Wonderful Web Women

An update on the teleconferencing tool we use. http://www.thebasementventures.com is the free conference and recording software I have used for well over a year and still use. It works well for me. For a few weeks we couldn’t access the recordings (luckily we back up on Instant Tele-seminar) so Lisa on our team researched the other options. Just when we were ready to move, it all started working again. The Basement Ventures has the most features so I have decided to stick with it for the moment.

However…..

Some people are still having problems. So I recommend http://www.nocostconference.com . It is very similar to the basement Ventures. The only difference is you can’t stay on the line,finish a recording, then start another one while still on the same line. You need to hang up, call in and start another recording. This probably won’t affect most people. It affects me because I record an interview, stop the recording, then open the lines for a general mastermind call Q & A and record that separately for our gold members. That’s the reason I have stayed with The Basement Ventures.

Another program you can use is http://www.freeconferencepro.com/

I was talking to Heather Vale the other day (I interviewed Heather last year about how to do great interviews). She has switched to this program. She says the MP3 recordings are not very good quality but the .wav recordings they also make available are very good quality. She relies on the recordings from Instant Teleseminar for her professional interviews but has free conference pro as a back up.

A thing I really like about http://www.freeconferencepro.com is you can personalise the message people hear when they first dial in. So this sounds really professional. Heather does this and when I rang her conference line the other day (she was interviewing me, how amazing to be on the other end of a great interviewer) I thought “wow, Heather is using a sophisticated system, must be expensive” but it was the free service. So that is a real plus I reckon.

I’d love to hear your experiences with using conference recording facilities. Cheers Janet

One of the most common questions I get asked is how do you convince Industry experts to agree to be interviewed by you, and then how to convince them to promote you to their lists. Even more importantly, how do you do this if you are an unknown and have no list of your own at all?

There is a real strategy to doing this effectively but you can definitely replicate it in your own niche. When I started Wonderful Web Women I had no list (well, about 50 friends and relatives) because I had sold my previous business, along with the list. I was an unknown and had never met most of the women I interviewed. There are a lot of techniques I have developed which I cover in detail in my workshops but here is an outline to get you started:

5 steps to convince experts to partner with you

#1: Write a wish list of experts you would LOVE to interview if you could wave a magic wand and have the most successful and inspiring people.

I searched on Google, checked out www.gurudaq.com, went to internet marketing events and joined different speaker’s lists

#2: Go for the biggest names FIRST.

I know this seems crazy. After all, they don’t know you and logic would say to start with someone talented but not well known, and work your way up. You MUST start big. Read on to find out why.

#3: Communicate clearly what is in it for them and you

Money is not usually what motivates industry experts. After all, what they will make from joint venturing with you is probably peanuts for them. There are usually less tangible benefits for them. This is what I found really motivated the women who supported the launch of Wonderful Web Women:

1. They want to promote their business and latest projects

2. They are genuinely passionate about what they do and love to share

and, the biggest motivator of all……….

1. They were all genuinely passionate about inspiring and supporting women entrepreneurs.

Address these major motivators in your communication. Be clear, honest and brief (they are busy).

#4: When you have one agreement, let the rest know

This is important. People want to know they will be seen in good company and will often wait to see who else agrees first. That’s why I say go for the biggest name first. Once you have someone influential, the others will agree you are credible and be happy to join. You can even say “this is who else I have asked”, even if they haven’t agreed yet, and this will be enough to convince some that you are serious.

So go for the big fish first. If they say ”no” what have you lost? Nothing.

#5: Insist each speaker promotes the entire line up of speakers to their list, 2 weeks (and again one week) before you launch

This is the basis of your list building. Each speaker is helping each other to have new listeners on each call. They are supporting each other as much as they are supporting you. You must stress that they are supporting the other experts. This is the hardest part as they are busy and may not intend to forget your promotion but it gets lost in how much else they have going on. Be persistent and do as much as you can to help them (write the emails, make promotional videos or audios if you can)

Well that’s just the start, you have to do the interviews yet, but this is the hardest, and most important part done.

Good luck. I’d love to hear how you go. I hope to see you at our Quick Start Events.

Cheers

Janet

Hi

Thanks to Charly Leetham today for taking on the challenge of sitting in the Wonderful Web Women interviewing hot seat. Today Charly interviewed me about the process I used to launch Wonderful Web Women so quickly when I  had no list, no reputation and no product (and no idea really). We covered so much, from how to find experts, how to convince them to support you, how to build your list quickly, right through to which software to use, how to create multiple products from a one hour interview and also touched on effective interview techniques. Pheww! That’s quite a lot really.

