How to Find a Mentor

  • February 25, 2013 by Corbett Barr
  • 21 Comments

One of the questions I hear most is “how do I find a mentor?”

Mentorship has always been a strange concept to me. For a long time I thought it was common for people to have “official” mentors, but eventually I realized I had never met anyone with an explicit mentor relationship.

Maybe your experience is different, maybe you know of a world where up-and-comers have designated relationships with experienced people who look out for them, but for most people it just doesn’t work that way.

So, instead of helping you find a mentor, I’m going to tell you why you should stop looking for one. Or, at least that you should stop looking for what you think a mentor is.

Why Do You Want a Mentor Anyway?

Just about everyone thinks about having a mentor at some point. Having someone experienced and well-connected to coach and guide you is easy to want.

[Continue reading…]

5 Online Video Mistakes That Make You Look Like a Rookie

  • February 19, 2013 by Guest Writer
  • 62 Comments

This post is by Maria Brilaki of Fitness Reloaded.

It’s 2013. We don’t live in the 90′s anymore. Do you know what this means?

It means attention spans are lower than they have ever been, YouTube video consumption is through the roof, and people’s video standards have risen dramatically.

Your content might be good, but if your video isn’t equally good, guess what your viewer will do? That’s right, click away to another video.

Bye bye, potential fan. Farewell. I realize I might never see you again.

The problem is when we are first starting out, we might be able to tell whether a video is good or not, but we might not be able to understand exactly what makes it good or bad.

That’s because we might have the taste for what a good video is really like, but we don’t yet have the skill to bridge the gap between our good taste and what we’re capable of producing. [Continue reading…]

5 More Lessons From a $213,000 Launch

  • February 14, 2013 by Corbett Barr
  • 17 Comments

Two weeks ago we first wrote about the launch of our new training platform for online business builders in 5 lessons from a $213,000 launch.

Today we have 5 more lessons from our launch to share with you. If you’re building an online business or launching a new product, this post is for you.

6. Low Priced Products Can Deliver Big Financial Results

Online courses are priced at almost any amount you can imagine, from free all the way up to $3,000 and beyond.

This always raises interesting questions. How do you price your own information products? Do you have to price high to earn high? Can lower priced products still earn good revenue?

In the case of Fizzle, we decided to make our monthly membership affordable (currently starting at $29 a month) for a couple of reasons:

  1. We believe we can produce high-quality education for online entrepreneurs at a reasonable price, and we believe this training should be affordable to most people who want it.
  2. We wanted to differentiate ourselves from the crowd of “gurus” selling training in the $2k and up range.

[Continue reading…]

3 Ways to Keep Readers Thinking About You After Leaving Your Site

  • February 12, 2013 by Guest Writer
  • 24 Comments

This post is by Danny Iny.

As a reader of Think Traffic, you know that it’s about more than just any old traffic; you need visitors that are loyal, that care about what you’re doing, and that spreads the word.

And you know that if you want them to help you spread the word, it’s got to be because you’ve given them the valuable gift of “something cool to share.”

Now let’s be honest for a minute.

When’s the last time you’ve actually done that, and done it well enough for people to really start talking?
[Continue reading…]

Focus! The Ultimate Guide to Finding Laser-Like Focus in Your Online Business

  • February 5, 2013 by Guest Writer
  • 49 Comments

I believe the number one reason why people fail at building anything online is a lack of focus (and for good reason).

The online world is like a magical treasure chest, full of bright shiny objects to distract you from what you actually set out to do in the first place.

This post is by Natalie Sisson.

Everything seems exciting, and the possibilities to make money and become known are endless.

There are so many options to choose from that you want to get started on them all at the same time. Like launching your first blog, creating a digital product, video, or podcast.

Should you have an affiliate program or get traffic with an adwords campaign?

You scour the internet wanting to learn anything and everything from as many `gurus’ as you can find. They tell you to find a niche, write epic shit, and start an email list.

Then others tell you it’s all about Facebook advertising, you need a product, start a membership site, do a joint venture, get into webinars…..

Before you know it you are completely overwhelmed, confused and have forgotten what it was you were wanting to achieve.

In fact I reckon, that if you’re reading this and nodding your head, by now you probably have one giant mess. [Continue reading…]

How to Double Your Conversion Rate By Rolling Out the Red Carpet

  • January 31, 2013 by Guest Writer
  • 57 Comments

I’d just spent the past 8 hours of my life working on what I considered to be the best piece I’d ever written in my life.

It was a guest post for a massive blog and it was perfect by all guest blogging standards. It was interesting, relevant and chock full of useful information.

This post is by Liz Seda.

I was sure that this was going to be the post that would catapult me from B-list blogger to A-list influencer.

I went to bed full of hope and promise that by next week I would be dealing with crashing servers from the flood of traffic to my site and hiring an assistant to help me sort through the fan mail I’d receive from thousands of new subscribers.

If only it were that easy. [Continue reading…]