Podcast Ep. #008 – Jump Starting Your Personal Brand with LinkedIn with Gregg Burkhalter

Podcast Ep. #008 – Jump Starting Your Personal Brand with LinkedIn with Gregg Burkhalter

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Our guest this week Gregg Burkhalter has helped countless professionals in the U.S. and abroad define and grow their Personal Brand using LinkedIn. During our interview, Gregg shared with me why your personal brand on LinkedIn matters as well as some of the exciting things LinkedIn has coming that will help your brand and the people that follow you grow.

The first time I heard Gregg give a talk on LinkedIn was so compelling that I left the event, went straight to a coffee house, and updated my entire LinkedIn Profile by lunch.  He made it simple and effective to craft your profile so people wanted to engage with you and your brand.

Gregg’s insight during our time together makes taking the time to listen to this podcast worth every minute.  Listen now!

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

  • Why growing your personal brand online and in person matter.
  • How LinkedIn projects how people think, feel and say when they see or hear you
  • New and exciting changes coming to LinkedIn
  • Voice Messaging and with Event returning to LinkedIn you have more options
  • Ways to build your tribe of followers on LinkedIn
  • The voice that LinkedIn brings to your personal brand
  • Some LinkedIn strategies that matter
  • Why branding partners matter
  • And much more in this episode…

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Podcast Ep. #007 – It’s Time To Raise Your Prices!

Podcast Ep. #007 – It’s Time To Raise Your Prices!

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Pricing your product and service is a never-ending battle today with so much low-price competition hitting you from all sides.  Building a pricing strategy based on your company’s value it the key.  This weeks guest, John Ray of Ray Business Advisors provides insight on how to know if your price is to low, the myths about pricing and more!  Listen now…

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

  • • How you know your prices are too low
  • • The debunked myths about pricing
  • • The sort of signals your pricing sends to the prospect and customers
  • • Pricing strategies that make sense
  • • The homework you need to do to create profit
  • • Why it’s so hard to be the cheapest!
  • • The Problem Validation Model
  • • The pricing homework you need to do immediately
  • • And much more in this episode…

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Does Your Brand Have A Unique Personality?

Does Your Brand Have A Unique Personality?

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On this weeks episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing J. Cornelius of Nine Labs about branding and its role in marketing.  during our conversation, we discussed a number of topics but the central theme was about how your brand really needs to discover its personality in order to impact your prospects and customers long term.

With ever-changing climate of business today and the sheer number of options to tell your story it can make your feet a little woozy and get your confused quickly.  During my conversation with J., he shares a great deal about how to build a "brand personality" that builds a foundation to make your customers or better yet your tribe become loyal to your brand. Listen now...

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

  • • The real difference between your brand and your logo
  • • What is your brand's personality?
  • • The "extra" layer in B2B branding
  • • The psychology behind decision making
  • • The Lizard brain your customers really do have
  • • Data Science 's new role in high-end marketing
  • • The Problem Validation Model
  • • The KPI's that move the needle in sales
  • • And much more in this episode...

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How Words Can Make Your Company Unique

How Words Can Make Your Company Unique

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Copywriter and messaging strategist Tom Tortorici joins Mark in the studio this week to discuss how the words you use in everything you communicate to your prospects and customers really do matter!  How you word and position your company’s central message makes a big difference in how prospects and customers respond to your company long term.

Tom will share some great tips on how to write great content that will make prospects into customers.  Listen Now…

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

  • Company point of view VS. Customer point of view which matters
  • How to position your company’s message correctly
  • Why writing content first before you design a website makes sense
  • Copyrights tricks and tips that make word effective
  • How to provide ongoing value to customers and not always selling
  • What is Interactive Text?
  • How to optimize for humans!

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Thanks so much for listening to the show! Don’t forget to subscribe on iTunes to get automatic updates when new episodes are available. If you enjoyed the show, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the left. Also, it would mean a lot to me if you would leave an honest rating and review on iTunes. Ratings and reviews not only help me serve you better, but they make a huge difference in the show’s ranking on iTunes. If you have any questions you’d like featured on the show, or if you would like to suggest an expert (yourself included!), please let us know HERE.

Finding the Right Marketing Options For Your Business

Finding the Right Marketing Options For Your Business

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My guest this week is Mickey Mellen of Green Mellen Media.  I’ve known Mickey for several years and I always walk away learning something from him about marketing everytime we talk.  With all of the options facing any business about which marketing is best for your company, Mickey shares his thoughts from a recent conversation we had.

In this week’s episode, Mickey shares some of the best marketing options for your business that you can use for your business right away! Also his insights on creating a marketing plan that works for you and the products/services you offer.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

  • The benefits of using email marketing.
  • Methods to deploy to get people to give them their contact information and engage with your brand.
  • Whey every company no matter its size needs a marketing plan.
  • The sort of content that makes sense to create!
  • The sort of things that an agency can do to help you grow faster!
  • Why your About Us page is the second most important page on your website.
  • And a great deal more…

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Thanks for Listening!

Thanks so much for listening to the show! Don’t forget to subscribe on iTunes to get automatic updates when new episodes are available. If you enjoyed the show, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the left. Also, it would mean a lot to me if you would leave an honest rating and review on iTunes. Ratings and reviews not only help me serve you better, but they make a huge difference in the show’s ranking on iTunes. If you have any questions you’d like featured on the show, or if you would like to suggest an expert (yourself included!), please let us know HERE.