Meron Bareket

Work A Room Like A Pro (with @SusanRoane)

Are you ready to finally build the relationships that will make your success a reality?

I used to hate getting into rooms full of people I didn’t know.

I used to think I’m pretty good with people… but when you’d put me in a room full of strangers… all that confidence evaporated.

Have you ever felt the same?

Every entrepreneur worth his salt attributes a large portion of their success to the people around them. In fact, they met most of those people first at a party, or some conference or meetup.

When I think about it, I met 95% of the core of my professional network in 3 events!

Everyone I interviewed on the show, I reached through this core network. Every person on my masterminds, I met through this core network. Every joint-venture I was involved in, came from this core network.

3 events. That’s all it took.

Well, 3 events, and working the room to actually make those events count!

Two months ago John Corcoran shared with us the 10 Steps To Becoming A Business Networking Superhero. After than interview, John introduced me to Susan Roane.

John referred to Susan’s book, ‘How To Work A Room’, as “the bible of networking”. And today, she will show you how you can put your best foot forward next time you enter any room.

Click play now, and learn how to build the relationships that will make your success a reality:

How To Work A Room – Episode Highlights

The 3 most important traits of savvy networkers
How to introduce yourself to new people in an engaging way… in 9 seconds or less!
The 4 magic words that help conversations flow with ease
How to segue from the small talk… to the big talk!
Three ways to get out of a conversation… graciously!
How to remember the people you met at events and meetups
The main don’ts of networking that you should avoid

Mentioned Resources

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Have an amazing weekend, my friend!

Meron

P.S. Next week we’re switching gears as we’ll talk about a business model never before covered on the show… don’t miss out. It’s HUGE!

I Need Your Help!

If you haven’t already, I would love if you could be awesome and take a minute to leave a quick rating and review of the podcast on iTunes by clicking on the link below. It’s the most amazing way to help the show grow and reach more people!

Leave a review for Meron’s podcast!

Affiliate Disclosure: Please note that some of the links above are affiliate links. There is no additional cost to you, and I will earn a commission if you decide to make a purchase.

Don’t Miss an Episode! Subscribe Below:

Using something else? Copy this address:
––– http://www.meronbareket.com/feed/podcast/ –––

How To Plan, Set Up, And Present A Webinar That Converts

In this episode you will discover how to plan, set up, and present a money-making webinar… with ease!

On our previous episode, Amy Porterfield and I discussed the power of webinars. We talked about using Facebook ads combined with webinars to turn any business into a money-making machine.

Even in 2015, webinars are still among the best ways to drive online sales and create a sustainable income. This is true whether you’re an entrepreneur, freelancer, or even a brick and mortar business owner.

But how do you create a webinar that sells, without being overly salesey? How much of your content should you be sharing? How should you structure the webinar? What tools and systems should you use to set it up? All great questions!

That’s why I asked the world-leading webinars expert, Steven Essa, to join us today!

In the last 7 years Steven has helped hundreds of people make tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars through webinars.

If you’re interested in driving more customers and sales to your business, whether it’s an online or not – this episode is for you.

Click play now:

How To Create A Webinar – Episode Highlights

What systems are available and which one should you use?
How to structure your webinar?
How to make you webinar engaging?
Are automated webinars right for you?
How long should your webinar be?
How to structure an effective pitch?
What to do if a webinar isn’t selling well?
Why is the webinar’s title important, and what should it focus on?
What makes the audience decide they want to buy from you?
The #1 biggest mistake people make on a webinar

Mentioned Resources

Steven Essa’s website
My previous episode with Amy Porterfield
GoToWebinar – the webinar software Steve uses (includes 30 day free trial!)
Pat Flynn’s Ultimate Guide to Using Hangouts on Air for Webinars (this is the free way to run webinars)

I Need Your Help!

Leave a review for Meron’s podcast!

Affiliate Disclosure: Please note that some of the links above are affiliate links. There is no additional cost to you, and I will earn a commission if you decide to make a purchase.

