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Yes, video email is all a part of the digital media revolution of the 21st century. How savvy is your company with increasing email open rates? What if I told you I could help you increase it from the dismal 10-15% (ok, maybe you are doing better and have a 20% open rate) to 50-75%?.
Did I mention video conferencing and live broadcast? There are eight video products available through this powerful system.
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Free way to get Your Local Business on Page 1 of Google
Free way to get Your Local Business on Page 1 of Google
It’s simple…it’s easy…it works! And, it’s free for your business listing. What’s not to like about that?
Scan for a Cause – How Non-Profits Can Benefit from QR Code Campaigns
Scan for a Cause – How Non-Profits Can Benefit from QR Code Campaigns
Get creative and get scanning. Tie it into a mobile text campaign and you will rock your non-profit world!
You might be thinking, “I don’t understand it and doubt our donors are using QR codes.” Frankly, that is not the most important aspect. The following statistic is: The mobile web is expected to be bigger than desktop internet use by 2015. Why wait until then to be on the cutting edge with your non-profit marketing?
This new Facebook page seeks to bring awareness to lesser-known non-profits by combining qr codes with mobile. Text “QRC” to 90210 for updates and scan below and join us in spreading the word!
Click here for a list of free card readers to scan QR codes or scan below for list if you already have a card reader, but want to add others.
I just recently did a blog post on qr codes and bit.ly, the url shortner that is so popular. Check it out and see how bit.ly automatically creates qr codes. That will explain more about them; however, consider the following…
It is really cool, and can work great when sharing links for your non-profit. The reason bit.ly is a great option is that it ties into your existing metrics…giving you an integrated, real-time view of clicks.
With the bit.ly url shortening service, you can add a .qr to the end of a bit.ly url you have created and it will go to the qr code. (Here’s the qr code for this post http://bit.ly/NonProfitQRcodes.qr)
Here’s another example. Click here and the picture below with the qr code to scan is what you will see! Scan it…it’s a great cause!
You can also add a + to the short url and get the QR code in the upper right hand corner. Like magic!
Click here and see what happens!
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QR Codes will be the Mobile Social Media Marketing Darling of 2011
QR Codes will be the Mobile Social Media Marketing Darling of 2011
Here’s Coach B’s Prediction: Combined with mobile, QR Codes emerge as the top digital marketing technology in the United States in 2011. Yes, I believe they are finally going to have their breakout moment & SOAR! That means QR Codes will go both mobile and social! Watch for them. You are going to see them everywhere! With 51% of the population carrying smart phones, how could they NOT finally arrive and be utilized for marketing? I believe they will be huge for the three big R’s…Retail, Restaurants & Real Estate. And that’s just the beginning.
John Foley, president/CEO of interlinkOne, says,
QR codes offer a number of benefits for marketers. One of the most important is the ability to tie together the print, mobile and Web channels to increase the response rates on multichannel marketing efforts.
Since QR codes make it easy for people to jump from print to the Web, this intelligent tool can add to the success of your personalized URL (PURL) campaigns, too
A QR Code is a Quick Response Code which is “activated” through placing your smart phone over the top of it, delivering pertinent information via these two dimensional codes. The following videos will visually show you the power of QR Codes.
What do you see when you look at the QR Codes (called QRC’s) below? Gibberish? A jigsaw puzzle? Are you left scratching your head? Don’t feel badly. You may have never seen one of these before!
If you don’t have a card reader, go to the bottom of this post and download one for free, and then scan these! “Read it” for yourself! If you don’t have a smart phone, find someone who does and have some FUN!
Guess what this one is?
The U.S. has lagged behind the eight ball with QR Codes, while their use has flourished from Japan (where it was first developed in 1994) to Brazil. The time is now for digital marketing integration involving QR codes and mobile marketing.
Think I am kidding? Look at a commercial in Japan. Though I took the University of Kentucky Women’s basketball team to Japan in 1981, 82 & 83 when I coached at UK (and learned some Japanese), I honestly cannot understand anything except the fact that the video has over 600,000 views! That’s all I need to understand about the viability of QR Codes! The Japanese must already understand something about QR Codes that we don’t!
