Online Marketing

How to Make a Video When You’re Terrified of Making Videos

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Hello all.

Okay, so a while back I made a video that was one of those “talking head” videos where you are simple speaking directly to the camera. I sent the link out to one of my lists.

..And I said in a follow-up email that video should be a big part of marketing and you should start making videos to increase your circle of influence and inform people as to what you’re all about. Brand yourself etc..

Let’s face it, video is a great way of communicating with massive numbers of people on a very personal level.

I received an email back shortly after from a woman that basically said, “Well, easy for YOU to say. You are already comfortable making videos. I am TERRIFIED to get in front of the camera. No way!”

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It was that email that took me back a few years to when I was first starting out, and I was making videos… or at least “trying” to make videos. I have watched some of my early videos and admittedly they were awful.. poorly put together, poorly edited, and I looked like a bit of an idiot!

BUT.. they got better over time and I was thinking about WHY they got better and how I managed to put together a decent video that communicated my message to the people I was targeting.

It all came down to one thing: I wrote EVERYTHING down that I wanted to say.

Simple, right?

Seriously, though. When I say I wrote everything down, I mean I scripted out every single word, and every single pause that was going to happen in my video.

Everything was completely scripted.

Even the intro where I’d say “Hey it’s Geoff here from xyz company, and I want to …..”

Everything.

Now, I have to tell you that my writing style has a lot to do with how this works. When I blog, as I write I HEAR myself reading what I’m writing OUT LOUD. Which makes it read very conversationally and not just “here’s the facts”. In my head I’m explaining the information (whatever it is), and when I write it comes out like that.

Just like I’m doing now.. I’m hearing myself SAY what I’m writing to you. Understand?

When I make videos, it’s the same thing.

First I write everything that I’m going to say in that “conversational” voice.

Then I actually read it back to myself OUT LOUD so I can hear what it’s going to sound like.

After doing that I know what I have to edit to make it sound better and more natural when I actually do the video.

At least that’s how I did it when I was starting out. These days I can just write down in point form what I’m going to say and then fill in the spaces. But when I want to make sure I get my point across completely, nothing beats scripting out the whole thing and going through those steps I mentioned above.

So if you’re terrified of making videos or even audios.. that is my advice, simply script it all out and read it back in your OWN voice. If it doesn’t sound right, change your script and then read it back again. Repeat until perfect! 🙂

That’s how I did it. Hope this helps!

Comment below and please “LIKE” and this post!

Thanks, have a great day.

– Geoff Stephen

Best Traffic Strategies

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Hello all..

It seems everyone is looking for the best traffic strategies for driving traffic to their websites. In fact it’s a question that I get fairly often, but it’s not something that is very easy to answer, no matter how much internet marketing experience the person has that’s asking the question.

So what’s your Traffic Strategy?

What I usually do is ask the question back to the person that is asking: “What traffic strategies work best for YOU?” or “What what traffic strategies do you LIKE to work on?”

Then they’ll tell me their traffic plan: “Here’s my plan.. I’m going to do solo ads, and do some pay-per-click, and I’ll also surf some traffic exchanges while I write blog posts and get some SEO organic traffic.. then I’m going to blast that all over social media and get traffic that way too!”

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A while later they’ll get back to me on how they are doing with their plan. What I get back from them is something like: “Well, I tried abc strategy, but that didn’t work… then I tried xyz strategy, and that didn’t work either.. then I went and tried blah blah blah..”. And so on..

And of course they end up with no decent amount of traffic, and no sales or recruits. I see this happen all the time.

Do you see what’s wrong with what’s going on here?

You CANNOT be successful in internet marketing by trying to do as many things as possible all at once, without knowing how to be effective at any ONE of them.

The whole “multiple streams of traffic” thing doesn’t work unless you become a master of each traffic strategy… one strategy at a time.

The thing is… ALL traffic strategies work.

When you say “Doing solo ads didn’t work for me”, all that means is you haven’t bothered to learn how to do solo ads properly. Solo ads WORK. As do all other traffic sources… IF you take the time to learn each one, one at a time.

