The Jerry Banfield Show

The problem with Facebook is lack of long term benefits. Using YouTube solves this problem. You might know me as the Facebook ads guy and you might find it shocking that I have turned off all of my own Facebook ads to make room for investing in YouTube. The data I share with you will show why you have huge opportunities waiting for you on YouTube even if you don’t have a clue about how to make videos or want to make videos. YouTube is your best chance for a high long term return on your investments now with social media marketing.

The bottom line is that Facebook is too competitive today while YouTube is consistently growing and competition is still light in most areas. Perhaps more importantly, being successful on Facebook gets you nearly nothing in the long term while having people watch your videos on YouTube leads to higher search result rankings and more long term traffic. If you make a popular post on Facebook, you might get some immediate traffic to your website or a few extra likes for your page. As my friend Raymmar can tell you, if your post does try to go viral on Facebook, you are likely to get it removed or spam blocked by people making reports to Facebook. Going viral on Facebook is nearly out of the question since just a few people have to report your post to stop it. Going viral on YouTube is easier than ever and the long term benefit you get is huge due to high rankings in search results.

The problem with Facebook is that leaving is not easy. By leaving, I don't mean closing your page or your profile but just quitting the mindset that Facebook is where you will create your success. Maybe my story will show you why. After managing billions of ads on Facebook in 2013, I have turned off all of my own Facebook ads today and will not attempt any more ad campaigns on Facebook. All of my online advertising dollars will now be devoted to YouTube because I get a lot out of those ad dollars. On Facebook, when I boost a post, I get a few short term engagements and no long term return. The cost per engagement used to be just a few cents but now it is outrageous. I have seen posts going for as high as $100 optimized CPM which means even with a 10% click through rate, I am paying a dollar per click!

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Why do I, Jerry Banfield, do what I do?

I work so that there is more happiness in the world and so that more people can enjoy more love, hope, and faith in their daily lives.

I know why I work and what I do will always adapt to match that. This makes describing what I do challenging. The short answer is that I am a consultant offering some of the best advice you can get in the world about digital marketing and online advertising. The difficulty I have is explaining what I do further is deciding whether I am what I have done, what I am doing, or what I want to do?

What do I hope you can get out of reading this?

I hope in seeing how what I have do has evolved, you can get a sense of how challenging it is to get started and be successful online. I hope what I share about how I got to where I am today is helpful for you in seeing what you can do best today to get where you want to go and to see that the journey is all that matters!

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You might enjoy the practical tips I share about how starting each day with thank you is my secret to happiness and how stopping to say thank every day you helps me appreciate what I have right now.

Gratitude is the secret to happiness because of how saying thank you makes you feel. I appreciate you making this journey with me and hope I can communicate to you what I have learned about how saying thank you has helped me be a lot happier each day. The power I see in saying thank you comes from how you feel after you do it. How many times have you wondered why we cannot appreciate what we have until it is gone? How many times have you wish for a bad day to end? Hopefully you can get some answers here about these questions that will prove helpful in having more good days and loving what you have while you have it.

Each day, I do not get out of bed until I am thankful to be doing it. Usually this means around thirty minutes of thinking about what I am thankful for. I know other people that start the day off with prayer or meditation get a similar boost in mood. You might think at first glance this is a minor detail and seems ridiculous given the schedule most of us have. My wife has to get up at six am for work so when would she have time to do this? Am I skipping thirty minutes of work I could do each morning to do something that seems optional?

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If you are asking yourself what you can do to be more productive, maybe we can answer this question together. I think the solution is to do a little bit six days per week on what you most care about. For me, this means a little bit on my relationships with people that care about me, a little bit on my health and fitness, a little bit on my work, a little bit on my spirituality, a little bit on handling my problems, and a little bit on my fun.

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If you want to learn how to work and get work done on oDesk with pro tips and experience, this podcast is for you!

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The short answer is that working exclusively via email in every situation has proven the best strategy for growing my business and building successful relationships with clients.

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If you want to know how to work online, this podcast will share with you the story of how I started and how you can start too! My story is about working hard, doing the right work, learning from mistakes, and being effective at what you choose to do.

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Episode 3: How can I find the right person to love in my life? Simple answer: Look for them, be ready when you find them, and make a good choice for both of you! 1) Look. Meet many people. Place yourself in positions to meet the right people. Spend a little time with many people versus a lot of time with one. 2) Be ready. Have the right mindset that you will find them eventually and you will be ready when you do. Look good. Feel good. Take care of yourself. Love the people around you. Engage with life. Discover yourself. 3) Make a good choice. There are a lot of good people out there and often two good people together does not equal a good relationship. If things are not good early on, move on. The easiest time to leave is right at the beginning. Accept that if it went wrong it happened for a good reason.

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How can I love the people already in my life? How many people come to your funeral is up to you. Think about them. More. 6 beers in the fridge is worth many more than 12 at the store. How to begin? One thought at a time. One person at a time. One action at a time. How to grow? Keep them in your mind. Listen when they say "I need" or "I wish" or "someday I want to". Inventory what they need and get it for them when you find it. How to maintain? Keep doing what you are doing. Keep good habits. Always take action instead of saying you should or you need to or you will. Note that there are limits. Most human brains are wired to around 150 people as the limit for socialization. When you reach your limits, for every one you bring in, often one will unintentionally get kicked out. Make sure the people you love are giving back love and that you aren't missing or taking love for granted. This can be easy to do with the people closest to you.

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Why don’t we spend more time learning about love? I believe we can learn love just like any other subject. Why is learning love the easiest way to live a happy life? If we spent as much time learning about love as we spent learning biology in school, how much happier would each of us be? How can I find the right person to love in my life? How can I keep the right person to love in my life? How can I love the people already in my life? What can I do to find love faster? What should I avoid doing to find true love? How do I know if I have found love? Why is learning and finding love so hard?

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