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Call Me As Soon As You Read This!

First let me apologize for not giving you more warning and for being a little Missing-In-Action (MIA) for the past few weeks. I promise it’ll all be worth it, just keep reading!

I almost talked myself out of writing this email because of the short notice, but after sharing with a few of you about the amazing breakthroughs I had with MY coach last weekend, it would be completely remiss of me not to…

Ask you to clear you calendar and join me on Friday, December 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

In case just hanging out with me isn’t enough, here are 7 reasons why you need to cancel anything you already had planned and join me.

If you…

Struggle with attracting the ‘right’ clients to you. By ‘right’ I mean those who are a joy and a pleasure to work with and have no problem paying you for the value you provide.
Are challenged with what to say or how to say things in a way that comes across very powerfully yet doesn’t appear ‘sales-y’.
Feel like you are running in circles doing article marketing, pay-per-click, tweeting, making videos, and blogging to no avail.
Don’t have a clear model for how to engage your prospects according to their level of commitment, interest and perception of value.
Feel like technology holds you back. There is so much to learn and it all changes so fast. Is there really a way to get ahead?
Didn’t make 6 figures last year in AT LEAST ONE of your income streams but wish you had.
Didn’t make 7 figures last year in AT LEAST ONE of your income streams but wish you had.

If you’d like a breakthrough in any of the above 7 areas then you need to join me Friday, December 17th.

Originally I was going to just spend the day with my Platinum Coaching clients and share these transformational strategies and techniques only with them, after all some of them have paid in upwards of $10, 000 to work with me. But because part of my goal for 2011 is to completely transform the lives of 2,011 entrepreneurs or budding entrepreneurs, I can’t pass up this opportunity to invite you to join us.

This life changing, myth busting, lay-it-all-out-on-the-table event will happen in South Florida, location to be revealed upon registration.

Here’s how to express your interest. Call 888.423.5960 and leave a message with you contact info or email mandewhite@gmail.com with the subject line “I’m in for 12/17″ and provide your contact info in the body of the email.

Deadline for interest is Monday, December 13 at 6 p.m.

Notice I’m not telling you where the event will be held because I’m not opening this up to the general public or for those who are just curious about what I’m up to these days. (go follow me on Twitter if that’s what you want)

This event is for those completely pig-pigheadedly serious about making 2011 massively more powerful for yourself, your family and your circle of influence than ever before.

Please don’t go into 2011 thinking it’ll be different while doing the same things you’ve done in previous years. If you want something to change, YOU need to be the one to take the first step.

To Your Success,

Mande

7 Reasons Why I'm Thankful for YOU!

It was 2 years ago that I got my pink slip. Laid off in the worst economy ever. My department eliminated because the company was “too diversified” and wanted to refocus on its “core competencies”.

This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful…

1) That I am not a statistic. I’ve seen many of my colleagues STILL out of work and others start/fail or struggle with small business ownership.

2) I’m extremely thankful that I didn’t have to go back to a JOB. I’m thankful to have written my own success story. I created a new life for myself and my family, one I didn’t know HOW I was going to create. I just got up each day with a dogged determination that if others could do it-so could I-and I was going to figure out how to do it for me.

During the past two years, I’ve worked with clients of all shapes and sizes including:

•   Helping Christina start her own Virtual Assistant business while staying at home with a baby
•   Providing strategic guidance to Zappy as he worked to get his “Make Money with Domain Buying/Selling” system sold on infomercials and change the lives of thousands of lives by providing a blueprint for how to make money with virtual real estate
•   Supporting Mandy in overcoming technology challenges and adapting her coaching practice to incorporate online lead generation instead of relying solely on offline methods.
•   Supporting Andrew and Eileen as they sought to grow the Miami Chapter of Glazer-Kennedy Insider’s Circle faster than they ever thought possible
•   Inspiring Sharon to develop her own social media marketing plan for the Art Fest Fort Myers
•   Taking 10 small business owners businesses to new heights with my High Altitude Marketing Academy program

And that’s just a tiny fraction, there are so many more stories to share.

3) I’m thankful for the ability to do hard work. Not manual labor but intellectual hard work. Every moment of everyday it takes work to juggle all the balls and keep them all spinning in the air. Since I’m a student of Dan Kennedy & Joe Vitale, I fully support and believe in taking MASSIVE INSPIRED ACTION.

4) I’m thankful to practice what I preach. Everything I tell people to do, I’ve done first myself. I’ve mired through the muck and confusion and overwhelm everyone small business owner has and considered it a challenge to overcome and a privilege and honor to share my successes.

