- Start a Blog (Free is Best)
- Create a Facebook Fanpage
- Begin a Twitter Microblog
- Construct a YouTube channel
- Tell people about these platforms....they won't know unless you tell them!
- Make phone calls, send emails, get your name & brand out there!
In order to create supplemental income while I create my motivational/inspirational empire, I must take on projects in order to gain positive cash flow until those primary mediums produce enough on their own. Therefore, I have signed a one month contract with a colleague of mine to help promote his Mentalism act via social media, promotion/booking and some managerial responsibilities. The last 10 days, I have created a Facebook FanPage, Twitter Microblog, tweaked his YouTube channel and made solid contacts for 2010 shows as well as keeping his statuses updated. I am also working on my own Social Media Platforms with my YouTube Channel still being tweaked and the videos being edited, you should see them up soon at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/promotionmotivation
But until then check out my friend's sites and please contact me if interested in booking!
http://www.youtube.com/user/promotionmotivation
But until then check out my friend's sites and please contact me if interested in booking!
Blake Adams: The Mentalist
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You may wonder, even after I told you why, I would take time out of my busy schedule to promote this guy and his art. The reason lies more intrinsically than extrinsically in that I am looking to help Blake increase his market share and overall spectrum of clientele because this is what he loves doing and yet there are no other booking/promotion/management companies working with him at this point. Remember, how I talked about taking people along with you for the journey and not arriving at the party by yourself? This is the principle that I am putting into practice by helping others. Now, when we arrive at the party, we will at least have some entertainment;) Not only that, but a friend to share in mutual successes and accomplishments. Everyone needs help getting started, everyone needs support, everyone needs fans, everyone needs someone to believe in what they are doing. In short, we all need cheerleaders. I'm not talking about the pretty ones in team colors on the sidelines of football or basketball games. (Although, that helps too!) What I am really addressing here is the fact that we all need someone who is OUR BIGGEST FAN! There are going to be a lot of naysayers out there who don't believe in what you are doing or ask questions or make comments like: "What makes you think you can do that?" "Have you ever done that before?" "How much have you made so far?" "Who are you to try and become an entrepreneur?" "What do you know about running your own business?" "What about your resume'?" "Who have you worked with before?" "No one has ever amounted to anything in this family, what's so different about you?" "Come one, you're just a kid, who are you fooling?" The list goes on and on. Some questions, I admit, can be constructively rebutted and realistically pondered, but most of the time the tone in which they are spewed only breeds doubt and fear of failure or not even trying at all. People criticize because they don't get it and frankly, they never will, Never! They criticize because they are afraid themselves, they criticize because they are jealous or they have a bone to pick or pick any self-depreciating reason and there you have it....they are not the people you need to recruit on your cheerleading squad. You need to recruit those people who have always believed that you can achieve anything you set your mind too! These people could be your parents, your siblings, your best friends, your children, your co-workers and so many others. However, don't be surprised if the people closest to you are the ones to criticize the most and choose not to be on board. Here's the deal, no matter if you fail at your initial premise, you have succeeded in trying and that is alot more than they have probably even done and most people for that matter!
Find those people and you might be surprised where they come from...they could be a Twitter follower or a YouTube Subscriber you have never met or it could be your grandmother whom you barely know or it could be that co-worker who just met you at that new sales training seminar, but has been influenced by your enthusiasm, energy and desire to go above and beyond what the average person is willing to try.
Better to try and fail, than to succeed at never trying......
Find those people and you might be surprised where they come from...they could be a Twitter follower or a YouTube Subscriber you have never met or it could be your grandmother whom you barely know or it could be that co-worker who just met you at that new sales training seminar, but has been influenced by your enthusiasm, energy and desire to go above and beyond what the average person is willing to try.
You never know who your CHEERLEADERS might be but once you isolate those in your squad, hang on tight and get ready rock and roll!!!! As George Strait said so eloquently, "You've got to have an Ace in the Hole!" These are the people you go to in order to get encouragement when feeling down or rejected. These are the people you go to in order to bounce off ideas, they are, as my mother says, your "soundingboards." These are the people that will love you and cheer you no matter what. Now, they may have a bad day or be in an off mood sometimes and that is true of everyone, but just go down the list to the next person and keep going until you find that "lifepower" you need to get through your day, week, month or year. I kind of like that term, "Lifepower"....it derives from those extra energy bars or "lives" you get by reaching a certain level or hitting a distinct market in video games. If you are a gamer, you know exactly what I'm talking about. If not, this is the bottom line: the more "lives" you have, the longer you can play the game. Therefore, find those cheerleaders that will give you life.....and allow you to keep playing the game.....because you never know what is around the next corner....the bonus round will amaze you!
Thanks for reading!
Continued Success,
Matthew A. Butter
