Hey so does this blogging and social media thing really drive new business?

December 15, 2008 by Doug Mitchell · 1 Comment 

If you dive into blogging and social media with a pure “get more riches quickly” plan you’ll quickly burn out and give up.

If you refuse to keep up your end of the bargain, you will rot on the blog vine.

But if you have a good plan and a great site as a foundation and you simply share yourself and your excellent brand with the world, bring value to others, and provide open a two-way dialog with you market…great things happen.

Our client Ryan Irwin at Nutrisport – Full Potential training just told me today that another client contacted him after finding his web site and videos through google searches (the way most things are found these days right?)  Well get this…his new client is a few states away so Ryan has gone regional with his nutritional and training guidance in his super niche training people for natural fitness and bodybuilding shows.

So by sharing knowledge, providing value to a world of people you’ve never met, connecting through blogs and social media tools like twitter, and following through on a good online findability strategy…Ryan Irwin IS GROWING his business in our current economy.

That’s some serious mojo and we’re proud to be associated with him.  Right on team!

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Small business owner Ryan Irwin on working with create WOW media

November 21, 2008 by Doug Mitchell · 1 Comment 

It has been so pleasurable to work with Ryan and the team at Nutrisport Full Potential Training.  We asked Ryan to share his thoughts on our journey together.  You know it’s a big decision for a small family owned independent business to embark on a journey into blogging, video, and social media to really ramp up its Internet Findability Factor.

We’re humbled and honored that he agreed to talk with us on film.  Take a moment to watch this short video.  We think it conveys some of the mojo that we like to generate for small and medium sized companies.

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The pleasure of client success

November 19, 2008 by Doug Mitchell · Leave a Comment 

So I pop into my feed reader this AM and find this post from client Ryan Irwin at Nutrisport – Full Potential Training.  In the post, ryan has not only embedded a video, he’s also leveraged the free Windows Movie Maker software to add the stock intro/outro that we created for him a few months back!

Our goal all along was to empower him to do whatever his resources allowed and execute on whatever else he needed from us. We felt so proud this morning and congratulate Ryan on “Taking his first steps into a larger world” (Say it with your best Obi Wan voice….come on!)

If you’re thinking “Man that ain’t nothin” I’d beg to differ.  Small and medium sized companies don’t often have the time and resources to execute on all of the wizardry that we media companies pull off.  Ryan has ratcheted up the new media presence with his blog and video and is seeing an impact on his business big time.  Economy down – Ryan up…you dig?

Is your goal to coach/assist/wow! clients into NO LONGER NEEDING YOUR SERVICES?  Our is.  If you believe that holding knowledge close to the vest builds lifetime client relationships and robust referrals and evangelism…I’d beg to differ.

Now off to that meeting Ryan has set up for us with a referral…catch you soon.

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