Turn Media Interviews into Sales

Written by Susan Harrow


Many people don't understand what soundbites are. They don't know how to create soundbites that sell. They don't know that it's not enough to be clever, entertaining or quippy. That might make TV and radio hosts happy, but it often won't bring inrepparttar kind of results you're looking for: to grow your business, sell more product, get new clients, more customers, or increase your fees.

You want to develop soundbites that speak to who you are, what you do and how well you do it. Soundbites arerepparttar 119917 essential messages that will create sales and recognition. They consist of anecdotes, analogies, stories, one-liners, and facts that you can speak in 15-30 seconds. They should be singly focused on what you want your audience to know. To turn media interviews into sales here are 3 things you can do.

1. Incorporate Your Past into Your Present Experience.

Camus says, *We arerepparttar 119918 sum of our choices.* We want to know how your childhood dreams have influencedrepparttar 119919 career you've chosen. Your past often has predictors to your future interests and life decisions. If you don't want to go back as far as childhood then go back in your professional career. Sarah Newton, The UK's Top Teen Coach, said that when she was a juvenile corrections officer what she heard from teenagers most was that they didn't feel heard, understood or respected. *The most important thing a parent can do is listen,* says Newton.

Often soundbites like Newton's seem simple. But it takes work to distill your ideas down to their essence. It'srepparttar 119920 unadorned statement that is oftenrepparttar 119921 most powerful.

Another way to tie past to present is to show how your passion drives your profession. *People think I am disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference,* says Luciano Pavarotti. Chooserepparttar 119922 words that show your devotion.

2. Include Client Successes.

How has your product or service impacted your clients or customers? Tell a story that centers on that success. Marty Friedman, seminar Leader and author of ~Straight Talk for Men About Marriage,~ says, *An attorney who came to one of my seminars said he didn't really think he got much out of it--until he got home and his wife wanted to have sex with him--forrepparttar 119923 first time in months. ~I guess I must have learned a little something,~repparttar 119924 attorney admitted.*

Webmaster Tools and Resources

Written by S. Housley


With new technologies, algorithms and sources emerging on a daily basis, webmasters are constantly struggling to stay informed. The quality of content onrepparttar web andrepparttar 119916 number of products available to webmasters can seem overwhelming. The goal of creating a site that can be quickly found can be a struggle. Unless webmasters have a well-established brand, a great domain name and a huge marketing budget, it is important that they appear in search engines via specific keywords. With this in mind, we have compiled a list of resources and products that will benefit webmasters in their efforts to be found.

1.) Webmaster Articles & Tutorials -The Internet is rich with resources for webmasters who are developing and optimizing web content. The web hosts a vast variety of web design tutorials and articles. Forrepparttar 119917 novice, sifting through these resources can be daunting and overwhelming.

Site Point - New Articles, Fresh Thinking for Web Developers and Designers - With a vast variety of web design tutorials and articles coupled with a vibrant and well informed community, SitePoint isrepparttar 119918 natural place to go to grow your online business. http://www.sitepoint.com/

WebProNews - WebProNews is an article portal for Internet and Technology professionals and has thousands of articles on web design and development. The articles are from iEntry's network of expert writers through hundreds of relationships with authors aroundrepparttar 119919 world. http://www.webpronews.com/

2.) Webmaster Forums - Not only can participating in various forums and posting your various views and ideas potentially bring new growth and life to your online business, it can help you stay informed about industry news or changes. This is particularly important when working in a new, quickly advancing industry like web design and search engine optimization. The following forums are great places for webmasters to participate and monitor.

ThreadWatch - ThreadWatch is a nifty tool. The concept of Threadwatch is very simple: findingrepparttar 119920 signal amongstrepparttar 119921 noise of internet marketing media takes too much of what we all value most, time. Threadwatch.org cuts throughrepparttar 119922 chatter and produces a clear signal forrepparttar 119923 time-starved professional Internet marketer. http://www.threadwatch.org

Webmaster-Talk - The WebmasterTalk forum covers material related to Web Design, PHP Help, Coding, Hosting, Domain Names, graphic optimization and related webmaster topics. The forum is extremely popular and generally, posts will receive almost instant responses from knowledgeable professionals. Of course, like any forum, there are bound to be opposing views ensuring that all sides of every issue are raised. http://www.webmaster-talk.com

3.) Website Submission Tools - According to research more then 90% of Internet traffic is generated by search engines. Submitting your website to all major search engines isrepparttar 119924 most effective way of promoting your website onrepparttar 119925 Internet. In order for web surfers to locate your site you must be included in allrepparttar 119926 major search engines. There are a number of tools available to assist withrepparttar 119927 submission process.

Internet Business Promoter - Internet Business Promoter is a suite of 10 professional web promotion tools in one software application. All ofrepparttar 119928 tools are designed to assist web developers with all aspects of web site promotion and search engine optimization. We found that IBP's strength was inrepparttar 119929 website submission options. Once a site is created it must be submitted to search engines and directories. IBP streamlines and simplifiesrepparttar 119930 submission process, saving significant amounts of time. http://www.axandra.com/ibp

FreeWebSubmission.com - Free Web Submission isrepparttar 119931 source for free search engine submission. They provide webmasters and site owners with free manual and auto submission torepparttar 119932 highest-rated, free internet search engines and directories. http://www.freewebsubmission.com/

AddMe - AddMe is a leading resource for webmasters and small-business owners specialized in website submission and promotion inrepparttar 119933 search engines. AddMe offers free online website submission to 14 major search engines in exchange for a reciprocal link. AddMe is well known and respected inrepparttar 119934 industry. http://www.addme.com/

Many ofrepparttar 119935 online submissions require an e-mail address. In order to limit excessive unwanted e-mail many webmasters will use a "throw-away" e-mail address that would allow them to initially receive notification thatrepparttar 119936 site is submitted but is ultimately an e-mail account they can discontinue afterrepparttar 119937 submission process. This practice is suggested for anyone using a free service for site submissions.

4.) Online Tools - A number of resource sites are available onrepparttar 119938 web to assist webmasters. The resources are generally free and contain useful analytical tools.

DigitalPoint - The DigitalPoint site contains a variety of tools specifically for webmasters. The tools are a collection of useful online tools, from a Google AdSense Sandbox that shows which Google AdSense ads will be displayed for any webpage onrepparttar 119939 Internet, to web ranking tools that track Yahoo's web rank. http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/

SEO Survey - Tools to help SEO specialists and webmasters automate some ofrepparttar 119940 important tasks involved inrepparttar 119941 routine of optimization. http://www.socengine.com/seo/tools.html

5.) Webmaster Software - The aim of many applications is to save time, money or productivity. Webmsters can often use software to replace a task they do manually, freeing up their time to pursue other tasks.

FeedForAll - FeedForAll creates, edits, manages and publishes RSS feeds. As webmasters realizerepparttar 119942 benefits to RSS, software related to RSS is becoming an instrumental tool in their arsenal. http://www.feedforall.com

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