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MBP #28 – How Taylor Flanery Got 125,000 Facebook Fan Page Likes in 2 Months Without Paying a Cent

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محتوای ارائه شده توسط Jim Wang: blogger, online entrepreneur, investor, Jim Wang: blogger, and Online entrepreneur. تمام محتوای پادکست شامل قسمت‌ها، گرافیک‌ها و توضیحات پادکست مستقیماً توسط Jim Wang: blogger, online entrepreneur, investor, Jim Wang: blogger, and Online entrepreneur یا شریک پلتفرم پادکست آن‌ها آپلود و ارائه می‌شوند. اگر فکر می‌کنید شخصی بدون اجازه شما از اثر دارای حق نسخه‌برداری شما استفاده می‌کند، می‌توانید روندی که در اینجا شرح داده شده است را دنبال کنید.https://fa.player.fm/legal

Say what you will about the value of a Like on Facebook, especially with Facebook controlling how many of your followers get to see your posts, but you can’t deny that more Likes is better.

Today’s episode is with Taylor Flanery, the founder of three home management sites that have an incredible reach. So incredible that the numbers we cite in the podcast itself are already out of date by a wide margin.

We recorded this episode about three months ago, as part of the whirlwind of recording during the launch of the podcast (I had about 30 recorded by the time we launched!), and back then I was already amazed at her numbers.

Now it’s your turn to be amazed. You’ll hear in the episode we talk about how her Facebook Fan Page for Household Management 101 grew from 16,000 Likes on January 1st to 147,000 in mid-March. It’s late June now and I just looked, the Household Management 101 Fan Page has over 391,000 Likes.

We discuss Pinterest and Facebook strategies and you will leave with plenty of notes on both.

What will you learn in this episode:

  • How she was able to get 25,000 newsletter subscribers in two months for Home Storage Solutions 101 (her third site) by creating a 52 week challenge
  • How to get people to Pin your content by using custom Pin buttons so you can influence the image and the description
  • Actionable strategies on how to get more Pinterest followers, Repins, and traffic from Pinterest – including what makes a good image and the importance of text on an image (as well as what to put in that text), why stock images are OK, how to structure Pin boards, how to identify your niche’s “hot” periods of activity, and much more
  • Facebook strategies – Going from 16,000 likes to 125,000 Fan Page likes and the four factors that Facebook looks at for engagement, how to use different types of posts, creating multiple images for use on different networks, the three ways she’s getting more Likes, and why ~20,000 fans seems to be the “Suggestion” tipping point

Resources and links mentioned in this chat:

How to subscribe

There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes.

iTunes
Download on iTunesSimply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe.

Stitcher
Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher.

Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed.

Quick favor…

Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better!

It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much!

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محتوای ارائه شده توسط Jim Wang: blogger, online entrepreneur, investor, Jim Wang: blogger, and Online entrepreneur. تمام محتوای پادکست شامل قسمت‌ها، گرافیک‌ها و توضیحات پادکست مستقیماً توسط Jim Wang: blogger, online entrepreneur, investor, Jim Wang: blogger, and Online entrepreneur یا شریک پلتفرم پادکست آن‌ها آپلود و ارائه می‌شوند. اگر فکر می‌کنید شخصی بدون اجازه شما از اثر دارای حق نسخه‌برداری شما استفاده می‌کند، می‌توانید روندی که در اینجا شرح داده شده است را دنبال کنید.https://fa.player.fm/legal

Say what you will about the value of a Like on Facebook, especially with Facebook controlling how many of your followers get to see your posts, but you can’t deny that more Likes is better.

Today’s episode is with Taylor Flanery, the founder of three home management sites that have an incredible reach. So incredible that the numbers we cite in the podcast itself are already out of date by a wide margin.

We recorded this episode about three months ago, as part of the whirlwind of recording during the launch of the podcast (I had about 30 recorded by the time we launched!), and back then I was already amazed at her numbers.

Now it’s your turn to be amazed. You’ll hear in the episode we talk about how her Facebook Fan Page for Household Management 101 grew from 16,000 Likes on January 1st to 147,000 in mid-March. It’s late June now and I just looked, the Household Management 101 Fan Page has over 391,000 Likes.

We discuss Pinterest and Facebook strategies and you will leave with plenty of notes on both.

