This week mark Anthony is taking the mystery and the fear out of marketing online with a basic over view of what it takes to get found by your customers and the search engines.

Getting profiles and content ot talk to the search engines an dmake them love you!

Today's podcast Mark talks about a different kind of entrepreneur.  One who punches a time clock, yet behaves like they own their own business.  They take their job as if it were their own.  They own their space and treat what they do as a business.

This week’s podcast episode is a rant turned into a teachable business moment about remembering who pays the bills and why you are in business.  Its because of a customer!! 

Talking to your customer even in the worst moments of the sales cycle can result in a lot of good loves coming your way or not talking to them reults in a few well placed rants and one that turned into a podcast!

It also means you walking in their shoes repeatedly!

I recently had to make a quick trip back to Minnesota and had to fly Minnesota based Sun Country Airlines for the first time.  This i smy experience.

When you would expect a company in such a tight, competetive market, would try to make a customer happy, they resort to running the business like a fast food franchise: Ignore the customer, deliver minimul service and cookie cutter presentations while limiting interaction with the customer.

As Always, you can leave your comments, questions and feedback at AskMrmark.com

After years of hopes and prayers by thousands of Las Vegas based fans of the Swedish Retailer IKEA rejoiced at the news of them finally opening up a Las Vegas store.

But why are they doing it?  And Why do I think they are doing it wrong?  That's what is discussed on this episode of the Ask Mr Mark Podcast.

That very simple question changed how I look at my business, my life and my career.  It's a fair question and one that I ask a lot of people.  Most couldn't or wouldn't answer it fearing the answer.  Yet the answer would change your career, your business and maybe your life.  It's a lesson I learned from a very powerful limousines client of mine and I never forgot it or what it has done to me and the people I teach in my workshops and consulting.

We also go into how three little words will change how people see you as a professional or just another cog in the wheel of commerce.  The fact that the way you speak and your thoughts influence more than the people around you, they really do influence you and your actions.  That change will lead to more business, more recognition and maybe a better life over all. Getting you out of a rut and onto a better path for (business) success.

Enjoy the podcast and let me know what you think.

http://askmrmark.com

Today's podcast looks back at where my business career began.  When I went from being Mark Anthony  "The Employee" - to being Mark Anthony  "The Business"  - The podcast was sparked by a email from a listener who wants to go from being a Cubicle Rat to being His Own Boss.  he is wanting to learn from those who went before Him.  Asking how did I go from there to here!

So I wanted to do this podcast to show you I am not just some internet guru who got a golden parachute from his last job, got a website and started a podcast on business.  I have well earned scars and stripes from the trenches.  Building, improving and expanding businesses.  Taking nothing and making it into something. 

I like to let people know that what they are doing today, isn't what they have to be doing tomorrow.  That everything can be done better.

Being open and honest is the way I do business and so here is the brass tacks of how I went from a lowly tech grad moving to southern Georgia to being a self employed business specialist with multiple streams of income. The fact that it took awhile for the student to be ready for the opportunity to appear.  To fail is to be real.

It also meant that I had to step back and let my world crash down around me before I realized what all I had and the opportunities I was missing or abusing.  That meant being diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder at the ripe old age of 35.

I can help any business or any person start, market and manage any business better... 

I can help your business grow, get more customers and make more money.

Please leave me your comments and subscribe to the podcast.

Almost anyone who has been on the Internet for any length of time has come across a troll.  Some nameless person behind a keyboard who wants to make your online life miserable because they did not like or agree with what you wrote.  For blog owners or people who post regularly in their website, these trolls can make doing business online difficult.  Especially if you bow to their demands or change what you are doing in hopes that they go away.

Don't fear The trolls

On today's show  I am joined with my buddy and web guy Marty MacIntosh to discuss trolls and how you can turn their frustrations into cash for you and your website.  The trick is not to fear them or feed them, but to let them feed you with fresh constant traffic while keeping your website optimized for business.

Most trolls are just online bully's.  They are angry, upset at their own life and how they have done nothing with it and they resent you getting some sort of fame they missed.  (logic is no a trolls strength)

Today I talk with my "Go-To" web guy Marty MacIntosh, for the most popular questions I get when out networking or talking to groups is “Do I Still Need a Website” – Since they already have a Facebook Page and Facebook is THE place to be, plus maybe a twitter account; why would they need to “still” have a website?

In a word…. YES.

In this podcast I am joined by my fellow traveler, webmaster and go-to-guy for website repair, Marty McIntosh (yes, that’s his name!) to discuss just a few of the top reasons you still need a website.

Remember AOL?

If you do or if you don’t remember America Online and how that was THE place to be on the web, the point is the same. Facebook, Yahoo, Pinterest, or whatever… won’t always be there or be THE place to be for internet marketing.  Fads come and fads go……  Popularity changes.

You keep the chickens in one building, but you keep your eggs spread around..   You have a website as the home base.  Your internet office and store front.  Use the other sites as a marketing outpost.  A beacon to direct them back to the website.

I am Mark Anthony – Your Business Improvement Answer-man. This podcast is all about US – my friends helping you get more business.

Or As I like to say – “Its My Business to Help Your Business to get More Business” Online and offline… That’s what we are here to talk about. All things that can improve your business.

Now before we get going, I thought it would be wise to do the first podcasts on Me. And how I came to be in front of this microphone and why I think you should sign up for our update newsletter and why you should tune into future podcasts

I am Mark Anthony – I own a little internet marketing company in Las Vegas called Tour Talk Media. We help tour and travel related business market and manage their internet properties.

I am also an International Certified Tour Director. Specializing in west coast tours and travel. I’m also a Travel videographer and travel writer. You will find my travel and business video all over YouTube.