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Connection Mastery Series: Nancy Burke Barr – ‘Mentor Mama’

by lmorris

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If you are a serious entrepreneur, and you’ve spent any length of time marketing online, then this  amazing woman is no stranger to you! It seems she’s everywhere, both online and offline..leading the way at important Industry events with her good friends Ann Sieg or pal Jonathan Budd, or hosting webinars online with her hotter than hot group on facebook Smart Biz Builders!

Nancy Burke Barr is  an accomplished lawyer, with a background in teaching and estate planning. I am more than honored to call this dear lady my true friend in terms of the support and caring she shows, as well as the true leadership she provides consistently.

Are You Running YOUR BUSINESS Like a

REAL BUSINESS??

As an entrepreneur, Nancy is a very passionate professional woman, with a strong emphasis on:

  • Empowering others to take control of their businesses
  • The “Sins” Of Internet Marketers
  • Sound traditional business principles that make ALL business run properly & legally
  • Tax concepts and strategies
  • Time management skills
  • Compliance with Federal Trade Commission and other Government Agencies and Laws
  • Business Plans, Insurance, Public Relations and more.
  • Nancy says “You do have a REAL Business,Right?, Then TREAT IT LIKE ONE!!”

Here is my delightful interview with MENTOR MAMA that took place last November, before she had started Smart Biz Builders on Facebook. Smart Biz Builders is a group of like minded business people who banded together to get “back to basics” and put business FIRST. It’s education YOU WON’T GET ANYWHERE ELSE

Register Here for the Smart Biz Builders “Summer of Love” Webinar series to have an amazing summer of INSPIRATION and LOVE.

In This Video You will get an Introduction to Mentor Mama..and Learn..

  • The Importance of Treating Your Business Like a Real Business
  • How To Turn Your Blog Into A Unique Brand
  • How To Follow The Correct Rules For Business Success
  • Blogging Tips & Social Media
  • Network Marketing Tips

Who is Nancy Burke Barr?

“My name is Nancy Burke Barr, also known as “Mentor Mama”. When I am not driving carpool, volunteering at school, or cooking dinner, I am online connecting with as many people as I can in the world of Social Media.

I blog about the lessons I learned from my mama – and a few tricks Mama never taught me. Those “old-fashioned” lessons will continue to enrich and protect our careers as we move deeper into the Information Age.

I graduated from U.C. Berkeley and the University of Miami School of Law. I worked in retail sales and the food service industry, before I became a lawyer. My lengthy legal career has included teaching law students, as well as practicing in the areas of Estate Planning and Fiduciary Administration.

Today, I call on my law skills and my online presence to keep readers abreast of law on the Internet”.

If you enjoyed this interview, please feel free to comment and share, retweet and pay it forward!

As always, I have thoroughly enjoyed spending time with my fantastic colleagues, who I  consider dear friends. I hope this has brought some JOY to your day!!

In Peace and Love

Laura Morris

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Connection Mastery Series – Gavin Mountford

by lmorris

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You are in for a real treat!

Gavin Mountford “The Networking Superstar”

Make some quiet time, grab some note paper and a cold drink…

A VERY SUCCESSFUL Online Marketer, Leader & Teacher

Gavin Mountford

will give you the goods!

If you want to know more about how this very nice man, husband, new father and super successful full time entrepreneur got…

“40,866 FREE leads from the social networks in just 27 short months… “

Watch this intriguing interview…and make sure to hook up with Gavin to learn more!

In This Video You will Learn..

  • How Gavin Uses Facebook for Thousands of Free Leads

  • The Secrets To A Successful Blog

  • Why Syndication Is Key..and CAN Make You Money

  • Blogging Tips & Social Media Nuggets

  • Network Marketing Tips


Who Is Gavin Mountford?

Gavin really enjoys connecting with new people & turning them from strangers into friends. He lives in a small town near London in the UK with his wife Pippa, and his brand new baby daughter Charlotte, who they fondly call “Lottie”. He is a devoted new daddy.

At the time of shooting this interview, his wife was not yet expecting beautiful little Lottie!

But as you may or may not know Gavin and his wife Pippa became parents on January 10, 2011 as  Charlotte Ann Mountford was born weighing 6lb 3 oz.

In his free time, Gavin is totally head over heels for his daughter Lottie, as any new Daddy would be! Gavin loves traveling, playing the guitar, listening to music, exercising, personal development and spending time with family & friends.

One of Gavin’s true passion’s is learning how we, as people work, what makes us tick, and why do we do the things we do? Gavin’s been online for 5+ years & during that time he’s studied network marketing, Internet marketing, persuasion, influence & psychology and has been looking at ways to apply it to Facebook and the social networks.

I met Gavin online last summer when I was looking for some very specific direction in our business. He was able to provide this direction in a very professional and laser focused manner. In the process I was also pointed toward an entire network of people and tools to educate and advance my online knowledge so that I cut a year off my learning curve! Gavin introduced me to the Tribe Syndication Association, (TSA) and the value of syndicating blog content!  Up until that time I had been blogging out on the net solo, generating my own traffic. Becoming part of a community made a major difference for me! He also helped me get my personal branding graphics, including my blog header, youtube, twitter, and Facebook so that they were one uniform message.

Caring That Goes The Extra Mile (or Kilometer in England)

Gavin Mountford is one of the most professional, honest, and high integrity teachers offering value out on the internet. You cannot go wrong aligning yourself with anything he has to offer. Why am I raving so much? I am illustrating that there are leaders, and then there are exceptional, extraordinary leaders, who go ABOVE and BEYOND to coach, train, provide value and to make people feel special, cared about and assisted. This is Gavin. Though he is just as busy as the rest of us, and probably more so, he has taken time to personally stay in touch by skype, by personal heartfelt notes, and other ways of letting me know he is in my corner. You cannot buy that kind of leadership. It’s either there or it’s not. It’s called AUTHENTICITY. I know you’ve all been around the opposite!