5) I’m thankful to my coaches and mentors. Like Rev. Anne, whom I’m sure you’ve heard me mention. We’re kind of co-coaches. She helps me breakthrough my unconscious roadblocks (who knew there would be so many!) and tune into my intuition (have you checked out her new coaching program? It’s killer!) and I’ve introduced her to the whole big world of information and internet marketing, .

6) I’m thankful for business friends who hold me accountable to stepping into the incredible power I’ve been holding back. Thanks Rob, Alex, Andrew, Eileen, Vince, and Dave. Because I’m accountable to them, you’re going to see a lot more from me starting now. I’m back to embracing my entire depth of knowledge in the lead generation and direct response marketing industry as well as previous experience strategically building small businesses.

7) I’m thankful for YOU. (yes I was saving the best for last ) My very first tweet, blog post status update email newsletter was read by just my pomeranian Penelope (check her out on Facebook) and a few of my close friends but now I can say I actually have Fans (Shout out to Lanie for introducing Bill to me! Another shout to Barbara & Eleanor for all the Facebook ‘likes’) who make each post, tweet, and offering something special I share with you. Thank you for your loyalty and your time.

With so much to be grateful for, I have one small favor to ask of you…

Will You Help ME Help YOU in 2011?

I’m on a mission to help 2,011 entrepreneurs explode their businesses in 2011. Could you be one of them? If you’re looking to…

Do what you love but struggling with marketing yourself, generating a steady stream of high paying clients, like Rev Anne…
Take your business to the next level by diversifying your lead generation portfolio, like Andrew…
Become a certified Lead Generation Virtual Assistant, and work at home on your own terms, like Christina…
Overcome your technology challenges and become a masters of internet marketing like Eileen and Mandy
Outsource your social media marketing so that you are seen everywhere all the time by clients and prospects, like Rich…

If you are nodding your head at any of the above statements, then we should talk more. I guarantee you that if any of the people above can do it, YOU can do it.

I want you to think about something for a second…

You probably know how to drive a car, right?

Or you know someone who does. Did you learn how to drive by opening up the owner’s manual and reading a bunch of facts? Of course not.

Did you learn from trial and error? (this makes me crash the car, this doesn’t make me crash the car…) Of course not!!

Then why is that the way you’re trying to get internet marketing (including social media) figured out?

More facts and “book learning” just isn’t the answer.

To express my gratitude I’d like to share a gift with you. A very valuable gift ($497 to be exact!) go check it out at www.FreeGiftFromMande.com There are no strings attached to this complimentary gift. My heart is so filled with gratitude that I would just like to share my knowledge and expertise with you in hopes that something I share with you would the magic bullet to your success in 2011.

Eternally in your gratitude,

Mande

3 Awesome Features of New Facebook Groups

Have you started a new Facebook group yet?

Unfortunately you can’t take an old group and convert it to the new group format. (No word yet from Facebook on if they will ever let that happen or if its coming down the pipe) I’ve been playing around with them for about a month now and wanted to share 3 of the best features of the new Facebook group. Note that any new groups created from here on out will be created as this type of new group.

Group Chat-Now you can chat with the members of your group real time. Before you could chat with people one-on-one. Now in a group you can chat with all the members of the group who are logged in to Facebook at one time! This is a great way to schedule an added bonus Q&A session for your group members or just connect with them in a more intimate way whenever you are in the group.
Document Sharing-While this feature in and of itself is a major step forward…don’t get too excited. This feature is really like a fancy notepad that group members are allowed to collectively edit. Great way to keep track of group members private contact information.
Update Group by Email-This feature allows any group member (can be changed by administrator) to share content with the group via email. So for Free Social Media Help’s New Facebook Group members can add content by emailing freesocialmediahelp@groups.facebook.com. Content emailed to the group is shown in each members news feed.

Most of the rest of the features of the old version of groups is still the same. In a Facebook group you can still post pictures, video, & events. The only difference I see is that there is no discussion area.

I’d love for you to join us on our new Free Social Media Help Facebook Group. Come join us and get some experience in the functionality of the new Facebook groups.

Still Think Social Media is a Fad?

That’s the updated version of “Social Media Revolution” by Erik Qualman of Socialnomics. The first version received over 1.9 million views since July of last year.

New social media stats worth noting:

Facebook now tops Google for weekly traffic in the U.S.
Social media now tops pornography as the #1 activity on the web
The fastest growing segment on Facebook is 55-65 old females
YouTube is the 2nd biggest search engine. It’s owned by the #1 search engine-Google.