Don’t Miss an Episode! Subscribe Below:

Using something else? Copy this address:
––– http://www.meronbareket.com/feed/podcast/ –––

How To Turn A Business That Has No List Into A Money Making Machine

In this episode, Amy Porterfield and I examine how to turn a business that has no list, into a money-making machine.

Due to audience demand, the brilliant Amy Porterfield is back on the show! Find out how by spending less than $10 a day, any entrepreneur can use Facebook to turn his business into a money-making machine!

… And did I mention already that’s you only need to spend $10 a day?!

Listen now:

Episode Highlights

Why the livelihood of your business is in your list, and not in your social media strategies
What to expect from social media this year… and what not to!
How $10 a day can turn your business into a money-printing machine (and why spend even that!)
Amy’s tried-and-tested 4 step system to supercharge the sales of any business. Whether it’s online, or offline!

Little things to remember

For the ad:

The image of an unpublished page post ad should be 1200×627 px. It’s also better that you use PNG and not JPG
Officially, only 20% of your image can consist text. In practice, you can usually get along with up to 25%
Targeting is what will make or break the campaign.Experiment with it and see what works.
Make sure that your ad makes it clear that the resource is free!
Include the benefits of the lead magnet in your ad’s text

For the webinar:

If you’re running a webinar, you should know that EVERYONE starts with a small list of attendees and build themselves up!
Ditch the chat room option until you have at least 100 attendees. Chat room only helps when it’s functioning as social proof. Your audience will be none the wiser, and you will sell better without it!

Generally:

Your lead magnet MUST target your own product, otherwise you’re building an irrelevant list!
A good initial conversion rate from Facebook ad to your list is 10%. (optimal performance is around 50-60%)
Ideally, you should be paying $1 or less per lead. If you’re paying more, play around with your targetting.
Remember that the most powerful part of the strategy is not the webinar, but the email marketing that comes after it!
By building a healthy mailing list, you are building a solid lifetime foundation for your business. This is much better than relying on Facebook or Twitter for leads!

Mentioned Resources

Amy Porterfield’s super awesome website & podcast
Lewis Howes’s Ultimate Webinar Marketing Guide
John Lee Dumas’s WebinarOnFire epic webinar training program
3 Reasons You Shouldn’t Be Bashful About Selling Your Own Products by Michael Hyatt
The Facebook official guide to installing the Facebook Power Editor
This tool is a huge help: Upload your ad’s image, and it will tell you if you have too much text. 20 Percent Rule (remember, Facebook only allows 20% of the image to include text!)

I Need Your Help!

Leave a review for Meron’s podcast!

Affiliate Disclosure: Please note that some of the links above are affiliate links. There is no additional cost to you, and I will earn a commission if you decide to make a purchase.

Don’t Miss an Episode! Subscribe Below:

Using something else? Copy this address:
––– http://www.meronbareket.com/feed/podcast/ –––

From Anonymous To 82,000 Copies Sold… Find Out His Secret!

He was $180,000 in the red. His business was driving him to an early grave. Fast forward less than two years: his second book sold over 82,000 copies. He’s living a life of freedom in Hawaii with his family, and could not be happier.

How is it possible to turn your life around so fast and in such an immense way?! What secrets can we learn from Kimanzi Constable, to make 2015 our most successful year yet? Find out in today’s episode!

Episode Highlights

How to segue from complete anonymity to writing for the biggest websites on the Internet?
How to tap in to existing traffic source to start making passive income and introduce more freedom into your life!
How Kimanzi build a career as writer, public speaker and sought-after coach – without even having a college degree!

Mentioned Resources

Kimanzi’s website
Learn step by step how to land yourself a guest post on websites like Huffington Post or Entrepreneur.
Get the bonus 9 minutes of this interview for FREE here.

I Need Your Help!

Leave a review for Meron’s podcast!

Affiliate Disclosure: Please note that some of the links above are affiliate links. There is no additional cost to you, and I will earn a commission if you decide to make a purchase.

Don’t Miss an Episode! Subscribe Below:

Using something else? Copy this address:
––– http://www.meronbareket.com/feed/podcast/ –––

How You Can Make A Full Time Income Selling Teespring Shirts

Making a full time income selling t-shirts on Teespring

In today’s episode we share how you can start making a full-time income by selling T-shirts online on a new platform called Teespring!

