K.I.S.S. Cast Episode 1 ~ Keep It Simple So… You Can Get Started

Here is it Wednesday night well after 7pm 8pm and I'm just now getting my post up on my blog. That's because today is a big day in JackieLand. Today is the day that a goal I set in January has come to fruition. Today is my first podcast! I spent the day creating my intro and outro music (with Hanna's help of course), downloading and installing the plugin that will allow you to listen to the podcast ~ as well as distribute it to itunes for me. AND most of all it's the day that I got up the … [Read more...]

I Did It! I Finished the 72 Hour Challenge!

As you may have seen in my last post I set a 72 Hour Product Creation Challenge for myself (and you!) to get on it and create a product in 72 hours. I did it! I have to say that Dave's free report on Creating a product in 3 days TOTALLY helped me.  I had a plan ~ I always have a plan, and as most days in my life the plan went to shit. I had this idea. I'd make a series of videos to outline the Squidoo Christmas Cash Blueprint.  I planned to bundle them in a zip file so people could … [Read more...]

Squeeze Page Software Makes Life Easy

Today we're going to learn how to create a squeeze page. I just found this squeeze page software that is going to make life so easy for you and there's a 15 day free trial. :) Before we get to creating the squeeze page, let's talk about what makes a squeeze page convert. When I say convert I mean makes people put their names/emails in and click submit. The point of a squeeze page is simple. Give people two options. Fill in the opt in box or click the back button. You don't want … [Read more...]

Choosing Great Blog Topics

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Today we're going to start our blogging journey. This journey begins with picking a topic. A niche if you will. While other projects we've done together have started at a keyword research tool, this one does not. This project starts in you.  In your heart, in your mind, in your spirit. This one starts with passion. What is it that you just can't stop talking about. What is you could talk about for days, weeks, years? That's what you're going to blog about. Now before you start thinking … [Read more...]

Web Traffic Tips: Social Bookmarking

Social bookmarking, just like blog commenting is a quantity vs quality thing, in my opinion. There are millions of places to bookmark your posts and your site, but before we get to that let's try and get clear about what social bookmarking is, why you might do it and how it can help you. Image via CrunchBase What is social bookmarking? Back in the olden days ~ you know a few years ago ~ when you wanted to keep track of sites you liked you clicked the "bookmarks" tab at the top of your … [Read more...]