What will you learn in this episode:

  • How she was able to get 25,000 newsletter subscribers in two months for Home Storage Solutions 101 (her third site) by creating a 52 week challenge
  • How to get people to Pin your content by using custom Pin buttons so you can influence the image and the description
  • Actionable strategies on how to get more Pinterest followers, Repins, and traffic from Pinterest – including what makes a good image and the importance of text on an image (as well as what to put in that text), why stock images are OK, how to structure Pin boards, how to identify your niche’s “hot” periods of activity, and much more
  • Facebook strategies – Going from 16,000 likes to 125,000 Fan Page likes and the four factors that Facebook looks at for engagement, how to use different types of posts, creating multiple images for use on different networks, the three ways she’s getting more Likes, and why ~20,000 fans seems to be the “Suggestion” tipping point

Resources and links mentioned in this chat:

How to subscribe

There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes.

iTunes
Download on iTunesSimply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe.

Stitcher
Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher.

Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed.

Quick favor…

Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better!

It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much!

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Do you know that there are folks out there making five figures a month publishing books directly via Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing? There are and today we talk to Steve Scott , who makes anywhere from $15,000 to $60,000 a month from his publishing empire and all of it is through Amazon’s KDP program. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro in publishing and internet marketing, you’ll learn something from this conversation. Steve shares some of the beginner strategies he used, such as giving away copies of the book for early reviews, to how he structures each book to drive email signups on his blog so he could continue to reach those customers. He also explains his publishing strategy to increase overall sales including ideas he’s borrowed from fiction writers, some of which will surprise you. There is a lot of “behind the scenes” information in this one and I suggest you get a notepad. How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #38 – How to Dominate Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing with Steve Scott appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
A few weeks ago, Rob Berger, whom I interviewed for podcast episode 35 , and Greg Go, whom I interviewed for podcast episode 2 , suggested a “reverse interview” where they ask me some questions. Why not? We jump around on topics but we talk about my background, how I got into blogging, how it’s changed over the years, and then into more general business ideas such as networking. Personally, I had a great time doing it but I want these episodes to have value to you, the listener, so please let me know what you think of the episode. Want more? Let me know, maybe we can do a series of “Ask Me Anything” type of episodes. Don’t want more? Let me know too! How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #37 – Reverse Interview – Jim Wang Answers Questions from Two Blogging Veterans appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
Nellie Akalp is the CEO and Founder of CorpNet , a document filing service company. CorpNet is Nellie’s second document filing service business, the first of which celebrated a liquidity event back in 2005. In this episode, we talk about why Nellie re-entered the same business area, which was now a more mature and competitive market, as well as what she did in the time between the sale and the founding of CorpNet (which led her to return to her passion, helping small businesses succeed). We continue the conversation to discuss some common issues small business owners make in starting and operating their business, including some basic steps you can take to protect your business from liability (such as trademark disputes) and other pitfalls. Connect with Nellie Akalp on Twitter and let her know what you think of the episode! How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #36 – New Business Pitfalls You MUST Avoid, with CorpNet’s Founder Nellie Akalp appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
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Rob Berger founded Dough Roller many years ago but has only been podcasting since November 2013. Despite how relatively “new” it is, he’s been prolific… releasing over a hundred episodes (including one each and every day in January). I thought he’d been podcasting for years, based on his episode count, and in terms of lessons learned, he has been doing this for a long time. We talk about what prompted him to start a podcast, the benefits of recording and publishing a podcast, as well as lessons learned from doing over a hundred episodes… a feat very few have accomplished, including myself! If you’ve been on the fence about it, Rob’s experiences just might push you over. How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #35 – Lessons Learned from 100+ Podcast Episodes, with Rob Berger appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
