Adventures in Visibility | WordPress for Business and Visibility with Christina Hills

If you have a business, whether online or local bricks and mortar, you probably know you need to have a website. There are a lot of options for building a website and in this Adventure with website creation expert, Christina Hills we’re going to discuss how WordPress can serve your needs both as a website, blog and contribute to your overall visibility on the web.

On the show Christina and I discuss:

➼ Should business owners know how to build and maintain a website or rely on a webmaster take care of it?

➼ How business owners can benefit from learning WordPress

➼ What kind of websites you can build with WordPress

➼ The argument that WordPress is better than other website tools out there

Get Christina Hills' wordpress design report here: http://denisewakeman.com/wpdesign

Christina Hills is a speaker, educator, mentor and Internet Marketing expert to non-techie entrepreneurs who want to build an online business using WordPress as their website platform. She puts the fun into teaching technology and empowers business owners to be in full control of their marketing.

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Link to Blab replay if you'd like to see the comments: http://blab.im/o6qxq

http://AdventuresInVisibility.com | How to Overcome Writer's Block with Lisa Canfield hosted by Denise Wakeman

Got writer's block? Copywriter and book coach Lisa Canfield joins me for a chat and Q&A about how to overcome writer's block.

You'll learn pro tips for staying focused on your important writing, whether it's a book, a sales page, follow up message or blog posts.

Watch the video interview here: https://youtu.be/qq0KtRf9tLg

Get Lisa Canfield's 5 step process for getting out of writer's block: http://Bitly.com/stopwritersblock

You can get advance notice of scheduled guests at http://AdventuresinVsibility.com AND you can now get Adventures in Visibility as a podcast. It's on iTunes, SoundCloud and Stitcher. If you want to take the show with you, go to http://AdventuresInVisibilityPodcast.com

http://AdventuresInVisibility.com - Finding Visibility at the Intersection of PR and Social Media

With the pervasive use of social media in business, you may be tempted to think that PR is dead or dying. Nothing could be further from the truth and you’d be wise to consider how you can add PR to your online visibility toolbox.

After witnessing Joanne McCall at work on +Andrea Lee's recent book launch, I had to get her on Adventures in Visibility to talk about how “traditional” PR is being used in conjunction with social media to boost visibility and get real world media coverage. 

On the show we discuss:

✓ The distinction between Publicity and Public Relations

✓ How Media has changed and what you need to understand

✓ How social media fits into the media equation

✓ What you need to consider when doing publicity outreach

✓ How Adventure fits into Joanne’s work!

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/iBBSHFib73k

Media insider and veteran publicist, Joanne McCall, knows how to capture the attention of national media. On a first-name basis with hundreds of top-rung producers, editors, writers, and journalists, she secures coverage for clients including Brian Tracy, Ken Blanchard, Dave Ramsey, Andrea Lee, Suzanne Falter, The Deepak Chopra Center for Wellbeing, and the founder of NLP, Dr. Richard Bandler. 

Joanne's social links:

 Twitter:  https://twitter.com/JoanneMcCall 

 Blog: http://joannesmediabootcamp.com - Take the quiz: How Media Savvy Are You?

Watch previous Adventures in Visibility here: http://denisewakeman.com/hoa

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http://adventuresinvisibility.com | Andrea Beltrami: Badass Visual Branding for Your Blog*

By the end of a mini-course taught by Andrea Beltrami, I knew I was going to hire her to help me with the visual branding for my blog and other marketing images. She is sassy and savvy, both qualities I like, and most importantly, Andrea is talented with a keen eye for what works. I hired her and immediately received feedback about what I wanted, what would work and what wouldn't along with suggestions for how to improve my visuals all around. Andrea helped me create a simple, attractive and recognizable look for my blog and quote images.

That’s why she’s my guest on Adventures in Visibility, so you can get a dose of Andrea’s badass visual marketing savvy.