Here’s a creative use by a book store in Brazil. This got my wheels turning! I LOVE this!
Here’s a great creative campaign from Japan about alternative music.
The United States WILL catch up to the value of utilizing QR Codes. The Million Dollar Question is WHEN? Read how QR Codes will be coming to your TV!
I came back and edited this blog soon after posting because I discovered a video about a dual function QR Code campaign, implemented by the most unlikely of “marketers!” Very exciting! The U.S. is coming around!
If you don’t yet have an app for scanning QR Codes, following are some links to set up your own two Dimensional Bar Code and the free reader to connect to them. Just have some fun with QR Codes, and be prepared to be “in the know” by the time they hit big time!
i-nigma Reader – This is one of the best at reading any code it scans
Scan Life – This is one of the biggest
This photo shows the various ways in which you can set up a QR Code through Scan Life.
Scan Life is great for the reporting feature it also offers.
I love the site, QR Stuff, because I can have the QR Code in color! (Hey…I didn’t formerly own an interior design business for no reason! I like a little “style” when it’s possible and color adds it!) The following one is actually a sms message…
Snap Maze – also allows you to choose a color
Here’s some articles on the viability of QR Codes:
I am grateful to Cheryl James for introducing me to QR Codes. Frankly I had never heard of them until reading her blog post! I definitely became intrigued with them immediately.
http://bit.ly/BrilliantQRcodes
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Find A Professional…Market Your Business Card 2 for FREE at DottiBerry.com
Find A Professional…Market Your Business Card 2 for FREE at DottiBerry.com
That’s right. You can drop your digital business card on my blog for FREE! Don’t you love the opportunity to market your brand…your services…on my blog…for FREE?
Have you ever “dropped your business card” into a fishbowl many times throughout the years, whether that be a the local Chamber of Commerce meeting, at your favorite restaurant, or during a raffle.
Well..no more! That was yesterday. BusinessCard2 is today! This digital web container allows you to have all of your professional and social identities docked in one place, as well as have links to your videos, websites, slidshares, and powerpoint presentations.
Your digital business card can be easily shared on Facebook with a link that shows up as “Expand my card,” allowing your web container (like mine at the end of this post) to open right there inside of Facebook! You can take your personal brand all over the internet, yet makes changes in only one spot!
This is an amazing personal branding tool that enables YOU to share YOUR story. Who, besides you, knows it better?
You can visit my BusinessCard2 at Ask Coach Berry.
To market yourself for FREE, all it takes is two easy steps.
- Go to Brand You First and set up your FREE BusinessCard2. The only commitment on our part is is a time one in setting up your details.
- “Drop it” by clicking on the side side of my blog, where it says, “Find a Professional.” Once you have your own BusinessCard2, you can drop it at multiple locations!
“Find a Professional” is a new BusinessCard2 feature I recently added. And guess what? This feature is also FREE! Just when you think it can’t get any better, it does!
If you like this and want to connect with me via mobile, just text “CoachB” to 90210. You will be able to upload all of my contact info directly into your phone and/or address book connected to your email program. You will also be able to receive more cutting edge information about new school marketing tools and systems that can help you brand yourself, explode your business and take it to the next level!
You can also Sign up one time & receive reminders for a weekly “Ask Coach Berry” Training2Transform webinar that I offer FREE! You will discover cutting edge information each week. Why do I say that? I will bet you were not aware about BusinessCard2. I like finding the golden nuggets and bringing them to you! Join us!
“IZigg Me” will translate to “Text Me” in Mobile Social Media Revolution
“iZigg Me!” replaces “Buzz me!” in the Mobile Social Media Revolution!
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I wrote a recent post with a headline, “iZigg…you zagg…I text CoachB to 90210…you text funky numbers I can’t remember!”
I have said it before and I will say it again. iZigg is a game changer!
Understanding WHY this is true is essential to making the best choice for marketing your company in the future.
In the past, we said to people “Buzz me,” translating to “Call me.” There was no company that branded in such a way to take advantage of that.
Social media has changed EVERYTHING!
People today say, “Tweet me” for Twitter, and “Friend me” for Facebook.
In both cases, the verbal comment translates to branding the company.
