Announcing: An Intriguing New Tool for Collaborative Content

By Sonia Simone

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Smart content producers know that we can produce a lot more (and better) content when we collaborate. But collaboration brings its own set of headaches and complexities. Today we talk about a nifty new tool to make it simpler.

Joanna Wiebe, conversion expert extraordinaire, two-time speaker at our live events in Denver, and creator of Copy Hackers, is launching a new tool designed for writers who work in collaborative teams.

In this 33-minute episode, Sonia and Joanna talk about:

  • Copy Hacker’s new tool for content teams: Airstory
  • Why it’s not smart (or even possible) to map an arbitrary process onto …read more      
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Build Landing Pages that Convert with These 3 Smart Steps

By Beth Hayden

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It was May 2015, and I was sitting in the audience at Rainmaker Digital’s Authority Rainmaker conference in Denver, Colorado.

Sonia Simone was about to give a presentation called “Dr. Evil’s Guide to Landing Page Design and Optimization,” and I was excited to learn from one of my personal copywriting heroes.

At the time, I was familiar with certain landing page “rules” — like writing compelling headlines, testing different button colors, and eliminating distracting design elements — but other than that, writing the copy seemed like some magical activity.

But that day at the conference, Sonia broke down the entire landing …read more      

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How to Create Impact That Endures (Instead of Ending Up in a Landfill)

By Brian Clark & Jerod Morris

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This week’s guest on The Digital Entrepreneur remains wholeheartedly enthusiastic about captaining her own ship … even if, in her words, it’s a “rowboat” compared to the larger vessel for which she is an Executive VP. She’s spent the better part of this decade teaching savvy business owners how to boost their marketing skills, and in this episode she discusses some lessons she has learned along the way.

She is Pamela Wilson, and she is a digital entrepreneur.

In this 40-minute episode, Pamela and I discuss:

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Empathy Maps: A Podcaster’s Guide

By Jerod Morris & Jon Nastor

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What if you knew exactly what your listener was thinking, feeling, and seeing when they listened to your show? To even think about having that kind of deep insight is empowering.

In this episode, Jerod and Jonny discuss the simple steps you need to take to acquire this valuable insight, and then use it to take your listener on a journey.

In this episode, Jonny and Jerod discuss the following:

  • How your Audience of One ties into empathy maps
  • Using empathy maps to create profitable online courses
  • Exactly where and how to start with empathy maps

Listen, learn, enjoy …

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The One Thing That Can Make or Break Your Creative Business

By Brian Gardner & Lauren Mancke

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This week we’re joined by Seth Spears. Seth’s company (Spears Marketing) helps small business owners and bloggers build a reliable and profitable web presence that works … even when you’re not working. His primary focus is on digital marketing strategy.

Seth is a husband, a father, and fanatical about the Cincinnati Reds and the Cincinnati Bengals. He’s a staunch free-market advocate and often called a renaissance man. Last, but certainly not least, Seth is a part of the brotherhood I founded two years ago called Brocation, where a group of entrepreneurs take a few days each winter and hang …read more      

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