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Banner Design | Logo Design | Landing Page Design | Email Campaign Design. Chrisbrogan's casestudy Bookmarks on Delicious. Blog Set Up: Product #4 of 10 Launched! | Online Business Blog - Blog Set Up. I’ve just released product #4 of 10 in my 10 products in 2010 goal, and if you’re interested in becoming a blogger, it will be of great interest to you! If you’re new here, I write my goals publicly on my blog every year, then update regularly with new information.

My biggest goal for 2010 was to create 10 products and release them. This was a challenge to myself to learn to create and release products quickly. So far I’ve released: And now, my latest creation: Blog Set Up. One way to get more customers for your products is to create more customers. As part of an “implementation challenge” at a conference I attended, I set up Blog Set Up from scratch in about 24 hours.

The site works like this: You sign up for a HostGator account through us, and we set up your blog for you for free. Testing Your New Product By Friday, May 21, I was ready for my first customer. When you launch a site, you’re not going to get it right the first time. Next Step: Outsource the Work P.S. Frazzled? Overwhelmed? Try Creating a Product Roadmap! | Online. A product roadmap helps you figure out where your business is going.Amy asked, in a recent comment, “Do you have a plan on how not to overwhelm yourself promoting 10 products after they are all launched?

Thinking of your 10 separate products reminds me of the traditional business advice of only focusing on one start-up at a time. Do you think it’s better to launch 10 products that perform ‘ok’ as opposed to 1 product that performs great?” Great question, Amy! I’ve shared my goal about creating 10 products in 2010, but I haven’t talked much about how they all fit together… The Problem: Infinite Opportunities It is possible to do a nearly infinite number of things to make money online.

I want to do so many things. Pretty quickly, I had to learn to focus. Step 1: Test With a Free Product I started testing the market for blogging success materials by releasing my free Blog Success Manifesto. Step 2: Go Upmarket My next step was to present a higher-ticket offer. Step 3: Fill in the Blanks. 21 Rules for Social Media Engagement.

Brian Solis is the author of Engage and a leading authority in digital branding and marketing. Connect with him on Twitter or Facebook. What follows is a modified excerpt from Engage, the complete guide for businesses to build, cultivate, and measure success in the new web. Social media is reinventing marketing, communications, and the dissemination of information. While businesses now have access to these rich channels, the true promise of social media lies in the direct connections between people who represent companies and the people who define markets of interest. Today, many businesses approach this with the establishment of social media guidelines and policies. This is indeed an important step, and not one worth economizing.

But it’s also not enough. The openness of popular networks is trivial. The following is an outline of best practices to help you craft a practical set of rules to guide representatives as they engage. 1. Public Speaking – How I Prepare Every Time. (Photo: Tim Wagner) In the past several weeks, I’ve been asked quite a lot about public speaking. While downing gin tonics over Brazilian BBQ at the SXSW Interactive tech conference, I was approached by the CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) of a start-up I advise.

She pulled me aside to ask primarily two questions: 1. Here were my answers…. 1. Answer: Don’t worry about it. If you know how to 1) craft a clear and short benefit message to your ideal 1000 customers (read Kevin Kelly’s 1,000 True Fans, the only marketing article you’ll ever need to read), 2) secure and highlight testimonials and case studies, 3) offer a simple trial option to big enterprises (but charge them – no free rides or they won’t value it), and 4) offer awesome customer service to the customers who matter (not becoming consumed by squeaky wheels with more free time than budget) just use the skills you have and view social media, primarily Twitter and Facebook, as communication channels. 2. 5) Have one 16-oz.

1,000 True Fans.