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When I started Bargaineering in 2005, the words “location independent lifestyle” had not yet been put together to mean what it does today. Lifestyle design and Tim Ferriss’ Four Hour Workweek had not yet been published (April 2007). The term digital nomad had no meaning. In 2006, Nora Dunn sold all of her stuff, including her business, and decided that she was meant to do something else. She was meant to travel the world and would go about designing her life so that she could do so financially sustainably. In this podcast, we talk about how she built up a freelance writing business while traveling the world (especially the struggles of working while traveling), plus a few incredible stories along the way like a 30 day train ride from Lisbon, Spain to Saigon, Vietnam (now known as Ho Chi Minh City). Resources and links mentioned in this chat: Her site: The Professional Hobo – you must check out her About page Caretaker Gazette – for travel volunteer opportunities WWOOF – World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms Her three books: How to Get Free Accommodation Around the World , Tales of Trains: Where the Journey is the Destination and Unconventional Guide to Working on the Road (released November 18th) How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #34 – How a Professional Hobo Works and Travels the World since 2006 appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
Many years ago, internet marketers around the world shouted this “incredible” strategy from the rooftops: “If you could build a site that made $50 a month, all you had to do was make 100 of them and you’d create yourself a nice little income.” All true. But… … rarely does a business just generate cash, unattended, forever. Eventually the internet was littered with all of these crappy little websites that made $50 a month, then $40, then eventually zero. Tom Drake started Canadian Finance Blog in 2009 and in the last five years, he’s taken that same basic idea but improved it. He made sites he cared about. Sites he would tend to. And with this strategy, he would eventually build, buy, and partner his way into a portfolio of over forty websites. Some are one pagers that sell products. Some are much larger properties that generate significant income. Learn how he did it in this episode of the Microblogger podcast. Resources and links mentioned in this chat: TomDrake.net Canadian Finance Blog Miranda Marquit Retire Happy Blog How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #33: How Tom Drake Built, Bought, and Partnered His Way to a 40+ Blog Network appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
One of the most popular ideas in all of business is known as the Lean Startup mentality . It applies to nearly everything in life, let alone business. While we never actually say the words “lean startup” during our chat, it’s a mentality that pervades everything Jonathan Milligan has done in building multiple courses and several membership sites. His latest, Blogging Your Passion, was borne out of a group on 48days.net, a site I didn’t even know about before Jonathan shared it with me, and eventually grew into a membership site with over 300 members (and growing!). The approach he took in marketing and building the “University” is brilliant and we go into what he did and why I think it’s a brilliant approach. It’s worth noting that while we say “building,” we only briefly touch on the technology behind the site. We discuss what he uses for video and office hours, but we don’t go into the hardcore technical aspects of setting up the site. What will you learn in this episode: His background as an educator and how that manifested itself in his online business His first business in career coaching, which came out of his work in executive searching Behind the scenes of his first membership site in career coaching How he built Blogging Your Passion – from content creation to getting his first beta/charter members How he adds value to the membership site, such as office hours, additional modules How he gets members today How he builds a sense of community within the membership How he prices his courses and membership sites (and why higher is better) Resources and links mentioned in this chat: JonathanMilligan.com BloggingYourPassion.com The 48Days.net Blogging Your Passion group that started it all Find him on Twitter @jonmilligan How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #32: Jonathan Milligan on How to Launch, Promote & Grow Membership Sites from Scratch appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
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Daraius Dubash was working for a big Fortune 500 manufacturing company, traveling the world and accruing airline miles and hotel points, when he left to go to business school. After business school, he began working for another company but he missed all those miles and points for free travel and stays and decided to figure out how it all worked (he’s accumulated FOUR MILLION miles and points). Million Mile Secrets is the embodiment of all that learning and it’s now a business he works on full time (and has been for several years). The tagline? “Big travel with small money.” (love it!) Million Mile Secrets is the second largest miles and points blog and has an Alexa ranking in the mid-5,000’s. In other words, of the largest sites in the United States, it’s among the largest. At it’s peak, I think Bargaineering was in the 6,000-7,000’s, to give you a frame of reference. The site is big, it’s popular, and it supports Daraius full time for the last two years. It’s an amazing story and one I’m happy to share with you today! What will you learn in this episode: Why he started Million Mile