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lovemesomesurveys · 3 years
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Don’t you just love the smell of Hollister and Abercrombie and Fitch? I actually did used to like it. 
When a bee is coming close to you, do you stand still or run away? I back away somewhat quickly, but try not to make a big show of it because I know it’s advised to be calm, but I see a bee and I freak. 
Are you self conscious about wearing a bathing suit? Absolutely, so I don’t wear one. 
Do you make reminders for important things you need to remember? Yeah, I make great use of the calendar, notes, and reminder apps on my phone.
If you had to play one sport for a living, what would it be? Gah, that would not work for me. I’m not athletic at all and I have zero interest in sports.
Was the last person you texted single? No, he’s with my mom.
Do you get jealous easily? No. I haven’t felt jealous in a long time.  What are you currently waiting for? Nothing at the moment.
Do you think more about the past, present, or future? I dwell in the past too much and I’m always stressing and worrying about present stuff. 
Is there anybody you wish you could be spending time with right now? No.
Who were the last people you saw besides family? Other patients at my doctor’s office, the receptionist, the nurses, and my doctor.
Which of your friends lives closest to you? No friends.
How do you feel about Diet Dr Pepper? I like it.
Do you ever work out? No. I should be lifting a light weight at least everyday. My upper body strength is so bad now.
Do you go to the tanning bed on a regular basis? I’ve never been to a tanning salon and have no interest in doing so.
Does your bedroom need cleaning? I need to organize some stuff and put some things away.
Vanilla or chocolate? Vanilla.
Pretty Woman or Sixteen Candles? Sixteen Candles.
Do you ever hang out with someone of the opposite sex? My dad and brother.
Are you comfortable with your height? I wish I was a little taller. 
Anything on your walls? Yeah, a few giraffe paintings, a a couple beach ones, a couple calendars, a bulletin board, a marker board, and a huge Swedish flag.
What do you bite more, your tongue, lip, or cheek? I’m constantly biting and picking at my lips. :/
What was the last non-alcoholic beverage you had? Starbucks Doubleshot energy drink.
Do you have a box where you keep all your important things? I have boxes and drawers with stuff like that. 
How many times have you dyed your hair? Numerous times since I was 13.
Are any of your friends taller than you? Everyone is taller than me except for small children. 
Ever liked someone whose name started with a B? I don’t think so.
Have you ever been on a motorcycle? I’ve ridden on the back of one with my dad when I was a kid.
Do you have feelings for anyone? Not the romantic kind.
Name something great that happened today: It’s only 530AM, nothing much has happened. 
How did you feel when you woke up today? I haven’t gone to bed yet, but I’m willing to bet I’ll wake up feeling like a zombie like I always do.
Do you use Twitter? I do.
What did you have for dinner yesterday? Wingstop.
What kind of position are you in at the moment? I’m sitting on my bed.
Furthest away from home you have ever been? When I went to Atlanta, Georgia.
What colour pants/skirt/etc are you currently wearing? I’m wearing blue Adidas leggings. 
When was the last time you drank water? Like an hour ago.
Have you ever fallen asleep with the last person you kissed? No.
Do you answer the phones at your job? I don’t have a job.
What’s your ring tone? One of the ones that come with the phone.
What were you doing at 12 AM last night? I was doing surveys.
Do you want to fix anything with anyone? Not at this time.
Do you have trust issues? No really. I have a hard time with expressing myself and opening up to others, but it’s not so much a matter of trust.
Do you believe everything happens for a reason? Yes.
Are you going to have a good night? My night has been okay.
Have you ever given up on someone and then went back to them? Yes.
Did you wake up in the middle of the night last night? Well no, cause I don’t even go to bed until like 7 or 8AM.
What shows do you watch? I watch a lot of different shows.
What’s wrong with you right now? Just blah as usual.
Would you go back in time if you were given the chance? Absolutely. 
What’s your relationship with the person you last texted? He’s my dad.
Are you looking forward to anything? No.
Have you ever broken someone’s heart? My first ex told me I did.
Has anyone ever told you that you have pretty eyes? Yes.
Does anyone disgust you? Myself.
Did you enjoy your weekend? It’s just starting.
Have you argued with anyone today? No.
Your enemy is at your doorstep begging for forgiveness, what would you do? I don’t have any enemies, thankfully.
Has someone had their arms around you in the past 7 days? To give me a hug, yeah.
Dare you to detail why you kissed the last person you kissed? We just wanted to? I never understand this question.
Are you afraid of losing the last person you talked to? One of my biggest fears is my loved ones passing away. Which is obviously inevitable, but still. 
What was your last thought before you went to bed last night? I don’t remember. My mind wanders off and thinks about random things.
When’s the last time you had a headache? A few days ago.
Is anyone else in the room with you? Nope.
Who was the last person you had a conversation with on the phone? My mom.
Does anyone call you babe? No.
Is there anything you are craving right now? Not at this moment.
What was the first thing you thought of this morning? I haven’t gone to bed yet, but I always check the time when I first get up.
Are you satisfied with what you currently have in life? I am appreciative of the good things, but there’s so much I’d like to change and I’m unhappy with. 
What were you doing at 7:00 AM? It’s 5:56AM, so I’m sure I’ll still be awake in like an hour. Sigh.
How many hours of sleep did you get last night? Like 4ish. 
Do you know anyone who has been arrested? Yes.
Think back to the last person you kissed, how many times have you laughed with them? Uhh, countless times. How do you even count that? Not to mention, he was always making me laugh.
How do you feel about your hair right now? I hate it. It needs to be dyed so bad, it could use a trim, and a style would be nice. I don’t do anything with it besides throw it up in a messy bun. 
When you were in elementary school, did you change best friends a lot? Yeah. When I was a kid “best friend” was a term thrown around quite loosely.  
Last thing you touched not computer-related? My phone.
Have you ever suspected anyone of cheating on you? No.
Does the song you’re currently listening to remind you of anyone specific? I’m not listening to music.
Who was the last person to give you a ride somewhere? My mom.
When and where was the last time you took a picture of yourself? A few weeks ago in the car.
Have you ever been scolded by a mall cop? No.
How often do you catch yourself daydreaming? A lot.
What’s your favorite thing to think about as you’re falling asleep? I don’t get much say in that.
Is there anything that you want to do, but won’t because you’re too afraid? There’s a lot of things.
Who gets up the earliest in your household? The latest? My dad gets up the earliest. He’s off on the weekends and he still gets up at like 5AM for some reason. The latest is definitely me. 
Have you ever had a pet walk across your keyboard while you were typing? No, my doggos have always been too big to do that.
You’re going to your favorite foreign country; what landmarks do you go see? I just want to see everything and really experience Sweden.
What is the longest amount of time that you have spent away from your home? A few months during hospital stays.
Did the last movie you watched have any emotional effect on you? No.
What motivates you to go to school? I’m done with school, thankfully. I’ve been so unmotivated and without energy the past few years and I’m glad I finished school before that happened and I sunk into the hole I’ve been stuck in.
Are you more hyper and uptight, or laid back and relaxed? I’m never hyper and I definitely haven’t felt relaxed in a long time. I think to some people I’d appear laid back, but oh boy if they only knew. And honestly what appears be laid is me just feeling... flat. 
When was the last time you heard someone talking about you? I don’t know.
How did you pick out your last outfit? I just grabbed whatever.
When buying shoes, what do you look for in the product? For me it’s just about how they look. Comfort isn’t a factor for me as someone who has no feeling in their legs and feet. 
What happened to cause the last mess you made? I let some stuff build up. 
Are you embarrassed to bring people into your bedroom? I would be right now.
When was the last children’s birthday party you attended? A few years ago for one of my cousins. 
Are you good at reading other people’s body language? I think I am.
If you’re sick, do you go to school or do you stay home (usually)? I’m not in school anymore, but I mean for me it depended on how sick I felt. Of course now in the days of COVID you’re advised to stay home if you feel sick at all. Most schools, at least where I am, are all on Zoom now anyway, though.
Does chicken noodle soup really make you feel any better? I don’t feel it ever did anything for me.
What is one meal that you like to eat whilst sick? If I’m sick I usually don’t have much of an appetite, if one at all depending on how sick I am. I don’t eat much, but I’ll try to eat a little at least of something.
Think of the last survey you filled out; did you enjoy it? Sure.
Have you ever fed bread to ducks or geese? I did when I was a kid. I didn’t know you shouldn’t do that at the time.
Is it hard to imagine you were ever as small as a 1-2 year old? Yeah, that is weird to think about.
What set the tone for your mood today? It’s 6:22AM and right now I just feel tired.
Have you ever set out to ruin someone else’s day? No, that’s definitely not something I’d want to do.
The name of the last board game that you played? I don’t remember.
What was the last thing that you told yourself? That I would try to go to sleep a little earlier. ha.
Do you remember your D.A.R.E. officer’s name? I actually do.
Someone throws hot coffee on you; how do you react? Uh, wtf? Firstly, I’d react to the HOT coffee that I had thrown at me. That would be excruciatingly painful. I’ve accidentally spilled really hot coffee on myself before so I would know. So yeah, I’d feel the pain and shock from that and then I’d just be like wtf??? I’d be so confused and upset and most of all, furious. 
Is there a high school or college that you would rather be attending? I graduated college, I’m doneee.
Have you ever lived in an apartment or duplex home? A duplex.
Has anyone ever commented on your weight? Yes, I get comments a lot about how I’m too thin.
Where do you stand when it comes to sexual intercourse? Well, I’m a virgin, so.
Name a show from the 90’s that you miss? I still watch a lot of them to be honest.
Have you ever thought about joining the military? No. I couldn’t anyway even if I wanted to because of my physical disability.
When you were little, did you ever stare at disabled or “different” people? I was and am a disabled person and I’ve had to deal with people staring all my life because I’m in a wheelchair and hear kids ask their parents, “what’s wrong with her?”
Could the contents of your bedroom get you in any trouble? No.
Do weather patterns sometimes have an effect on your health? The heat definitely does. Ugh, I hate the summer. I do not do well with the heat.
If it snows a lot where you live, do you experience cabin fever? It doesn’t snow here. :(
How good are you at getting along with other people? I don’t have a problem with getting along with others.
Have you ever felt like you were going out of your mind? Oh yes.
Has anyone ever suggested that you might need “help”? Yes. And I agree. 
How do you respond to cheesy pick-up lines? No one has used a cheesy pickup line on me.
How was the service at the last restaurant you visited? I’m gonna answer this with takeout because ever since the pandemic hit last year I haven’t gone out to eat anywhere, but I get takeout all the time. Anyway, last night I got Wingstop and my brother realized when he got home they gave him the wrong order, so he had to drive back and it’s like a 15 minute drive there and back on the highway, so it’s not a quick, easy trip. He gets back and I realize they forgot my extra side of the lemon pepper sauce that I like to get, which wasn’t as big of a deal of course, but still annoying. I didn’t say anything about a small thing like that, but I was just annoyed with the whole situation and that I didn’t have that extra side of sauce to dip my wings in. It adds to what makes it good, ya know? I like my ranch and my extra sauce. I would have been even more upset if they forgot the ranch because their ranch is the best.
Are you ever jealous of happy couples? I feel a little envious sometimes cause I’d like to experience that. 
Describe a thought that is sticking with you today? My mind is a jumbled mess.
Lately, who has spent the most time on your mind? No one in particular. I’m more occupied with thoughts of things I’m dealing with, things I’m feeling, and things that are going on.
In a car: air conditioning, or roll the windows down? AC, for sure. Especially during the summer when it’s hot and miserable because rolling the windows down doesn’t do shit.
When was the last time you did anything to your playlist? I added songs to it like a month ago.
Is there a new song or band you’ve discovered? Not recently. I haven’t been listening to music recently.
What teacher gives you the most homework? --
Are you punctual? Yes. I hate being late.
Have you ever howled at the full moon? Uh, no.
Do you give any consideration to what’s said in your horoscope? I don’t even read it. I don’t believe in astrology.
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quincyamarikwa5 · 3 years
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Is The MLS Only “Checking The Box” When It Comes To Black People & Diversity Of The League?
The #AskASocerPro show is a Live video podcast where 11 year MLS vet and Mental Strength Coach Quincy Amarikwa dives into the mentalities of highly successful individuals both on and off the pitch. In this weeks episode Quincy Amarikwa discussed about What is the MSL Mentality, Why You Need A Perfect Soccer Subscription and more.
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0:00-3:24 What is the MSL Mentality? Welcome To EP 103 Of The #AskASoccerPro Show!
3:25-4:48 Why You Need A Perfect Soccer Subscription!
5:02-6:17 Did You Catch EP 102 With Chris Odoi?
7:47-9:47 Quincy Is Keeping Fit This Offseason At #AmarikwaAcres
9:52-13:23 The MSL Mentality Is Thriving Within Our Community!
13:24-14:49 Perfect Soccer Internship Opportunities!
16:17-17:30 @timmypig14 Joins The #AskASoccerPro Show
17:35- 19:45 @timmypig14’s Biggest Takeaways From The MSL Mentality
19:46-23:14 @Timmypig14 Breaks Down Why She Feels She’s Underrated
23:40-26:46 @Timmypig14 Shoots Her Shot!
31:08-35:00 Quincy’s Thoughts On The MLS During Black History Month 2021
35:01-36:06 What would happen if the CBA between the MLS and MLSPA didn’t come to terms?
36:41-38:38 Is The MLS Only “Checking The Box” When It Comes To Black People & Diversity Of The League?
38:40-40:11 Seeing The Long Term Impact Come To Life!
42:52-47:20 Advice For An Upcoming Pro Trial? @anders….
48:00-49:01 Impacts of COVID and the CBA on the soccer market.
56:17-58:46 What Does Quincy’s 2021 Soccer Future Look Like?
59:40-62:29 How To Bring The MSL Into Your Life!
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Quincy Amarikwa (00:00:00):
We're all here to ride the MSL waves. You've mentioned the strength lead. I'd like to welcome you to another episode of the hashtag ask eight soccer pro [inaudible]
Quincy Amarikwa (00:00:11):
No Timmy pig, Joe Jackson, what's Pippi pop in. He know what it is, who has to have his throw a goat legend of a man up on the screen that MSL increased football. What's going on a [inaudible], um, M and UFC fan page dropping in what's. Wha what's up, everybody. Have you see everybody joining in tuning in here today is going to be a good episode. I think episode one Oh three hashtag has a second first show. So as everybody's joining in, um, uh, polka junior said, I completely forgot about today's show, but luckily I set three monitor. Yo, shout out, push notification, gang. Love that. Messy getting woke. You guys know what it is. All right. So as everybody is, uh, dialing in here, tuning in here, what's going on, Nate? Um, it is another episode of the hashtag ask a soccer pro show. Oh, episode one Oh three.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:01:21):
I'm your host. 12 year pro MLS cup champion, MLS comeback player of the year, UC Davis hall of fame member, black players for change founder and MSL coach coinci America. Now, what is the MSL? You might be asking yourself? Well, a lot of the MSL army knows about that. MSL lesion knows what that's all about, but that's what we're here to discuss. Every Thursday, 6:00 PM, PST 9:00 PM EST on the app. Perfect. Underscore soccer, Instagram account, the mental strength league. You guys know what it is, I'm in your head, right? For those of you who are just tuning into this frequency, it is a game of mental 40 chess. One where you're either aware or wait. You're either aware and an active participant, or you are a pawn in the game sitting in plate because no one it is. So what is the MSL? It is the mindset you need to accomplish your goals.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:02:15):
Why should you have this mindset? So you can learn how to learn, why learn, how to learn. You may then be asking yourself well that's so you can know when and how you are stopping yourself from achieving your goals and what to do about it. And the ultimate question is when does this mindset start? The moment you decide to take responsibility for where you are, even if where you are, isn't your fault and put forth a plan to learn what you need to, to continue forward. So if you are ready for two days episode, I'm gonna need you guys to start spamming that heart button and dropping them on in your head. Emojis. If you guys are down with the MSL and, uh, those of you who are new, who are down to get down in the MSL, go ahead and drop them. I'm in your head, emojis and spam that hard button and a drop down below, or drop in the comments and stuff.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:03:03):
What you're excited about for today's episode, um, what you took away from last week, where you're calling in from where you guys are located. I threw a whole bunch of stuff out there. So you do what speaks to you in this moment, drop whatever you're feeling down in there while I move on to today's sponsor. Cause you guys know what it is now. We out here extra official with it. So, uh, today's episode of the hashtag S soccer pro show is brought to you by perfect soccer. You know what it is the number one platform to talk to learn from and work with pro soccer players. Sign up for your perfect soccer subscription today [email protected] slash subscription. You guys see that pin below. It is the ultimate soccer package. There's so much dope stuff that I won't even just go to. Perfect soccer skills.com/subscription. Check it out.
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Quincy Amarikwa (00:05:02):
We've been doing, uh, having a guest and last week episode one Oh two, we had, uh, Chris [inaudible], uh, my formal former teammate, MSL, mentee, current MSL, mentee, and, uh, most, uh, recent, recent perfect soccer intern, uh, joining last week, share a bit of his story, his path to the professional ranks, how he overcame cancer and his just overall mentality shift as a result of that and learning about the MSL. So if for those of you who didn't, uh, have a chance to listen to last week's episode, I highly recommend you catch the replay, uh, published over on perfect soccer skills.com. And for those of you who were in last week, what, uh, what were kind of your takeaways, uh, have, has anyone watched the rewatch, the replay, um, reprocessed self-reflected on that and, um, yeah. Uh, I'm, I'm wanting to do like a traditional MSL episode like today.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:06:00):
So episode one Oh three, where we, uh, we talked to the audience, we hear where you guys are at, what you took away from last week, guest episode, any person, any questions you have for me, uh, today, as well as I think we'll also begin Timmy pig, we'll be making a quick little appearance here for a couple of minutes, uh, for, for those of you who follow, obviously you follow the account, but you're keeping up to date. Connor manages the account day to day, and he's been, uh, sending out a couple of questions, uh, to the audience. And one of the questions that was sent out was tell us someone who is, um, underrated. And, uh, I liked Timmy pig, 14, the answer. So, uh, we'll have her on here in a, in a bit to, uh, share, share her answer and why that's the case.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:06:51):
So it should be a good one, should be a good one today and, uh, drop your questions in the box. If you've got any, and we'll do a bit of everything. We'll riff, give you guys some updates as to what's going on and, uh, all that good stuff. See Donna joined in what's what's going on, Donna Popa Jr said the mental strength, lead leak, flame emojis and the frequency. Yes, he is Emilio dropping them in your head. Uh, uh, I'm in here at emojis, uh, Umar doing the same path to pro soccer with three heart emojis. No, I'm loving, loving the engagement scene, everybody here.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:07:36):
Um, let's see. Let's see,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:07:42):
I see you guys dropping some stuff down there. I'll also give you guys kind of an update for those of you. Who've been following my personal account, Quincy Mariko account. You guys will know that we, uh, we purchased some land and we've got America acres jumping off, but that also doesn't mean,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:08:00):
Uh huh.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:08:03):
So getting into farming and ag, but that also doesn't mean we're not still staying prepared because you got to stay ready. So you don't have to get ready for the upcoming soccer season. I'm officially in my, what is this? So I'm, I'm in free agency and this will be my 13th year pro
Quincy Amarikwa (00:08:23):
If we
Quincy Amarikwa (00:08:25):
Ended up securing another contract here. So, um, gotta be getting that training in I'll know if you guys have been watching and the boys have been joining in as well too. So getting a lot of plyo work out here on, uh, America acres. So what have you guys been doing to keep it
Quincy Amarikwa (00:08:45):
In shape? Um, and have you been,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:08:51):
You guys have been following me. I sit here, my little one doing his thing. So I've been doing a lot of, uh, bounding work, plyo work. You see the little ones they're practicing, having some fun as well to you. Legs are still a little bit, I'm gonna lie. Legs are a little tired from
Quincy Amarikwa (00:09:08):
That work from yesterday's training.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:09:13):
But yeah, I'm planning on building kind of like a, a training, like a mini training facility with a weights, a wall full school and all that. So I'm looking forward to that. So I'll keep you guys, if you guys aren't already, um, if you guys aren't already following my personal and seeing what's been going on over there, don't miss out on some of that good wholesome content. All right. So let's see, uh, loving everyone spam that heart button appreciate that. Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:09:49):
Let's get into it. So,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:09:52):
Uh, Popa junior said, what I got from last week shows that you must not give up no matter what life throws at you, that is he solid and true takeaway. Um, so always good to connect with Chris and just see his progress. Um, especially coming back from, you know,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:10:12):
Something like cancer, right? It's no joke,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:10:18):
But he's got that long-term winners mindset. You guys know what it is. Uh, okay. Umar said when y'all spoke about the time sheets, that helped remind me how important and how important time management is with training. That is, that is a, that's a true shout. I, I think, I think you can tend to get so caught up in the new trend, the new craze, the new training program or whatever that, uh, you tend to forget. It's kind of time-tested things or what works and what's most effective. And that time management process, she in training is
Quincy Amarikwa (00:11:01):
Wow.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:11:01):
Provide a lot of dope content, resources and training in, um, on the perfect soccer platform and in the perfect soccer team members area. Um, you'll be hard pressed to find one, if there's only one thing that you could take in utilizing use that we provide, like, if you're saying, Hey, gun to your head, you got to just only one. I would say probably the most valuable one that would translate into the most success across everything in your life is the time management worksheet. So definitely sign up for your perfect soccer subscription and, uh, get yourself that, uh, right away. Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:11:38):
Because it's,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:11:41):
It's so many things wrapped up into one that it's simple enough to do, but it's kind of like the 10 pushup challenge, like as time goes on, it's really hard to do simple things well over a long duration of, and uh, if you can kind of master that, you're, you're the master of your, of your universe, you
Quincy Amarikwa (00:11:59):
Know what I mean? Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:12:01):
But that's a good shout Umar. I
Quincy Amarikwa (00:12:03):
Agree. Uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:12:06):
Joe Jackson, uh, Joe Jackson, that said, I liked the lesson to start planning ahead for after your career, because you never know when it could end, like he found out when he had to battle cancer. That's correct. Right. I think the thing that is most difficult for players to come to terms with, or to grasp is whether you have a 13 year career or a three-day career or no career, like almost a career, your career will end eventually one day. So, uh, the practical thing to do would be in your free time, cause you got a lot of it or your extra time, uh, spend some of it and by span, I mean invest some of that in planning for post-career. What do you want to do? What, what, what interests you, what, what industry would you like to be part of, uh, would you like to stay in soccer? Um, if so, how can you stay close to the game, um, who are people you can connect with along the way that can help you in that process and how can you, how can you develop skill sets so that you can, you can be a value add to the game and the community for, for a long time, not just, um, someone who's taking advantage of the current situation. Right.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:13:16):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:13:17):
Yeah, and I think that's really what our, you know, the perfect soccer internship program, um, is going to further help facilitate. We've been basically kind of like doing a beta that for like last year, like maybe like two years now.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:13:29):
Um, but, uh, yeah, dialed in
Quincy Amarikwa (00:13:36):
And with that, the onboarding process is flames. And I think, uh, for those of you who might be interested in an internship opportunity, we'll hopefully be posting some of that here. Soon. We could use some help on the social media side of stuff, community management, uh, engagement, uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:13:53):
Just making
Quincy Amarikwa (00:13:54):
Sure, making sure we're not, we, we provide so much value and give so much information that sometimes it can, it can be overwhelming and people can get lost. So community members are huge,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:14:04):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:14:05):
Are huge in helping us make sure that we're, we're making the content as digestible as possible, easiest to navigate as possible. So if you're interested in, you know, gaining some experience on that side and building that resume and building your network, cause you know, your network is your net worth, make sure to reach out, to contact the perfect soccer skills.com and uh, obviously be on the lookout for only ultimately kind of post those internship opportunities. I'm seeing some of you guys spend in that heart button. So,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:14:39):
Um, that'll be, that's good to see, um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:14:45):
Joe Jackson pushup challenge versus sir.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:14:48):
Yeah. He's him. The he's getting that upper, uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:14:52):
Dialed in a Nunez A's coinci time. You know, that is Chris what's happening brother. Welcome. Welcome. Uh, let's see. All right. So if you guys got any questions, go to drop them in the Oh, okay. There we go. Okay. So those are, uh, okay. These are people that responded in terms of who they feel are underrated. We've got some of those there now. Let's see. So you guys already know like fall on the, what do you call it? Feed your Jordan what's going on and McNasty welcome. Okay. So let's see. Timmy, Timmy P is N remember that when you get to college offers to, if you were to get injured, would you like that place beyond soccer? Can you plan beyond your career? Correct. Timmy's talking about team pig is talking about vision and having it. So you got it there, but that is a, that is a good point. And it's a good transition. And to have you on so we can, we can talk a bit about who you believe is extremely underrated.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:16:19):
Hello? Hello.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:16:21):
What's going on? How are you doing good. How are you? I'm good. I'm excited. I'm excited for this. Cause uh, uh, Connor had Connor had, uh, posted who's most underrated. Right? And he got, he got some answers and he said, uh, he said, Tammy pig said, she's the most? She said, she's the most underrated. I said, you know what? I love that energy. We need to have her on. And uh, if you got to state, state her case and let us know where she's coming from. Cause I, I liked that. And uh, maybe, uh, give us a little bit of background. What's your name? Where are you? Where are you from? How long have you been following the perfect soccer brand for and um, yeah, let's, uh, let's kind of break down, uh, your answer cause I liked it.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:17:05):
All right. Sounds good. So my name is Hannah. Um, I'm originally from Maryland, right, right out of DC. So I've followed DC United growing up. Um, big fan there. I'm in North Carolina now for college go to Campbell university, uh, junior. So that's what life is looking like right now. I do club soccer here, president, you know, get all that figured out for women's team. Yeah,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:17:33):
No, I'm okay. I love that. So, um, okay. So how long have you been following the perfect soccer brand for? Like how did you find out about us and what made you follow?
Quincy Amarikwa (00:17:43):
Um, well, so, okay. I originally met you after the game against LA galaxy at Aldi field. And I was like, okay, this guy's pretty cool. Right. Um, did a little bit of looking into it. I really been following the brand for about a little over a year now. Uh, really like last December is when I really got into the brand. So awhile,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:18:08):
I like that. Okay. So what's what stood out most to you. What have you, what is, what's your biggest takeaway from everything so far in,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:18:15):
Um, one of my big takeaways, like you said, um, is taking responsibility for where you're at at this moment, whether it's your fault or not, and owning where you're at and making that plan to get where you want to be. That one's huge for me because, you know, especially with COVID and everything, everyone's in a different place than what they expected. And it's not always that person's fault, but it's your job to get to a better place.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:18:43):
Okay. I love okay. I love that. That's that that's an MSL mindset you're coming at us with right now. Okay. So, all right. So speaking to that, where, where is it that you want to go? What's your goal? Where, what, what are you shooting for and um, what do you think you are needing to do to get there
Quincy Amarikwa (00:19:04):
Right now? Um, like I said, I'm in college, I'm majoring in special education. And my big goal right now is to get my licensure and start teaching. And of course COVID knock that out, mess things up. Cause we can't be in schools. We can't student teach. So for me, it's really the big plan of working on what I can do to still be involved with schools. What I can do to pass all my licensure tests, how I need to study, how I need to take responsibility for what I'm going to do and what I'm going to put forward to get where I need to be.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:19:38):
I love that. So. Okay. So, uh, I like that. We're gonna, we'll probably revisit that. Right. So I wanna, I wanna tie it into, uh, the question we had thrown out on the account, um, which was his missing underrated, right. To which you had answered yourself. Right. And okay. And why is, so why is that? You gotta, you gotta state your case, uh, share with us in the audience. Me, why, why you believe that's the case and, and, um, what, what your plan is, uh, to, to, to make that no longer the case in the future.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:20:18):
So I actually, when we get those little questions, you know, every week, every couple of days, whatever, I put some thought into them before I answer it. And I was like, you know, who's the most underrated, you know, women's soccer player right now. And originally when you think underrated, your mind goes to skill level first, because you think a good player is just skill and that's not trauma. Like, you know what, you can be underrated in the mindset and the vision that you bring to your team. And I feel like that's what I bring to my team. Not only just on the field, but to the people around me, I'm like, I have that ML, NFL mindset, like, you know, given the pep talks, letting people, helping people get to their goals and like sharing that wisdom that we learned from the show every week. It's like, I'm not just underrated on the field and what I can do with the ball. It's who I am, what I'm doing, what I'm saying, what I'm putting forth.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:21:08):
I like that that's confidence. And you're not able to say some stuff like that unless you're really doing the work, uh, when nobody's looking right. So, okay. I like that. And that's why when I, when I saw that answer, come in, I said, okay, we need to, let's see, let's see if she's about that action or if, or where she's at on that. So what do you, what do you feel is your, your biggest attribute? You know, you said, um, underrated, mentally, right. Mentality is something that's hard to see necessarily maybe in the short term, but results speak for itself over time. Right. But, uh, that, that takes time and it, sometimes it takes a real long time for people to see. Um, and a lot of people give up along the way. So what, what do you feel is unique uniquely? Um, what's unique to you? What's, what's that skillset what's that what's, that I'm losing, I'm not speaking the right word, but like to you, what, what do you define that to be for yourself? What is that
Quincy Amarikwa (00:22:08):
For me? I think I have, or I know I have good long-term planning and long-term vision, so I'm not just going to do what's good for me and my team in the moment I'm going to look forward at what, where we need to get and the steps to get there longterm.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:22:25):
Okay. And have you always had that skill set as that's something you've been developing over time? Like when, when did you really start leaning into that?
Quincy Amarikwa (00:22:35):
Um, I think I've always been good at looking ahead, but really the past, the past year with COVID, um, and not being able to do everything as we've always done and looking forward. So you know, where we want to be eventually playing games again and you know, what skill level we're going to need to be at and just how we're going to get there. Um, COVID has really helped me with all that planning and figuring out, you know, everything doesn't look right now, how we want it to look, but if we can create a vision for the future and a goal, we can work on getting there,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:23:10):
Love that. No, that's good. And the audience members are loving that as well to judge our dropped a bunch of I'm in your head emojis, um, uh, said solid answer, Whoa. A bunch of clap hands. Cause they're like in that, um, hashtag facts, uh, Kendall Cox had said perfect soccer lifestyle, uh, three heart emojis. Yeah. Everyone's loving, loving the energy and the, and the mindset and the mentality. And, um, you know, I'm glad we, I'm glad you, you able to hop l and share a little bit about that. So, okay. What is something I could do be of help. So is there any questions that you have, uh, ideas that you've been thinking of? Like what, what a, where are you, where are you at with all that?
Quincy Amarikwa (00:23:56):
Ooh, I don't know. I didn't come with a question prepared this week. Normally I have something in mind, something to drop.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:24:02):
There you go see a few to the future plan and I caught ya.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:24:05):
I know you did. We'll see. Cause my head was like, Oh, I'm hopping on today. Let me, you know, let me know what I'm going to go for. And now you turn it around on me. And you asked for a question, man. I don't know. I don't know. You know, you know how you can help. I've got this. You can keep me in mind for that internship position.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:24:28):
Okay. There we go. I like that. Okay. That's that's that's good transition. Okay. Um, what do you, what do you think your skill set is? Like what, what, what interests you most, what would you want to be involved in? Like what division do you already have an idea of, uh, where you wanted to gain some experience?
