Attention Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Authors and Consultants

We can’t find you on the Web!

And if we can’t find you, your clients and prospects can’t find you.

Did you know that over 50% of businesses aren’t yet on the web? And of those that are, very few come up on the first page of results when prospects use a search engine.

If you are a small business owner, service professional or entrepreneur, you know you “should be on the Web.” With over 1 billion Internet users world-wide and growing every day, you can’t afford NOT to be on the Internet.

You also know by now that an attractive brochure-type web site is not going to do the trick.

What does it take to put your business online?

How do you leverage the Internet to get more clients, expand your network, and increase revenues?

Here is some good news...

You don’t need a big budget, a “geek” on staff, or any computer programming skills. You can get on the Web – yes, even YOU! – with NO experience or special tech skills. Why? Because there are many new tools that make Internet marketing easy for everyone.

Growing your business on the Internet is available to you at low cost and with few tech skills…

What are you waiting for? If you can write and send an email you have what it takes to bring in new clients and new money.

Four Biggest Marketing Frustrations

In a recent survey we did of over 400 professionals, an overwhelming majority reported these major marketing challenges:

1. Time
2. Reaching and attracting the right people
3. Driving traffic to sites and blogs
4. Converting visits to sales and making money

Here is a typical comment from those we interviewed, who are trying to market their business on the Web:

For a real innocent in the world of online marketing, who often feels totally overwhelmed at the amount of information (quite often conflicting) out there about marketing online, I guess what I would like is a very simple, unbiased, trusted way to determine what's worth doing and what to avoid like the plague.

Does this sound familiar to you? We don’t think this is too much to ask in an Internet Marketing program. In fact, that’s why we created our Blog Squad Mentor site, to share the real truth about what works for online marketing.

Here’s what I think is going on with most marketing programs and why many of the people enrolled aren’t getting results...

The Real Reason So Many Marketing Plans Fail

It is not enough to know tools are the best to use; you need to actually learn to implement and manage them successfully in a logical sequence, AS IN:

Step 1: Click here
Step 2: Do this
Step 3: Then do this

Let’s face it: there is plenty of free information online about marketing. In fact, there is information overload.

What’s missing are intelligent professionals and programs to guide you through all the steps you need to set up certain tools in order to attract the right clients, market and sell online.

Action, execution, implementation – call it what you will. It’s not enough to start a blog, a newsletter, or any online marketing strategy unless you have the infrastructure in place: a solid database management system with autoresponders. The greatest information product in the world won’t make you rich unless you can set up your landing page and have a way to capture your visitors’ email addresses.

Yet many professionals think that their most important Internet marketing tasks are Search Engine Optimization or website design.

While that's important and not to be neglected, it's a waste of money if you don’t have a way to capture names and follow up with messages to visitors who may not be ready to buy on their first visit to your site.

If you’re put off about all the hype and really want to learn the fundamentals of smart online marketing, you would be wise to read the rest of this page. But first let me tell you who we are and why we have some solutions to help you market online.

The Blog Squad™ is swooping down from the Blogosphere to the rescue! We are here to help you in the fastest, most economical, and easiest way.

Who are we? Here's what Tom Antion, multi-millionaire Internet marketer, says about us:

Build a Foundation for Your Business Online

These two gals really know what they’re doing. I have watched their progress over the last year, and I know first-hand how they are growing their revenues and those of their clients. The Blog Squad team of Patsi and Denise will not only tell you which tools to use to build your business online, they will walk you through the process step-by-step. You can’t go wrong with their programs, but be prepared to do the work. They don’t mess around!
Tom Antion, Internet Millionaire
 www.GreatInternetMarketing.com 

We are The Blog Squad, and we’ve been on the Internet much longer than blogs. That’s Denise, here on the right; she started an online business in 1996. That’s me, Patsi, on the left; I followed in 1997. We both studied what works online from many of the Internet millionaires.

