And suddenly he said to me, “You know Erica, with the team you have now, the sun literally never sets on your business.  Someone is always making you money.”

When I got off the phone I thought more about what he had said.

What a powerful thing to have working for you.  A money making machine that is duplicating itself over and over again continuously around the world even when you are fast asleep.  As one city raps up their day another is just getting started.

Kind of like a tag team wrestling match!  One team member gets tired and the other steps in to take over!

And what it means in dollars and cents is our business is based on real leverage and the best way to earn a significant residual income.

Now I have to admit this did not happen overnight. It took me a lot of time, money and patience to get my business to this point.  But it did happen and now it can’t be stopped!

By combining the right systems and a business plan that is easy to duplicate with a global business that anyone can and will want to use (no matter what their passion or profession is) we have created a residual stream of income that will only grow as it is introduced into even more cities and countries around the world.

And the best part is (not that the money isn’t great!!!) that I get to use what I have learned and struggled to get right to help others do the exact same thing – in a fraction of the time.  That is really what makes this powerful.

The growth of my business depends on the success of others.  That is why I am so driven to help them reach their goals in the shortest time possible.  Very win win for everyone!

I get to share what has worked best for me and they get my mentorship and 5 + years of experience built into their brand new business opportunity.  (Which costs them less than $200 to get started!)

So here is a quick thank you to all the team members we have scattered around the globe.  New Zealand, Canada, coast to coast across The United States, India, Cameroon, South Africa, The UK, Nigeria…  we can’t thank you enough for your hard work and dedication.

We are proud to be a part of this amazing adventure with you and look forward to your future successes!

We look forward to the day when the sun never sets on your business!

Make it a great day (where ever you are)!

Cheers!
Erica

I could talk at length about the importance of making life easier and faster – but we’ll save that for a future post…

Today is about an announcement!  A HUGE announcement!  One that gives me chills when I think about how easy and cheap personal branding and team building is going to be.  This is automation at it’s finest but at rock bottom prices…

In the coming weeks GoTo Webinar and GoTo Meeting are going to find themselves facing a new competitor in their market.

Talk Fusion announced that in the beginning of September they are going to launch Video Broadcasting (Webinar style presentations) and Video Conferencing (think Skype’s one on one video chat but instead of 1:1 it can be viewed and used on multiple computers all at the same time).

And they are doing all of this with HD quality and for an extremely low price point.

Right now, if you want to use GoToMeeting/ Webinar you pay $99 a month for a room that can hold up to 100 people. With Talk Fusion’s new Video Broadcasting you have all the same features – whiteboarding, screen and file sharing, recording, etc. but you can have an UNLIMITED number of people on your meeting!

That and all the other amazing video products for just $20 a month!

And the opportunity to earn an additional stream of income when you help others use the same cutting edge tools.

But you don’t have to take my word for it- in fact, here is a small part of a Talk Fusion Team Call that the Founder and CEO Bob Reina spoke on last week…

This is an extremely powerful opportunity to not only save yourself some money but earn some as well!  While at the same time get access to 8 unbelievable video products that are the perfect vehicle to drive your personal brand and relationships building efforts.

Here is where you can get more info on Talk Fusion

Got questions?  There is a way to contact me directly from the link above or catch me on any of the social networking sites I have listed at the top of this page.

It’s time for you to have the tools you need at a price you and your entire team can afford!

Cheers!

Erica

Messing with the html coding, php files, css and javascript in my blog is not something I am willing to do.  It’s just too techie and frustrating.

I am also not willing to shell out $50 or more a month to use a 3rd party Lead Capture Page System that I can’t control myself.  (I have seen too many people lose everything because a site shut down or changed it’s policies on what content is allowed- Look at Squidoo.  It’s just too risky to leave my capture pages in the hands of someone else.)

But you are in luck!  Because today I am going to show you a dead simple way to make a well converting capture page that you can tuck away inside your blog in just a few minutes.