Quincy Amarikwa (00:24:47):
I would love to do like media stuff and kind of community outreach, you know, hear from everybody, get what they want from us. Hope, bring it back so we can make it better for the users, for the fans.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:25:02):
I like that. Okay. That's good. Cause I was talking with Serena about that in terms of like needing more needing to do a better job. Uh, so we talk about it, right? Self honesty for me when I'm reflecting on stuff, I go, okay, I need to be doing a better job of, of the community outreach of managing that. I think when, when I was first starting out and building the brand, you kind of, you do everything, uh, your, your customer support, your customer, your, your, your follow-up, your, you know, you're the janitor, you're cleaning things, you're technical, all of that. Um, but as you start to grow, you got to recognize when you got to delegate and elevate, right. And, and you guys know the core value here. Teamwork makes the dream work. So I liked that and I, we are going to make that happen. So I, 100% want to get you onboarded as an intern and in the community outreach department and division. So, um, yeah, no, I liked that. That was, that was good. See, now you caught me cause I go, Oh, okay. That's a good day.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:26:03):
That would be great.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:26:06):
Yeah, of course. So what we'll do here is, um, send, uh, okay. Uh, send an email to [email protected]. So we've got your contact information and then I'm going to connect you with Haley. She's our chief cultural officer, and she's been helping us refine the whole onboarding process. And we'll get you onboarded as an intern. We've got like some, uh, um, some onboarding training you go through. And then, uh, we have a interview to figure out what works, where, where you'd like to fit, but it already sounds like, you know where that is. So we'll be able to kind of move forward with that. Great, straightforward, dope. Um, Emilio's dropping fire emojis. Uh, Kendall said, uh, look at you, purpose driven, purpose driven, um, and then Pagosa, the MSM mindset is such a positive mindset. No, I love, I love that. Uh, Hannah, I appreciate you one, uh, following the brand and, uh, being willing to jump on here on the live and share a bit of your experience. And I'm also looking forward to having you join as a perfect soccer intern. So
Quincy Amarikwa (00:27:13):
Great. Thanks for having me.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:27:15):
Of course. Um, uh, maybe what we'll have to have a check-in after you've, uh, been working with us for a little while and get your updates and you can let the people know, uh, the good, the bad and, uh, and everything.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:27:29):
Of course, of course. Cell phone is honesty.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:27:33):
Love that. All right. Thanks. I'll speak to you soon.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:27:36):
All right. Thanks. Bye.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:27:42):
Okay. Of that. Look at that. We've got another perfect soccer intern. Shout out, Hannah. See you guys spamming that heart button. The community grows. Um, Oh, that's really dope. Shout out Connor. Um, an OJI perfect soccer intern. Um, for coming up with the question and, and, um, and big shout out to Hannah for throwing her name in the hat, you know, that only comes with building that confidence over time and doing the work to be ready when your opportunity comes, you guys know what it is. You gotta stay ready, so you don't have to get ready. And Hannah was ready. Um, let's see. POBA had said, well, I'm here. I'm here. Look like, uh, it looks like I'm stuck in Jamaica for now until I come back. And I've been given an opportunity to sign up with the inner sports management to get an opportunity, to get a trial at a pro level part one.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:28:46):
Well, being in Jamaica is not too, not a bad shot. I would assume them whether it's pretty nice over there, but congratulations on signing with your management team. I hope you get an opportunity here soon. Uh, Kendall said that was super fun. Yeah, no, that was dope. I was like, uh, having some time with the community and having you guys join in and share your experiences, especially, um, what you've taken away from the brand and the show over time, you know, we've been doing NASA soccer show for almost like over what, two years now. And perfect soccer started in 2013. So was that year or year eight? Yeah, my math serves me right. Um, platform grows and I'm, I'm glad to hear that you guys are getting a lot of, um, uh, value out it, a lot of positive, positive vibes, a positive community. And, um, with Hannah's help here, we'll, uh, we'll further, we'll further refine and increase our community outreach.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:29:54):
So that's dope. Let's see.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:29:58):
So if you guys got any questions, drop them in the question box here. Um, so we can get to them.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:30:08):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:30:14):
Can I say 105 episodes? No, I think we're episode one of three today's episode. One to three.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:30:19):
Oh, let me see. Double check. Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:30:27):
ISA said, I love your videos, heart emoji. Thank you very much. I appreciate the, I appreciate the support and you watch it and,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:30:36):
Uh, being a follower, um, he could see what I was doing here. I'll look it up in our Slack channel.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:30:44):
No. Yeah. So episode yeah, episode one or two last week with, um, with Chris [inaudible] and then we've got episode one Oh three today with Hannah,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:30:56):
Um, stopping by, uh, see what else we've got here.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:31:10):
I mean, it also, I mean, what's also going on it's, uh, black history month. Um, we've been seeing, uh, MLS has been doing a lot more this time around
Quincy Amarikwa (00:31:22):
Aye.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:31:25):
I'm seeing a lot more posted on their accounts and highlighting a lot of, a lot of players and,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:31:35):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:31:38):
With the recent completion and ratification of the CBA, uh, the MLS we'll get back to play. I think what was it? April 17th or April 14th is the official start date. There's still quite a, still a little bit of time. Are we? January? February,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:31:56):
March, April may vary.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:31:59):
But the rest of February, March and April, There's a little bit of time is who's who's looking forward to the MLS season. And um, what are you going to, what are you going to be focused on and doing now until then? It's still, still a little bit of time before things get back going. Okay.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:32:32):
Sorry. Today it's been a long day.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:32:37):
Uh, portable said it's my birthday month. My next week. Oh, well happy early birthday.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:32:43):
Okay.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:32:45):
The Bronx blues said what's up. What's going on? Um, shout out from we're from New York city FC, shout out Sean Johnson,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:32:55):
The captain, uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:33:01):
Uh, Joe Jackson had said, hopefully that that's more long-term than just because of what has been happening the last year. Hopefully that's more long-term uh, I, I, with relation to what I feel like I might've said something and now I'm blanking on what you're saying. You're hoping is more longer.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:33:20):
Sure.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:33:24):
Judge. I said, uh, seeing Wando lift a cup, that's what I'm excited for the season. Hey, advance. Got it. I think the trophy he got was some supporters' shield, right? Like 2012 or something. Was it 2012? 13? It was during like the bash brothers era. Oh, G Oh G MLS. Good times. I loved that time. I'm biased because that's my time. But also because I think it was like the best time, because it was, I think it was just like a great blend of great players, but great personalities and people just enjoying it and having a good time and like making it more entertainment than,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:34:10):
You know,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:34:12):
Football. Like I get it, like it's important. You want to win games and championships and playoffs and stuff. You can do that and have fun. And I think like that era did a good job of, of getting, getting the work done, but also having fun and, and making it, uh, I mean, entertainment, the entertainment factor I think was different than, than it is now, but maybe that's just old man talking old young man talking.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:34:45):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:34:48):
Yeah, Joe Jenkinson, MLS is doing more for black history month. Yeah, they are. I mean, it's not too hard for them to do much more. They haven't really done anything in the past, but the fact that they're doing it now is a, is a good sign. Um, I think positive,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:35:03):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:35:05):
Uh, the Bronx said, I can't imagine if the MLS season was positive if they didn't reach a CBA agreement. Yeah. Um, that was like the third renegotiation of the CBA in 18 months. Something like that. Those are no, like, that's no simple task. There's like a lot goes into that. Um, it seems like the MLS PA uh, learn their lesson from the last, the, the original CBA signing that, but not ratifying it before the league ultimately backed out. And then through in their force majeure clause and a bunch of other little things that wouldn't have necessarily, uh, gotten passed, had it not been for the lack of the ratification of the CVA, which just means like, making it official, like, uh, you know, crossing all the T's dotted, all the I's. Um, This one seemed like the deal got done and ratified within like 48 hours. So,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:36:08):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:36:13):
Let's see, Joseph don't get me started with the bash roads. Good times is bringing those guys out of retirement. Just, just for like, just to sub on the last minute of every game. I think they could do that. Right. That's the word there? They've got four substitutions now. Right. That's like the new rule. So there you go. Uh, yeah, that's what I meant. Hopefully they're doing more for black history month and that long-term rather than just Oh. Of what has been happening in the last year. So, uh, I know. Okay. I follow you. Yeah. And I agree. Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:36:57):
Yeah,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:36:57):
I, and I, and it's also difficult because you're saying like, okay, they're just doing it because it's relevant and necessary. Is that, is that something that they're going to be doing regularly here moving forward? Or is this just kind of to check some boxes here in the short term? Um, I'd like to think that those boxes will have to be checked for the longterm. So regardless of if it's just to check boxes now or, or, or because it's popular, I think it's part of the process now. So, um, I think that's important. Uh, the league has spent a lot of time, effort and energy, uh, marketing and pushing the message that it is an inclusive, diverse league. And, um, you know, really hangs their hat on that, but the data doesn't necessarily substantiate that. So I think it's important that, you know, the mechanisms are put in place to hold, hold the league accountable for all the things that it, that it makes public statements of and knowing that, you know, knowing that it takes time to actually execute on those things. And if you say so many things so often, sometimes it can be hard to keep track of all of it and hold people accountable, but that's what we're here for. So no worries about that. The perfect soccer community, the three S's of self-awareness self honesty, self initiative, self accountability, we're here upgrading the,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:38:26):
The, uh, the,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:38:29):
The soccer IQ of America, America one live at a
Quincy Amarikwa (00:38:36):
Time. Let's see. Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:38:48):
Just said Ray, for a funny story. So seeing the team chemistry was very motivating in terms of getting me through a third ACL surgery, especially the cam from Lenny and Gordo. So I got a custom Jersey, I'm assuming you got a custom Jersey. Oh, with them on it. That's dope. That's, that's a cool story. That's cool. A year, right?
Quincy Amarikwa (00:39:08):
Like
Quincy Amarikwa (00:39:11):
That entertainment factor, that fun factor in the, those guys, you know, if that helped you get through, uh, your third ACL surgery, I mean, they were doing, they're doing meaningful, impactful work that, uh, That people can just see for the first time. Now that's pretty dope. You think about that. Speaking of, um, Hannah's, um, talking about long-term vision and long-term goals and making those decisions in the short term that people don't necessarily see, but we can see the long-term impact. So J J a J J one, two, three,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:39:49):
Uh, S uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:39:52):
Is given the, the bash brothers a solid shout out for helping him through a difficult, difficult time. So we're all connected. Everybody. I love that. That's a dope story. And that's what the perfect soccer platform's here for to kind of share those stories, those experiences. Um, it's a beautiful thing. Uh, S the S the E S T E B a N C underscore 14 said, what a coincidence LOL just saw the video of you trolling LA galaxy. Uh, where'd you see the video, uh, when was that and trolling or teaching them, teaching them valuable life lessons and MSL mentality, uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:40:43):
Skills controls
Quincy Amarikwa (00:40:46):
Another way of saying it, but that's, that's one way, but,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:40:50):
Um, but love that, um, let's see, which
Quincy Amarikwa (00:41:07):
The Bronx blue said, are you in a car? LOL? Yes, I'm in a car. So I'm on my I'm on my land and my land. I don't have the greatest service out here, but I've got one little spot on the land where I get solid service. So I drive out over to it and you guys know what it is. Every Thursday, 6:00 PM, PST 9:00 PM EST. We go live on the account, break down the MSL, talk to the community, uh, share these experiences. Um, and we'd make it work. We figure out what it is we need to do to make it work. And we make it work. No excuses, no excuses play like a champion.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:41:44):
Uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:41:45):
Yeah. Right. If it works, it works. Yup.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:41:50):
Yo uh, Pocus said it is what it is. Yes. So, I mean like
Quincy Amarikwa (00:42:08):
MLS has just been there hasn't been any for awhile and it's still going to be a little bit of time until that comes back. What's, uh, what's keeping your guys's attention. Like what's new, you, uh, learn in something new reading, new books, watching new, anything like what's, what's the deal. Joe Jackson said, adapter dime in your head emoji.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:42:32):
That's right. That's right. Uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:42:37):
As the said, uh, came up on my YouTube feed. Also watched your highlights on the MLS channel. Great stuff, man. Uh, thanks, man. I appreciate that. Unders under sticks it, I have an open trout for a professional team this Saturday. Is there any advice you have for this scenario?
Quincy Amarikwa (00:43:01):
Um, let's see. Well, yeah,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:43:06):
If you've done your research and, and you know about the organization, the coach, the staff, and like what they're looking for,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:43:15):
Um, stick to it.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:43:17):
You, what, you know, you're good at, don't try to do what you think they want you to do. If that isn't what you're already good at or trained for,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:43:29):
Or, or
Quincy Amarikwa (00:43:33):
Yeah. Specialized in. So I'll make it super simple. So like simplified, but like, so the concept is understood. So let's say you're, you have really good, long dirt, long, uh, long distance endurance. So you have really high stamina and you show up and you see, they really need sprinters. Don't change your game from a long stamina person to trying to sprint on that day, do what you're good at and what you do, because you might not get your opportunity there. But someone there might see your quality as a long-term endurance, stamina, sprinter, and speak highly of you for your next opportunity, as opposed to, if you jump ship and try to be a sprinter and you, that's not what you're optimized for. That's not what you're good at. You'll look bad as a spiritual you'll be thought of as a sprinter. And now maybe those other connections and people aren't even making like there, a lot of this is a lot of the game is how people perceive you and how they speak about you to others.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:44:37):
So if they see you on the day and you have a horrible session and you don't do well and you didn't do well, not because you're not a good player, but because you, you know, you started playing, you started trying to play to the moment. Well, you know, people who don't know, you might not give you that benefit of doubt and might not see that. So if someone else asks about you, they only have that frame of reference to speak about you and really quickly your brand and your name and your opportunities can become a non-existent. So that would be my advice,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:45:12):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:45:15):
Have that long-term view. I think everything's coming down a longterm vision, right? Know what you're good at commit to what you're good at, develop your craft at what you're were good at and, um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:45:28):
Remain committed to it.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:45:30):
And, um, try to create that long-term plan and vision and slow and steady wins the race. But you got to believe that I believe enough to, to commit to doing the work, even when you can't see results of the work that you're doing yet. I mean, that can always, they can get hard to remember and stick to you. Um, uh, I'm speaking to myself just as much as I'm speaking to you guys, when, when I'm, when I'm sharing this advice or sharing my thoughts or approach or how I think about it because, um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:46:02):
You know,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:46:03):
Got to practice. What I preach, uh, today was today was a tough day for me, right? And, and tough days are just part are part of it. They are not fun when they happen. And you, you tried, you, you got your ways of getting through them and moving through them as quickly as possible, but it's also important to recognize them and be grateful for them.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:46:26):
Um, because you know,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:46:32):
It tends to be the difficult times that help build your character and define who you want to be. So I'm speaking to long-term vision that can be difficult and difficult times realizing that that difficult time, this difficult moment will be something that you should hope to reflect back on in the future and be grateful for because it, it gave you an insight and experience a perspective that allowed you to get to where you want to be. Um, so if you can see that as a result in the future, bring that into now. So realize that, realize that in the moment and, um, pull yourself out.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:47:17):
And that's me talking myself through, pull myself out of a tough day. Um, our times our most valuable, we don't know how much have we, we've got, and we want to be grateful, um, for every minute, every second of it, but we can forget that because we're human, we make mistakes, but through making mistakes, if we choose, we can learn from those mistakes. Um, but yeah, those good questions, good luck at your trout. I hope, um, hope you get what you need from it. Uh, the rock said New York city FC, hasn't signed anyone. I think everyone's just trying to figure out how to get the CBE done. And if we're going to have a season, and then from there, you know, who do you sign and how, and when, like, that's been an interesting, like this last two years, obviously it's been interesting. Um, the whole free agency, you know, uh, just the whole soccer market has just kind of been flipped upside down. And like, this process has completely like,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:48:38):
Mm,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:48:39):
Foreign. But I think that also creates opportunity a lot of opportunities. So we'll see. I'm optimistic.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:48:46):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:48:49):
Let's see. David Goggins said can't hurt me. Such a good book. Oh, okay. David Goggins can't hurt me. Not, he said that that's the name of his book. Can't hurt me. It's such a good book. I haven't, I haven't read that. I've heard a lot of people speak about him. So, um, uh, speaking of someone who told me about it, I think it was Ben Ben Olson. So episode 100, if you guys didn't check episode 100 replays up on perfect separate skills.com with my former, uh, D uh, my former coach and former DC United coach Ben Olson, um, he had, he had sent me something about David Goggins saying that I had reminded him. I think it's like that day at practice, we had that edit, reminded him of, uh, reminded me of him. So, like I said, I've been hearing that, so I need to go and check out some of his stuff. See what he's all about? Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:49:49):
Uh, yes. Okay. Uh, the community saying good luck with the tryout Anders. Uh, we look forward to the update next week. Yeah, that'd be dope. Uh, Oh, he's and he's from New York. So there we go. Okay. We've got a lot of East coast, new Yorkers, um, on the live, uh, today, uh, uh, Esther said get a Mohawk and paint it red. You'll stand out that way. Yeah. That's, that's a way to do it. Make sure your make sure you're, uh, you're fit and you're ready to go because a lot of attention is going to be on you. So make sure you, uh, over-deliver does like we do here on the perfect soccer platform over deliver, leave every exchange haven't given more than you received. Okay.
Quincy Amarikwa(00:50:30):
Um, let's see,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:50:35):
Uh, under, under said thank you. That is a point I had in mind. I'm trying to play my game and not fall into any temptations or other people's ideas. There you go. Good. So yeah, remain focused on that, man.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:50:49):
Uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:50:51):
Ryan said I wanted a chance to show my football. I'm your fan here in Brazil? Yo, shut up Brazil. I feel like we're getting more followers from Brazil as well. T joining in, um, joining the community. Uh, yeah. Well, you get yourself a perfect soccer subscription and you can, um, you can showcase your skills on your, uh, custom perfect cyber skills.com URL link to promote yourself to coaches and
Quincy Amarikwa (00:51:16):
In agents. Let's see.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:51:24):
And we got, we got like five more minutes here before we'll call it, uh, an evening. So if you guys get any more questions, drop them in the, either in the chat or
Quincy Amarikwa (00:51:35):
In the, you call it in the feed.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:51:40):
No, what I was looking for, I felt like it was trying to look for something,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:51:47):
Just
Quincy Amarikwa (00:51:47):
Getting stuff together, like doing a little bit too much, you know, you guys know it is, I've been doing a little bit too much and trying to, I've been trying to dial back and really, uh, focusing on Things that I want to spend my time doing and, and removing the things that I don't want to be doing.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:07):
Um, more quickly.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:11):
I think sometimes I take too long to, um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:15):
To
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:16):
Drop things. I know I probably should, but,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:19):
Um, uh, I'm, uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:22):
I'm like a romantic when it comes to, um, my optimism. I just want more, a little bit more. It can be difficult with long-term winners mindset and being committed to things for longterm. Um, one of your blind spots is knowing when, when it's time to move on to something else or to pivot.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:41):
So
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:42):
There's positive and negative to it.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:45):
And, uh, you know,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:48):
Focused on trying to get better at it every day. I'm seeing, uh, the Bronx spam, that
Quincy Amarikwa(00:52:52):
Heart button, um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:53:00):
Uh, Jesse, I gotta head out same plant tomorrow cake cake, but your team go, uh, Brock said, what time did the live start? You know, come on, man, come on, man. Every Thursday, 6:00 PM, PST 9:00 PM EST on the app. Perfect. Underscore soccer, Instagram account. That's when the, the ASCA soccer pro show live.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:53:25):
Um, he
Quincy Amarikwa (00:53:26):
Said, next time I can promote the stream on my story, because I obviously have nothing else to post. There you go. You got a teamwork, makes the dream work. We got to start building the community more so we can just, we can make it more cross-promotional and, um, everyone can become aware of everybody else's niche, content, um, uh, area of expertise, you know? Um, Oh, thinking of that. Okay. So a new perfect soccer, perfect soccer order just came through. Let's see. Let's see what that individual just ordered. Okay. So Xavier just got himself. Ooh. Okay. He got a perfect soccer.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:54:11):
I got a perfect soccer, sweat, uh, weather sweater. I'm trying to hold on, make sure to showcases shipping information. So it came through, I don't know that one just came through three days ago. Okay. This one, now that was ex-Navy. Okay. Xavier ordered something three days ago. Let's see what we got here. Okay. I think this is the first order of the men's joggers. So should a minute, a minute ago. Can I flip it? Yeah. Okay. So MSL all over men's joggers. I can't really see it too much. Just came in. Thank you for the order one, uh, Texas, appreciate that. Um, you know, like I said, you guys were adding weight, uh, way more products to the store. Lots of merchants. And if you guys have any ideas, design ideas and stuff that you want made or created, we'll get those done and added to, uh, add it to the store ASAP.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:55:19):
Uh, but like I was saying, yeah, like cross-promoting each other, um, sharing what each other's specialties and, and, um, and passions are for the game. Cause like you said, like there, I think there's just a couple of new Yorkers joined in on the live tonight, another aware of the Bronx and the Bronx blues. And I'm aware that the Bronx, Bronx blues has a, uh, a stream. So there you go. That's a community. You guys know what it is. Your network is your net worth teamwork equals dreamwork. And as I say that John Hollinger joins in because John knows teamwork equals dreamwork. Um, Yoshi said, yo, Quincy, I've got training right now, but just wanted to stop by and say, what's up. Hey, thanks for stopping by. I appreciate it. Even if you guys can only pop in for a quick hot second, I, I value your time and appreciate you spending some time here with me.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:56:18):
Um, John said, how's the club search going for 20, 21, to be honest, uh, I haven't been going full on it yet, mainly because there wasn't any like set date. And usually because there's no one, there's no set date, a lot of clubs and organizations are just kind of like spinning their wheels in limbo because they're not going to give you any definitive answers because they don't have one. I'm not saying like that's the best or the smartest way to go about doing it, but Hey, everyone has their own way of doing stuff. So now that that's kind of in place and there's more clarity around that. Um, and with the experience that I had of just realizing like the results of last year, a lot of clubs reassessed their entire business model structure, um, reassessed, how they bring in players. And if you've guys have been noticing like the average age of players that they're bringing in and signing are definitely much, much younger, which is okay in many, many regards.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:57:19):
And I understand why a lot of them are thinking that, but what they're missing out in on is you definitely need your O G veterans to properly teach these youngsters how to be good pros and how to develop into, uh, reaching their fullest potential. Because a lot of players have a lot of potential. Right. But, um, is one thing execution is another. And, um, I think, uh, the most forward thinking clubs will snatch up veteran talent soon. Yeah. And if they don't, then I don't think they're very forward-thinking and they will struggle. And I'm just saying that because it's true. And you guys already know the truth is true, whether you believe it or not, just like we told everyone 2020 is about the vision we've been saying. We had been saying that well before the pandemic was a thing and anyone knew about it. Well before 2020, one's about the frequincy, the frequincy, uh, in my free agency, 2021, the frequincy while we're dialed in, who you think is going to be riding that forward, thinking wave a smart organization that can recognize high value assets. That's who let's see. Let's see. Yeah. We'll start wrapping it up here.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:59:01):
He had, John said, teamwork makes the dream work. Seeing everyone's spamming that hard by them loving that, uh, Brock said, I should get all my fellow New York city FC fans to read these streams, come join, come join. We'd love to have you, um, love to have you. And uh, you got to get out there advocating for advocating and promoting, and I'm telling people to make sure they're paying attention to my boy. Sean Johnson mans is about to make waves here. Uh, let's see, uh, Joe Jackson said, I know we're almost done here again. Quincy just want to say great. Live, always love it and have a great weekend or have a great week. Thank you very much, Joe. I appreciate that right back out, right back into my brother. You know, so that's, that's a wrap. We'll wrap it up there, everybody. I appreciate you joining in for, uh, episode one Oh three of the hashtag ask a soccer pro show. The Brock said, Sean Johnson, that is correct. Uh, who you guys are, what 2021 is about to bring some will say they did. They couldn't see it coming. No one could predict that. But those who are down in the MSL know that that is not true.
Quincy Amarikwa (01:00:25):
Uh, uh, w we need to get an MSL group chat on IgG. Uh, I know we got a Facebook group. Yeah. Like I said, community outreach, yo, shout out Hannah, bringing her on with the intern, um, as an intern to help with that. Cause I need, I need a lot of help with the community management of our Instagram groups or Facebook groups and stuff. Cause those are great ideas. I, I love them. Um, I just don't have the, I don't have the bandwidth to properly dedicate the time and attention necessary to, uh, facilitate like the day to day. But if you guys are down for that and helping me build that out, um, please send me a send, uh, send an email to [email protected]. Yeah. If you guys are down to help with community management and kind of tying these things together and for the, long-term not just like a, you know, I'm due for a week or two weeks, I'm talking about like, even if we're just doing it like once a week or once every other week for the next like six months, at least so we can get an idea of it makes sense.
Quincy Amarikwa (01:01:28):
And people like it and they participate then, uh, send an email, let me know you want to be an intern and we'll kind of get that process going. Um, cause I need help with that. I need to help with a lot of stuff. Everyone I'm going gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I need help with a lot of things. So if you guys are open to helping, I'm open to receiving help. So, uh, thanks again to everybody who joined in. I appreciate all the questions, all the positive vibes and um, yeah. Uh, see everybody same time, same place next week, just in case the Bronx forgot it's 6:00 PM. PST 9:00 PM EST every Thursday on the app. Perfect. Underscore soccer, Instagram account. And as always everybody, you know what it is, I mean, you had later.
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DAYS 8-14
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DAY EIGHT [JAN 8]
9:00 AM - Wake up still feeling full from yesterday’s black bean burgers. Make a chemex and start working. I have a performance evaluation today and as well as an after-work happy hour so I want to try to get everything done before the review and then workout after before HH.
10:30 AM - Eat a banana
12:30 PM - Have a short break before my performance review. Make a Greek-ish salad and drink a Seltzer before my quarterly performance review which I am slightly nervous for since I was very slow in both November & December.
3:00 PM - Performance review went well. No criticism from my boss, though I should’ve known. She is the most direct supervisor I’ve ever had so I always know where I stand. Eat some grapes. I’m not super sore today but there’s something in me that’s saying to take a breather from exercising today (probably my “reward” for a good performance review), so I slowly finish my work for today.
4:00 PM - My best friend (let’s call her T) from high school calls and we catch up for 45 minutes. Pour a mezcal soda while we chat. I let her go attend Happy Hour and realize this after work HH thing isn’t happening. Today is David Bowie’s bday and I get sentimental about the annual David Bowie Nights I would do with H (I never gave him a name in my last diary, but we’ve remained pals over the years and he will probably come up more this time around). I FaceTime H kinda drunkenly and he goes to the corner store and joins me with a bottle of wine. I pour a second mezcal soda. We chat until 7:45 and I lowkey make dinner towards the end.
8:00 PM - K and I eat veggie sandwiches with potatoes for dinner. He slinks off to work more and I facetime another friend, J to chat about H’s latest drama. 
10:00 PM - Go out on the couch to find K already falling asleep. I’m kind of drunk anyways and there’s no point staying up so we decide to turn in.
DAY EIGHT TOTAL: $0
DAY NINE
2:00 AM - Wake up sweating. This is my new hangover thing and has been happening throughout quar. Drink some water, turn on the fan, and stay up for an extra 30 minutes until I pass out again.
9:15 AM - Wake up feeling ok! Make a chemex and watch the latest episode of Dessert Person on YouTube.
10:30 AM - Get started on blog stuff for the day. I have a stacked list of stuff I want to shoot this weekend. I’m only one ingredient spread in before I start to feel light-headed from last night’s alcohol, so I break to make breakfast – tofu/egg scramble tacos with soyrizo. I still feel a little weird after so I drink a nuun and things start to improve.
3:30 PM - I shoot thousand island dressing, Russian dressing, cauliflower leek soup, and the first half of seitan corned beef. Tomorrow I’ll finish that, and shoot rubens, italian dressing and a greek salad. I don’t usually shoot 7 recipes in one weekend, but I’m very much out of content. 
4:30 PM - Finish shooting for the day and eat a small bowl of cauliflower leek soup. 
6:00 PM - Working out on the weekends is always hard because of lack of routine / structure, but I suck it up and do a barre live stream. Shower and watch the last of the Suns game and import photos. 
7:45 PM - Make veggie sandwiches with miso butter green beans for dinner. This is the last of our veggie sandwiches which is sad. I love them so much! Spend the rest of the evening with K. We watch part of the 76ers game where they only had 7 players, a few episodes of Letterkenny, and then I read Remain in Love while he played RocketLeague.
DAY NINE TOTAL: $0
DAY TEN
8:45 AM - Doomscroll in bed for a bit and finally make myself a chemex. Put on an old episode of The Challenge. Buy a very belated birthday present for a friend - mamafuku seasoned salts. $34.95
10:30 AM - Pump myself up for shooting for the rest of the day. I have to finish the seitan, then shoot a greek dressing, a greek salad, and reuben sandwiches. None of these things should take too long but I also shot all day yesterday so I’m dragging ass. 
3:15 PM - Finially finish! I ended up also taking a decent break to chat with my sister on the phone part way through. I think everything looks alright though. 
4:00 PM - Import photos, eat a cup of cauliflower leek soup with a La Croix, watch an episode of The Challenge, try to hype myself up to exercise but by the time I am ready to play DDR, K says we’ll be zooming with his parents in just a short while.
5:30 PM - Drink the last of the wine in the house – a true bummer – on zoom with K’s parents. Cook dinner after – reubens with miso butter broccoli with more La Croix. We watch some Letterkenney and then K plays RocketLeague while I read some Remain in Love / zone out on fone. 
9:00 PM - K finishes playing and I assume the DDR position. My tracking has already improved quite a bit since Tuesday. I play most of the tracks on standard and close my Apple Watch rings after 30 minutes. Rinse off, put the Challenge back on and edit photos of Russian Dressing. 
DAY TEN TOTAL: $34.95
DAY ELEVEN
8:30 AM - Ugh Monday. I actually have a lot to do already today. Make a chemex and do the dishes leftover from yesterday’s cooking adventures. Pure barre charge comes through. $15
9:45 AM - I have a giant stack of packages and mail in the house from the past few weeks. Open up one of them and it contains a phone case I bought from a “tech company” that is probably just a fancy version of Wish. Slap it on my phone. I honestly can’t believe I went over a month without a case without cracking anything. I’m amazing.
10:00 AM - Missed a call on Friday afternoon from an appraiser scheduler, so I call them back to get something on the calendar for next week after MLK day so I have the 3-day weekend to clean. Eat yogurt for breakfast.
12:00 PM - Make a greek salad for lunch with a La Croix. It’s really good but not very filling. I have a feeling today is going to have a heavy snack vibe.
2:00 PM - Eat a handful of pretzels. 
3:00 PM - Eat 2 clementines
4:00 PM - Eat a handful of tortilla chips. Start thinking about dinner. Don’t want to do reubens and burritos sound really nice so I start the process of making chile de arbol salsa and instant pot refried beans.
5:30 PM - Do a Pure Barre livestream. My focus is a little better than Saturday, so I’ll take it!
7:00 PM - Make rice on the stove while I clear some dishes and make burritos for din. Spend the rest of the eve watching random YouTube videos with K. He falls asleep at some point on and I turn on The Challenge. 
11:00 PM - Gently wake K up and we head to bed. Put on the Suns game from earlier and cuddle up. By the end of the first quarter, I’m asleep.
DAY ELEVEN TOTAL $15
DAY TWELVE
8:30 AM - Wake up to find a couple of weird charge notifications. One is from Instacart for the exact amount of my last order – a duplicate charge. And the other is an auto-ship from Thrive market but it was supposed to charge my mom. I text her to let her know she owes me $20. I won’t include either of these charges since I’ll get reimbursed / refunded. The autoship also reminds me to look at the account and cancel my next one with Thrive.
9:00 AM - Get the stuff sorted out with Instacart. They’re going to email my sister (we share this account) the deets and she’ll forward to me. Make a chemex and make my way through the stack of paper mail before starting my workday. One of them is a confirmation of my credit score – 749. Sign a bunch of papers and put them in a giant envelope to send back to the loan company.
10:00 AM - Eat plant yogurt for breakfast and try to focus on the outstanding tasks I have this AM which is surprisingly kind of a lot.
11:45 AM - H texts me saying he forgot his wallet to buy lunch and asks me to place an order at Chipotle that he can pick up. Always happy to help! Place the order online and it’s $10.43. He PayPals me $10 for the damage. $0.43
12:45 PM - Make a greek salad for lunch with a La Croix. This salad has like 5 calories since the dressing is oil-free and leaves me wanting more. 
1:00 PM - Eat a handful of mini pretzels. 
3:00 PM - Heat up a small bowl of cauliflower lentil soup. Officially done snacking until din.
5:15 PM - Done with workie. Make a nuun and do barre live stream. The class recording this time is actually “easy” which is nice – my body must be adjusting to the new moves. Make leftover bean cheeze and rice burritos for din.
7:00 PM - K and I watch King of the Hill for a bit and then he plays RocketLeague while I read some Remain in Love and then work on a post for Russian dressing. Watch some of the Challenge in the background.
DAY TWELVE TOTAL: $0.43
DAY THIRTEEN
8:30 AM - Good morning to me! See a charge come in from Blueland for soap & dishwasher tablets. Kind of a bummer because I don’t need them at all right now. Move my next delivery date to November 1 and put a note on my calendar a week before to check my stock. Note that the Instacart charge is gone. Hooray! Make a chemex, do the dishes and spray down the counters. $25.19
9:30 AM - Not sure what it is about today, but my calendar is clear and I know tomorrow is going to suck with meetings, so I really take my time and ease into the day. I don’t feel super confident posting the Russian dressing all over the interweb and would rather stage it as a thousand island vs Russian dressing kind of thing, so I just decide to post on Insta, Pinterest, and one Reddit forum before deciding that’s good enough. 
10:00 AM - Eat a yogurt. These Oui ones are really too sweet for me, but I’m at the mercy of whatever is on sale because honestly yogurt is a giant rip off. I should learn how to make my own.
12:30 PM - Make another greek salad with La Croix for lunch. Fully prepared to snack again since this guy is just not very filling. 
1:20 PM - Eat a handful of mini pretzels
2:30 PM - Eat a cup of cauliflower leek soup. I’m actually caught up on work for once which is nice. Looking forward to knocking out barre before 7 PM - hah. We’re still a week out from needing groceries, but it takes a while to plan/prep. With the appraisal on Tuesday, I know it’s not going to be a fun weekend so I start thinking about what I want to make for the rest of the month.
3:30 PM - Find a bougie polenta recipe I want to give a go as well as shoot oil-free instant pot refried beans and nacho cheese with potatoes and carrots. And use all of that to make sheet pan nachos. Should be a fun weekend of shooting there. Eat grapes. 
4:30 PM - I can’t hang with how hungry I am. Eat tortilla chips and salsa. Do a barre live stream and do a peloton 10 minute low impact ride. 
8:00 PM - K isn’t hungry for dinner so I heat up a Philly burrito and eat it with more tortilla chips and Sweedish Fish for “dessert.” I watch some of The Challenge and then K and I play Mario Kart and watch Letterkenny before turning in.
DAY THIRTEEN TOTAL: $25.19
DAY FOURTEEN
8:30 AM - I hate 9 AM meetings. Get my shit together enough to make a chemex before I have to be on the call.
10:00 AM - I can’t handle how many snacks I keep eating throughout the day. Toast a bagel for breakfast with Earth Balance, everything but the bagel seasoning, nooch, and salt. Eat some Sweedish Fish while I wait for the bagel to toast.
12:30 PM - Make the same greek salad with a lemon La Croix. I eat quickly as I have to present at 1 so I eat quickly in prep for that.
2:50 PM - It’s over! It went well and got good compliments on my presentation skills by all parties. AND I’m not starving. A win for all! I realize half the lights in my bedroom & bathroom are out which is a bad scene for appraisal. Buy some replacements on Amazon. $27.98
3:10 PM - Start building the grocery order for next Wednesday. I realize I’m doing this really far in advance, but I’m worried I won’t have the gusto for it this weekend. 
4:30 PM - Heat up a small cup of cauliflower leek soup for a snack. Debate to myself about whether or not I want to do barre and for whatever reason an hour of it sounds boring. DDR sounds fun though so I go for that instead. Get a good cal burn and even AA Kind Lady on Heavy. It’s coming back baby!
6:00 PM - Rinse off and make dinner – we’re doing Reubens tonight with roasted potatoes. Really really delicious dang. 
8:30 PM - Drink a yellow chartreuse with Lagunitas Hop Water and play Mario Kart with K. Then edit photos of cauliflower lentil soup for my blog.