In the past, it was symbols that created a brand. The Nike swoosh is one example. Today, they don’t have to put “Nike” beneath the swoosh for people to recognize that it is a Nike product.
iZigg is going to change EVERYTHING…again!
The branding of iZigg 90210 through verbal comments means that, in the future, ”iZigg me” will translate to “Text me,” and people will be able to remember 90210, the most famous short code in the global marketplace!
Instant recognition…instant branding. They will be the first “Verizon, Sprint, or AT & T” in mobile marketing. There is currently no recognized BRAND in the mobile media industry.
IZigg has truly fired the shots and created the beginning of the Mobile Media Revolution. Mobile media will PUSH social media out into the marketplace in a new way, creating the Mobile Social Media Revolution.
Rather than a statement of “Join the Revolution,” a question puts it more precisely, “Who WOULDN’T want to join this Revolution?”
Now you understand why iZigg holds more potential than any other mobile marketing company out there!
iZigg is a large media agency, offering media agency “franchise type” opportunities to individuals, enabling you to create mobile marketing campaigns for your clients (and much, much more in the future). Mock up a few and share with potential clients. That’s what I did when I met with Sally Edwards, triathlon icon, in Seattle on Monday. It was great fun to be a part of the audience in the show, A NewDay Pacific NW, and then to hear her speak that evening…especially since Roby and I are participating in the Trek Women Triathlon on September 19 in Seattle…our first!
If you have an iZigg Media agency and you would like to learn an easy way to do mockups, a visual way to show potential clients about iZigg Mobile Media, sign up for my FREE webinar I will present on Thursday, July 22 at 6 pm PST/9 EST.
Mcard from iZigg is THE mobile card you need. TEXT: CoachB TO: 90210 to receive mine. Utilize the Mcard along with BusinessCard2, an online digital billboard that brands & promotes YOU! BusinessCard2 is a complete web container where you tell your story. After all, who knows your story better? Partnered with the Mcard, you have a 1-2 marketing/branding/promotion vehicle that will explode your business. And…the best part about BusinessCard2 is that it is FREE! You can get yours at Brand You First.
It doesn’t stop there. Once you get your Free Busines Card2 at Brand You First., come back and click on “Find a Professional.” You will see the tab on the right side of my blog. Then you can “drop your card” on my blog where people can find YOU! And…that’s also a free tool that I just implemented!
Check out my BusinessCard2 below!
It’s Official! iZigg Launched & is LIVE! Text Coach B to 90210 & Join The Mobile Media Revolution!
It’s Official! iZigg Launched & is LIVE! Text Coach B to 90210 & Join The Mobile Media Revolution!
Get ready. Social Media is going to propel it! That’s why I refer to it as the Mobile Social Media Revolution. It goes together like a hand in a glove.
If you are a serious business person, you are going to want to do one or both of the following:
- Use Mobile Marketing for your Business – iZigg, offering the branding opportunity of combining 90210, the most memorable and researched five digit code in the global marketplace, with your unique key word ,gives you an equity branding position. No other mobile media company can offer this unique positioning!
- Carpe Diem – Yes, seize the day with iZigg as a business opportunity! iZigg has a binary compensation plan. You can watch a webinar on demand presentation at iZigg SMS. It gives you a tour around the back office, showing you how easy it is to set up campaigns and also gives a brief summary of the comp plan. To see a detailed outline of the comp plan, visit CoachB90210 and click in the middle section where it says “WOW” and you will see the Official Comp Plan symbol. Click on that for full disclosure & details.
The bottom line is that NOW is the time to join with our iZigg 90210 Dream Team! Remember “Where’s the Beef?” with Clara? I tell people, “Be sure and ask, ‘Where’s The Value?’ “Let me answer that question as follows:
- One KEY value point is that the closer you get to me, the more you benefit as I will be placing people under you! That delivers one essential component to you…LEVERAGE. Yes, your leverage is increased when you join us now.
