It was fantastic to finally have a chat with Caroline & Davina about their popular blog http://usefulgraphicdesigntutorials.com/.  We chatted about many things pertinent to their tutorial site, including their online mentors, tutorials, subscribers and YouTube.  We also discussed product creation, namely Caroline’s divine new eBook Impact with Images (go see here for more details http://usefulgraphicdesigntutorials.com/offers/images-on-pinterest/) and what Davina’s plans are to publish her own eBook in the near future too!

Visit the girls at their tutorial site http://usefulgraphicdesigntutorials.com/ and here’s a link to Caroline’s popular Facebook Page too http://www.facebook.com/UsefulGraphicDesignTutorials.

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MENU

Intro

2.15 ClickNewz.com

3.35 The inspiration for UsefulGraphicDesignTutorials.com

5.40 Their online mentors

6.25 Their online strategy

7.30 Their first eBook Launch!

10.00 Setting up their affiliate management plan

10.35 Their target demographic

13.30 Davina’s new eBook (on the Kindle market)

14.05 Future plans for selling their tutorials

15.00 How they find working in a partnership

16.10 Google docs, Dropbox & Google Hangouts

17.45 Sharing screens with Skype & Google Hangouts

19.75 Future plans for a forum

20.50 Subscribers and their list building strategy

22.35 Ed Dale, mentor and motivator to the girls, the 30 Day Challenge

25.20 Aweber and Autoresponders

26.00 Google Analytics and YouTube Metrics (and monetising them)

27.20 An example of them using their analytics (and surveys) to change their strategy

29.50 PLR – what’s that?

30.30 Guest Posting, how, when and why

32.50 Syndicating their blog posts

35.30 Future webinar training plans

36.20 Their successful YouTube strategy

Mary Blackburn Blogger Interview by Kate Luella (November 2012)
Mary is a delightful person to chat with, she has been blogging for quite a few years now on her blog http://www.easyglutenfreeliving.com/ and our topics covered everything from starting out blogging, building a subscriber list, creating her own products, how she runs her sales, her guest posting and more.

Visit Mary at her main blog http://www.easyglutenfreeliving.com/
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Intro
1.49 Her other "job"
2.10 How she defines herself
3.20 Personal blogging
4.00 What inspired http://www.easyglutenfreeliving.com/
5.20 Why people have gluten free diets
6.25 Her Celiac diagnosis and starting her blog
6.40 Developing her blogging ambition with Lynn Terry of Clicknewz.com
9.27 Starting out blogging in 2009
10.45 Social media strategies
11.20 Her analytics
12.20 Gluten free turkeys!
15.15 Gluten Free Celebrities
16.26 Her future plans for http://www.easyglutenfreeliving.com/ and more products
18.45 Selling on Clickbank and running a sale
20.39 Her subscribers
22.40 Her online blog strategy
22.55 Her plans for next year!
25.30 Her target demographic and how she blogs for them
27.45Competitions
30.20 How she writes her eBooks
33.00 Managing photos for her eBooks
34.55 Mary's tips for newbie bloggers
36.00 The pros & cons of blogging
37.10 My dog barking!

Dan Norris Blogger Interview by Kate Luella (November 2012)
It was wonderful speaking with Dan Norris today of http://inform.ly/ and the Web Domination Podcast Show.  Dan has a background in web design, and more recently is developing his new APP for monitoring site analytics in one dashboard, called Informly. 

In this interview Dan shares his tips and advice for “wannabe” guest posters, we discuss why a blog would invite a guest poster, the pros and cons of guest posting for both blog owners, and guest posters.  We also discuss other areas of interest including conversion incentives and his online business strategy atm.

If you want to know more about Dan visit:
http://inform.ly/ or visit his podcast show “Web Domination”.