DAY FOURTEEN TOTAL: $27.98
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Reflections of Me: The Thomas Sanders Anime
Ever since the idea of @thatsthat24 having an anime all about his life and his characters was suggested, my brain has been on FIRE with ideas. So... I wrote it. This is the script for the possible first episode of the Thomas Sanders Anime. I hope you enjoy reading it! I had a lot of fun writing it. 💜 (Disclaimer: these characters belong to Thomas, not me. And if you read this, Thomas, I hope you don't mind me creating an alternate reality for you and your characters!) Reflections of Me: The Thomas Sanders Anime Scene: Thomas' bedroom. There's a single bed, a nightstand with a lamp and an LED alarm clock, a desk and a chair, and a bookshelf with books, DVDs, small figurines and other odds and ends. *The camera zooms in on one of the two windows in the room. It's cracked open, and the curtains billow gently in the breeze as birds sing outside and a light morning melody plays. *The camera follows a sunbeam down to the sleeping figure in the bed who has cocooned himself from head to toe in the blanket. You can't see him, but you can hear him snoring peacefully. *The clock ticks over to 6:00 and the alarm goes off. *Thomas sits straight up in bed and shuts it off. He's grinning widely and doesn't look like he's been sleeping at all. *He goes over to the window and opens it. "Good morning, world!" He takes a deep breath and lets it out. "It's going to be a great day! I just know it." *Cue upbeat music* *Short montage of Thomas getting ready to go. He brushes his teeth, combs his hair, spends a little too long in front of the open closet choosing a shirt (there are only three different designs, but multiples of each one). *He takes a bite of toast and goes to leave, but pauses in front of a framed picture. He pats it lovingly. "See you guys later!" *As Thomas marches down the street, his voice narrates. "The sun is shining, the birds are singing... this is it! The beginning of a new term and my fresh start. "Life hasn't been easy since I left home six months ago to attend The Garnet Academy of Fine Arts. (*camera cuts to photo of his family back in the apartment*) Being in a new school so far away from my family came with its trials and errors, but I know I will reach the goal I set for myself: (*camera back to Thomas*) today I'm going to make some new friends." *He begins speaking aloud. "It's going to be great. I'll crack a funny joke, my classmates will laugh, and presto! Friendship!" He grins. "Its foolproof!" *Music turns goofy.* *Montage of unfortunate events.* *He cracks a joke and no one laughs. *He tries to help a girl who's dropped her books in the hallway, but accidentally dumps an entire bottle of water on her. It turns her white blouse translucent and she runs away with a scream. *He passes a note in class and gets it back. It reads: "Sam, I think you're an amazing person! Will you go out with me? Check yes or no. -Thomas" The "no" box has a big red X through it that takes up half the page. *In gym, the teacher asks for a volunteer to go get the bag of dodgeballs. Thomas waves his hand and says "I'll do it!" But when he turns to run and get them, he smacks into another male student, knocking the kid out cold. *Back in class again, the teacher tells the students to pick a partner. (Thomas sits in the middle of the room.) All the kids scoot their desks/chairs six inches away from his vicinity at the same time. He hunkers down at his desk, embarrassed. *Cut to Thomas walking home after school. (*Sad, flowing music*) The sun is just starting to set. He doesn't go very fast, dragging his feet and his shoulders are slumped forward. His backpack is barely hanging on his shoulder, supported by his thumb. When the strap slips, the bag falls to the ground and he stops in his tracks with a sigh. "What a mess." He thinks. He looks like he's going to cry. "So much for my fresh start." "Yes, it is...difficult when others do not understand you, is it not?" A heavily accented voice says from the shadows of a nearby tree. Thomas jumps a little, wary. "Who said that?" "I did." An older woman walks out of the shadows a step toward him. "Wh- who are you?" He asks. "I am Melina the Enchantress!" She says this with great fanfare, but doesn't get the reaction she expects. Thomas chuckles nervously and his next words come out in a rush. "Geenicetomeetyougottagonowbye!" He begins to walk away quickly. Melina's face falls and she takes a few steps after him and speaks. The accent falls away. "What if I told you I could make it easier for others to understand you?" Thomas turns back to look at her. "What?" She smiles. The accent is back. "You are a good person, Thomas. Kind. Caring. You just have a hard time showing it. I have something that can help. You could make friends, get a date, or...simply feel like you belong." Thomas is fully invested now. "How?" *She produces a glass bottle about half the size of a water bottle from the folds of her cloak. It's purple with a cork in the top. "This potion will help you express all of your different...feelings that are difficult for others to see. But be warned: with every action comes a consequence-" Halfway through the last word, Thomas takes the bottle, uncorks it, and drinks it. There are audible "glug" noises between Melina's stuttering words. "You- *glug* Ah- *glug* Just one- *glug* To- *glug* Every-" Thomas sighs, corks the bottle, and puts it back in her hand. "Pomegranate! I love pomegranate juice! But, that garlic aftertaste is pretty sharp. You may need to work on your recipe there." He shakes his head. "So, when does it work?" He asks. "I don't feel any different." She stutters, but tries to regain her composure and accent and manages to say: "In the morning when you wake-" "Great!" Thomas shakes her hand energetically. "Thank you so much!" Then he turns for home, waving over his shoulder. Melina watches him walk away, her mouth hanging open. She looks down at the bottle in her hand and her face flattens like the emoji 😑 "Yeah. Have fun with that." She says with no trace of an accent. She chucks the bottle over her shoulder into a bush and turns to leave, grumbling about the impatience of kids these days. *Camera cuts to Thomas in bed. (*Happy, soothing music*) His arms are behind his head. "When I wake up tomorrow, everything is going to be different." He sighs contentedly and looks out the window at the night sky. (*The camera follows his gaze to the stars*) "Tomorrow's gonna be a great day. I just know it." *The camera fades out. The screen is black but we start to hear voices. "Shhhh! You'll wake him!" "A very wise man once said 'Early to bed, early to rise-'" "Yes, but what if we're interrupting a magnificent dream? Maybe he's rescuing someone in distress-" "Shut it. Let him sleep. At least in there he's not embarrassing himself every thirty seconds-" *The camera is zoomed in on Thomas' face when he snaps one eye open. Then we see what he sees: four copies of himself. They all look alarmed that he's awake, save for one: the one in glasses and a sweater around his shoulders. When no one says anything, he is the first to speak. "Well hey there, Sunshine!" *Camera cuts outside the apartment complex. There's a cat rooting through a trash can. Suddenly, Thomas' scream erupts through the air, flushing a small flock of birds from a tree. The cat yowls, knocks the can over and takes off. (*Cue goofy music again*) *Cut back into the apartment and we see Thomas backed up against the headboard of his bed, holding the blanket up to his nose as if to protect himself. "Who are you?!?" He asks. The copy in glasses and a tie clears his throat. "We're you. That is, we're the different facets of your personality." "Where did you come from?" He asks, still shaken. "Really, Mr. Pomegranate?" The copy dressed all in black rolls his eyes. "The strange potion you drank from the strange lady in the shadows might have something to do with it." Sarcasm practically oozed out of him. "Yes, Melinda the Evil Witch!" Another copy agreed. He was dressed like a fairytale prince. "The garlic aftertaste was clearly a sign of her evil...ness." "No, it was Miranda the Wizard." The copy with a sweater corrected. The one in glasses shakes his head. "No it wasn't. She couldn't be a wizard anyway; she was clearly a woman." "Oh, so it's okay to assign antiquated gender roles to a being with magical powers who could clearly do anything they wanted. THAT makes sooooo much sense." The dark one frowns. *The four of them begin to talk all at once, arguing about the situation. "Okay. Okay! ALRIGHT GUYS, KNOCK IT OFF!" Thomas shouts over the din. (*music cuts out here*) They quiet and he lowers the blanket. "I believe you now. Those all sound like things I'd say in my own head." He looks from copy to copy in turn. "This is going to get confusing if I don't give you a name of some kind." His gaze falls on the copy with a sweater tied around his shoulders. "Who are you?" "I am the part of you that governs your sense of right and wrong. Also, your love of Dad jokes." He waggles his eyebrows. Thomas hurries before a dad joke gets thrown in. "For now, you are Morality." His eyes scan the copy in black clothes. "And you?" "I am every pessimistic thought and worry that crosses your mind. I am the part of you that keeps you up all night, reliving your most embarrassing moments." He almost growls. "...Great! Well, until I come up with something better, you're Anxiety." He glances next at the copy in glasses and a tie. "You look like my sixth grade math teacher." "There's a reason for that! I am your sense of order and knowledge. Whenever there's a big decision to be made, you usually call on me." "That is not true! We all have a hand in big decisions-" "NOT NOW, Morality!" Thomas interrupts. He looks back at the copy in glasses. "Let's call you Logic for the time being." *Finally, he lands on the copy dressed up like a fairytale prince. He doesn't even have to speak. The copy gives a sweeping bow. "I am your dreams and imagination. Your fanciful side who believes anything is possible!" Thomas is a bit startled by the performance. "You can be... uh..." The copy looks at him excitedly. "...Prince. Your name is Prince." Anxiety snorts. "That's original." "Then I guess that makes me a classic, doesn't it?" Prince sasses back. "PLEASE don't argue!" Thomas yells. "Why? We do it all the time." Morality points out. "And, anyway, it's fun to watch." He shoves a handful of popcorn in his mouth. "What? All the time?" Thomas asks incredulously. "No I- And where did you get popcorn?!?" "We made it while you were sleeping. Want some?" Logic offers the bowl to him. Thomas is about to respond when his alarm clock goes off. It reads 7:00. "WHAT?!? THE CLOCK-" He looks from face to face, seeing nothing but confusion, until he lands on Prince. He looks guilty as all heck. (*Cue action music*) "I...just wanted you to get more sleep! It gives you more time to dream-" Thomas zooms out of bed, throwing on clothes and brushing his teeth. Morality hands him a piece of toast as he speeds toward the door while buckling his belt. "All of you stay here." Thomas commands. "I...I have to figure this out. I'll be back after school." *He runs out and down the stairs to the street. Once there, he looks up at his windows to see all four of them waving and watching him walk away. He shakes his head and hurries to school as fast as he can. *Outro music begins* *Back in the apartment, Morality leans over a bit to Logic. "Do you think we should have told him that it's Saturday?" *Anxiety starts laughing and Prince has a hard time biting back a smile too. Logic shakes his head with a smile of his own. "Nah. He'll figure it out soon enough." *Roll credits and finish outro song!* That was SO MUCH FUN! If someone with more artistic talent than I have wants to draw this, I totally approve. 😄
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Is The MLS Only “Checking The Box” When It Comes To Black People & Diversity Of The League?
The #AskASocerPro show is a Live video podcast where 11 year MLS vet and Mental Strength Coach Quincy Amarikwa dives into the mentalities of highly successful individuals both on and off the pitch. In this weeks episode Quincy Amarikwa discussed about What is the MSL Mentality, Why You Need A Perfect Soccer Subscription and more.
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0:00-3:24 What is the MSL Mentality? Welcome To EP 103 Of The #AskASoccerPro Show!
3:25-4:48 Why You Need A Perfect Soccer Subscription!
5:02-6:17 Did You Catch EP 102 With Chris Odoi?
7:47-9:47 Quincy Is Keeping Fit This Offseason At #AmarikwaAcres
9:52-13:23 The MSL Mentality Is Thriving Within Our Community!
13:24-14:49 Perfect Soccer Internship Opportunities!
16:17-17:30 @timmypig14 Joins The #AskASoccerPro Show
17:35- 19:45 @timmypig14’s Biggest Takeaways From The MSL Mentality
19:46-23:14 @Timmypig14 Breaks Down Why She Feels She’s Underrated
23:40-26:46 @Timmypig14 Shoots Her Shot!
31:08-35:00 Quincy’s Thoughts On The MLS During Black History Month 2021
35:01-36:06 What would happen if the CBA between the MLS and MLSPA didn’t come to terms?
36:41-38:38 Is The MLS Only “Checking The Box” When It Comes To Black People & Diversity Of The League?
38:40-40:11 Seeing The Long Term Impact Come To Life!
42:52-47:20 Advice For An Upcoming Pro Trial? @anders….
48:00-49:01 Impacts of COVID and the CBA on the soccer market.
56:17-58:46 What Does Quincy’s 2021 Soccer Future Look Like?
59:40-62:29 How To Bring The MSL Into Your Life!
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Quincy Amarikwa (00:00:00):
We're all here to ride the MSL waves. You've mentioned the strength lead. I'd like to welcome you to another episode of the hashtag ask eight soccer pro [inaudible]
Quincy Amarikwa (00:00:11):
No Timmy pig, Joe Jackson, what's Pippi pop in. He know what it is, who has to have his throw a goat legend of a man up on the screen that MSL increased football. What's going on a [inaudible], um, M and UFC fan page dropping in what's. Wha what's up, everybody. Have you see everybody joining in tuning in here today is going to be a good episode. I think episode one Oh three hashtag has a second first show. So as everybody's joining in, um, uh, polka junior said, I completely forgot about today's show, but luckily I set three monitor. Yo, shout out, push notification, gang. Love that. Messy getting woke. You guys know what it is. All right. So as everybody is, uh, dialing in here, tuning in here, what's going on, Nate? Um, it is another episode of the hashtag ask a soccer pro show. Oh, episode one Oh three.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:01:21):
I'm your host. 12 year pro MLS cup champion, MLS comeback player of the year, UC Davis hall of fame member, black players for change founder and MSL coach coinci America. Now, what is the MSL? You might be asking yourself? Well, a lot of the MSL army knows about that. MSL lesion knows what that's all about, but that's what we're here to discuss. Every Thursday, 6:00 PM, PST 9:00 PM EST on the app. Perfect. Underscore soccer, Instagram account, the mental strength league. You guys know what it is, I'm in your head, right? For those of you who are just tuning into this frequency, it is a game of mental 40 chess. One where you're either aware or wait. You're either aware and an active participant, or you are a pawn in the game sitting in plate because no one it is. So what is the MSL? It is the mindset you need to accomplish your goals.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:02:15):
Why should you have this mindset? So you can learn how to learn, why learn, how to learn. You may then be asking yourself well that's so you can know when and how you are stopping yourself from achieving your goals and what to do about it. And the ultimate question is when does this mindset start? The moment you decide to take responsibility for where you are, even if where you are, isn't your fault and put forth a plan to learn what you need to, to continue forward. So if you are ready for two days episode, I'm gonna need you guys to start spamming that heart button and dropping them on in your head. Emojis. If you guys are down with the MSL and, uh, those of you who are new, who are down to get down in the MSL, go ahead and drop them. I'm in your head, emojis and spam that hard button and a drop down below, or drop in the comments and stuff.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:03:03):
What you're excited about for today's episode, um, what you took away from last week, where you're calling in from where you guys are located. I threw a whole bunch of stuff out there. So you do what speaks to you in this moment, drop whatever you're feeling down in there while I move on to today's sponsor. Cause you guys know what it is now. We out here extra official with it. So, uh, today's episode of the hashtag S soccer pro show is brought to you by perfect soccer. You know what it is the number one platform to talk to learn from and work with pro soccer players. Sign up for your perfect soccer subscription today [email protected] slash subscription. You guys see that pin below. It is the ultimate soccer package. There's so much dope stuff that I won't even just go to. Perfect soccer skills.com/subscription. Check it out.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:03:54):
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Quincy Amarikwa (00:05:02):
We've been doing, uh, having a guest and last week episode one Oh two, we had, uh, Chris [inaudible], uh, my formal former teammate, MSL, mentee, current MSL, mentee, and, uh, most, uh, recent, recent perfect soccer intern, uh, joining last week, share a bit of his story, his path to the professional ranks, how he overcame cancer and his just overall mentality shift as a result of that and learning about the MSL. So if for those of you who didn't, uh, have a chance to listen to last week's episode, I highly recommend you catch the replay, uh, published over on perfect soccer skills.com. And for those of you who were in last week, what, uh, what were kind of your takeaways, uh, have, has anyone watched the rewatch, the replay, um, reprocessed self-reflected on that and, um, yeah. Uh, I'm, I'm wanting to do like a traditional MSL episode like today.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:06:00):
So episode one Oh three, where we, uh, we talked to the audience, we hear where you guys are at, what you took away from last week, guest episode, any person, any questions you have for me, uh, today, as well as I think we'll also begin Timmy pig, we'll be making a quick little appearance here for a couple of minutes, uh, for, for those of you who follow, obviously you follow the account, but you're keeping up to date. Connor manages the account day to day, and he's been, uh, sending out a couple of questions, uh, to the audience. And one of the questions that was sent out was tell us someone who is, um, underrated. And, uh, I liked Timmy pig, 14, the answer. So, uh, we'll have her on here in a, in a bit to, uh, share, share her answer and why that's the case.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:06:51):
So it should be a good one, should be a good one today and, uh, drop your questions in the box. If you've got any, and we'll do a bit of everything. We'll riff, give you guys some updates as to what's going on and, uh, all that good stuff. See Donna joined in what's what's going on, Donna Popa Jr said the mental strength, lead leak, flame emojis and the frequency. Yes, he is Emilio dropping them in your head. Uh, uh, I'm in here at emojis, uh, Umar doing the same path to pro soccer with three heart emojis. No, I'm loving, loving the engagement scene, everybody here.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:07:36):
Um, let's see. Let's see,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:07:42):
I see you guys dropping some stuff down there. I'll also give you guys kind of an update for those of you. Who've been following my personal account, Quincy Mariko account. You guys will know that we, uh, we purchased some land and we've got America acres jumping off, but that also doesn't mean,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:08:00):
Uh huh.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:08:03):
So getting into farming and ag, but that also doesn't mean we're not still staying prepared because you got to stay ready. So you don't have to get ready for the upcoming soccer season. I'm officially in my, what is this? So I'm, I'm in free agency and this will be my 13th year pro
Quincy Amarikwa (00:08:23):
If we
Quincy Amarikwa (00:08:25):
Ended up securing another contract here. So, um, gotta be getting that training in I'll know if you guys have been watching and the boys have been joining in as well too. So getting a lot of plyo work out here on, uh, America acres. So what have you guys been doing to keep it
Quincy Amarikwa (00:08:45):
In shape? Um, and have you been,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:08:51):
You guys have been following me. I sit here, my little one doing his thing. So I've been doing a lot of, uh, bounding work, plyo work. You see the little ones they're practicing, having some fun as well to you. Legs are still a little bit, I'm gonna lie. Legs are a little tired from
Quincy Amarikwa (00:09:08):
That work from yesterday's training.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:09:13):
But yeah, I'm planning on building kind of like a, a training, like a mini training facility with a weights, a wall full school and all that. So I'm looking forward to that. So I'll keep you guys, if you guys aren't already, um, if you guys aren't already following my personal and seeing what's been going on over there, don't miss out on some of that good wholesome content. All right. So let's see, uh, loving everyone spam that heart button appreciate that. Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:09:49):
Let's get into it. So,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:09:52):
Uh, Popa junior said, what I got from last week shows that you must not give up no matter what life throws at you, that is he solid and true takeaway. Um, so always good to connect with Chris and just see his progress. Um, especially coming back from, you know,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:10:12):
Something like cancer, right? It's no joke,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:10:18):
But he's got that long-term winners mindset. You guys know what it is. Uh, okay. Umar said when y'all spoke about the time sheets, that helped remind me how important and how important time management is with training. That is, that is a, that's a true shout. I, I think, I think you can tend to get so caught up in the new trend, the new craze, the new training program or whatever that, uh, you tend to forget. It's kind of time-tested things or what works and what's most effective. And that time management process, she in training is
Quincy Amarikwa (00:11:01):
Wow.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:11:01):
Provide a lot of dope content, resources and training in, um, on the perfect soccer platform and in the perfect soccer team members area. Um, you'll be hard pressed to find one, if there's only one thing that you could take in utilizing use that we provide, like, if you're saying, Hey, gun to your head, you got to just only one. I would say probably the most valuable one that would translate into the most success across everything in your life is the time management worksheet. So definitely sign up for your perfect soccer subscription and, uh, get yourself that, uh, right away. Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:11:38):
Because it's,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:11:41):
It's so many things wrapped up into one that it's simple enough to do, but it's kind of like the 10 pushup challenge, like as time goes on, it's really hard to do simple things well over a long duration of, and uh, if you can kind of master that, you're, you're the master of your, of your universe, you
Quincy Amarikwa (00:11:59):
Know what I mean? Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:12:01):
But that's a good shout Umar. I
Quincy Amarikwa (00:12:03):
Agree. Uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:12:06):
Joe Jackson, uh, Joe Jackson, that said, I liked the lesson to start planning ahead for after your career, because you never know when it could end, like he found out when he had to battle cancer. That's correct. Right. I think the thing that is most difficult for players to come to terms with, or to grasp is whether you have a 13 year career or a three-day career or no career, like almost a career, your career will end eventually one day. So, uh, the practical thing to do would be in your free time, cause you got a lot of it or your extra time, uh, spend some of it and by span, I mean invest some of that in planning for post-career. What do you want to do? What, what, what interests you, what, what industry would you like to be part of, uh, would you like to stay in soccer? Um, if so, how can you stay close to the game, um, who are people you can connect with along the way that can help you in that process and how can you, how can you develop skill sets so that you can, you can be a value add to the game and the community for, for a long time, not just, um, someone who's taking advantage of the current situation. Right.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:13:16):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:13:17):
Yeah, and I think that's really what our, you know, the perfect soccer internship program, um, is going to further help facilitate. We've been basically kind of like doing a beta that for like last year, like maybe like two years now.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:13:29):
Um, but, uh, yeah, dialed in
Quincy Amarikwa (00:13:36):
And with that, the onboarding process is flames. And I think, uh, for those of you who might be interested in an internship opportunity, we'll hopefully be posting some of that here. Soon. We could use some help on the social media side of stuff, community management, uh, engagement, uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:13:53):
Just making
Quincy Amarikwa (00:13:54):
Sure, making sure we're not, we, we provide so much value and give so much information that sometimes it can, it can be overwhelming and people can get lost. So community members are huge,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:14:04):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:14:05):
Are huge in helping us make sure that we're, we're making the content as digestible as possible, easiest to navigate as possible. So if you're interested in, you know, gaining some experience on that side and building that resume and building your network, cause you know, your network is your net worth, make sure to reach out, to contact the perfect soccer skills.com and uh, obviously be on the lookout for only ultimately kind of post those internship opportunities. I'm seeing some of you guys spend in that heart button. So,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:14:39):
Um, that'll be, that's good to see, um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:14:45):
Joe Jackson pushup challenge versus sir.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:14:48):
Yeah. He's him. The he's getting that upper, uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:14:52):
Dialed in a Nunez A's coinci time. You know, that is Chris what's happening brother. Welcome. Welcome. Uh, let's see. All right. So if you guys got any questions, go to drop them in the Oh, okay. There we go. Okay. So those are, uh, okay. These are people that responded in terms of who they feel are underrated. We've got some of those there now. Let's see. So you guys already know like fall on the, what do you call it? Feed your Jordan what's going on and McNasty welcome. Okay. So let's see. Timmy, Timmy P is N remember that when you get to college offers to, if you were to get injured, would you like that place beyond soccer? Can you plan beyond your career? Correct. Timmy's talking about team pig is talking about vision and having it. So you got it there, but that is a, that is a good point. And it's a good transition. And to have you on so we can, we can talk a bit about who you believe is extremely underrated.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:16:19):
Hello? Hello.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:16:21):
What's going on? How are you doing good. How are you? I'm good. I'm excited. I'm excited for this. Cause uh, uh, Connor had Connor had, uh, posted who's most underrated. Right? And he got, he got some answers and he said, uh, he said, Tammy pig said, she's the most? She said, she's the most underrated. I said, you know what? I love that energy. We need to have her on. And uh, if you got to state, state her case and let us know where she's coming from. Cause I, I liked that. And uh, maybe, uh, give us a little bit of background. What's your name? Where are you? Where are you from? How long have you been following the perfect soccer brand for and um, yeah, let's, uh, let's kind of break down, uh, your answer cause I liked it.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:17:05):
All right. Sounds good. So my name is Hannah. Um, I'm originally from Maryland, right, right out of DC. So I've followed DC United growing up. Um, big fan there. I'm in North Carolina now for college go to Campbell university, uh, junior. So that's what life is looking like right now. I do club soccer here, president, you know, get all that figured out for women's team. Yeah,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:17:33):
No, I'm okay. I love that. So, um, okay. So how long have you been following the perfect soccer brand for? Like how did you find out about us and what made you follow?
Quincy Amarikwa (00:17:43):
Um, well, so, okay. I originally met you after the game against LA galaxy at Aldi field. And I was like, okay, this guy's pretty cool. Right. Um, did a little bit of looking into it. I really been following the brand for about a little over a year now. Uh, really like last December is when I really got into the brand. So awhile,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:18:08):
I like that. Okay. So what's what stood out most to you. What have you, what is, what's your biggest takeaway from everything so far in,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:18:15):
Um, one of my big takeaways, like you said, um, is taking responsibility for where you're at at this moment, whether it's your fault or not, and owning where you're at and making that plan to get where you want to be. That one's huge for me because, you know, especially with COVID and everything, everyone's in a different place than what they expected. And it's not always that person's fault, but it's your job to get to a better place.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:18:43):
Okay. I love okay. I love that. That's that that's an MSL mindset you're coming at us with right now. Okay. So, all right. So speaking to that, where, where is it that you want to go? What's your goal? Where, what, what are you shooting for and um, what do you think you are needing to do to get there
Quincy Amarikwa (00:19:04):
Right now? Um, like I said, I'm in college, I'm majoring in special education. And my big goal right now is to get my licensure and start teaching. And of course COVID knock that out, mess things up. Cause we can't be in schools. We can't student teach. So for me, it's really the big plan of working on what I can do to still be involved with schools. What I can do to pass all my licensure tests, how I need to study, how I need to take responsibility for what I'm going to do and what I'm going to put forward to get where I need to be.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:19:38):
I love that. So. Okay. So, uh, I like that. We're gonna, we'll probably revisit that. Right. So I wanna, I wanna tie it into, uh, the question we had thrown out on the account, um, which was his missing underrated, right. To which you had answered yourself. Right. And okay. And why is, so why is that? You gotta, you gotta state your case, uh, share with us in the audience. Me, why, why you believe that's the case and, and, um, what, what your plan is, uh, to, to, to make that no longer the case in the future.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:20:18):
So I actually, when we get those little questions, you know, every week, every couple of days, whatever, I put some thought into them before I answer it. And I was like, you know, who's the most underrated, you know, women's soccer player right now. And originally when you think underrated, your mind goes to skill level first, because you think a good player is just skill and that's not trauma. Like, you know what, you can be underrated in the mindset and the vision that you bring to your team. And I feel like that's what I bring to my team. Not only just on the field, but to the people around me, I'm like, I have that ML, NFL mindset, like, you know, given the pep talks, letting people, helping people get to their goals and like sharing that wisdom that we learned from the show every week. It's like, I'm not just underrated on the field and what I can do with the ball. It's who I am, what I'm doing, what I'm saying, what I'm putting forth.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:21:08):
I like that that's confidence. And you're not able to say some stuff like that unless you're really doing the work, uh, when nobody's looking right. So, okay. I like that. And that's why when I, when I saw that answer, come in, I said, okay, we need to, let's see, let's see if she's about that action or if, or where she's at on that. So what do you, what do you feel is your, your biggest attribute? You know, you said, um, underrated, mentally, right. Mentality is something that's hard to see necessarily maybe in the short term, but results speak for itself over time. Right. But, uh, that, that takes time and it, sometimes it takes a real long time for people to see. Um, and a lot of people give up along the way. So what, what do you feel is unique uniquely? Um, what's unique to you? What's, what's that skillset what's that what's, that I'm losing, I'm not speaking the right word, but like to you, what, what do you define that to be for yourself? What is that
Quincy Amarikwa (00:22:08):
For me? I think I have, or I know I have good long-term planning and long-term vision, so I'm not just going to do what's good for me and my team in the moment I'm going to look forward at what, where we need to get and the steps to get there longterm.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:22:25):
Okay. And have you always had that skill set as that's something you've been developing over time? Like when, when did you really start leaning into that?
Quincy Amarikwa (00:22:35):
Um, I think I've always been good at looking ahead, but really the past, the past year with COVID, um, and not being able to do everything as we've always done and looking forward. So you know, where we want to be eventually playing games again and you know, what skill level we're going to need to be at and just how we're going to get there. Um, COVID has really helped me with all that planning and figuring out, you know, everything doesn't look right now, how we want it to look, but if we can create a vision for the future and a goal, we can work on getting there,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:23:10):
Love that. No, that's good. And the audience members are loving that as well to judge our dropped a bunch of I'm in your head emojis, um, uh, said solid answer, Whoa. A bunch of clap hands. Cause they're like in that, um, hashtag facts, uh, Kendall Cox had said perfect soccer lifestyle, uh, three heart emojis. Yeah. Everyone's loving, loving the energy and the, and the mindset and the mentality. And, um, you know, I'm glad we, I'm glad you, you able to hop l and share a little bit about that. So, okay. What is something I could do be of help. So is there any questions that you have, uh, ideas that you've been thinking of? Like what, what a, where are you, where are you at with all that?
Quincy Amarikwa (00:23:56):
Ooh, I don't know. I didn't come with a question prepared this week. Normally I have something in mind, something to drop.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:24:02):
There you go see a few to the future plan and I caught ya.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:24:05):
I know you did. We'll see. Cause my head was like, Oh, I'm hopping on today. Let me, you know, let me know what I'm going to go for. And now you turn it around on me. And you asked for a question, man. I don't know. I don't know. You know, you know how you can help. I've got this. You can keep me in mind for that internship position.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:24:28):
Okay. There we go. I like that. Okay. That's that's that's good transition. Okay. Um, what do you, what do you think your skill set is? Like what, what, what interests you most, what would you want to be involved in? Like what division do you already have an idea of, uh, where you wanted to gain some experience?
Quincy Amarikwa (00:24:47):
I would love to do like media stuff and kind of community outreach, you know, hear from everybody, get what they want from us. Hope, bring it back so we can make it better for the users, for the fans.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:25:02):
I like that. Okay. That's good. Cause I was talking with Serena about that in terms of like needing more needing to do a better job. Uh, so we talk about it, right? Self honesty for me when I'm reflecting on stuff, I go, okay, I need to be doing a better job of, of the community outreach of managing that. I think when, when I was first starting out and building the brand, you kind of, you do everything, uh, your, your customer support, your customer, your, your, your follow-up, your, you know, you're the janitor, you're cleaning things, you're technical, all of that. Um, but as you start to grow, you got to recognize when you got to delegate and elevate, right. And, and you guys know the core value here. Teamwork makes the dream work. So I liked that and I, we are going to make that happen. So I, 100% want to get you onboarded as an intern and in the community outreach department and division. So, um, yeah, no, I liked that. That was, that was good. See, now you caught me cause I go, Oh, okay. That's a good day.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:26:03):
That would be great.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:26:06):
Yeah, of course. So what we'll do here is, um, send, uh, okay. Uh, send an email to [email protected]. So we've got your contact information and then I'm going to connect you with Haley. She's our chief cultural officer, and she's been helping us refine the whole onboarding process. And we'll get you onboarded as an intern. We've got like some, uh, um, some onboarding training you go through. And then, uh, we have a interview to figure out what works, where, where you'd like to fit, but it already sounds like, you know where that is. So we'll be able to kind of move forward with that. Great, straightforward, dope. Um, Emilio's dropping fire emojis. Uh, Kendall said, uh, look at you, purpose driven, purpose driven, um, and then Pagosa, the MSM mindset is such a positive mindset. No, I love, I love that. Uh, Hannah, I appreciate you one, uh, following the brand and, uh, being willing to jump on here on the live and share a bit of your experience. And I'm also looking forward to having you join as a perfect soccer intern. So
Quincy Amarikwa (00:27:13):
Great. Thanks for having me.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:27:15):
Of course. Um, uh, maybe what we'll have to have a check-in after you've, uh, been working with us for a little while and get your updates and you can let the people know, uh, the good, the bad and, uh, and everything.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:27:29):
Of course, of course. Cell phone is honesty.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:27:33):
Love that. All right. Thanks. I'll speak to you soon.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:27:36):
All right. Thanks. Bye.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:27:42):
Okay. Of that. Look at that. We've got another perfect soccer intern. Shout out, Hannah. See you guys spamming that heart button. The community grows. Um, Oh, that's really dope. Shout out Connor. Um, an OJI perfect soccer intern. Um, for coming up with the question and, and, um, and big shout out to Hannah for throwing her name in the hat, you know, that only comes with building that confidence over time and doing the work to be ready when your opportunity comes, you guys know what it is. You gotta stay ready, so you don't have to get ready. And Hannah was ready. Um, let's see. POBA had said, well, I'm here. I'm here. Look like, uh, it looks like I'm stuck in Jamaica for now until I come back. And I've been given an opportunity to sign up with the inner sports management to get an opportunity, to get a trial at a pro level part one.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:28:46):
Well, being in Jamaica is not too, not a bad shot. I would assume them whether it's pretty nice over there, but congratulations on signing with your management team. I hope you get an opportunity here soon. Uh, Kendall said that was super fun. Yeah, no, that was dope. I was like, uh, having some time with the community and having you guys join in and share your experiences, especially, um, what you've taken away from the brand and the show over time, you know, we've been doing NASA soccer show for almost like over what, two years now. And perfect soccer started in 2013. So was that year or year eight? Yeah, my math serves me right. Um, platform grows and I'm, I'm glad to hear that you guys are getting a lot of, um, uh, value out it, a lot of positive, positive vibes, a positive community. And, um, with Hannah's help here, we'll, uh, we'll further, we'll further refine and increase our community outreach.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:29:54):
So that's dope. Let's see.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:29:58):
So if you guys got any questions, drop them in the question box here. Um, so we can get to them.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:30:08):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:30:14):
Can I say 105 episodes? No, I think we're episode one of three today's episode. One to three.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:30:19):
Oh, let me see. Double check. Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:30:27):
ISA said, I love your videos, heart emoji. Thank you very much. I appreciate the, I appreciate the support and you watch it and,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:30:36):
Uh, being a follower, um, he could see what I was doing here. I'll look it up in our Slack channel.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:30:44):
No. Yeah. So episode yeah, episode one or two last week with, um, with Chris [inaudible] and then we've got episode one Oh three today with Hannah,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:30:56):
Um, stopping by, uh, see what else we've got here.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:31:10):
I mean, it also, I mean, what's also going on it's, uh, black history month. Um, we've been seeing, uh, MLS has been doing a lot more this time around
Quincy Amarikwa (00:31:22):
Aye.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:31:25):
I'm seeing a lot more posted on their accounts and highlighting a lot of, a lot of players and,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:31:35):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:31:38):
With the recent completion and ratification of the CBA, uh, the MLS we'll get back to play. I think what was it? April 17th or April 14th is the official start date. There's still quite a, still a little bit of time. Are we? January? February,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:31:56):
March, April may vary.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:31:59):
But the rest of February, March and April, There's a little bit of time is who's who's looking forward to the MLS season. And um, what are you going to, what are you going to be focused on and doing now until then? It's still, still a little bit of time before things get back going. Okay.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:32:32):
Sorry. Today it's been a long day.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:32:37):
Uh, portable said it's my birthday month. My next week. Oh, well happy early birthday.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:32:43):
Okay.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:32:45):
The Bronx blues said what's up. What's going on? Um, shout out from we're from New York city FC, shout out Sean Johnson,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:32:55):
The captain, uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:33:01):
Uh, Joe Jackson had said, hopefully that that's more long-term than just because of what has been happening the last year. Hopefully that's more long-term uh, I, I, with relation to what I feel like I might've said something and now I'm blanking on what you're saying. You're hoping is more longer.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:33:20):
Sure.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:33:24):
Judge. I said, uh, seeing Wando lift a cup, that's what I'm excited for the season. Hey, advance. Got it. I think the trophy he got was some supporters' shield, right? Like 2012 or something. Was it 2012? 13? It was during like the bash brothers era. Oh, G Oh G MLS. Good times. I loved that time. I'm biased because that's my time. But also because I think it was like the best time, because it was, I think it was just like a great blend of great players, but great personalities and people just enjoying it and having a good time and like making it more entertainment than,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:34:10):
You know,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:34:12):
Football. Like I get it, like it's important. You want to win games and championships and playoffs and stuff. You can do that and have fun. And I think like that era did a good job of, of getting, getting the work done, but also having fun and, and making it, uh, I mean, entertainment, the entertainment factor I think was different than, than it is now, but maybe that's just old man talking old young man talking.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:34:45):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:34:48):
Yeah, Joe Jenkinson, MLS is doing more for black history month. Yeah, they are. I mean, it's not too hard for them to do much more. They haven't really done anything in the past, but the fact that they're doing it now is a, is a good sign. Um, I think positive,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:35:03):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:35:05):
Uh, the Bronx said, I can't imagine if the MLS season was positive if they didn't reach a CBA agreement. Yeah. Um, that was like the third renegotiation of the CBA in 18 months. Something like that. Those are no, like, that's no simple task. There's like a lot goes into that. Um, it seems like the MLS PA uh, learn their lesson from the last, the, the original CBA signing that, but not ratifying it before the league ultimately backed out. And then through in their force majeure clause and a bunch of other little things that wouldn't have necessarily, uh, gotten passed, had it not been for the lack of the ratification of the CVA, which just means like, making it official, like, uh, you know, crossing all the T's dotted, all the I's. Um, This one seemed like the deal got done and ratified within like 48 hours. So,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:36:08):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:36:13):
Let's see, Joseph don't get me started with the bash roads. Good times is bringing those guys out of retirement. Just, just for like, just to sub on the last minute of every game. I think they could do that. Right. That's the word there? They've got four substitutions now. Right. That's like the new rule. So there you go. Uh, yeah, that's what I meant. Hopefully they're doing more for black history month and that long-term rather than just Oh. Of what has been happening in the last year. So, uh, I know. Okay. I follow you. Yeah. And I agree. Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:36:57):
Yeah,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:36:57):
I, and I, and it's also difficult because you're saying like, okay, they're just doing it because it's relevant and necessary. Is that, is that something that they're going to be doing regularly here moving forward? Or is this just kind of to check some boxes here in the short term? Um, I'd like to think that those boxes will have to be checked for the longterm. So regardless of if it's just to check boxes now or, or, or because it's popular, I think it's part of the process now. So, um, I think that's important. Uh, the league has spent a lot of time, effort and energy, uh, marketing and pushing the message that it is an inclusive, diverse league. And, um, you know, really hangs their hat on that, but the data doesn't necessarily substantiate that. So I think it's important that, you know, the mechanisms are put in place to hold, hold the league accountable for all the things that it, that it makes public statements of and knowing that, you know, knowing that it takes time to actually execute on those things. And if you say so many things so often, sometimes it can be hard to keep track of all of it and hold people accountable, but that's what we're here for. So no worries about that. The perfect soccer community, the three S's of self-awareness self honesty, self initiative, self accountability, we're here upgrading the,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:38:26):
The, uh, the,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:38:29):
The soccer IQ of America, America one live at a
Quincy Amarikwa (00:38:36):
Time. Let's see. Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:38:48):
Just said Ray, for a funny story. So seeing the team chemistry was very motivating in terms of getting me through a third ACL surgery, especially the cam from Lenny and Gordo. So I got a custom Jersey, I'm assuming you got a custom Jersey. Oh, with them on it. That's dope. That's, that's a cool story. That's cool. A year, right?