• First you need a self hosted wordpress blog
• And this Squeeze Page Creator Plugin

This easy to use plugin is the power behind this tutorial.

With the Squeeze Page Plugin, there are 4 sales page templates to choose from:

• Column sales page
• Standard long form sales page
• Squeeze page
• Power Squeeze Page (This is an advanced technique.  You have the option to drop in your javascript or css and make a completely custom page.)

Here is a sample column squeeze page that I created with this plugin.

In this video I am going to show you how easy this is to set up…

Gone are the days when you need expensive capture page systems.

You can make your own in minutes using these two plugins:

Page Mash
Squeeze Page Creator

Got questions or comments?  I’d love to hear them.  Just drop them below in the replies section.

Cheers!
Erica

Here’s that video in case you aren’t already on my notification list and you missed it…

But today I wanted to take you behind the scenes to show you what the Max BlogPress folks have packed away back there…

If you want more subscribers – and WHO DOESN’T?  Grab this plugin.

But if you are reading this before July 31st- hurry up!  They have taken 30% off the price but only for the launch.

As you make your way around this site, you’ll see this plugin in action…

Let me know what you think by leaving a comment below and get on my list so I can send you updates when I find other cool plugins or do training and updates on the ones I currently use.

Cheers!

Erica

Today we have the chance to turn up the heat on our email marketing campaigns…

It’s very simple- video email marketing.

Gone are the days of boring text based messages that look exactly like the next one. This is your chance to shine, stand out from the crowd and build your brand faster.

This 5 minute video will show you 10 ways you can use Video Email to boost your online business.

Don’t let boring text email messages hold your business and brand building back.

If you are interested in video email, all the features it comes with and how it can benefit your business check out what we are using for our video email campaigns…

VIDEO EMAIL MARKETING

Make it a great day!

Erica

I am using Talk Fusion for my video autoresponders and the form on the right side is what I am going to teach you to make today.

My apologies – this video is a little slow loading…

Here is the code you are going to need to make this work…

<img src=”http://your-url-goes-in-here.com” alt=”" />

NOTE: Talk Fusion’s Form Creator adds about 10 pixels of space on each side of your image when you add it to your form.  So if your sidebar is 300 pixels wide then you need to make sure that you use an image that is about 280 pixels wide.  That way it will sit properly in your sidebar.

Here is the link to get to Gimp.  That is the free image editor I mentioned in the video.

So, start making some snazzy new opt in forms and grab more leads for your Talk Fusion Autoresponder Campaigns!

If you’re not using Video Email Autoresponders, all I can say is Why Not?  Here is a post about 10 Ways to Boost Your Business Using Video Email.

Make it a great day!
Erica

So, today I thought I would show you a really fast way to take a text file and turn that into a stunning video in less than 5 minutes…

Here are the step by step instructions:

1. Create your text file
2. Save your text file (.doc with no spaces for Mac users/ .txt file with spaces for PC users)
3. Fire up PowerPoint
4. Create a new presentation
5. Insert – Slides from file
6. Choose the file you want to import
7. When they load edit the slides so they are “title slides”
8. Add any backgrounds, themes, animations, images, etc that you want to your presentation.
9. Slideshow – View Show
10. Start up your Screen Capture software
11. Record and save

That’s it!

So, get to it…  Start making really cool text based videos for your business.

Got questions?  Leave them for me by clicking the “Ask Erica” button on the right.

Got comments?  I’d love to hear them!  Drop them below.

Make it a great day!

Erica

The idea behind email marketing is simple- send a message directly to your prospect’s inbox on a regular basis to showcase what you have to offer as a leader and to get them to remember you and your brand.

Brilliant idea! Capture a lead once and be able to market to them for life!  And every smart marketer knows the real money is in the email list you build for your business.

Your autoresponders are supposed to get your list members to:

• know, like and trust you.
• hear what you have to say
• feel engaged and appreciated
• recognize your name and brand immediately

But you can only sell, brand and educate if your prospect takes the time to read what you have written.

