Media And Marketing w/Jon Rognerud

Today, we're going to talk about Search Engine Optimization Strategy and hear from one of the leading experts, Steve Wiideman. Here are some of the key areas we cover with "SEO Steve"...  A - What brought you to SEO / background - and what were some of the biggest struggles/learnings from building your own SEO services firm?   B – There's many SEO optimization strategies. There's LOCAL SEO (maps),...

Are you using Facebook ads with Shopify? Good! That is a great solution stack for your e-commerce business.  The way FB and Shopify works together with ease is mostly a happy dance for marketers and business owners. But, do you have the right metrics and numbers dialed in? It's a constant battle (improving numbers, that is), and as you dive into Q4 and the "season for shopping online", you'll want...

WELCOME TO ANOTHER FRIDAY FOOTAGE! So many of you are dealing with Facebook technical issues when it comes to running ads. That includes business strategies as well. Sometimes, it's out of your hands (eek, a bug!) and you need help, and quick. Here's the solution: 1) Visit https://facebook.com/business/help 2) Click "Get Started" 3) Select any of the block images (link) 4) Scroll down and select t...

NEW! NEW! Friday Footage! WARNING: The Facebook pixel needs to be deployed to your website pages (all) first - before you run this example demonstration. This setup allows you to track all your conversions for leads into this simple funnel example: AdTraffic to LandingPage to ThankYouPage The "ThankYouPage" is what's considered a "lead conversion", and Facebook can track these for you. If you want...

Do you look for better ways to do your Facebook live streams, visual interaction with guests and screenshares while getting wider distribution of all your content? Well, take a look at www.streamyeard.com and www.restream.io This is a super simple and fast way to get your message out there. Once it's been set up, you don't have to worry about the tech-y stuff - it's already done for you. Just make...

Happy Friday! This is a follow-up to a previous Friday Footage where I cover lookalike audiences. The interface has changed slightly from that podcast (within Facebook Ads Manager) - but the rules and steps still apply: 1) use a base data source that has been proven 2) expand via lookalike audience(s) to build similar members for test in your ad campaigns 3) create new adsets using new lookalike a...

Welcome to Friday Footage! If you'd like to know how to create fast videos with little "work", then today's episode is for you. For example, if you have a blog already, you can simply pull in your RSS feed and create story-based videos in minutes. Or, you can copy or create text into this tool to auto-generate smart videos using proprietary AI like technology. How to do it? We'll cover that today....

I'm super pumped about my interview today! I have none other than Jason How, an expert marketer and business entrepreneur who runs a successful agency, training and consulting company. We're coming in live with Jason from Singapore and me in Los Angeles today. Jason just came back to his home office (Singapore) from a 6-week trip to USA & Canada. Turn up the volume - and you'll learn why clients s...

Happy Friday - "Friday Footage" is here! On Fridays, I typically demonstrate certain software, tech stack and screenshots that can help you dive deeper into technology, systems, websites, media and more. So...here's the question: Want to increase your traffic, leads and sales from Facebook advertising? Many ways to do this - and one of the ways you can do it is with proven source audiences, and to...

QUESTION: What does it take to make successful Facebook Ad campaigns? As you'll learn today, it's not as much about Facebook ads (manager) as it is about your message, market and customer experience. (Ok, fine... the funnel!) Lots of time is spent on the actual tactics of Facebook ads. The boxes and settings you must choose inside the Facebook ads manager environment, etc. While they are important...

There's an ongoing discussion about which platform (Google or Facebook) to use. Which one works best for your business, or any business? We get questions about this often at the agency. Our simple answer is this: where does you customer, client or patient "live"? Serve them content and ads on those platforms, optimize your funnel and watch your KPI's. However, it goes deeper than that. It's about...

Happy Friday once again! QUESTION: Have you ever run a webinar or VSL online? Sure you have. Well, are you able to track and watch the visitors as they review your webcast so you can improve it (or sections of that presentation)? Possibly... Most of the solutions out there don't provide a seamless way to do this. In today's Friday Footage, I take a look at an example from our own world, and you ca...