We had some trouble with the webcast today (kept making weird noises) so I have made the recordings available for you to download, even if you are not a GOLD member, for the rest of the week. After that, they will only be available for gold members. Here is the link to listen to the recording of the interview, and also the mastermind session afterwards.

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Wonderful Web Seminars Quick Start Events

Coming to a town near you…..

I have had so many people ask me to help them replicate what I have done in their own niche and I’ve listened! You have an opportunity to spend an intensive day with me and my team in a workshop designed to take you from the basics to the advanced techniques that will have you creating products and building a responsive list in just a few weeks. I have an awesome early bird booking discount which will save you $300 if you get in first. You can get all the details here.

Here it is in brief:

Sydney, Australia, Saturday 23rd August. Why not Join us for dinner afterwards?

Los Angeles, USA, Monday 15th September. Join me and my family for drinks and nibbles the night before?

The Los Angeles event is timed to back onto the Bridging Heart and Marketing Conference which I will be attending (and presenting at). You can see all the details for this ground breaking conference here.  I really do hope you can make it to both (we have arranged discount accommodation for you).

Both events are full of actionable content, with great food, networking opportunities and plenty of time to ask questions.

I hope to see you there. If you have any questions at all, please contact us as we are here to help.

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Today we were lucky enough to have David Barrett from Audio Acrobat spend 2 hours guiding us through Audio Acrobat and answering all our questions. Because this was a bonus call I have made the replay available to everyone for a limited time. You can listen to the replay here: http://instantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=3339345 

To show you how easy this program is to use, I have created a 5 minute summary for you using the program. Just click the play button below to hear my message. All I did was ring up, record my voice, copied the little bit of code they gave me and pasted it into my blog here. Ta Dum!! All done.

You can use Audio Acrobat for the following things:

• add a welcome message to your site (have a look at the home page of wonderful web women, I just changed it).

• let customers leave an audio testimonial using a special number you set up with one click (see our testimonial page and see an example) - go on, leave a testimonial. I want to see if it works

• Easily add the testimonials from your customers to your web site

• Add your voice to the final page of your shoppingcart to guide people through the process of buying

• create an audio product (for example an interview) and sell it

• send people a link in an email and let them download your audio or listen on-line with no need for an attachment - or a website for that matter

• record an interview you do on your own phone, by adding audio acrobat in as the third person on a 3 way conversation. That way your guest does not need to ring the US if you are both in another country like Australia

• creat a podcast and add to 16 podcast directories with 2 clicks

• add video to your web site

• Easily make it pay for itself and then pay you extra through an easy affiliate program

You can trial Audio Acrobat for 1  month for free then it’s less than $20 per month (and you can cover this cost by recommending it to other people who will benefit).

I’m going to be really testing it out this month and I’d love to hear you stories. Why not share them here on the blog and also on the forum?

Janet

Hi

Today we were lucky enough to have David Barrett from Audio Acrobat spend 2 hours guiding us through Audio Acrobat and answering all our questions. Because this was a bonus call I have made the replay available to everyone for a limited time. You can listen to the replay here: http://instantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=3339345 

To show you how easy this program is to use, I have created a 5 minute summary for you using the program. Just click the play button below to hear my message. All I did was ring up, record my voice, copied the little bit of code they gave me and pasted it into my blog here. Ta Dum!! All done.

You can use Audio Acrobat for the following things:

• add a welcome message to your site (have a look at the home page of wonderful web women, I just changed it).

• let customers leave an audio testimonial using a special number you set up with one click (see our testimonial page and see an example) - go on, leave a testimonial. I want to see if it works

• Easily add the testimonials from your customers to your web site

• Add your voice to the final page of your shoppingcart to guide people through the process of buying

• create an audio product (for example an interview) and sell it

• send people a link in an email and let them download your audio or listen on-line with no need for an attachment - or a website for that matter

• record an interview you do on your own phone, by adding audio acrobat in as the third person on a 3 way conversation. That way your guest does not need to ring the US if you are both in another country like Australia

• creat a podcast and add to 16 podcast directories with 2 clicks

• add video to your web site

• Easily make it pay for itself and then pay you extra through an easy affiliate program

You can trial Audio Acrobat for 1  month for free then it’s less than $20 per month (and you can cover this cost by recommending it to other people who will benefit).

