogger, consumer, jounalist or mass-media outlet. Don't get out that shovel just yet old school PR's going to be around for awhile - at least in the local markets.

9/27 Teleseminar: How to Fill Seminar Seats Using the Power of Free Publicity

Need to fill more seminar seats?

My friend Jenny Hamby's specialty is packing the place.

Jenny's name is on the short list of top seminar and information product copywriters.

Why?

Jenny's copywriting spikes the highest response rates - gets more butts in the seats - and attracts additional profits.

That's why Jenny's our first, last and only choice for killer sales copy for our clients and anyone else that asks for a referral to the best in the business.

Even the best copywriting benefits from a PR boost here and there. So, Jenny and I put our heads together and came up with what we think is a must-hear teleseminar for seminar marketers everywhere.

Listen in live on September 27 (or listen to an mp3 at your convenience) as Jenny grills me on "How to Fill Seminars Seats Using the Power of Free Publicity" and you'll learn:

• Exactly all that PR encompasses (most people overlook the vast majority of what "PR" is - which means they're leaving a lot of money on the table)
• How to capture the attention of overloaded journalists - and get them salivating to talk to you about your upcoming seminar
• How many types of press releases you should write at a minimum
• 7 key elements every press release should contain ... if you want it to get noticed, picked up and printed
• How to find hidden publicity opportunities in even the most mundane events
• Ways to structure and plan your seminar to maximize your chances of winning free media exposure
• Identify which media outlets you should be targeting ... and who to contact at each organization
• The best way to contact the media - email, snail mail, fax or phone (you might be surprised!)
• How to build a relationship with your media contacts ... so that when you're ready to promote your next event, they're ready to listen
• How much you should really plan to spend on PR each year
• The #1 mistake most seminar promoters make with their publicity (if you're making this same error ... you're losing thousands of dollars each year - guaranteed!)

Learn How to Fill Seminar Seats Using the Power of Free Publicity: Jenny Hamby, Seminar Marketing Pro Grills Barbara Rozgonyi, founder of CoryWest Media and moderator of The Marketing Transformations Network

How to Record Audio and Podcasts

Adding audio to web sites is a proven way to convert more traffic, close more sales and build trust.

Here's how to record and post audio to your site, your email, your blog, your podcast, etc. . . .

Audio Acrobat (30 day free trial/$19.95 per month) simplifies the process with an intuitive interface that allows you to easily record audio or video. Recording audio using your phone is as easy as leaving a voicemail message. When you're finished recording,  you choose how to publish the file. Options include downloading the file to your computer (recommended), generating HTML for a website or newsletter, getting a text link or redirecting the user to a site to download.

Thinking of podcasting? This service even publishes your podcast for you.  Here's an Audio Acrobat recording I made a few minutes ago. Click the link to listen.

As you advance, you may want to download Audacity's free audio editing tools. 

Do you host teleseminars? Check out  Audio Acrobat's conference call recording guide.

What I Downloaded Today

Studying Internet marketing is addictive, distracting and time-consuming.

Maybe that's why I love it so much.

What did I download today?

The better question is "WHY did I download what I did today?"

What did I want/need/expect/receive/_________?

Listening to experts talk is like taking a vitamin or doing a mental marketing workout.

If you're an idea generator, this is superfuel food for your thought.

Is that good?

Well, yes and no.

There's a ton of free information out there. Even though the cost of acquisition is nada, your time is worth considering.

Think about how much time you can afford to invest every week in learning more stuff. Continuing education is important and is a must build-in to your schedule.

To make the most of your time investment, inventory your skills and decide what you need to know more about.

Need to know more about copy writing, affiliate marketing, list building or viral marketing?

Check out the free calls at www.thesuccessintensives.com.

The online calendars at www.internetmarketersnetwork.com and www.imnewswatch.com both report on what's coming up in terms of teleseminars, products and special offers.

At www.gurudaq.com, you can track the stock of who's making what and find out what's selling.

Although you don't often have the chance to preview information products before you buy them, you can ask questions about user experiences in forums.

Finding a friend who's bought gobs of gurudom stock is one way to get a first-hand perspective.

Another is to follow your gut and stick with one expert you feel connected to - like me. :))))

Then, it's a matter of using what you get.

Recently, I talked with another info junkie who's figured out a way to merge his studies into his personal life. He listens to information product mp3s on his iPod and records his ideas on the digital recorder he keeps in his pocket. Transcribing and prioritizing ideas into action plans is his way of making all this work.

I have to admit I admire the guy. And, I'll confess my family is used to me walking around with a headset listening to teleseminars at night.

I've even been know to listen to one call on a headset while another broadcasts from a speaker phone on our home line.

Hearing my kids comment on the teleseminar content is amusing and insightful. If a presenter can break down their ideas so that an 11 year old gets it - and wants to try it - it works for me.

Most of the time, I glean a few brilliant insights that in total add up to a greater awareness that keeps me current and edgy.

The push, push, push to make millions isn't what I'm after.

I'm after gathering and infusing knowledge.

If I make millions, that's okay. But sometimes the process is as much fun as the payoff.