Contests and giveaways are a great way to boost blog readership, site visits, list building, build customer base and much more for your business. The contest software I discuss in the video is Contest Burner. (affiliate link)
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Any specific numbers mentioned on my blog in regards to traffic or income are unique results that probably won't be met by most. Not everyone should be in this business.
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Great video Brendan! I've noticed that you had been using giveaways and they have been working great for you! I'll need to start doing this for my blog asap. Thanks for the info!
One thing I didn't mention in the video is that it is really easy for information product owners that have an interesting product to offer.
Most times the distribution and creation of the actual product doesn't cost anything so it's easy to give away say 5 courses and maybe 1 on 1 coaching for a few hours to get people to share the product's sales funnel. Make what people go to interesting. That is something that I didn't do a great job of doing, but it's all a learning experience.
Good luck Chris and let me know when you launch that first giveaway. I'm here to help!
Glad I was there to watch it live, and join in with the jokes
Good job. It's really great content. In fact… it may be the greatest content I've seen in a while, as I've got a few things I can give away that are of huge value, and I can see people driving insane traffic to get them ($6,000 website for example). Thanks for sharing this powerhouse of a strategy!
You're quite welcome Ori. A $6k website would drive insane traffic!
So would you recommend creating more interesting products first? If so, how would you recommend making them more interesting…more interactive for the user, or just more “fun” types of content?
Thanks for all the help though Brendan, you rock!
Dude, your product is already interesting. You could create huge buzz by simply following the process that so many others have showed us.
Provide a short free beginner juggling video for the traffic to land on. That way when they realize how easy it is, your product just became more valuable and cements your expertise and teaching ability in their minds.
Do you currently have a defined sales funnel? Do you split test and analyze the metrics? Would love to help you out with this. Been studying a lot of Kern and such. Hit me up on Skype and let's talk.
Great idea! I'm re-vamping the course and will be including some more “business” advice. I've been reading a book called “More Balls than Hands” by Michael J. Gelb and he speaks about the importance of juggling for business. Therefore, I'm going to combine 2 things I love and hopefully help more business owners this way!
I'll need to speak with you soon about designing a new page for the course that gives away those free videos. Can't wait to get some great advice bro!
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Wow great video
I have a suggest for your Thesis Skin ^_^ I think you change your menu style because the green is inappropriate with your Blue Background 
Thanks for the video!
Wow great video
I have a suggest for your Thesis Skin ^_^ I think you change your menu style because the green is inappropriate with your Blue Background 
Thanks for the video!
RT @BrendanWenzel How contests and giveaways will help your business http://bit.ly/4PoEkr