I’m going to be really testing it out this month and I’d love to hear you stories. Why not share them here on the blog and also on the forum?

Janet

Today I interviewed Pat Lynch from Women’s Radio about “Speaking Up and getting your voice heard”. Pat has an incredibly inspiring story of perseverance which I hope will inspire many to stick with your vision, even against the odds. Pat owns Women’s Radio, a large network which features a collective of web hosts who run radio programs on topics targeted at women. These topics are not just on women’s issues but are targeted at women. For example there are radio programs on business, health, travel, music - you name it, it is there or will be.

In this article I share with you strategies to get your voice heard, using both Pat’s website (www.womensradio.com) and Pat’s techniques and your own web site.

How to Spread the word about your expertise through Women’s Radio

The mission of Women’s Radio is to give women a greater voice over a wider geographic area. The influence of this program reaches hundreds of thousands of women. Women’s radio can help grow your business (or your political campaign or social interest group) in the following way:

1. Apply to host a radio program through Women’s Radio. To apply, visit http://www.womensradio.com/Pages/Contact.htm and tell Pat that you heard her on Wonderful Web Women and would like info on how to be a host. Tell her a bit about yourself as well.

2. Be a featured guest on one of the programs. Again, contact Pat through http://www.womensradio.com/Pages/Contact.htm and tell her a bit about your expertise.

3. Contribute articles : You can submit articles as a guest author

How To Host Your Own Program

When Pat moved her radio station from traditional radio to internet radio, she had a wish list of what technology she wanted to make it possible. It wasn’t available at the time so she and her partner, David, contracted a team to develop it for them. The result? Audio Acrobat. I’ve noticed this used on many sites, especially those of successful marketers.

These are just a few of the things you can do with Audio Acrobat:

• record your voice and put it as an intro on your website
• record an interview
• record segments for a radio program or teleseminar (eg intros, interviews, adds, music transitions) and then select what order you want each played in and when to play
• create podcasts with just 2 clicks (submits to 16 different podcast directories)
• quickly put audio on your website or blog without having to be a techy (just cut and paste)
• You can also do all the same things with video

Using this technology you can really simply have recordings of your interviews and ideas on your own website. You can even create a site that has guest hosts who all contribute their recordings to your “radio site” and create your own radio hub for your own niche.

But let’s keep it simple.

Sign up for Audio Acrobat for their free 1 month trial. Create a short audio introduction to your website by ringing in on the number they provide. Then cut and paste the recording to your website. That’s what I will be doing this week as I spend the next month “testing it out”. I’d love to hear your experiences. Here’s one that was shared on the call by Richard from California “LoL, I can not say enough great things about Audio Acrobat ! What a great tool! I use it with overt 90% of my clients ! TalkToMeGuy Productions”

Cheers

Janet

Hi

Today we had an interview with a difference. This week I had the honour to interview Evelyn Tian, one of the gold members of Wonderful Web Women. Last year, Evelyn was one of 5 women who won the opportunity to create a product with me. Today we created that product by recording our live interview. Evelyn will receive the recordings, transcripts, cheat sheets, action plans and CDrom complete with artwork ready for her to replicate and sell on her web site or give away to generate leads for her growing business.

This is the same process that I teach through http://www.WonderfulWebSeminars.com.

Evelyn won this opportunity because of the incredibly inspiring story she had to share with our members. This is one of the responses from members who made it to the live call:

“Hi Evelyn, awesome teleseminar. Thanks so much for all your input and wisdom” Barb  Qld

Let me share just a part of what Evelyn talked about today. Gold member can listen to the recording in just a few hours.

Build Prosperity and Strong Relationships With L.O.V.E

Evelyn Tian is a Singaporean woman living in Australia. She shared a story that started with volunteering to pack and send envelopes for the 2000 Olympics Committee here in Australia 10 years ago. That simple act of giving lead to an amazing trail of events that lead to her becoming the  African attache for the Olympics and Para-Olympics. This started Evelyn on an incredible journey to Africa for 6 months where she worked with disabled women and children, introducing wheelchair sports and fund raising for home made wheelchairs. She is now working toward helping disabled orphans in Africa.

