How to curate a Facebook group to change your life

How to curate a Facebook group to change your life offers all the inside tips to bring massive value to your followers and over the long term elevates you as the expert in your field.

You will learn: The value of setting up a Facebook group

                       How to maximize your group to elevate you a the expert in your field

                        How to monetize  a FREE Facebook group to add to your income 

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Born at an early age, Leslie Ann's career path is unique, steeped in performance. A professional circus arts performer for 15 years, they invited twice her to perform at The White House during the Carter and Reagan Administrations. She was also a producer and on-air talent for two radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1989, Leslie Ann has owned a successful award-winning graphic design studio. She is a sought-after (humorous) speaker on the topics of business and personal branding, how to build a Facebook group to change your life, and publishing the book you've promised yourself you'll write someday.

Event Information

Start Date09/17/2021 11:00 AM
End Date09/17/2021 01:00 PM
TimezoneUS/Pacific
Informal Networking10:45 AM
Location
Online
United States
ChapterLincoln City, OR
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Tips On How to Run a Business With Your Significant Other

So you are looking for a business partner, who better to start your business with than your life partner? The person who gets every aspect of you. It sounds like a great idea, right? Well, that’s not always the case. If you are choosing to dive into the entrepreneurial world with your significant other, there are key takeaways to make sure your relationship stays healthy at home, work, and everywhere in between! 

We sat down with our co-founders Kym and Sandra Yancey for insight on just how they have maintained a healthy, loving marriage while creating their multi-million dollar empire. Here are six helpful tips to glow and grow together:

1. Make Sure You Have Distinct and Clear Roles: This should be in place at the start of your business and it’s not just limited to couples. Keep in mind - most successful businesses have clear and concise roles among their team. When your jobs begin to overlap with one another is when there is angst, especially when you have different styles of leading. When you mix it up, chaos ensues. Make sure your roles are always understood when dealing with various clients and projects. This will allow you to maximize your opportunity versus two people doing the same exact thing (and minimizes chances of getting in subtle arguments).

2. Set Clear Boundaries: Create checks and balances within your company and yourselves. Never overstep into the other’s role and if you’re planning to put in your perspective, try to communicate with your significant other or get invited to speak to their team before just sharing your two cents on your own terms. You always want to avoid jumping into another’s project without asking for permission. When boundaries are crossed, you typically begin to see some form of irritation from your significant other. 

This goes for times when you must switch up from being the leader to the listener. When someone has the floor give them your undivided attention and don’t interrupt.

3. Be Mindful of What You Say and How You Say It: It’s no secret that the key to any successful marriage or relationship is communication, but when it comes to work you need to be more cautious. It is unprofessional to speak to your partner the way you would speak at home, especially in times of frustration. Remember that words can be hurtful so always be careful what comes out of your mouth and ask yourself, “would I appreciate being spoken to this way at work?” Constantly encourage and boost each other along the way no matter how big or small the stride is.

Another great way to go about it is to remember why you started a business together - going even deeper, is to remember why you wanted to spend the rest of your life with this person. You are here to help each other grow, so be mindful of how that translates.

4. Know When To Turn It Off: No one wants to be all work all the time, and sometimes when you have a 12-hour workday, then talk the entire car ride home about work, discuss it over dinner, and in bed, it becomes too much and the lines get blurred. Try having a safe word that lets your partner know work time is done for the day and it’s time to just be in the moment.

This will come off less like you are uninterested in work and more as “Hey, I just need a little break.” Quality time outside of work and events are key to succeeding in a business partnership with your significant other. Spend time with friends, family, or even just a date night that has nothing to do with work.

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Night Routine Habits For Entrepreneurs That Will Enhance The Day To Come

No matter what your goals are in the evening, it’s important to establish a good routine. Start out by implementing just one of these habits in your evening and casually add more in as you get more comfortable. Many entrepreneurs will notice a huge difference in their energy levels and productivity wherever they find a routine that works for them!

You can’t function correctly, and neither can your business if you are stressed or burnt out. Entrepreneurs are some of the bustiest people, and they often forget to take time for themselves, but for these nighttime activities, you don’t need a lot of time to get something out of them. Our Digital Advantage team has outlined 6 evening routines to help you get the most out of your time away from work.