- You will be joining the #1 Team in iZigg when you join our Dream Team comprised of many savvy internet marketers. That is a bonus added value! Why? We are already teaching our team how to succeed via internet marketing. Sure…this is a great product to share with family and friends who have businesses. They will literally thank you for helping their business move to the next level with this mobile, text message, permission-based marketing. AND…we also know that we don’t want to leave any stone unturned and miss an opportunity. We will simultaneously teach you how to reach individuals and businesses outside your current sphere of influence.
This second point is what I call Age of Influence Marketing. I do not subscribe to the either/or (offline/online) philosophy. My business approach is both/and. Why choose one marketing method over the other when you can integrate the two and have twice the success!
Click on picture below to be taken to my website. You have several options. You can:
- Personally utilize the product for your business by selecting a product (see below and text CoachB to 90210 about a creating mobile marketing campaign for your business!)
- Join at the $99 level and offer mobile products to your clients
- Join at the $448 ($349 + $99) – Build a Team & also have the ability to direct sale mobile products to your clients
Like my digital branding billboard below? Get yours FREE & Promote YOU at BrandYouFirst. Then drop at the tab on the right side of my blog that says, “Find a Professional!” It’s FREE marketing…sweet deal, huh? Pass me a hershey’s kiss!
iZigg is LIVE! CoachB90210.com. TEXT this message: CoachB To this number: 90210. Go Where The Eyes Are!
This video says it all! This is the day mobile media changes forever. WHY? iZigg with 90210, the most recognized 5 digit code in the global marketplace, is the first mobile media company that can brand with its short code. That is a game changer!
iZigg 90210 is a push, not a pull. It will PUSH your brand, your product, your services, your event, out into the marketplace with social media power. iZigg is creating the Mobile Social Media Revolution!
Branding + Quality Product = SUCCESS!
90210 + Your Unique Key Word (Your Quality Product) = SUCCESS!
You can purchase unlimited texting for marketing your Brand…your product…your services…your event…for only $2495 for one year.
Like my digital branding billboard below? Get yours FREE & Promote YOU at BrandYouFirst. Then drop at the tab on the right side of my blog that says, “Find a Professional!” It’s FREE marketing…sweet deal, huh? Pass me a hershey’s kiss!
Using iZigg – Text CoachB to 90210 – How Can a Text Campaign go Viral?
Using iZigg – Text CoachB to 90210 – How Can a Text Campaign go Viral?
This will be updated periodically as I see examples of mobile campaigns that do go viral. It will also highlight missed opportunities by companies and what they could have done to enhance a marketing campaign by combining it with a mobile campaign.
On that note, Chick-Fil-A missed a key opportunity when they had Cow Appreciation Week July 5-9, 2010, and didn’t combine mobile marketing with it. This video below talks about the power of viral marketing & what Chick-Fil-A could have done. The picture below shows it.
If if was good enough for Democrat Obama who now sits in the White House, Republican Meg Whitman figures it is good enough for her as she aspires to be Governor of California.
Politicians are understanding full well the opportunity that text marketing offers. Check out the California Governor’s race, and see how Meg Whitman is using a text campaign to foster goodwill and create volunteers for the balance of the race.
Meg Whitman, prior CEO of Ebay has her own short code: 46634
Meg Whitman’s CA Governor Race Text Campaign:
The campaign return text thanks the person who opted in and asks for their zip code to share when Meg will next be in your area for a public appearance. After you supply the zip code, you receive a request to volunteer. Because we like to work with friends, the potential for this Text to be forwarded is huge.
Matt Arndt with iZigg shares the following example of a viral marketing campaign, literally IN ACTION!
Join the Band! – TMobile challenged aspiring musician Josh Ward in the UK to ask “What would you do with free texts and internet for life?” Check out the result:
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Is Your Digital Business Card Still Blank? Shift to Business Card 2. Brand YOU First…Today!
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New School Marketing Tools Igniting Mobile, Social Media, & SOHO/Small Office Home Office Revolutions!
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Mindset + Attitude = the mental foundation for SUCCESS, whether in life, relationships or business.
Likewise, a business must have a proper foundation of tools & systems in order to operate in a successful manner. It is precisely this lack of tools and systems that keeps most small and home-based businesses from succeeding.