Secrets (and how he financed his first car with credit cards!) How he differentiated MMS from other points and mile blogs The two browser trick What is a mileage run (why others do it and why he never does them) Why he thinks MMS has been successful (very insightful) How he utilizes his email list of 16,000 subscribers We talk about the difficult times of the business How he’s brought on staff (where he finds writers) and the process he uses to manage them The double edged sword of being an entrepreneur His best million mile secret The most exotic place he’s been to Resources and links mentioned in this chat: App-o-rama Beginner’s Guide to Miles & Points Credit Card Resources Toni Anderson Podcast Episode – How to Build a Rockstar Team to Run Your Blog How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #31: Learn the Secrets of Million Mile Secrets with Daraius Dubash appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
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One of the most important qualities of a successful entrepreneur is the ability to learn quickly and learn a lot. Tim Ferriss has often said that it doesn’t take a lifetime to master something, “based on my experience and research, it is possible to become world-class in almost any skill within one year.” ( link ) Jaden Hair is the founder of Steamy Kitchen and one of the most well known “food bloggers” out there (I put quotes because at this point because that doesn’t come close to describing everything she does!) but she didn’t start off an expert at anything she’s successfully doing today. She enjoyed cooking, she enjoyed feeding people, and when combined with her ability to learn anything quickly, she’s been able to accomplish a tremendous amount. What will you learn in this episode: The fun story behind why she started Steamy Kitchen How she went from “a place to put up recipes” to a business she loves How she created a dream board that would become her business plan and source of inspiration How she taught at a local small culinary school How she emulated her favorite TV personalities The most effective social media tool (it’s not what you think!) How Jaden scaled back her business to be more in line with what made her truly happy Her giveaway strategy (she does a LOT of giveaways!) How she gets her kids involved in her business (and a little bit about her chickens, multiple gardens) She talks about Food Blog Forum and the sweet deal they got from Disney (and how they don’t take a penny in profits, they go to scholarships and making the next event better) How she gets all this done! (and why she won’t do another cookbook!) Resources and links mentioned in this chat: Steamy Kitchen The Steamy Kitchen Giveaway Page Food Blog Forum – a food blogging conference, founded by Jaden & Scott of Steamy Kitchen and Todd and Diane of White On Rice Couple , with the support of Julie from the Little Kitchen and Lindsay from Love & Olive Oil . Recipe Rehab – Fun behind the scenes story . Her cookbooks – Steamy Kitchen’s Healthy Asian Favorites: 100 Recipes That Are Fast, Fresh, and Simple Enough for Tonight’s Supper , Steamy Kitchen Cookbook: 101 Asian Recipes Simple Enough for Tonight’s Dinner , Easy Chinese Recipes: Family Favorites From Dim Sum to Kung Pao How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #30: How Jaden Hair Built the Steamy Kitchen Empire (then scaled it back!) appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
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Does that guy look familiar? Unless you haven’t watched anything on television ever in your life, you’ve seen him. He’s been in a commercial or television show you’ve watched. He’s the dumb guy. The clumsy cop. The dumb white guy who can take a punch, physically or metaphorically (all his words). Don’t believe me? Check out this highlight reel from 2009 ( more nonsense here ). It includes nearly every hit show from Friends to Seinfeld to Becker to 3rd Rock from the Sun: Here’s something a little more current, a Ciroc commercial from 2010: This was a fun episode, I hope you enjoy it! What will you learn in this episode: How Chip got into stand-up after a few years working as a cameraman and in banking His first entrepreneurship venture – baseball cards (he put on his own baseball card show at 16) The parallels between stand-up comedy/entertainment and entrepreneurship Chip sees stand-up as being paid a pittance while you learn Chip worked 52 weeks a year and took two and a half years to find his voice The importance of a support structure for his career His lessons learned from 3,000+ stand-up shows (8 shows/week was common) His transition from stand-up to a television actor How he persevered through 160+ auditions (3.5 years) without booking a commercial (and then once he did he booked 42 commercials, 25 tv shows, and a few voiceovers over the next four years) How he deals with the uncertainty of being an actor The value of doing the work, taking bad gigs, and of learning and perfecting your craft Why he started Chip’s Money Tips, his personal finance blog Resources and links mentioned in this chat: ChipChinery.com Chip’s Money Tips Chip’s Wikipedia Page Steve Martin’s Born Standing Up Not mentioned in the show but I found this article by Neil Strauss on his brief time as a stand-up comic absolutely fascinating. How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #29: Chip Chinery, Life as a Stand-up Comic, Television and Commercial Actor appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
