Written by George Manty · February 20, 2011
Quick heads up…
Thanks to all of you who have sent in an application and/or pre-application for our coaching program.
We are no longer taking applications for the Can I Make Big Money Online Coaching Program. We have made a few changes in our plans that we are really excited about. We will be announcing the plans sometime this Spring. Stay tuned…
Written by Jill Manty · January 28, 2011
Today, I want to introduce you to someone using social media for a very personal cause. Jeffrey Reidy is raising money to help build his Mom a home. His main avenue? Harnessing the power of social media. I first met Jeffrey on #UsGuys on Twitter. I was moved by his story about his Mom and his dedication to helping her. At the time, he was starting a chip in campaign to get help for her. But now he’s come up with several other ways to raise money for her. One thing he’s doing is hosting a Social Media Webinar on February 8 from 8-10 p.m. CST . You’re definitely going to want to sign up for this. It’s only $29. It’s for a good cause. And you’ll get answers to lots of questions that you may have about how to make this social media thing work. I asked Jeffrey to tell me a little bit more about him Mom, his webinar and his advice for those new to social media.
1. Tell me a little bit about your Mom’s situation and what you’re doing to raise money to help her.
My mom was disabled years ago after a back operation for a sciatic nerve. Since she couldn’t work again after the operation, she had to start relying on a fixed income from social security. She couldn’t afford to keep living where she was prior to the operation so she found the only place that she could afford on the income from social security.
We didn’t know it at the time but the building she moved into was contaminated with toxic mold and she became really sick from it. Now she’s at the point where she needs oxygen to sleep at night and has a lot of seizure activity in her brain so even something like driving a car could be dangerous for her. She’s at the point where she needs to get out of there asap, and with money tight all around, I knew that I needed to do something big.
So I came up with the idea to run in the Disney World Half Marathon in January 2012 and tattoo sponsors’ logos on my body in order to raise money to build her a new house that she can live safely in.
I’m also holding some other events in the coming weeks and months such as social media webinars and anything else I can come up with to try to help her out.
2. What are you doing to train for the half marathon?
I just started a program called Couch to 5K this week and that will have me running about 3 miles in about 2 months and then I will step things up from there. It’s going to be a long road and a lot of hard work, but it’s my mom we’re talking about so I have to do whatever it takes to succeed.
3. How did you get involved with social media and how did you decide to use social media to help your mother?
I’ve been involved with social media for a few years now. It started out with me just using social media sites for personal use but then I added it to the consulting work that I do for businesses. I’ve seen so many great things promoted successfully with social media, so it just seemed like a natural route to go in promoting the events for my mom.
4. How’s that going so far?
It’s going very well. The support I’ve received from people has been tremendous and it hasn’t even been a whole week yet since I announced the Tattoo Run.
5. You’ve got a social media seminar coming up with the proceeds going to help your mother, who will be on that seminar?
We have a great lineup of speakers on the webinar… Michele Price, Chase Adams, Nicholas Cardot and Christopher Porter, plus some of the other #UsGuys founders might join Chase and the rest of us as well.
6. What topics will they be covering?
The topics that will be covered on the webinar include community building with social media, connecting with your customers via social media and friendship marketing using social media. We might touch on some other subjects as well.
7. Why should people sign up?
People should sign up because they’ll be getting a ton of great content and information that they can implement in their social media strategies. I like to tell people that this webinar offers real social media advice from real social media experts.
8. What one piece of advice would you offer for people just getting started in social media?
The best advice I can give someone that’s just getting started in social media is to just get out there and network with people. Interact with the people that you follow and the people that follow you, participate in #hashtag discussions and definitely focus on the “social” part of social media. You’ll make a ton of great friends and have a lot of fun along the way.
9. If someone wants to use social media to help their favorite cause, what can they do?
The biggest thing someone can do is to show people that you care about them and that’ll give people a reason to care about you and the things that you care about.
Thanks for the input, Jeffrey. Now, I highly encourage everyone to head over to Jeffrey’s blog and sign up for the Social Media Webinar. You’ll learn something for a great price and help Jeffrey help his Mom. Oh, and seating is limited and going fast, so get over there and sign up now!
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Written by Jill Manty · January 16, 2011
Hey everybody, just a quick note to let you know that I’m being interviewed on Women in Business Radio tomorrow. Tune in and follow by Twitter to ask questions. Then stop back by here and leave comments with your thoughts— and accolades 
I was recently contacted by Kelly Felix who asked me if I would like to review his product Bring The Fresh. Since I am always on the lookout for fresh new ideas and SEO strategies I graciously accepted a free membership to Bring The Fresh in order to have a look through and post this review.