It’s pretty clear to me, you don’t have a choice in whether to engage in social media or not. Please leave a comment below with your thoughts about these staggering stats.

Meta What?

Many people think that Meta Descriptions influence their website’s rank in search engines. Although Meta Descriptions and Meta Keywords used to have a lot of influence over your search engine ranking, they no longer do.

So why do you need them then?

Meta Descriptions, when done properly, are vital to increasing traffic to your websites. Meta Descriptions are the bit of text under the linked title on a search engine results page that give you a snippet of what the website is about.

When these are clear, more traffic clicks on your website. Thus, increasing your website’s productivity. Although Meta Descriptions don’t do today what they did ten years ago, they are still a vital component to your business.

To learn the best way to influence your Meta Descriptions and Meta Keywords don’t forget to join us on the 20^th for WordPress Wednesday!

Best Wishes for a Wondrous WordPress Experience,

Christina Horning

Social Media Is A Waste of Time

This post is brutally honest, NOT for the faint of heart or those who are easily offended or for those looking a quick fix to their marketing woes.

This month marks my 2 year anniversary of being a solo entrepreneur.

I started FreeSocialMediaHelp.com with the intent to help other solo entrepreneurs like coaches, authors, speakers, and sales professionals use the power of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogging to build their businesses and get their name out there.

Teaching people to trade their time for notoriety and attention on Facebook and Twitter seemed like a good idea. But I quickly found, the education that was needed was much larger than teaching people what to tweet and how to make an awesome YouTube video.

You may have noticed other things that I promote like Pink Spoon Maker, WordPress Wednesday Webinars and Social Media Coaching Cafe. That’s because I can’t just teach people about social media-it feels completely inauthentic to me-because it is a complete waste of your time if you’re not attracting the right clients to you and systematizing the way you build your business.

Plus, the successful ‘gurus’ out there use a variety of internet marketing techniques-most they don’t even tell you about.

But I’ve been an internet marketing insider for almost 10 years now and I’ve been teaching those techniques and strategies to my private coaching and ‘done-for-you’ clients for years now.

I know that so many of you are feeling like a breakthough is just within your reach but technology keeps getting in your way, stopping you in your tracks, keeping you playing small.

Often finances keep you from investing in a coach that can guide you to success.

I get that.

For the first time ever…I’ll reveal my #1 secret to online marketing success.

This is the first thing I make all my clients implement BEFORE we even tweet our first tweet, friend our first friend or upload a video to YouTube.

Most don’t even know they need IT.

Having IT guarantees you won’t waste anymore time on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or any other social media outlet ever again.

What is IT?

A Client Magnet Website…a website that brings you at least 10 qualified prospects who are eager and ready to do business with you automatically, everyday.

Do you have a client magnet website?

If you don’t you need to rearrange whatever you have on your schedule October 27 and join me in Miami for my Client Magnet Blueprint Workshop.

It’s time to stop wasting time and start making more money and living the life you say you want to have.

There isn’t any more time for excuses (especially the ones about technology!).

The time is now.

The link one more time-Client Magnet Blueprint Workshop, Miami, FL October 27 and November 17

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Are you ready to FIRE UP your online presence so that 2011 is your best year EVER?

Mande has put together a special video for you along with all the details on her upcoming Client Magnet Blueprint Workshop on October 27th. (I think she’s crazy to reveal all of her RED HOT online client attraction secrets in this workshop)

Unless you want your competition to hear about this workshop first and blow you out of the water with their new Client Magnet Website I suggest you…

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Pawsitively Yours,

-Penelope (aka Lobster-nelope)

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P.S. If you don’t register soon she just might put your

What Are You Doing Today at 3 pm?

WordPress Training Today at 3 p.m. More details here. Below hear what Nishika Jones of Urban Living Realty thinks about one of the classes she attended.

Categories Vs. Tags - What's the Difference?

How do you decide what to name your WordPress Categories and what to name your WordPress Tags? Many people get the two confused with one another or use them improperly which can cripple their SEO.

You want to make sure your categories are keyword rich. Search engines recognize your categories. If you have a website about animals, mammals may be a category. You’re probably going to write a lot of information on mammals. But maybe not so much on a clydesdale. In that case you would want to make clydesdale a tag.

It’s all about thinking ahead to what your website is going to be as it progresses. If you have a lot of posts about one topic you’re probably going to want to make it a category.

Now get immersed in your websites and have fun labeling it up. You have a lot of power to drive traffic to your sites. So use your power wisely.

Best Wishes for a Wondrous WordPress Experience,

Christina Horning

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