Manage Your Social Media

I love twitter and Facebook for many different reasons.

But I hated the time it took to keep connected and updated. I tried many tools, but thought all lacked usefulness the way I wanted to use the social media.

Then I found Hootsuite – you can activate an account at www.hootsuite.com

I like that I can see multiple of my twitter accounts and multiple facebook pages, and post to as many of them as I want at one time.

They do have an app for using with the iphone, but right now it only seems to work with twitter – can’t wait until it can coordinate with facebook too.

If you are struggling to merge all your social media accounts into a handy managment system, this one may work for you too. If you are using a different management tool – which one are you using?

Jolyn | Wedding Planner Mentor
Secrets of a Wedding Planner

$1 Search Engine Lessons

Yup, that’s right – learn ‘just about’ everything you need to know about Search Engine Optiminzation (SEO) for as little as $1…I know it sounds too good to be true, but trust me, it’s not.

Justin Brooke is one of the SEO gurus…and I’ve used many of his techniques previously to give my websites higher ranking. Needless to say, I was shocked to get the email telling me that he had put together an e-book of the myths of SEO and how best to conquer them…and it was selling it for just $1 USD.

Well, I had to look, so I signed up, read the e-book last night, and even I learned some new strategies to apply to my websites again (and will be working on this weekend).

That’s the thing with SEO – you can never know it all, because it changes all the time.

So if you want an economical way to begin learning SEO or want to brush up your SEO knowledge to put to use to your website then check out what it includes here:
SEO Lies: A Report about SEO Truths

• Click the link above, scroll to the bottom of Justin’s page to enter your information and purchase the e-book
• A copy of the e-booked will get emailed to you immediately
• There will be a special offer from Justin on the second page after you purchase the e-book – it’s your choice to read it or not, but I wanted you to be aware of it.
• And you should know that I get to profit $1 from the sale of this e-book, just by sharing it with you – you know I’m not one to hide details…so you can choose to purchase the book or not, but I think you’ll find it will be one of the least expensive lessons you learn about SEO

So there you have it, you can choose to purchase the e-book or not – but if you are looking at learning about how to improve the ranking of your website in the search engines, this is a great place to get started.

Jolyn | Wedding Planner Coach

PS. By the way, I still think Justin is crazy for offering this low price for so much knowledge, so you might want to grab the e-book before he comes to his senses and removes it or ups the price!

But I have the look?

High end clients are nearly every wedding professionals ultimate goal…we want the clients that give us the freedom to give them our very best as professionals.

Recently, I’ve had opportunity to speak to a number of wedding professionals across the country, and I kept hearing one thing… “I have the best website, the best business cards and the best testimonials…but I still don’t have the number of couples I want”.

And the first thing I do, is go to their website and then I type into google how I’d find that professional…so I may type in “New York wedding photographer” for a New York photography company. And guess what? After 4 pages, I still haven’t found their company…

If you aren’t on the first page of google, then you need to find a way to be seen! I often encourage my mentoring clients, if they don’t have the time, money or skill to invest in search engine optimization, then at least google your most relevant search term, and purchase advertising on the first 3 directories you can find in that search. Why pay to be listed on a directory that doesn’t show until page 9 of Google??

Firstly - being listed on such prominent websites will give your website a higher recognition by the search engines, even if not a higher ranking. Secondly, hopefully the engaged couples will see your listing and stop looking at the rest of the websites on that page.

Don’t let your website be on page 10 of google..the couples will never find you that way. Make some efforts to get your website recognized…because it doesn’t matter if you have the best – if no one can find your website to see it’s the best!

Jolyn | Wedding Planner Coach
Secrets of a Wedding Planner

Just ‘Add This’!

With the explosion of social media and marketing…viral marketing is easier than ever to start! If you aren’t familiar with the term – viral marketing – it’s where one person tells a friend, and they tell a friend, and they tell a friend, etc.

Networks such as Facebook, Digg can give your website quick exposure.

A simple way to catch into this market with your website, is with the Add This bookmark icon – one simple icon in your blog posts and on your website, can allow website visitors to easily bookmark and share your website or blog.

Take a look at the bottom of this post to see the button in action!

Jolyn | Wedding Planner Coach