9/30/2011
Editors: Rebecca Morgan & Ken Braly
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Webinar Info
Monday, October 10
Create Dazzling Videos
to Transfix Audiences
and Springboard Your Business
WEBINAR)
with Eric Chester, CSP, CPAE
We hear again and again that video is the best way to capture and keep attention. And it?s true. But there?s video, and then there?s video.
Many speakers? videos show them as a talking head. Quick and easy to produce, perhaps, but not very compelling.
How do you create a dynamic video that will generate buzz and people will tell others about? Eric Chester isn?t a video guy ? he?s a speaker. But he?s learned how to create fabulous videos that help him sell as well as get his message across.
You won?t want to miss seeing how he does it.
More details of this session below, then register or pre-order the CD or MP3. Note: Everyone who registers for the webinar will get the MP3 recording of the session for free. Also, everyone who registers for the webinar session or orders the recording will get a link to the recorded video of the online webinar.
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Secrets to Earning Income from Virtual Presentations
Sharing your knowledge, helping people grow, inspiring action ? you love these things! But delayed flights, noisy hotel rooms and missing your loved ones are grueling. You wish you could keep the parts you love and eliminate the parts you don?t.
You can!
Now, more than ever, it is easy to deliver your expertise virtually, via teleseminar, webinar or Skypecast. You can still earn good money by utilizing technology tools to provide useful and uplifting presentations from your computer anywhere you want. And you don?t have to be a geek to do so!
These three recordings (two MP3s and a webinar) will will help you understand the ins and outs of presenting virtually. Click on their titles to see more details.
- ?Teleseminars Soup to Nuts: How to Provide Profitable, Low-Work, High-Value Seminars? with Rebecca Morgan, CSP, CMC
- ?Secrets to Success with Attendee-Funded Webinars? with Lee Salz
- ?Give Live Speeches Around the World from Your Computer? (webinar) with Terry Brock, CSP, CPAE
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Miscellaneous Tips
Broadcast email service ? Tom Gray
MailChimp.com provides a full-service broadcast email service (think aWeber, Constant Contact or Vertical Response) with a sense of humor. And for those who haven?t built up a massive email list yet, their service is no-charge until you pass 2000 subscribers. Well I?ll be a monkey?s uncle!
(Editors? note: Tom shared easy-to-follow instructions in his SNN teleseminar How to Start a Blog: A Step-by-Step Guide. You can order the CD or MP3.)
Compilation of unusual biz cards ? Alan Black
Go to the Compilations section at speakernetnews.com to see the collection of images of out-of-the norm SNN readers? cards.
How to give back without feeling taken ? Elaina Zuker
Seasoned speakers often get asked by newer ones ?to pick your brain? or to ?get together to find out how you?ve managed your business/career.? Although you?d like to be giving and mentor others, it can get time-consuming. You don?t want to be seen as selfish or withholding, but on the other hand, your time is money.
I have managed this by hosting a ?salon,? ?open house,? or ?clinic? one Friday a month at my office. People were welcome to stop by, network with each other, and ask me anything, and I often had other seasoned people around as well, so it wasn?t all newbies. If a person still felt unsatisfied, and wanted to pick my brain, I?d suggest they call for a professional one-hour appointment. Usually the fee was too high. It?s important to be nice to others coming up behind you. You might need them if you?re ever on the way down.
Use polls in your presentations ? Mike Domitrz
Use PollEverywhere.com to poll your audience with their cell phones and/or have them provide immediate evaluation feedback upon conclusion of your presentation. You can show results IN your PowerPoint LIVE as they respond or walk off stage and show your client all the amazing feedback the audience has texted you about the presentation.
(Editors? note: Mike shared some great ideas in his SNN teleseminar, "Use Unusual Products for More Credibility and Bigger Audiences, and to Help Your Bottom Line")
Writing tip ? Lynda McDaniel
To write faster, keep the writing and editing processes separate. Write your first draft as fast as you can without stopping. This increases your speed and your creativity. (Something about momentum opens the door to your creative brain.) If you?re stumped for the right word, simply type ?xxx? and keep going. When you go back to edit, the right word will pop into your head.
Technology Tips
iPad apps I can?t live without ? Anna Conrad
For business:
- Notarize: write on PDF documents. This is great for client meetings and signing contracts.
- Evernote: no more PostIt Notes everywhere!
- Pages and Numbers: the light versions of the Mac software, but compatible with Word and Excel
- LogMeIn: access your home or office computer real-time
- Daylite: for Mac users, but a good, affordable CRM. The product is great, but the customer service (or lack of) is horrible.
- Read It Later
For fun:
- Scrabble
- Kindle: go here for free Kindle books daily, including business books
- Pandora: if you can block out the political commercials on some stations, it is a music lover?s dream!
- Netflix
- Day One: your online journal
Use a lamp timer for cell phone charging ? Mike Schatzki
The logical time to charge your cell phone battery is overnight. The problem is that if you keep it plugged in after it is fully charged, the battery will deteriorate over time ? at least according to the folks at Verizon.
A simple lamp timer can solve this problem. I plug the phone into the timer before I go to bed and set the timer for about the number of hours I think will phone will need to be fully changed. It shuts off automatically at the set time so I never overcharge.
