Marketer Of The Day With Robert Plank: Get Daily Insights From The Top Internet Marketers & Entrepreneurs Around The World

MaryJo Cranmore from MaryJoCranmore.com and Message2Media.com says that you have a unique ability (a superpower) and that can be the basis for the branding that you cultivate. Take those raw materials, hobbies, your skillset (what you've learned), your accomplishments (your experiences), and that unique piece of you to get noticed and stand out from the crowd.

Rachel Archelaus from RachelArchelaus.com and IntuitiveArtAcademy.com has some entrepreneurial advice to share with you when it comes to tapping into your creativity, getting outside of your own head, and turning on your brain flow. Her method involves asking the right questions of yourself, drawing on crayons (or colored pencils) and paper, scribbling with your eyes closed, and then decoding the drawings and colors used in that drawing to achieve huge insights. She also talks about the up's and down's of her business journey and shares ways to be more productive and give yourself more credit for your accomplishments.

Brad Baldridge from TamingTheHighCostOfCollege.com is an expert in both late-stage and early-stage college planning, and he gives you several options when it comes to raising money to pay for your child's college education, including side hustles and building businesses your future college student can run.

David Jenyns from AuthorityContent.com heard of a marketer who sold pieces of the Brooklyn Bridge and modeled this success to sell the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). He's discovered that you can model (not copy) an idea to make it your own and then own that success or failure. Drill down to a speciality, find a specific need, and sell it to the immediate crowd in front of you. David has a number of insights about direct mail, online marketing and SEO, getting attention, systems/processes, and delegation. He talks with us today about recurring revenue and the 3 P's of content marketing: Present: organize a (one-take) live event to teach your best content to a real crowd (take photos) Product: repurpose that content in a 4-day cash machine Promote: repurpose into hundreds of pieces of audio and video Resources Authority Content (Book) System Hub (Website) Mebourne SEO Service (YouTube) David (Twitter)

John Dwyer from TheInstituteOfWow.com has noticed that many businesses simply "spray bullets" -- they don't use direct response techniques to measure their marketing. They should use the Wheel of Wow: Identify your most profitable customer: not your target audience, an actual person... then market more people like that Add Wow Factor: get prospects to take their eyes off the price (the Happy Meal effect) Position problem/solution scenario: the same way weight loss companies market (before and after) Fix your website: make sure it has those sticky ingredients (welcome video, headline, testimonials, data capture) Repetitive trade: get customers to use a loyalty/reward system (think "sandwich punch card")

Keith Callahan is a husband and father of four who can show you how to get not only financial freedom, but freedom of time as well. He's made money with real estate, financial consulting, network marketing, and life coaching. He has a number of insights about the difference between inspiration vs. perspiration, along with self-obsession, perspective, and gratitude. Resources Keith Callahan (Official Website) The Business of Life Podcast (Podcast)

Sherrie Sokolowski (email address sherriesokoevents@gmail.com) from SLSEventPlanning.com is an event planner who can structure, strategize, and fill seats in your live events. She has tons of unique insights about "modern" soft-sell events and workshops with bonus days. She wants to tell you about common mistakes made with events, venues, overflow rooms, webinars, live streams, cancellations, and more.

Pamela Gockley from Repuatus.com wants you to work on your reputation. Branding is who you are, but reputation is how you're perceived (which may be egotistical, narissistic, or aggressive). It's important to take the DISC profile test (every year if you can) so yoy find out who you really are, and then apply the four D's... Discover: discover your past and personal awareness, how do people perceive you? Define: set goals Develop: website, target marketing, and messaging Defend: how to react or apologize if the "shit hits the fan" Resources Reputatus (Website) Email: pam@reputatus.com The Art of Running Red Lights (Book) The Reputation Factor (Book)

Diane Gardner from TaxCoach4You.com is a tax superhero and wants you to avoid mistakes you're making on your taxes, such as using the wrong entity type or not deducting meals and entertainment. You can make use of your home office deduction, hire your kids, make use if health insurance and retirement if you know what to do.

Jeremy Knauff from Spartan Media can help you with your goal setting, and to get more traffic to your website. The low-hanging fruit is to use the Google PageSpeed tool to measure your site's speed (remove slow plugins), as well as the mobile friendly test (refine your tap targets and adjust images that are too big). Next, optimize your site for what your users want, as well as their intent (for those customers who come to your site for a specific purpose, for example, to find a phone number or address). Resources Spartan Media (Website) Spartan Media (Facebook) Spartan Media (Twitter) Amazon found every 100ms of latency cost them 1% in sales (Blog post) Jeremy Knauff on Search Engine (Journal) Mistakes Smart Web Designers Make That Can Kill SEO (Podcast) Google PageSpeed Tool (Tool) Mobile Friendly Test (Test)

Mark Walker from Luxmana Investments wants you to escape the rat race. He wanted to leave the corporate world and read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" which led him to generating enough passive income from real estate flipping and investing to eventually quit his job. In our discussion today, Mark talks about discipline, lifestyle, decision-making, priorities, procrastination, and inspiration.

