Have an audio file that you would love to get transcribed? If you record coaching sessions or tele-classes, it is a nice value add to add a transcript of those calls to your clients. Nuance has several products that can get this done for you, on a PC or Mac. I’m on a Mac, so this is the program I would use. Another use that I’ve seen is for Free Report creation. Most of my clients have lots of audios to give away for free, but...

You may have noticed I recently put some ads on my site for GoDaddy. I’ve been an affiliate for a while, but have not  made any effort to promote them. Here’s why I decided now to actively promote them… Recently, I was working on transferring a website from my server to my client’s server and was having a hell of a time. After a day or two, on the brink of losing my mind, I finally  placed a call into GoDaddy tech...

You know your business needs to be on Facebook, right? Not just on Facebook, but ACTIVE on it. The problem is finding the time to do it. Not only that, but once you login, you lose valuable time getting side-tracked with the Facebook flurry of activity. We’ve got Social Media Assistants that will post for you, very affordably. Develop a weekly or monthly schedule of posts (which is a best practice), send it to us and we’ll post it...

If you have a Paypal account, you may have been asked for your Tax ID number recently. This is the result of a bill President Bush signed into law known as The Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008, although I have no idea how this relates to housing! Regardless,  in the middle of the bill is a new requirement for credit card merchants to report certain payments to the IRS. The law was passed in 2008 but the new reporting requirement didn’t kick...

I have been using Tungle for my appointment scheduling, but I realized it’s missing some important features and functionality. I’ve researched many alternatives and tested out several as well. I found TimeTrade to be a really good solution. It has great features and is affordable, only $49 a year with a free 30 day trial for the “Professional” version. You set up an “Activity” such as “Free...

I got such a kick when I heard about this (being a big fan of both the Dalai Lama and technology). The Dalai Lama was supposed to visit Archbishop Tutu in South Africa, but because of visa issues he was not able to enter the country. So what did he do? Joined Google+ and immediately posted a Happy Birthday video for Archbishop Tutu. Then, he planned a Google+ Hangout between the two. This was in honor of the Inaugural Desmond Tutu Peace...

The best place to post a link in a Tweet is not where you think. According to a Hub Spot study of 200,000 tweets, when you are posting a link in a tweet, place your link a quarter of the way through the tweet to get the most clicks. Not at the end as most people...

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Here’s what people want to know when they visit your website, landing page or sales page: 1. What do you want me to do? (should i optin? should i buy something?) 2. How do I get there? (make it really easy for them to do what you want them to do) 3. What’s in it for me if I do it? (be sure to emphasize how they will benefit from what you’re offering) Take the guesswork out of the equation by clearly providing the answers to...

Your Thank You page is what a customer or lead lands on after they’ve taken a specific action, either buying your product or opting in to your newsletter or freebie. Instead of just saying the obligatory “thank you”, how about asking for engagement and further action? Have a Facebook Like button and ask them to Like or Recommend your site or product Point them to your Facebook fan page Point them to your Twitter feed Ask them...