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[Business Ignite] Surprise And Delight Your Customers

In this episode you have me solo and I share an amazing experience I had at the hair salon. Yes, you read that right. We’re talking about hair today! Well, not really. This experience got me thinking about how we can introduce our products and services without always selling. We have many opporuntities to get in front our potential customers: blogging, podcasts, webinars as touch points but what about when someone purchases your product? What else can you do to delight them beyond what they were expecting when they purchase your product or service? How can we add the personal touch? It may not be scalable but relationships can’t be automated. Create experiences that allow for your customer to be delighted and spread the word for you.

What You’ll Learn In This Podcast

  • Treating your customers like individuals goes a long way
  • How easy it is to forget that there are real people behind those avatars
  • How you can introduce your other products and services without upselling

Sites & Resources Mentioned

Thrive Hive Live: mastermind retreat in Miami, Feb 7-9, 2014

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Facebook Overwhelm

[Business Ignite] Overcome Facebook Overwhelm

In this episode I am joined by online entrepreneur, Stacey Harris of TheStaceyHarris.com and we talk all things Facebook. Why you need a plan, how to be more effective with your time on Facebook and why you should be networking and not selling all the time. Stacey also shares her ignite tip and how to turn your Facebook page from a place where nothing is happening to a constant stream of ideas and inputs for your next blog post, podcast or product. We also discuss the tools you need to manage your social media.  

What You’ll Learn In This Podcast

  • How to plan your social media foundation
  • Finding your line between not sharing and over-sharing
  • Engagement tips to turn your Facebook page from a ghost-town to a place where you get feedback and engagement
  • Tools to manage your social media time and the areas you can outsource

Sites & Resources Mentioned

Rockstar Guide To Facebook Marketing

 

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Connect

Have a question? Email me at hello@sandysidhumedia.com  or tweet me @SandySidhu #BusinessIgnite

About Stacey Harris

staceyharrisThe Stacey Harris is a powerhouse online entrepreneur helping her clients reach rock star status with communities full of raving fans who follow them anywhere. She has a passion for building and being active in communities and teaching folks to use networking to build relationships not just make sales. Find her online at The Stacey Harris or connect with her @TheStaceyHarris.

 

social media business podcast for entrepreneurs

[Business Ignite] Small Is The New Big: Creating A Minimal Viable Product

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Business Ignite Show! I’m super excited to have launched my podcast. This has been something I’ve been wanting to do for a looong time!

What You’ll Learn In This Podcast

  • What a minimal viable product is
  • The benefits of selling a product/service before you create *everything*
  • Examples of minimal viable products

Sites & Resources Mentioned

36 Tools To Create Your Online Product Thrive Hive Live: mastermind retreat in Miami, Feb 7-9, 2014 YESvember If you enjoyed this episode I would appreciate if you could head over to iTunes and leave a review!

Building An Audience That’s Ready To Buy

Are you thinking of writing a book or just trying to figure out how to better engage your audience?

You must watch this hangout with Tim Grahl, author of Your First 1000 Copies: The Step-By-Step Guide To Marketing Your First Book

Even if you’re not planning on writing right now, Tim shared so many insights on how to build and engage an audience that wants to devour basically everything you create.

Get the book here: Your First 1000 Copies: The Step-By-Step Guide To Marketing Your First Book

About Tim:

Tim Grahl is the president of Out:think, a firm that helps authors and writers create their platform, connect with readers and sell more books. He works with top best selling authors such as Daniel Pink, Chip and Dan Heath, Hugh Howey, Dan Ariely and even Pamela Slim. This spring he had five clients on the New York Times best seller list at the same time

3 Ways To Overcome Business Overwhelm During The Holidays

Are you trying to fit in WAY too much for your business before the end of the year? Or maybe you’re one of those people who throws your hands up in early November and takes a couple months off?

Not this year! Watch the replay of the live google hangout where Natasha Vorompiova of Systems Rock, Jules Taggart of Amp and Pivot and myself talk about the 3 ways to beat business overwhelm during the holidays.

Highlights:

  • Focus: Pick 5 things that you wanted to launch this year but didn’t get to. Of those five narrow your list down to the two that have low hanging fruit- meaning no big expense and no huge time delay. From there pick the project that most lights you up because we know that November is a hard month to stay motivated with all that turkey those distractions!
  • Do the work: Sounds obvious, right? But it’s also about shipping. This is not about being perfect. Create your minimal viable product and run from there.
  • Accountability: Need help? Share your progress. Get feedback. It’s already happening in our #YESvember Google+ community. (psst..have you joined yet?)

Take the #YESvember challenge and this year, let’s do the whole holiday slowdown thing a little bit differently. Instead of saying “no” to new clients, “no” to launching that new product, and “no” to working on that big idea — how about we say YES instead?

 So, are you in?

YESveber aunch challenge

 

What will you be doing in #YESvember? Leave me a comment below!