Ok, so lets get into the review:
It has a bit of a strange name, but Bring The Fresh is actually a system that will teach you how to build profitable websites, get them ranked in the search engines and get them generating income for you.
The creators of Bring The Fresh are Kelly Felix and Mike Long. Both guys have been around internet marketing for many years and have had some astonishingly successful websites in the past. (7 figure businesses).
You will discover how anyone can build a simple website in about 45 mins even if you have never built a website before. It’s really a simpler than most people think.Learn the key to a successful website – Choosing the right keywords to target. Get this wrong and you will find it 100 times harder to build a successful site.The simple way to get tons of people to link to your website. This is the number 1 ranking factor that you simply must have in order for your site to rank well in the search engines.How to uncover “starving crowds” of people who are desperate for your product or service. This is a sure way to success, find a problem, solve it, and people will gladly pay you for it.You will also get a “Behind The Scenes” Look inside Mike & Kelly’s past business successes. This is one thing that money can not usually buy for any price.You will also get full access to Mike & Kelly, including their Skype addresses and person Cell numbers. They truly are determined to help their members achieve their own success.Access to a Private Members Only Support forum where you can ask questions and have them answered by Mike & Kelly or one of their hand picked moderators.All up there there are over 30 video tutorials on pretty much every subject you need to know to get your own sites up and running and generating income.Let’s start with the good, there are some great ideas presented in the training videos. Mike and Kelly clearly know their stuff. They have both been extremely success in their own online businesses, running 6 & 7 figure online businesses in the past. The private members forum is also a great resource where you can ask the guys any specific questions you have and get great feedback.
Now for the bad. There are some parts of bring the fresh that I think could be improved. Personally I think the videos are a bit long winded, I don’t really like video training all that much, I prefer to be able to skip through to the bits that interest me. But then I have been doing this for over 10 years now, and already have quite a few sites ranking number #1 for their target keywords. so I know a lot of the basic stuff.
So for someone just starting out who is yet to build their first income generating site, then it’s probably worth the extra time to watch all the videos to fully understand the strategies.
And of course the Ugly. I have to say (Sorry Kelly) but the design of the site leaves quite a bit to be desired. I’m not sure what they were going for, with the name or the design, but ultimately it doesn’t matter what it looks like if the content is good enough. (Which I believe it is)
Only you can answer that. Bring The Fresh does deliver on its promises though. It is not a “One Click Wonder” type of system where they promise you riches at the push of a button. It contains solid information about how to build a real lasting online business. Real Businesses do take some work to setup though. So if you are looking for a “Get Rich Quick” type of product that promises you untold millions without having to do any work for it, then I am sorry but this is not for you.
If however you realize that in order to create anything of value, you need to do some work for it. Then I recommend taking a look at Bring The Fresh, it just might be what you are looking for.
If you decide that Bring The Fresh is for you, then I would like to sweeten the pot, with a bonus offer. So if you do join Bring The Fresh through one of the links on this page, I am happy to offer you a copy of my own “21 Step Guide To Building An Online Income”.
This is a PDF manual that I put together which explains each of the 21 steps that I use to build my own websites. A lot of the stuff in this guide is similar to the stuff you will learn in Bring The Fresh. But with my own spin, and personal experiences in it.
This process has enabled me to build several websites that now generate on average 10 to 14k per week in revenue. It has also been sold as part of a $5,000 Home Study Course. So I belive that it holds a fair bit of value.
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Written by George Manty · January 11, 2011
It’s 1/11/11 that’s a lot of 1s! We are looking for a few readers committed to becoming number 1 at making money online…
We are now accepting pre-applications for the free training program that we have been talking about. You should read our initial description of the program here and the followup post here before applying.
Like I said in those posts we are only go to accept a very small number of people into the program—think a maximum of around 5. If it interests you and you are willing to do what it takes to make a living online, then you need to go join the Can I Make Big Money Online Facebook fan page, by clicking like on our facebook page. Then click on the tab with the Pre-application and follow the instructions.
Please let us know if you have any question not covered in our previous posts, by commenting below.
I am sure at some point in your life you have heard the saying about keeping your friends close and your enemies closer. You’ve probably heard it many times. Basically it means that you want to keep your enemies closer to you than your friends so you always know what they are up to. Doing this will help you keep the upper hand on them if needed. This also applies to your internet marketing business. As an internet marketer you need to keep your competitors close to you.
