One of the biggest challenges I hear from customers, over and over again, is their lack of time. At Content Sparks, we tackle a big portion of that issue by providing ready-to-go courses and other marketing content. However, you still have the problem of using that content and setting it up as a course! The solution is simple. When you’re first starting out in your business, most people do everything themselves. I certainly did! I learned to build a blog, create some graphics, set up an … [Read more...] about How to Use Virtual Assistants to Save Time Creating Courses (+ a FREE Checklist)
Productivity Tools
Use Your Content: Inventory Tracking Template
Do you have content sitting on your computer that you haven't touched? Or, maybe you don't even know what you have? You've either forgotten, or it's so disorganized that you can't possibly find anything. It's a shame to have good content going to waste. And that includes content that you've only used once and could be recycling and repurposing! To help you out, I've created a Content Inventory Tracking Template. It's an Excel worksheet that you can use to keep track of all of your content. … [Read more...] about Use Your Content: Inventory Tracking Template
12 Simple Time Management Tips to be a Productivity Master
How much time do you spend thinking about what to do, rather than actually doing things? If you spend long enough analyzing the best actions to take, you just may end up stuck in one spot. In fact, you may even be subconsciously sabotaging yourself, not realizing that it’s fear of making a mistake that’s keeping you from making a decision. Masters of time management have some simple tactics they follow that prevent them from wasting precious hours and minutes. They’re able to cut … [Read more...] about 12 Simple Time Management Tips to be a Productivity Master
Customer Service Automation: 5 Tips for Tapping Technology to Deliver World-Class Service
Customer service automation can be a touch-and-go experience for the people on the receiving end. Some customers are left with the satisfaction of a quick solution, while others are left tearing their hair out in frustration. You can probably recall a time you purchased a product that turned out to be, well… not exactly what you’d hoped for. You started the long and annoying process of trying to get a replacement or refund. At every turn, you were met with a blockade of robots challenging … [Read more...] about Customer Service Automation: 5 Tips for Tapping Technology to Deliver World-Class Service
2 Easy Video Player Options for Your Website
Need a simple video player for displaying videos on your website (that doesn't require a degree in computer programming)? I've done some tutorials in the past on how you can convert your slides to video, but I haven't shown you how to actually get them on your site. So, in the following video I demo two very easy ways you can use to display and manage your videos. The first is one you already know - YouTube. However, it's difficult to manage all your videos there, and you have to go back … [Read more...] about 2 Easy Video Player Options for Your Website
Demo: My Favorite Project Management Tool for Getting Everything Done
'Project Management' sounds like such a grand, complex, forbidding skill. And yes, when it comes to large jobs, such as developing new financial software, it can be hugely challenging. However, you need to think of this skill from the viewpoint of a solo entrepreneur or small business owner. In that case... When you apply the concepts of traditional project management to your smaller projects, it can mean the difference between huge success and minor progress. My customers often ask me how … [Read more...] about Demo: My Favorite Project Management Tool for Getting Everything Done
Our Favorite Sources for FREE Royalty-Free Images
I say it all the time when I talk about how to customize your content, but it bears repeating: You must add images and graphics to your content to make it engaging and shareable! Visuals are among the top content shared on social media. Check out this statistic: Socialbakers.com looked at the top 10% of posts made by more than 30,000 Facebook brand pages and found that photos saw the most action—with a whopping 87% of total interactions. No other content type claimed more than 4% of the … [Read more...] about Our Favorite Sources for FREE Royalty-Free Images
Our Favorite Visual Content Creation Tool for Repurposing Content
One of the easiest ways to repurpose your customizable content from Content Sparks and expand your content marketing exponentially is to... Create visuals that share key points from your written content. Many people prefer to consume their information in a visual format, so you'll be appealing to different learning styles. Plus, by sharing the visuals on a variety of platforms, you'll be getting more exposure and awareness of you and your brand. An even better reason to … [Read more...] about Our Favorite Visual Content Creation Tool for Repurposing Content
