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In my last several posts, I’ve shared with you some great tips on using Facebook to drive more traffic to your websites.  Here’s what you’ve missed so far:

Using Facebook to Generate Exposure For Your Business - http://askggg.com/blog/2008/03/06/the-latest-craze-in-social-networking-part-1/
Adding Friends To Your Facebook Account - http://askggg.com/blog/2008/03/07/the-latest-craze-in-social-networking-part-2/
Adding Your Blog To Your Facebook Account - http://askggg.com/blog/2008/04/04/the-latest-craze-in-social-marketing-part-3/

Today we’re going to cover using Facebook groups to drive traffic.

Facebook Groups can be used in 2 different ways to bring you more exposure, traffic, and sales.  You can either:

a)  Join other people’s groups and use a powerful signature line to drive traffic, OR
b)  Start your own group, build a relationship with your members, and be perceived as an “expert” or “influencer” to drive traffic, exposure, and sales

Let’s talk about how you can use both options.

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In my last few posts, I’ve shared a few strategies for using Facebook. You’ll find those posts at:

Using Facebook to Generate Exposure For Your Business - http://askggg.com/blog/2008/03/06/the-latest-craze-in-social-networking-part-1/
Adding Friends To Your Facebook Account - http://askggg.com/blog/2008/03/07/the-latest-craze-in-social-networking-part-2/

Hopefully, you have had the time now to start your Facebook or use some of the tips given earlier.

Today, I wanted to fill you in on how to incorporate your blogs into your Facebook profile.

By doing this, it is another great way to get potential customers to read what you have written and start building a relationship with them.  In other words, using your Facebook profile in this way will drive more traffic to your website.

Also, adding a link to your blog on your Facebook profile is a great way to get an external link on your Facebook Page.

So how do you add you blog to your Facebook page?

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In my last blog post, I introduced you to using Facebook to generate exposure for your business.

Are you ready for a few more tips on using Facebook?

Hopefully, you have had a chance to register for Facebook and you have poked around to check it out.

Today let’s talk about adding friends and business contacts and why you would want to do that.

First off, WHY do you want to have friends in Facebook?
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Who would have ever thought that another social site could rise above My Space? 

Well, the latest news is that Facebook in the next year will surpass My Space, basically leaving it in the dust.

Facebook really can be a benefit in building relationships and promoting your business.  I am here to tell you it is not just another social site, it’s so much more!  All the great benefits will certainly amaze you. 

You can actually have fun building your profile and pages.  I now understand why it will rise above My Space and possibly even dominate the social sites eventually.

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I got an email from one of my subscribers today.  His name is Wade.

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As my husband (Bill) scrolled through the channel guide this weekend, searching for something good on TV (a rarity it seems), he started laughing.  He said, “Hey, I see you got your own TV show!”

Amused, I said, “Oh, yeah?  Where do you see that?”

“Well, ‘Band of Bloggers’ sounds like something you’re doing with your coaching students.  That’s the name of the show that’s on The History Channel later tonight,” he said.

We both got a good chuckle about that, and proceeded to watch a Pay Per Vieiw movie.

I almost forgot about the joke.  But later in the afternoon on the next day, he left the TV playing when he went to do his errands.  While he was gone, “Band of Bloggers” happened to be replayed.

As I went on with my day, I happened to overhear a commentator asking “What is this new fascination with blogging?” and was instantly drawn to turn up the sound.

The “Band” in “Band of Bloggers” refers to the members of the military who have turned to blogging to keep from being bored on the front lines in Iraw and Afghanistan. 

According to the “Band” in the show, life in these war torn, unsafe countries can be very monotonous.  Soldiers must be alert at all times, but often have nothing to do but sit waiting while hoping for nothing to happen.

To keep from going stir-crazy, many have started their own blogs.  This also helps them to keep in touch with people in the “real world” at the same time.

As marketers, we can learn a lot from the lessons in “Band of Bloggers” and from the soldiers-turned bloggers on the front iines.  In fact, if you get a chance to catch the reply of “Band of Bloggers” on The History Channel (channel 269 on Direct TV), I strongly recommend that you don’t miss it!