Quincy Amarikwa (00:39:08):
Like
Quincy Amarikwa (00:39:11):
That entertainment factor, that fun factor in the, those guys, you know, if that helped you get through, uh, your third ACL surgery, I mean, they were doing, they're doing meaningful, impactful work that, uh, That people can just see for the first time. Now that's pretty dope. You think about that. Speaking of, um, Hannah's, um, talking about long-term vision and long-term goals and making those decisions in the short term that people don't necessarily see, but we can see the long-term impact. So J J a J J one, two, three,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:39:49):
Uh, S uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:39:52):
Is given the, the bash brothers a solid shout out for helping him through a difficult, difficult time. So we're all connected. Everybody. I love that. That's a dope story. And that's what the perfect soccer platform's here for to kind of share those stories, those experiences. Um, it's a beautiful thing. Uh, S the S the E S T E B a N C underscore 14 said, what a coincidence LOL just saw the video of you trolling LA galaxy. Uh, where'd you see the video, uh, when was that and trolling or teaching them, teaching them valuable life lessons and MSL mentality, uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:40:43):
Skills controls
Quincy Amarikwa (00:40:46):
Another way of saying it, but that's, that's one way, but,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:40:50):
Um, but love that, um, let's see, which
Quincy Amarikwa (00:41:07):
The Bronx blue said, are you in a car? LOL? Yes, I'm in a car. So I'm on my I'm on my land and my land. I don't have the greatest service out here, but I've got one little spot on the land where I get solid service. So I drive out over to it and you guys know what it is. Every Thursday, 6:00 PM, PST 9:00 PM EST. We go live on the account, break down the MSL, talk to the community, uh, share these experiences. Um, and we'd make it work. We figure out what it is we need to do to make it work. And we make it work. No excuses, no excuses play like a champion.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:41:44):
Uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:41:45):
Yeah. Right. If it works, it works. Yup.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:41:50):
Yo uh, Pocus said it is what it is. Yes. So, I mean like
Quincy Amarikwa (00:42:08):
MLS has just been there hasn't been any for awhile and it's still going to be a little bit of time until that comes back. What's, uh, what's keeping your guys's attention. Like what's new, you, uh, learn in something new reading, new books, watching new, anything like what's, what's the deal. Joe Jackson said, adapter dime in your head emoji.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:42:32):
That's right. That's right. Uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:42:37):
As the said, uh, came up on my YouTube feed. Also watched your highlights on the MLS channel. Great stuff, man. Uh, thanks, man. I appreciate that. Unders under sticks it, I have an open trout for a professional team this Saturday. Is there any advice you have for this scenario?
Quincy Amarikwa (00:43:01):
Um, let's see. Well, yeah,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:43:06):
If you've done your research and, and you know about the organization, the coach, the staff, and like what they're looking for,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:43:15):
Um, stick to it.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:43:17):
You, what, you know, you're good at, don't try to do what you think they want you to do. If that isn't what you're already good at or trained for,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:43:29):
Or, or
Quincy Amarikwa (00:43:33):
Yeah. Specialized in. So I'll make it super simple. So like simplified, but like, so the concept is understood. So let's say you're, you have really good, long dirt, long, uh, long distance endurance. So you have really high stamina and you show up and you see, they really need sprinters. Don't change your game from a long stamina person to trying to sprint on that day, do what you're good at and what you do, because you might not get your opportunity there. But someone there might see your quality as a long-term endurance, stamina, sprinter, and speak highly of you for your next opportunity, as opposed to, if you jump ship and try to be a sprinter and you, that's not what you're optimized for. That's not what you're good at. You'll look bad as a spiritual you'll be thought of as a sprinter. And now maybe those other connections and people aren't even making like there, a lot of this is a lot of the game is how people perceive you and how they speak about you to others.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:44:37):
So if they see you on the day and you have a horrible session and you don't do well and you didn't do well, not because you're not a good player, but because you, you know, you started playing, you started trying to play to the moment. Well, you know, people who don't know, you might not give you that benefit of doubt and might not see that. So if someone else asks about you, they only have that frame of reference to speak about you and really quickly your brand and your name and your opportunities can become a non-existent. So that would be my advice,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:45:12):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:45:15):
Have that long-term view. I think everything's coming down a longterm vision, right? Know what you're good at commit to what you're good at, develop your craft at what you're were good at and, um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:45:28):
Remain committed to it.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:45:30):
And, um, try to create that long-term plan and vision and slow and steady wins the race. But you got to believe that I believe enough to, to commit to doing the work, even when you can't see results of the work that you're doing yet. I mean, that can always, they can get hard to remember and stick to you. Um, uh, I'm speaking to myself just as much as I'm speaking to you guys, when, when I'm, when I'm sharing this advice or sharing my thoughts or approach or how I think about it because, um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:46:02):
You know,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:46:03):
Got to practice. What I preach, uh, today was today was a tough day for me, right? And, and tough days are just part are part of it. They are not fun when they happen. And you, you tried, you, you got your ways of getting through them and moving through them as quickly as possible, but it's also important to recognize them and be grateful for them.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:46:26):
Um, because you know,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:46:32):
It tends to be the difficult times that help build your character and define who you want to be. So I'm speaking to long-term vision that can be difficult and difficult times realizing that that difficult time, this difficult moment will be something that you should hope to reflect back on in the future and be grateful for because it, it gave you an insight and experience a perspective that allowed you to get to where you want to be. Um, so if you can see that as a result in the future, bring that into now. So realize that, realize that in the moment and, um, pull yourself out.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:47:17):
And that's me talking myself through, pull myself out of a tough day. Um, our times our most valuable, we don't know how much have we, we've got, and we want to be grateful, um, for every minute, every second of it, but we can forget that because we're human, we make mistakes, but through making mistakes, if we choose, we can learn from those mistakes. Um, but yeah, those good questions, good luck at your trout. I hope, um, hope you get what you need from it. Uh, the rock said New York city FC, hasn't signed anyone. I think everyone's just trying to figure out how to get the CBE done. And if we're going to have a season, and then from there, you know, who do you sign and how, and when, like, that's been an interesting, like this last two years, obviously it's been interesting. Um, the whole free agency, you know, uh, just the whole soccer market has just kind of been flipped upside down. And like, this process has completely like,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:48:38):
Mm,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:48:39):
Foreign. But I think that also creates opportunity a lot of opportunities. So we'll see. I'm optimistic.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:48:46):
Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:48:49):
Let's see. David Goggins said can't hurt me. Such a good book. Oh, okay. David Goggins can't hurt me. Not, he said that that's the name of his book. Can't hurt me. It's such a good book. I haven't, I haven't read that. I've heard a lot of people speak about him. So, um, uh, speaking of someone who told me about it, I think it was Ben Ben Olson. So episode 100, if you guys didn't check episode 100 replays up on perfect separate skills.com with my former, uh, D uh, my former coach and former DC United coach Ben Olson, um, he had, he had sent me something about David Goggins saying that I had reminded him. I think it's like that day at practice, we had that edit, reminded him of, uh, reminded me of him. So, like I said, I've been hearing that, so I need to go and check out some of his stuff. See what he's all about? Um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:49:49):
Uh, yes. Okay. Uh, the community saying good luck with the tryout Anders. Uh, we look forward to the update next week. Yeah, that'd be dope. Uh, Oh, he's and he's from New York. So there we go. Okay. We've got a lot of East coast, new Yorkers, um, on the live, uh, today, uh, uh, Esther said get a Mohawk and paint it red. You'll stand out that way. Yeah. That's, that's a way to do it. Make sure your make sure you're, uh, you're fit and you're ready to go because a lot of attention is going to be on you. So make sure you, uh, over-deliver does like we do here on the perfect soccer platform over deliver, leave every exchange haven't given more than you received. Okay.
Quincy Amarikwa(00:50:30):
Um, let's see,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:50:35):
Uh, under, under said thank you. That is a point I had in mind. I'm trying to play my game and not fall into any temptations or other people's ideas. There you go. Good. So yeah, remain focused on that, man.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:50:49):
Uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:50:51):
Ryan said I wanted a chance to show my football. I'm your fan here in Brazil? Yo, shut up Brazil. I feel like we're getting more followers from Brazil as well. T joining in, um, joining the community. Uh, yeah. Well, you get yourself a perfect soccer subscription and you can, um, you can showcase your skills on your, uh, custom perfect cyber skills.com URL link to promote yourself to coaches and
Quincy Amarikwa (00:51:16):
In agents. Let's see.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:51:24):
And we got, we got like five more minutes here before we'll call it, uh, an evening. So if you guys get any more questions, drop them in the, either in the chat or
Quincy Amarikwa (00:51:35):
In the, you call it in the feed.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:51:40):
No, what I was looking for, I felt like it was trying to look for something,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:51:47):
Just
Quincy Amarikwa (00:51:47):
Getting stuff together, like doing a little bit too much, you know, you guys know it is, I've been doing a little bit too much and trying to, I've been trying to dial back and really, uh, focusing on Things that I want to spend my time doing and, and removing the things that I don't want to be doing.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:07):
Um, more quickly.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:11):
I think sometimes I take too long to, um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:15):
To
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:16):
Drop things. I know I probably should, but,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:19):
Um, uh, I'm, uh,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:22):
I'm like a romantic when it comes to, um, my optimism. I just want more, a little bit more. It can be difficult with long-term winners mindset and being committed to things for longterm. Um, one of your blind spots is knowing when, when it's time to move on to something else or to pivot.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:41):
So
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:42):
There's positive and negative to it.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:45):
And, uh, you know,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:52:48):
Focused on trying to get better at it every day. I'm seeing, uh, the Bronx spam, that
Quincy Amarikwa(00:52:52):
Heart button, um,
Quincy Amarikwa (00:53:00):
Uh, Jesse, I gotta head out same plant tomorrow cake cake, but your team go, uh, Brock said, what time did the live start? You know, come on, man, come on, man. Every Thursday, 6:00 PM, PST 9:00 PM EST on the app. Perfect. Underscore soccer, Instagram account. That's when the, the ASCA soccer pro show live.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:53:25):
Um, he
Quincy Amarikwa (00:53:26):
Said, next time I can promote the stream on my story, because I obviously have nothing else to post. There you go. You got a teamwork, makes the dream work. We got to start building the community more so we can just, we can make it more cross-promotional and, um, everyone can become aware of everybody else's niche, content, um, uh, area of expertise, you know? Um, Oh, thinking of that. Okay. So a new perfect soccer, perfect soccer order just came through. Let's see. Let's see what that individual just ordered. Okay. So Xavier just got himself. Ooh. Okay. He got a perfect soccer.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:54:11):
I got a perfect soccer, sweat, uh, weather sweater. I'm trying to hold on, make sure to showcases shipping information. So it came through, I don't know that one just came through three days ago. Okay. This one, now that was ex-Navy. Okay. Xavier ordered something three days ago. Let's see what we got here. Okay. I think this is the first order of the men's joggers. So should a minute, a minute ago. Can I flip it? Yeah. Okay. So MSL all over men's joggers. I can't really see it too much. Just came in. Thank you for the order one, uh, Texas, appreciate that. Um, you know, like I said, you guys were adding weight, uh, way more products to the store. Lots of merchants. And if you guys have any ideas, design ideas and stuff that you want made or created, we'll get those done and added to, uh, add it to the store ASAP.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:55:19):
Uh, but like I was saying, yeah, like cross-promoting each other, um, sharing what each other's specialties and, and, um, and passions are for the game. Cause like you said, like there, I think there's just a couple of new Yorkers joined in on the live tonight, another aware of the Bronx and the Bronx blues. And I'm aware that the Bronx, Bronx blues has a, uh, a stream. So there you go. That's a community. You guys know what it is. Your network is your net worth teamwork equals dreamwork. And as I say that John Hollinger joins in because John knows teamwork equals dreamwork. Um, Yoshi said, yo, Quincy, I've got training right now, but just wanted to stop by and say, what's up. Hey, thanks for stopping by. I appreciate it. Even if you guys can only pop in for a quick hot second, I, I value your time and appreciate you spending some time here with me.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:56:18):
Um, John said, how's the club search going for 20, 21, to be honest, uh, I haven't been going full on it yet, mainly because there wasn't any like set date. And usually because there's no one, there's no set date, a lot of clubs and organizations are just kind of like spinning their wheels in limbo because they're not going to give you any definitive answers because they don't have one. I'm not saying like that's the best or the smartest way to go about doing it, but Hey, everyone has their own way of doing stuff. So now that that's kind of in place and there's more clarity around that. Um, and with the experience that I had of just realizing like the results of last year, a lot of clubs reassessed their entire business model structure, um, reassessed, how they bring in players. And if you've guys have been noticing like the average age of players that they're bringing in and signing are definitely much, much younger, which is okay in many, many regards.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:57:19):
And I understand why a lot of them are thinking that, but what they're missing out in on is you definitely need your O G veterans to properly teach these youngsters how to be good pros and how to develop into, uh, reaching their fullest potential. Because a lot of players have a lot of potential. Right. But, um, is one thing execution is another. And, um, I think, uh, the most forward thinking clubs will snatch up veteran talent soon. Yeah. And if they don't, then I don't think they're very forward-thinking and they will struggle. And I'm just saying that because it's true. And you guys already know the truth is true, whether you believe it or not, just like we told everyone 2020 is about the vision we've been saying. We had been saying that well before the pandemic was a thing and anyone knew about it. Well before 2020, one's about the frequincy, the frequincy, uh, in my free agency, 2021, the frequincy while we're dialed in, who you think is going to be riding that forward, thinking wave a smart organization that can recognize high value assets. That's who let's see. Let's see. Yeah. We'll start wrapping it up here.
Quincy Amarikwa (00:59:01):
He had, John said, teamwork makes the dream work. Seeing everyone's spamming that hard by them loving that, uh, Brock said, I should get all my fellow New York city FC fans to read these streams, come join, come join. We'd love to have you, um, love to have you. And uh, you got to get out there advocating for advocating and promoting, and I'm telling people to make sure they're paying attention to my boy. Sean Johnson mans is about to make waves here. Uh, let's see, uh, Joe Jackson said, I know we're almost done here again. Quincy just want to say great. Live, always love it and have a great weekend or have a great week. Thank you very much, Joe. I appreciate that right back out, right back into my brother. You know, so that's, that's a wrap. We'll wrap it up there, everybody. I appreciate you joining in for, uh, episode one Oh three of the hashtag ask a soccer pro show. The Brock said, Sean Johnson, that is correct. Uh, who you guys are, what 2021 is about to bring some will say they did. They couldn't see it coming. No one could predict that. But those who are down in the MSL know that that is not true.
Quincy Amarikwa (01:00:25):
Uh, uh, w we need to get an MSL group chat on IgG. Uh, I know we got a Facebook group. Yeah. Like I said, community outreach, yo, shout out Hannah, bringing her on with the intern, um, as an intern to help with that. Cause I need, I need a lot of help with the community management of our Instagram groups or Facebook groups and stuff. Cause those are great ideas. I, I love them. Um, I just don't have the, I don't have the bandwidth to properly dedicate the time and attention necessary to, uh, facilitate like the day to day. But if you guys are down for that and helping me build that out, um, please send me a send, uh, send an email to [email protected]. Yeah. If you guys are down to help with community management and kind of tying these things together and for the, long-term not just like a, you know, I'm due for a week or two weeks, I'm talking about like, even if we're just doing it like once a week or once every other week for the next like six months, at least so we can get an idea of it makes sense.
Quincy Amarikwa (01:01:28):
And people like it and they participate then, uh, send an email, let me know you want to be an intern and we'll kind of get that process going. Um, cause I need help with that. I need to help with a lot of stuff. Everyone I'm going gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I need help with a lot of things. So if you guys are open to helping, I'm open to receiving help. So, uh, thanks again to everybody who joined in. I appreciate all the questions, all the positive vibes and um, yeah. Uh, see everybody same time, same place next week, just in case the Bronx forgot it's 6:00 PM. PST 9:00 PM EST every Thursday on the app. Perfect. Underscore soccer, Instagram account. And as always everybody, you know what it is, I mean, you had later.
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Upstorz Review
UpStorz Evaluation: Ecom Store In Your Pocket is Ready to be Triggered
Lets face it. Making it online is HARD. Not just that-- but the majority of people stop working at it-- however it's not their fault.
What if there was an "EASY" method? A way which does provides you a shortcut to success?
Well there is ... Let's learn all the details in my UpStorz Evaluation below!
What is UpStorz?
I wish to share something with you that is an overall game-changer. You 'd better prepare yourself due to the fact that this is going to be 2020's development eCommerce software.
Today you'll see how my pals Karl and Vikash have transformed the eCommerce industry. They have actually come up with software application that develops whole shops from their clients' cellphone.
However that's not all. The store likewise generates spectacular product videos and after that disperses them across the web-- for massive traffic. And-- it also produces a customers list at the same time!
Seriously, when I first saw this I couldn't believe it! UpStorz is a Provided for You eCommerce store system that develops spectacular stores at the push of a button.
It likewise produces stunning item videos and distributes them on social for massive traffic. It will even build a customers list for you at the same time-- this is ridiculous!
UpStorz is a complete SaaS platform with comprehensive ecommerce shop contractor capabilities. It's the new store home builder with BUILT In traffic which has made a total novice $399 in their very first 6 days-- on total autopilot.
To put it simply, UpStorz is the NEW 3-click affiliate shop home builder with traffic built in. There actually is no other store home builder on the planet that does what UpStorz does.
UpStorz is not just a store builder-- it has a remarkable selection of functions developed to make the experience of selling online as simple and pain totally free as possible.
It provides lots of effective tools, many you've never ever seen before, consisting of the video maker and social networks traffic generator for a low one-time fee. No more regular monthly fees to Shopify, Wix, Magento and so on
. Sounds too great to be real, right? Well it's not ... Go here to see what makes UpStorz various to whatever else:
It's made a beginner $399 in their very first 6 days The only shop contractor of its kind Self upgrading 24/7 Use new "LIVE" technology Included is a one of a kind, proprietary Traffic software application Offer limitless items A store builder with REAL built in traffic = all in one service Gets 100% shown outcomes A software application that actually works
That's not all it does. There's so much to UpStorz I can't even add it to this part of UpStorz Review:
Autopilot commissions inspect Traffic built in check Set and forget shops examine
You have whatever you require to make it online with UpStorz. It's a game-changer-- I can definitely guarantee that you have not seen anything like this prior to.
Don't be reluctant to examine out the next parts of this UpStorz Evaluation as I'll show you how powerful it is!
UpStorz Review Summary
Supplier Karl The SharK Product UpStorz Release Date 2020-Aug-11 Introduce Time 11:00 EDT Front-End Price $29. Bonus Offers YES, HUGE BENEFIT. Refund YES, 14 Days Money-Back Warranty. Item Type eCommerce. Assistance Efficient Action. Official site https://mylinkspage.com/upstorz-review-build-customize-and-sell-products-globally-and-locally Advised Extremely Recommended. Skill Level Needed All Levels.
About Creators.
Karl Schuckert and his partner Vikash Agrawal.
UpStorz was produced by Karl Schuckert and his partner Vikash Agrawal. Karl is the Creator at SegMate the # 1 Chatbot Service & Development Hacker.
This team has actually created a lot of important digital marketing products over the last few years, such as: BlogaShop PRO, Now Driven, Impulsely, and so on
. Now, let's take a look at the next part of this UpStorz Evaluation and find out its features!
Key functions.
Here Is What You'll Be Receiving When You Purchase Upstorz Today:.
Shown results.
UpStorz gets real, shown outcomes for you. Backed by confirmed proof of sales & conversions you can duplicate utilizing the software application.
Passive Affiliate Commissions.
UpStorz is a PASSIVE eCom affiliate service-- users make a commission per sale with none of the hassles of traditional eCom shops-- ideal for newbies and advanced online marketers alike.
Needs NO tech skills.
4-click easy shop contractor requires NO tech abilities, designers or developers.
Blog site section.
UpStorz allows customers to upload their blog sites, and get the DOUBLE benefit of making commissions thru their shops in addition to material marketing.
Mobile Friendly Website.
We 'd go as far as to state these are some of the finest professional, mobile friendly shops you have actually ever seen.
Traffic Home builder.
CONSISTED OF in the FE is the award-winning, cloud-based proprietary software with a TESTED track record of driving high-converting traffic to eCom stores ... WITHOUT paid ads!
Location Based Browse.
Visitors can search for products in THEIR region using the specialized Geo-Location search function ... translating into MORE sales and MORE commissions.
Proven Power.
UpStorz leverages the proven power of discount buying to take full advantage of sales. Buyers can browse by item, classification, even discount level. Each listing consists of full item descriptions & consumer reviews to escalate conversions.
Customer Retention BUILT In.
UpStorz has customer retention BUILT in! Visitors can sign up for cost drop notifications and add products to their wish list: shown approaches to increase conversions. PLUS you can include optin kinds compatible with ANY autoresponder to construct highly targeted lists.
Zoom Innovation.
UpStorz utilizes zoom technology to permit you to zoom into the item just by hovering over it ... producing an user-friendly shopping experience that translates directly into greater sales.
AUTO-UPDATE In Real Time.
UpStorz AUTO-UPDATE In Real Time through API, so they're always compliant and visitors just see presently readily available items with the best rates, consisting of most current stock levels.
Built-In Social Media Sharing.
Take advantage of the viral world of social media traffic by sharing your products socially. From inside the control panel you can share deals on several sites including FB & Pinterest with a single click.
GDPR Compliant.
Current GDPR compliance terms have caused headaches for numerous marketers and shopkeeper Relax knowing your UpStorzs are 100% GDPR certified so you can profit from European customers with no concerns.
A-Z Training Has You Covered.
As easy as UpStorz is to use, the developers have consisted of detailed video modules strolling you thru each action.
IOS And Android App.
Handle your shop and all its performance from the convenience of your smart phone.
Favicon Management.
Having a favicon in your tab and bookmark is necessary for branding and customer acknowledgment-- 2 really essential consider the success of your e-commerce shop.
Ready Templates For Policy Pages.
Notify your consumers about your website's terms, personal privacy, returns and refund policies without having to spend time and money producing them yourself.
Significant Payment Integration.
The prepared payment gateway with Paypal and Stripe shows trust and security to your consumers, leading to substantially greater conversions.
Recommended Products.
Deal alternative and/or similar products on each product page for the chance to cross sell and link sell, exactly the way Amazon does. And now you can utilize it too.
In Built SEO Ability.
Add meta tags for all your items to be quickly discovered on the search engines and to enhance your website ranking, and resultant traffic.
Inventory Management.
A versatile system to automate stock tracking will save you time, reducing when stock is sold and increasing when a product is returned.
Shipping Management.
UpStorz supplies free, flat and custom-made shipping so that you can choose the best alternatives for your shop.
Zipcode Checker.
Define a list of postcodes/zipcodes that you provide to so that customers can inspect the shipment area before they purchase.
Testimonial Builder.
Increase trust and engagement by showing customer reviews and reviews.
Bulk Product Upload.
UpStorz easy product management system enables you to upload multiple items at the same time conserving you time and releasing you up for more crucial tasks.
Limitless Images Per Product.
There is no limitation to the amount of images that each product can have.
Email/SMS Templates.
UpStorz provides you the opportunity to keep your customers upgraded about their orders and to promote sales or special offers.
In-Built Live Chat Assistance.
UpStorz makes it simple with its in-built tool significance that you do not need to pay for an external live chat service.
Automatic Menu Generation.
UpStorz automatically produces menus so that you don't have to do this manually.
Produce Collections In A Few Clicks.
UpStorz makes it easy to choose items from various classifications to create a collection, for example Christmas Presents, Daddy's Day Gifts, Presents for Her, Gifts For Him and so on
. In App Notices.
Get alerts in your web app and on your mobile when you receive an order, query or registration.
Whatsapp Link For Live Chat.
Your consumers anticipate quick replies-- this will pay dividends to you in a big method.
Email And Whatsapp Updates.
Get instant email and WhatsApp updates to make sure that you are in complete control of any relocations, includes and changes-- continue top of it to offer leading edge customer care.
Sync Contacts To Your Phone Book.
The software works effortlessly with numerous platforms such as cellphone contact management software application.
Share Straight From Your Mobile.
You can get a piece of the growing mobile commerce pie that is taking the world by storm.
Size Charts.
Leading to carefree and enjoyable searching for your clients.
Style Modifications.
This style makes it incredibly easy to tailor your stores with your logos, branding, preferred color design and a lot more The control choices panel is user-friendly for newbies and includes sophisticated performance for innovative online marketers.
CNaming for Domain Mapping.
Having your own domain is important for your brand.
Business In Your Pocket Ecommerce Shop.
It has never ever been more crucial to have a feature-rich mobile enabled store to catch that growing slice of service.
UpStorz Has Several Special Functions Which No Other Online Shop Home Builder Offers.
Truthful UpStorz Evaluation: Is it worth your money?
UpStorz works in three simple actions:.
Register system. Upload products. Get traffic. And you'll start seeing lead to 24 hr or less.
They state that there is absolutely nothing brand-new under the sun but you require to have a look at this. It's the fastest way you'll discover to generate hundreds of dollars without lifting a finger.
UpStorz sends traffic into a Done For You system that has taken Vikash and Karl years to create and numerous 10's of thousands of dollars to best. It even constructs a subscriber list on auto-pilot and after that sends them directly into the shops.
This is Hands-down the most effective & simple way to get all the traffic you need. Let's take a minute to wrap up the substantial advantages create:.
Quick: campaigns take just minutes to create and the traffic begins rolling almost immediately. Targeted: you can laser-target determined purchasers in any specific niche. Free: no paid advertisements, no 'post increases' ... no ad spending plan needed ever. Perfect for ecom: the particular platform this software exploits is loaded with tested ecom purchasers.
The best part is that UpStorz takes sharing to social networks to the next level. It allows the sharing of links, pictures or videos straight from the store.
With UpStorz you can simply choose an item or collection, include background music and the system will immediately create a video ready to be published. It really could not be easier.
Upstorz Is An Unique E-Commerce System Like No Other:.
It's getting newbies REAL results. No need for dropshipping, dealing with inventory or any other risky techniques. It fasts and easy to use. Shops utilize new "live" innovation. All stores are "self-updating" (WOW). Offer unrestricted items from Amazon, AliExpress, Shop.com and Walmart. The only shop builder with REAL integrated in traffic (needs to see). All stores look beautiful and are mobile friendly.
UpStorz enables the creation of a spectacular looking shop at the push of a button, as well as driving traffic to your listings. Hyperlinks, item shots and videos can be dispersed across the web and social media creating massive traffic.
Let's have a look at some demonstration sites that I have provided for this UpStorz Review:.
Shoes Shop. Electronic Store. Supermarket.
UpStorz is a complete tested formula to OFFER items. The App is designed such a way that guides you step by step from adding products to generating a video and posting to the biggest Social network Platforms.
This, in addition to the most current SEO optimised listings, means that you'll receive a deluge of targeted totally free traffic, all set to purchase.
Simply put, having this much worth for a one-time, low fee is unusual in this market.
UpStorz does it all for you-- bringing high quality, leading end store development and management for a portion of the cost this would normally command with other leading platforms.
Within 30 Minutes From RIGHT NOW ... Driving limitless, targeted and FREE traffic to your very own affiliate stores ... with a PROVEN tool that's been used by effective marketers for over 18 months.
Creating MULTIPLE affiliate stores in just a few clicks, stores that:.
Are visually sensational based upon the very newest style patterns. Let you display really ENDLESS items from the most reputable eCom platforms in the world ... that turn 'single-item buyers' into enormous sales per client. Update THEMSELVES, instantly in real time, so you always see the latest items & the best offers ... you'll never ever waste time on updates or stress over compliance.
Having a fully-automated SYSTEM that provides your prospects MULTIPLE methods to return as repeat customers and put MORE commissions in your pocket.
You will be getting the vendor's greatest bonus offers for your fast action (and my ultimate substantial benefits at the end of this UpStorz Review):.
How does it work?
It Does This In 3 Simple Steps:.
Step 1: Register.
Your registration details will be sent to you via email. simply enter them and start your shop set up immediately.
Step 2: Upload.
UpStorz is extremely simple to set up-- all you need is an image of your products, the rate and hey presto-- you're done.
Step 3: Share.
UpStorz then begins creating traffic for you through social syndication of your item images, videos and links-- and yes, UpStorz will even produce these videos for you!
Let's examine the demonstration video listed below to see it in action!
Who is it for?
If you respond to yes to any of the following, then this is for you:.
You want to make it online. Have actually failed over and over once again. Use a software that does all the leg work for you. Have stores "self-date" and "run on their own". Get traffic to these shops (with an in built traffic software application). Do not want to spend for traffic? Sick of the high costs or time it requires to produce your own shops? Relax, the software application does it ALL for you. Dislike the tedious job? You'll never have to again with our custom tool that drives CONVERTING traffic without paid ads.
Rates.
For a minimal time, you can grab UpStorz with early bird discount rate cost in these options listed below. Let's pick the very best fit alternatives for you before this special deal gone!
Front-end: UpStorz ($ 29).
Software application creates sensational item videos. SEO optimization for ready-made traffic. Creates traffic from social networks. Records leads for repeat sales and brand name loyalty. Mobile optimized. In constructed live chat assistance for instant conversions. Push button system, newbie friendly. VIP support. Full training given.
OTO 1: Unrestricted PRO Edition ($ 19/Mo or $97/year).
Unlimited Products. Unlimited Collections. Advanced Reports. Advanced Analytics combination. Unlimited Products. Private Website for B2B users. Automatic SEO tags based upon the product info. Facebook Messenger. Unrestricted Sub Users. Ratings and Review. Faceted Browse. A lot more shipping options. Automatic upgrade and addition of brand-new plugins and features as they are developed.
OTO 2: Mobile Store App ($ 129).
Mobilize Mobile app Store on iOS and Android for your shop. Push Alerts. Automatically integrated color pattern. Same modules as home page.
OTO 3: Resellers License ($ 197).
UpStorz Reseller and Organisation in a Box done for your launch formula.
25 Licenses $197. 50 Licenses $297. 100 Licenses $347.
UpStorz Review Conclusion.
Thank you so much for reading my UpStorz Evaluation! I actually hope it did help you with your purchasing choice. This system is bring out numerous bonuses for the early bird. Take your action ASAP for the very best deal.
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Great Tool For Video Creation – Quickly, In Cloud, Transcripts Included (!)
Here’s a great tool that I highly recommend that you look into if you do video creation of any kind.I created this while in my hotel room as I’m on the road right now.You will see how I do video creation on the road and specifically what I do with the tools.
No, this is not a sales pitches I don’t Sally’s things. I am a customer and so this is one user talking to another user and sharing ideas that you can use as a content creator.I think you will be pleased and it can help you generate more business and cultivate stronger relationships as you leverageThe power of videoWhen you’re on the road.
The tool that I’m using is called zoom from Zoom .us.This gives you the ability to use your mobile device and not store it on the mobile device clogging up the limited storage you have. Instead, it is stored in a cloud in the form of video, audio, and you can get a transcript with the right program.
Bonus material is for those of you who are members of the national speakers Association.You would be able to get$2400 worth of valueFor only $360dollars.I gladly spent my $360 an this is helping me email is Lee in many different ways.
Let me know what you think.Please share this with others that you think would benefit from it.
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Master of Ceremonies Professional Video Coach
Syndicated Columnist with Business Journals (43 papers across USA, 11 million monthly page views) https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/bio/19251/TerryBrock
See some wonderful (!) videos on my YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/TerryLBrock/videos
My TEDxBocaRaton presentation.
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Oh, and to add a bit more value for you, here is the transcript of this video. No, it isn’t perfect but it will give you a much better idea of what you can do. Enjoy!
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1 00:00:01.620 –> 00:00:09.570 How would you like to have a great way that’s very easy. And one of the best ways to communicate and capture content in the form of video
2 00:00:10.080 –> 00:00:15.150 That we’ve ever seen. It’s pretty cool. I’m Terry Brock and I do a lot of video production.
3 00:00:15.420 –> 00:00:24.600 A lot of speaking as a professional speaker and I’m bounce around the planet and many of you, you are content creators, you know, the advantage of using video because you can do so much you get
4 00:00:24.870 –> 00:00:29.310 The light you see me where I am like right now. Hey, here I am, I’m in a hotel room.
5 00:00:30.030 –> 00:00:33.600 Here on the road hand getting work done and being real productive got my
6 00:00:33.870 –> 00:00:41.760 Phones here. Think about what we can do today here. I got my foot. I carry two is you know I’ve got iOS and Android. So I’ve got both of them. But I’m getting work done.
7 00:00:42.060 –> 00:00:49.290 I’m being very productive here. And by the way, I’m not using the hotels Wi Fi. I’m using the hotspot from my note ain’t
8 00:00:49.590 –> 00:00:58.020 Which is working really well with T Mobile. So I’m just using the systems and creatively getting things done. I show a lot of my clients. The this kind of thing you can do, I want to share something with you.
9 00:00:58.350 –> 00:01:11.310 It’s really powerful. And it’s what I’m using right now in the past, we can record video, of course, but now we can do it through a tool when I’m using and I pay for. They’re not giving me what to do this. I’m doing it myself. I pay for it.
10 00:01:11.910 –> 00:01:19.860 It’s called zoom Z oh [email protected] and you go over there. You can sign up for it. They got several different programs. The one I’m using
11 00:01:20.160 –> 00:01:26.760 Is the one that’s called a business plan, the business plan and gives me the ability to take this video and it is sent to the cloud.
12 00:01:27.210 –> 00:01:34.980 Which is really nice because that doesn’t clog up the hard drive on my laptop computer. I’m using right now, or even more importantly on here.
13 00:01:35.700 –> 00:01:46.710 At the airport. Today I just checked us to speed tests, not net one of your buddies. You want to hang on to speed test.net to see what my speed was for upload and most importantly
14 00:01:47.220 –> 00:01:58.170 The upload and the download chose download first, then you get the upload, but with you’ve got strong enough upload meaning about 10 megabits per second or more. You’ll see it right there. If it is or not.
15 00:01:58.620 –> 00:02:07.500 Then you can take your smartphone and record, you don’t have to worry about clogging up all the memory on your phone. Instead you’re storing it in the cloud.
