Adventures In Digital Marketing

So it seems as I've lost my mind, because I'm now giving away my entire course on how to build & launch a WordPress website! 23 modules of WordPress goodness on the way!

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You don’t need to be a “techie” person.

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In this series I’m not leaving ANY steps out -- we’re going to start from the very beginning.

It's been a little quiet from me lately, but for good reason. One of the things I've not really talked about is a phone call that I got while I was in Nashville at Funnel Hacking Live. I talked about it a little in the Digital Marketing Mastery Group yesterday, but I also wanted to cover it here so you folks who aren't part of that group can know what's going on.

I'm also talking about pulling out all the stops in delivering as much help and value to you as I can, so make sure that you tune in to this episode!

Just got back from my trip to Nashville for Funnel Hacking Live 2020 and I'm back in to the routine of daily life and in this morning's episode, I'm covering my intial thoughts and feelings after having some time to digest and decompress from the trip. 

There was so much great stuff - and I learned a ton!

FHL 2020 put all the pieces of the puzzle into place for me.

I wasn't sure what to expect, how I would react, who I'd meet, or what I'd think by the end of it.

But I have to say it's the best money I've *invested* in a long time.

I'm not a fanboy - not one to get overly impressed by other people who have huge names and have had great success.

BUT...

I will say that I lost my cool a little seeing Russell Brunson on stage in person for the first time.

And Steve J Larsen too.

Not because I'm a fanboy. But because I'm thoroughly impressed by the men that these guys are.

I'm inspired by their authenticity.

I'm inspired by what they've built of course, but what they've built is the result of the men they are.

it's the caliber of *human being* that those two guys are that inspires me the most.

I met some amazing people at the conference and I appreciate every one of you who took time to spend some time talking with me. So many others that I wanted to connect with, but unfortunately, it just didn't happen (but there is always next year!)

I wasn't sure if it was all going to be too much. If one has never been exposed to any of this teaching, then surely it would be like drinking from the fire hose.

But for me it wasn't that at all.

It was the level of depth, and reinforcement of stuff I'd already been exposed to that made the biggest impression.

I've been obsessed with 80/20 principle for a while now. I knew going into this conference that there was going to be 20% of what was presented that was going to make all the difference for me, so I was diligently searching for that 20% the whole time.

I learned from every session, no doubt. But in some of the sessions there were "aha!" moments that were mind-blowing revelations.

I told my wife on Sunday morning - I learned what I needed to learn.

A couple sessions validated some of my ideas in ways that were completely unexpected.

Thanks to Katheryn Jones, AJ Rivera, and Mike Schmidt for some great insights for what I need to do -- you helped me more than you know!

I see a very clear path for the next steps I need to take for what I need to do for my business.

I see the things I need to improve on, where I need to implement new systems, and tweak things.

Tony Robbins mentioned that repetition is the key to mastery and that's exactly what FHL 2020 was for me - more exposure - more repetition - deeper dives into the material and taking the next steps towards mastery.

So now that it's all over and I'm home. I'm not exhausted.

I'm inspired, but not hyped up.

I get it now.

I'm focused, determined and committed.

And I can't wait to get started!

I've been to conferences before, but I'm pretty sure those other events are nothing like this one. Russell Brunson, being the master marketer that he is, has been building the hype about this event for a while now, and I'm super excited about being able to be part of it. This is big expense, but I'm also dialed in and focused on making the most of this event, and this podcast talks about what I'm doing to get prepped for the event.

Since we're talking about digital marketing adventures I wanted to talk to you about things I've been working on lately, one of which has been email marketing. There is so much to learn if you're going to do it right, and according to experts who know, there is great financial reward that can be the result of truly delivering value to your list.  So that's what we're talking about in this episode - what I'm doing, where I'm at and two critical resources that I couldn't do without!

I've struggled with getting traction. For a long time. I can't tell you how many times I've looked at my numbers for my website and felt disappointed. But I figured something out that's changing everything and my audience has exploded in growth, and allowed me to extend my reach and get my voice heard. And these are the things that I'm teaching to my customers and clients and they're producing great results. This is exactly what you need to hear about if you're trying get your voice heard above all the noise on the internet.

In order to be successful online you have to start by actually getting online! And what better way to do that than with a challenge? That's what I'm talking about in today's episode. I've got the PERFECT solution for helping you build and launch your website, even if you don't have any tech skills. Seriously - this is the training you've been looking for! 

A slow loading and poor performing website could be seriously undermining your efforts to launch a successful online business, and it can actually be a bigger problem than you may think.

One of the greatest things about content management systems like WordPress is that they make it easy to get your website up and running pretty quickly.

You can have a site up and running in no time at all, start cranking out content, building a blog, or building your company’s website.

However, that same benefit of being able to start fast is also a potential issue because it’s so easy to get up and running quickly, it’s easy to think that things are just going to work and be fast out of the box.

That's a mistake.

In fact, it’s usually quite the opposite. The convenience of a quick start does not equal high performance. Your WordPress website has a lot of high-performance capabilities and because it’s usually so easy to get started and to extend the functionality, it’s easy to make the assumption that there isn’t much you need to do.

High performing websites are just like high-performance cars – there is a lot of stuff going on under the hood to make sure they’re performing at peak efficiency. So if you want your site to be running in top order like a finely tuned machine, you’re going to have to get under the hood and get to work.

Today, I'm introducing a new series called "Quick Tips Tuesday" on my YouTube channel.

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Today's video covers 3 simple solutions to massively speeding up your website because, well, page load speed is a big deal.

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Ron Burgundy would be proud.

When it comes to figuring out all the things you need to have in place to do the digital marketing thing right. The chief cornerstone of your digital marketing adventure is always going to be a rock-solid website. In this episode of the podcast that I pulled from a Facebook Live broadcast I talk about why a great website is so vital to your digital marketing efforts and a couple warnings of things you need to be aware of. You can join the FREE Digital Marketing Mastery Facebook group at https://digitalmarketingmasteryhq.com

There are a few things that it seems everyone struggles with when they're getting started building and launching an online business. These are the kinds of things that can slow you down and end up frustrating you. I know because it's happened to me too. And I've seen these things happen to lots of people new to digital marketing and the online world lately, so I want to take a minute to shine a light on these things so, if you're just getting started, you can avoid them and keep them from wrecking your progress!