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In dieser Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Episode: Affiliate Marketing und die Regeln Ralf Schmitz kryptische Links schöne Links generieren online Werbung Links zu Dingen, über die ich spreche: WordPress bit.ly Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Hilf deinen Business Freunden mit Geld besser umgehen zu lernen und ihren monatlichen Umsatz zu steigern.... Wenn du den Panzerknacker Podcast magst, besuche www.panzerknacker-podcast.com, um dich kostenlos anzumelden, und du wirst keine Episode verpassen. Und wenn du den Panzerknacker Podcast wirklich magst, würde ich mich freuen, wenn du es einem Freund weitersagst (vielleicht sogar zwei). Folge mir auch auf Facebook Klick mir ins Gesicht Transcript Einer der ersten Wege und auch einer der beliebtesten Wege, um im Internet Geld zu verdienen, sind Affiliate Links oder das Affiliate Marketing. Affiliate Marketing bedeutet Empfehlung. Marketing ist das ganz große Steckenpferd von unserem großen deutschen Meister Ralf Schmitz, der viele Millionen Euro Umsatz jeden Monat allein mit der Filipiak. Marketing macht, um Zocker auf seinem T-Shirt stehen hat. Affiliate Marketing ist das Größte. Oder ist das Beste? Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 So [00:00:30] ähnlich. Er möge mir verzeihen. Er lebt nicht schlecht davon, er lebt sogar sehr, sehr gut davon, dass seit über zehn, zwölf Jahren macht das auch mit Herz und Seele und Leidenschaft. Und das ganz zu Recht. Auch ich habe meinen ersten Euro online im Internet mit Affiliate Marketing verdient. Affiliate Marketing hat aber einige Regeln, die es zu beachten gilt. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Und. Eine [00:01:00] der Regeln ist, dass du dich schützen musst, wenn du einen kryptischen Link teilen möchtest wenn du ein Produkt empfehlen möchtest, gibt es verschiedene Anbieter, die das Du dir das leicht machen und du kannst. Jetzt könnte es beispielsweise eines meiner Produkte nehmen, könnte es das weiterempfehlen, und dann bekommst du den Prozentsatz, der da hinterlegt [00:01:30] ist, irgendwas zwischen fünf und fünfzig Prozent Provision. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Sagen wir mal, du möchtest ein Video Kurs von Ralf Schmitz weiterempfehlen und du bekommst 50 prozent Provision darauf. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Oder du möchtest einen meiner Videos oder ein Buch oder etwas weiterempfehlen. Dann bekommst du doch auch Provision drauf. Dazu müsstest du dich dann bei dem gemeinsamen Partner anmelden, in dem Fall die Gisdol 24. Und dann kriegst du einen ellenlangen, kryptischen Link, der nicht toll aussieht und der auch mehrere Nachteile hat. Denn [00:02:00] er ist nicht sehr vertrauenserweckend, und er ist auch sehr leicht manipulierbar, wenn man weiß, wie das geht. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Dieser Link hat mehrere Flesh, sondern wenn man, wenn dein Mann ein böser Mensch, dieses Loesch sieht, dann kann er die App ändern, und dann bekommst du eben keine Provision mehr. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Um das zu verhindern, gibt es ein wunderbares Tool, nämlich das Tool Purity Link. Links mit Purity, links also hübscher links. Dieses Tool [00:02:30] ist ein ausschließliches WordPress Plugin, das du dir kostenlos herunterladen kannst. So viel ist es immer mit Vorbehalt. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Soviel ich weiß, ist das aktuell immer noch kostenlos. Auf der Website finde ich gerade keine kostenlose Version, aber im Plugin Store auf meiner Website finde ich es noch kostenlos. Du gehst also auf Black ins Hinzufügen. In deinem WordPress Account gibt's das Stichwort links, ein PRS TT Epsilon links [00:03:00] und dann findest du Short links bei links Bestwert Link Tracking plagiieren mit über 200 000 Installationen.   Das installiert du dir aktiviert. Und jetzt hast du mehrere Vorteile diese ellenlangen, kryptischen Links, die kann sich ja kein Schwein merken. Du kannst ja nur mit Copy und Paste irgendwo eintragen. Wenn jemand sagt Hey, gib mir mal schnell den Link, da müsstest du jetzt irgendwo in die Liste gehen, oder müsstest du die auf 24 gehen? Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Oder wer auch immer der [00:03:30] Partner da gerade ist und müsstest diesen Link heraussuchen. Dann müsstest du ihn einfügen und ihm schicken. Und er kann dann nur drauf klicken, weil du kannst dir diesen Link nicht merken. Und selbst wenn du ihn dir merken könntest, könnte ihn sich derjenige nicht merken, dem du ihn gibst. Deswegen gehst du jetzt zu Breitling um. Bei Link ist das ganz einfach Du kannst diesen Link Kloaken. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 So nennt man das Neudeutsch und heißt verschönern. Viele gehen hin. Du kennst [00:04:00] sicherlich bit.ly Epsilon. Das ist ein Link schartner. Da wird auch ein Link geklaut. Und dann kannst du einen langen Link in einen kurzen Link verwandeln, der aber genauso wenig vertrauenserweckend ist und den man sich genauso wenig merken kann.   Er ist einfach nur kürzer. Bei Breitling hingegen gehst du jetzt hin und bestimmt selbst, wie der neue Link heißt Du gehst. Ich mache das jetzt einfach mal mit, damit [00:04:30] ich es auch in der richtigen Reihenfolge sage. Ich mache das seit dreieinhalb Jahren. Ich mache es jeden zweiten Tag, und da sind die Links, die ich dir dann auch im Panzerknacker nennen kann. Ich gehe auf das Black in Pretty Link. Dann gehe ich auf er Stellen ganz oben.   Ich sehe dann eine Liste mit allen Links, die ich schon erstellt habe Ganz oben ist erstellen, und dann muss ich eigentlich nur noch zwei machen, zwei Sachen machen. Ich habe eine Spalte, da steht Tagestour drin. Da packe ich diesen langen, [00:05:00] anfälligen Link gegen Manipulation und auch nicht aus Sprechblasen kryptischen Link. Dem packe ich da rein in das Wort Tagestour kopiert rein. Und dann kann ich entscheiden, wie der Link heißen soll. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Das Schöne ist Der Link beginnt immer mit deiner Domain. In meinem Fall ist das https Doppelpunkt doppelt Slash Panzerknacker minus Podcast, dot. Com. Dann kommt ein Slash und [00:05:30] ich kann. