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Friday Freebies Recap

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It’s been 5 weeks since we started Friday Freebies, so I wanted to take this opportunity to recap all of the freebies in one post so that they would be easier to find. 5 Free Tools 1.        Get your Email from Google Create a free business email address using Google and that will allow you to use that email to login to your other accounts with one click. 2.        Get a blog from Blogger.com Google offers a free blogging platform that is automatically indexed by Google because it’s owned by them. 3.        Get a Landing Page from Hubspot Hubspot will allow you to set up a free landing page to begin collecting email addresses that you can use to promote to your supporters. 4.        Get a Pinterest Account Pinterest makes it easy to promote your Project FED products to their 459 million active users. 5.        Get your ...

Friday Freebies: The Better Blogs Toolkit

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Today I promised that I would be providing you with some extra special freebies, and so I am. Way back on the first Friday Freebies, I gave you a list of the first five tools you needed to start making money online. On that list was Blogger , Google’s free blogging platform. I explained that the reason I recommended it was because Google owns it and will promote your blog above other blogs if you use it. However, I didn’t give you any tools or tips to help you start taking advantage of that blog. Introducing the Better Blog Toolkit That’s what today’s post is going to do. I’m going to give you 5 free tools to help you get your blog going and write blog posts that people will enjoy reading. 1.       The 8 Question Blog Outline This is an 8-question format that I use to put together my blogs. I also use it to write full-length novels and non-fiction books.  It’s designed to lead your reader through the “hero’s journey” from needing a solution to fi...

Marketing Monday: Listening To Your Audience

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During Strategy Sunday , I talked about the lessons I learned from God just by listening. Listening to music, listening to His word, listening to the priest during the homily at Mass. Today, I’m going to discuss why listening to your audience is the most critical part of developing your marketing strategy. You Only Have One Perspective to Offer You know the reasons why you give gifts and what you hope to get from that exchange, but until you start actively listening to the audience you want to reach, you won’t know if this is common to everyone you are trying to reach or whether it is unique to you. You will miss out on important information that they could be sharing with you about how you need to position your products to win them with your marketing. You also won’t be able to borrow their exact language or make them feel like you are talking directly to them. 5 Ways To Begin Listening To Your Audience While I mentioned joining groups of the kind of people you want to targe...