So, with all the text based messages that get sent out everyday are you getting lost in the inbox shuffle?

Fortunately there is another option.

One that is just as easy to use- maybe even easier for some.

Video email

Instead of boring text based messages, a personal video message is sent directly to your prospects inbox.

Sending a video email is like being right inside their computer, a welcome visitor inside their home or office.  They feel like they are the only ones in the world you’re speaking to.

As you can see from the screenshot I took of a video message I sent out below, even before they click the play button you stand out from the crowd.

They see an amazing image pop up right in their inbox and with just one click you are able to make your email message fun and engaging.

This is an extremely powerful way to stay “sticky” with your list members and get your You Inc brand out faster than ever.

Video autoresponders combine everything we love about social networking and email marketing into one package.

If you want to check out how I am using video email, drop your info into the form on the right side of my site.

I am betting you’ll see the amazing potential of this service for your business before you finish watching my first video message.

Make it a great day!

Erica Jones

Got questions?  Click the “Ask Erica” button…

I had all kinds of pieces of the puzzle but no idea how to put them all together.  My online marketing was scattered everywhere and while I could get traffic to my landing pages, conversions and sign ups were pitiful.

Plus, it took forever to juggle all the balls I had in the air… blogs, a static website, capture pages, social networking profiles, hubs, lenses, articles and videos as well as my autoresponder service.

I spent more time trying to remember log in details and trying to figure out how to use each site than I did actually getting content on them for people to find.

It felt like trying to put together a new Ikea wardrobe, with no instructions, blindfolded!

My big ‘Ah Ha’ came the day I invested in Mike Dillard’s Traffic Formula 2.0 course.

Well, not the day I ordered it but the day I watched the recorded video training explaining the concept of the Nerve Center.

The Nerve Center was the piece I had been missing!

It was exactly what I needed to bring all my marketing together, build relationships with my prospects and brand my You Inc. business.  It was so simple but so powerful- I wanted to kick myself for not thinking of it personally!

With help from the TF 2 training videos, I tracked down the right theme, widgets and plugins for my new blog.

Now, I was ahead of the curve because I had been blogging for years.   (The wrong way- I might add!)  So most of the set up process wasn’t new to me, but the concept of a customized Nerve Center was.

I followed the instructions, got my Nerve Center set up and started writing posts that would help my target audience get what they needed- solutions to their biggest needs, wants and fears.  (Which was the first thing taught in TF2)

When it was all set up I realized it was the perfect attraction marketing tool.  A place where I could finally share what I had learned with others, give things away, showcase what’s happening in my life and my business.  I could let people ‘spy’ on me and what I offer as a leader before they ever have to join my list or pay for anything.

It’s about giving before I get (which btw, I think should be attraction marketing’s official tagline)

This simple concept allows me to build relationships with my readers and a leadership brand for myself faster than anything I have ever tried.

SEO couldn’t be easier either.  One simple to use plugin and now I get amazing rankings on Google and friends.  One of my posts is on the front page for a keyword term with over 170,00,000 related results.

My optins are extremely targeted and I often get personal messages from new leads either on my social networking sites (the ‘connect with me’ links make it so easy for people to interact with me), through comments left on my site or even questions on my ‘Ask Erica’ page.  (These questions, comments and replies are like having a crystal ball!  They help me create more content that my readers are desperate to see, bringing them back again and again!)

And all of the ‘selling’ is done for me (mostly on autopilot) on the backside in my autoresponders and in my membership site.

Which, I am thrilled to say, has grown from only a handful of beta testers to over 569 members in just 6 months.

Without paid advertising!

So, thank you Mike Dillard and the team at Magnetic Sponsoring for putting together Traffic Formula 2.0 and giving me my ‘Ah Ha Moment’ in the form of the Nerve Center.

Implementing what I learned in TF2 is the reason I have made more money, had more signups and built my membership site to over 550 members in just 6 months.