Andrea 'Dre' Beltrami is a straight shooting, wine guzzling, sassy California girl who in 2012 traded in her miserable day job for her lifelong dream of self-employment. Over the last two years Dre has helped solopreneurs and small business entrepreneurs from around the world create a vision for their voice. She helps entrepreneurial badasses propel their online success by creating branding and visual strategies that reflect their unique personality and style. To learn how to create an instantly recognizable brand that conveys your passion, purpose, personality and voice head over to http://TheBrandedSolopreneur.com and join her Badass Solopreneur Society today. It’s your right to be heard and she can help you do just that!

On the Hangout we discuss:

➽Defining your branding guidelines is exactly where brand recognition starts

➽Consistency leads to familiarity and familiarity leads to know, like and trust

➽You need to convey your uniqueness online and branding can help you do that

➽We're visual creatures, more now than ever, so you're missing out on connection and deeper exploration if you don't create visual content for your audience to devour

Dre's social links:

Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/101476725538004349099

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/brandingbadass/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBrandedSolopreneur

Twitter: https://twitter.com/drebeltrami

Instagram: http://instagram.com/drebeltrami

Watch previous Adventures in Visibility here: http://denisewakeman.com/hoa

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http://weneedtotalkguide.com | We Need To Talk Birth Day Celebration with Andrea J. Lee

Celebrating the birth day of +Andrea Lee's new book, We Need to Talk: Your Guide to Challenging Business Conversations... available June 2 on Amazon.

We're having a party! Andrea and I will be hanging out and invite you to join us and ask your pressing questions about how to deal with difficult conversations. An amazing coach, Andrea can help you craft the perfect language for your situation. This is like getting personal laser coaching!

Some topics we discussed:

♥ Why are most people terrible at having important conversations?

♥ What happens when we avoid difficult conversations?

♥ Why we should say "No" more often

♥ An easy, universal approach that can be applied to any challenging conversation in business, or life for that matter.

We'll also be celebrating the Double the Good campaign wherein every book bought from June 2 to 5th will be matched by Andrea's company (Wealthy Thought Leader) and a copy donated to a non-profit supporting entrepreneurial endeavors. If you would like to purchase multiple copies as gifts, these would be eligible to 'Double the Good.' :)

Check it out here: http://WeNeedToTalkGuide.com

Andrea J. Lee is an Entrepreneurial Futurist with her finger on the pulse of the entrepreneurial spirit and how it can shows up to change the world.

Throughout her life, Andrea has done one thing - help those she loves make money. Not once, but twice, she has helped reinvent the coaching industry and knows just one thing for sure: the entrepreneurial spirit is everywhere, looking for a place to make a difference.

Learn more about Andrea here: http://goo.gl/FDwx3o

Connect with Andrea

Wesbsites:

http://WeNeedToTalkGuide.com

http://andreajlee.com/

http://wealthythoughtleader.com/

Social Media:

www.facebook.com/AndreaJLee01

https://www.facebook.com/WTLead

https://twitter.com/andreajlee

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrea-j-lee

http://google.com/+AndreaLee-WTL

http://AdventuresInVisibility.com | Jeff Sieh - Going Off the Beaten Path to Build a Brand

Ever since Jeff Sieh started his Manly Pinterest Tips show, I've been intrigued. Conventional wisdom is that Pinterest is a gal thing, yet Jeff has turned that notion upside down and created a popular show and podcast that explores an alternate point of view. In this show, we're going to find out the back story and what stepping off the beaten path has done for Jeff's brand and visibility.

Jeff Sieh is Creative Director at *His Design, Inc* and Head Beard at *Manly Pinterest Tips* where he is creator and host of The Manly Pinterest Tip Show. With top tips, pop culture, comedy and just plain fun, Jeff teaches Pinterest techniques unlike any other.