But it wasn’t until 2004, when we began blogging, that our Internet business exploded with results: our lists grew ten-fold and revenues tripled in two years.

Which is probably why we love blogs!

I have to tell you this, though… at the time we started blogging, we already had a powerful ecommerce marketing system in place and we were producing information products and teleseminars for our clients and prospects.

Successful online marketing is like that: you can’t do just one thing. It’s a combination of things that work for you and for the people you are targeting as your ideal clients.

Every online business is different, and that’s one of the reasons we like working online: we meet amazing professionals with specialized niches in every field imaginable. There are some very creative people online!

And most of them need help with a few basic fundamentals.

Denise and I want to tell you about our Blogging and Beyond Mentor Program that we designed to help busy professionals who don't have a large staff or large budget.

(In fact, you won’t believe how inexpensive this is! But wait, first let me tell you what it is!)

In 2007, we hosted the Blogging and Beyond radio show. When we created the show, we wanted to give more details about how to actually implement online marketing steps, so we created a mentorship program to run parallel with the radio show: The Blogging and Beyond Mentor Program.

The Blogging and Beyond Mentor Program is a life-long program designed to help you implement the best tools for a strong Internet presence – one that actually works to get you clients and grow your business.

You will learn how to implement the best tools you need. It’s not only about a website or a blog anymore. Those are essential tools in your marketing tool kit, but they are only a beginning.

In this online program, you’ll learn the fundamentals of how to build a foundation for your business online.

If you don’t have one already, you’ll learn how set up a blog and optimize it for your business.  You'll learn how to set up autoresponders using the best darn marketing system on the planet.  You'll learn how to publish an electronic newsletter (ezine), and finally understand how all these systems work together so clients can easily find you. You'll also learn how to sell a product, from landing page to follow-up marketing messages.

Rarely have I EVER come across a better bang for the buck than the mentoring program I took from Denise Wakeman and Patsi Krakoff, known and loved as the "Blog Squad". They quickly took me from complete novice to competent blogger with the ability to create and customize my own search engine friendly blog, raising my visibility and credibility within my industry. They also provided training for such Internet marketing strategies as ezines, shopping carts, writing articles, press releases, podcasting and copywriting for the web. I benefited from the group's Q & A's, learning about other's fascinating careers and internet marketing experiences. I will be incorporating the information and techniques I got from these two women and my fellow mentees for many, many months to come. My business is booming, and I can trace the new growth to the blog I started while taking these classes. I look forward to a bigger boom when my new website becomes live. Thanks, Denise and Patsi! I look forward to keeping up with you girls!

 Judy Rodman, www.judyrodman.com

We will break it down for you in easy to learn,
do-able chunks.

I know this is going to sound mushy but tears come to my eyes (from feeling so satisfied, fulfilled and challenged all in one) when I get off one of your calls. That is to say, they are informative, warm, and always interesting…and BIG reminders which we all need. I love your classes. I have taken many other teleclasses and summits and I find yours and Patsi’s the most interesting and informative with salt and pepper.
Myrna http://myrnasmind.com

As a Blogging and Beyond Mentee, you get full access to a private membership site with tons of resources, audio programs, an active member forum where you can ask your burning questions about Internet marketing, a monthly teleseminar for mentees only, and so much more.

The Blog Squad Blogging and Beyond Mentor Program

Here is what you'll learn in our program:

• Why it’s so important to have an ecommerce marketing system to build your lists

• How to segment your lists so your email marketing messages are targeted

• How to write effective autoresponder messages to follow-up with prospects

• How to set up and manage a product sale from beginning to end

• How to get found on the Internet using the right keywords

• Email and ezine marketing

• Cross promotion: using all your marketing tools

• Copywriting to attract and convince prospects to become clients

• How to market with articles

• How to market with press releases

• How to use podcasts, audio, video, and multi-media tools to spread your message

• How to use social media sites, like MySpace to build community and get found on the Web

• The fastest way to create info products

• How to create a tips booklet

• How to use your blog to create a book

Patsi and Denise's program is extremely informative and full of great information for anyone who wants to fast track their web presence. They cover a variety of topics in great detail. This is not some "fluff: program, but one that I can heartily recommend to anyone who wants to know how to absolutely jumpstart their internet knowledge and presence.