Read

There is one thing that most successful entrepreneurs and CEOs have in common - reading. Reading daily can help you gain new knowledge, reduce stress and improve your memory. Many successful entrepreneurs read before they go to bed, and there are so many different genres to choose from. Reading is like a mental workout for your mind, which can improve the long-term health of your brain. If you can’t handle reading a real book, maybe take that time to read a book to your kids instead, or listen to a podcast.

Stay Off Your Phone

According to Dr. Charles Czeisler, a sleep medicine at Harvard University, the screen light coming from your phone disrupts our body’s natural “internal clock” that recognizes and alerts us when we need to sleep. Those bright lights are causing those chemicals to not be released, creating more issues going and staying asleep. So, if you want a enjoys a good night’s rest, remember to stay off your phone for at least an hour before going to bed.

Take Time For Yourself

This phrase can mean many different things to people. Everyone needs a break from work to blow off steam and do something that they enjoy. It’s called “me-time” for a reason so do with it what you want. This could mean reading, writing, painting, taking a bath, or catching up on your favorite shows. No matter what you decide, do something that you enjoy, that helps give your mind a break, so you can come back to work with more energy and creativity. Make time for all the things you love doing and find ways to do them every night to help you unwind from work, so you do not feel as burnt out.

Plan the Next Day

Taking a few minutes at the end of your day, to get the next day’s tasks and goals you want to accomplish planned out is essential to get the most out of your day’s work. Having your to-do list written down means there are minimal decisions you have to make when you wake up and leads to less stress in the morning. Whether you use a journal or a to-do list, it's important to visualize the goals you want to achieve and the tasks you want to complete and plan out how much time each of those tasks will take. This also allows you to check your progress, and celebrate your wins at the end of each day, so you know where tomorrow will take you. 

Get Your Body Moving

Try to exercise every single day, even for a little bit - it’s a great stress reliever. For a busy entrepreneur, an evening stroll is a perfect way to unwind after a long day. In fact, many successful business owners like to take a brisk walk to end their day, as it can help turn off those thoughts about work. Simply walking around can help you disconnect from work which helps you in your after-work hours. Even a simple walk around your office, or a few jumping jacks, when you’re feeling overwhelmed can help you get out of your head. Any movement is always better than no movement! If you’ve been feeling creatively blocked, maybe a nice nighttime stroll around the block is exactly what you need to help you stop laying awake thinking about work and will help you to be more present at home.

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How to Increase Email Deliverability And Land in the Inbox

Emails have been a great communication channel to communicate with a B2B customer, if and only when tapped in the right way. What’s the point in sending bulk emails to the customer only to realize that none of them are landing in their inbox? It can be a headache for marketers when their emails do not reach the targeted customer, leading to the failure of the entire campaign. In this scenario, one has to find innovative ways to improvise the deliverability rate of email. A different approach can redirect the email marketing campaign on the right path with easy access to the inbox of the recipient. Find out some of the tested ways to land the email in your recipient’s inbox.

  1. Following the best industry practices: 

The standard email industry practices need to be followed by all organizations. In the below statistics, you can see the acceptance level of bounces, spam complaints, unsubscribes, blocks, and others. If you carefully analyze, then you will understand that these are the minimum threshold to measure the effectiveness of the deliverability process. As a marketer, you have to check that your emails do not reach the higher number of the acceptable level of the mentioned thresholds.

2. Having a clear opt-in process: 

The opt-in process should be clear. It can be very frustrating to get emails that you do not want. You can take a scenario where one of the recipients accidentally subscribes for your service, resulting in landing up of a large number of emails into his inbox. These would surely get unanswered, which is not good for your email performance metric as ISP’s can filter this IP’s emails as the spam email.

The sending reputation of an email depends on many things such as spam complaints associated with the IP address, sending the history of the email, domain name spam complaints, etc.

To have a double opt-in process for the subscriptions also helps to a great extent. Even sending a confirmation email ensures that the email is valid and whether the customer is interested in your email. It also checks whether the owner of that email address is the one who actually subscribed.