Making money on Teespring – Episode Highlights:

How Benny Hsu segued from an app business to making full time income by selling T-shirts on Teespring.
Where to find designers for your T-shirts, and how much should it cost?
How to get traffic to your Teespring campaigns without breaking any sweat (or the bank)!
How to find and tap into the hottest trends and themes that already work on Teespring .
How to get started right now!

Today’s Guest: App developer & T-shirt Entrepreneur!

I first met Benny Hsu at the 2013 New Media Expo in Las Vegas. Back then, he was the latest and hottest app developer success story. I’ve just interviewed him as a cover story for the Inspiring Innovation magazine, and we became good friends.

Benny’s story became a mini-legend. After all, he went from working at his family’s restaurant, to developing apps. Then, his first app, ‘Photo365’, generated over $31,000 in sales in under 30 days!

Benny went on and created more apps, mostly following his “365” theme. None of them was as successful as the first one, and last I spoke with him he was dabbling with app re-skinning.

From App Re-Skinning To Selling T-Shirts On Teespring

App re-skinning is an easy way for anyone to get into the app development game. By buying one ready-made app and only changing its graphics, you create tens if not hundreds of apps… fast.

With each app generating a few tens, or even hundreds, of dollars every month, the more apps you re-skin – the more money you make.

The problem is that as app re-skinning is just changing the graphical design of an app. You’re not adding any value to the end user. That makes it too easy for competition to grow… and that’s exactly what happened.

Competition in the re-skinning world grew quickly, and exponentially. Today, using app re-skinning as a business model to generate a full-time income has become hard.

Seeing where the market was going, Benny resolved to pivot. He had a business re-birth, and created something completely new.

Making A Full Time Income By Selling T-Shirts Online

It all started with an interview Benny was listening to. Some guy was making a six-figure monthly income by selling T-shirts. What interested Benny was that he was using a new platform called ‘Teespring’.

You should know that Benny has been thinking of selling t-shirts ever since he read the 4 Hour Work Week. He just never had an option to make it happen; The set-up costs were always too high, the profit margins too low.

But listening to that interview, Benny knew that Teespring will change everything.

What Is Teespring

Teespring is for apparel what Kickstarter is for startups. It allows anyone to create a t-shirt design, and set up a fundraising campaign to get it made.

When a campaign meets its sales goals, Teespring handles everything. They take care of the charging, producing, manufacturing and shipping of the t-shirts to all the buyers. All the designer has to do – is to collects the profits.

If not enough people agree to buy the shirt, the campaign failes. In such case, the customers doesn’t pay a penny, the t-shirts are not made, and nobody loses any money.

This new model removes all the old risks of manufacturing first, validating later. With Teespring, you confirm the market wants it, before you make it. And when they want it – you don’t need to worry about producing it. Teespring takes care of it for you!

Launching A Successful Teespring Campaign

As you will hear in today’s episode, Bennie’s start with the platform was far from perfect. In fact, his first 21 campaigns failed to get funded(!).

But perseverance paid off… big time. Campaign 22 was a hit, and Benny has cracked the code. Once he had his first win, Benny repeated what worked and ditched what didn’t. He was quickly making a full time income selling T-shirts online!

Listen to today’s episode to learn:

How Benny managed his experiments
What stats did Benny measure to determine what designs he should pursue
How Benny kept his experimenting costs to the bare minimum.

It is extremely possible that you can sell your first hundred T-shirts online before New Year’s! But if will happen ONLY if you don’t miss out, listen to today’s episode, and then… take action!

Mentioned resources call on

I’ll be taking a short holiday until 2015. I want to wish you happy holidays, Merry Xmas, happy Hanukkah, and a fantastic and exciting new year!

Yours always,
Meron

I Need Your Help!

Leave a review for Meron’s podcast!

Affiliate Disclosure: Please note that some of the links above are affiliate links. There is no additional cost to you, and I will earn a commission if you decide to make a purchase.

Don’t Miss an Episode! Subscribe Below:

Using something else? Copy this address:
––– http://www.meronbareket.com/feed/podcast/ –––