Video: Pinterest on KSBI Social Media Monday

On our April 2012 segment on KSBI we chatted about Pinterest for personal use. Watch and learn.

New Social Media Coaching Program

Learn about our new social media coaching program. You can read the transcription below.

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Hey, it is Patrick Allmond from JustAskPatrick.com, and today is Wednesday, February 15th, and I just finished up a very exciting session here in Oklahoma City that you need to know about. For awhile now, there’s been kind of a gray area that’s been missing in our offering of services, and I feel it has been doing a disservice to the other local businesses here in Oklahoma City.

There are various ways you can learn about social media and learn about online marketing and learn about SEO. The easiest way is to just go to one of these little chintzy $20 seminars that you see, and you sit down with somebody for an hour and you learn just the very basics. You learn Social Media 101 or you learn WordPress 101, but your whistle just gets wetted. You don’t really walk away with the skills that you need, and you don’t really walk away with any personal advice on your situation.

The other end of the spectrum is you sit down with someone like me on an hour by hour basis, and I’m going to change you probably $175 an hour for my time, if not more. But that’s where you get the best attention. And another option even still is paying $49 a month for a marketing mojo inner circle membership, which if you’re interested in that, I would definitely considered that because that’s a good deal also.

But there’s been kind of a middle area there where maybe you’re on somewhat of a tight budget but you still need some personal one on one attention or maybe some attention from a group. It’s almost like a coaching group. Well guess what Focus is going to do? Focus has a coaching group starting. We just did an hour long session over at MACU, and we covered the basics of the coaching group. If you missed it, then this video is really going to help you out.

And here’s what we’re going to be doing. For four hours a month, we’re going to be meeting together with a social media coaching group, and everybody in the coaching group is going to be exclusive in their industry. In other words,
there may not be two realtors in there or there may not be two of a particular kind of industry in there, just to make sure that people are comfortable. Each group is going to be limited to five people max, to make sure each person gets plenty of time. You’re going to have a coach like me, Patrick Allmond or someone from Focus Consulting, and we’re going to put together a curriculum for that four hour class. Each person in that four hour session is going to be able to cover their particular situation, their social media, their website, and some issues or challenges that they’re having.

First of all, you’re going to get one-on-one feedback from me in a group situation, which everybody else is going to benefit from, but you’re also going to get some immediate, great feedback from other people in the coaching group. So I don’t have a particular date for these starting yet, but, again, these groups will be limited to five people max. Now nobody will be able to walk in off the street.

All the group members will be able to approve each other. So if there’s somebody you’ve had a bad business relationship with in the past and you don’t want them in your group and you disapprove, that person won’t be in your group. It will be behind closed doors. Each person will also sign a confidentiality agreement saying that what we discuss in this room stays in this room and you don’t share it with others, and that includes me. If I give you advice for your industry in your room, I promise to not talk about your business in another group of mine.

We’re going to have multiple groups ongoing. All these groups are going to cover the things that you see in the online marketing mojo circle, which you can see right there on the homepage of AllAboutFocus.com. So this is something very exciting for us. There are going to be some other features as a result of being part of this group. We’re going to host your WordPress website and back up your WordPress website for free. You’re going to get access to the membership area as part of this. This is all going to be for a very nice, low monthly price. It’s not going to be your $20 or your $49 a
month seminar, but compared to spending four hours with Patrick at $175 an hour, plus the $49 we charge for hosting, plus the $49 we charge for the membership site, you are going to be getting a steal. I’m not kidding you.

If you are interested in something like this, hit me up on social media @PatrickAllman.com or on Facebook or on email. You can always email me at Patrick@AllAboutFocus.com. Facebook you can hit me up. Twitter you can hit me up. LinkedIn you can hit me up. You can always just call me at 405-283-6287.

We had a pretty good turnout for our overview meeting, and I definitely have some people that are interested. We also had some people come down from another city, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and they are also interested in starting a group up in Tulsa, which means, guess what Tulsa? You’re going to get Focus Consulting Services there in Oklahoma.

I can see me starting to travel up the turnpike every month or so to do a coaching group up in Tulsa also. Once that expands, we can have multiple groups there, and then the sky’s the limit for us. We can start opening coaching groups in other cities. I can see us going to Dallas. I can see us going to Kansas City. I’m very excited about this, because the online marketing and the social media is a topic that I absolutely love to teach.

So again, if you’re interested in this, hit me up at Patrick@AllAboutFocus.com. Please make sure you’re serious about this. Don’t kind of be hemming and hawing. Make sure you’re dead serious about your success. Make sure you’re ambitious and make sure that you’re convinced that Focus Consulting is the right solution for you, but you want a budget solution and you’re comfortable working in a group environment.

This has been Patrick Allmond from AllAboutFocus.com. Please don’t forget to subscribe to this YouTube channel and follow me on Twitter and Facebook, and I look forward to talking to you soon. Have a great day.

Video: Video Marketing Ideas for your business

Have you ever been at a loss as to what to talk about when it comes to making videos for your business. Patrick Allmond takes some time and gives you some quick tips on “Behind the scenes” video marketing ideas and tricks that you can use at your business. YouTube Preview Image

Outbound Marketing Is Not Dead

I laugh and laugh when people say outbound marketing is dead.

It is so far from dead. It is alive, well and you need it

How do you think people find out about your company brand? You can’t sit back, play on social media, SEO, YouTube and cross your fingers that your customers find you. TV Ads still work great. Billboards are not going anywhere soon, and direct mail still brings in customers.

Do not buy into any hype that says Outbound Marketing is dead. Outbound Marketing goes by another name: ADVERTISING. It is still very much needed if you want to expand your customer base.

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