16 00:02:07.890 –> 00:02:20.910 And not only does it put it in the cloud, but video. It gives an audio as well. And here’s the best part with that higher in plan zoom has you get a chance to have third option A transcript.
17 00:02:21.390 –> 00:02:27.960 Think about it. When would a transcript be beneficial to you. Well, quite a few times. Another thing you can do with this is you can share your screen.
18 00:02:28.230 –> 00:02:33.060 So that you can say, hey, I want to show something that’s going on. And I know what it is like for its here I share my screen.
19 00:02:33.300 –> 00:02:41.040 Right now I’m going to click on there, a few clicks and then boom, there it is. Look at this. I’m showing you what is on my screen.
20 00:02:41.250 –> 00:02:44.850 Let me move a couple things around here on this, you know, we have to adjust and that kind of thing.
21 00:02:45.060 –> 00:02:56.130 But there we are. I’m there. I’ll make myself a little bit bigger, but these are programs. I’ve got set up here on this I’m using this on WordPress to send out messages from wherever I happen to be I’ll use this as well.
22 00:02:56.400 –> 00:03:05.460 And what I can do is then I get this and I’m able to use it in some rather profound ways and be able to get a lot done with it.
23 00:03:05.730 –> 00:03:13.140 Taking the information that’s out there, move around the screen etc and get a lot more done. And so what you can do is share your screen.
24 00:03:13.920 –> 00:03:17.190 Put it up there in the cloud and you don’t have to hassle with it when you’re on the road.
25 00:03:17.580 –> 00:03:23.820 Here you go. You take this, make sure you got a good mic. By the way, notice I’m using a mic right now, I want to make sure you can hear me well.
26 00:03:24.450 –> 00:03:31.380 If it’s using the on the road, particularly got a lot of external noises in the hotel room. Not as much but elsewhere, you will
27 00:03:31.800 –> 00:03:39.480 Make sure you got a good microphone. I’ve got this, and I also brought my raspberry microphone. It’s over here. I’m not using it right now, but it’s here and I’ve used it later.
28 00:03:39.780 –> 00:03:48.720 Or earlier tonight. I was working with it. So this tool called zoom zoom.us, particularly as good. Now, by the way, those of you that are members of the National speakers Association.
29 00:03:49.080 –> 00:04:01.350 Here’s a little plug for that I spent another chunk of money to get their special plan. I get that business plan. Normally it cost you $20 a month and you need a minimum of 10
30 00:04:01.950 –> 00:04:09.720 Places that means it’s $200 a month for a year, which where I went to school out in the country was pretty close to 20 $400 a year.
31 00:04:10.020 –> 00:04:21.990 $200 a month 20 $400 a year with the national speakers Association. You get it for $360 which is really nice. Just like we say in technology. Wow. Such a deal.
32 00:04:22.350 –> 00:04:27.270 And so you get the chance to work with that. Get it better if you’re a member of the National speakers Association.
33 00:04:27.630 –> 00:04:41.580 You might want to look into it for $360 $30 a month you’re able to get that same service that would normally be 20 $400 so I’m using that I get it fast. I don’t clog up my phone. It gives me the ability to create customized videos.
34 00:04:42.060 –> 00:04:47.610 And a transcript, which can be very helpful and send that out to people. Think about it. It’s something that you can use and
35 00:04:47.880 –> 00:04:54.690 We thought I’d share that with you is I’m live here on the road for those new that it might be out there on the road yourself. This is yet another time here just
36 00:04:55.260 –> 00:05:04.800 For Mon on the road guy in the hotel to other the road. People that are out there, moving around. And if you’re at your office, good for you as well. Let me know what you think. I’ll look forward to hearing from you.
37 00:05:05.250 –> 00:05:16.710 At Terry Brock on steam it Terry at Terry brock.com is the email address. And of course, everything’s over there at Terry brock.com hey I look forward to hearing from you. Have a great day.
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Holii! Yesterday your inbox was hungry again and ate the ask number 8 :( (i don’t really know if the problem lies on your inbox or im doing something wrong when sending the asks tbh). Im sending it again only bcs it was the first part of the two asks i send about my sister, and maybe getting only half of it doesn’t make that much sense. You don’t have to answer, it just bothered me, sorry xd
Awwwww, I have customer that always says holiiiii!!! When she comes. And now she reminds me of you, jajajaa. But I read your holiii!!! with her voice 😅. I counted yesterday asks and there were 10, so maybe this time the problem was in your end 😝😝?? I see we’re both geeks of tech things,jajajajaja. Also, where is the message about your sister again??? jajajajajaj 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ what a pair. I thinks is just Tumblr, that is shit… jajaja
I saw the video of SOOT/Durkink. I wasn’t expecting that and i laughed too loud. JAJAJAJA. Also, i don’t know if you have instagram, but did you see Liam’s stories? He tried singing JBalvin parts and it was a mess. I guess they can now understand my struggle. He looked so lost, poor baby. That was even better than “una sacapuntas”. 😂 Anyway, i’m going to answer you now. (oh, and i’m sorry but for me its no under the cut. No even if i log in and read it on my dash).
Jajajajajja, it was very funny, wasn’t it? I’m gonna tag you in everything that makes me laugh,jajajajaja. Awwww, liam was so cuteeeee. I laughed so much as his puppy face. He looked so lost. He was so convinced he was talking Spanish… ayyyyyy. It’s a 10 for the effort. I kept thinking: that’s how I must sound singing in English,jjajajaja.
Here we go. Okay, first of all,i have to say that this new distribution was so confusing the first time i read dit, bcs it took me a while to figure out what were my asks and what were your answers, so at times i started reading and went…uuumh, that sounds familiar, i could have written that. Waaait… 🤦 🤦 🤦 Quite lame, jajajajaja. (1)
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I’M SO SORRY FOR THAT MESS!!! I wrote everything in a note. And your asks were in bold. And when I started I thought: remember to check later that it stays this way on tumblr!! Butttttt, when the time came I was SO SLEEPY!!! I totally forgot!!! 😅😅. So, I’ll go back to normal this time, just in case (though I’m writing it the same way. I hope I don’t forget later🙏🏻). Also, I wanted to tell you a lot more, but I forgot everything,jajaja.
Yees, im feeling better, thanks for asking
Well, if it was fatigue, you have the whole weekend to rest. Hope your feeling better. Lol, I feel the same, jejeje, when I see you’ve messaged me, I’m like: how do I let her know I’ve read it, but I can’t answer now??? Asjkxs;sjdhcbuidsljd
I’ve been streaming it since yesterday, and imo is not bad. There’s only one sentence im feeling a bit ambivalent about, bcs im picky like that, but i think its quite good. I cant wait to hear it on the radio and tell everybody “THATS MY SON”(My friends are gonna freak out when they discover that for once, i know the lyrics of a JBalvin song. JAJAJAJ). You have to work 10h each day? That’s a long shift. Is that your usual schedule or is only this weekend? Espero que te sea leve 😘 (3)
I heard it again today, for a bit. And it isn’t reggeatton exactly? It doesn’t have that rhythm that I hate, jajjaja. So I think I’ll be able to listen to it. I haven read the lyrics yet, so I can’t tell you anything about it :/ Same about my friends,jajajjaa. I think mine are gonna be more shocked about me knowing a song in Spanish,jajajaja. They’re always teasing about not liking Spanish music. Which is not true, but well… 🤷🏻‍♀️ What sentence you don’t like? And my shit is parted, so al least I have a couple of hour of rest. It’s how small shops work. So 🤷🏻‍♀️ I don’t have to be back till next Saturday, so… jajajajaja
Ohhh. (I see what you did with IICF lyrics. Smart girl). I was indeed paying attention. I swear. I took notes and answered you at the same time. I’m used to take notes of the subjects while doing essays, so it wasnt hard. Your taxes are on safe hands, don’t worry. My indecisiveness help me broke the system. You choose the pink??? Well done!💖 (4. I think? Why do i lost track so easily?)
How lucky you are, you can pay attention to more than one thing. If smartphones and SM had been a thing back on my student days, I would have failed everything. In fact I did. The first time I had internet at home, I was 15. Oh god! The memories. Back then, Terra’s chat (that you probably don’t know what it is. I myself, don’t remember exactly either) was very popular to talk to people. I met a guy. Ah! My first real crush. We talked everyday via Messenger!! Awwww, he was 17. We talked so much… jajajajajaja I was pretty obsessed. We talked from 6pm (it was when my internet started to be cheaper), till 12am (bc we both had to wake up early the next morning. Oh my god!!!!! Jajjajaja. One day I told him my real age (he thought I was 16), and then we lost contact. Ay! my first love,jajajaja. We never met. ANYWAY!! This all just to tell you that I failed 6/11 class subjects that the first trimester!! It was the first time I had failed ANY class! And ended failing the whole year 🤦🏻‍♀️. So, good for me to not have had an iPhone back then,jajajaja.
Yes me too. With some of the shirts from Harry’s merch I feel like they didn’t even try. Lyrics with a font that looks like Times New Roman… Really? And yes. They are expensive. You haven’t decided it yet? Do they usually have the same things that in the web? Do they have more As you see, im not very versed in merchandising or concerts. Enlighten me pls. (I must say, i’m loving the Honey updates). (5).
I don’t even know what/where/IF they sell merch at Niall’s concert. I would think they do, but 🤷🏻‍♀️. I think I’d buy a shirt. I have the shirt Steve sold for JHO (all black, with Louis and Steve’s silhouettes on the breast, and  just hod on written in the back); and the shirt of Harry’s concert. So I’ll like to have one for each of the boys. I’ll see.jejeje.
Yes, it makes perfect sense. I totally get it. When I first heard OMO I thought “lol, me”. And when i heard Mirrors i though “not so lol. Me too”. I was so touched when he explained what was the reason that made him wrote Mirrors. He is too pure. We are so lucky to have him. After hearing your story i can assure you; i’m never going to get a lip ring. Never. Do you still have it to this day? 9 ear piercings? I still have to find the energy to go and get a 2nd one. (6)
One of the things I’m loving about the hiatus, it’s my new love for Niall. When I first knew the band I thought: I can understand why people like all the boys, but Niall? What’s is there to like??? And oh girl, was I wrong! In my humble opinion, he’s the one who’s having the best solo career. Not based in awards or anything like that ( I don’t think successfulness is marked with that). But I don’t know, he’s making a name for him. He had it so “difficult”. Because when people heard his name, they didn’t put a face or a gossip story behind it. But step by step his making himself known, and I’m very proud. And I love his music. And I love to hear him talking in interviews. And those work out sessions are paying off, ajajajajajjaaajsj. So, all my respect to him. (To te rest too, eh 😜)9 ear piercing plus the ones you “get born” with!!! Jajaja. Those were the 00s,jajjajaja.
Well, they cant be much cheaper than now, right? Bcs now we have to pay for separate tickets. That way would be just 1. Let’s see. They would play all of their songs from Four. Almost all of the tracks from Made in the AM and MM. Compulsorily. But i let them have creative license choosing which songs from UAN & TMH they want to play. Im no dictator. What about you? What would you choose? A camera? Which kind of camera? I’m sure you’ll use it again. There’s plenty of occasions, trips & so. (6)
See? I was very sleepy, I didn’t thought about that. It would be just one ticket, not four like now. I seriously hate them. They only want me for my money 😡😡😂😂😂😂. My setlist would have to have! Over Again (indispensable), Four’s songs, MITAM’s songs, solo’s songs. Also, the stage would be small, so they had to talk with each other and walk around each other. And I don’t know, I just want them back together, jajajja. The camera I bought is the LUMIX TZ70. I saw someone has posted videos of Harry’s concert from very far away, but it was only his face. Like it had a big BIG zoom. And I went to their IG, and they had the name of their camera as a bio,jajaja, bc people asked them too much. So I looked it up in Amazon. And I bought it. Mymy. Now I only have to go on trips and those things to use it…😅.
Right direction? What a responsibility. Idk. All that topics are really related to what im studying, so i just learn about it in class, and then, outside the classroom, i read as many articles and books as i can. I just read whatever seems interesting to me. Sorry i’m useless. What i wanted to say is that im no expert on any of that subjects, but i find them interesting. Thats all. (Your mom cant recognise Liam? Im surprised bcs Liam has quite a distinctive voice, at least to me). (7)
I think it is interesting. I’d love to know a lot more. I just like to learn new things. And I love when people tell and explain me things when I’ve said something wrong. So, that’s what I meant, jejej, that if I ever say something wrong, feel free to call me out on it, please.I don’t know why she can’t recognize his voice!! She just says: it’s not this or that, so it has to be him,jajajaa. (I need your opinion on zayn and j Bieber, before I go on with this,jajaja).
JAJAJAJ. Sadly i get too many “hmmm, if you want…” with my friends. And they are usually followed by “You all are crazy”. But yeah, whatever. I’m living my truth. I’ll definitely come and talk to you. Dont worry. (8),
Yes please!! You’re always welcomed here with every wild thought you have!! Jajja. I’ll do the same. I’ll write tags post to you whenever I have something to tell you, jajajaja. Now, I’m gonna check my inbox again, to make sure I had t left any ask without  answer. You sent 12 asks today?? You’re amazing!! Thanks!! Ayayayay!!! I have to talk to you about a fic I’m reading. I haven’t finish it yet, but girl! It’s one of those I’ve had to stop reading bc it was to cute!!! I have even hugged my iPad  because I couldn’t hug Louis,jajaja. Do you read fics?? If that… lets talk, jajajajajja.Last, Honey came to say hello a while back. Their cousins (my sister’s dog) is spending the weekend here with them, because my sister is on a trip, so it will be an eventful weekend, I’m sure, jajajaja.Byeeeee Love!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Pd: answering to the last thing you said yesterday :) LOU IS BACK!!! But how predictable that was!!! Jajajja. Even I said we would see him now that Harry was  a world away. Anyway, I love seeing his face. Can’t wait for what it’s to come!! Bring it!! Jajajja
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Weekly Digital Marketing Q&A – Hump Day Hangouts – Episode 137
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Adam: I got some, but … okay. All right, well, there we are. Hey everybody. We are live, only one minute late. We were scrambling; not gonna lie, but Bradley got everything sorted out so here we are, and this is Hump Day Hangouts episode 137. Today is the 21st of June, so we’ll do our thing real quick and say, “Hi” to everybody, and then we will get started. So Chris, how’s it going man?
Chris: Been good. In a heat wave here in Austria.
Adam: Yeah? What do you … What kind of temperatures are you dealing with?
Chris: 34 degrees celsius-
Adam: Yikes. That’s like 90 something I think, right?
Chris: Yeah, 93 or so.
Adam: Yuck. All right. I’ll pass. I’m living in luxury, man. It’s like 75. This has been awesome. Hernan, how about yourself? You got like six feet of snow or something or what’s going on down there?
Hernan: No, doesn’t snow actually. It doesn’t actually snow in Buenos Aires, so it’s not even funny. You know?
Adam: Okay.
Hernan: Yeah, get the all humid cold, but it’s not even fun to go out and … But anyways, yeah, I’m excited to be here. I’m excited for tomorrow’s webinar for the Battleplan members so it’s gonna be a lot of fun and I’m excited to be here.
Adam: Awesome, awesome. Marco, how you doing man? It looks pretty nice there. I’m guessing the weather’s probably pretty good. Maybe.
Bradley: Maybe he’s muted.
Adam: Maybe not. All right. Well. I’m gonna go with the weather is probably pretty good but we’ll fill that in later. So Bradley, how you doing man?
Bradley: Good. I’m glad that I got it fired up at the last minute, man. It was my Chrome cache was, I guess, clogged up I guess two gigabytes of cache is enough to slow down a browser.
Adam: Imagine that.
Bradley: So I had to shut everything down, run CCleaner and then start it back up and it took longer than I expected, but we’re here, so better late than never.
Adam: Good deal. All right, well, just real quick, if you’re new to Semantic Mastery, first of all, thanks for showing up to Hump Day Hangouts. We certainly appreciate it. You should definitely check out the Battleplan. I’ll share that link shortly below and then, also if you haven’t yet, for some reason, signed up for your free account at SERP Space, head over there. We got the Done-For-You services there and also a couple free tools with more coming, stuff like Mark Up and stuff like that.
And then, before we dive into stuff I just wanted to share this. This is like Adam’s little book report minute. I’ve been taking my book reading up a notch. I’m trying to knock out a book like every week or two, and so this is “High Profit Prospecting.” Let’s see; who’s this by? Mark Hunter. So, good book so far. It’s exactly what it sounds like. If you’re someone who does outreach for customers, who, I’m guessing nearly everybody here should probably be doing that, I think it’s a good read. The big one, it’s on prospecting, obviously, and then attitude as well as getting into the specifics of how you can approach people, which is really good. I don’t come from a sales background, so it’s been a good refresher. You know, we always hear about, you know, “Okay, here’s the ABC’s of this,” but definitely good to go into that and get some more detail, so, pretty good read. I think it was like 10 bucks on Amazon, so if you’re interested in that, you should check it out.
Bradley: Awesome. That’s a really good recommendation. I haven’t read that one yet, but I’m gonna add it to my list. I’m trying to do the same thing, Adam, is read about a book every two weeks or so, and I only got 30 minutes scheduled every day to read, but I’m trying to keep to that schedule so that I actually get it done, and I’ve just finished reading, for the second time, Bill Good’s “Hot Prospects” book, so that one’s probably gonna be a good one to follow up with so I appreciate you pointing that out.
Adam: Yeah, and I’ll probably put something on the page, on the Semantic Mastery page if people are interested. If you guys are interested or if you have any questions or anything, just pop the question on this page if you’re at the event and I’ll answer that but, anyways, you guys have any announcements, anything we need to cover today?
Hernan: I think we’re good.
Bradley: I think so.
Adam: All right, let’s roll.
Bradley: All right, cool. Let’s see, before I get into-
Marco: [inaudible 00:03:52] Before you get into that-
Bradley: I’m sorry.
Marco: For you guys dealing with the heat, I just want to show you something. I just want to show you something, man. Dig that motherfuckers, dig that. 75 degrees. Beautiful weather. Come on, man.
Bradley: Tropical climate.
Marco: [crosstalk 00:04:13] Why deal with the cold? I have a little waterfall in the background, just keeping me peaceful. While you guys [crosstalk 00:04:26]
Adam: I’m beginning to think Marco is subsidized by the government, you know, to boost [crosstalk 00:04:31]-
Marco: You know, right? Ed’s trying to log in, man. He’s using my login but … So if you see two Marcos, it’s Ed.
Chris: Ed’s cool.
Bradley: Ed is one of our newer Mastermind members. He’s a real hustler. He’s been out just crushing it and getting new clients. I mean, it’s just amazing how much action that dude’s taking, so, he’s down there visiting Marco right now, and, if he can, he’ll jump on.
Mini Case Study On Video Re-Indexing And Re-Ranking For Video Production Company Using Video Powerhouse
All right. So let’s get to questions and stuff. There’s something I do want to share in just a moment, though. Just very quickly, ‘cause I want to show you guys something. Let me zoom in on all this first. All right, cool.
So this is something … You guys should be seeing my full screen, correct?
Adam: Yeah, I got your whole desktop.
Hernan: Yep.
Chris: Okay.
Bradley: I’m gonna zoom in on this a little bit. All right, this is from Pro Rank Tracker. This is a screenshot I just took yesterday of a local video that I had done for the video production company that I do a ton of work for. They had a client, or one of their customers had been paying for SEO services for their video for about 6 months and then they allowed their subscription to lapse or to expire, I guess, and so I unlisted the video, which was in the number one position for the six or eight months, whatever it was, that it was running before their subscription expired, and once it had expired, I just went through and unlisted the video, but it had been sitting at number one for, you know, six or eight months.
So, when I unlisted the video obviously it fell out of the index for a while, and it was probably, I don’t know, three or four months had passed before they resubscribed to the service for whatever reason. I don’t know why they went so long without renewing but, whatever. They contacted the video production company and renewed their Video Boost subscription. That’s what they call it.
So I went in and just reset the video back to public instead of unlisted. However, it didn’t just appear back in number one position, and I didn’t expect it to. In fact, I even charged the company, the video production company, another setup fee, even though all I had to do was go in and unlist it. I mean, set it from unlisted to public, I still charged them the additional setup fee, which is a one-time fee for whenever I initially add a new video to a marketing campaign, and I told them, “It’s been paused for the last few months, so I’m going to have to charge you an additional setup fee.” And they said, “That’s fine.” Blah blah blah.
So anyways, I went in and I set it to public and I left it alone for a couple days. Well, first, of all, it didn’t re-index right away, which was kind of weird, but then, when it did re-index, which, I had to kind of force it to re-index, which, again, I thought was a bit strange, but when it did, you can see where the two main keywords that I was tracking, which is basically one keyword, just a variation of it, 'cause that’s how I do it with the video production company guys. I always, you know … Each video targets one keyword or a close variant so that it will rank for the close variants of that keyword, if that makes sense.
So I was only tracking two keywords for this one video but you can see when it did re-index, it re-indexed at position nine and position 12 or 13, respectively. What was crazy was … All I did … I put it … Sent this video through a video powerhouse blast. I did an embed blast of about 50 embeds. I did both primary and secondary embeds of only 50. And then I went in and I set up a YouTube AdWords campaign. An AdWords for video campaign using the video as the actual … So let me just explain how I did this, guys. I set up, inside of AdWords, I used in-stream video option, right? So it wasn’t a video discovery ad, it was … I just took the same video that I wanted ranked, right? And I used that URL as the in-stream video ad URL, and then the landing page link that you click on from the in-stream ad, right? That’s always the link that’s in the bottom left corner of the video when an in-stream ad is playing, that … All I did was use that YouTube URL, the same video that was the ad itself. I used that URL as the landing page URL, right? So does that make sense? So essentially an in-stream ad that when clicked will take somebody to a YouTube video, and it’s the same YouTube video.
But what I did was I set up geographic targeting, and I went into interest targeting using the in-market or ROI interest based targeting, which is called in-market targeting. Very very very powerful. I started playing with that a lot recently, and I’m getting really good results, especially for local.
So I set geo-targeting and I used interest-based targeting, the in-market, ROI targeting, and I went and I found that specific category, and this is a home services-type of business, and I selected that proper category, and I set my budget for one dollar per day, guys. One dollar per day. Now, if anybody’s been following us for long, you know that, for like the video production companies, I only charge 100 dollars per month per video to rank or per keyword to rank for them. That’s what I provide as wholesale services.
So I’m only making 100 bucks a month, but I set up a one dollar a day budget that has local IP’s with people that are in-market. Let me explain what I mean by that. Google understands now, through browsing history, recent browsing history, what people are looking for. Like, if they’re in-market, so to speak, for a particular product or service, then Google knows that because they’ve been searching buyer-type keywords, commercial intent keywords. Recently, it’s in their recent browsing history, right? And so Google places those people into a bucket that means that they’re highly likely or they’re really engaged with that particular product or service or keyword at that moment, so it’s highly likely that they’re in the market. That’s why it’s called, “in-market,” for that product or service.
So it doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at. The people in that bucket, doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at on YouTube. My ad can play in front of any video. A silly cat video. It doesn’t matter because they were … By Google’s own … Google has categorized them as being in-market, so they’re likely to convert.
So the reason I’m explaining this to you is because, with something so simple as setting up a one dollar a day ad and I got 10 clicks in the first day, or, no, I’m sorry. It was five clicks in the first day. I had 10 impressions, five clicks. So it was a 50% click-through rate on the video, which was interesting, but they’re all from local IP’s from people that are in-market, so that means it’s highly relevant traffic.
It’s relevant for two reasons: the geographic location, so local IP’s essentially, which will count as a local IP click to that video, plus those were in-market visitors or viewers, right? Clickers, so to speak. YouTube users. They’re in-market for that particular product or service category, anyways. So that means it’s highly relevant.
Well Google and YouTube knows that. So now the traffic that … The engagement that I just purchased from Google AdWords to that video was locally relevant and topically relevant, and it shot it direct … The very next day, it had jumped from whatever this is, nine and 13 or whatever to the number one position, and in fact, one of these keywords is now triggering the great big video. I know you guys know what I’m talking about. It doesn’t happen very often, but where the video is ranked number one and it’s freaking huge and it takes up where the maps pack would normally be.
And all I did, guys, like I said was just set up a local … I ran a 50-embed blast through video powerhouse and then I set up a local YouTube ad, and this was just yesterday. You can see that … You know, yesterday is when I took this screenshot, and it jumped, basically in 48 hours from … It went from not being indexed to being indexed at like nine and 13 for that variant, for that keyword, to being number one and also triggering that great big large video in the SERP, which is amazing, and I just wanted to point that out, guys, 'cause I know we’ve talked about that here on Hump Day Hangouts a lot, about using AdWords, because you’re buying engagement signals from … And you can specifically pinpoint where you want the engagement signals to come from, right?
You’re paying Google for engagement signals. Instead of buying views or buying fake social signals, you can buy real, organic … I say they’re organic because they’re real. They’re real click-throughs and real views from real people on real IP’s and real devices, with real browsing histories in a real location, if that makes sense, and it just works like crazy.
So any of you guys that are doing video SEO stuff, especially local, guys, this should just be a standard operating procedure for any one of your local campaigns, is set up an ad, run the targeting like I just mentioned, geographic targeting, and even if you just do a dollar a day, just until you get it ranked and then pause your ad campaign, it’ll help immensely.
So, brief little tutorial. Hopefully that was helpful. Anybody want to comment on that before we get any questions?
Chris: That was pretty amazing, Bradley.
Bradley: Yeah, thank you. Thank you. It’s quite … I mean, it’s just amazing and the fact that I saw that it triggered those big big videos, which is crazy, 'cause that’s rare that that happens. The six or eight months that it was ranked number one before I had unlisted it, it was never a big video, so it had quite an effect.
Where Can You Get A Double Verified Gmail Accounts?
Okay, cool. Earl’s up first. He says, “Can you suggest a place to get double-verified Gmail accounts? I cannot seem to find a source on Fiverr that I once used.”
Okay. I’m going to recommend a guy that we have been using for, I’d say over a year now, but one of our Mastermind members, Beau, who’s also our moderator in the Syndication Academy Facebook group said that he’s had terrible communication experience with this dude. So, anyways, I’ve never had any problems with him. He’s always been really good about replacing any accounts, the communication’s been good, so I’m going to point it out anyways, but I just want to mention, full disclosure, that one of our members is having issues with him, so just take that into account.
This is the only guy I’ve used for phone verified accounts that’s been any good for, like, well over a year, so I’ve just stuck with him. It’s bulkpva.com.
Marco: Yeah, I’d-
Bradley: Go ahead.
Marco: I’d like to mention, too, that we ordered accounts and they were resold, and so-
Bradley: Okay, so don’t use them is what you’re saying.
Marco: No, I’m not saying, “Don’t.” I’m saying that, when you get them, you have to change the phone number and the email, right? The email that you used to recover the password. Switch that up right away in all, whatever accounts that you order. Because they’re a pain in the ass, which is why you should have a VA.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: Because they did get resold and so it was a whole big mess, and so, you know, we talked to him and he just gets so many orders that he’s swamped, and so I think it’s more a case of him not paying attention to what he’s doing, rather than being dishonest.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: But I wanna add that that happened to us.
Bradley: Well thanks. I appreciate that, because again, and that’s why I wanted to fully disclose what Beau had mentioned, too because like I said, I’ve never had any issues with him, but in part, the reason that Marco just said that he thinks it’s because he’s getting too many damn orders. It’s probably because I’ve recommended the dude quite a bit. He was extremely happy when I started recommending him because he was like … And maybe that’s why I never have any issues with him, because he always takes care of me because I sent so much business to him.
But regardless, like I said, you know, be careful, Earl. That’s the only guy I’ve used but apparently some people have been having issues recently, so there you go.
How Do You Handle Content Issues With A WordPress That Stop Syndicating To A Network?
Chris says, “I recently had WordPress take down one of my syndication channels without warning. Not exactly sure why. Maybe because some of the content that was being syndicated was short codes that did not translate well to the WordPress site, or maybe it was posting too often. Wondering the best way to handle this. Do I try rebuilding all the site posts that used to be on WordPress all at once or over time or another WordPress site, or just start syndicating with a new channel and not worry about getting the older stuff posted.”
Chris, that’s gonna happen from time to time. No matter what you do, there are gonna be times where one of your Web 2s, even a branded property that you’ve taken well care of will sometimes still get terminated because of the automation that we’re using. That sometimes will trigger it. There’s just a number of reasons. It’s rare … We go to great lengths through how we set up these accounts to prevent from that happening, but it does happen from time to time and there’s nothing any of us can do about it, right? Except try to prevent it, right?
So Chris, yeah, we’ve even had some of ours terminated, and what you mentioned about a short code, so like if you were using a plugin or something on your main money site that inserted short codes into the post which would obviously, when the page was loaded, would convert into a script or an image or whatever it was that you needed it to be, when it gets syndicated, that’s not going to occur because that plugin’s not present on the WordPress.com site, if that makes sense.
So you’ve gotta be careful about that. We’ve had that same issue on a number of occasions with some of the stuff that we’ve syndicated from our own blog, causing problems. Like, you know, form code for example. Opt-in form code that just looks like raw code on the page because it doesn’t translate 'cause it’s not in the short code and the plugin’s not present. That kind of stuff, so … You just gotta be wary of all of that.
Something that you can do if you are going to continue to use those kind of like short code plugins and things like that on your money site … Excuse me, I’ve got somebody calling in. Hold on a minute, let me hang up on them. Sorry guys. Give me a second. It’s my Google Voice number. It’s a spam call, I’m sure. Okay, so if you’re gonna continue to use those kind of, um … It’s still ringing. I’m going to have to just let it ring out.
If you’re still going to use those kind of plugins, I would recommend that you just set your WordPress post to your RSS settings from “full post” to “summary.” Now I know for branded properties we like to recommend using the full post, the full text of the post, instead of just the summary, but if you’re using short codes and things like that from your main money site that aren’t going to syndicate and post into the blogs of your syndication network, then you may want to use the summary post instead. Okay? Or reconsider what you’re posting within the content of your posts so that you don’t have those issues. You could do that as well.
Is It Okay To Upload 30 Videos At Once In A YouTube Money Channel That Is Syndicated To A T-1 Network?
All right. Dave’s up. He says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube.” Uh, oh. It’s, by the way, just so you know, do try … I would say start a new WordPress.com site and then just start syndicating posts from that point forward. The moment of origin forward, if that makes sense, because I wouldn’t worry about going back and publishing all the already published posts on the new WordPress site. I wouldn’t worry about that. It’s too much manual work. If you’ve got a VA you can send it to, fine, but I wouldn’t do it yourself. If it were me, I would just create a new account, attach it to the Network. Set up the automation that triggers and all that, and then I would just post from that point forward, okay?
Dave says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube for a money channel. Is it a bad idea to upload the 30 videos at once? Will it cause problems with some of the new network properties getting that many videos all at once?”
Yeah, I wouldn’t do that Dave. I would probably not do more than like five posts per day. [crosstalk 00:20:48] But you could do that, you know, five posts per day over six days. That’s what I would do. And it’s not … It’s just because when you hit a … especially a new network with like a whole bunch of posts all at once like that, it’s likely gonna be terminated. Okay? So you don’t want to do that.
In fact, like we always mention, or it’s mentioned in the training, you should post a few posts, as we call seed posts, and leave it sit for a few days. Post with no links, by the way, or only links to other blog posts on that same platform. So in other words, if it’s a Blogger blog, you can link to another Blogger blog post from somebody else’s Blogger blog because it’s still the Blogger domain. I wouldn’t have any external links, okay? It would be an internal link to another Blogger blog. Might not be yours, but somebody else’s. That’s the only type of link I would have, and then I’d let it sit for about seven days before starting to do any automated posting. And then when you do, ramp up slowly. Don’t do thirty at once. Do something like maybe one or two a day for a couple of days, and then you can ramp it up from there. If you’ve only got thirty videos, I’d probably spread that over, you know, a week to 10 days, something like that. If it’s a new network. If it’s an established network, you can be a little bit more aggressive. All right.
Best Practices In Managing YouTube Channels If You Are Wholesaling Video Promotion Service
Columbia! She’s been crushing it. She’s been a go-getter. Columbia, I’ve been really proud of you, coming here every week and asking questions, and I seek that you’re going with the agency model and it sounds like you’re well on your way and I just wanted to say that that’s awesome. We appreciate you being here and taking action. She says, “My goal is to promote videos in five to eight niches, with each niche having a YouTube channel and associated website to support videos from multiple cities, as I am wholesaling video promotion service.” Very good. She says, “If I set up five to eight YouTube channels with each having an associated website, could I put all of those on my main Google and YouTube account, or do I need to break them up under some separate persona Google accounts? Each associated websites would just have a tier one network, but I will likely want to stack two or more tier twos on some of or most of the YouTube channels.”
Which is, yeah, that’s a good idea, Columbia. Is it a good idea to your main Google account? Okay, again, and this is the same advice that I always use, even though your problem … I can tell, Columbia, that you’re gonna be taking care of these networks, and you’re not gonna be doing anything real spammy, your setting up for long term, I still recommend that you would create each of the five to eight YouTube channels under a different persona account and then add yourself, Columbia Jones, your profile as a manager of all of them.
So after you’ve created the YouTube channel under a persona account, then you go in and you add yourself as a manager so that you can access, manage and maintain all of those channels from your main Google profile. It’ll make it convenient and much easier to work on, but it will protect each one of those channels in the event, God forbid, that something were to happen to your account, Columbia, that you wouldn’t use all of those assets, because even if your account got terminated, and again, that’s worst case scenario, but if your account got terminated for some reason or another, all of those other channels would still be present and available because they weren’t your … You, as the profile Columbia Jones, wasn’t the channel owner. You were just a manager, if that makes sense. So I’d do that specifically for risk mitigation, right? Just set up different … create a different persona account. Set up the channel, and then make yourself the manager. And that way you protect yourself.
“So how many channels with each associated website can I run on my main Google account without running into problems, as I would be setting up five to eight niches all within a single month?” Again if you … You can manage up to 50 channels from any one profile. So, again, set them all up underneath different … So the channel owners are different personas. Different Google accounts. And then add yourself as a manager. And you can add as many channels, I mean, up to 50 channels as a manager to your account, Columbia, and that won’t look weird at all because there’s a lot of people out there that are, you know, digital marketing consultants, and they manage a lot of channels and stuff, so it’s natural to do that. I wouldn’t worry about it.
“If I do need to break these up and put them under separate Google accounts, would those persona Google accounts be a persona individual or persona business name?” It can be a persona business name. It doesn’t matter because you’re setting up a business channel. Does that make sense? So when you create a persona, you’re gonna have a persona, a profile-based YouTube channel. That just comes associated with the Google account that you create, but when you go to set up a channel, you want to create a business channel. That’s how you give it a brand name and all that other stuff. Okay? All right, great question by the way, Columbia.
What Is The Best Strategy To Use When Doing Lead Gen Business That Is On A Revenue Share Management?
Mohammed Makki says, “Hey guys, I’ve started doing lead-gen for a local home builder and I have a question. It’s a revenue share agreement, so for every sale he makes, I get a good amount.” That’s a great strategy, Mohammed; that’s the same type of model that I prefer. “I trust this guy since I’ve worked with him before, but I still want to make sure that I know what’s going on. Is an answering service like the one you use on Local Kingpin the best way to do this?”