Any niche you are in will have at least some competition and many niches are fiercely competitive. You will all be going after the same or similar rankings, traffic, and money of your potential customers. You might think you should keep far away from your competition but actually the opposite is true. You want to get to know them and associate with them as much as you can.
You want to see what they are doing to make money. What their websites are like. How they are getting traffic. Where their backlinks come from. Who their subscribers and regular commenter’s are. Which products they are selling. How successful they are. And everything else you can find out about them. You can learn a lot to help your own business while watching your competition.
Another great reason for keeping your internet marketing competition close is because they might just make great joint venture partners some day. Competitors can be the perfect allies at times. You can use each other’s strengths to mutually benefit your businesses. Doing this can help you achieve more success than you would have been able to do by yourself.
So, now you know, keeping your internet marketing competitors close to you can be a lot more profitable and beneficial to you than staying away from them. You can use the best of what they are doing or work with them to make your own business more successful.
Written by George Manty · December 16, 2010
Do you want personal free coaching to learn how to make money online?
In just a few weeks, Trent, Jill and I will be taking applications to be part of our FREE coaching program. We will be taking on a very limited number of quality individuals to train in running a successful Internet business. The three most important factors that will influence your chances of being chosen are:
1. Writing ability
Can I Make Big Money Online has always been about helping people learn. If you are accepted into the coaching program, we want to help others at the same time that we help you. So, anyone accepted will be writing 1 or more blog posts a month about their progress and/or things they have learned. Because of this, anyone accepted needs to be a proficient writer. That doesn’t mean you need to be able to write award winning copy or the great American novel. But you do need to write clearly, with some personality and with minimal need for editing.
2. Commitment To Follow Directions
Normally, I don’t require that our clients follow all of our directions. However, we are giving away free private individual coaching, so we can’t accept people into the program unless they are going to follow our directions and do what we ask of them.
3. Persistence
We need you to be committed to following our instructions for at least 12 months. Most people last about 3 months when they try to make a living online, then they give up. If you are a quitter, then don’t apply.
What you will get:
You will get monthly coaching from Trent, Jill and I to help you run a successful business. We will help you either improve your current business or start a new business from scratch that ideally suits your talents and skill.
What we expect in return
You will become an author on Can I Make Big Money Online so people can follow your progress and learn some of the things you learn. You will write at least 1 blog post a month to help readers learn from your experience.
Like I said, we are only go to accept a very small number of people into the program. If it interests you and you are willing to do what it takes to make a living online, then you need to go join our Facebook page, by clicking like on our facebook page. We will be posting the application and more details of the program on our facebook page in the coming weeks. The only way you can get into the free coaching program is by liking our fan page. Click here to visit the Can I Make Big Money Online fan page and remember to click the like button to learn more about the coaching program.
Let us know if you have any questions.
I Can Attest – He’s Real!
This is not a fluff piece. It’s the story that resulted from tweeting, emailing and, recently MEETING Chase Adams. The relationship with him dramatically altered my experience with twitter and provided an unexpected opportunity to test the “humanness” of social media.
Meeting Chase allowed the student in me to examine the nature of our exchanges, question the meaning of the words and see if my intuitive read matched the “real person”. After sending hundreds of tweets into the “stream” only to hear silence, I could finally share each blunder, hiccup, pinch, warm fuzzy and moment of confusion with another human, in the flesh. It turns out that humanity in the virtual world has very few differences from that of the real one.
On that note, let me fast forward to seat 23E, preparing to land in Atlanta.
Thinking on the plane…what should I do when I see him? I’d really like to jump up and down, scream CHaaaaaase, and then give him a great big hug. No, I can’t do that – unacceptable and he’ll think I’m odd. I could be cool and look around the atrium with no obvious focal point, casually zero in on him and say with my eyes wide, surprised, OH! Are you Chase?
Finally, there he was – 15 feet away – leaning with arms crossed, hanging back. Instantaneously, my previous plans vanished; I mustered my most friendly, “unpuppydoggish” self and sheepishly asked – Chase?
Score One for the RealChaseAdams! He showed up, patiently waited even though I was 3 hours late and made our meeting happen.
First things that surprised me:
Chase was a real collaborative guy who didn’t just decide stuff, but included me in creating the evening.
Score Two for the RealChaseAdams! He could relate, interact & generate a relationship without hiding behind a computer.