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Naja, dann eintragen, was auch immer ich möchte. Das hat einen Riesenvorteil. Jedes Mal, wenn ich eine Werbung mache, hörst du das, hörst du die Domain meiner Website? Ich mache Werbung für meine Website, und ich nehme ein Wort, das ich mir merken kann. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Ich mache ein Beispiel Wenn ich beispielsweise bewerben möchte, dass du einen Podcast Meisterschule kommst von Tom Kaulitz und dann in die [00:06:00] Gruppe kommst, wo wir Coaches dann auch noch mit drin sind, damit du lernst, wie man vernünftig im Podcast aufbaut, wie man vernünftig mit Business Podcast aufbaut, der auch hoch auf der, der relativ schnell Geld verdient, der auch gute Reputation bekommt. Dann. Könnte ich dir jetzt einen riesigen linksys nennen? Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Und du kommst auf ein Auto webinar. Oder ich sag dir Geh [00:06:30] auf Panzerknacker minus Podcast, dot. Com, Slash P. Warum PMS? Das heißt Podcast, Meisterschule und Brähmer und Menstruation, Ess-Störungen. Das heißt, ich muss immer grinsen. Ich finde das lustig. Das Geile an der Sache ist aber Wenn du jetzt auf die PMS gehst Panzerknacker, Minos, Podcast, Dotcoms, Slash, PMS. Du kannst diesen Link nicht manipulieren. Du, dieser Link, führt automatisch den Link [00:07:00] aus. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Du wirst auf die andere Seite gesteuert, bist damit automatisch getrackt. Was du einmal drauf, das war's. Und solltest du dann kaufen, bekomme ich meine Provision. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Da du im Nachhinein und kein anderer den Link mehr verändern kannst. Es hat also wunderbare Möglichkeiten. Du kannst dir einen eigenen Link generieren, den du dir immer merken kannst, wenn du den einfach immer so nennst, wie der andere heißt. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Hätte Ralf Schmitz jetzt nur ein einziges Produkt? [00:07:30] Dann würde ich sagen Der Link zu Ralf Schmitz Produkt heißt Panzerknacker Minos Podcast, Dotcoms leitet Ralf Schmitz. So, das war's! Hat er aber nicht. Er hat mehrere Produkte, zum Beispiel den Low cost Weltenbummler Lkw. Und deswegen findest du den unter Panzerknacker Video-Podcast, Dotcoms Slash, LCB. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Den Link habe ich seit zwei, zweieinhalb oder drei Jahren. Und ich kann mir den merken, weil ich mir selber ausgedacht habe. Und weil der für mich logisch ist. Deswegen kannst du da auch [00:08:00] immer drauf gehen, wenn ich dir die Gisdol 24 bewerben möchte. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Dann sage ich Geh auf Panzerknacker minus Podcast. Da kommt Slash DS 24, und dann, wenn du da ein Geschäft machst, bekomme ich meine Provision. Das Schöne ist Du kannst dir die Links merken. Sie sind nicht manipulierbar. Es ist kostenlos, und du kannst wunderbar damit arbeiten. Du kannst die shorten, und du kannst auch wunderbar diese Links überall streuen. [00:08:30] Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Sie sind dauerhaft zu. Sie sind dauerhaft vorhanden. Das war's auch schon mit d-link Es gibt noch ein paar Bezahl Versionen, du kannst, was auch noch wichtig ist. Du kannst auf links link sehen, wie viele Menschen auf deinen Link geklickt haben und das in deinem WordPress Account. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Du gehst einfach hin und schaust. Ich sehe jetzt zum Beispiel in einem der letzten [00:09:00] Links, die ich rausgehauen habe. 186 Klicks insgesamt drauf und 161 Unique. Ich habe, ich kann mal schauen, was mein Bester. Oh Mann, kannst du dir das vorstellen? Ich habe tatsächlich einen Link, der neun tausend neun hundert sieben und sechzig Mal gedrückt wurde. Das ist der absolute Hammer! Das hätte ich jetzt auch nicht gedacht.   Wenn [00:09:30] du wissen willst, wie der Panzerknacker auf ist, da es auf Panzerknacker minus Podcast, Dotcoms Slash. Und dann kommst du auf meinen Account, denn das Original kann ich mir eh nicht merken. Oder wenn du im übrigen ist, wenn du immer noch an das kostenlose Buch von Alex Fischer kommen will. Ich glaube, der hat das inzwischen ein bisschen hoch gehauen.   Reicher als die Geissens plus Shipping [00:10:00] geht doch mal auf Panzerknacker Podcast. Dort kommt Slash, Alex Fischer zusammengeschrieben, und da kommst du nämlich, soviel ich weiß, noch auf die alte Seite Warte mal, ich machs gerade mal.   Wo ist die neue Seite? Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Krieg ist immer noch das kostenlose Exemplar. Und das Hörbuch? Meine Fresse. Slash, [00:10:30] Alex Fischer Das kann ich mir immer merken. Da weiß ich, wie ich es bewerben kann. Da weiß ich auch, dass es gut ist. Zigtausend Mal ist das bei mir ja schon rausgegangen. Einfach draufgehen.   Wunderbar! Du möchtest in das Steuerprogramm! Dann hab ich auch noch einen Link für dich. Panzerknacker, Menus, Podcast. Dotcoms Loesch steuerfrei. Damit kommst du in das Steuerprogramm von Alex. Fischer Ja. Das [00:11:00] es von mir für heute.   Ich persönlich halte Purity Link für die Basis des Affiliate Marketing. Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, erfolgreiches Affiliate Marketing zu machen ohne Link, weil es mir das Leben sehr vereinfacht.   Und ich habe sogar schon Empfehlungen herausgegeben, sich nur in WordPress Account anzulegen. Also Punkt eins Brauchs für ein Geschäft. Immer eine Domain, damit du eine vernünftige E-Mail-Adresse hast, nicht mit [00:11:30] Naji Mail oder GMX oder irgendeinem Rotz rum rennst. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Das ist in keinster Weise vertrauenswürdig. Du brauchst eine Business E-Mail-Adresse und die ist auf einer Domain. Und wenn du schon eine Domain hast und ein bisschen Webspace, dann geh doch hin und mach dir, wenn du keine Website hast, es auch. Okay, aber macht dir einen WordPress Account, damit du Link installieren kannst. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020 Meine Empfehlung. Ansonsten lasse ich dich an diesem Samstag wieder in Ruhe. Das Holz sich schön auf morgen vorbereiten können, morgen jetzt Superbowl [00:12:00] und denke immer, dran sei die Stimme nicht das Echo gosau. Affiliate Marketing Hack 2020

