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Alumni Presentation

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INTRODUCTION

Certified Business and Leadership Coach and Consultant

    • Entrepreneurial Growth
    • Sales/Pitch Development
    • Mindset/Positive Intelligence® Facilitator
    • Team/Trust Building
    • DiSC

  • 14 years in Corporate Operations
  • Navy Submarine Officer
  • US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • (Former) Volunteer Firefighter

Tom Sicola

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Agenda

  • Introduction
  • Mindset
  • Clients
  • Social Media, SEO, and Your Business

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Mindset

Sigmoid Curve

(Business Lifecycle)

Learning

Growth

Decline

Honeymoon Trap

3 Feet From Gold

Trap

Founder’s Trap

Success

Trap

Denial

Trap

Reinvention

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Mindset

The Oz Principle

Victor/Victim

BENDS

LAME

XCUSES

EGATIVITY

ENIAL

CARCITY

PROVE

OSITIVE

ESPONSIBILITY

WNERSHIP

ISION

XCELLENCE

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Ice

Target Audience

Ideal Client Diagram

People You Like

People You Spend Time With

People You Can Help

People Who Can Afford Your Services

  • Where do they “Hang out?”
  • Who influences them?
  • Strategic Partnerships

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What are you actually selling?

Peace of Mind

Right message, right platform = Connection

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Social Media and SEO

LinkedIn

Google

SnapChat

Facebook

Instagram

Email

Text

Copy Writers

Lead Generation

Sales Reps

Networking

Free seminars

AI

Virtual Assistants

Platforms

Resources

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Which Platform to Choose?

Depends on:

What’s the produce or service?

What are you trying to achieve with the post/article/contact?

Who is your target audience?

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Questions to Ask Yourself

What is the purpose of the platform?

What’s the strongest media used?

What’s my (or my product’s strength)?

Who frequents this site?

What is required for me to maintain a presence?

What is it that I would want to see on this platform?

What catches my attention?

How is this being used by others?

What do I trust/distrust about this?

Would I buy or recommend something based on this platform?

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SEO

SEO vs SEM vs PPC

SEO = Search Engine Optimization.

Using key words or phrases on your sites to provide more “hits” through organic searches.

SEM = Search Engine Marketing

A combination of both.

PPC = Pay Per Click

Paying to have your site appear at the top of the list when certain phrases are searched for.

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Google

Top of Google

Being (arguably) the most used search engine, this is synonymous with SEO.

    • Google regularly changes its algorithms to determine who shows up first in organic searches.

Sponsored

Puts any paid advertising BEFORE organic search results.

Google Guaranteed

AFTER you’ve paid, you can pay more to be VERIFIED/Guaranteed by Google.

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Example - Painters

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Paid Services

Copy Writers

Lead Generation

Sales Reps

Networking

Free seminars

AI

Virtual Assistants