It is, in my experience Mohammed. So the reason why I say that is because I get … Any call that goes … Okay, so, on the lead-gen sites that I have that … I’m just about on 90% of them. I have an answering service call center set up that I pay for. It’s my expense, but the reason I do that is because any call that comes through, it first … It does several things. Number one: it screens the calls because anybody here that has been doing … Either has your own local business or you provide local business marketing services and you, so you manage stuff for clients, you already know that you get freaking hammered with solicitation calls all day long from every type of business out there. From credit card processing machines to marketing services to Yelp. Yelp’ll call you 15 times a freaking week. It’s ridiculous.
And so I use an answering service, number one: because it’s an automated call screening system. Any solicitation call gets screened out by the answering service, so it doesn’t bother the contractor or the service provider who’s purchasing the leads with a bunch of spam calls. Right? So that’s number one.
Number two: any lead that’s a valid lead is going to answer the call screener’s questions, which means once that lead is done, or once the call is over, that’s a bona fide lead that I can go for. Now obviously I still get some solicitation leads that come through. In other words, they’re people that answer some questions from the call screener so the lead still gets pushed through, but it’s very clearly identified as such when it goes through. So what happens is, with AnswerConnect, that’s the service I use, by the way. Answerconnect.com. I’ve been using them for about five years. Great service.
Anyways, I get an email copy of every lead call that comes through, and then it also gets emailed and texted to the service provider, and so again, I like to use it because it’s a call screening system. I have a record of everything. I’ve got an email and a text record, plus AnswerConnect keeps records of everything as well. And so, for me, that’s how I validate everything.
Now, if somebody submits a web form, a contact form, you know, contact request form, on a lead-gen page instead of calling, then I get a copy of the email that also gets sent to the service provider, and now I’m using Zapier, I don’t know the proper way to pronounce it, but I’m using Zapier to send an SMS text alert, it connects with Twilio, but it’ll basically monitors a Gmail address and every time a new lead comes in from that lead-gen funnel, it triggers Zapier to send a text message via Twilio to the contractor notifying him that a new lead had come in and to check his email for the lead data. And that’s only for contract request form submissions, if that makes sense. Phone calls go through AnswerConnect.
Hernan: Mm. May I?
Bradley: Go ahead.
Hernan: May I add something, Bradley? I think that this really valuable and you first told me about AnswerConnect, back in the day. I think it was two years ago, but I think that you’re adding a lot of value to the process, right? Because if you can sell a qualified lead … Because, here’s the deal: you can sell that lead to one contractor for example, or to one client. That would be like an exclusive lead. Or you can get it qualified and sell it to multiple contractors or to multiple business, right? You will need to be really clear that that lead will be, you know, sold to many, so that … The value of that lead usually decreases. You know, if it’s qualified plus exclusive lead, you can charge premium for that because they’re going through … It’s not completely automated. They are going through some kind of interaction with a person, right? So I think that adds a lot of value and it will solve a lot of problems in terms of tracking and in terms of qualifying the leads. Again, because, you know, you want to send a contractor the best possible leads, you know?
Bradley: Yeah.
Hernan: So I think that adds a lot of value. It’s a little bit more expensive to run it that way, but I think it’s sort of worth it because, again, you can charge a premium for your leads because they are coming through a verified source, right? They are going through human interaction first, and then they are going to be pushed through the contractor.
That doesn’t mean that the contractor doesn’t have to … or your client, they will have to act fast because that lead is warm [inaudible 00:30:56]. Right? They’re hot. They’ve gone through one interaction. They are going through another. So they’re willing to the purchase process. That adds something that you can 100% outsource. It’s a little bit more expensive but this is kind of … The little things that add a lot of value to your business and will make those businesses stick with you for a longer time than any other lead generation company that does this massively and all they’re doing are pushing calls. Does that make sense?
Bradley: Yeah. And the other part of that is, you know, by providing the answering service, we’re doing the service provider a favor, too because the calls are automatically screened and it prevents them wasting time and energy on answering the phone for spam calls or solicitation calls, and that’s a huge selling benefit for contractors or for service providers. Again, mostly for me it’s contractors so …
But, and like Hernan said, I also, you know, if you’re going to sell exclu- … I promote my services as exclusivity of leads. It’s rare that I will ever sell a lead to more than one service provider. It does happen from time to time, but it’s usually rare and it’s usually because there’s a specific reason for it, so I always just charge more per lead if I’m selling on a per-lead basis, or if it’s a revenue share, like what you’re talking about, Mohammed, then it’s an exclusive lead anyways. That’s just a given.
Is It Normal For Keyword Lists From Google Adwords To Have Names Of Different Cities?
The last part of your question, “Is it normal for keyword lists from AdWords to have names of different cities? Despite my living in Alberta, Canada, a large portion of my AdWords list contains American cities and states.” Yeah, that’s because the vast majority of search traffic is coming from Google U.S., but just, Mohammed, what you can do is … This isn’t an AdWords tutorial, guys, I’m certainly not going to log in to my AdWords dashboard to show you this, but Mohammed, what you can do is make sure that you set your advanced location targeting or advanced location options to where you are only … That only include people that are in your target location, not that are in or show interest in. That’s number one. So do that number one.
Number two is set an exclusion list. That’s something else you can do. Again, I can’t go into it and show it to you here, but you can set an exclusion list and actually specifically exclude all 50, or the United States for example. And if you set that as your exclusion list, then people that are searching, even if they’re in your target location, so let’s say Alberta, Canada, but they search for, let’s say, you know, “Remodeling company New York City.” Then if you have New York or all of the United States in your exclusion list, then it will prevent the ad from showing to them, even if they’re in your Alberta Canada and they’re searching for one of your keywords, which might be, you know, “Remodeling contractor,” or, you know, “Home builder,” or whatever it is that your keyword is. It’ll prevent it from showing to them because they’re showing an interest in a location that’s on your exclusion list, if that makes sense.
How To Test A New YouTube Syndication Network?
That’s also really important for call-only ads, guys, that you set your exclusion list to. All right. All right. So Greg’s up. He says, “Hi. Wondering really how to test a new YouTube syndication network. How do we download a video from YouTube to test our new YouTube syndication network?” Well, you can download it. Use Firefox and use something like Video DownloadHelper extension or something like that. There’s a ton of them, guys. They’re a dime a dozen. Just go search, “Firefox YouTube download extension” or something like that and just pick one. The one that I use is Video DownloadHelper. Been using it for years and you can view and just about any video, in the Firefox browser when you have that extension, and then you can just click the extension itself and download the video. You can do that, but why would … You don’t even need to do that, Greg.
What I would suggest doing is setting up either a like trigger applet or setting up a subscription trigger applet. So, and then publicly subscribe to another channel or something that you can upload a video … What I’m saying is you don’t need to download … In fact, for what you’re specifically asking, I would say just set up a like trigger applet and just go like one of the videos on one of your other channels or at least, if you don’t have a video in that specific niche that’s your own video, then just go like somebody else’s video that’s in that niche so it’ll help to theme your network, too, because I see what you’re saying about … “Once it’s tested, do we need to go into network properties and remove the syndicated video?” Well, if it’s a thematically relevant video, right? If it’s themed, if it’s relevant, then there’s really on reason to go in and do that and delete the post from the network. My point is: set up a like recipe and just go like a video, whether it’s yours or somebody else’s, preferably one that’s gonna be relevant to what the network’s about so that you don’t have to go in and delete it later. And that’s how you can test it. Okay?
Does Using Aged Or Expired Web2.0 Accounts On The Persona Rings Would Help Boost Rankings? 
Okay, Alexander, he comes every week now and asks questions as well, so Alexander: What’s up buddy? He says, “Hi guys. It’s good to be here again. Let’s get down to business. I’ll do my first video gig for a client.” Sweet. “He said he’d pay me to set up … set him … to set up to him but not enough money so I could make another one for me and use to rank videos as a service.” Okay. “Does using aged/expired Web 2.0 accounts in the persona rings would help boost rankings or will be worse because we have some random anchor text from referring domains theme?”
No, aged Web 2.0s will certainly help. I mean, look, if you’re doing it specifically for SEO purposes, then yes, using aged Web 2.0s will help. There’s no doubt. I’ve seen some really strong Tumblrs that can do some really amazing things with some strong Tumblrs and there’s a million Tumblr scrapers out there now, guys. Shit, you can go to Fiverr and like SEOClerks and those different types of services and buy Tumblrs now, so it’s simple to do, and yeah, those work. For purely SEO purposes? You can absolutely do that.
Now, for branding purposes, I recommend that you set up your own with the branded username. But again, for purely SEO purposes, expired Web 2.0s are certainly going to help. Okay? “Should I add some RSS feeds to the endpoint accounts/accounts that don’t trigger others so that way I get more related content to build their theme/topical relevance?” You can. That’s what, like out at tier two and stuff like that, if that’s what you’re doing, and you said this was a video gig, so chances are they’re … You’ve got multi-tiered networks anyways, then yeah, absolutely you can, guys.
That’s the thing: if you guys are … I mean, even for YouTube, but especially for blogs … But here’s the thing, guys, if you’ve got, let’s say a two tier network for YouTube, and remember YouTube, we don’t have to worry about footprint issues or anything else. My point is if you’re uploading videos but you’re not staying consistent and you’re not uploading a lot of videos, but you want to keep increasing the power of the network, then yeah, set up some related content triggers on the tier two networks, even for YouTube networks, guys, because you can start feeding relevant content into those secondary networks.
I don’t do it to the branded networks. I never do it to the branded networks, but on the tier two networks, or persona-based networks, they can be tier one persona-based networks tied to your YouTube channel, right? But even for those, yeah, it makes absolute sense to use related content feeds to add additional content to those networks because it’ll help to increase the relevancy and it will … Again, instead of all the content just coming from one source, which would be your YouTube channel, you start to make it more natural because it’s starting to curate, it’s essentially what you’re doing, right? Other people’s content. Related content. So absolutely you can do that. I recommend doing that, in fact, on tier two stuff.
Okay, “Or is there a way to do it even for lower tier feeder rings, uh, a way to send content to tier one that would not be syndicated again on the other tiers.” No, I wouldn’t do that. Again, I wouldn’t … If it’s persona-based tier one network you can add content into there and that’ll take care of the second tier networks because you can set the trigger up on tier one, but if you’re doing branded tier one, then on the … Then I would set the related content triggers up on tier two because I don’t like to feed other people’s content into branded tier ones, if that makes sense. Persona-based is fine. Branded, no.
What Are Some Good Link Building Strategies For Persona Accounts?
“If you can, would like to hear more about backlinking strategies to those kind of persona accounts. Thanks guys.” Backlinking strategies is just contextual links to those properties. If it’s out at tier two, you can be even more aggressive, more spammy. Generally, what we like to do is contextual at tier ones to the network properties. Typically on domains that have, not the pages … We’ve had some issues with people saying, “I just got our link report and the PA is one on every link page that was created.” Well, that’s what happens when you create a new page online; it is a PA of one. Period. It doesn’t start with anything higher than one.
And so, anyways, my point is that you … We try to use domains with higher decent metrics, relatively speaking, right? Compared to all the other spam sites out there, and then set contextual links, we try not to hammer our network properties, anywhere between 50 to 125 contextual links per property, and then we throw spam behind those. Okay?
Are You Using RSS Masher And Rankwyz For Related Content Feeds?
Adam: Real quick, Bradley to … Alexander was asking if, for the related content feeds, what tool would you recommend? RSS Masher or Rank Whizz or something else?
Bradley: Uh, yes. Any one of those. You know, it really doesn’t matter. Rank Feeder, which is Lisa Allen’s tool, it’s a great tool, that’s more of an SEO tool, which is great, it’s very very powerful. It works really well. It basically is running on the principle of co-citation and it works really really well. RSS Masher, which is Damon Nelson’s product, that’s also good. That’s more of a … There are some SEO benefits that you can do with that, but it’s more of a, in my opinion, more of a traffic tool than it is just an SEO tool. I think Rank Feeder is very specifically an SEO tool and RSS Masher has a little bit … It’s not as good for SEO but it has other functionalities that make it better for other things, if that makes sense. You have to figure out what your objective is and select the correct product based upon that. Okay?
Okay, cool. You think that answered that? Hopefully.
Adam: Yeah.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Also, I don’t know, let’s see. Alexander, if you’re in the SEO academy or syndication academy, excuse me, the last update webinar we did, I showed … I think it was the last update webinar. I showed how to use Zapier or Zapier, whatever, for creating your own custom RSS feeds and it’s awesome because you can basically code your own stuff. Like literally, you can create your own RSS feed in Zapier now. Like, your own custom feed with different content sources. You can splice. You can mash. You can add links into every single feed item. You can add citation in every feed item. All that was covered in the most recent update webinar, so go back and watch it. Marco, were you gonna say something?
Marco: Nah.
Are You Using Your YouTube Channel For Putting Up Client Videos And Ranking Them And Doing The In-Market Ads Or Do You Use Your Own YouTube Channel?
Bradley: Okay. Don’s up. What’s up, Don? He says, “For full on SEO clients, not just video ranking clients, are using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them or doing it in-market ads? And doing the in-market ads? Or do you use your own YouTube channel?” So are you using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them and doing the in-market ads or do you use your own YouTube channel? I think that was it. That was the department of redundancy department.
Yes, I’m still using my own channel. Now, listen, what I’ll do is I will take … When a client has a video, or if I have a video made for a client, which happens a lot, then I will upload that video to their channel, but then I’ll also upload it to my channel because my channel is the one that has all of the SEO all the networks. It’s got the authority, the relevancy, all that kind of stuff. Typically, because, again, I’ve already … Most of my con- my … Unless it’s a client that I don’t have a network built for, like that’s in an industry that I have nothing for, in which case I’ll just do it on their channel because I’m not, like … But that’s why I try to stick with just clients or lead-gen assets that are in this categories that I’ve already built the infrastructure for, if that makes sense.
I don’t like to take … I did just take on a new client three or four … Nah, I guess it’s been about five weeks now because I got the first subscription payment from them. So it’s been about five weeks and they’re preschool. I’ve never done any preschool marketing but it was a client referral from one of my best clients that I’ve had for five years so that’s why I took the job, and so I don’t have a network for them, if that makes sense. So, basically … And I’ve already done a couple videos for them but I put it on their channel. Because, again, I don’t have a network built for preschools and I don’t plan on building one, either.
So, my point is, I use my network where it fits for the SEO part of it, and then yes, I’ll just use, because I’m trying to rank the video through my channel and my network, then that’s the same video that I will use in the YouTube ad, if I’m setting up the local clicks campaign, which is essentially what I’m doing.
But again, I can still upload the video to their channel as well. That way they feel all nice and warm and fuzzy that their video is on their channel, but all the benefit of that video is coming from my channel because that’s the one that’s ranked and providing the clicks and the leads and the exposure and all that kind of stuff. All right?
Adam: Just real quick. I’m having a conversation with somebody on a YouTube channel. I know some people get lost there and go over to YouTube channel instead of the Google event and check and make sure everyone’s able to get to the event page, but I see that you’re commenting on this page, too, but sorry, we don’t have time to call everyone out by name and ask them to leave their comment, so. If anyone else is watching this and is confused, the way we do it is you just come to this page, write your questions on the event page right here, and, you know, we do first come first served, so sometimes we don’t get to all the questions, but that’s the way it is.
Bradley: This is pretty cool. Thank you, Paul. Paul says, “I use this guy for Google and YouTube accounts, haven’t had any problems and Is very reasonable.” Livemono … I don’t know what the hell that says, but he’s on Skype. I assuming that’s his Skype username.
Adam: Yeah, it must be.
Bradley: I’m not sure what the live colon means, but-
Adam: That might be part of his name. I know that you can use periods and other things as part of your Skype name, so that might be it.
Bradley: That’s pretty cool. I’m actually going to put that in a Notepad file 'cause I might reach out and I’ll say, “Hey, you want some business buddy? ‘Cause this other dude, like we blew his business up, man, because we sent him so much damn work and now he can’t keep up with it and its quality starting to slip.” So maybe I’ll reach out to this dude. See if he’s interested in some additional work. Thanks, Paul.
Okay. EntrepreN8 Consulting. “Are we able to join the group with video?” I’m not sure what you mean.
Adam: Yeah, don’t worry. I answered him.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Yeah, Adam, if you want to … Yeah, go ahead. We’ve still got about ten minutes.
Adam: Yeah, I was going to say. Paul, I think, is one of the people who might be able to join us, so I just wanted to let everyone know that we’re looking at some possibilities for a Semantic Mastery meet-up in the Portland area. Portland, Oregon in September. So we’re going to be having some more information about that. If you’re within, you know, a few hours of there and you’d be interested in that, stay tuned. We’ll have some more information on that as far as where we can meet up but we’d like to do a … You know, it’d be a … I don’t know. We haven’t even decided the details. A few hours, get together, talk SEO, talk marketing, talk shop. I guarantee you, have a beer or two, and have a good time, so we’ll be having some more information about that soon.
Bradley: Yeah, it’s not gonna be like … We’re not hosting a live event type thing, guys. It’s gonna be literally a meet-up, like a casual get-together. If anybody wants to come out and see and hang out with us and have a few drinks and just talk marketing, and really it’s more about networking. It’s not like we’re gonna just have some training session. It’s not like that at all. It’s about networking. Rubbing elbows. Meet-and-greet. That kind of stuff, and obviously we’ll be talking shop. There’s no doubt. But it’s gonna be … And it’s … It’s just gonna be a way we’re gonna start trying to do that.
At least, we’re planning on wanting to do that a couple times a year, so, in various parts of the country, so. In the U.S., at least, as far as we know. I don’t like to travel. All right, cool. [crosstalk 00:48:33]
Adam: Also, real quick. Sorry, real quick. I was gonna say Alexander, are you asking a question about the webinar and Zapier? If you are, before we hop off, say something.
Chris: Can I get one of those in my webpage? [inaudible 00:48:44]
Do You Have Already Get Into The Limit Of Playlists On A YouTube Channel?
Bradley: All right. Alexander says, “You guys have already get into the limit of playlists on a channel because if I want to create one playlist for each focused keyword on a city … I’ll end up with a …” Yeah, no, I don’t … I mean, I don’t do that. Look, I don’t create play … Like, Bill Cousins, he’s got a great software, Rocket Video Ranker or whatever. He’s got a playlist option in there that will create a single playlist for each keyword as well. I don’t do that. To me, that is just way too much overkill, and if …
Honestly, I just always use playlists as like a container. It’s like a silo. That’s it. So I try to go broad, so broader type keywords, more top of funnel type keywords with a playlist and then I put all of the supporting keywords, longer-tail stuff within that playlist, if that makes sense.
I don’t know if there’s a limit to how many videos you can put in a playlist or how many playlists you can have in a channel. I don’t know that because, again, I don’t use them like that, so I’ve never played with that. All right? That’s just too much work in my opinion.
“The other idea is to get just one playlist per city and inside it work one main keyword plus internal link where is for other important keywords.” Yeah, I mean again, I would recommend doing, you know, it depends on how you’re gonna categorize or silo out your channel, right? You can do a city playlist and that is … And remember, you can have a video in more than one playlist, guys.
So let’s say that you are providing marketing services in Atlanta, Georgia, and … Well, let’s say in all of Georgia, for example, and Atlanta is one of the cities, so and, let’s say that you work with plumbers, electricians, and HVAC contractors. Let’s just say that those are the three types of businesses that you work with. I recommend you work with one and one only, but let’s just say three. Then you could have an Atlanta business playlist that has all three of those business types in it because the common denominator, the common theme is they’re all Atlanta-based businesses. Then you could have an electrician silo or playlist, and all electrician videos go in there. One for plumbers, one for HVAC, right? So you could do that, and then again, you could have the electrician playlist, for example, you could have Atlanta, and, what, Savannah is another city in Georgia because the common denominator there is they’re all electrician videos. Right? So you could have electrician videos from different cities in that playlist, if that makes sense.
So the point is that you can have a video in more than one playlist. The idea is to keep the category or the theme relevant throughout. Does that make sense? So that, again … I wouldn’t … You can have multiple playlists and there’s a reason for using multiple playlists, so that you can increase relevancy across different keywords or across different geographic locations as needed. All right?
Let’s see. Are we almost done? “Bradley, where’s the link to the webinar about … Oh man, awesome. Zapier. Thanks.” Yeah, that’s the last update webinar we did in syndication academy. And for whatever reason it wasn’t posted in the members area after we did it and I just posted it a couple days ago, maybe it was Friday of last week. So it is in the members area now in the update section.
“Hundreds of accounts … ” Thanks, Paul. We appreciate that. Let’s see.
Fuck you, Wayne. That’s awesome. Yeah, “Tell me where to get access to … The IF-?” Uh, yeah. That’s the syndication academy. The member’s area, so it should be members.syndication.academy. That’s the login screen. All right?
Adam: And real quick Bradley, just, since we’re out of questions on this page and we’ve got a couple minutes. Over on the live chat on the YouTube side of things, somebody was asking, are we the ones who said to use the Network Empire Silo Plugin?
Bradley: Yes. I mentioned it.
Adam: Okay.
Bradley: Somebody asked about it and I mentioned it.
Adam: Cool. So you still use it?
Bradley: Yeah, I mean … I’m not building WordPress sites that much anymore. Very rare. Usually now when I build a WordPress site it’s only for the blog and that’s it because I’m using ClickFunnels now as my website builder for just about everything.
Adam: Gotcha.
Bradley: However, I’m about to start a project that I am gonna need to build a silos, and so, it … Just so you guys know, on all the sites that I have that are existing sites that have been siloed for the last four years, I’ve been using that plugin, yes. It was originally called the DWS Silo Builder.
Adam: Mm-hmm.
Bradley: I don’t know what it’s called now. It’s a very simple plugin. As far as I know, it’s free. It used to be free. That’s what I’ve used. Now, again, if I’m going to silo out another site … I don’t even know what the other options are now because I’ve just never used anything other than that. So.
Adam: Cool.
Bradley: Anything else?
Adam: Think we’re good. Uh, last call. We’ve got a couple minutes here. I think … That’s about it. Anybody got any more announcements or anything else coming up? Let me check our calendar real quick before we hop off. Nope. Hernan mentioned it. The Battleplan buyers update webinar. I’ll pop a link in if you want to grab the Battleplan. I would suggest you do that. We’ll have the update webinar tomorrow, and then we’ll have some news going out about good webinar with Keith Mallinson on Monday. So we’ve got some good stuff coming just in the next week.
Bradley: Yeah, I won’t be here next week, guys, 'cause I’m going on vacation. So I might pop in, depending on what’s going on. Looks like my video’s all choppy. It’s weird. Anyways, I won’t be here next week but it looks like the rest of the team has got it covered, so. Marco’s going to be rubbing his weather in everybody’s faces as usual.
Marco: Of course I am. Why else would I live in Costa Rica in paradise if I couldn’t rub the weather in your face?
Bradley: That’s right. All right guys. Well everybody, have a good day. Let’s see. We have a webinar tomorrow, don’t we?
Adam: Correct, we-
Bradley: A Battleplan webinar.
Adam: Correct, correct. Yup.
Bradley: That’s right. Okay. So we’ll see a lot of you on that. Otherwise, we’ll see everybody next week. Thanks everyone.
Adam: Bye everybody!
Hernan: Thanks! [crosstalk 00:54:55]
Chris: Bye everyone.
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Adam: I got some, but … okay. All right, well, there we are. Hey everybody. We are live, only one minute late. We were scrambling; not gonna lie, but Bradley got everything sorted out so here we are, and this is Hump Day Hangouts episode 137. Today is the 21st of June, so we’ll do our thing real quick and say, “Hi” to everybody, and then we will get started. So Chris, how’s it going man?
Chris: Been good. In a heat wave here in Austria.
Adam: Yeah? What do you … What kind of temperatures are you dealing with?
Chris: 34 degrees celsius-
Adam: Yikes. That’s like 90 something I think, right?
Chris: Yeah, 93 or so.
Adam: Yuck. All right. I’ll pass. I’m living in luxury, man. It’s like 75. This has been awesome. Hernan, how about yourself? You got like six feet of snow or something or what’s going on down there?
Hernan: No, doesn’t snow actually. It doesn’t actually snow in Buenos Aires, so it’s not even funny. You know?
Adam: Okay.
Hernan: Yeah, get the all humid cold, but it’s not even fun to go out and … But anyways, yeah, I’m excited to be here. I’m excited for tomorrow’s webinar for the Battleplan members so it’s gonna be a lot of fun and I’m excited to be here.
Adam: Awesome, awesome. Marco, how you doing man? It looks pretty nice there. I’m guessing the weather’s probably pretty good. Maybe.
Bradley: Maybe he’s muted.
Adam: Maybe not. All right. Well. I’m gonna go with the weather is probably pretty good but we’ll fill that in later. So Bradley, how you doing man?
Bradley: Good. I’m glad that I got it fired up at the last minute, man. It was my Chrome cache was, I guess, clogged up I guess two gigabytes of cache is enough to slow down a browser.
Adam: Imagine that.
Bradley: So I had to shut everything down, run CCleaner and then start it back up and it took longer than I expected, but we’re here, so better late than never.
Adam: Good deal. All right, well, just real quick, if you’re new to Semantic Mastery, first of all, thanks for showing up to Hump Day Hangouts. We certainly appreciate it. You should definitely check out the Battleplan. I’ll share that link shortly below and then, also if you haven’t yet, for some reason, signed up for your free account at SERP Space, head over there. We got the Done-For-You services there and also a couple free tools with more coming, stuff like Mark Up and stuff like that.
And then, before we dive into stuff I just wanted to share this. This is like Adam’s little book report minute. I’ve been taking my book reading up a notch. I’m trying to knock out a book like every week or two, and so this is “High Profit Prospecting.” Let’s see; who’s this by? Mark Hunter. So, good book so far. It’s exactly what it sounds like. If you’re someone who does outreach for customers, who, I’m guessing nearly everybody here should probably be doing that, I think it’s a good read. The big one, it’s on prospecting, obviously, and then attitude as well as getting into the specifics of how you can approach people, which is really good. I don’t come from a sales background, so it’s been a good refresher. You know, we always hear about, you know, “Okay, here’s the ABC’s of this,” but definitely good to go into that and get some more detail, so, pretty good read. I think it was like 10 bucks on Amazon, so if you’re interested in that, you should check it out.
Bradley: Awesome. That’s a really good recommendation. I haven’t read that one yet, but I’m gonna add it to my list. I’m trying to do the same thing, Adam, is read about a book every two weeks or so, and I only got 30 minutes scheduled every day to read, but I’m trying to keep to that schedule so that I actually get it done, and I’ve just finished reading, for the second time, Bill Good’s “Hot Prospects” book, so that one’s probably gonna be a good one to follow up with so I appreciate you pointing that out.
Adam: Yeah, and I’ll probably put something on the page, on the Semantic Mastery page if people are interested. If you guys are interested or if you have any questions or anything, just pop the question on this page if you’re at the event and I’ll answer that but, anyways, you guys have any announcements, anything we need to cover today?
Hernan: I think we’re good.
Bradley: I think so.
Adam: All right, let’s roll.
Bradley: All right, cool. Let’s see, before I get into-
Marco: [inaudible 00:03:52] Before you get into that-
Bradley: I’m sorry.
Marco: For you guys dealing with the heat, I just want to show you something. I just want to show you something, man. Dig that motherfuckers, dig that. 75 degrees. Beautiful weather. Come on, man.
Bradley: Tropical climate.
Marco: [crosstalk 00:04:13] Why deal with the cold? I have a little waterfall in the background, just keeping me peaceful. While you guys [crosstalk 00:04:26]
Adam: I’m beginning to think Marco is subsidized by the government, you know, to boost [crosstalk 00:04:31]-
Marco: You know, right? Ed’s trying to log in, man. He’s using my login but … So if you see two Marcos, it’s Ed.
Chris: Ed’s cool.
Bradley: Ed is one of our newer Mastermind members. He’s a real hustler. He’s been out just crushing it and getting new clients. I mean, it’s just amazing how much action that dude’s taking, so, he’s down there visiting Marco right now, and, if he can, he’ll jump on.
Mini Case Study On Video Re-Indexing And Re-Ranking For Video Production Company Using Video Powerhouse
All right. So let’s get to questions and stuff. There’s something I do want to share in just a moment, though. Just very quickly, ‘cause I want to show you guys something. Let me zoom in on all this first. All right, cool.
So this is something … You guys should be seeing my full screen, correct?
Adam: Yeah, I got your whole desktop.
Hernan: Yep.
Chris: Okay.
Bradley: I’m gonna zoom in on this a little bit. All right, this is from Pro Rank Tracker. This is a screenshot I just took yesterday of a local video that I had done for the video production company that I do a ton of work for. They had a client, or one of their customers had been paying for SEO services for their video for about 6 months and then they allowed their subscription to lapse or to expire, I guess, and so I unlisted the video, which was in the number one position for the six or eight months, whatever it was, that it was running before their subscription expired, and once it had expired, I just went through and unlisted the video, but it had been sitting at number one for, you know, six or eight months.
So, when I unlisted the video obviously it fell out of the index for a while, and it was probably, I don’t know, three or four months had passed before they resubscribed to the service for whatever reason. I don’t know why they went so long without renewing but, whatever. They contacted the video production company and renewed their Video Boost subscription. That’s what they call it.
So I went in and just reset the video back to public instead of unlisted. However, it didn’t just appear back in number one position, and I didn’t expect it to. In fact, I even charged the company, the video production company, another setup fee, even though all I had to do was go in and unlist it. I mean, set it from unlisted to public, I still charged them the additional setup fee, which is a one-time fee for whenever I initially add a new video to a marketing campaign, and I told them, “It’s been paused for the last few months, so I’m going to have to charge you an additional setup fee.” And they said, “That’s fine.” Blah blah blah.
So anyways, I went in and I set it to public and I left it alone for a couple days. Well, first, of all, it didn’t re-index right away, which was kind of weird, but then, when it did re-index, which, I had to kind of force it to re-index, which, again, I thought was a bit strange, but when it did, you can see where the two main keywords that I was tracking, which is basically one keyword, just a variation of it, 'cause that’s how I do it with the video production company guys. I always, you know … Each video targets one keyword or a close variant so that it will rank for the close variants of that keyword, if that makes sense.
So I was only tracking two keywords for this one video but you can see when it did re-index, it re-indexed at position nine and position 12 or 13, respectively. What was crazy was … All I did … I put it … Sent this video through a video powerhouse blast. I did an embed blast of about 50 embeds. I did both primary and secondary embeds of only 50. And then I went in and I set up a YouTube AdWords campaign. An AdWords for video campaign using the video as the actual … So let me just explain how I did this, guys. I set up, inside of AdWords, I used in-stream video option, right? So it wasn’t a video discovery ad, it was … I just took the same video that I wanted ranked, right? And I used that URL as the in-stream video ad URL, and then the landing page link that you click on from the in-stream ad, right? That’s always the link that’s in the bottom left corner of the video when an in-stream ad is playing, that … All I did was use that YouTube URL, the same video that was the ad itself. I used that URL as the landing page URL, right? So does that make sense? So essentially an in-stream ad that when clicked will take somebody to a YouTube video, and it’s the same YouTube video.
But what I did was I set up geographic targeting, and I went into interest targeting using the in-market or ROI interest based targeting, which is called in-market targeting. Very very very powerful. I started playing with that a lot recently, and I’m getting really good results, especially for local.
So I set geo-targeting and I used interest-based targeting, the in-market, ROI targeting, and I went and I found that specific category, and this is a home services-type of business, and I selected that proper category, and I set my budget for one dollar per day, guys. One dollar per day. Now, if anybody’s been following us for long, you know that, for like the video production companies, I only charge 100 dollars per month per video to rank or per keyword to rank for them. That’s what I provide as wholesale services.
So I’m only making 100 bucks a month, but I set up a one dollar a day budget that has local IP’s with people that are in-market. Let me explain what I mean by that. Google understands now, through browsing history, recent browsing history, what people are looking for. Like, if they’re in-market, so to speak, for a particular product or service, then Google knows that because they’ve been searching buyer-type keywords, commercial intent keywords. Recently, it’s in their recent browsing history, right? And so Google places those people into a bucket that means that they’re highly likely or they’re really engaged with that particular product or service or keyword at that moment, so it’s highly likely that they’re in the market. That’s why it’s called, “in-market,” for that product or service.
So it doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at. The people in that bucket, doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at on YouTube. My ad can play in front of any video. A silly cat video. It doesn’t matter because they were … By Google’s own … Google has categorized them as being in-market, so they’re likely to convert.
So the reason I’m explaining this to you is because, with something so simple as setting up a one dollar a day ad and I got 10 clicks in the first day, or, no, I’m sorry. It was five clicks in the first day. I had 10 impressions, five clicks. So it was a 50% click-through rate on the video, which was interesting, but they’re all from local IP’s from people that are in-market, so that means it’s highly relevant traffic.
It’s relevant for two reasons: the geographic location, so local IP’s essentially, which will count as a local IP click to that video, plus those were in-market visitors or viewers, right? Clickers, so to speak. YouTube users. They’re in-market for that particular product or service category, anyways. So that means it’s highly relevant.
Well Google and YouTube knows that. So now the traffic that … The engagement that I just purchased from Google AdWords to that video was locally relevant and topically relevant, and it shot it direct … The very next day, it had jumped from whatever this is, nine and 13 or whatever to the number one position, and in fact, one of these keywords is now triggering the great big video. I know you guys know what I’m talking about. It doesn’t happen very often, but where the video is ranked number one and it’s freaking huge and it takes up where the maps pack would normally be.
And all I did, guys, like I said was just set up a local … I ran a 50-embed blast through video powerhouse and then I set up a local YouTube ad, and this was just yesterday. You can see that … You know, yesterday is when I took this screenshot, and it jumped, basically in 48 hours from … It went from not being indexed to being indexed at like nine and 13 for that variant, for that keyword, to being number one and also triggering that great big large video in the SERP, which is amazing, and I just wanted to point that out, guys, 'cause I know we’ve talked about that here on Hump Day Hangouts a lot, about using AdWords, because you’re buying engagement signals from … And you can specifically pinpoint where you want the engagement signals to come from, right?
You’re paying Google for engagement signals. Instead of buying views or buying fake social signals, you can buy real, organic … I say they’re organic because they’re real. They’re real click-throughs and real views from real people on real IP’s and real devices, with real browsing histories in a real location, if that makes sense, and it just works like crazy.
So any of you guys that are doing video SEO stuff, especially local, guys, this should just be a standard operating procedure for any one of your local campaigns, is set up an ad, run the targeting like I just mentioned, geographic targeting, and even if you just do a dollar a day, just until you get it ranked and then pause your ad campaign, it’ll help immensely.
So, brief little tutorial. Hopefully that was helpful. Anybody want to comment on that before we get any questions?
Chris: That was pretty amazing, Bradley.
Bradley: Yeah, thank you. Thank you. It’s quite … I mean, it’s just amazing and the fact that I saw that it triggered those big big videos, which is crazy, 'cause that’s rare that that happens. The six or eight months that it was ranked number one before I had unlisted it, it was never a big video, so it had quite an effect.
Where Can You Get A Double Verified Gmail Accounts?
Okay, cool. Earl’s up first. He says, “Can you suggest a place to get double-verified Gmail accounts? I cannot seem to find a source on Fiverr that I once used.”
Okay. I’m going to recommend a guy that we have been using for, I’d say over a year now, but one of our Mastermind members, Beau, who’s also our moderator in the Syndication Academy Facebook group said that he’s had terrible communication experience with this dude. So, anyways, I’ve never had any problems with him. He’s always been really good about replacing any accounts, the communication’s been good, so I’m going to point it out anyways, but I just want to mention, full disclosure, that one of our members is having issues with him, so just take that into account.