Kathleen Gage, The Streets Smarts Marketing Author and Speaker
www.streetsmartsmarketing.com

What is “Web 2.0”, “Social Media” and
the “New Internet?”

During monthly teleseminars, we address the issues you want to know more about as your marketing evolves.

We filter through everything to let you know what you need to pay attention to.

As we learn about important new marketing tools, we’ll investigate and let you know what’s important and what’s not worth spending your energy on.

We create new information modules all the time, and are continually revising and updating our materials to include the latest in Internet marketing tips and tools.

With the new social media tools and sites popping up every day, you need some filters so you don’t waste your time on new things that aren’t useful for your business.

I can't tell you how you've accelerated my learning curve. I feel like I've gone back to school. I've made the investment in you many times over since this has started. So, I'm a raving fan.  You really made me aware that there's an incredible opportunity that we're sleeping on top of, and you hooked me up to it. So, that's been the biggest thing for me and I'm continuing to work on creating more electronic products.  It [the mentor program] made me really aware of how many opportunities I've been missing that I could be making money on while I'm sleeping, which is one of my missions in life.

 Bill Doerr, www.sellmoremarketing.com

Instant Marketing Fixes to Energize Your Business

With your Membership you get access to: 

• A private and exclusive members-only site for connecting and sharing resources and tips. All our best stuff is this site just for you: articles, videos, audios and a discussion forum so you can learn from the wisdom of your peers as well.
• Monthly teleconference calls that go more in-depth on subjects as well as answer your questions.
• Our recommendations for the best tools to use to set up your blog, marketing system, ezine and more.
• Discounts on all Blog Squad products and services.
• Audio downloads and transcripts for all classes.

Here’s what’s currently on the Blogging and Beyond Mentor site (it's updated every week so there will be much more available as time goes on):

71 Audio Files on Blogging, Ezines and Email Marketing, all past Mentor Class Audios, Database Marketing Systems

36 Documents on Ecommerce, Copywriting, Tutorials, Mentor Program Class Transcripts, RSS, Press Releases, Articles  

Blog Squad Public Programs:  Audio files for Savvy Biz Cast and Blogging and Beyond Internet Radio Show. Other public audio programs are here as well.

53 Internet Marketing Resources: This is a list of all the resources and tools we use in our own business. Yes, some of these links are affiliate links. We want to model for you how we create income and affiliate product sales are one way we do that.

Resources include: Article Marketing, Audio & Podcasting, Blogging, Ecommerce Info, Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Marketing Books, Membership Organizations, PR and Publicity, Publishing, Public Speaking, RSS, Video, Websites, Teleconferencing, Sales Letters & Copywriting, Keyword Research Tools, TeleSeminar Resources, Social Networking

9 Video Tutorials on Blogging and how to set up a Shopping Cart

FORUMS: Get your questions answered in 24 to 48 hours. Our mentees can access advice 24 hours a day and not just from the Blog Squad. Many of our participants have extensive experience and help each other out with problems and challenges. Some end up in joint ventures together, even co-authoring booklets.

Forum topics include: blogging, ecommerce, ezines and email marketing, article marketing and podcasting, to name a few.

Here’s what one of our mentees told us:

“Screw the big Internet Gurus! Enough hype! I want simplicity and value!”

You know, it’s not rocket science; there is a lot that goes into successful online businesses, but let’s keep it simple.