Time Management

If you are struggling with your daily productivity and time management, Gavin is your man! I have learned some tremendous tricks and strategies that have significantly impacted my productivity through my time studying with Gavin. The Double Your Online Productivity system is jammed packed with education to help you to stop struggling with being disorganized, late, distracted, overwhelmed, exhausted, and WILL get you back on track to utilizing your time extremely effectively! Here is the Time management course I highly recommend: Go to:

DoubleYourOnlineProductivity.com

You can learn more from Gavin at http://GavinMountford.com

I thoroughly enjoyed this interview and hope you did too! I am especially enjoying bringing these very special connections to you, and look forward to the next one!

Please share your thoughts and personal stories of how you have connected with Gavin Mountford below!!

Thanks

Laura Morris

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Connection Mastery Series – SEO Expert Matthew Neer

by lmorris

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Aside from being an AMAZING Competitive  SKATEBOARDER..Matthew Neer is a dedicated Entrepreneur who is far, far ahead of most people online at mastering the skills necessary to be successful. After spending time with Matthew, I see it as two things: He has a high level of passionate dedication to what he is doing, with a “determination to be the best attitude”. Secondly , Matthew is excited about marketing, and is joyous in his approach..”It’s all good” he says..and I LOVE THAT!!!! Consequently he has created several six figure online enterprises. So we can learn much from this young -HOT entrepreneur.

How would you like to know the REAL DEAL on Search Engine Optimization, Internet Marketing and  the FASTEST WAY to get to the TOP of GOOGLE??

Matthew Neer is your man!

I sat down with this very SHARP marketer last fall..

Matthew says: “#1 Blogging Tip: Typically when most people come online and find out about blogging and WordPress they go on a massive hunt for the best possible free themes they can find.
What they don’t realize is that free themes are free for a reason, because most of them suck.

And while it may be a little bit of an extra expense I really do believe that if you just invest a little bit of money for a super high quality, premium WordPress theme in the long run you will get more exposure and more leads from your blog because it will be completely unique.

I highly recommend you check out http://matthewneer.com/elegantthemes

They have an extremely low priced membership, they have the best support forum I have ever come across and they come out with 2 new themes every single month at no extra charge to you.

The #1 mistake I made when I first started blogging that I would save other newbie bloggers from is Keyword Targeting.

It wasn’t until a year after I started blogging that I realize WordPress blogs can literally dominate the front page of Google in just a few hours.

For example, I am ranking on the first page of Google for multiple long tail company keyword phrases. Which result in me getting hundreds of hits to my blog every single day.

To do this, it is actually really simple. There are just a few key steps that you must follow, I’ll give you the basics right now.

  • First include your long tail keyword phrase in the title of your post and include it in the Permalink of your post.
  • Once you have that done, the secret is to use the keyword phrase again in the first 160 character of your blog post and hyperlink that keyword phrase because Google will pick up on that and rank you higher.
  • Then the rest is really just a matter of writing a really high quality article and including a keyword density of about 3%-8% throughout your whole article. This will rank you very well in Google every single time.

My favorite plugin has to be the Digg Digg plugin because it allows you to include the Tweet buttons, Facebook share buttons, and really just so much more to make it REALLY easy for other people to syndicate your blog.

However, the most practical plugin I have found by far is Google XML Sitemaps in reference to SEO because you can program that sucker to send updates to Google every single hour making your blog get indexed SUPER quickly!”

Check out Matthew’s Blog.

Here is my Video Interview with Matthew Neer that includes Specific Training on HOW to SEO YOUR POSTS!!

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Creating Compelling Content by Linnea Kline

by lmorris

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I read a fantastic article today on Linnea Kline’s Blog that was so good I wanted to post it here for my readers! Linnea is an excellent Social Media Teacher and Online Marketing Coach. I went to her blog today and started by reading one post that naturally led me to another, that led me to this one. If you have been struggling at all with content, I hope you enjoy this very rich article. http://linneakline.com/creating-compelling-content/

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WordPress Stats Is My My Favorite Plugin!

August 23, 2010 Blogging

Here’s a nugget that has made a big difference for me. I have been blogging for over three years, and have been totally self taught. What I mean is, I went on my own and sought out what I wanted to learn.If you are an online marketer…you have too!! Congratulations!  I am a very persistent [...]

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How to Add Custom Photo to Your Optin Form

August 15, 2010 Blogging

Some folks have been inquiring how I added my ebook photo to the optin form to the right. I was having a hard time finding what I wanted, so I decided to create it myself. This is what I came up with. You could always do the same thing with a simple text widget and [...]

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TSA: The Best Kept Secret On The Internet

July 18, 2010 Blogging

There’s something really exciting coming this week. The excitement has been building and soon we’ll know ALL the details about Tribe Domination. In the meantime, I decided to republish my thoughts on The TSA! I wrote this back in July and our business has grown even more since then. Read on.. I’ve got a secret! [...]

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Blogging Other People’s Popular Content

July 3, 2010 Blogging

Warning: This is a “Think Outside The Box Concept” !! But if you stick with me..I promise you will dig it.Stay tuned guys, because in this article I am going to show you why  Blogging Other People’s Popular Content is totally OK if you do it correctly. It can bring you for Lots of Traffic! [...]

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