This is the only guy I’ve used for phone verified accounts that’s been any good for, like, well over a year, so I’ve just stuck with him. It’s bulkpva.com.
Marco: Yeah, I’d-
Bradley: Go ahead.
Marco: I’d like to mention, too, that we ordered accounts and they were resold, and so-
Bradley: Okay, so don’t use them is what you’re saying.
Marco: No, I’m not saying, “Don’t.” I’m saying that, when you get them, you have to change the phone number and the email, right? The email that you used to recover the password. Switch that up right away in all, whatever accounts that you order. Because they’re a pain in the ass, which is why you should have a VA.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: Because they did get resold and so it was a whole big mess, and so, you know, we talked to him and he just gets so many orders that he’s swamped, and so I think it’s more a case of him not paying attention to what he’s doing, rather than being dishonest.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: But I wanna add that that happened to us.
Bradley: Well thanks. I appreciate that, because again, and that’s why I wanted to fully disclose what Beau had mentioned, too because like I said, I’ve never had any issues with him, but in part, the reason that Marco just said that he thinks it’s because he’s getting too many damn orders. It’s probably because I’ve recommended the dude quite a bit. He was extremely happy when I started recommending him because he was like … And maybe that’s why I never have any issues with him, because he always takes care of me because I sent so much business to him.
But regardless, like I said, you know, be careful, Earl. That’s the only guy I’ve used but apparently some people have been having issues recently, so there you go.
How Do You Handle Content Issues With A WordPress That Stop Syndicating To A Network?
Chris says, “I recently had WordPress take down one of my syndication channels without warning. Not exactly sure why. Maybe because some of the content that was being syndicated was short codes that did not translate well to the WordPress site, or maybe it was posting too often. Wondering the best way to handle this. Do I try rebuilding all the site posts that used to be on WordPress all at once or over time or another WordPress site, or just start syndicating with a new channel and not worry about getting the older stuff posted.”
Chris, that’s gonna happen from time to time. No matter what you do, there are gonna be times where one of your Web 2s, even a branded property that you’ve taken well care of will sometimes still get terminated because of the automation that we’re using. That sometimes will trigger it. There’s just a number of reasons. It’s rare … We go to great lengths through how we set up these accounts to prevent from that happening, but it does happen from time to time and there’s nothing any of us can do about it, right? Except try to prevent it, right?
So Chris, yeah, we’ve even had some of ours terminated, and what you mentioned about a short code, so like if you were using a plugin or something on your main money site that inserted short codes into the post which would obviously, when the page was loaded, would convert into a script or an image or whatever it was that you needed it to be, when it gets syndicated, that’s not going to occur because that plugin’s not present on the WordPress.com site, if that makes sense.
So you’ve gotta be careful about that. We’ve had that same issue on a number of occasions with some of the stuff that we’ve syndicated from our own blog, causing problems. Like, you know, form code for example. Opt-in form code that just looks like raw code on the page because it doesn’t translate 'cause it’s not in the short code and the plugin’s not present. That kind of stuff, so … You just gotta be wary of all of that.
Something that you can do if you are going to continue to use those kind of like short code plugins and things like that on your money site … Excuse me, I’ve got somebody calling in. Hold on a minute, let me hang up on them. Sorry guys. Give me a second. It’s my Google Voice number. It’s a spam call, I’m sure. Okay, so if you’re gonna continue to use those kind of, um … It’s still ringing. I’m going to have to just let it ring out.
If you’re still going to use those kind of plugins, I would recommend that you just set your WordPress post to your RSS settings from “full post” to “summary.” Now I know for branded properties we like to recommend using the full post, the full text of the post, instead of just the summary, but if you’re using short codes and things like that from your main money site that aren’t going to syndicate and post into the blogs of your syndication network, then you may want to use the summary post instead. Okay? Or reconsider what you’re posting within the content of your posts so that you don’t have those issues. You could do that as well.
Is It Okay To Upload 30 Videos At Once In A YouTube Money Channel That Is Syndicated To A T-1 Network?
All right. Dave’s up. He says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube.” Uh, oh. It’s, by the way, just so you know, do try … I would say start a new WordPress.com site and then just start syndicating posts from that point forward. The moment of origin forward, if that makes sense, because I wouldn’t worry about going back and publishing all the already published posts on the new WordPress site. I wouldn’t worry about that. It’s too much manual work. If you’ve got a VA you can send it to, fine, but I wouldn’t do it yourself. If it were me, I would just create a new account, attach it to the Network. Set up the automation that triggers and all that, and then I would just post from that point forward, okay?
Dave says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube for a money channel. Is it a bad idea to upload the 30 videos at once? Will it cause problems with some of the new network properties getting that many videos all at once?”
Yeah, I wouldn’t do that Dave. I would probably not do more than like five posts per day. [crosstalk 00:20:48] But you could do that, you know, five posts per day over six days. That’s what I would do. And it’s not … It’s just because when you hit a … especially a new network with like a whole bunch of posts all at once like that, it’s likely gonna be terminated. Okay? So you don’t want to do that.
In fact, like we always mention, or it’s mentioned in the training, you should post a few posts, as we call seed posts, and leave it sit for a few days. Post with no links, by the way, or only links to other blog posts on that same platform. So in other words, if it’s a Blogger blog, you can link to another Blogger blog post from somebody else’s Blogger blog because it’s still the Blogger domain. I wouldn’t have any external links, okay? It would be an internal link to another Blogger blog. Might not be yours, but somebody else’s. That’s the only type of link I would have, and then I’d let it sit for about seven days before starting to do any automated posting. And then when you do, ramp up slowly. Don’t do thirty at once. Do something like maybe one or two a day for a couple of days, and then you can ramp it up from there. If you’ve only got thirty videos, I’d probably spread that over, you know, a week to 10 days, something like that. If it’s a new network. If it’s an established network, you can be a little bit more aggressive. All right.
Best Practices In Managing YouTube Channels If You Are Wholesaling Video Promotion Service
Columbia! She’s been crushing it. She’s been a go-getter. Columbia, I’ve been really proud of you, coming here every week and asking questions, and I seek that you’re going with the agency model and it sounds like you’re well on your way and I just wanted to say that that’s awesome. We appreciate you being here and taking action. She says, “My goal is to promote videos in five to eight niches, with each niche having a YouTube channel and associated website to support videos from multiple cities, as I am wholesaling video promotion service.” Very good. She says, “If I set up five to eight YouTube channels with each having an associated website, could I put all of those on my main Google and YouTube account, or do I need to break them up under some separate persona Google accounts? Each associated websites would just have a tier one network, but I will likely want to stack two or more tier twos on some of or most of the YouTube channels.”
Which is, yeah, that’s a good idea, Columbia. Is it a good idea to your main Google account? Okay, again, and this is the same advice that I always use, even though your problem … I can tell, Columbia, that you’re gonna be taking care of these networks, and you’re not gonna be doing anything real spammy, your setting up for long term, I still recommend that you would create each of the five to eight YouTube channels under a different persona account and then add yourself, Columbia Jones, your profile as a manager of all of them.
So after you’ve created the YouTube channel under a persona account, then you go in and you add yourself as a manager so that you can access, manage and maintain all of those channels from your main Google profile. It’ll make it convenient and much easier to work on, but it will protect each one of those channels in the event, God forbid, that something were to happen to your account, Columbia, that you wouldn’t use all of those assets, because even if your account got terminated, and again, that’s worst case scenario, but if your account got terminated for some reason or another, all of those other channels would still be present and available because they weren’t your … You, as the profile Columbia Jones, wasn’t the channel owner. You were just a manager, if that makes sense. So I’d do that specifically for risk mitigation, right? Just set up different … create a different persona account. Set up the channel, and then make yourself the manager. And that way you protect yourself.
“So how many channels with each associated website can I run on my main Google account without running into problems, as I would be setting up five to eight niches all within a single month?” Again if you … You can manage up to 50 channels from any one profile. So, again, set them all up underneath different … So the channel owners are different personas. Different Google accounts. And then add yourself as a manager. And you can add as many channels, I mean, up to 50 channels as a manager to your account, Columbia, and that won’t look weird at all because there’s a lot of people out there that are, you know, digital marketing consultants, and they manage a lot of channels and stuff, so it’s natural to do that. I wouldn’t worry about it.
“If I do need to break these up and put them under separate Google accounts, would those persona Google accounts be a persona individual or persona business name?” It can be a persona business name. It doesn’t matter because you’re setting up a business channel. Does that make sense? So when you create a persona, you’re gonna have a persona, a profile-based YouTube channel. That just comes associated with the Google account that you create, but when you go to set up a channel, you want to create a business channel. That’s how you give it a brand name and all that other stuff. Okay? All right, great question by the way, Columbia.
What Is The Best Strategy To Use When Doing Lead Gen Business That Is On A Revenue Share Management?
Mohammed Makki says, “Hey guys, I’ve started doing lead-gen for a local home builder and I have a question. It’s a revenue share agreement, so for every sale he makes, I get a good amount.” That’s a great strategy, Mohammed; that’s the same type of model that I prefer. “I trust this guy since I’ve worked with him before, but I still want to make sure that I know what’s going on. Is an answering service like the one you use on Local Kingpin the best way to do this?”
It is, in my experience Mohammed. So the reason why I say that is because I get … Any call that goes … Okay, so, on the lead-gen sites that I have that … I’m just about on 90% of them. I have an answering service call center set up that I pay for. It’s my expense, but the reason I do that is because any call that comes through, it first … It does several things. Number one: it screens the calls because anybody here that has been doing … Either has your own local business or you provide local business marketing services and you, so you manage stuff for clients, you already know that you get freaking hammered with solicitation calls all day long from every type of business out there. From credit card processing machines to marketing services to Yelp. Yelp’ll call you 15 times a freaking week. It’s ridiculous.
And so I use an answering service, number one: because it’s an automated call screening system. Any solicitation call gets screened out by the answering service, so it doesn’t bother the contractor or the service provider who’s purchasing the leads with a bunch of spam calls. Right? So that’s number one.
Number two: any lead that’s a valid lead is going to answer the call screener’s questions, which means once that lead is done, or once the call is over, that’s a bona fide lead that I can go for. Now obviously I still get some solicitation leads that come through. In other words, they’re people that answer some questions from the call screener so the lead still gets pushed through, but it’s very clearly identified as such when it goes through. So what happens is, with AnswerConnect, that’s the service I use, by the way. Answerconnect.com. I’ve been using them for about five years. Great service.
Anyways, I get an email copy of every lead call that comes through, and then it also gets emailed and texted to the service provider, and so again, I like to use it because it’s a call screening system. I have a record of everything. I’ve got an email and a text record, plus AnswerConnect keeps records of everything as well. And so, for me, that’s how I validate everything.
Now, if somebody submits a web form, a contact form, you know, contact request form, on a lead-gen page instead of calling, then I get a copy of the email that also gets sent to the service provider, and now I’m using Zapier, I don’t know the proper way to pronounce it, but I’m using Zapier to send an SMS text alert, it connects with Twilio, but it’ll basically monitors a Gmail address and every time a new lead comes in from that lead-gen funnel, it triggers Zapier to send a text message via Twilio to the contractor notifying him that a new lead had come in and to check his email for the lead data. And that’s only for contract request form submissions, if that makes sense. Phone calls go through AnswerConnect.
Hernan: Mm. May I?
Bradley: Go ahead.
Hernan: May I add something, Bradley? I think that this really valuable and you first told me about AnswerConnect, back in the day. I think it was two years ago, but I think that you’re adding a lot of value to the process, right? Because if you can sell a qualified lead … Because, here’s the deal: you can sell that lead to one contractor for example, or to one client. That would be like an exclusive lead. Or you can get it qualified and sell it to multiple contractors or to multiple business, right? You will need to be really clear that that lead will be, you know, sold to many, so that … The value of that lead usually decreases. You know, if it’s qualified plus exclusive lead, you can charge premium for that because they’re going through … It’s not completely automated. They are going through some kind of interaction with a person, right? So I think that adds a lot of value and it will solve a lot of problems in terms of tracking and in terms of qualifying the leads. Again, because, you know, you want to send a contractor the best possible leads, you know?
Bradley: Yeah.
Hernan: So I think that adds a lot of value. It’s a little bit more expensive to run it that way, but I think it’s sort of worth it because, again, you can charge a premium for your leads because they are coming through a verified source, right? They are going through human interaction first, and then they are going to be pushed through the contractor.
That doesn’t mean that the contractor doesn’t have to … or your client, they will have to act fast because that lead is warm [inaudible 00:30:56]. Right? They’re hot. They’ve gone through one interaction. They are going through another. So they’re willing to the purchase process. That adds something that you can 100% outsource. It’s a little bit more expensive but this is kind of … The little things that add a lot of value to your business and will make those businesses stick with you for a longer time than any other lead generation company that does this massively and all they’re doing are pushing calls. Does that make sense?
Bradley: Yeah. And the other part of that is, you know, by providing the answering service, we’re doing the service provider a favor, too because the calls are automatically screened and it prevents them wasting time and energy on answering the phone for spam calls or solicitation calls, and that’s a huge selling benefit for contractors or for service providers. Again, mostly for me it’s contractors so …
But, and like Hernan said, I also, you know, if you’re going to sell exclu- … I promote my services as exclusivity of leads. It’s rare that I will ever sell a lead to more than one service provider. It does happen from time to time, but it’s usually rare and it’s usually because there’s a specific reason for it, so I always just charge more per lead if I’m selling on a per-lead basis, or if it’s a revenue share, like what you’re talking about, Mohammed, then it’s an exclusive lead anyways. That’s just a given.
Is It Normal For Keyword Lists From Google Adwords To Have Names Of Different Cities?
The last part of your question, “Is it normal for keyword lists from AdWords to have names of different cities? Despite my living in Alberta, Canada, a large portion of my AdWords list contains American cities and states.” Yeah, that’s because the vast majority of search traffic is coming from Google U.S., but just, Mohammed, what you can do is … This isn’t an AdWords tutorial, guys, I’m certainly not going to log in to my AdWords dashboard to show you this, but Mohammed, what you can do is make sure that you set your advanced location targeting or advanced location options to where you are only … That only include people that are in your target location, not that are in or show interest in. That’s number one. So do that number one.
Number two is set an exclusion list. That’s something else you can do. Again, I can’t go into it and show it to you here, but you can set an exclusion list and actually specifically exclude all 50, or the United States for example. And if you set that as your exclusion list, then people that are searching, even if they’re in your target location, so let’s say Alberta, Canada, but they search for, let’s say, you know, “Remodeling company New York City.” Then if you have New York or all of the United States in your exclusion list, then it will prevent the ad from showing to them, even if they’re in your Alberta Canada and they’re searching for one of your keywords, which might be, you know, “Remodeling contractor,” or, you know, “Home builder,” or whatever it is that your keyword is. It’ll prevent it from showing to them because they’re showing an interest in a location that’s on your exclusion list, if that makes sense.
How To Test A New YouTube Syndication Network?
That’s also really important for call-only ads, guys, that you set your exclusion list to. All right. All right. So Greg’s up. He says, “Hi. Wondering really how to test a new YouTube syndication network. How do we download a video from YouTube to test our new YouTube syndication network?” Well, you can download it. Use Firefox and use something like Video DownloadHelper extension or something like that. There’s a ton of them, guys. They’re a dime a dozen. Just go search, “Firefox YouTube download extension” or something like that and just pick one. The one that I use is Video DownloadHelper. Been using it for years and you can view and just about any video, in the Firefox browser when you have that extension, and then you can just click the extension itself and download the video. You can do that, but why would … You don’t even need to do that, Greg.
What I would suggest doing is setting up either a like trigger applet or setting up a subscription trigger applet. So, and then publicly subscribe to another channel or something that you can upload a video … What I’m saying is you don’t need to download … In fact, for what you’re specifically asking, I would say just set up a like trigger applet and just go like one of the videos on one of your other channels or at least, if you don’t have a video in that specific niche that’s your own video, then just go like somebody else’s video that’s in that niche so it’ll help to theme your network, too, because I see what you’re saying about … “Once it’s tested, do we need to go into network properties and remove the syndicated video?” Well, if it’s a thematically relevant video, right? If it’s themed, if it’s relevant, then there’s really on reason to go in and do that and delete the post from the network. My point is: set up a like recipe and just go like a video, whether it’s yours or somebody else’s, preferably one that’s gonna be relevant to what the network’s about so that you don’t have to go in and delete it later. And that’s how you can test it. Okay?
Does Using Aged Or Expired Web2.0 Accounts On The Persona Rings Would Help Boost Rankings? 
Okay, Alexander, he comes every week now and asks questions as well, so Alexander: What’s up buddy? He says, “Hi guys. It’s good to be here again. Let’s get down to business. I’ll do my first video gig for a client.” Sweet. “He said he’d pay me to set up … set him … to set up to him but not enough money so I could make another one for me and use to rank videos as a service.” Okay. “Does using aged/expired Web 2.0 accounts in the persona rings would help boost rankings or will be worse because we have some random anchor text from referring domains theme?”
No, aged Web 2.0s will certainly help. I mean, look, if you’re doing it specifically for SEO purposes, then yes, using aged Web 2.0s will help. There’s no doubt. I’ve seen some really strong Tumblrs that can do some really amazing things with some strong Tumblrs and there’s a million Tumblr scrapers out there now, guys. Shit, you can go to Fiverr and like SEOClerks and those different types of services and buy Tumblrs now, so it’s simple to do, and yeah, those work. For purely SEO purposes? You can absolutely do that.
Now, for branding purposes, I recommend that you set up your own with the branded username. But again, for purely SEO purposes, expired Web 2.0s are certainly going to help. Okay? “Should I add some RSS feeds to the endpoint accounts/accounts that don’t trigger others so that way I get more related content to build their theme/topical relevance?” You can. That’s what, like out at tier two and stuff like that, if that’s what you’re doing, and you said this was a video gig, so chances are they’re … You’ve got multi-tiered networks anyways, then yeah, absolutely you can, guys.
That’s the thing: if you guys are … I mean, even for YouTube, but especially for blogs … But here’s the thing, guys, if you’ve got, let’s say a two tier network for YouTube, and remember YouTube, we don’t have to worry about footprint issues or anything else. My point is if you’re uploading videos but you’re not staying consistent and you’re not uploading a lot of videos, but you want to keep increasing the power of the network, then yeah, set up some related content triggers on the tier two networks, even for YouTube networks, guys, because you can start feeding relevant content into those secondary networks.
I don’t do it to the branded networks. I never do it to the branded networks, but on the tier two networks, or persona-based networks, they can be tier one persona-based networks tied to your YouTube channel, right? But even for those, yeah, it makes absolute sense to use related content feeds to add additional content to those networks because it’ll help to increase the relevancy and it will … Again, instead of all the content just coming from one source, which would be your YouTube channel, you start to make it more natural because it’s starting to curate, it’s essentially what you’re doing, right? Other people’s content. Related content. So absolutely you can do that. I recommend doing that, in fact, on tier two stuff.
Okay, “Or is there a way to do it even for lower tier feeder rings, uh, a way to send content to tier one that would not be syndicated again on the other tiers.” No, I wouldn’t do that. Again, I wouldn’t … If it’s persona-based tier one network you can add content into there and that’ll take care of the second tier networks because you can set the trigger up on tier one, but if you’re doing branded tier one, then on the … Then I would set the related content triggers up on tier two because I don’t like to feed other people’s content into branded tier ones, if that makes sense. Persona-based is fine. Branded, no.
What Are Some Good Link Building Strategies For Persona Accounts?
“If you can, would like to hear more about backlinking strategies to those kind of persona accounts. Thanks guys.” Backlinking strategies is just contextual links to those properties. If it’s out at tier two, you can be even more aggressive, more spammy. Generally, what we like to do is contextual at tier ones to the network properties. Typically on domains that have, not the pages … We’ve had some issues with people saying, “I just got our link report and the PA is one on every link page that was created.” Well, that’s what happens when you create a new page online; it is a PA of one. Period. It doesn’t start with anything higher than one.
And so, anyways, my point is that you … We try to use domains with higher decent metrics, relatively speaking, right? Compared to all the other spam sites out there, and then set contextual links, we try not to hammer our network properties, anywhere between 50 to 125 contextual links per property, and then we throw spam behind those. Okay?
Are You Using RSS Masher And Rankwyz For Related Content Feeds?
Adam: Real quick, Bradley to … Alexander was asking if, for the related content feeds, what tool would you recommend? RSS Masher or Rank Whizz or something else?
Bradley: Uh, yes. Any one of those. You know, it really doesn’t matter. Rank Feeder, which is Lisa Allen’s tool, it’s a great tool, that’s more of an SEO tool, which is great, it’s very very powerful. It works really well. It basically is running on the principle of co-citation and it works really really well. RSS Masher, which is Damon Nelson’s product, that’s also good. That’s more of a … There are some SEO benefits that you can do with that, but it’s more of a, in my opinion, more of a traffic tool than it is just an SEO tool. I think Rank Feeder is very specifically an SEO tool and RSS Masher has a little bit … It’s not as good for SEO but it has other functionalities that make it better for other things, if that makes sense. You have to figure out what your objective is and select the correct product based upon that. Okay?
Okay, cool. You think that answered that? Hopefully.
Adam: Yeah.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Also, I don’t know, let’s see. Alexander, if you’re in the SEO academy or syndication academy, excuse me, the last update webinar we did, I showed … I think it was the last update webinar. I showed how to use Zapier or Zapier, whatever, for creating your own custom RSS feeds and it’s awesome because you can basically code your own stuff. Like literally, you can create your own RSS feed in Zapier now. Like, your own custom feed with different content sources. You can splice. You can mash. You can add links into every single feed item. You can add citation in every feed item. All that was covered in the most recent update webinar, so go back and watch it. Marco, were you gonna say something?
Marco: Nah.
Are You Using Your YouTube Channel For Putting Up Client Videos And Ranking Them And Doing The In-Market Ads Or Do You Use Your Own YouTube Channel?
Bradley: Okay. Don’s up. What’s up, Don? He says, “For full on SEO clients, not just video ranking clients, are using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them or doing it in-market ads? And doing the in-market ads? Or do you use your own YouTube channel?” So are you using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them and doing the in-market ads or do you use your own YouTube channel? I think that was it. That was the department of redundancy department.
Yes, I’m still using my own channel. Now, listen, what I’ll do is I will take … When a client has a video, or if I have a video made for a client, which happens a lot, then I will upload that video to their channel, but then I’ll also upload it to my channel because my channel is the one that has all of the SEO all the networks. It’s got the authority, the relevancy, all that kind of stuff. Typically, because, again, I’ve already … Most of my con- my … Unless it’s a client that I don’t have a network built for, like that’s in an industry that I have nothing for, in which case I’ll just do it on their channel because I’m not, like … But that’s why I try to stick with just clients or lead-gen assets that are in this categories that I’ve already built the infrastructure for, if that makes sense.
I don’t like to take … I did just take on a new client three or four … Nah, I guess it’s been about five weeks now because I got the first subscription payment from them. So it’s been about five weeks and they’re preschool. I’ve never done any preschool marketing but it was a client referral from one of my best clients that I’ve had for five years so that’s why I took the job, and so I don’t have a network for them, if that makes sense. So, basically … And I’ve already done a couple videos for them but I put it on their channel. Because, again, I don’t have a network built for preschools and I don’t plan on building one, either.
So, my point is, I use my network where it fits for the SEO part of it, and then yes, I’ll just use, because I’m trying to rank the video through my channel and my network, then that’s the same video that I will use in the YouTube ad, if I’m setting up the local clicks campaign, which is essentially what I’m doing.
But again, I can still upload the video to their channel as well. That way they feel all nice and warm and fuzzy that their video is on their channel, but all the benefit of that video is coming from my channel because that’s the one that’s ranked and providing the clicks and the leads and the exposure and all that kind of stuff. All right?
Adam: Just real quick. I’m having a conversation with somebody on a YouTube channel. I know some people get lost there and go over to YouTube channel instead of the Google event and check and make sure everyone’s able to get to the event page, but I see that you’re commenting on this page, too, but sorry, we don’t have time to call everyone out by name and ask them to leave their comment, so. If anyone else is watching this and is confused, the way we do it is you just come to this page, write your questions on the event page right here, and, you know, we do first come first served, so sometimes we don’t get to all the questions, but that’s the way it is.
Bradley: This is pretty cool. Thank you, Paul. Paul says, “I use this guy for Google and YouTube accounts, haven’t had any problems and Is very reasonable.” Livemono … I don’t know what the hell that says, but he’s on Skype. I assuming that’s his Skype username.
Adam: Yeah, it must be.
Bradley: I’m not sure what the live colon means, but-
Adam: That might be part of his name. I know that you can use periods and other things as part of your Skype name, so that might be it.
Bradley: That’s pretty cool. I’m actually going to put that in a Notepad file 'cause I might reach out and I’ll say, “Hey, you want some business buddy? ‘Cause this other dude, like we blew his business up, man, because we sent him so much damn work and now he can’t keep up with it and its quality starting to slip.” So maybe I’ll reach out to this dude. See if he’s interested in some additional work. Thanks, Paul.
Okay. EntrepreN8 Consulting. “Are we able to join the group with video?” I’m not sure what you mean.
Adam: Yeah, don’t worry. I answered him.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Yeah, Adam, if you want to … Yeah, go ahead. We’ve still got about ten minutes.
Adam: Yeah, I was going to say. Paul, I think, is one of the people who might be able to join us, so I just wanted to let everyone know that we’re looking at some possibilities for a Semantic Mastery meet-up in the Portland area. Portland, Oregon in September. So we’re going to be having some more information about that. If you’re within, you know, a few hours of there and you’d be interested in that, stay tuned. We’ll have some more information on that as far as where we can meet up but we’d like to do a … You know, it’d be a … I don’t know. We haven’t even decided the details. A few hours, get together, talk SEO, talk marketing, talk shop. I guarantee you, have a beer or two, and have a good time, so we’ll be having some more information about that soon.
Bradley: Yeah, it’s not gonna be like … We’re not hosting a live event type thing, guys. It’s gonna be literally a meet-up, like a casual get-together. If anybody wants to come out and see and hang out with us and have a few drinks and just talk marketing, and really it’s more about networking. It’s not like we’re gonna just have some training session. It’s not like that at all. It’s about networking. Rubbing elbows. Meet-and-greet. That kind of stuff, and obviously we’ll be talking shop. There’s no doubt. But it’s gonna be … And it’s … It’s just gonna be a way we’re gonna start trying to do that.
At least, we’re planning on wanting to do that a couple times a year, so, in various parts of the country, so. In the U.S., at least, as far as we know. I don’t like to travel. All right, cool. [crosstalk 00:48:33]
Adam: Also, real quick. Sorry, real quick. I was gonna say Alexander, are you asking a question about the webinar and Zapier? If you are, before we hop off, say something.
Chris: Can I get one of those in my webpage? [inaudible 00:48:44]
Do You Have Already Get Into The Limit Of Playlists On A YouTube Channel?
Bradley: All right. Alexander says, “You guys have already get into the limit of playlists on a channel because if I want to create one playlist for each focused keyword on a city … I’ll end up with a …” Yeah, no, I don’t … I mean, I don’t do that. Look, I don’t create play … Like, Bill Cousins, he’s got a great software, Rocket Video Ranker or whatever. He’s got a playlist option in there that will create a single playlist for each keyword as well. I don’t do that. To me, that is just way too much overkill, and if …
Honestly, I just always use playlists as like a container. It’s like a silo. That’s it. So I try to go broad, so broader type keywords, more top of funnel type keywords with a playlist and then I put all of the supporting keywords, longer-tail stuff within that playlist, if that makes sense.
I don’t know if there’s a limit to how many videos you can put in a playlist or how many playlists you can have in a channel. I don’t know that because, again, I don’t use them like that, so I’ve never played with that. All right? That’s just too much work in my opinion.
“The other idea is to get just one playlist per city and inside it work one main keyword plus internal link where is for other important keywords.” Yeah, I mean again, I would recommend doing, you know, it depends on how you’re gonna categorize or silo out your channel, right? You can do a city playlist and that is … And remember, you can have a video in more than one playlist, guys.
So let’s say that you are providing marketing services in Atlanta, Georgia, and … Well, let’s say in all of Georgia, for example, and Atlanta is one of the cities, so and, let’s say that you work with plumbers, electricians, and HVAC contractors. Let’s just say that those are the three types of businesses that you work with. I recommend you work with one and one only, but let’s just say three. Then you could have an Atlanta business playlist that has all three of those business types in it because the common denominator, the common theme is they’re all Atlanta-based businesses. Then you could have an electrician silo or playlist, and all electrician videos go in there. One for plumbers, one for HVAC, right? So you could do that, and then again, you could have the electrician playlist, for example, you could have Atlanta, and, what, Savannah is another city in Georgia because the common denominator there is they’re all electrician videos. Right? So you could have electrician videos from different cities in that playlist, if that makes sense.
So the point is that you can have a video in more than one playlist. The idea is to keep the category or the theme relevant throughout. Does that make sense? So that, again … I wouldn’t … You can have multiple playlists and there’s a reason for using multiple playlists, so that you can increase relevancy across different keywords or across different geographic locations as needed. All right?
Let’s see. Are we almost done? “Bradley, where’s the link to the webinar about … Oh man, awesome. Zapier. Thanks.” Yeah, that’s the last update webinar we did in syndication academy. And for whatever reason it wasn’t posted in the members area after we did it and I just posted it a couple days ago, maybe it was Friday of last week. So it is in the members area now in the update section.
“Hundreds of accounts … ” Thanks, Paul. We appreciate that. Let’s see.
Fuck you, Wayne. That’s awesome. Yeah, “Tell me where to get access to … The IF-?” Uh, yeah. That’s the syndication academy. The member’s area, so it should be members.syndication.academy. That’s the login screen. All right?
Adam: And real quick Bradley, just, since we’re out of questions on this page and we’ve got a couple minutes. Over on the live chat on the YouTube side of things, somebody was asking, are we the ones who said to use the Network Empire Silo Plugin?
Bradley: Yes. I mentioned it.
Adam: Okay.
Bradley: Somebody asked about it and I mentioned it.
Adam: Cool. So you still use it?
Bradley: Yeah, I mean … I’m not building WordPress sites that much anymore. Very rare. Usually now when I build a WordPress site it’s only for the blog and that’s it because I’m using ClickFunnels now as my website builder for just about everything.
Adam: Gotcha.
Bradley: However, I’m about to start a project that I am gonna need to build a silos, and so, it … Just so you guys know, on all the sites that I have that are existing sites that have been siloed for the last four years, I’ve been using that plugin, yes. It was originally called the DWS Silo Builder.
Adam: Mm-hmm.
Bradley: I don’t know what it’s called now. It’s a very simple plugin. As far as I know, it’s free. It used to be free. That’s what I’ve used. Now, again, if I’m going to silo out another site … I don’t even know what the other options are now because I’ve just never used anything other than that. So.
Adam: Cool.
Bradley: Anything else?
Adam: Think we’re good. Uh, last call. We’ve got a couple minutes here. I think … That’s about it. Anybody got any more announcements or anything else coming up? Let me check our calendar real quick before we hop off. Nope. Hernan mentioned it. The Battleplan buyers update webinar. I’ll pop a link in if you want to grab the Battleplan. I would suggest you do that. We’ll have the update webinar tomorrow, and then we’ll have some news going out about good webinar with Keith Mallinson on Monday. So we’ve got some good stuff coming just in the next week.
Bradley: Yeah, I won’t be here next week, guys, 'cause I’m going on vacation. So I might pop in, depending on what’s going on. Looks like my video’s all choppy. It’s weird. Anyways, I won’t be here next week but it looks like the rest of the team has got it covered, so. Marco’s going to be rubbing his weather in everybody’s faces as usual.
Marco: Of course I am. Why else would I live in Costa Rica in paradise if I couldn’t rub the weather in your face?
Bradley: That’s right. All right guys. Well everybody, have a good day. Let’s see. We have a webinar tomorrow, don’t we?
Adam: Correct, we-
Bradley: A Battleplan webinar.
Adam: Correct, correct. Yup.
Bradley: That’s right. Okay. So we’ll see a lot of you on that. Otherwise, we’ll see everybody next week. Thanks everyone.
Adam: Bye everybody!
Hernan: Thanks! [crosstalk 00:54:55]
Chris: Bye everyone.
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Adam: I got some, but … okay. All right, well, there we are. Hey everybody. We are live, only one minute late. We were scrambling; not gonna lie, but Bradley got everything sorted out so here we are, and this is Hump Day Hangouts episode 137. Today is the 21st of June, so we’ll do our thing real quick and say, “Hi” to everybody, and then we will get started. So Chris, how’s it going man?
Chris: Been good. In a heat wave here in Austria.
Adam: Yeah? What do you … What kind of temperatures are you dealing with?
Chris: 34 degrees celsius-
Adam: Yikes. That’s like 90 something I think, right?
Chris: Yeah, 93 or so.
Adam: Yuck. All right. I’ll pass. I’m living in luxury, man. It’s like 75. This has been awesome. Hernan, how about yourself? You got like six feet of snow or something or what’s going on down there?
Hernan: No, doesn’t snow actually. It doesn’t actually snow in Buenos Aires, so it’s not even funny. You know?
Adam: Okay.
Hernan: Yeah, get the all humid cold, but it’s not even fun to go out and … But anyways, yeah, I’m excited to be here. I’m excited for tomorrow’s webinar for the Battleplan members so it’s gonna be a lot of fun and I’m excited to be here.
Adam: Awesome, awesome. Marco, how you doing man? It looks pretty nice there. I’m guessing the weather’s probably pretty good. Maybe.
Bradley: Maybe he’s muted.
Adam: Maybe not. All right. Well. I’m gonna go with the weather is probably pretty good but we’ll fill that in later. So Bradley, how you doing man?
Bradley: Good. I’m glad that I got it fired up at the last minute, man. It was my Chrome cache was, I guess, clogged up I guess two gigabytes of cache is enough to slow down a browser.
Adam: Imagine that.
Bradley: So I had to shut everything down, run CCleaner and then start it back up and it took longer than I expected, but we’re here, so better late than never.
Adam: Good deal. All right, well, just real quick, if you’re new to Semantic Mastery, first of all, thanks for showing up to Hump Day Hangouts. We certainly appreciate it. You should definitely check out the Battleplan. I’ll share that link shortly below and then, also if you haven’t yet, for some reason, signed up for your free account at SERP Space, head over there. We got the Done-For-You services there and also a couple free tools with more coming, stuff like Mark Up and stuff like that.
And then, before we dive into stuff I just wanted to share this. This is like Adam’s little book report minute. I’ve been taking my book reading up a notch. I’m trying to knock out a book like every week or two, and so this is “High Profit Prospecting.” Let’s see; who’s this by? Mark Hunter. So, good book so far. It’s exactly what it sounds like. If you’re someone who does outreach for customers, who, I’m guessing nearly everybody here should probably be doing that, I think it’s a good read. The big one, it’s on prospecting, obviously, and then attitude as well as getting into the specifics of how you can approach people, which is really good. I don’t come from a sales background, so it’s been a good refresher. You know, we always hear about, you know, “Okay, here’s the ABC’s of this,” but definitely good to go into that and get some more detail, so, pretty good read. I think it was like 10 bucks on Amazon, so if you’re interested in that, you should check it out.