I can’t promise the same results for you (even the most amazing information is a waste if you don’t take action) but I can tell you it’s the best course I have EVER invested in and would highly recommend it to anyone serious about making huge strides forward in this industry.

If you weren’t one of the early birds that took the course as it rolled out like I did, Mike has re-opened the doors and if you get in this week, you’ll save $600!  Yeah- I know, it’s a huge chunk of cash.

And I am going to sweeten the deal-

I know how much my Nerve Center has changed my business and I want you to have the same results – or better so, if you buy it from my link, leave a comment below this post and I’ll email you a coupon for a personalized nerve center ($297 value – just like this one) for $97!

That’s a $800 discount.

NOTE: If you are a current Magnetic Sponsoring customer (meaning you have bought something in the past from Mike’s host of products) you’ll have to clear your browser’s cookies first and use a different email address (basically create a new account).  That is the only way to be sure you’ll be able to use my link and get my Nerve Center coupon.

Here’s where you can get the $600 deal on Traffic Formula 2.0

As always, thanks for reading and cheers!

Erica

I had no idea how easy it is to become a victim and how quickly you can lose every bit of work you pour into video marketing with YouTube because of ignorant cyberbullies…

Here’s my unfortunate story.

Today I woke up to a couple of new comments on my YouTube channel and on a couple of my videos.  When I logged in to read them and reply (I like to engage my video viewers by answering any questions they leave or respond to their comments and feedback) I noticed that they were hurtful, rude remarks instead of real feedback.

Like a sucker, I went in and had a look at the people behind it.  I quickly realized that I was not the only victim of their hatred.  There were multiple people in the home based business industry who had responded (some not so nicely themselves) to what these guys had to say on their videos and channels.

They each had only 1 or 2 videos on their profiles.  Each bashing and threatening scam artists, how they were going to expose them, their money making schemes and get them banned from the community.

The real topper to all of this was they did all of this ranting from behind paper bag masks or scarves and hats pulled down over their faces!

Stupidly, I attempted to start a conversation with them about their opinions and their misconceptions.  I told them to take off the masks that they were hiding behind, become the heroes of the community instead of the villains by making content and posting comments that actually helped people avoid scams instead of just accusing anyone in the home business industry of wrong doing.

What I got in return was a barrage of angry, hurtful replies about being a ‘sissy boy’ (more proof they had never watched my videos), pokes at my ‘boy haircut’ (when they did learn I was of the female persuasion) and other hateful things that I really shouldn’t repeat in case your kids are in the room and are reading this over your shoulder.

They continued to threaten me with promises of getting my account banned and how they had proof of my scamming activities.  When I asked them to show me the ‘proof’ they had, they insulted me some more on my channel, went into my videos, commented with ‘spam’ or ‘scammer’ and then flagged them for violations against Youtube’s Terms and Conditions (a word, by the way, that one of them couldn’t even spell!)

In a matter of minutes, my account was blocked and I was unable to access it.

It was that simple. 2 jerks, a few comments and a couple of clicks of the flag icon was all it took.

All of the work and effort of the past 9 months is gone.  And whether or not YouTube will see that I was being bullied and reinstate my account I don’t know. Even if they do, how long will it be before it will be back up?

So, the moral of this story is, just like the school yard bullies your mother or father warned you about and told you to ‘just walk away from’ or ‘ignore’, Cyberbullies are exactly the same!

Here is the right way to handle a cyberbully…

Flag their comments as spam, delete them from your channel and your videos and block the user from watching or commenting on your YouTube activities.

That is your only option and the only means of online protection you have.

Have you been cyberbullied yourself?  How do you protect yourself and your accounts?  I’d love to hear what you have to say.  Leave a reply below.

Be safe out there!

Cheers!
Erica

PS – I will let you all know what happens with the account and the response I get back from YouTube to my request to have my account reinstated.

Oh and for now, if you click on a video link on this site and it doesn’t show, it was linked to my YouTube account.  I promise to have them back soon though.  With or without YouTube!