Engage Church is taking reaching their community through social media very seriously. In fact they set the audacious goal of being the most followed church in their city on Instagram. Currently they are 835 people away from reaching this goal. Their storytelling architect, Billy Humphrey, joins Brady to figure out what they can improve to hit their goal.   Meet The Church Being Coached Church Name: Engage Church Church Location: Tallahassee, Florida Church Age: 5 years Church Size: 400 On the coaching call: Billy Humphrey - Storytelling Architect   Show Notes & Resources Mentioned Engage Church on Instagram City Church on Instagram Storytape.com Linktr.ee Bit.ly EngageTallahassee.com Pretty Link for Wordpress WhenToPost Buffer Later Grum Iconosquare Brady Shearer on Instagram Gleam.io CreativeLive.com Tek Syndicate Photography Tutorial Building A Volunteer Photography Team At Your Church with Dave Adamson   3 Instant Takeaways Set a goal. Having a goal gives your work purpose. Like most projects, social media requires daily effort with only a small margin of growth per day. Having an overarching goal can help you maintain consistent effort knowing that even small increases are moving the needle forward. Following local shops and businesses. Be invested your community. By following local businesses, and interacting with them, you not only become more aware of things that are happening in your community, but you get the opportunity to invest and become involved. Use hashtags and location tags to help garner more organic traffic. Instagram is a social platform that still allows you to be found organically through hashtags, so be sure to use them on every post. Use location tags on your posts as well as on your Instagram stories.   Find the full transcript for this session of the Pro Church Podcast at http://prochurchtools.com/levelling-up-on-instagram-with-engage-church/.

