Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category
6,008 People Typed My Name Into Google This Year (And Those Are Just The Ones That Spelled It Right)
Posted by Laura Roeder | Filed under Social Media
So far in 2010, over six thousand people have looked up my name on google and clicked on my website. You can have this too. I started out with nothing, and built this for myself in less than two years. In this video, I’ll show you how.
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The Road To Fame
Posted by Laura Roeder | Filed under Social Media
Watch this video to catch with Creating Famers a full year later. How have their businesses changed? You’ll also hear the story of how I went from a struggling web designer to the business that I have today.
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A New Trick for Creating Fame: The Business Demo Reel
Posted by Laura Roeder | Filed under Social Media
Watch the video to see my ‘hood, the Venice Canals and learn how to use a demo reel to sit pretty and get the customers to come to you!
You heard what to do in the video, leave a comment with your business demo reel! If you get it in before October 7th I’ll personally critique it and give you my feedback.
Mentioned in this video: How to Edit And Upload a Flip Video To YouTube
Purchase the flip video camera here
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Exclusive Video – How to Create Your Own Fame Using Social Media
Posted by Laura Roeder | Filed under Social Media
Watch the video above to see me speaking at Marie Forleo’s Rich, Happy & Hot Live event – this has never been released before!
Did this video give you any “a-ha”s on building your own fame? Please leave them in the comments below.
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Creating Fans Out of Thin Air
Posted by Laura Roeder | Filed under Social Media
In this screencast video you’ll learn:
- How to get your first testimonials without devaluing your services by giving it all away for free
- How to create a free get-the-job-done website in five minutes
- My “ninja move” for getting fantastic market research out of this process
- How to use social media to generate buzz about you and your business
- How to use twitter to show off live testimonials
Please comment and let me know what you think!
UPDATE – People are taking action already!
Posted by Laura Roeder | Filed under Social Media
I believe fast implementation is an incredibly valuable skill for entrepreneurs and apparently there are a lot of fast implementers who visit this site! Gold stars all around!
So in the last post I explain how to use a special kind of contest to create fans out of thin air and some of you are already doing it! If you want to win some valuable goodies from Creating Fame readers make sure to check out these links and submit your entry. People are offering some very cool prize packages! If you’re holding your own Creating Fame style contest be sure to comment and I’ll add you to this post.
Win Your Own Money Tree System!
From reader @ElizabethPW
“I’m giving away 3 copies of The Money Tree System (regular price $297), the step-by-step method you need to get over your fears about your small business finances, manage the income and expenses of your business, and effortlessly attract more money to you — in just 15 minutes per week.”
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Eating by Choice Contest
From reader @hyperlinked
“An hour long one-on-one Eating By Choice Session with me, Nathalie Lussier. In this session I’ll determine your three most defenseless “food decision” moments, and provide strategies for eating your best by eliminating those vulnerable moments before they happen.”
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Procrastination Saver Contest
From reader @timecommander
“One Procrastination Saver session, one hour in length. During this session, I will give establish three things – or more – you do each day that are plaguing your life in terms of time management. This session will be made possible via either GMail chat, e-mail or an instant messenger client.”
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Blog Boosting Brouhaha
From reader @terryheath
“Five winners will receive my one-hour Blog Boosting Brouhaha. During your own private consultation, we’ll take a close look at your blogging goals for one hour via Google, Yahoo or Skype Chat and you’ll walk away with a 5-part plan to catapult your blog to new heights in the blogosphere.”
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Get Out of The Diet Rut Contest
From reader @EatWithoutGuilt
“An hour long one-on-one “Get Out of The Diet Rut” Session with me, Dinneen Diette. In this session I’ll determine your three biggest diet roadblocks and provide personalized strategies for crushing those barriers that you can use right away making your weight-loss easier and more productive. The way to lose weight effectively and keep it off is getting clear on where you get stuck. I’ll uncover that and design an effective approach suited just for you.”
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Shandle Potty Pack Giveaway
From reader Topher O’Rourke
“Shandle Potty Pack containing 3 Just For Kids Shandles of your choice. Use one for every bathroom in your house or share the extras with your kids best friends! ”
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Lawyerist website improvement contest
From reader @AaronStreet
“Two winners will each receive a $199-value consultation with Lawyerist. As part of the consultation we will review your website or blog, then schedule a 30-minute phone call with you to discuss specific, high-impact improvements you can can make to your site to dramatically improve its rankings, readership, and usability. We will also provide you with a printed report detailing our recommendations.”
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How To Get Your Name and Message In Front of Thousands of New People
Posted by Laura Roeder | Filed under Social Media
Just threw together a quick video of something that happened last night – this site was hit with a burst of traffic all originating from ONE social media message on twitter that was spread over and over again.
When I say this stuff is easy this is what I mean – it doesn’t have to be difficult to gain a following. This sort of thing happens on social media all the time.
On the most basic level, the only “trick” to this is to give away FANTASTIC content that will get people talking. Oh, and no one is going to tweet about you if you aren’t on twitter!
By request, here’s a link to the tweet mentioned in the video