Evelyn has an amazing ability to extend her networks and offer people the opportunity to share her journey. As she said, many people want to help but just don’t know how. One of the biggest things I got from Evelyn’s interview was the power of creating strong relationships and actively using your network to achieve huge goals while changing the lives of others for the better. Evelyn now helps individuals develop these strong relationships for personal growth as well as business growth. Here is the framework Evelyn shared with us to develop strong relationships:

L.O.V.E

L is for “Listening”: So often we don’t take the time to really listen to what people are asking and saying. Concentrate on actively listening for a strong relationship.

O is for “Overlook Little Faults”: It is often small things that people do wrong that can really damage a relationship. Do you ever find yourself building resentment over things people have done, or resent yourself because of something you have done wrong? Forgive these things and the loss of resentment will open up real opportunities in a relationship.

V is for “Voice”: Speak up and learn to say NO. You will respect yourself more and those you have a relationship with will respect you further as well.

E is for “Effort”: This is the difference between people who have great ideas and people who create success. You must make the effort to succeed in life and in your relationships.

Evelyn shared amazing stories of inspiration which I would love to share with you. If you are a GOLD member the recording will be available in a few hours. If you aren’t a gold member yet, why not? You can access Evelyn’s interviews and recordings and transcripts of every interview with our Wonderful Web Women Speakers but upgrading to gold today.

You can find out more about Evelyn on her website at http://www.ETquisitePerformance.com

Cheers

Janet

Today’s interview with  Heidi Nabert about podcasting and Web 2.0 opened up huge possibilities for many of our listeners (including me). We covered an amazing amount of material which you can listen to in just a few hours if you are a gold member of Wonderful Web Women. If you are not a gold member yet you can upgrade by clicking on the “benefits of gold membership” on the left had side of the page after you log into the members area.

Today I will share with you 10 ways Heidi has identified to make money from podcasting, as well as tell you what podcasting is. But first, a few gifts:

1. You can download the slides of a presentation Heidi gave at the last Bridging Heart and Marketing Conference in the US a few weeks ago. This gives you a great understanding of podcasting.

2. I ask all our guests to make a special offer just to our members and Heidi’s offer is incredible. She is giving a genuine $1000 discount on her upcoming podcasting coaching program plus great bonuses for quick movers. If this is an area you are even thinking about learning, then check out her offer.

3. Heidi has also gifted her recent digital book on Podcasting to listeners on the call and also our GOLD members. I’ve just been reading through this and it’s an amazing gift. For one, she lists all the technology they have tested and use, and show you which ones are best. This will be available to gold members at the same time as the recording is uploaded.

What Is A Podcast?

If you have an MP3 player, such as an ipod, you can go to places like iTunes and download music to your iPod. You can also subscribe to a “feed” which means every time you open up your computer, iTunes will automatically download the latest audio in the series you have subscribed to. You can then listen to it on your MP3, computer or even burn to CD.

A podcast uses the same system (an RSS feed) and you can download interviews etc that you have created. In fact, people can download your podcast through iTunes. It’s not just for music.

 45, 100, 38

These are numbers to pay attention to.

45% of email doesn’t get through

100% of podcasts get through

38% of people are auditory learners, so they like listening instead of reading

10 Ways To Make Money From Podcasts

1. Create an online presence. People get to know you, like you and trust you. Only then will they buy

2. Establish expert status in your niche - people will place high value on what you sell

3. Create a power point presentation to go with your audio. You can then post your audio to YouTube and drive heaps of traffic to your site.

4. Create and audio e-book from your podcast recordings

5. Transcribe the audio to create ebooks, auto-responders and articles

6. Advertisers and sponsors pay you to be placed in your podcast

7. Credibility - people will then pay high prices for workshops you run

7. Lead generation. The client is already pre-closed / sold. For example Heidi generates interested leads for her off-line business.

9. Early movers will win against web sites in the same niche

10. Branded courses based on your podcasts

All  these ideas you can use and they don’t even include paying to listen to your podcast!

I’d love to hear your experiences with podcasting or any questions you may have. Just leave them here on the bog or go over to http://www.wonderfulwebforum.com and share your ideas and questions with other people in our community.

Cheers

Janet 

I learnt heaps from Kelly McCausley on today’s Wonderful Web Women webcast today - did you? Kelly runs http://www.wahmtalkradio.com/ and http://www.momstalkradio.com and has been a podcaster and internet radio host for 4 years now. We covered an amazing amount of material in j