On the Hangout we discuss:

☛ Why Jeff started the "Manly Pinterest Tips" show

☛ The rise of the visual web

☛ Importance of thinking "mobile first"

☛ Good looking images (and great content) is now just the cost of sitting at the table on social

Jeff's social links:

His Design, Inc.: http://hisdesignonline.com

Manly Pinterest Tips: www.ManlyPinterestTips.com

Manly Pinterest Tips on iTunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Manly Monday Video Podcast:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/jeffsieh/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeffsieh

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ManlyPintere...

Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+JeffSieh

Instagram: http://instagram.com/jeffsieh

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsieh

Watch previous Adventures in Visibility here: http://denisewakeman.com/hoa

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Adventures in Visibility | Mia Voss On The Go - A Study in Brand Ambassadorship and Visibility

Marking the 2 year anniversary of Adventures in Visibility, I welcome back my good friend Mia Voss of The Mia Connect.  Mia recently spent 3 weeks in Italy celebrating her birthday and brilliantly designed the adventure as a showcase for several travel brands.

#MiaOnTheGo Brand Ambassador provided a spotlight and new visibility for the companies she worked with, as well as herself. We'll discuss the why, what and the how that sparked Mia's adventure and what that's done for her business.

On the Hangout we discuss:

♕ How brand ambassadorship and The Mia Connect are related

♕ How Mia put together #MiaOnTheGo

♕ Lessons learned on her adventure

♕ What happens after the event

Watch the video here: Adventures in Visibility | Mia Voss On The Go - A Study in Brand Ambassadorship and Visibility

Marking the 2 year anniversary of Adventures in Visibility, I welcome back my good friend Mia Voss of The Mia Connect.  Mia recently spent 3 weeks in Italy celebrating her birthday and brilliantly designed the adventure as a showcase for several travel brands.

#MiaOnTheGo Brand Ambassador provided a spotlight and new visibility for the companies she worked with, as well as herself. We'll discuss the why, what and the how that sparked Mia's adventure and what that's done for her business.

On the Hangout we discuss:

♕ How brand ambassadorship and The Mia Connect are related

♕ How Mia put together #MiaOnTheGo

♕ Lessons learned on her adventure

♕ What happens after the event

Mia Voss is an entrepreneur juggling several great ventures that all have one thing in common: building a stronger community. Best known for her online Google Hangout program, The Mia Connect Power Chat, Mia’s main focus is on providing great programming and connecting her audience to the people & businesses they need to know.

Watch the video interview here: https://youtu.be/94xg2HeM428

Mia's social links:

http://TheMiaConnect.com

https://plus.google.com/+MiaVoss

https://twitter.com/TheMiaConnect

https://www.facebook.com/TheMiaConnect

http://www.pinterest.com/themiaconnect/

Watch previous Adventures in Visibility here: http://denisewakeman.com/hoa

Prefer to listen? Subscribe to the Adventures in Visibility Podcast here:  http://AdventuresInVisibilityPodcast.com

If you'd like to be on the email list to get notified about future 

Adventure Hangouts and when video replays and show notes are posted, go to http://AdventuresInVisibility.com

Mia Voss is an entrepreneur juggling several great ventures that all have one thing in common: building a stronger community. Best known for her online Google Hangout program, The Mia Connect Power Chat, Mia’s main focus is on providing great programming and connecting her audience to the people & businesses they need to know.

Mia's social links:

http://TheMiaConnect.com

https://plus.google.com/+MiaVoss

https://twitter.com/TheMiaConnect

https://www.facebook.com/TheMiaConnect

http://www.pinterest.com/themiaconnect/

Watch previous Adventures in Visibility here: http://denisewakeman.com/hoa

Prefer to listen? Subscribe to the Adventures in Visibility Podcast here:  http://AdventuresInVisibilityPodcast.com

If you'd like to be on the email list to get notified about future 

Adventure Hangouts and when video replays and show notes are posted, go to http://AdventuresInVisibility.com

Adventures in Visibility - LinkedIn Visibility Strategies for Entrepreneurs with Viveka von Rosen 

Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YVwU2P_i0Ss

"Your business’s LinkedIn profile is your launchpad for success. It is the foundation on which your marketing strategy is built, making it one of the most important tools in your arsenal."