You will make SO much more money by “mastering” just one type of traffic than you EVER will by “sort of” learning 3 or 4 different strategies.

And that is not a theory, it’s a fact.. and a VALUABLE piece of advice.

Here is your Step by Step Traffic Plan

So my advice going forward is to do these 4 steps:

  1. Pick 2 or 3 different sources of traffic.
  2. LEARN as much as you can about each one, enough so that you can start.
  3. Determine which ONE of those 3 you actually enjoy doing (it’s easier if you like it).
  4. Focus on that ONE strategy and MASTER it.

Don’t do anything else until you master it. Don’t put in a “half-baked” effort and expect it to work. Full focus, full effort, full investment of time and money.

Remember that ALL traffic strategies are “valid” and all of them work. If they didn’t, nobody would bother learning how to capitalize on them, right?

So here are my questions to you:

What is your PREFERRED traffic strategy? What strategy would you like to master first?

Thanks! Please answer below.

Have a great day.

– Geoff Stephen

P.S. “LIKE” and share! 🙂

Global NPN Update – New Builder Site Coming..

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Hello NPN’ers,

(PLEASE CLICK THE “LIKE” BUTTON and share..)

Thank you for all of your responses to my last update regarding the comp plan changes. It’s good to hear we’re doing the right thing 🙂

There is lots going on “behind the scenes” right now as we gear up for the end of the year and start looking towards 2014..

And there is a LOT to look forward to in the next while with GlobalNPN..

Notably our brand new lead generation / recruiting / training site that we’re currently building to work along side the GlobalNPN website.

It’s called NPNBuilder.com.guythrowingmoney

It will be a combination of a sales funnel, a downline builder, and a “fast-start” training site that you’ll be able to use to generate leads and bring in new members quickly and efficiently, and provide them with the training they need to get started. All you’ll have to do is send traffic (which we’ll show you how to do).

Along with our awesome comp plan changes, this will provide you with a solid “system” or process to use to promote your NPN links.

Our plan is to have an INCREDIBLE 2014, which will also be GlobalNPN’s 9th year in business… which is a looong time in internet years.

“Changing lives since 2005..!” Lol.

Thanks for continuing to be a part of it.

That’s it for now, stay tuned..

– Geoff Stephen

P.S. If you’re NOT a member of GlobalNPN, stop screwing around and join us today! It will change your life. Seriously, you deserve better 🙂

PLEASE COMMENT BELOW..

Take ACTION and Start Making Money with Global NPN Today

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Here’s some advice..

All that stuff you’ve been learning how to do…

All those courses you’ve bought..

All those videos you’ve watched..

All those ebooks you’ve read..

All those webinars you’ve attended..

NOW is the time to put into action the strategies you’ve learned.

GO research some keyphrases and post an NPN Blog (it will rank highly if you do it right).

GO buy a solo ad and upsell them to NPN because they NEED the tools we provide.

GO make an NPN screencast on how to use the NPN Ad tracker.. or ANY of our tools.

GO upload a video to our uploader and show everyone how the LOGO in the top right hand corner of the video goes to YOUR NPN affiliate link.

GO ahead and show people how awesome our MMPro is.

GO and show people how you can make 100% commission on our products, 100% of the time, 100% in YOUR pocket.

GO ahead and show people that NPN pays 100%… PLUS downline commissions, PLUS matching bonuses (NOBODY else does that!).

Just GO ahead..

My point..?

NOW is the time to STOP learning (for now) and start DOING.

Just go do it.

R U with me? 

… have you done it yet?

…. what are you waiting for..?

 

Thanks.

– Geoff Stephen

How Do You Get Your Referrals Back into Global NPN After They’ve Quit?

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Hello NPN’ers,

Question of the day..

After someone in your downline quits and cancels their subscription to Global NPN, what do YOU do?

What are your next steps?

Do you contact them?

Phone them?

Contact them on Facebook?

… or do you just say “oh well” and let them go?

So that’s my question..

How do YOU followup with your referrals who have quit NPN?

Comment below..

Thanks.

– Geoff Stephen