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Non-boring, Fluff-free Strategies for Marketing andPromoting Your Business

Creating a Shareable and Spreadable Website

David Siteman Garland – TheRiseToTheTop.com – SmarterFasterCheaper.com

Today’s Game Plan

• Couple Stories

• A Quick History Lesson

• What Is Wrong With a One-Way Website?

• The Case for the Two-Brained Website

• 3 Examples from 3 Industries and Models

• Checklist of Questions to Consider

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David Siteman Garland – TheRiseToTheTop.com – SmarterFasterCheaper.com

David Siteman Garland – TheRiseToTheTop.com – SmarterFasterCheaper.com

And now, a quick history lesson…

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A One-Way Website (aka. Brochure)

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Then Agencies Arrived On the Scene to Make the Brochures “Pretty”

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Then Came Web 2.0

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So what’s wrong with a one-way website?

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David Siteman Garland – TheRiseToTheTop.com – SmarterFasterCheaper.com

David Siteman Garland – TheRiseToTheTop.com – SmarterFasterCheaper.com

David Siteman Garland – TheRiseToTheTop.com – SmarterFasterCheaper.com

David Siteman Garland – TheRiseToTheTop.com – SmarterFasterCheaper.com

David Siteman Garland – TheRiseToTheTop.com – SmarterFasterCheaper.com

David Siteman Garland – TheRiseToTheTop.com – SmarterFasterCheaper.com

David Siteman Garland – TheRiseToTheTop.com – SmarterFasterCheaper.com

So what do we do instead?

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David Siteman Garland – TheRiseToTheTop.com – SmarterFasterCheaper.com

The Case for the Two-Brained Website

#1: An Interactive Publishing Platform

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What is my website a resourceON?

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The Case for the Two-Brained Website

#2: Your Brochure or Sales Copy

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• Can’t I just buy a template?

• Can’t I just make a website myself?

• Can’t I just post all this stuff (photos, video, etc) to Facebook and Twitter?

The Case for the Two-Brained Website

Negabot Questions

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3 Examples from 3 Industries and Models

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3 Examples from 3 Industries and Models

David Siteman Garland – TheRiseToTheTop.com – SmarterFasterCheaper.com

David Siteman Garland – TheRiseToTheTop.com – SmarterFasterCheaper.com

3 Examples from 3 Industries and Models

Here’s a checklist of questions to consider.

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What is the FIRST thing I want people to do when they come to my website?

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David Siteman Garland – TheRiseToTheTop.com – SmarterFasterCheaper.com

Is it easy to SHARE and SPREAD the material I post?

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Is it clear to users how they can contact me?

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Am I tastefully tooting my own horn?

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Can people visit my website and then easily find me on social networks (if they

choose to)?

How do I keep people coming back?

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Is the important stuff above the fold?

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Are there calls to action to purchase something (or to take the next step,

whatever it may be)?

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Your website is your platform. Your hub. Your house.

Final Thought…

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