Are you leveraging trade shows to your advantage? One of the most asked questions I receive here at Resourceful Designer is "how do I find design clients?" I want to share one way with you today and that's trade shows. Below is the general outline of the episode but I go into greater details in the podcast so be sure to listen. For the purpose of this topic, I'm using "Trade Shows" as an all-encompassing term meaning any organized gathering where businesses get to showcase themselves to the masses, such as network events or convention. These gatherings may be niche specific or they may be more general, such as a spring or fall show. What they all have in common is a gathering of interested people looking for information. Trade shows happen just about everywhere, small cities have them and so do large metropolises. If you're lucky there may be a venue close to where you live that specializes in trade shows and offers them on a regular basis. Trade shows are a great place to drum up new clients. Those attending are there to either discover something new or to find ways to improve something to do with their current situation. That something could be you. Attending Trade Shows There are two ways you can leverage trade shows for your business. By attending as an exhibitor or by attending as a guest. Attending as an Exhibitor One of the bests things about exhibiting at a trade show is potential clients come to you. If someone is in need of your services they will stop by your booth and talk to you. Anyone who does is genuinely curious about your business and are good targets to become clients. When someone stops by your booth you only have a minute or two to explain your value and why they should work with you. To make the most of this sparse time, pay attention to what they say and compose your comments and question towards them. If you show them you have answers to their problems It will go a long way to winning them over. Drawbacks of being an exhibitor at trade shows Trade shows are a great place to meet new clients. Unfortunately, having a booth at a trade show costs money, sometimes a lot of money. You need to make sure the cost justifies the results and that you can attract enough new clients to cover that cost. One option is to share booth space with someone else to cut down costs. Reach out to peers in a related field and split the booth with them. Attending as a guest Attending trade shows as a guest gives you more freedom to come and go as you please and move around freely talking to whoever you want. Conversations can go longer since there are no pressures to move on to the next person in line. Find booths of companies you would like to work with and make your pitch to the owner or manager. If the owner or manager isn't there ask for their name and contact information and then take some time to learn a bit about the business. This knowledge will be valuable when you do talk to them. Be sure to leave your business card for them. Another option is to talk to fellow attendees. If you can, listen to the conversations they have with exhibitors to learn a bit about them and then approach them if you think they may be a good fit as a client. Drawbacks of being a guest at a trade show In order to pick up clients as a guest attendee, you have to be proactive. This may be difficult for introverted designers. As an exhibitor, you have the convenience of people coming to you asking about design. As a guest, you have to make the effort to put yourself out there to be noticed. Etiquette when attending trade shows Whether you are attending a trade show as an exhibitor or as a guest there are certain things to be aware of when presenting yourself to potential clients. Use approachable body language by standing at your booth, never sit. Make sure you smile, and keep your hands at your sides, not in your pockets or folded at your chest. Stay attentive. Don’t look at your phone or laptop. Don’t solicit guests in the aisles. Let them show interest by arriving at your booth. Be prepared to answer basic questions but make sure you listen and offer solutions to any problems you detect.  Don’t be afraid to say “I don’t know” and offer to get back to them. Don’t eat or drink at the booth. Hide food, trash, and supplies behind a backdrop or under a skirted table. Dress appropriately, and avoid wearing too much or too little. There is nothing worse than freezing or sweating at a trade show. Dress in comfortable layers that you can easily add or remove as needed. Be aware of your personal hygiene. Use mints or gum to keep your breath fresh and avoid overpowering fragrances. Avoid gaudy jewellery and flashy clothing. You want to be remembered for your personality and conversation, not what you're wearing. Trade shows are a great place to meet new clients. If you approach the day with these things in mind you may come out of it new and exciting design work. What's your experience with Trade Shows? Let me know by leaving a comment for this episode. Questions of the Week Submit your question to be featured in a future episode of the podcast by visiting the feedback page. This week’s question comes from Andrea In an effort to get more local clients, how do you approach businesses with no prior relationship? how do you word your introduction/pitch?  Even with a strong elevator pitch, I always feel overly sales-y approaching businesses and asking if they need graphic design. To find out what I told Andrea you’ll have to listen to the podcast. Resource of the week Pretty Links Pro Pretty Links enables you to shorten links using your own domain name (as opposed to using tinyurl.com, bit.ly, or any other link shrinking service)! In addition to creating clean links, Pretty Link tracks each hit on your URL and provides a full, detailed report of where the hit came from, the browser, os and host. Pretty Link is a killer plugin for people who want to clean up their affiliate links, track clicks from emails, their links on Twitter to come from their own domain, or generally increase the reach of their website by spreading these links on forums or comments on other blogs. Subscribe to the podcast Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Android Subscribe on Google Play Music Contact me Send me feedback Follow me on Twitter and Facebook I want to help you. Running a graphic design or web design business all by yourself isn't easy. If there are any struggles you face running your design business please reach out to me. I'll do my best to help you by addressing your issues in a future blog post or podcast episode here at Resourceful Designer. You can reach me at feedback@resourcefuldesigner.com  

