Meaningful Streams of Income...with Maiya

First Video Using Animoto.com -- very cool

Check out Animoto.com for some quick and fun video creation! A very special "Thank you!" to Mary Lyn Miller, founder of Fired Up For Success Coaching who mentioned this to me during her coaching session. I love it.

You can setup a free account to create unlimited 30 second videos or upgrade to a personal or business account. The free account is helpful for testing out the service and for family video shorts. I am launching a family blog and these "shorts" are perfect, so my children and I will probably keep a personal account.  AND for my business, I'm researching their commercial level for creating Call-to-Action videos!

They have music, pictures, videos and most importantly, an easy-to-use interface. The interface guided me to chose clips from a video I created for my twins from over 3 years ago. Then I added a splash of text and pushed a button. Amazing!

NO TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IS REQUIRED -- SERIOUSLY.

Oh and I did it in less than 20 minutes - from account creation to first finished video. And they host the video and make it super easy for you to post to your blog or website, promote it on your social marketing sites - and more...

If you want to check it out -- use this referrer code and they'll give you:

• $5 off an all access pass for personal accounts OR
• 1 extra month of business access!

Go to: Animoto.com

Use referrer code: GJROVAEP.

Plus they give me a referrer bonus too - a very cool affiliate strategy - everybody wins!

Anyway - I had fun and can't wait to apply this to my business and unleash my video marketing ideas!

New* Newsletters Made Easy with Professional Cart Solutions

I am a fan of Professional Cart Solutions and have used their integrated solution since 2006. For those of you who don't know PROFCS, they are a fully integrated online marketing and sales system offering:

• Complete Shopping Cart
• Email Marketing Tools
• List Building Database
• Product Catalog System
• Autoresponders
• Newsletter and Broadcasting System
• Tracking of Email Campaigns
• Affiliate System
• and more...

Today, I discovered that they have improved their system by enhancing their Email Marketing System to include newsletter templates. Professionally created templates are a great help to my clients who don't want to craft their own. In the past, I have recommended Constant Contact for easy newsletter creation and now I can easily recommend Professional Cart Solutions too.

If you are a PROFCS member, you can view the new video guide on how to use, save, and customize a newsletter template. And of course, you can still import your own template if you have one.

If you are not a member, now may be the time for you to shift to this all-in-one, online marketing solution. They do still have a 30-day trial ;-)

To your Online Marketing Success!
Blessings and Possibilities,
Maiya Rose

Coaching Facts and Success Factors from Harvard Business Review study

Are you an Executive Coach? or coach inside corporations?

Harvard Business review has a free download available on "The Realities of Executive Coaching" in the Jan 2009 edition online and print. (Thank you to my hubby for catching this on the newsstands!) 

Lots of stats on pricing, length on relationship, results and so much more. A good read for all coaches. Check it out here.  Enjoy!

Blessings and Possibilities,
Maiya Rose

MBS | Meaningful Streams Resources mentioned on the call

As promised, here are the resources that came up during our Meaningful Streams of Income(tm) call last Tuesday, January 15th. There are many choices out there (with good and bad features) so do your research and of course, choose the best solutions for you. Enjoy.

Blogging: 

• TypePad - Blog hosting company. Simple to setup and use. Fee-based versus other free options like Blogger and WordPress, yet the hosting is handled for you and the user-interface is friendly and intuitive. If you plan to host several blogs, their professional level is a good choice. Create Your Blog Today at TypePad.
• Blog Wild by Andy Wibbels - www.andywibbels.com - This book on blogging by a blogging mastermind is a fast, straight-forward read. It has easy-to-use information that helped me to understand why and how to launch a blog. Great little book that I used as my blog resource guide. Saved me lots of learning time by explaining how to setup, change, publicize, and maintain a blog.

Conference Call Services:

You'll need a conference line or bridgeline service to run your teleclasses (and to record your first audio product...hint...hint.) Be sure the service you choose records well and offers you playback features and the ability to download the recorded call (usually as an MP3 file). Lots of services out there both free and paid.

• FreeConferencePro - www.freeconferencepro.com
• FreeConferenceCall - www.freeconferencecall.com

Payment Systems and Shopping Carts:

• PayPal - You need a way to accept money online. You can setup a merchant account or look for an alternative online payment system, such as PayPal. You can integrate just the PayPal payment system with your own shopping cart or web site (blog or ezine) to accept payments online. Howver, PayPal also offers merchant services like a shopping cart service and subscription services. Note: It processes payments from credit cards, too, even when buyers do not have a PayPal account.
• Professional Cart Solutions - One of many privately branded versions of "1shoppingcart.com” with a user-friendly interface. Full autoresponders, product setup, order-taking, shipping cost calculations, affiliate system, client database and more. It's a full service ecommerce and online marketing shopping cart which is used by many of the online marketing pros.

Happy researching!