Meeting Chase, IRL, produced a weird sensation. My heart knew him but my brain didn’t. I almost reached over and actually pinched him just to prove to myself that he was physically present, but restraint prevailed. With this additional visual-sensory input, I had a lot more to process – quickly. The tilt at the edge of his smile, the twinkle in his eye, the way he moved his fingers when he reached for his “sweet tea” – all new input. It’s the physical that we miss in the virtual world!
We covered lots of topics!
We were having a great conversation when quicker than I could say, “This is fantastic”, we dropped – Kerplunk! into a relationship “thing” that typically occurs only after knowing someone for some time. Most “things” test the substance of a relationship. And I wasn’t sure that one created in the virtual world could support the weight of a “thing”!
SNAG! ...heart racing...PANIC! (What happens if we decide we don’t like each other?)
By way of background, we’d registered for @jonmorrow’s blogger apprenticeship program. I was impressed with Chase’s ability to engage other members of this community. He gave great feedback! I followed – he followed back. We then began trading tweets during Hurricane Earl. Are you expecting the hurricane to hit hard? Your name reminds me of a soap star. Why are you driving in this nor’easter?
Lighthearted exchanges grew into a sense of connectedness, and we started sharing emails. After a couple of “Wow, you’re pretty amazing’s” and “Can’t wait to see where you go next”, Chase asked me for feedback about something he was writing.
In my desire to illustrate my commitment to him, I responded with the smartest stuff I had to offer – but I was hesitant because I didn’t know how he’d react. Over the next week or so, while participating in #usguys, I started to sense my interactions with him had changed. I pondered this for a while and then wrote to him and asked, “What’s up?”
At “the moment” at dinner, we talked about that blip and what had really happened.
I found out he was troubled by my feedback. It turned out that I missed the point entirely. Chase was wanting me to understand his concerns about pursuing a new job opportunity and what he got from me was an intellectual critique. In my distorted attempt to provide substance, I bungled the chance to care about his feelings and him “as a person”. This landed like a 2000 pound elephant given my intense commitment to relate deeply to others. I played small and convinced myself it would be unwelcome in a “virtual” relationship.
I had an “alfalfa sprout” moment at dinner with Chase. The kind of learning that’s fresh, unplanned and shocking to your ego. Chase could’ve avoided telling me the truth and blown it off deciding this was too intense for a twitter connection. But, he didn’t. And precisely because of this, the tie between us grew closer.
Winning Score! This went straight to my heart.
Chase Adams connected with me through 140 characters. He communicated with me through emails. He influenced me to participate in #usguys. He caused my participation in social media to become vital, compelling and supportive. And then, in real life, Chase was willing to risk it all and share a negative with me.
Turns out that the virtual world is no different than the physical one. The venue doesn’t matter. It depends entirely on our capacity and desire to build relationship.
Chase knew that. Sentiment CAN build within 140 characters. I could’ve discovered that this sentiment was a figment of my imagination. But because of “who” Chase is, the reality far exceeded my expectation. I didn’t have to pinch him to determine that he is, in fact,
The Real Chase Adams!
Sandra Parrotto is fascinated by self development, creative expression, intimacy & relationships. She is the owner of Qstreet, an organizational development, leadership and coaching consulting company. Theguidequest website, scheduled for launch in April, will provide online training and coaching career opportunities. She can be reached at sam @ qstreet.com, on twitter @qstreet and fb as Sandra Parrotto.
Later today, we’ll be posting a guest blog post by one of the UsGuys- the Twitter group that I’ve mentioned in recent blog posts.
Sam, who goes by qstreet on Twitter, is a really wonderful person. She’s warm, she’s genuine, and she’s as open with her feelings in the virtual world as anyone I’ve ever seen. I might feel left out in a conversation or jealous of someone’s “overnight success”, but I tend to hide that. Sam will just say, “I feel lost”, which makes it a lot easier for the rest of us to admit the same thing.
Recently, Sam flew to Atlanta to meet one of the UsGuys founders- Chase Adams. Her blog post is about that experience. But more than that it’s about how to make your virtual experience more real. We hear a lot about “authenticity” in social media. A lot of the time, that translates to “don’t lie”, but I think as you read Sam’s post, you’ll see it means more than that. Being authentic, at its core, means going beyond being honest. It’s not merely “don’t lie”, it’s “don’t hide”.
I know you’ll enjoy reading Sam’s post, and I hope it will help you as you try to figure out this whole social media thing. Be sure to show her some comment love.