1) This week's writing is being done on Saturday - I'll post my progress image here once it's done :-) 2) My InstaFreebie book links: This is the InstaFreebie giveaway that I'm taking part in: http://sffbookbonanza.com/freebooks/ I'm using Pretty Link for my tracking links [My affiliate link] I have added over 350 new subscribers into just two of my lists in the past 7 days: Get InstaFreebie: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/IF [My affiliate link] My promo page - don't share yet please :-)https://freebie-books.com/ 3) The Alli Author Fringe (online) event: http://selfpublishingadvice.org/5-week-countdown-to-indie-author-fringe/ Alliance of Independent Authors: https://paulteague.com/ALLI [My affiliate link] 4) The Author School event on 13th March: https://www.facebook.com/TheAuthorSchool/ 5) The Self-Publishing Conference in Leicester on Saturday 22nd April: https://selfpublishingconference.org.uk/ 6) Iain Rob Wright, who I'm interviewing next week: http://www.iainrobwright.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/self-publishing-journeys/message

Today's question comes from Andrea, who wants to run a weekly question-and-answer session for her audience. What's the software for this? Andrea's site is http://godiaperfree.com/. For a recurring Q&A, I recommend GoToWebinar (http://www.askpat.com/gotowebinar). The other tools I recommend are WebinarNinja (https://webinarninja.co/; use discount code "patflynn") and Huzza (https://huzza.io/). The WordPress plugin I mention is Pretty Link (https://wordpress.org/plugins/pretty-link/). Do you have a question about webinars? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Today's sponsor is Freshbooks. Go to http://www.GetFreshBooks.com and enter "Ask Pat" for more information.

http://fb-domination.com/100k-fans Transcription: Today I want to share with you a really cool WordPress plugin. Hey, it's Brett Campbell here, creator and founder of the Authority Academy and today I want to share with you a really cool WordPress plugin. The plugin is called Pretty Links. The purpose of this plugin is it's actually really, really cool and I've only really just discovered it myself. Now you may have heard of another website called Bitly, which basically is a URL masker, which basically takes a really long URL and you're able to turn it into a more prettier, smaller condensed-style link, so for example, you might have an affiliate link or you might have, even for example, your Facebook URL, right? Instead of going Facebook.com/ whatever your fan page name is, the Pretty Link plugin allows you to use your own domain name. For example, for me, my website is called brettcampbell.net and what I can do is I can create any link I want based off brettcampbell.net/ and then I get to label whatever the link I want it to be so, for example, I'm going to put an example down below in the comments and it's a really cool way for you to be able to share your social links, your affiliate links, any of that. For example, I was unlucky with the Instagram world. I couldn't get my username Brett Campbell or Brett, in this case I had to go _brett_campbell, which can be quite confusing 'cause are, "God, do I put the underscore there? Do I not?" Anyhow, what I can do now is I can do brettcampbell.net/instagram and what that will do is that redirect that link directly to my Instagram link so it's a really cool WordPress plugin. It's free. It takes about 60 seconds to upload to your website and the really cool thing is you get to now create professional links and, yes, I know what you're thinking, "Does it track how many people click on the links”? Yes, it does so that's another really cool tool so if you're putting links out on social media and you want to see if it's actually getting any interaction, you can go into the back of your WordPress plugin and you can check it out and it can tell you how many people have clicked on the link. I really hoped you enjoyed that tip and I'll see you on the next one. The post AATV Ep #4: Use This Amazing WordPress Plugin appeared first on Brett Campbell.