This class was exactly what I would have designed for myself if I’d had a clue to begin with. But that’s the whole point. I didn’t. And now I do. You introduced me to all the aspects of online marketing that I’d been wanting to learn but didn’t even have the language for. Now I’m comfortable with blogging, autoresponders, shopping cart systems, repurposing my material to reach more and more people, and so much more.  Your course provided stunning value. Now that you’ve helped catapult me up the learning curve, I’m having a lot of fun building my business! And it is growing. It’s great.

Sarah Wright, http://www.SarahDWright.com

 

I was excited to be picked as the Ideal Client for the [inaugural] Blogging and Beyond Mentoring program with Patsi and Denise. Throughout our 13 weeks working together,  they were great listeners as well as teachers.  I learned quite a lot by participating in this program and have already begun reaping the benefits of the actions they recommended. My blog is doing great, I've  improved my website, added loads of new subscribers to Parkazine and have employed some terrific marketing/business ideas that we covered in the program. On top of that, there are still plenty of ideas that we discussed that I'm looking forward to implementing."

Erik Feder, www.wheretofindparking.com

This stuff works. We are living proof. We walk our talk: these are the same systems we used to triple our revenues in just two years. You can do this too.

A word of caution: you can’t succeed without doing the work. Okay, maybe you’ll get lucky with a product everyone wants! Even so, luck has to have systems in place to make the sales, and track your clients so you can stay in touch and sell to them again. Unless of course you don’t want your business to stay successful and grow.

We love to help people and will show you what to do; it is up to you to actually take action and do the work.

We have the ability to break all the essential information down to do-able sized chunks. Even inexperienced Internet users can participate in this program without feeling overwhelmed.

We recognize not everyone has the same computer skills and comfort using online systems. We also know everyone starts their online marketing journey with different levels of expertise and experience. That's why we created the Blogging and Beyond Pathway to Profit.

The Pathway to Profit is a detailed map to get you started with your online marketing program, no matter if you're a newbie or have some Internet marketing experience. You start where YOU are on the path.

(Note from Patsi: Just so you know, I actually was pretty klutzy on the computer a few years ago. I was always asking Denise how to do things. Then I learned how to implement the user-friendly tools we’ll show you. I can blog, update my web pages, set up products pages in my shopping cart, broadcast an ezine, and even create simple HTML code now.)

What I’m saying is that this stuff is really nothing to be afraid of. You can learn it. Most of what you need to learn is no more difficult than writing and sending email. If you can use a mouse, you’ve got what it takes to click your way to successful online marketing.

The Blog Squad ladies are savvy, experienced and eager to share their expertise. The Mentoring program was chock-full of valuable information, answers to my questions and insightful suggestions delivered with integrity and candor. I loved the program and believe every participant can benefit from their substance and style.

Rosalind Sedacca CCT, Author, How Do I Tell the Kids about the Divorce?
www.childcentereddivorce.com

Get Rid of Time Wasters

We know there is a lot to learn and we want to help you maximize the power of the Internet for your business. We make it a whole lot easier for you.

First, let me say that you are my heroes. Your information is always top notch and user friendly – even for people like me who don’t always “get” the technical stuff.
Leslie Malin, www.meetingyourselfonthewaytowork.com  

We are dedicated to helping professionals and small business owners like you to attract, sell and profit through the power of the Internet. But none of this works if you don’t set up the systems you need.

If you want us to help you, this mentoring program is an excellent, cost-effective way to access our expertise and mentoring. Plus, you’ll be working with other passionate, smart professionals. There is power in a group that learns and grows together.

Get Healthy Marketing Habits

Don’t be left in the dust. In 2008, you don’t want to be saying, “Oh, I was going to do that…just as soon as I … [fill in the blank]!” Take the first step towards a strong Internet marketing machine today by joining the Blogging and Beyond Mentoring Program.

