Thoughts on the video?  Any similar stories of how social media has helped you out?

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If I choose your topic idea, I’ll throw you a shout out with a link to your Twitter ID & Website.

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In Episode 1 of the Successfool Podcast, I had the privilege of interviewing a very good friend of mine (& very successful) Justin Brooke from SiteFling.com.  Justin has done an amazing job at creating culture and building online community with his audience to the point of where he’s out performing some of the top marketers online.

This interview was packed with tons of great information and in it you’ll learn:

- Why combining Branding & Direct Response Marketing together
- How Justin is using “Anchoring” on Twitter
- How listening is a huge key to success
- His surefire way to creating online community in your niche
- Why website flipping is a great business for entrepreneurs with ADD

Tell me, what’s your favorite quote or thing you got out of the interview with Justin?

On this live show we talked about:

- Twitter Fight:  Ashton Kutcher and Larry King Ashton will be the 1st person to 1 Million Followers on Twitter
- Justin Brooke’s blog growing like crazy because of CONSISTENCY and CONTENT
- How I was voted Top 10 Internet Super Stars of 2009 (please vote for me at the bottom)
- Product Launches with Product Launch Rockstar, Chris Brisson
- I also showed off some AMAZING paintings by my friend David Garibaldi (follow him on Twitter)

Please use the RETWEET button up top and let your friends know.

Also, What did you like best about the interview with Chris Brisson?

WOW.  Last night’s Live Broadcast of Successfool.com’s 1 Year Web Birthday was a HIT.  We interviewed some of the most amazing business folks online last night.

You heard me rant, you saw me dance, and you saw the passion last night no doubt.

Thanks so much for a great year and we’re doing it even bigger this year.

Hear interviews from:

Angel McClinton
Ed Dale
Coach Deb
Michelle MacPhearson
Sierra Friend
Lewis Howes
Preston Taylor
Justin Brooke

What was YOUR favorite quote or part of the show?  Leave your comments below & Tweet it up using the “Retweet” button up top.

Thanks

Previously we took a look at the DISC assessment

This gave us a framework to help us understand how ourselves and others are “wired”, and also to assist us in improving personal & work relationships.

After all, what is the cost for not improving working and personal relationships?

Today, we consider another framework that I have experienced value with, particularly in the arena of facilitating training.

It is known as VAKOG learning styles

It stands for Visual – Auditory – Kinesthetic – Olfactory – Gustatory.

Due to being “wired” differently, people learn in a variety of ways. Sometimes it is a combination of the above.

For example, I am a Visual/Kinesthetic learner.

Whiteboards, powerpoints and video work very well for me.

Notetaking helps me engage as I view a presentation and also get “hands on” by drawing diagrams, capturing quotes and writing questions inspired by the presenter.

Some people are able to learn effectively using a “lecture theatre” model. Others flourish in an “apprenticeship” environment, working alongside the “master”, getting their hands dirty.

I was able to tap into gustatory style during a presentation on meditating for an audience of young people. Equipped with my wife’s amazing cooking, I served up meditation or “chewing over” an idea from this angle. Using other resources, I also attempted to engage other learning styles at the same event.

Clients and team members are unique. Your tribe may be united by a product or service but a presentation of features and benefits or processes and systems may need to be delivered in a variety of ways.

What is the cost to your business for not discovering relevant learning styles?

The internet is an ever-changing thing. Trends come and go, but the good ones stay forever. It seems that the trend that originated in 2005, and has been steadily gaining popularity, is posed to take over in 2009. I am talking of course of video blogging.

In the world of Web 2.0, many people are looking to further interact with web content. Video blogging is a perfect medium for community interaction, and is closer to real human contact than a regular text blog. The obvious leader in public videos, YouTube, has quickly become one of the largest websites online today. The reason for this is, quite obviously, community interaction. YouTube is now the 3rd most visited site world wide.

Originally, the internet was used simply as a huge database of information. Today, people no longer want to just gather information, they want to interact with it and contribute to it. They want to give their own opinions, critique the content, and question the validity of it. Public interaction ultimately leads to an increased body of knowledge.

Another example of public interaction benefiting a website can be seen in the massive success of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is the only major site that allows any content contained on the site to be edited by the general public. This allows for massive amounts of content, which is usually very accurate. Everyone is an expert in something, so everyone can contribute information to Wikipedia containing their personal knowledge.

In my opinion, people today are becoming sick of the isolation of the internet. With the success of Myspace, Facebook, and other social networks, it is obvious that people are looking to humanize the internet. Video blogging is perfect for this, because it is close to actually talking to someone. Take YouTube for example. You can watch a video of someone talking, then submit a text comment, or even an entire video of your own, to respond to the video you watched.

Up until now, common people, as well as internet companies, have been debating trying out video blogging. While a few private video blogs have sprung up, I believe that the popularity of video blogging will explode in 2009. People are always ready for change around the New Year, and I expect video blogs to begin springing up all over the internet, eventually replacing normal text-based blogs.

Up until now, most video blogging has online been done through free public networks such as YouTube. However, I think that once people realize how huge video blogging could potentially become, private blogs will become a common thing. Blogs are not that expensive, and anyone with a webcam can make simple videos for free.

Video blogging is not necessarily a new thing, but it is not very popular yet. In fact, there is already an award for excellence in video blogging. These awards, called the Vloggies, were introduced to the public in 2006. The first known video blog was created in January 2000, but no one really knew anything about video blogging until about 2004.

Collaboration in 2009 is going to be HUGE.

Collaboration is what launched me to go from a “Zero to Hero” (as Joel Comm says) online.

Here’s 1 area where I’m collaborating in 2009.  I’m bringing on several guest bloggers on to write for Successfool covering all areas of “Internet Success.”  This will allow you to learn from different people about internet marketing from different vantage points and skills.

My commitment to you in 2009 is to provide you with non-stop insane value and help you grow a solid, long-term, scalable, evergreen business that will allow you to live the Internet Lifestlye.

What do you think about collaboration? Please share your thoughts on the video & what your thoughts are on collaboration.

Special thanks to Ron Hudson who told me about the “Collaborate or Die” article that I believe Forbes wrote years ago.  Please make sure to follow Ron as we’ll be collaborating this year

When you comment below, don’t forget to leave your Twitter URL.

David Grau who runs Just Rhymes was in need of some ideas how to grow traffic to his site & better ways to monetize is.

The person that originally had committed to do the show didn’t come so my good friend Jason DeVelvis filled in and ROCKED IT OUT!!!

Jason is a very successful marketer and as you can tell by his advice that he knows what he’s talking about.  Jason is interviewing me for his upcoming http://pureprofitsuccesssummit.com/

The Pure Profit Success Summit is a FREE Telesummit where he’s bringing on some of the greatest minds in Internet Marketing to share with you how to build a successful business.

With that said, here’s the video replay from last nights show:

Leave your comments on what you think of the new idea for Successfool LIVE.

In this interview with Facebook Marketing stud, Deontee Gordon, we cover a few strategies that you can start implementing today.

The thing I loved most about this interview was the tip about Facebook “Events.”  I don’t hear a lot of people talking about Events within Facebook so I’m glad Deontee shed some light on this for us.

Enjoy this 60 minute interview that I did on my weekly show, SuccessfoolTV.

Comment & let us know what you liked best!

Stay tuned for more news & insights on what’s REALLY going on in Social Media Marketing!