Today's question comes from Danielle, who asks about offering free downloadable content with her posts. Does she need LeadPages in order to offer this content? Danielle's site is http://textpanther.com/. In this episode, Danielle talks about how Amy Porterfield offers downloadable content (http://amyporterfield.com/). The WordPress plugin I mention is Pretty Link (https://wordpress.org/plugins/pretty-link/). Do you have a question about how to provide content to your audience? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Today's sponsor is Braintree. Braintree will help you accept business payments for your products from customers across the world. Go to http://braintreepayments.com/pat.

Dealing with deadlines, what type of designer are you? Before I get into dealing with deadlines let me first define what a deadline is. According to Webster Dictionary a deadline is a date or time when something must be finished : the last day, hour, or minute that something will be accepted. I know I didn’t really need to give you the definition of a deadline. You’re a graphic designer, you know all too well what a deadline is. But what I really wanted to touch on is not what a deadline is, but instead, how a deadline comes to be. What I’m getting at is, who decided that the project you are working on needs to be done at a specific time? Did your client tell you? Or, did you tell the client? One of the biggest problems I’ve encountered, especially amongst newer or inexperienced graphic designers is their mistaking a client’s enthusiasm as a desire to have the job done quickly and then self impose a deadline. When I worked in the design department at a commercial printer our Production Coordinator did this all the time. I would be discussing a new project with a client, getting all the specs and details, and at the end of the conversation the client would ask something like “how soon before I see a proof?”. My Production Coordinator automatically interpreted this as “the client needs this in a rush” and would tell him a proof would be ready within a day or two, forcing the design department to rush on the project. What was maddening is oftentimes the client would respond to this by saying something like “wow, I wasn’t expecting it that fast. I thought it would take at least two weeks but 2 days is great!” As I said maddening. What’s even more maddening is that I’ve seen this happen over and over again. Just because a client asks when, or how soon they can see a proof doesn’t mean they are in a rush to get it. Let the client dictate the actual deadline if there is one instead of assigning one yourself. Setting interim deadlines. Once you have a true deadline assigned to the project. You’ll need to do some backtracking to figure out what YOUR actual deadline is. Let’s say you’re designing a brochure that your client needs for a trade show at the end of the month. There are several factors to keep in mind; Where is the trade show? Will the client need time to ship the brochures? How long will it take to print? Contact the printer as soon as you get the job. They'll give you a deadline to submit your files by in order to print, trim, fold, bind and package the brochures on time. How long will revisions take after the client reviews the initial proof? How long will the client require after receiving the proof before sending those revisions? Finally, add in some padding for anything unforeseen that may delay the project. By calculating all of these things you’ll be able to determine your own deadline for submitting a proof to the client. Now what? Now that you have your deadline, how will you go about working on the project? Dealing with deadlines is all about balance. If you can't learn that balance you will forever struggle between doing the job well and getting it done on time. Imagine you're sitting down for a holiday feast surrounded by friends and family. A very large plate of delicious looking food is placed in front of you. Maybe there's turkey, and ham, mashed potatoes, some stuffing, steamed vegetables, cranberry sauce, pasta salad, coleslaw and maybe even some home made meatballs, the ones that only grandma can make. Everything looks so good and you can't wait to dig in. But there's so much on your plate and you're not sure you can eat all of it. So what do you do? Do you make your way around your plate sampling everything until you're full? Do you pick a little of this and a little of that, leaving your favourite part for last so you can eat it all and savour the taste? Or, do you immediately dive into your favourite just in case you run out of room? After all, you wouldn't want to leave that delicious morsel on the plate because you're too full. How you decide to eat your meal all depends on what type of person you are. The analogy may be a little slim, but dealing with deadlines isn't much different. When it comes to dealing with deadlines there are really only three kinds of graphic designers. The Racers: Designers who tackle the project right away and try to get it done as quick as possible with lots of time to spare, and then move on to the next one. The Coasters: Designers who work on the project slowly but diligently, in little chunks from the time it's assigned until the deadline arrives. The Slackers: Designers who wait until the deadline is almost upon them before finally starting. In this case, slacker doesn't mean lazy. More like someone who is often viewed as a procrastinator. Now, there are many arguments as to which method is best, but what it really comes down to is you, the designer, and how you handle the pressure of dealing with deadlines. Now I want to give you my own personal opinion on these three types of people. I know My opinion can be wrong, but this is the way I see it. The Racers, those who tackle the project as soon as they get it are doing themselves a disservice. First off, they are not spending enough time thinking about the project before starting their design. Because of this, I feel they are not putting out their best possible work. The design they come up with may be spectacular, but think of how much better they could have made it if they had spent more time on it. Now obviously with more time left before the deadline they could go back and revisit and expand on their design. But chances are they've already moved onto the next project and have put this one out mind. The Coasters, those who deals with deadlines by working on the design steadily but in chunks. These designers are also doing themselves a disservice. Sure this method allows them to work diligently on the project and not feel the pressure of the deadline looming over them. But by breaking up their time this way they are constantly disconnecting themselves from the project, splitting their focus between different design projects which could hurt their overall vision and design. By now I'm sure you've managed to guess what type of designer I am. I truely believe that The Slacker, the designer who waits until the deadline is almost upon them before starting is the one producing the best work. Let me tell you why... You're a creative person. Obviously, you wouldn't be in the graphic design profession if you weren't. That creativity means you are able to visualize things in your mind. Play with layouts, fonts, colours and everything else, all within the confines of your head long before putting those visions to paper or pixels. You know what I mean. Just think of those phone calls you get from clients describing a project to you. If you're like me, you start visualizing in your head how the project will look even before the client finishes describing it. It may not be what the final design turns out to be, but there's definitely something brewing in your head. By the time you hang up the phone you already have a good idea of where you're going to start. Of course all three types of designers start out this way which is to be expected. It's what they do afterwards that separates them. The Racer starts right away developing that idea and doesn't alway explore other possibilities. The Coaster starts developing their idea and then comes back to it later. They may have some revalations along the way, but they're mostly tackling the problem knowing they've already taken some steps along a certain path and their more inclined to remain upon it. Finally the Slacker, the one who hasn't put anything to paper or pixels yet. His ideas have been brewing in his mind since he first received the project. Changing, evolving, ideas come and are dismissed, others are picked apart and rearranged into something different, better. New directions are explored, some working out and others not so much. All of this is happening in his head as the deadline is approaching. When the time finally arrives to actually produce the design the Slacker has a very clear picture of what he wants to do and is able to spend a much smaller amount of time implementing it than the first two designer types spent on theirs. And chances are his design will be a much better thought out concept than theirs were. It was Abraham Lincoln who said; "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe" That concept hold true in graphic design, especially when dealing with deadlines. The longer you spend thinking about your design before starting, the faster you'll be able to design it and the better the design will be. I know it's not always easy to do. I've found myself hanging up the phone with a client and being so exited about their project that I've dropped everything to get started on it. I also know those are the projects that I've wasted the most time changing and revising before being satisfied enough to show it to the client. If I would have taken the time to reflect on my ideas I probably could have saved myself a lot of time and come up with the same design or maybe even something better. So what I'm saying is give yourself time to think about your design before diving in. If you don't deal well with the pressure of deadlines then don't wait until the last minute. Give yourself enough time to get the job done but also give yourself enough time to know you're doing the job right, and to the best of your ability. Dealing with deadlines is all about balance. Learn to master that and you're on your way to becoming a better and more proficient graphic designer.   What do you think? What do you do when you take some time off from your graphic design business? Let me know by leaving a comment for this episode. Questions of the Week If you would like me to answer your question in a future episode please visit my feedback page. This week’s question comes from Amie, Hi Mark! My name is Amie. I am from Pensacola, Florida. I am opening a graphic design studio and I am so grateful to have found your podcast. Thank you for all of your invaluable content!!! I was wondering if you could share a little about profit margin. What is the typical profit margin for a small boutique graphic design studio? We won't be offering any web services at first, just traditional print design/branding stuff. Any insights you could share? Thanks so much! To find out what I told Amie you’ll have to listen to the podcast. Resource of the week is Pretty Link Pro Pretty Link enables you to shorten links using your own domain name (as opposed to using tinyurl.com, bit.ly, or any other link shrinking service)! In addition to creating clean links, Pretty Link tracks each hit on your URL and provides a full, detailed report of where the hit came from, the browser, os and host. Pretty Link is a killer plugin for people who want to clean up their affiliate links, track clicks from emails, their links on Twitter to come from their own domain, or generally increase the reach of their website by spreading these links on forums or comments on other blogs. Subscribe to the podcast Subscribe on iTunesSubscribe on Stitcher Subscribe on Android Contact me Send me feedback Follow me on Twitter and Facebook I want to help you. Running a graphic design or web design business all by yourself isn't easy. If there are any struggles you face running your design business please reach out to me. I'll do my best to help you by addressing your issues in a future blog post or podcast episode here at Resourceful Designer. You can reach me at feedback@resourcefuldesigner.com