Did you know? To build trust and authority online, one of the best things you can do is to create content that serves your audience with what they are looking for. That's not enough though. You need to make sure it is "EAT" driven: E)xpert level, A)uthoritative, T)rustworthy". If you are in the health/wellness space, you can learn a lot from looking at your competitors. So... Today, I wanted to ta...

ASSUMPTION: Here's what you have right now: A. You know SEO (Search Engine Optimization), and have implemented some of this for your website. B. You already have keywords ranked and traffic is coming in. C. But, you want a shortcut to find new traffic quickly so you can grow your business. There are several ways to do this, but here's a place to start: 1) Find out what keywords are ranked on page...

The CRM/Marketing Automation wars are ongoing, and not stopping anytime soon. Two of the big players in the small-to-mid market are Infusionsoft (now Keap) and Ontraport. So, which one is better? It depends. On you. Your goals. Your direction. Your expectations. Listen to my thoughts in today's episode and got to https://facebook.com/chaosmapmarketing  to get a full visual. Ontraport comparison gr...

In 1923 a slender book was published by the advertising agency of Lord & Thomas. It was called Scientific Advertising and it was the first edition of a significant piece of work for advertisers. This book has been updated many times over the years - and is available at Amazon. (Links below) It was written by Claude Hopkins, a genius advertising pioneer. Many of his works has been updated and repub...

Funnels and funnel hacking is an internet "sport" these days. Anybody who's anybody in the marketing world talks about their latest hack and how much money they garnered. It doesn't matter if it's total revenue or if 50% is in affiliate fees. The main point is that the FUNNEL is what made them successful. The truth is, traffic from ads will not work unless you have a well developed funnel that is...

Humans are visual creatures. I can certainly speak to that, beats boring text every time! It's easy to engage prospects in conversation when looking at a visual representation of what you have. When it comes to presenting marketing funnels and process diagrams for example, there's nothing like using visual objects to quickly and easily present the information. Most of our clients enjoy seeing char...

How can you guarantee sales for your online business? You need to make sure you cover these areas first: 1) target the right audience, in the right region with your ads and expand with lookalikes 2) message to market match 3) ad copy to landing page congruency 4) landing page user behavior tracking with Hotjar.com or Crazyegg.com 5) A/B test ads and A/B test landing pages 6) Quiz your audience and...

Did you know: Video and video advertising are not going away any time soon! In fact, if you download the free 2019 Social Media Marketing Industry Report from Michael Stelzner, you'll see why:  https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/social-media-marketing-industry-report-2019/ In fact, videos are a powerful way to present your brand, products and services. Best of all - you can use videos to shortcut...

Today, I'm delighted to bring on a rising star in the business coaching world, Malorie Nicole. Her sole purpose in life is to help solopreneurs, entrepreneurs and business owners stuck in the hamster wheel of struggle... get OUT. She helps to create better businesses, decrease stress and grow quicker by becoming the who you are trying to be. I ask her questions about the 3 top issues facing most b...

Happy Friday...Summer Solstice Day! Let's talk podcasting & content...When publishing a podcast you have to use tools to help you. One of those tools is libsyn.com (that's what I use for my podcasting). It takes care of so much... including distributing to the podcast ready "stations", like iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, etc. However..., I'm not demo'ing libsyn today. Repurposing the podc...

If you love selling more, faster - this episode is for you! And, if you are trying to get new, high quality prospects into your professional services business, what is the fastest way to get them to speak to you, to serve them, and to close them?  Traditionally, it's to take them through a "first touch" campaign, then retarget and message them repeatedly, and then cram even more content until they...

When promoting ideas, products and services - you need to convey a message that speaks to the person (audience) that you are trying to attract. While stories, hooks and call to actions are important it can be frustrating to put it all together. And, when you review your copy, it looks like the words are not "popping out" from the page. It all appears dull. Words and phrases are not creating excite...

Are you "Living The Dream"? First... Let's see what Google thinks it is. We found a dictionary result at the top of the page: To experience the achievement of every success that one has aspired to achieve, especially from a career. Quora says: "doing what you want to do… or… living the type of life you want to live without any regrets. achieving all your goals. Enjoying the fruits of your labour....