Here is Dan’s two guest posts on Pro Blogger which he refers to in this interview:
1.    http://www.problogger.net/archives/2012/08/13/10-vital-stats-for-blog-health-and-how-to-track-them/
2.    http://www.problogger.net/archives/2012/09/30/are-you-wasting-time-guest-posting/

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Interview Fast-Track MENU:
Intro
2.25 Fast Web Formula Forum
3.30 Inform.ly (APP)
5.30 Why Dan sold his 6yo web design business last year
6.30 Web Domination Podcast
9.00 Why Dan started to guest post years ago
9.50 Content Marketing Strategies
10.10 Why and How Dan chooses who to guest post for
11.10 What Dan recommends people should guest post
11.30 How Dan approached Darren Rouse (Pro Blogger) to guest post on his blog
12.50 Dan’s conversions he achieved from his guest posting on Pro Blogger
14.25 Why conversions from Pro Blogger are generally low
14.50 Tips for better conversions from your guest posting
18.10 Why Dan uses case studies in his guest posting
18.45 Dan recommends people start with this step first when starting out guest posting
20.20 What Dan thinks of Guest Posting Rules
21.90 Backlinks from guest posts
22.30 Dan the “Blog Snob”
27.00 How to get quality guest post writers onto your blog
28.10 Where to find guest bloggers you want on your blog
29.45 Why ezine articles on your blog is crap
31.00 The real value to a blog from guest posts 
33.20 Conversions on Dan’s website (including incentives)
37.00 How to determine if a blog is a quality blog
41.10 Commenting on blogs (Comment Luv & Disqus)
44.20 The Inform.ly APP
45.50 His APP price point
46.30 The Affiliate Model v Premium Models for online recurring products
47.10 Mailchimp v Aweber
49.55 Web Domination Podcast

Tash Hughes Blogger Interview by Kate Luella (November 2012)
I had a lovely chat with Tash, a professional online writer, who has built up a large "online writing" service, on her blog http://wordconstructions.com.au/blog/.  Tash then told me she has another awesome little blog (seasonal xmas blog) http://lovesanta.com.au/blog/.

In this interview Tash explains why she blogs, how her website traffic increased and she found her way to the top of the organic Google search results within weeks with her blog.  She explains how she manages her email lists, how she monetises her blogs and what her plans are for the future.

You can find more about Tash here:
http://www.wordconstructions.com.au/
and
http://lovesanta.com.au/

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Here's the MENU fast-track of what we chatted about:

Intro
1.30 Problogger Event
2.10 WordConstructions.com.au clients
2.30 Registration of a ".com.au" blog in Australia
3.40 LoveSanta.com.au (blog & website strategy)
4.90 How Tash got her website to the top of Google analytics search results within a couple of weeks with her blogging
6.15 How Tash deals with running a "seasonal" blog
7.20 How Tash manages here SantaLove's subscriber list
8.10 Monetising her SantaLove blog
9.45 WordConstructions.com.au -- why she started blogging for it many years ago
10.50 Blogging on her business blog (eg. Comments, calls to action etc)
12.00 Content creation work -- blog posts and other work Tash does
13.10 How Tash's clients mostly find her
13.20 Where Tash looks for new clients
14.00 Tash's analytics
15.20 What Tash will blog about (topics)
16.50 Tash's longterm goals (including blogging)
17.30 Tash's coaching thoughts (including a membership site)
17.49 Facebook Groups
20.00 WordConstructions blog subscribers and how Tash manages them
20.35 How Tash monetises her business blog
22.40 What Tash's more popular posts that drive traffic to her site the most are
23.25 Tash talks about incentives to sign up
26.20 Tash's autoresponder plans
26.30 PLR? (silly question)
27.17 Taking Tash's blog to the next level now
27.55 Tash's advice for newbie bloggers and the advantages of blogging
32.00 Blogspot blogs v Wordpress.org blogs

A fantastic interview with James Schramko (November 2012)
James discusses his perspective on so many annoying things bloggers deal with at some time or another!  I am lucky enough to be in James' current paid internet marketing forum http://www.fastwebformula.com/ and since joining, I've never looked back.  His training is superior to most online atm, and he visits his forum, and responds to all of his members queries, like me, daily. 