I was fortunate to learn the importance of this business foundation back in the 80’s & 90’s through my business partner, Barbara Anderson. She was a systems person. If it has not been for her, we would have never have been named ASI (Advertising Specialty Institute) Small Business of the Year in the United States. I will be forever grateful for those lessons she taught me.
What I know is that I am NOT the person who you want to develop tools and systems. I AM the person you want to assess tools and systems and figure out how to utilize and implement them. I AM the person you want to show others how important tools and systems are and how to utilize them in their business. That is why I am presenting these free Training2Transform weekly webinars, where you can come and “Ask Coach Berry” questions so that you can experience business success.
Forbes predicts that 79 Million will open their own home-based businesses in the next 3 years. Perhaps you are already one of those individuals or are contemplating it. Either way, great!
If you are in the contemplation stage, text “CoachB” to 90210 and let’s set up a time for me to run a SOHO complimentary analysis. It will give you a financial snapshot of the financial/tax benefits of having your own home-based business. Gather enough information from which to make an informed decision for yourself.
Biz Pro Plus – Business Foundation Tools, inclusive of the following: Go To Meeting (this company is the only reseller for Go To Meeting), contact management system, custom email templates with drip campaign system, email blaster, uDeduct analysis (a tool that allows you to show someone in 5 minutes the financial/Tax benefits of having a home-based business), uDeduct (for tracking expenses of multiple companies). Videos are at Biz Pro Plus.
iZiggMobileMedia - Read previous blog post about the Mobile Media Revolution!
BUSINESS CARD 2, your personal branding billboard
Get your own at Brand You First.
View mine below or visit Ask Coach Berry.
Below are short 2-3 minute videos that will help you better understand the features & benefits of Business Card 2 and how this dynamic digital personal branding billboard can propel you in the marketplace.
Part 1-Introduction: “What is Business Card 2?
Part 2-”Brand You First with Business Card 2″
Part 3-”Basic Benefits of Business Card 2″
Part 4-”Using Business Card 2 A Personal Selling Tool”
Part 5-”Outstanding Features of Business Card 2?”
Part 6 -”Additional Benefits of Business Card 2?”
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What do Lady Gaga, iZigg, Business Card 2, Toktumi Line 2, and I have in common?
What do Lady Gaga, iZigg, Business Card 2, Toktumi Line 2, and I have in common?
Lady Gaga is in the news again. And that’s news? I know…Lady Gaga is always in the news! She is truly a phenom! I love the way she steps out and supports the GLBT community (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender). Now, that is newsworthy coming from the person most covered in the news these days.
Back to why she is in the news as I write this.
#1 – Lady Gaga is the first artist to get ONE BILLION views on You Tube. Amazing, huh?
#2 – Lady Gaga had the audacity to pass Obama to be the first to reach 10 MILLION Facebook Fans (ahead of our president by about 700,000). I say “audacity” because I am thinking, “Aren’t the Democrats supposed to work together?” 
Ok, I know I should not make assumptions. I am making an assumption that she is a Democrat vs. being a Republican. I have never talked to Lady Gaga (you would think being gay would pay off since she is in favor of marriage equality!). Forget all that….I have gotten off track. The point is that all of this was the trending story on Mashable today! Get it? Social Media POWER!
Just when I thought “What will Lady Gaga do next?” I got my answer. With her being BIG…not make that HUGE… in the news these days, it didn’t take long. I was ordering a new cell phone after losing mine enroute home from Atlanta back home last week. I still have an iphone on order. I really hated losing my sim card.
Kyle, the gentleman on the line in Missouri, from whom I was ordering the phone, suddenly shouted, “Oh my goodness.” (or something like that!) Lady Gaga is the new spokeswoman for Virgin Mobile!
Honestly, I don’t know what to think now.
After researching, my question is, “Did she actually become the new spokeswoman for Virgin Mobile…and, if she is, when did it actually happen?” Surely an event of this magnitude would be newsworthy! Where did Kyle get his information. Surely he must know since he is a Virgin Mobile rep. I suppose I will have to ask him when I call back today to tell him what color hard cover I want for my phone. By the way, I chose the purple with black tiger strips. Grrrrrr.