Viveka von Rosen is one of the top LinkedIn Experts and my go-to gal for all things LinkedIn. She passionate about using and showing others how to optimally use LinkedIn. Viveka’s positive, fun-loving style makes it easy to follow and implement her strategies.

In this Adventure Viveka and I discussed:

✪ Tips for using LinkedIn to build your online presence

✪ 4 steps for staying top of mind with prospects 

✪ How to get the most out of LinkedIn Pulse

✪ What’s new on LinkedIn

Viveka von Rosen is author of "LinkedIn Marketing: An Hour a Day" and is known internationally as the “LinkedIn Expert”.  She hosts the biggest LinkedIn chat on Twitter.  Her seminars, webinars, workshops and programs have taught and trained well over 100,000 people.  She has personally worked with executives at several Fortune 500 Companies and is regularly asked to speak at and write for thought-leading Social companies like the +Social Media Examiner. 

Forbes listed her as a top social media influencer for 3 years and she has been cited and featured in Money Magazine, Simple Living, Ragan, CNN, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fortune, Mashable, The Miami Herald, The Pittsburg Gazette, Social Media Today and The Social Media Examiner.

Connect with Viveka:

✪ Web/blog: http://www.linkedintobusiness.com

✪ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/linkedinexpert

Watch previous Adventures in Visibility here: http://denisewakeman.com/hoa

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Adventures in Visibility | Google+, Facebook & Publishing: Online Marketing Pros Reveal Their Success Secrets

This week’s Adventure in Visibility is a celebration! On February 10, Mitch Meyerson’s latest collaborative marketing book, Success Secrets of the Online Marketing Superstars hits the bookstores.

This episode features 4 of the 23 authors: Stephan Hovnanian, Andrea Vahl, Mitch Meyerson and me. Our conversation will center around multi-author book collaborations (high visibility!), lead generation with books, as well as Google+ and Facebook tactics that build your business.

We discuss:

✰ Mitch’s experience with multi-author books

✰ Using books as lead generators

✰ Up to the minute Facebook marketing tactics that work!

✰ How to leverage Google+ for your business

✰ And more!

Mitch Meyerson is an entrepreneur, speaker, trainer, and author of 11 books, including Mastering Online Marketing.He has also co-created four online programs, including The Guerrilla Marketing Coach Certification Program and The World Class Speaking Coach Certification Program.

Website: www.MasteringOnlineMarketing.com

Stephan Hovnanian is the owner of Shovi Websites, a web strategy company located outside Boston. Stephan has spent his career helping companies overcome the challenges of maintaining their online presence effectively. And, through his ability to select interesting, innovative, and compelling guests for his online shows, he brings valuable content and resources to his clients. He’s able to solve small business communication problems by developing a strategy unique to them.

Shovi Websites - http://www.shoviwebsites.com

Andrea Vahl is the co-author of Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies and was the Community Manager for Social Media Examiner for over 2 years. She also uses her Improv comedy skills to blog as a slightly cranky character, Grandma Mary – Social Media Edutainer on her site at AndreaVahl.com.

Website/blog: http://www.andreavahl.com/

Watch previous Adventures in Visibility here: http://denisewakeman.com/hoa

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Recently, I’ve had conversations around the same question at least three times. With a friend, on a hangout with Jason Wiser, and in the 30 Day Online Visibility Challenge program … how do I start building my platform, a.k.a. audience?

Platform, audience, tribe, community, followers… without them, it’s nearly impossible to stand out and get your message heard. Committing the time and effort to building your platform increases your visibility…guaranteed.

Visibility = Opportunity

Read the post at: http://goo.gl/DWk6dg

To send me your questions about online visibility and social marketing, go to http://denisewakeman.com/AskDenise

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