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In this episode of the VBL Podcast I get to sit down with one of my favorite online personalities. Gideon Shalwick is one of those guys that you just KNOW can help you achieve results! You’ll no doubt love this conversation with the man I call my ‘Yoda’, when it comes to everything and anything to do with online video…
Tim Ferriss just announced that his third book, entitled ‘The 4-Hour Chef’ will be available early next year via Amazon’s Publishing New York Imprint. Is he still ‘the man’ in the Lifestyle Design space, or just clinging onto his 15mins? Perhaps he’s just being a VERY smart entrepreneur and author..? Lets discuss things…
I’ve been getting lots of emails and tweets on the subject of blogging for business. Mostly entrepreneurs that are thinking of starting a blog, particularly with the idea of using a blog to help support, market and promote a business. So, I thought I would put together this simple, digestible guide on the subject. Enjoy…
When BlogWorld’s founder, Rick Calvert went looking for a blogging expo to attend himself, he couldn’t find one. So, he decided to start one himself! Several events into things, the expo now attracts massive corporate sponsors and a “Who’s Who” list of speakers from the world of New Media. Now, welcome Rick to the VBL Podcast…
In this edition of the VBL Podcast I sit down to talk with one of my all-time favorite authors, bloggers and entrepreneurs. I reached out to Chris Brogan with the idea to talk to him about beginning, growing and capitalizing on relationships. What I got was a full blown, hands-down business lesson that I’ll never forget…
Last month exactly 125 people unsubscribed from my Aweber email list. This shocked me quite a bit, I have to be honest. But, as a businessman, it’s intrigued me even more. You see, I’m a firm believer that we are not ‘perfect’ in any way, shape or form. We all have our flaws. But, I believe I’ve built a pretty solid blog here…
Last week I sat down with Derek Halpern, who has been making big waves recently online with his Social Triggers blog. I got on a video call with Derek for him to give me and the VBL Blog a good old fashioned marketing grillin’, on what I’m doing right, and wrong when it comes to converting visitors into subscribers on the blog!
One in a while you get the opportunity to have a free-for-all type of conversation with someone you’ve never met before, that you KNOW full-well, you will NEVER forget! This was the case when I got the chance to interview Peter Shankman – Founder of HARO, author of two super successful books and highly sought-after speaker…
When it comes to designing a personal brand online it does, a lot of the time, come down to the real DESIGN aspects of the entire process, as to whether or not you get a good start. James Chartrand from ‘Men With Pens’ is one of the web’s foremost experts on this subject and I caught up with her for this great chit-chat…
I’ve spent hundreds of hours going over logo designs for everything from business cards to letterheads; websites to online products; retail packaging to TV commercials – all in search of the perfect logo that ‘says it all’. Here I discuss the importance of logo design and implementation for growing your business…
Today’s VBL Podcast guest is Jonathan Fields. Father, New Yorker, Entrepreneur, ex-Wall Street Lawyer, Professional Speaker, Author, and amongst other things, a very nice gentleman, Jonathan shares some awesome tips in this entrepreneurial conversation. If you’re just starting a business, you won’t wanna miss this, trust me…
Corbett Barr has fast become one of my closest buddies online. There’s a few reasons for this… Firstly, he is a super-nice guy with a genuine friendly, helpful demeanor. Secondly, he is a very, VERY smart entrepreneur that came from a corporate background, like myself (so we have plenty in common!), and lastly because he [...]
Timothy Sykes exudes confidence. Couple that together with the fact that he turned $12,000 of gift money into over $2,000,000 trading stocks and that last year he made well over $1,000,000 (yes, thats 6 zeros there!) online, then you’ll probably agree that he is more than just confident. He’s damn SMART…!
Here’s the deal… I’ve experimented a lot on this blog. Written posts, audio / podcast posts, I’ve shot videos from all over the world and posted articles from more cities than I can remember! And I’ve had a blast doing it all. However, the is one very important, very BIG change on the horizon for the VBL Blog…
The final installment to this 3-part series on how to create an eBook to give away for free to help build your brand online. Today I present to you my Top 10 List of additional things you can do to help promote and market your eBook to make sure that as many people as possible download it, by subscribing to your blog…
Today we’re going to be focusing on the reason behind WHY we have created an eBook to give away for free in the first place – to build our brand. We’re going to look at our email list provider, a simple tool that will increase our sign-up’s by over 200%, and how we can actually make money with our free eBook after all…!
Today we start our 3-part series on how to create a kick-ass free eBook which you can use to help build your brand and promote your blog. We begin with taking a look at Creating the Concept of your eBook, the time-honored question of ‘Quality, or Quantity’ and how important the Design and Layout of your eBook is to the reader…
Following on from one of last weeks posts, a lot of you seemed to resonate with the idea of putting together an eBook to give away for free to help build a brand, or promote and market a blog, website or product/service. So, today I talk a little about my plans for a 3-Part series, next week, on this exact subject matter…
Business growth is one of those terms that is thrown around a lot nowadays. For me, this used to simply mean increasing revenue. I’m focused. My eyes are ‘on the prize’, as they say. However, in my pursuit to continue to grow my own businesses, and start-up new ones – I have come to a [...]
Blogger, author, consultant and new media expert, Chris Garrett has certainly made a name for himself over the time that he’s been online. Plus, his humble and down to earth approach when it comes to teaching and coaching has made him one of the most sought after speakers in the online space. He’s a river of knowledge…!
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