Patsi and Denise know blogging – and taught me everything I needed to know about how to use the one they set up for me. Blogging has helped me build my business. My book, “Fixing Performance Problems” started off as a series of posts on my blog. Second, it has helped me build my Common Sense Guy brand.My blogs have also helped me build my brand by getting me invitations to appear as a guest on several internet radio shows and teleseminars. I owe a lot of this success to Patsi and Denise. They are always there for me – available to help me when I need it. I’m sure that the “Blogging and Beyond” mentoring group will surpass the high standard Patsi and Denise have set for themselves.
Bud Bilanich, www.CommonSenseGuy.com

The Best Marketing Investment or
You Can Quit the Program

You won’t regret it; we stake our reputations on it. We know that not everyone in our network knows us personally and may be unsure about investing in an online program. 

If you agree that we have a lot to teach you about building your business online, then your credit card will be charged $19.95 monthly until you tell us to stop. If you decide you're not getting value, you stop paying your monthly fee and we part company as friends.

We always strive to over-deliver. We promise to give you valuable content that helps you grow your business and be successful with your online marketing.

The monthly fee isn’t a lot when you consider the value of accessing information in step-by-step formats, plus having the accountability of monthly group calls built into the program.

Invest in Your Marketing System and It Will Pay You

If you increase your marketing effort just ten percent each month, you will make progress; if you can implement 25% of our recommended steps, you will have a powerful marketing machine in place to grow your business and have new clients coming to you.

Most of what we teach is designed to be automated: do it once and it functions over and over again, marketing for you without you being constantly behind the computer screen. Each time you learn and set up a part of your marketing system, it can always be updated, changed and tweaked, but it will continue to function for you.

It’s like a savings account: even if you don’t add to it, it continues to work and earn for you.

The money you invest in your marketing systems will continually pay you in new revenue and new clients over the years. This is how all the leading online marketing superstars maintain and grow their millions in revenue every year. Their systems are in place and the systems work no matter how much time and energy are put into them.

Say Goodbye to Chaos and Confusion

And when new tools come along and you need to implement them, we’re here to filter out the noise and rubbish and give you only what you need to know and do.

With all the hype about social media and Web 2.0 going on, you need experts on your team to investigate and filter out what’s unnecessary to your business. The Blog Squad does this on a daily basis. Let us be on your team.

OK, let's recap. 

With your Membership you get access to: 

R An exclusive members-only site for connecting and sharing resources and tips. All of our best stuff is on this site just for you: articles, videos, audios and an active discussion forum so you can learn from the wisdom of your peers as well

R Monthly teleconference calls that often feature Internet marketing experts and go in-depth on subjects as well as answer your questions (Value: $39/month )

R Our recommendations for the best free and low-cost tools to use to set up your blog, marketing system, ezine and more

R Discounts on all Blog Squad products and services

R Audio files and transcripts for all Mentee teleclasses

R Blogging and Beyond Pathway to Profit - your roadmap to online success

OK, so what's the next step?

If you think this makes sense for you and your business, then don’t delay.

Join now and you'll get immediate access to the information you need so you can implement and automate your marketing systems today.

You won’t regret it. You have nothing to lose because in the first month alone you will access important information not found anywhere else on the web that can open floodgates of traffic to your business.

Plus, we'll throw in the wisdom of 63 more business experts if you act now.

Heck, we’ll even throw in this bonus to convince you of how we love to over deliver… If you join the Blogging and Beyond Mentor Program you get access to the entire library of our immensely popular TeleSeries, Conversations with Experts: 63 audio programs with business experts. The value is priceless because it is full of information you need if you want to make money online, and if you were to purchase each program on its own, you would pay well over $600 so you can see you're already way ahead of the game with a $19.95 investment in the Mentor Program!

But wait! We want to make this decision really, really easy. For a trial membership of just $9.95 for a full 30 days, you'll get an entire month of uninterrupted access to check us out. OR, sign up for a year and get a whopping 60% discount...

What are you waiting for? Let us help you learn and implement your Internet marketing strategies with the best darn online marketing tools on the planet! Click on the link below to join right now.

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Patsi and Denise
The Blog Squad™
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