What can we, as marketers, learn from these non-marketing soldiers?

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I just had a brainstorm that is going to set up 3 marketers for immediate success in their business.  Will you be one of them?

Let me give you a little background so that you can understand why this is truly “An Opportunity of a Lifetime” …

Tom Bell, the master of “big traffic”, and I are working on a project that kicks off on January 1^st.  I can’t go into all the details yet, but here’s the highlights:

• For 100 days, we will release a video every day with a different expert who will share a different part of the system that you would use to build a milliion dollar business using the power of the internet
• During the 100 days, people will compete to win $100,000 in cash and prizes, with the grand prize being a new, red Ferrari!
• Every day, the contestants will submit a new video through YouTube telling us what they learned that day, what action they took that day, and how much they made that day.
• We expect about 10,000 people to compete in this contest!  The first one to hit $2,739 per day for 14 days straight is the winner!  ($2,739 per day for a year is a million dollars.)

Tom and I have organized a Mastermind Summit that takes place this Sunday, November 4^th, in Manhattan.  We have 20 of the top experts in the world attending this Summit.

During the mastermind, we will discuss what it takes to build a million dollar business using the power of the internet.  The system we lay out will become the foundation of the AllMine2739.com  

The Summit is taking place in a studio in Midtown Manhattan where we will shoot the video that will be used throughout the contest.

Here’s where the “Opportunity of a Lifetime” comes in …

How would YOU like to be a “fly on the wall” of this Million Dollar Mastermind Summit?

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I recently sent an email to my list.  In it, I talked about ideas.  So many have written asking me to resend that message, that I’ve decided to post it
here on my blog for all to enjoy!

Good luck finding YOUR million dollar idea!

“The air is full of ideas.
They are knocking you in the head all the time!”
Henry Ford

I’m sure you’ve heard that old saying that “ideas are a dime a dozen”.

For some, finding profitable ideas comes easily.  These are usually the people who are millionaires already.

For others, finding that perfect idea can be a challenge.  These are usually people who try one thing, move to another, and rarely ever reach a goal.

Sure, there are a few people that are in between these two categories.  These are the people who are working 9 to 5 jobs and happy to be there.  They aren’t the “idea people”. 

They are the workers and they do damned good work. Without them, few people would ever reach their millionaire status from implementing their million d’ollar ideas.

Regardless of which of these 3 categories you fall into, you’re going to reach the time when you need (or want) to find a new idea for SOMETHING!

Maybe you want to redecorate the house.
Maybe you want to re-landscape your yard.
Maybe you have some big “problem” that you need a
solution to.
Maybe you want to create a new product.

What will you do to find your idea?

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In the last few weeks, I’ve had a ton of people asking me for some of my favorite resources. 

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In my last post, I shared a story with you about one of my readers.  He’s a young guy from overseas named Koorosh.

In that post, I had a link to Koorosh’s blog.  Well, as I expected, Koorosh ended up coming to my blog and commenting on my post.

In his comment, Koorosh mentioned that he was still a bit confused about how to use a technique that I taught him.  So, I figured that I would share that with all my readers at the same time.

What Koorosh wanted to do was to be able to reach other experts through his blog.  I’ve done this very successfully over the last several months myself.

In the past, I’ve talked about other people on my blog.  People like Terry Dean, Larry Benet, and many others. 

Each time I have done this, it was with the intention of reaching those people to let them know that I am writing about them, hoping that they would then come to visit my blog as well.

Each time that I mention someone I want to reach, I add a link back to their website.  Because of HOW I link to these people’s sites’, I can be SURE that they will notice my blog as well!

What is it that I am doing that ensures that someone will notice my blog?

More importantly, can this be used by anyone?

Absolutely!  ANYONE can do this same thing to reach ANYONE they want (well, almost anyone, anyway … there’s one rule that applies!).

Here’s what I do …

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