It takes 8 seconds online for the visitors to decide whether to continue reading your content or click away. How will you convince your audience to stay on your blog, search through your online profile and enroll in your online courses? When it comes to cyberspace, the less is more, and your tagline allows you to express the essence of your site, course or product in a matter of seconds.
We all know that in this world it is often not WHAT you know, but WHO you know that can make the difference. Watch this 6 minute video to learn 10 strategies to connect with influential people online.
Recent research shows that online behavior of low literacy readers is radically different than that of higher-literacy users: they plow text rather than scan it, and they miss page elements due to a narrower field of view. In the video below I will give you 6 strategies on how to adjust your online content to be more appealing to a broader audience. Continue reading
Are you a professional establishing yourself as an expert in your field? Are you running a small business trying to build your online presence and creating buzz about your company? You need to start paying serious attention to your brand! The ability to portray the right image and communicate ideas with crystal clarity can bring customers, projects, and job opportunities your way, as opposed to you running after them. Today, I am super excited to have a special guest, a branding guru Julie Cottineau (former VP of Brand @ Virgin, current CEO and Founder of Brand Twist www.brandtwist.com), who will share her secrets on how to make your brand stand out online. Continue reading
Michael Fishman, the word guru and business coach once said: “The business you have is a function of the words you choose to describe it, and if you change the words on a particular day, the business changes. “ Therefore, the words that you choose to communicate with your audience online are incredibly important, especially in this context, as there are no other cues to support your statements. As a result, you need to choose your words carefully!
Today, I will give you 3 strategies that are based on the psychology of language and persuasion that will help you transcend distances with words.
Influence is difficult to determine online. Is that lady with 25,000 Twitter followers an influencer? What about if you have 15,000 RSS subscribers, are you an influencer? Many people mistakenly think that the more followers you have, the more influence you have, and some go to extremes to even buying fans. If you want to please your ego, you can certainly do that. However, in order to have a very effective network you need to concentrate on the quality not quantity of the followers.
Drum roll please… FINALLY I am excited to present to you a new book, “The Golden Climate in Distance Learning” that I co-authored with Dr. LaGanza.
If you are just considering teaching online or if you already teach online but feel stressed out and overwhelmed- this book will help you become successful in this environment. The book can help to improve your online interactions, even if you’re not a teacher. Who knows, one day you might have to teach online? Continue reading
Today’s “Expert Talk” guest is Dr. Rosemary Lehman who is a true guru in distance learning in general and online presence in particular. When Rosemary talks, I sit quietly and take notes. In this video you will find out the strategies of how to build YOUR online presence and why it is important for your online class