3. Avoiding email spam filters: 

The process of emails being sorted out into the spam folder or the inbox is not a dramatic one. All the ISPs have similar criteria on the email content triggering their spam filters. For most of the transactional and marketing emails, it can include large attachments, typos, etc., thus triggering in sending the emails into the inactive addresses. So, mails should be sent only to those people whom you want to see.

4. Cleaning up the list to improve deliverability: 

Cleaning up the email contact lists can be a good way for making sure that the emails are being sent to the active users. If you send emails to the already filthy list, then there are high chances that you will be getting less open, engagement and click rates.

5. Maintaining the proper IP allocation: 

With the growth of the email campaign, it’s well understood that one will need adequate email infrastructure at a later stage. After achieving the target of 25000 emails daily, you need to send it to a dedicated address. The next process is properly warming up and sending it to the entire list.

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How to Use Holidays as a Marketing Tool for Your Business

One of the best opportunities to bring in new customers is during holiday seasons. Holidays present the perfect opportunity for attracting new business and expanding your customer base.

When we think of the holidays, we often think of the last quarter of the year from October to December. While this time of year is important as it generates the highest amount of traffic and sales compared to other quarters, holidays occur year-round. These strategies emphasize why holidays are the perfect advantage for marketing your business.

Start Planning Early

The earlier you can start strategizing your holiday plan, the more successful your marketing can be. While there is an increase in traffic during the last quarter, you can’t take it as a given for results. There is also an increase in competition as everyone is launching specialized holiday marketing, presenting more opportunities for attention to be taken away from your business. Time and energy also can become depleted during the end of the year and having a plan ahead of time ensures a more relaxed and effective execution. Costs of marketing also can increase at the end of the year as projects become more demanding and timeliness is crucial.

 Having a strategy for all outlets and platforms is important to ensure you are staying ahead. Begin strategizing as early as July in order to make sure you have all the pieces lined up. This also gives you a chance to test out new strategies and tactics before the holiday season. The sooner you can make adjustments, the better chance you have on improving your results.

People have a higher tolerance for promotional material during this time of year and are expecting to see an increase in marketing. By starting early, you can take advantage of producing higher quality work that will stick out during the heart of the holiday season. This is the time to build up SEO and customer outreach. If you have a high SEO return going into the holidays, incorporating seasonal keywords becomes an easy way to pick up extra free traffic. Getting the word out early also gives you time to generate more buzz and desire for what you are promoting.

Sell More Than a Product – Sell a Lifestyle

When marketing during the holidays, keep in mind that you want to sell more than a product – you are trying to sell your brand. Think about the kind of lifestyle you are trying to emulate. With the increase in competition, you are wanting to not just pull customers for the season, you want them to keep coming back. Market from the perspective of winning goodwill. Stand out from traditional sales tactics by making your promotions more meaningful. What products or services do you have that are evergreen, meaning they will last through the year? This gives you the ability to convert new customers into repeat buyers by focusing on lifetime value over a one-time acquisition. 

Niche holidays are the perfect opportunity to sell a lifestyle. There is less chance of being overshadowed by bigger companies, and with so many different national holidays, there is an opportunity to find ones that perfectly align with your brand. Look at channels that are being ignored by most companies, like Pinterest, YouTube or Reddit. It’s easy for people to delete emails. Getting on platforms that aren’t as saturated with marketing allows for a better chance to promote yourself and gain potentially untapped customers.

Surprise and Delight

Customers are already looking for deals during holiday seasons. You want to ensure you are creating deals that are too good for your customers to pass up. The expectation is already in place that deals will be out, so think of ways to surprise and delight in unique ways. This is the perfect time to create personalized ads based on customer data. What are people purchasing year-round versus seasonally? What can you feature as add on items that they wouldn’t necessarily think of getting themselves without the bonus of a deal?