Marc Miller from CareerPivot.com is a professional career changer for his clients. He's here to help you discover not only who you are, who you work best with (environment). For example, some people are "structured anarchists" and "stealth competitors." Listen in and discover the difference between talents (things you do innately) and skills (things you learned). Speak authentically, develop your brand, find out how people see you, what's different about you, and where you fit best. Resources Career Pivot (Website) Repurpose Your Career (Book) 100 Year Life (eBook) Will It Fly by Pat Flynn (Book) Who Moved My Cheese by Kenneth Blanchard (Book)

Jordan Goodman from MoneyAnswers.com has a number of financial solutions to not only setup your business structure correctly, but obtain business financing, optimize your mortgage, and more. Resources MoneyAnswers.com (Official Website) Business Answers Today (877-627-5555): Setup Your Business Structure (sole prop, S-corp, C-corp, LLC, or LLP) Corporate Lending Solutions (877-290-2510): Get Business Funding Commercial Real Income Funds (888-444-2102): Invest In Small Commercial Property Renovation Dream Funded (Quity Crowd funding) Credible Money Answers (866-540-6005): Refinance Student Loans to 2-3% Truth In Equity (Optimize Your Mortgage With A Home Equity Line Of Credit)

Mary Cravets from MaryCravets.com/bigimpact says that instead of drowning people in content, you should build your own path and breeze through the "what the hell" period. Develop better habits, delegate sooner, narrow ideas, land your favorite clients, and become more productive.

STOP posting randomly on social media without a real strategy! Sally Hendrick from MakeFBYourATM.com and SocialMediaMarketingLab.com wants you to capture the right cross-section, split test your landing pages, market affiliate products, and make those sorts of small tweaks that get you results on Facebook.

Dr. Charles Runels (phone number: 888-920-5311) is the inventor of the O-Shot, Vampire Facial, Vampire Facelift, and the Priapus Shot. He's developed and trademarked a widely respected and medically documented procedure that uses Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) to improve sex, treat injuries, heal Peyronie's disease, fix post-pregnancy incontinence, and more. Dr. Charles has gone from living in his car to running a 2 million dollar per year business by becoming excellent, modeling mentors, packaging, and repurposing. He's also learned many lessons about simplicity, authenticity, and hiring the right people. He also shares Stan Lee's secret about making superheroes real, that you can use in your marketing starting today. Resources 888-920-5311 (Dr. Charles' Office #) O-Shot (Website) Membership Cube and Webinar Crusher (Book)

Dr. Frank Gibson from LastCallProgram.com wants to talk to you about personality, philosophy, and passion. He invented a solution to treat alcoholism called Sobrexa and started a huge movement on social media. Listen in as he discusses how he's changed the conversation and updated an industry for the first time in decades.

Who wants to work for a jerk? No one, that's who! Dana Oliver from MantraLeadership.com has a lot of "best practices" for start-up communities and entrepreneurs to get along with others and manage others effectively. Pay attention to peoples' needs, identify what they want, and trust them. He also has a concept called Mantra Design, where simple beats better. You should get onto the peer level with your customers to discover their unmet needs and long-term pain. Run your product by 12 to 20 people to tease out the 75% to 90% of features (and hot buttons) to focus on. Resources Mantra Leadership (Website) Mantra Leadership (Book) Mantra Design (Book)

Redd Horrocks from InstantVoicemails.com was a voice actor for 13-14 years and discovered Fiverr as a way to do what she loves while living anywhere and setting her own hours. She has over 13,000 reviews from satisfied customers, has completed 27,000 jobs on Fiverr, plus 3,000 on other sites -- generating a six figure freelancing income from just 4 hours a day on weekdays and 1 hour per day on weekends. Listen in as Redd explains how she's streamlined her process with a personal assistant, how she markets her Fiverr business with buyer requests (as well as over-delivering since you never know if "your next client will become your best client"), and how she's simplified her pricing structure to generate tons of extra sales. Resources Redd Horrocks female voiceover (Fiverr) Redd Horrocks (Official Website) Instant Voicemails (Immediately Download Outgoing Voicemail Greetings In A Variety Of Styles And Accents

Fred Gleeck (email address: fredgleeck@gmail.com) is a business coach. If you have a skill or passion, Fred can Joint Venture partner with you and package those insights into an information product for passive income. Listen in as he describes a few case studies about his clients (voiceover expert Bill DeWees, or Fred's latest opera singer client) where he made use of that "unsold inventory" of information that many business owners seem to have. You'll also hear about how Fred establishes boundaries with his JV partners, deals with competition (competence plus personality), and systematizes everything so that he can deliver consistent quality. Fred's Contact Information Email address: fredgleeck@gmail.com Subject line: "ROBERT PLANK SENT ME" Message body: tell Fred what your "field" is, as well as any info-products you have or would like to create