Today's question comes from Josh, who wants to know how to convert his Instagram followers to newsletter followers and customers. Josh’s site is http://mad-realestate.com/. I cover strategies for converting Instagram followers on my interviews on Smart Passive Income Podcast Podcast 165 with Susan Petersen (http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/susan-petersen-from-freshly-picked-on-selling-moccasins-and-her-booming-online-retail-business/) and 169 with Nathan Chan (http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-nathan-chan-built-a-6-figure-digital-magazine-and-the-marketing-strategies-we-can-all-use/). To set up domain redirects, check out the WordPress plugin Pretty Link (https://wordpress.org/plugins/pretty-link/). Do you have a question about Instagram? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Today's sponsor is Braintree. Braintree will help you accept business payments for your products from customers across the world. Go to http://braintreepayments.com/pat. Thanks to our sponsor, Sidekick. Receive live notifications when someone opens your email. Go to getsidekick.com/pat to check it out.

 Dealing with Haters 6:55 Jessica and Elsie send in the question about dealing wit Haters. Some times you have to fire your listeners. In the immortal words of T. Swift, shake it off. How Do You Find a Good Podcast Consultant? 18:27 There are so many podcast training courses now, how do you spot a fake? See if they have a podcast, and do some research. The real snake oil, looks really slick. When you don't listen to the right consultant, you find yourself having to dig yourself out of holes, and issues. Dealing with Insecurities 28:48 We start focusing on what others are doing and we get worried that others are better. None of those thoughts, or actions, helps you create great content. Michael Hyatt and Pat Flynn don't talk about their competition. They both mentioned Strengths Finder. when it comes to haters, you need to consider the source. I had a situation where I just had to let it go. Become a School of Podcasting Affiliate 34:20 You can earn commission from the School of Podcasting by referring people to us check out http://www.partners.schoolofpodcasting.com Last week you got a glimpse into my world with last week's caller. Windows 10 Discussion 36:10 DO NOT install the new Windows 10 until it gets all the bugs worked out. Give it a try if you have a separate computer that you can just "play" on. What Should We Ask People to Subscribe? 40:45 Should I have people subscribe to iTunes, Stitcher, etc? Kenn Blanchard asks from blanchardmedia.com  Dave suggests that you create a page that has buttons and instructions on HOW to subscribe, then you can use the Pretty Link plugin to make an easy to use link. 43:10 Windows 10 Revisited. Share Audio Snippets at Certain Time 46;37 Overcast iPhone app allows you to send a link that opens the audio at a certain time. Send e-mail with Twitter & Skype Buttons 50:14 Twitter is a bit like a Press Release service. It's not like email. People may not see your tweet. You can check out Mail Chimp and Aweber for Email services. If you are looking for people to have a button to click and leave a message, check out Speakpipe. There is also services like Podcastvoicemail.com if you are looking for a way to receive voicemails, or you can use Google Voice. What Should I Name My Podcast? 55:22 There are two school of thought: 1. Have a name that is completely obvious 2. Have a name that is intriguing. Ask people in your target audience, and tell them the name of the podcast you are thinking about. Then ask them (based on the name) what they think the podcast is about. If they tell you what your show is about, then its a good name. If it's intriguing, they will want to click on it to see what the show is about. Periscope Fun 59:11 Monkeys with Microphones!  

Episode 62"Ham Is Made From Hamsters"3:31 - We"re Live!John is getting a Pulp Fiction vibe from Chuck!Chuck is back in black, at Rails Comp! Chuck, slicing and dice with others developers and making a scene, enjoying the meetings, but starting to dislike being away at conferences. Lots of networking and marketing about Rails Clips and much more. Chuck says the take-way of the conference would be sponsorship and Rail Clips. The Entreprogrammers discuss the next step with marketing by email and sharing one others network to expand their marketing tactics, and a discussion about not stepping on toes when doing and receiving favors. 13:43 – Chuck's meet-up goes great in Atlanta, after the conference, dinner with a few true fans. 16:54 – Derick, working on rabbitmq package, interviews, transcriptions and tons of valuable material for consumers. Josh asks for further explanation about the content of the interviews with the rabbitmq users.  Derick is writing a e-book of this new material - he mentions that there will be some discounts involved– and more interviews lined up to complete the package.  22:57 – Derick is pondering on a pre-sale to generate interest and support for transcriptions and production.  John suggest pre launch content – leak out a few clips of material – and build up excitement about the launch. Derick plans a full launch sequence, first emails and them launch. 29:46 – Josh suggest to Derick, doing a limited pre-launch sale – to about ten people at a discount price - this will be a beta product for the early buyers.This is excellent advice from the mastermind – putting all their heads together to help one member’s success – which will eventually will great learning for the entire mastermind and followers.  34:31 - Chuck suggest to Derick to setup two parallel sales funnels, to convert the JS community.   The Entreprogrammers talk about how to reach out the other language (code) communities with this product. Although a great deal of work it could be worth the time for those who want to learn a new language. 41:15 – Josh suggest that Derick bottle up the energy he has for this project, and let it translate into his screencast that he wasn't keen on in earlier times. 46:57 – Josh is still in parenting mode for another week.48:18  - Chuck signs off…50:00 – Josh is working on copyright stuff in the morning and take the rest of the day off. He is updating his website, and sorting through old information.  Josh is not having an easy time with AdWords, and redoing his LinkedIn profile.  1:05:00 - Josh is helping build a specialized funnel for is mentor. Ton of editing and “leg work.” The team talks about when and where ads are most affective, also the revenue made from all the efforts.   1:06:00 - Ad space on websites, newsletters for passive income – John and Josh talk about providing Ad space on the webpages for various clients. 1:08:00 - Busy times take John away from healthy eating on the one-meal-a-day diet. John is trying to get schedule for a podcast with Brennan Dunn. 1:10:00 - John is talking Kai Davis at: http://doubleyouraudience.com. This is an interesting service that helps promote your content to grow your audience. Listen to the interesting approach to his marketing strategy. John is thinking about getting Keith Perhac to do some marketing work for Simple Programmer. 1:16:00 - John creates a badge system. Also here is some info about, Pretty Link https://prettylinkpro.com – John talks about the use of this program for redirecting. 1:19:00 - Josh suggest to John, about hiring and editor to manage writers. This will help to create a blog post per day. 1:24:00 - John shares his Pages Views: Jan 127,000, Feb 163,000, Mar, 188,000 April 131,000, and Daily Average 5500-6000 page views. 1:29:00 - Josh mention James Clear blog post, about, “The 2 type of Growth” and web about web traffic vs. production. http://jamesclear.com/growth-curves1:31:00 - John is thinking about implementing the "Tim Ferris job application thing."  Then some talk about a text-editor shoot-outs and some training of verbal programming.1:37:00 - John is starting to do transcriptions for his YouTube videos, thanks to VAs. Derick suggest to John to hire an editor familiar to, or from the journalism field. 1:40:24 - John gets his Site Point article published, "How to Creating a Chrome Extension is Ten Minutes Flat," at: http://www.sitepoint.com/create-chrome-extension-10-minutes-flat/1:46:00 - John enjoys use FollowLiker, http://www.followliker.com. He’s growing! John has 18.7k follower of Twitter… These EntreProgrammers are trying to understand the proper way TweetAdder was supposed to be used?Tech Talk1:49:40 - Josh is migrating to a new macbook, he question is if the migration utility was worth using? Of Course…1:51:00 - John is due for a monitor upgrade – he no longer using to 4k monitors- John is think about moving to a curve 5k monitor.  Also, John ask the group if maybe the New Macbook and the 5k iMac are sufficient for his workflow. Derick suggest to wait for the next generation Macbook. Read the review of the New Macbook.  Thoughts of the Day!Josh ­­– The physical stuff always beat virtualDerick  - Sometimes doing it your self is worth it, just to learn something new…John – Dream Big. 