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How to Increase Email Deliverability And Land in the Inbox

 Emails have been a great communication channel to communicate with a B2B customer, if and only when tapped in the right way. What’s the point in sending bulk emails to the customer only to realize that none of them are landing in their inbox? It can be a headache for marketers when their emails do not reach the targeted customer, leading to the failure of the entire campaign. In this scenario, one has to find innovative ways to improvise the deliverability rate of email. A different approach can redirect the email marketing campaign on the right path with easy access to the inbox of the recipient. Find out some of the tested ways to land the email in your recipient’s inbox.

  1. Following the best industry practices: 

The standard email industry practices need to be followed by all organizations. In the below statistics, you can see the acceptance level of bounces, spam complaints, unsubscribes, blocks, and others. If you carefully analyze, then you will understand that these are the minimum threshold to measure the effectiveness of the deliverability process. As a marketer, you have to check that your emails do not reach the higher number of the acceptable level of the mentioned thresholds.

2. Having a clear opt-in process: 

The opt-in process should be clear. It can be very frustrating to get emails that you do not want. You can take a scenario where one of the recipients accidentally subscribes for your service, resulting in landing up of a large number of emails into his inbox. These would surely get unanswered, which is not good for your email performance metric as ISP’s can filter this IP’s emails as the spam email.

The sending reputation of an email depends on many things such as spam complaints associated with the IP address, sending the history of the email, domain name spam complaints, etc.

To have a double opt-in process for the subscriptions also helps to a great extent. Even sending a confirmation email ensures that the email is valid and whether the customer is interested in your email. It also checks whether the owner of that email address is the one who actually subscribed.

3. Avoiding email spam filters: 

The process of emails being sorted out into the spam folder or the inbox is not a dramatic one. All the ISPs have similar criteria on the email content triggering their spam filters. For most of the transactional and marketing emails, it can include large attachments, typos, etc., thus triggering in sending the emails into the inactive addresses. So, mails should be sent only to those people whom you want to see.

4. Cleaning up the list to improve deliverability: 

Cleaning up the email contact lists can be a good way for making sure that the emails are being sent to the active users. If you send emails to the already filthy list, then there are high chances that you will be getting less open, engagement and click rates.

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Tips On How to Run a Business With Your Significant Other

So you are looking for a business partner, who better to start your business with than your life partner? The person who gets every aspect of you. It sounds like a great idea, right? Well, that’s not always the case. If you are choosing to dive into the entrepreneurial world with your significant other, there are key takeaways to make sure your relationship stays healthy at home, work, and everywhere in between! 

We sat down with our co-founders Kym and Sandra Yancey for insight on just how they have maintained a healthy, loving marriage while creating their multi-million dollar empire. Here are six helpful tips to glow and grow together:

1. Make Sure You Have Distinct and Clear Roles: This should be in place at the start of your business and it’s not just limited to couples. Keep in mind - most successful businesses have clear and concise roles among their team. When your jobs begin to overlap with one another is when there is angst, especially when you have different styles of leading. When you mix it up, chaos ensues. Make sure your roles are always understood when dealing with various clients and projects. This will allow you to maximize your opportunity versus two people doing the same exact thing (and minimizes chances of getting in subtle arguments).

2. Set Clear Boundaries: Create checks and balances within your company and yourselves. Never overstep into the other’s role and if you’re planning to put in your perspective, try to communicate with your significant other or get invited to speak to their team before just sharing your two cents on your own terms. You always want to avoid jumping into another’s project without asking for permission. When boundaries are crossed, you typically begin to see some form of irritation from your significant other. 

This goes for times when you must switch up from being the leader to the listener. When someone has the floor give them your undivided attention and don’t interrupt.

3. Be Mindful of What You Say and How You Say It: It’s no secret that the key to any successful marriage or relationship is communication, but when it comes to work you need to be more cautious. It is unprofessional to speak to your partner the way you would speak at home, especially in times of frustration. Remember that words can be hurtful so always be careful what comes out of your mouth and ask yourself, “would I appreciate being spoken to this way at work?” Constantly encourage and boost each other along the way no matter how big or small the stride is.

Another great way to go about it is to remember why you started a business together - going even deeper, is to remember why you wanted to spend the rest of your life with this person. You are here to help each other grow, so be mindful of how that translates.

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