I am still confused. In March, 2010, it was announced that Virgin Mobile would back her Monster Ball Concert Tour beginning June 28, 2010. Those dates don’t equate to yesterday’s date of July 3 when I was ordering my phone from Kyle. The “scoop” on her website said…
In keeping with Lady Gaga’s flair for the theatrical, as well as her innovative and creative spirit, the second leg of the tour promises to push the limits of the live concert experience, bringing fans a spectacle even more eye-popping than what they experienced during the thrilling first leg of The Monster Ball.
It’s still called Monster Ball, but it’s more of a musical and less of a concert,” Lady Gaga said in a February interview with KIIS-FM’s Ryan Seacrest. “It has a New York theme, it’s a story, and the story is that me and my friends are in New York and we’re going to the Monster Ball, and we get lost.
Now, I’m lost. All I want to know is:
Is she, or is she not, the new Virgin Mobile spokeswoman?
I believe Kyle owes me an explanation since he screamed this announcement in my ear while I was ordering my cell phone.
Forget the answer to that. The “connecting and engaging” reason I am writing this blog post is to share with you what Lady Gaga, IZigg, Business Card 2, Toktumi Line 2, and I have in common. Here it is.
We all push the limits. Lady Gaga? Well, you just read what it said on her website…and you read the other news. No more explanation needed.
iZigg. Ok, maybe you haven’t heard of them. Watch out. It may not be in the realm of the news you currently understand today, but it will be in the future.
I challenge you to think of a company that defines the mobile media market. No company dominates, much less is a household word like Ford became when they initially ignited the car industry. There is no “AT & T, Sprint, or Verizon,” the companies who dominate cell phone service, currently dominating in the mobile media market.
This is going to change. It has changed.
iZigg fired the shots igniting the Mobile Media Revolution. Yes, I know. Mobile Media marketing campaigns have been around since 2003, but the general public lacks awareness.
iZigg’s entry into the field is a game changer. This is more than a shift. This is reaching a tipping point. Where do Business Card 2 and Toktumi Line 2 fit into this picture?
This short video explains the connections. It pulls together the diverse strings of commonality on how Lady Gaga, iZigg, Business Card 2, Toktumi Line 2 and me each push the limits in who we are and/or our industry.
Ready, Aim, Fire! The Global Revolution has begun. We are making a difference and creating a world where people are connecting and engaging, and nothing can stop us! No government…nobody. There is no “them” out there. There is only the power in US…all of us working together to make our world a better place. Join 3 Smart Chicks at our Facebook Club iConnect & Engage.
Just remember that you heard it on Dotti Berry’s blog, not Mashable!
Here’s my video to Lady Gaga. Perhaps she will view it and call me!
Lady Gaga…Below is my Business Card 2 embeddable personal branding billboard!
Is Your Digital Business Card Still Blank? Shift to Business Card 2. Brand YOU First…Today!
Is Your Digital Business Card Still Blank? Shift to BusinessCard2. Brand YOU First…Today!
It’s about connecting…it’s about engaging…it’s about Visibility! It’s about Personal Marketing, Personal Selling, Personal SEO, Personal Branding, Identity Management & Self Promotion. It’s all about the Social Media Revolution. Isn’t it about time you filled in your blank card!
You must recognize that you don’t have your “branding house” in order if your online card is BLANK…and shift and discover a way to Brand YOU FIRST…today!
The initial question you must ask yourself is, “WHY is it blank?”
Then you must ask two more questions…
- “WHAT do I need to do to shift in order to start creating a personal brand though a digital business card”, and…
- “WHY is this important for my business success?”
The answer to the initial question is one that only you know. I would suggest, however, that you, like many others, don’t know a problem exists; therefore, you aren’t looking for a solution. You simply don’t know you don’t know. If you aren’t thinking that a digital card that can hold EVERYTHING exists, you obviously aren’t seeking a solution.
On the other hand, if you have ever wondered and thought about how great it would be to have all of your information in one, tidy little on-line container, and are looking to discover it, then count this as your lucky day!
The answer to the next question about what you need to do to shift is based on your new understanding that an online, digital business card does exist!
At this point, you have apply the Kevin Costner thinking/philosophy from Field of Dreams…”If you build it, they will come.”