In today's session, our guest is Steve Stewart from the Money Plan SOS and The Financial Wellness Show. He talks about his podcasting journey, how it is helping him work toward self-employment, the different types of podcasting formats, and the Pretty Link plugin (both the free and the pro versions).   Solo show The solo show is pretty obvious: you do the show alone. You prepare your notes or script and then record it by yourself. Of course, you could choose to have a live audience while you record, but yours is the only voice on the show. Interview show A popular podcast format is bringing different people on and interviewing them. This kind of format allows you to have another person to talk to, making it easier to have a flowing conversation. You are also able to bring (potentially) two audiences together (yours and your guests), making it a win-win for both people involved. Depending on your experience and personality, this can be an easy format to utilize. Co-hosted show A co-host can be great to provide an additional person, but brings more stability than the interview-based podcast. You and your co-host can develop a great relationship and the listeners can learn to expect the varying opinions. A caution here: both of you should love the topic, but if you both have the exact same opinion, then one of you isn't necessary. Feature show Box of Inspirations podcast is an example of a different format where the host is not on the show himself. He gets on Skype with his guests and has them share their inspirational story. Story-driven show Several podcasts, such as Serial, have become more popular. This is where there is a story that drives the podcast forward, usually spanning multiple episodes. Stories can be really engaging, but this format of a podcast can be more work than some of the others.   The post Steve Stewart (@moneyplansos) talks about his podcasting journey (3-3) appeared first on Creative Studio Academy.

The PodCraft Podcast: Series 3, Episode 6 This week, we’re on to enhancements. We’ll talk about the extra tools that you can add to your Podcasting website that will really help to entrance your audience, and keep them coming back for more. The first of these is a vital tool called Pretty Link: it allows you […]Support the show (https://pod.academy)

Today’s question comes from James, who is about to start a podcast and wants to know how to find sponsors for a podcast. If you’re planning to start a podcast, go to my completely free tutorial: http://PodcastingTutorial.com. I also mention Pretty Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/pretty-link/. To make your suggestions, send a tweet at #AskPat165. Do you have a question about monetizing your podcast? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/.

Erich wants to know why I purchase additional domains for products that redirect to my main site, when I could just use a Pretty Link. Erich's site is http://harmonyinsights.com/. Do you have a question about domain management? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Thanks to today's sponsor, Swiftly, who will complete small graphic design tasks in less than an hour for $19. Go to http://www.swiftly.com/ask.

Stump the Podcast Coach [3:00] Dave has a client who: 1. Doesn't have a computer 2. Wants to sounds good and not cut corners. 3. He's blind.  It's going to be a challenge but Dave is going to see if we can get him podcasting. Dave is thinking using an iPhone with Boss Jock Studio. You Need To Learn Some Tech [6:00] So many people don't podcast because they think they need to be an uber geek. While you don't have to be a geek, you do have to have some technical skills. Many you already have (uploading images to Facebook is like uploading a media file to Libsyn).  Don't be afraid of the technology. We so often panic when we see things for the first time. Take it in bite size chunks Internal Podcasts for Companies [11:25] Rich is creating a podcast and wants to use Sharepoint.  It turns our that since you would have to log in to hear it you would not be able to list this in iTunes. Having a private podcast can be a huge savings over sales meetings and such. But if its not public, it can be a challenge.  Make sure the mp3 file is exposed to the world.  What Happens When There is No Topic For Your Show? [31:02] Easy to Fix Mistakes that Podcasters make.  Tools for helping create content.  Feedly Google Docs Google Alerts Voice Memo Tool on Phone ATR2100 Microphone Prices [40:00] This microphone is going up in price due to supply and demand. Even though this microphone is still $59 its still worth it. The Samson Q2U is the same microphone. Amazon Closed My Account I use Pretty Link pro and used the "Pretty Bar" option to make a link (accidentally) and this (according to Amazon) puts the link in the iFrame. This goes against their policies.  I also found out from talking to the Amazon Associates support that you can't put affiliate links in newsletters.  Please note the tip on making a subdomain that starts with the word "amazon.yourpodcast.com" is also against their policy. (I found this out after this was recorded).  Jim is Using Chat Wing for Chats on his Live Calls Jim is happy using Chatwing.com because it works on an iPad (non flash), and people can login via twitter, facebook, or guest. 

How can you make sure your web address is remembered when you read it out? Get a short URL. A web address that's easy to say and easy to remember.It's easy to register short domain names such as .fm and .co using a domain registrar such as GoDaddy: http://jngl.es/godaddyPlugins I recommend that will allow you to redirect your short web addresses include Pretty Link Lite and YOURLS.Pretty Link Lite: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pretty-link/YOURLS: http://yourls.org/Remember to say any web address that you'd like your listener to remember at least twice.

The accessibility of podcast shownotes is important, but forgotten by most podcasters. Learn how to make short, easy-to-use URLs with Pretty Link for each of your podcast episodes.

Track your affilaite click through rate using the Pretty Link plugin.

Track your affilaite click through rate using the Pretty Link plugin.

Track your affilaite click through rate using the Pretty Link plugin.