Say what you will about the value of a Like on Facebook, especially with Facebook controlling how many of your followers get to see your posts, but you can’t deny that more Likes is better. Today’s episode is with Taylor Flanery, the founder of three home management sites that have an incredible reach. So incredible that the numbers we cite in the podcast itself are already out of date by a wide margin. We recorded this episode about three months ago, as part of the whirlwind of recording during the launch of the podcast (I had about 30 recorded by the time we launched!), and back then I was already amazed at her numbers. Now it’s your turn to be amazed. You’ll hear in the episode we talk about how her Facebook Fan Page for Household Management 101 grew from 16,000 Likes on January 1st to 147,000 in mid-March. It’s late June now and I just looked, the Household Management 101 Fan Page has over 391,000 Likes. We discuss Pinterest and Facebook strategies and you will leave with plenty of notes on both. What will you learn in this episode: How she was able to get 25,000 newsletter subscribers in two months for Home Storage Solutions 101 (her third site) by creating a 52 week challenge How to get people to Pin your content by using custom Pin buttons so you can influence the image and the description Actionable strategies on how to get more Pinterest followers, Repins, and traffic from Pinterest – including what makes a good image and the importance of text on an image (as well as what to put in that text), why stock images are OK, how to structure Pin boards, how to identify your niche’s “hot” periods of activity, and much more Facebook strategies – Going from 16,000 likes to 125,000 Fan Page likes and the four factors that Facebook looks at for engagement, how to use different types of posts, creating multiple images for use on different networks, the three ways she’s getting more Likes, and why ~20,000 fans seems to be the “Suggestion” tipping point Resources and links mentioned in this chat: Her three sites: Household Management 101 , Home Storage Solutions 101 , and Stain Removal 101 The 52 Week Organized Home Challenge Picmonkey for image editing (I love them too!) Ahalogy and Viraltag for scheduling Pins How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #28 – How Taylor Flanery Got 125,000 Facebook Fan Page Likes in 2 Months Without Paying a Cent appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
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Microblogger Interviews: Online business, blogging, entrepreneurship and wealth building
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Everyone agrees that differentiation is crucial. If you want to avoid being another face in the crowd, you have to stand out. This means you have to figure out what makes you different and showcase it to the world. Sometimes that means you’ll have to do a little, or a lot, more work. When Bob Lotich started ChristianPF, he was one of the first bloggers, certainly within the personal finance community, to put his faith front and center. You could argue that being “Christian” is very general but by simply putting it in the name of his site, he stood out. By being “different,” it helped his blog grow… but it also came with a cost. This was an issue that was touched on briefly in my chat with Jason Leake in MBP#8 . With 100DaysofRealFood, Jason had to be diligent about what companies were advertising on a site that celebrated a life with zero processed foods. Bob was faced with the same issue and had a very clever way of solving it. What will you learn in this episode: Why Bob started ChristianPF.com when he was dead broke and was at his lowest (to how it evolved to what it is today) The importance and value of differentiation, even if Bob didn’t approach it with that in mind How that differentiation may limit your business How he monitored ad networks so he didn’t show ads that were against his message The premium ad networks on ChristianPF How he started a financial adviser/planner directory… … and how a coaching service evolved out of that. Discusses the pressure of being a steward of the 55,000+ members of ChristianPF How he started writing books & ebooks/Kindle books How he finds staff/freelance writers that can write with the same message Learn the 1st and 2nd thing he’d tell himself on Day One (they’re both really really good but his #2 is not one a lot of people talk about) Resources and links mentioned in this chat: Bob Lotich’s Author page on Amazon – including his newest book Pro-blogging Secrets (I got a sneak peek and it’s really good, a great companion to his first ebook on blogging available for free on BlogBusiness101.com ) How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #27: How Bob Lotich Married His Faith & His Finances to 55,000+ Subscribers appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
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Microblogger Interviews: Online business, blogging, entrepreneurship and wealth building