I like to give people, especially people in business, the benefit of the doubt, believing the equivalent in this case to the above statement, “If they it exists, they will use it.” I truly believe that if you know a solution exists once you are aware of a problem, you will use the provided tool to solve it.
All I can say is “Stay with me. There is a solution for you!”
The best part is that it is FREE. The only investment (albeit it an important one) is your time and energy for creating it. BusinessCard2, helping you Brand YOU First, is the only comprehensive digital business card on the internet. There are other existing resources for exchanging basic information, such as name, email, phone number, and web/blog address, but nothing like this FREE digital business card that I discovered.
I previously blogged about it, but having now implemented it, I am amazed at what is possible! Its uses are as unlimited as your imagination!
Lief Larson, President of WorkFace, and co-developed of BusinessCard2 says…
BusinessCard2 is a personal marketing and personal branding platform that enables identity management. Is allows you to create, control, and leverage your professional online identity via a portable and interactive business card. With a BusinessCard2, you can build relationships with new customers, build visibility and raise your profile, and generate more business by receiving prospect leads.
Your Shift that is necessary requires taking action. You must:
- Throw away the old files! Move away from thinking about a business card as you have in the past.
- Install a new operating system!
Pretend you have written a business plan. You must now implement it. In this case, it means utilizing a marketing strategy with Your Digital Business Card. How do you accomplish that? Utilize a link signature in emails and forums, or a hyperlinked icon in email, or embed it in your blogs and websites. You can view mine at the end of this blog post, or in the side bar.
And…let BusinessCard2 search engine it for you. Lief explains that,
“Owning your namespace in search engines is an essential part of your professional discoverability. BusinessCard2 is designed to help you rapidly raise your profile in search engines such as Google, Bing, & Yahoo.In many instances, they can help you ride to the first page of search results in 11-19 days. The SEO (search engine optimization) benefits you receive are completely value-added.
Now…to consider the last question about why this online card is important to your business success.
How many times do you need to hear Brand YOU…First before you believe it?
This isn’t about ego. It’s about practicality…and Personal Marketing…and Personal Selling…and Personal SEO, and Personal Brandng, and Identity Management and Self Promotion.
In today’s global marketplace, branding you first is both essential and critical to your success because
a) 30-40 year stints with one company are a relic of the past, and
b) more people will have their own small business in the future vs. having a J-O-B.
What am I saying? You must create a personal brand, even in the midst of working for a particular company because your status will likely change in the future, and change again, and change again. You may, or I should say, probably will, at some point in your life, have your own small or home-based business.
This is the Age of the Entrepreneur & iPreneur Revolution…to the tune of 79 million joining in the next three years. At least that is what Forbes predicts. Your decision is whether or not you are joining it!
If you plan to marketing in any way via the internet,
The bottom line is that there is no one who can “tell your story” better than you! That is the essence of the Business Card 2 web container. In today’s digital, global marketplace, Lief has some ideas about that, talking about…
The Importance of Control
If you are like most people today, your digital footprint is expansive. Chances are that websites have inventoried your name, and search engines have indexed those instances of your name. However, having control over the way customers, prospects and partners find and see your online identity is difficult. Most social networks will expose your name, but hide your information behind a walled garden. This is cumbersome for people looking to learn more about you or reach out to you. BusinessCard2 is different. We enable you to fully control how people see you and complete transparency about your professional identity and reputation.
No matter where you are on the globe, decide that today, you will commit your time to developing your own personal digital business card through Business Card 2. The time has come for you to create Your Digital Business Card. Outside of your time commitment, this opportunity to brand yourself NOW is FREE! What a sweet deal! You simply can’t beat it.
I am offering a FREE webinar on Thursday, July 8 at 6 p.m. PST/7 p.m. MST/8 p.m. CST/9 p.m. EST. I want to help you get started on discovering all the exciting ways you can set up your BusinessCard2 & how you can use it to market your brand!
Be sure and go to Your Digital Business Card before the webinar, and sign up so that you can work hands on with this tool during the webinar.
Walk Worthy! Coach B, aka Dotti Berry – Call me toll-free at 1-800-440-9780 or text “CoachB” to 90210 if you have any questions prior to the webinar!
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