If you really want to know how much online depth of knowledge James has, check out his "products page" on his SuperFastBusiness.com website here http://www.superfastbusiness.com/products/.  It will inspire you to take your online marketing journey further.

We discussed "discounting" and putting things on sales to increase turnover, we also talk about opt-in boxes, autoresponders and email list management.  I am sure you will learn some useful strategies, as I did, from this interview!

Don't forget I feature James in my new video workshop Bloggers Who Podcast for Success over here:
http://www.bloggerswhopodcast.com/
And I've created a new website which you can subscribe to his podcast at:
http://bloggerinterviewspodcast.com/ and you can comment there or in iTunes direct too!

And don't forget James has two podcast shows atm:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/james-schramko-superfastbusiness/id529116499
and
https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/freedom-ocean-profitable-internet/id421956134

To see more about James see below:
http://www.superfastbusiness.com/
and
http://www.freedomocean.com/

James also did an interview recently with Tim at Foolish Adventure Podcast, which gave you a great background to James and his online experience.

MENU:
2.36 The breadth of James' current online product range\
3.40 The correlation between discounting and marketing issues
4.30 Using a "sale" as a promotional tool
6.00 How discounting can train customers incorrectly
6.30 Why people buy on sale
6.45 The problem with websites like Groupon.com
7.11 Longterm customers
7.40 Why not offer samples of the product before you sell it?
8.36 Marketing tactics 101
10.20 Why people buy something at all
11.20 How to pre-launch your product idea
14.40 Email opt-ins and pop-up boxes (light boxes)
15.00 James new email opt-in strategy and incentives he recommends you use
15.50 James current main traffic sources
16.40 Own The Racecourse (OTR) James wrote -- multiple traffic source strategy
17.15 J. Abraham and "The Parthanon Theory"
17.40 The way James uses autoresponders
19.50 How James manages his multiple email lists with groups and tags
20.30 Office Auto Pilot -- Keeping his newsletters relevant to the recipient
22.00 How he takes care of his customers with new products they need
22.20 "Lunatic Millionaire" -- his upcoming product launch
22.50 James' advice to Bloggers who want more growth with their income

Part Three - Sean Kaye Blogger Interview by Kate Luella (October 2012)
Sean was an awesome person to chat with about all things SEO blogging.  He knows his stuff from years of online experience and training.  He has showcased many products over the years and he discussed his new blog project http://www.wsobackstage.com/ and how he came up with this idea, and what his strategy and objectives are.  This interview is part three of three interviews, as we ended up chatting for over 2 hours.  So look out for the other two interview parts which include more discussions on author rank, what is WSObackstage.com marketing strategy and podcasting in general.

Sean has three main sites atm,
http://www.wsobackstage.com/
http://rapidactionseo.com/
http://rapidactionwriting.com/
and
http://seankaye.com/

We also discussed my latest video workshop I've recently launched http://www.bloggerswhopodcast.com/ and don't forget to subscribe to our Blogger Interviews here https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blogger-interviewss-podcast/id562165365?mt=2&uo=4
Or on my website http://www.kateluella.com/

Here's the run down of what we cover in this interview so you can fast-track if you like!

5.15 Sales funnel structures
8.30 Sean's current sales funnel plan
9.35 The different life cycles of products
12.35 The Brendan Burchard model of selling
17.00 James Schramko's successful marketing and membership strategy
20.42 Sean's target demographic and why
21.55 SEO and syndication -- similarities
22.30 Sean's SEO product sales funnel
24.20 The three goals of SEO for most small businesses
25.15 The three common small business "pains"
26.30 Defining whether a podcast is to make money, or have fun
29.40 What makes a good podcast show host (like me!)
30.25 What Sean did when an interview was unusable
34.54 Warrior Forum "WSO" products

40.10 Sean's tips for bloggers, podcasters and internet marketers