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Michael Mindes owns board game publisher Tasty Minstrel Games , publisher of hit titles such as Eminent Domain, Scoville, and Dungeon Roll. You may not have heard of some of their titles, they’re not household names like Monopoly (who actually like Monopoly?), but he’s a known quantity in the board game community. Michael has figured out how to market his games on Kickstarter, having run eighteen campaigns and raised nearly a million dollars across nearly twenty titles. He knows the ins and outs of Kickstarter, how it’s changed over the years, and he’s been successful all the way through. Check out this list of Kickstarter campaigns since 2013, I think these speak for themselves: Date Title Funded $ Funded % Backers 2/2014 This Town Aint Big Enough for the 2-4 of Us! $30,061 601% 4687 2/2014 Scoville $106,002 265% 2,434 1/2014 Burgoo $20,505 410% 3,607 12/2013 Coin Age $65,195 1,303% 9,055 11/2013 Templar Intrigue $17,157 343% 3,301 11/2013 Dungeon Roll – Winter Promo Pack $32,283 1,076% 6,206 10/2013 Captains of Industry $49,953 166% 676 5/2013 Belfort: The Expansion Expansion $34,101 170% 977 4/2013 Eminent Domain: Escalation $103,479 413% 2,596 3/2013 Dungeon Roll $250,070 1,667% 10,877 The grand total across these and six more (including Ground Floor for over a hundred thousand dollars ) is a staggering $962,575 – not including his latest campaign for Harbor. He knows his stuff. Here’s what you’ll learn in this episode: How Michael Mindes uses Kickstarter to fund his board game company Tasty Minstrel Games How and where to promote your Kickstarter campaign When Kickstarter exclusives make sense (and when they don’t) How to set your campaign goal and price your pledge tiers (keep it simple stupid) How to use stretch goals to motivate your backers The key to a kick ass Kickstarter video The importance of good customer service and open communication How often to update your backers Why TMG still uses Kickstarter Resources and links mentioned in this chat: Tasty Minstrel Games His latest campaign for Harbor (only a short time into the campaign and already at nearly $100k) How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #26: How to Raise $962,575+ on Kickstarter with Michael Mindes appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
Location independent living is a term that gets thrown around a lot these days. The basic idea is that when you earn a living online, you can live anywhere. You are location independent. It’s a romantic notion and an obviously fun one, if you like to travel and see new places, because you get to live in a new location as a resident, rather than see it as a tourist. It’s a totally different feeling regardless of where you’re going. Today’s guest is our first international one, we catch Forest Parks when he was living in Budapest, Hungary with his partner Lara. This episode is one of the reasons why I love doing a podcast. I knew he’d been in Egypt for a period of time and I was even talking to him during the start of the revolution (Arab Spring), but I never put two and two together that he experienced much of it first hand. We spend much of our conversation talking about his first hand experience (he was there at the first day of protests!) and it’s absolutely amazing. What will you learn in this episode: Why Forest went location independent and how he “test drove” the idea in Montreal How he had the courage to quit his job, sell his flat, and make the leap Why he took on a minimum wage job when he first moved to Montreal How he found work as a web freelancer What the Arab Spring revolution was like as a foreigner in Egypt – he has some incredible stories ( more here on his personal travel blog) The challenges of being away from home, your family, and friends How he (and Lara) chooses where they go next (or if they “settle down”) Resources and links mentioned in this chat: Everyday Nomad – his personal travel blog Blog Bolts – his freelance business How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #25: How an Everyday Nomad Travels the World Armed Only With a Laptop appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
Crystal Stemberger loves to negotiate. And she’s good at it. So good that she negotiates with advertisers on behalf of other bloggers (to the tune of 400+ blogs) and she’s brokered $1,190,560 in sales (as of the end of May 2014). She’s also been doing this for years so you can a little taste of how SEO link building strategies have changed over the last few years. This is a very frank discussion about sponsored posts, how to negotiate them, the risks as well as the rewards, and how the nature of the game has changed. What will you learn in this episode: How Crystal started her blog and then a full-service ad brokering business How she grew the ad brokering business to representing 400 sites How much she charges to be the broker How she finds advertisers How she negotiates with advertisers How to price advertisements We also discuss other services she offers, like paid commenting Resources and links mentioned in this chat: Budgeting in the Fun Stuff Matt Cutts declaring the decay and fall of guest blogging Her ebooks: How I Make Money Blogging: The Beginner’s Guide to Building a Money-Making Blog and Managing Your Monthly Nut: Budgeting Basics, Pruning Expenses, and Tracking Your Financial Health How to subscribe There are two main ways – Stitcher and iTunes. iTunes Simply click on this link and you’ll be taken to the page where you can subscribe. Stitcher Here’s the link to the Microblogger Podcast where you can subscribe to the Microblogger podcast via Stitcher. Finally, if you aren’t using either service and prefer RSS, here’s our RSS feed . Quick favor… Tell everyone you know that this is a great podcast… unless you think it sucks. Please tell me and I’ll try to make it better! It would mean a lot to me if you could leave me a review and a rating on iTunes, it makes a big difference and helps others find the show! To leave a review, click here and thanks so so much! The post MBP #24 – How to Sell $1,190,560 in Ads: Ad Negotiation Strategies with Crystal Stemberger appeared first on Microblogger .…
 
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