Travel Tips
When you lose your ID ? Jenny de St Georges
After having lost my driver?s license on the road, I now always keep my expired driver?s license. I?m carrying 3 besides the current one. I have gotten on planes, as they do not always look at expiration date, but they are getting stickier. When I dropped my driver?s license in a taxi, AA accepted the photo ID without current date and walked me thru Security.
I have laminated both passports and current driver?s license and carry them in a travel wallet, not in my money wallet. Again this laminated passport ID has been accepted by AA when I arrived without my passport. They let me process my luggage on the strength of the copy. I dashed home and got the real thing. They only asked I show them the real McCoy before I went thru Security but my luggage was on its way before and made the plane, which it would not have done if it had been delayed.
Why you shouldn?t trust your hotel-room safe ? Pat Raymond
If you?re a frequent traveler, you?ve probably seen electronic safes in your hotel room. If what?s in this video is true, it?s scary. Snopes.com has nothing on it. How about SNN readers on the road right now reporting back on trying all zeroes on their hotel safes? Email me directly.
Topic of the Month
Sticky situation:
You agreed to speak for free for a non-profit fundraiser at a corporate venue under the conditions that they will 1) get sponsors to buy a one of your books (at a discount) for all 150 attendees, 2) give you the cards from the executive attendees who entered a raffle for another of your books, and 3) allow you to sell your additional books BOR.
The contact says they are holding a drawing so you don?t need to do your own. You confirm that you can have the cards afterwards, and are told yes.
They buy 125 books with money from sponsors.
While setting up your BOR table, your contact tells you their VP of HR says you can?t sell your books. When you said you were promised you could, she said the policy changed. You can hand out order forms, but you know that yields many fewer sales.
The presentation went great, with nearly everyone lining up to get their sponsored book autographed. You didn?t bother getting anyone?s cards since you are getting the fishbowl full afterwards.
After packing up, you ask your contact for the fishbowl?s cards. She says the person with the fishbowl left so she?ll follow up tomorrow. When you email about the cards the next day, she tells you the cards have been thrown away ? and besides, their privacy policy wouldn?t have let you have them.
What would you do? You don?t want to alienate this contact as she could bad-mouth you to her board of influential executives.
Please send your brief, pithy responses to editor@ SpeakerNetNews.com. Please put ?Topic of the Month? or ?TOTM? in the subject line.
Requests for Info / Advice
Android smartphone question ? Robert Fink
I use a Motorola Atrix 4G phone on AT&T and have found that many of the incoming emails have ?attachments? in HTML format. When I try to open these attachments, I get an error message that the ?content cannot be found? (it defaults to Google?s browser). When I retrieve such email using my regular laptop or desktop, the ?attachments? come right through and do not have to be opened separately.
This problem began only after I upgraded the Android Operating System from 2.2 to 2.3 as instructed by Google on the phone.
Has anyone else had this problem, and, if so, have you fixed it?
SpeakerNet News Webinar Info
Monday, October 10
Create Dazzling Videos
to Transfix Audiences
and Springboard Your Business
WEBINAR)
with Eric Chester, CSP, CPAE If a picture is worth 1000 words, what?s a compelling video worth? Tens of thousands of dollars. Perhaps six figures. Maybe millions. If it?s a video that is well-crafted and so intriguing others can?t help but pass it along ? to their many followers, Facebook friends, and LinkedIn connections.
Amazing, original short videos can help you secure more engagements, promote your event or presentation, enhance your program, launch your book, and create more fans.
Can you get away with a talking-head video? Or a PowerPoint slide show with your droning narration? Not any more. Not if you want to really cause some buzz. Not if you yearn to turn viewers into buyers.
It?s not that hard to produce an enticing video. But even if you hire a producer or animator, you must come to this session so you know how to direct them. What you don?t know (and perhaps think you do) will cost you many headaches, delays and much money.
In this webinar, you?ll view short clips of videos to illustrate the points followed by Eric?s commentary. You?ll want to see what he is talking about to fully appreciate his remarks.
Get inspired to create a buzz-worthy video and learn some shortcuts. Eric is a master at creating innovative and intriguing videos. See a sample.
You will learn:
- why original, creative video makes you stand out far ahead of your competition
- why clients will adore you for helping them promote their event and your session in short promo videos
- how video interviews interspersed in your presentations can cement your message
- how video gets your book promoted more effectively than an email or snail mail campaign
- how to understand the step-by-step process of creating a compelling video
- how to find and work effectively with video vendors
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order the CD or MP3 recording.
Note: people who register for the webinar will get the MP3 recording of the session for free. Also, everyone who registers for the webinar session or orders the recording will get a link to the recorded video of the online webinar. Date: Monday, October 10
Time: 7:00 pm Eastern, 6 pm Central, 5 pm Mountain, 4 pm Pacific
Length: 60 minutes
Cost: $49 (WEBINAR)
Special Limited-Time Offer: If you want more information on getting the most from your videos, we?re suggesting the MP3 recordings of several earlier programs to complement this program:
- ?Leveraging Your Videos to Create a Stampede of New Business? with Ed Primeau and Ben Potter
- ?Hollywood On-Camera Secrets to Creating Blockbuster Videos? with Barbara Niven
- ?Master the Camera to Expand Your Exposure? with Shawne Duperon
With your order of this live or recorded webinar, at checkout you will be offered these recordings.
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