Check Out the New Networking Nuggets Series

New Networking Nuggets Video Series

I’ve just added a new series of short (1-2 minute) videos named Networking Nuggets, complete with graphics showing the key points for each nugget, on the topic of networking. The first ten of these vignettes are now up and available now on YouTube!

In the Networking Nuggets series you’ll find tips on getting together physically, making sure your business card is up to snuff, letting people know who you are, how to be better connected, how not to be a networking “sinner,” how to become a super networker and several other topics. And, depending on their popularity, there will be more — perhaps even many more! — to come.

You can find this new Networking Nuggets series on YouTube at the following links:

Networking Nuggets #1 – How To Get Together, Away From The Computer https://youtu.be/Yw7_U7fNPXg

Networking Nugget #2 – How To Make Sure Your Business Card is Networking Ready https://youtu.be/GsJxZwrrjhU

Networking Nugget #3 – How To Let People Know Who You Are
https://youtu.be/lVIUVS4ibN0

Networking Nugget #4 – How To Be Better Connected
https://youtu.be/ju2ovLj3uhI

Networking Nugget #5 – How Not To Be A Networking Sinner
https://youtu.be/fmamX9twtD4

Networking Nugget #6 – How To Be A Super Networker
https://youtu.be/xIplGYtGDoE

Networking Nugget #7 – How To Conquer Your Fear Of Speaking At Networking Events https://youtu.be/0vmMX08nnmk

Networking Nugget #8 – How To Make The Most Of Networking Events
https://youtu.be/P-Ajxz_xkMo

Networking Nugget #9 – How To Use Some Interesting Networking Technigues
https://youtu.be/yhf6rkgFtBQ

Networking Nugget #10 – How Not To Feel Awkward At Networking Events https://youtu.be/1Gh8WrUh-1I

I hope you enjoy these first ten short videos and find them useful. And please do share them freely with your friends and colleagues. Thanks!

Want help with your networking activities? Hone your skill by taking the Business Networking Necessities, Niceties and No-Nos course on YesCourse.com.

Want even more help? Get one-on-one consulting from the master networker of Portland: Jon Turino!

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You can actually book a session online using jonturino/youcanbook.me. The cost is only $65 per session.

You’ll get personalized advice on why you might want to consider networking, where to network, who to network with and how to network most effectively — including the critical follow-up steps! Book your session today!

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November 24, 2015

November 23rd Monday Marketing Minutes

The third episode of Monday Marketing Minutes™ was broadcast live via YouTube using Google+ Hangouts On Air.

Here’s a summary of the tips and advice that were included in this episode. You can click on the image above to watch the replay on YouTube at your convenience. And if you have marketing questions you’d like answered you can always send them to me at jon@jonturino.com for inclusion in a future episode of Monday Marketing Minutes.
The tips presented during the November 23rd, 2015, episode have to do with measuring your marketing. If you can’t measure something it is virtually impossible to improve it so measuring and monitoring are part of the cohesive and comprehensive marketing plan mentioned in the November 16th episode.

There are a great many tools available to you on your website and social media platforms, like Google Analytics, Facebook Insights and LinkedIn Statistics and they will work best if you plan your landing pages to take advantage of them.

The idea is to monitor your statistics to see what is working the best and use that information to do more of what works and less of what doesn’t work. It’s not rocket science but it can make a huge difference in the level of success that your marketing campaigns achieve.

The advice presented during this episode dealt with considering the use of the Power of Free as a marketing strategy or tactic. You can use free things to build interest, build credibility and awareness and even to increase the size of your audience.

Think about it. The bakery that provides free samples sells a lot more muffins or cupcakes or pies or cakes than the one down the street that doesn’t offer them. Free trials are a great way to get people “hooked” on your product so that they will later convert to a version for which you get paid. The same goes for so-called “basic” accounts that give you some, but not all, of the full feature set of the product. These things work and they don’t have to cost a lot of money.

Today’s episode was the first broadcast to include a guest presenter — Mr. Leon Henry from WebStep in the U.K. Leon is a marketing and social media consultant who helps his clients similarly to what I do for mine.

We also had three questions from an audience member, Nana Bellerud, on the topic of business networking and those were addressed during the audience question portion of the program.

You can watch the replay of the complete broadcast here. Enjoy and please do remember to send me your questions for future episodes of Monday Marketing Minutes. You’ll find links to all past and future episodes HERE.

And, as always, please do contact me if you’d like help with your marketing plans, strategies, and tactics. I’d love to be of service to you in building your business through better marketing.

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November 24, 2015November 24, 2015

November 16th Monday Marketing Minutes

The second episode of Monday Marketing Minutes™ was broadcast live via YouTube using Google+ Hangouts On Air.

The tips presented during the November 16th, 2015, episode had to do with understanding that marketing is a process and not an event. Your marketing strategy and tactics need to be well planned in advance of the execution of your plan.

The plan itself must be cohesive if it is to be maximally successful. That means that all of the underlying strategies, tactics, messages and media selection must tie together and have a common look and feel. This applies as well to online marketing via social media and the design of websites and landing pages. The plan must also be comprehensive, covering all the bases in terms of media and messaging.

I also spoke about remembering that marketing involves everyone in the company from corporate management to customer service personnel — including every employee — and not just the marketing department.

The advice presented during this episode dealt with remembering WHY people buy: based on emotions and supported by logic. The emotions can fall into many categories, including being fed or driven by necessity, need, want, desire or ego. So when the messages are crafted they need to trigger the buying impulses based on the emotions you think will be strongest for your product or service.

I used some slides from my Probiotic Marketing™ presentation/infographic to illustrate these points. People buy things — or do anything else for that matter — based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Thus, you need to craft your message to match the level of need — physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem and the self-actualization levels — if you are to be successful. The three slides that followed in the broadcast were used to illustrate these points.

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November 24, 2015November 24, 2015

November 9th Monday Marketing Minutes

The first episode of Monday Marketing Minutes™ was broadcast live via YouTube using Google+ Hangouts On Air.

The tips presented during the November 9th, 2015, episode had to do with analyzing your current customer base so that you can find out who your best customers are and why they are your best customers. With this information in hand, you can then craft a strategy to find more customers like them from other sources.

Knowing who your best customers are, what they are buying and, perhaps most importantly, why they are buying is critical to identifying places to locate additional members of your most successful target markets, crafting messages that will resonate with those prospects the way your current messaging is working with your current top customers and using the right media for reaching new audiences containing prospects who best fit your target customer profile.

The advice presented during this episode dealt with the message development step in crafting the most effective messages — messages that not only appeal to the logic the customer uses to justify purchasing what you are selling but also to the emotions — the belly — that trigger the buying impulse. Both elements must usually be present to motivate an immediate purchase.

It’s also critical to understand WHY people buy things in order to craft the right message for them. Eliminating a problem or alleviating pain is often a good strategy, depending on the product or service being offered. Other good inducements include reducing fear of loss, desire for gain, the need for comfort and convenience, the satisfaction of emotional needs and the creation of a better lifestyle or life condition.

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