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Archive for January, 2008

IBM 36 | Success Stories from the Internet Business Mastery Community

31 Jan 2008 Sterling (Jeremy Frandsen) 11 Comments

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World Community In this episode of Internet Business Mastery, we’re going to share four success stories from the IBM community. We’re going to have each of them introduce who they are and what they do and then we’ll have links to each of their sites in the show notes. This is going to be a much longer episode then normal, but we wanted to make sure you get the chance to hear the entire interviews as we found them education and inspirational.

Then in the quick tip we’ll give you three resources for finding a Virtual Assistant (VA).

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Getting Things Done (GTD) with Mindmaps

31 Jan 2008 Jay (Jason Van Orden) 16 Comments

It’s time for another video. In this one we show you how we use mindmaps to implement a system based on “Getting Things Done” (GTD) by David Allen. It uses free collaborative mindmapping tools making it useful for teams as well as individuals. It can also be implemented on an individual basis using desktop mindmapping software. You can watch the video in the flash player below (you may need to click through to the site). The resolution is high enough that you can click on the full screen icon to view it larger.

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You Asked For It…Now It’s Finally Here!

23 Jan 2008 Jay (Jason Van Orden) 17 Comments

Our community of listeners asked for it and we listened—the Internet Business Mastery Coaching Course is back…and this time we have upped the ante!

Over the last few months we’ve received numerous emails asking us when the coaching course would start again. You see, last year we only offered 25 slots and the course sold out in two days.

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IBM 35 | The Secret to Making Online Marketing and Sales Easy (or Is Web 2.0 Overrated?)

21 Jan 2008 Jay (Jason Van Orden) 26 Comments

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In this episode of Internet Business Mastery we talk about how you can make your sales and marketing process 100 times easier. We reveal how to get your target market to buy and the #1 reason why businesses fall flat with their sales and calls to action. We provide a new way to look at lead-generation, marketing and sales. We also talk about why Relationship Marketing is even more important than the attention age of marketing.

In addition we give a specific definition of Web 2.0. There are numerous definitions, some of which make Web 2.0 look overrated. We talk about our view of Web 2.0 and what meaning it really hold for online marketers.

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Donald Trump Told Gene Simmons to KISS off!

19 Jan 2008 Sterling (Jeremy Frandsen) 9 Comments

So, I had pretty much given up on The Apprentice. I had watched for several seasons and really enjoyed it, then three or so seasons in I got bored and moved on. There was no thing in particular that made me feel that way, I just sorta decided to find other entertainment.

That is, until several weeks ago when that magazine NUP_111113_0878subscription I bought to help my daughters grade school earn money for this or that, finally paid off. I got a subscription to Entertainment Weekly, simply as a guilty pleasure, and there it was in all it’s glory! An article saying that Donald Trump was about to put on the Celebrity Apprentice and it was going to star Rock and Roller, Gene Simmons. This excited me for several reasons…

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