Bradley: Awesome. That’s a really good recommendation. I haven’t read that one yet, but I’m gonna add it to my list. I’m trying to do the same thing, Adam, is read about a book every two weeks or so, and I only got 30 minutes scheduled every day to read, but I’m trying to keep to that schedule so that I actually get it done, and I’ve just finished reading, for the second time, Bill Good’s “Hot Prospects” book, so that one’s probably gonna be a good one to follow up with so I appreciate you pointing that out.
Adam: Yeah, and I’ll probably put something on the page, on the Semantic Mastery page if people are interested. If you guys are interested or if you have any questions or anything, just pop the question on this page if you’re at the event and I’ll answer that but, anyways, you guys have any announcements, anything we need to cover today?
Hernan: I think we’re good.
Bradley: I think so.
Adam: All right, let’s roll.
Bradley: All right, cool. Let’s see, before I get into-
Marco: [inaudible 00:03:52] Before you get into that-
Bradley: I’m sorry.
Marco: For you guys dealing with the heat, I just want to show you something. I just want to show you something, man. Dig that motherfuckers, dig that. 75 degrees. Beautiful weather. Come on, man.
Bradley: Tropical climate.
Marco: [crosstalk 00:04:13] Why deal with the cold? I have a little waterfall in the background, just keeping me peaceful. While you guys [crosstalk 00:04:26]
Adam: I’m beginning to think Marco is subsidized by the government, you know, to boost [crosstalk 00:04:31]-
Marco: You know, right? Ed’s trying to log in, man. He’s using my login but … So if you see two Marcos, it’s Ed.
Chris: Ed’s cool.
Bradley: Ed is one of our newer Mastermind members. He’s a real hustler. He’s been out just crushing it and getting new clients. I mean, it’s just amazing how much action that dude’s taking, so, he’s down there visiting Marco right now, and, if he can, he’ll jump on.
Mini Case Study On Video Re-Indexing And Re-Ranking For Video Production Company Using Video Powerhouse
All right. So let’s get to questions and stuff. There’s something I do want to share in just a moment, though. Just very quickly, ‘cause I want to show you guys something. Let me zoom in on all this first. All right, cool.
So this is something … You guys should be seeing my full screen, correct?
Adam: Yeah, I got your whole desktop.
Hernan: Yep.
Chris: Okay.
Bradley: I’m gonna zoom in on this a little bit. All right, this is from Pro Rank Tracker. This is a screenshot I just took yesterday of a local video that I had done for the video production company that I do a ton of work for. They had a client, or one of their customers had been paying for SEO services for their video for about 6 months and then they allowed their subscription to lapse or to expire, I guess, and so I unlisted the video, which was in the number one position for the six or eight months, whatever it was, that it was running before their subscription expired, and once it had expired, I just went through and unlisted the video, but it had been sitting at number one for, you know, six or eight months.
So, when I unlisted the video obviously it fell out of the index for a while, and it was probably, I don’t know, three or four months had passed before they resubscribed to the service for whatever reason. I don’t know why they went so long without renewing but, whatever. They contacted the video production company and renewed their Video Boost subscription. That’s what they call it.
So I went in and just reset the video back to public instead of unlisted. However, it didn’t just appear back in number one position, and I didn’t expect it to. In fact, I even charged the company, the video production company, another setup fee, even though all I had to do was go in and unlist it. I mean, set it from unlisted to public, I still charged them the additional setup fee, which is a one-time fee for whenever I initially add a new video to a marketing campaign, and I told them, “It’s been paused for the last few months, so I’m going to have to charge you an additional setup fee.” And they said, “That’s fine.” Blah blah blah.
So anyways, I went in and I set it to public and I left it alone for a couple days. Well, first, of all, it didn’t re-index right away, which was kind of weird, but then, when it did re-index, which, I had to kind of force it to re-index, which, again, I thought was a bit strange, but when it did, you can see where the two main keywords that I was tracking, which is basically one keyword, just a variation of it, 'cause that’s how I do it with the video production company guys. I always, you know … Each video targets one keyword or a close variant so that it will rank for the close variants of that keyword, if that makes sense.
So I was only tracking two keywords for this one video but you can see when it did re-index, it re-indexed at position nine and position 12 or 13, respectively. What was crazy was … All I did … I put it … Sent this video through a video powerhouse blast. I did an embed blast of about 50 embeds. I did both primary and secondary embeds of only 50. And then I went in and I set up a YouTube AdWords campaign. An AdWords for video campaign using the video as the actual … So let me just explain how I did this, guys. I set up, inside of AdWords, I used in-stream video option, right? So it wasn’t a video discovery ad, it was … I just took the same video that I wanted ranked, right? And I used that URL as the in-stream video ad URL, and then the landing page link that you click on from the in-stream ad, right? That’s always the link that’s in the bottom left corner of the video when an in-stream ad is playing, that … All I did was use that YouTube URL, the same video that was the ad itself. I used that URL as the landing page URL, right? So does that make sense? So essentially an in-stream ad that when clicked will take somebody to a YouTube video, and it’s the same YouTube video.
But what I did was I set up geographic targeting, and I went into interest targeting using the in-market or ROI interest based targeting, which is called in-market targeting. Very very very powerful. I started playing with that a lot recently, and I’m getting really good results, especially for local.
So I set geo-targeting and I used interest-based targeting, the in-market, ROI targeting, and I went and I found that specific category, and this is a home services-type of business, and I selected that proper category, and I set my budget for one dollar per day, guys. One dollar per day. Now, if anybody’s been following us for long, you know that, for like the video production companies, I only charge 100 dollars per month per video to rank or per keyword to rank for them. That’s what I provide as wholesale services.
So I’m only making 100 bucks a month, but I set up a one dollar a day budget that has local IP’s with people that are in-market. Let me explain what I mean by that. Google understands now, through browsing history, recent browsing history, what people are looking for. Like, if they’re in-market, so to speak, for a particular product or service, then Google knows that because they’ve been searching buyer-type keywords, commercial intent keywords. Recently, it’s in their recent browsing history, right? And so Google places those people into a bucket that means that they’re highly likely or they’re really engaged with that particular product or service or keyword at that moment, so it’s highly likely that they’re in the market. That’s why it’s called, “in-market,” for that product or service.
So it doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at. The people in that bucket, doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at on YouTube. My ad can play in front of any video. A silly cat video. It doesn’t matter because they were … By Google’s own … Google has categorized them as being in-market, so they’re likely to convert.
So the reason I’m explaining this to you is because, with something so simple as setting up a one dollar a day ad and I got 10 clicks in the first day, or, no, I’m sorry. It was five clicks in the first day. I had 10 impressions, five clicks. So it was a 50% click-through rate on the video, which was interesting, but they’re all from local IP’s from people that are in-market, so that means it’s highly relevant traffic.
It’s relevant for two reasons: the geographic location, so local IP’s essentially, which will count as a local IP click to that video, plus those were in-market visitors or viewers, right? Clickers, so to speak. YouTube users. They’re in-market for that particular product or service category, anyways. So that means it’s highly relevant.
Well Google and YouTube knows that. So now the traffic that … The engagement that I just purchased from Google AdWords to that video was locally relevant and topically relevant, and it shot it direct … The very next day, it had jumped from whatever this is, nine and 13 or whatever to the number one position, and in fact, one of these keywords is now triggering the great big video. I know you guys know what I’m talking about. It doesn’t happen very often, but where the video is ranked number one and it’s freaking huge and it takes up where the maps pack would normally be.
And all I did, guys, like I said was just set up a local … I ran a 50-embed blast through video powerhouse and then I set up a local YouTube ad, and this was just yesterday. You can see that … You know, yesterday is when I took this screenshot, and it jumped, basically in 48 hours from … It went from not being indexed to being indexed at like nine and 13 for that variant, for that keyword, to being number one and also triggering that great big large video in the SERP, which is amazing, and I just wanted to point that out, guys, 'cause I know we’ve talked about that here on Hump Day Hangouts a lot, about using AdWords, because you’re buying engagement signals from … And you can specifically pinpoint where you want the engagement signals to come from, right?
You’re paying Google for engagement signals. Instead of buying views or buying fake social signals, you can buy real, organic … I say they’re organic because they’re real. They’re real click-throughs and real views from real people on real IP’s and real devices, with real browsing histories in a real location, if that makes sense, and it just works like crazy.
So any of you guys that are doing video SEO stuff, especially local, guys, this should just be a standard operating procedure for any one of your local campaigns, is set up an ad, run the targeting like I just mentioned, geographic targeting, and even if you just do a dollar a day, just until you get it ranked and then pause your ad campaign, it’ll help immensely.
So, brief little tutorial. Hopefully that was helpful. Anybody want to comment on that before we get any questions?
Chris: That was pretty amazing, Bradley.
Bradley: Yeah, thank you. Thank you. It’s quite … I mean, it’s just amazing and the fact that I saw that it triggered those big big videos, which is crazy, 'cause that’s rare that that happens. The six or eight months that it was ranked number one before I had unlisted it, it was never a big video, so it had quite an effect.
Where Can You Get A Double Verified Gmail Accounts?
Okay, cool. Earl’s up first. He says, “Can you suggest a place to get double-verified Gmail accounts? I cannot seem to find a source on Fiverr that I once used.”
Okay. I’m going to recommend a guy that we have been using for, I’d say over a year now, but one of our Mastermind members, Beau, who’s also our moderator in the Syndication Academy Facebook group said that he’s had terrible communication experience with this dude. So, anyways, I’ve never had any problems with him. He’s always been really good about replacing any accounts, the communication’s been good, so I’m going to point it out anyways, but I just want to mention, full disclosure, that one of our members is having issues with him, so just take that into account.
This is the only guy I’ve used for phone verified accounts that’s been any good for, like, well over a year, so I’ve just stuck with him. It’s bulkpva.com.
Marco: Yeah, I’d-
Bradley: Go ahead.
Marco: I’d like to mention, too, that we ordered accounts and they were resold, and so-
Bradley: Okay, so don’t use them is what you’re saying.
Marco: No, I’m not saying, “Don’t.” I’m saying that, when you get them, you have to change the phone number and the email, right? The email that you used to recover the password. Switch that up right away in all, whatever accounts that you order. Because they’re a pain in the ass, which is why you should have a VA.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: Because they did get resold and so it was a whole big mess, and so, you know, we talked to him and he just gets so many orders that he’s swamped, and so I think it’s more a case of him not paying attention to what he’s doing, rather than being dishonest.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: But I wanna add that that happened to us.
Bradley: Well thanks. I appreciate that, because again, and that’s why I wanted to fully disclose what Beau had mentioned, too because like I said, I’ve never had any issues with him, but in part, the reason that Marco just said that he thinks it’s because he’s getting too many damn orders. It’s probably because I’ve recommended the dude quite a bit. He was extremely happy when I started recommending him because he was like … And maybe that’s why I never have any issues with him, because he always takes care of me because I sent so much business to him.
But regardless, like I said, you know, be careful, Earl. That’s the only guy I’ve used but apparently some people have been having issues recently, so there you go.
How Do You Handle Content Issues With A WordPress That Stop Syndicating To A Network?
Chris says, “I recently had WordPress take down one of my syndication channels without warning. Not exactly sure why. Maybe because some of the content that was being syndicated was short codes that did not translate well to the WordPress site, or maybe it was posting too often. Wondering the best way to handle this. Do I try rebuilding all the site posts that used to be on WordPress all at once or over time or another WordPress site, or just start syndicating with a new channel and not worry about getting the older stuff posted.”
Chris, that’s gonna happen from time to time. No matter what you do, there are gonna be times where one of your Web 2s, even a branded property that you’ve taken well care of will sometimes still get terminated because of the automation that we’re using. That sometimes will trigger it. There’s just a number of reasons. It’s rare … We go to great lengths through how we set up these accounts to prevent from that happening, but it does happen from time to time and there’s nothing any of us can do about it, right? Except try to prevent it, right?
So Chris, yeah, we’ve even had some of ours terminated, and what you mentioned about a short code, so like if you were using a plugin or something on your main money site that inserted short codes into the post which would obviously, when the page was loaded, would convert into a script or an image or whatever it was that you needed it to be, when it gets syndicated, that’s not going to occur because that plugin’s not present on the WordPress.com site, if that makes sense.
So you’ve gotta be careful about that. We’ve had that same issue on a number of occasions with some of the stuff that we’ve syndicated from our own blog, causing problems. Like, you know, form code for example. Opt-in form code that just looks like raw code on the page because it doesn’t translate 'cause it’s not in the short code and the plugin’s not present. That kind of stuff, so … You just gotta be wary of all of that.
Something that you can do if you are going to continue to use those kind of like short code plugins and things like that on your money site … Excuse me, I’ve got somebody calling in. Hold on a minute, let me hang up on them. Sorry guys. Give me a second. It’s my Google Voice number. It’s a spam call, I’m sure. Okay, so if you’re gonna continue to use those kind of, um … It’s still ringing. I’m going to have to just let it ring out.
If you’re still going to use those kind of plugins, I would recommend that you just set your WordPress post to your RSS settings from “full post” to “summary.” Now I know for branded properties we like to recommend using the full post, the full text of the post, instead of just the summary, but if you’re using short codes and things like that from your main money site that aren’t going to syndicate and post into the blogs of your syndication network, then you may want to use the summary post instead. Okay? Or reconsider what you’re posting within the content of your posts so that you don’t have those issues. You could do that as well.
Is It Okay To Upload 30 Videos At Once In A YouTube Money Channel That Is Syndicated To A T-1 Network?
All right. Dave’s up. He says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube.” Uh, oh. It’s, by the way, just so you know, do try … I would say start a new WordPress.com site and then just start syndicating posts from that point forward. The moment of origin forward, if that makes sense, because I wouldn’t worry about going back and publishing all the already published posts on the new WordPress site. I wouldn’t worry about that. It’s too much manual work. If you’ve got a VA you can send it to, fine, but I wouldn’t do it yourself. If it were me, I would just create a new account, attach it to the Network. Set up the automation that triggers and all that, and then I would just post from that point forward, okay?
Dave says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube for a money channel. Is it a bad idea to upload the 30 videos at once? Will it cause problems with some of the new network properties getting that many videos all at once?”
Yeah, I wouldn’t do that Dave. I would probably not do more than like five posts per day. [crosstalk 00:20:48] But you could do that, you know, five posts per day over six days. That’s what I would do. And it’s not … It’s just because when you hit a … especially a new network with like a whole bunch of posts all at once like that, it’s likely gonna be terminated. Okay? So you don’t want to do that.
In fact, like we always mention, or it’s mentioned in the training, you should post a few posts, as we call seed posts, and leave it sit for a few days. Post with no links, by the way, or only links to other blog posts on that same platform. So in other words, if it’s a Blogger blog, you can link to another Blogger blog post from somebody else’s Blogger blog because it’s still the Blogger domain. I wouldn’t have any external links, okay? It would be an internal link to another Blogger blog. Might not be yours, but somebody else’s. That’s the only type of link I would have, and then I’d let it sit for about seven days before starting to do any automated posting. And then when you do, ramp up slowly. Don’t do thirty at once. Do something like maybe one or two a day for a couple of days, and then you can ramp it up from there. If you’ve only got thirty videos, I’d probably spread that over, you know, a week to 10 days, something like that. If it’s a new network. If it’s an established network, you can be a little bit more aggressive. All right.
Best Practices In Managing YouTube Channels If You Are Wholesaling Video Promotion Service
Columbia! She’s been crushing it. She’s been a go-getter. Columbia, I’ve been really proud of you, coming here every week and asking questions, and I seek that you’re going with the agency model and it sounds like you’re well on your way and I just wanted to say that that’s awesome. We appreciate you being here and taking action. She says, “My goal is to promote videos in five to eight niches, with each niche having a YouTube channel and associated website to support videos from multiple cities, as I am wholesaling video promotion service.” Very good. She says, “If I set up five to eight YouTube channels with each having an associated website, could I put all of those on my main Google and YouTube account, or do I need to break them up under some separate persona Google accounts? Each associated websites would just have a tier one network, but I will likely want to stack two or more tier twos on some of or most of the YouTube channels.”
Which is, yeah, that’s a good idea, Columbia. Is it a good idea to your main Google account? Okay, again, and this is the same advice that I always use, even though your problem … I can tell, Columbia, that you’re gonna be taking care of these networks, and you’re not gonna be doing anything real spammy, your setting up for long term, I still recommend that you would create each of the five to eight YouTube channels under a different persona account and then add yourself, Columbia Jones, your profile as a manager of all of them.
So after you’ve created the YouTube channel under a persona account, then you go in and you add yourself as a manager so that you can access, manage and maintain all of those channels from your main Google profile. It’ll make it convenient and much easier to work on, but it will protect each one of those channels in the event, God forbid, that something were to happen to your account, Columbia, that you wouldn’t use all of those assets, because even if your account got terminated, and again, that’s worst case scenario, but if your account got terminated for some reason or another, all of those other channels would still be present and available because they weren’t your … You, as the profile Columbia Jones, wasn’t the channel owner. You were just a manager, if that makes sense. So I’d do that specifically for risk mitigation, right? Just set up different … create a different persona account. Set up the channel, and then make yourself the manager. And that way you protect yourself.
“So how many channels with each associated website can I run on my main Google account without running into problems, as I would be setting up five to eight niches all within a single month?” Again if you … You can manage up to 50 channels from any one profile. So, again, set them all up underneath different … So the channel owners are different personas. Different Google accounts. And then add yourself as a manager. And you can add as many channels, I mean, up to 50 channels as a manager to your account, Columbia, and that won’t look weird at all because there’s a lot of people out there that are, you know, digital marketing consultants, and they manage a lot of channels and stuff, so it’s natural to do that. I wouldn’t worry about it.
“If I do need to break these up and put them under separate Google accounts, would those persona Google accounts be a persona individual or persona business name?” It can be a persona business name. It doesn’t matter because you’re setting up a business channel. Does that make sense? So when you create a persona, you’re gonna have a persona, a profile-based YouTube channel. That just comes associated with the Google account that you create, but when you go to set up a channel, you want to create a business channel. That’s how you give it a brand name and all that other stuff. Okay? All right, great question by the way, Columbia.
What Is The Best Strategy To Use When Doing Lead Gen Business That Is On A Revenue Share Management?
Mohammed Makki says, “Hey guys, I’ve started doing lead-gen for a local home builder and I have a question. It’s a revenue share agreement, so for every sale he makes, I get a good amount.” That’s a great strategy, Mohammed; that’s the same type of model that I prefer. “I trust this guy since I’ve worked with him before, but I still want to make sure that I know what’s going on. Is an answering service like the one you use on Local Kingpin the best way to do this?”
It is, in my experience Mohammed. So the reason why I say that is because I get … Any call that goes … Okay, so, on the lead-gen sites that I have that … I’m just about on 90% of them. I have an answering service call center set up that I pay for. It’s my expense, but the reason I do that is because any call that comes through, it first … It does several things. Number one: it screens the calls because anybody here that has been doing … Either has your own local business or you provide local business marketing services and you, so you manage stuff for clients, you already know that you get freaking hammered with solicitation calls all day long from every type of business out there. From credit card processing machines to marketing services to Yelp. Yelp’ll call you 15 times a freaking week. It’s ridiculous.
And so I use an answering service, number one: because it’s an automated call screening system. Any solicitation call gets screened out by the answering service, so it doesn’t bother the contractor or the service provider who’s purchasing the leads with a bunch of spam calls. Right? So that’s number one.
Number two: any lead that’s a valid lead is going to answer the call screener’s questions, which means once that lead is done, or once the call is over, that’s a bona fide lead that I can go for. Now obviously I still get some solicitation leads that come through. In other words, they’re people that answer some questions from the call screener so the lead still gets pushed through, but it’s very clearly identified as such when it goes through. So what happens is, with AnswerConnect, that’s the service I use, by the way. Answerconnect.com. I’ve been using them for about five years. Great service.
Anyways, I get an email copy of every lead call that comes through, and then it also gets emailed and texted to the service provider, and so again, I like to use it because it’s a call screening system. I have a record of everything. I’ve got an email and a text record, plus AnswerConnect keeps records of everything as well. And so, for me, that’s how I validate everything.
Now, if somebody submits a web form, a contact form, you know, contact request form, on a lead-gen page instead of calling, then I get a copy of the email that also gets sent to the service provider, and now I’m using Zapier, I don’t know the proper way to pronounce it, but I’m using Zapier to send an SMS text alert, it connects with Twilio, but it’ll basically monitors a Gmail address and every time a new lead comes in from that lead-gen funnel, it triggers Zapier to send a text message via Twilio to the contractor notifying him that a new lead had come in and to check his email for the lead data. And that’s only for contract request form submissions, if that makes sense. Phone calls go through AnswerConnect.
Hernan: Mm. May I?
Bradley: Go ahead.
Hernan: May I add something, Bradley? I think that this really valuable and you first told me about AnswerConnect, back in the day. I think it was two years ago, but I think that you’re adding a lot of value to the process, right? Because if you can sell a qualified lead … Because, here’s the deal: you can sell that lead to one contractor for example, or to one client. That would be like an exclusive lead. Or you can get it qualified and sell it to multiple contractors or to multiple business, right? You will need to be really clear that that lead will be, you know, sold to many, so that … The value of that lead usually decreases. You know, if it’s qualified plus exclusive lead, you can charge premium for that because they’re going through … It’s not completely automated. They are going through some kind of interaction with a person, right? So I think that adds a lot of value and it will solve a lot of problems in terms of tracking and in terms of qualifying the leads. Again, because, you know, you want to send a contractor the best possible leads, you know?
Bradley: Yeah.
Hernan: So I think that adds a lot of value. It’s a little bit more expensive to run it that way, but I think it’s sort of worth it because, again, you can charge a premium for your leads because they are coming through a verified source, right? They are going through human interaction first, and then they are going to be pushed through the contractor.
That doesn’t mean that the contractor doesn’t have to … or your client, they will have to act fast because that lead is warm [inaudible 00:30:56]. Right? They’re hot. They’ve gone through one interaction. They are going through another. So they’re willing to the purchase process. That adds something that you can 100% outsource. It’s a little bit more expensive but this is kind of … The little things that add a lot of value to your business and will make those businesses stick with you for a longer time than any other lead generation company that does this massively and all they’re doing are pushing calls. Does that make sense?
Bradley: Yeah. And the other part of that is, you know, by providing the answering service, we’re doing the service provider a favor, too because the calls are automatically screened and it prevents them wasting time and energy on answering the phone for spam calls or solicitation calls, and that’s a huge selling benefit for contractors or for service providers. Again, mostly for me it’s contractors so …
But, and like Hernan said, I also, you know, if you’re going to sell exclu- … I promote my services as exclusivity of leads. It’s rare that I will ever sell a lead to more than one service provider. It does happen from time to time, but it’s usually rare and it’s usually because there’s a specific reason for it, so I always just charge more per lead if I’m selling on a per-lead basis, or if it’s a revenue share, like what you’re talking about, Mohammed, then it’s an exclusive lead anyways. That’s just a given.
Is It Normal For Keyword Lists From Google Adwords To Have Names Of Different Cities?
The last part of your question, “Is it normal for keyword lists from AdWords to have names of different cities? Despite my living in Alberta, Canada, a large portion of my AdWords list contains American cities and states.” Yeah, that’s because the vast majority of search traffic is coming from Google U.S., but just, Mohammed, what you can do is … This isn’t an AdWords tutorial, guys, I’m certainly not going to log in to my AdWords dashboard to show you this, but Mohammed, what you can do is make sure that you set your advanced location targeting or advanced location options to where you are only … That only include people that are in your target location, not that are in or show interest in. That’s number one. So do that number one.
Number two is set an exclusion list. That’s something else you can do. Again, I can’t go into it and show it to you here, but you can set an exclusion list and actually specifically exclude all 50, or the United States for example. And if you set that as your exclusion list, then people that are searching, even if they’re in your target location, so let’s say Alberta, Canada, but they search for, let’s say, you know, “Remodeling company New York City.” Then if you have New York or all of the United States in your exclusion list, then it will prevent the ad from showing to them, even if they’re in your Alberta Canada and they’re searching for one of your keywords, which might be, you know, “Remodeling contractor,” or, you know, “Home builder,” or whatever it is that your keyword is. It’ll prevent it from showing to them because they’re showing an interest in a location that’s on your exclusion list, if that makes sense.
How To Test A New YouTube Syndication Network?
That’s also really important for call-only ads, guys, that you set your exclusion list to. All right. All right. So Greg’s up. He says, “Hi. Wondering really how to test a new YouTube syndication network. How do we download a video from YouTube to test our new YouTube syndication network?” Well, you can download it. Use Firefox and use something like Video DownloadHelper extension or something like that. There’s a ton of them, guys. They’re a dime a dozen. Just go search, “Firefox YouTube download extension” or something like that and just pick one. The one that I use is Video DownloadHelper. Been using it for years and you can view and just about any video, in the Firefox browser when you have that extension, and then you can just click the extension itself and download the video. You can do that, but why would … You don’t even need to do that, Greg.
What I would suggest doing is setting up either a like trigger applet or setting up a subscription trigger applet. So, and then publicly subscribe to another channel or something that you can upload a video … What I’m saying is you don’t need to download … In fact, for what you’re specifically asking, I would say just set up a like trigger applet and just go like one of the videos on one of your other channels or at least, if you don’t have a video in that specific niche that’s your own video, then just go like somebody else’s video that’s in that niche so it’ll help to theme your network, too, because I see what you’re saying about … “Once it’s tested, do we need to go into network properties and remove the syndicated video?” Well, if it’s a thematically relevant video, right? If it’s themed, if it’s relevant, then there’s really on reason to go in and do that and delete the post from the network. My point is: set up a like recipe and just go like a video, whether it’s yours or somebody else’s, preferably one that’s gonna be relevant to what the network’s about so that you don’t have to go in and delete it later. And that’s how you can test it. Okay?
Does Using Aged Or Expired Web2.0 Accounts On The Persona Rings Would Help Boost Rankings? 
Okay, Alexander, he comes every week now and asks questions as well, so Alexander: What’s up buddy? He says, “Hi guys. It’s good to be here again. Let’s get down to business. I’ll do my first video gig for a client.” Sweet. “He said he’d pay me to set up … set him … to set up to him but not enough money so I could make another one for me and use to rank videos as a service.” Okay. “Does using aged/expired Web 2.0 accounts in the persona rings would help boost rankings or will be worse because we have some random anchor text from referring domains theme?”
No, aged Web 2.0s will certainly help. I mean, look, if you’re doing it specifically for SEO purposes, then yes, using aged Web 2.0s will help. There’s no doubt. I’ve seen some really strong Tumblrs that can do some really amazing things with some strong Tumblrs and there’s a million Tumblr scrapers out there now, guys. Shit, you can go to Fiverr and like SEOClerks and those different types of services and buy Tumblrs now, so it’s simple to do, and yeah, those work. For purely SEO purposes? You can absolutely do that.
Now, for branding purposes, I recommend that you set up your own with the branded username. But again, for purely SEO purposes, expired Web 2.0s are certainly going to help. Okay? “Should I add some RSS feeds to the endpoint accounts/accounts that don’t trigger others so that way I get more related content to build their theme/topical relevance?” You can. That’s what, like out at tier two and stuff like that, if that’s what you’re doing, and you said this was a video gig, so chances are they’re … You’ve got multi-tiered networks anyways, then yeah, absolutely you can, guys.
That’s the thing: if you guys are … I mean, even for YouTube, but especially for blogs … But here’s the thing, guys, if you’ve got, let’s say a two tier network for YouTube, and remember YouTube, we don’t have to worry about footprint issues or anything else. My point is if you’re uploading videos but you’re not staying consistent and you’re not uploading a lot of videos, but you want to keep increasing the power of the network, then yeah, set up some related content triggers on the tier two networks, even for YouTube networks, guys, because you can start feeding relevant content into those secondary networks.
I don’t do it to the branded networks. I never do it to the branded networks, but on the tier two networks, or persona-based networks, they can be tier one persona-based networks tied to your YouTube channel, right? But even for those, yeah, it makes absolute sense to use related content feeds to add additional content to those networks because it’ll help to increase the relevancy and it will … Again, instead of all the content just coming from one source, which would be your YouTube channel, you start to make it more natural because it’s starting to curate, it’s essentially what you’re doing, right? Other people’s content. Related content. So absolutely you can do that. I recommend doing that, in fact, on tier two stuff.
Okay, “Or is there a way to do it even for lower tier feeder rings, uh, a way to send content to tier one that would not be syndicated again on the other tiers.” No, I wouldn’t do that. Again, I wouldn’t … If it’s persona-based tier one network you can add content into there and that’ll take care of the second tier networks because you can set the trigger up on tier one, but if you’re doing branded tier one, then on the … Then I would set the related content triggers up on tier two because I don’t like to feed other people’s content into branded tier ones, if that makes sense. Persona-based is fine. Branded, no.
What Are Some Good Link Building Strategies For Persona Accounts?
“If you can, would like to hear more about backlinking strategies to those kind of persona accounts. Thanks guys.” Backlinking strategies is just contextual links to those properties. If it’s out at tier two, you can be even more aggressive, more spammy. Generally, what we like to do is contextual at tier ones to the network properties. Typically on domains that have, not the pages … We’ve had some issues with people saying, “I just got our link report and the PA is one on every link page that was created.” Well, that’s what happens when you create a new page online; it is a PA of one. Period. It doesn’t start with anything higher than one.
And so, anyways, my point is that you … We try to use domains with higher decent metrics, relatively speaking, right? Compared to all the other spam sites out there, and then set contextual links, we try not to hammer our network properties, anywhere between 50 to 125 contextual links per property, and then we throw spam behind those. Okay?
Are You Using RSS Masher And Rankwyz For Related Content Feeds?
Adam: Real quick, Bradley to … Alexander was asking if, for the related content feeds, what tool would you recommend? RSS Masher or Rank Whizz or something else?
Bradley: Uh, yes. Any one of those. You know, it really doesn’t matter. Rank Feeder, which is Lisa Allen’s tool, it’s a great tool, that’s more of an SEO tool, which is great, it’s very very powerful. It works really well. It basically is running on the principle of co-citation and it works really really well. RSS Masher, which is Damon Nelson’s product, that’s also good. That’s more of a … There are some SEO benefits that you can do with that, but it’s more of a, in my opinion, more of a traffic tool than it is just an SEO tool. I think Rank Feeder is very specifically an SEO tool and RSS Masher has a little bit … It’s not as good for SEO but it has other functionalities that make it better for other things, if that makes sense. You have to figure out what your objective is and select the correct product based upon that. Okay?
Okay, cool. You think that answered that? Hopefully.
Adam: Yeah.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Also, I don’t know, let’s see. Alexander, if you’re in the SEO academy or syndication academy, excuse me, the last update webinar we did, I showed … I think it was the last update webinar. I showed how to use Zapier or Zapier, whatever, for creating your own custom RSS feeds and it’s awesome because you can basically code your own stuff. Like literally, you can create your own RSS feed in Zapier now. Like, your own custom feed with different content sources. You can splice. You can mash. You can add links into every single feed item. You can add citation in every feed item. All that was covered in the most recent update webinar, so go back and watch it. Marco, were you gonna say something?
Marco: Nah.
Are You Using Your YouTube Channel For Putting Up Client Videos And Ranking Them And Doing The In-Market Ads Or Do You Use Your Own YouTube Channel?
Bradley: Okay. Don’s up. What’s up, Don? He says, “For full on SEO clients, not just video ranking clients, are using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them or doing it in-market ads? And doing the in-market ads? Or do you use your own YouTube channel?” So are you using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them and doing the in-market ads or do you use your own YouTube channel? I think that was it. That was the department of redundancy department.
Yes, I’m still using my own channel. Now, listen, what I’ll do is I will take … When a client has a video, or if I have a video made for a client, which happens a lot, then I will upload that video to their channel, but then I’ll also upload it to my channel because my channel is the one that has all of the SEO all the networks. It’s got the authority, the relevancy, all that kind of stuff. Typically, because, again, I’ve already … Most of my con- my … Unless it’s a client that I don’t have a network built for, like that’s in an industry that I have nothing for, in which case I’ll just do it on their channel because I’m not, like … But that’s why I try to stick with just clients or lead-gen assets that are in this categories that I’ve already built the infrastructure for, if that makes sense.
I don’t like to take … I did just take on a new client three or four … Nah, I guess it’s been about five weeks now because I got the first subscription payment from them. So it’s been about five weeks and they’re preschool. I’ve never done any preschool marketing but it was a client referral from one of my best clients that I’ve had for five years so that’s why I took the job, and so I don’t have a network for them, if that makes sense. So, basically … And I’ve already done a couple videos for them but I put it on their channel. Because, again, I don’t have a network built for preschools and I don’t plan on building one, either.
So, my point is, I use my network where it fits for the SEO part of it, and then yes, I’ll just use, because I’m trying to rank the video through my channel and my network, then that’s the same video that I will use in the YouTube ad, if I’m setting up the local clicks campaign, which is essentially what I’m doing.
But again, I can still upload the video to their channel as well. That way they feel all nice and warm and fuzzy that their video is on their channel, but all the benefit of that video is coming from my channel because that’s the one that’s ranked and providing the clicks and the leads and the exposure and all that kind of stuff. All right?
Adam: Just real quick. I’m having a conversation with somebody on a YouTube channel. I know some people get lost there and go over to YouTube channel instead of the Google event and check and make sure everyone’s able to get to the event page, but I see that you’re commenting on this page, too, but sorry, we don’t have time to call everyone out by name and ask them to leave their comment, so. If anyone else is watching this and is confused, the way we do it is you just come to this page, write your questions on the event page right here, and, you know, we do first come first served, so sometimes we don’t get to all the questions, but that’s the way it is.
Bradley: This is pretty cool. Thank you, Paul. Paul says, “I use this guy for Google and YouTube accounts, haven’t had any problems and Is very reasonable.” Livemono … I don’t know what the hell that says, but he’s on Skype. I assuming that’s his Skype username.
Adam: Yeah, it must be.
Bradley: I’m not sure what the live colon means, but-
Adam: That might be part of his name. I know that you can use periods and other things as part of your Skype name, so that might be it.
Bradley: That’s pretty cool. I’m actually going to put that in a Notepad file 'cause I might reach out and I’ll say, “Hey, you want some business buddy? ‘Cause this other dude, like we blew his business up, man, because we sent him so much damn work and now he can’t keep up with it and its quality starting to slip.” So maybe I’ll reach out to this dude. See if he’s interested in some additional work. Thanks, Paul.
Okay. EntrepreN8 Consulting. “Are we able to join the group with video?” I’m not sure what you mean.
Adam: Yeah, don’t worry. I answered him.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Yeah, Adam, if you want to … Yeah, go ahead. We’ve still got about ten minutes.
Adam: Yeah, I was going to say. Paul, I think, is one of the people who might be able to join us, so I just wanted to let everyone know that we’re looking at some possibilities for a Semantic Mastery meet-up in the Portland area. Portland, Oregon in September. So we’re going to be having some more information about that. If you’re within, you know, a few hours of there and you’d be interested in that, stay tuned. We’ll have some more information on that as far as where we can meet up but we’d like to do a … You know, it’d be a … I don’t know. We haven’t even decided the details. A few hours, get together, talk SEO, talk marketing, talk shop. I guarantee you, have a beer or two, and have a good time, so we’ll be having some more information about that soon.
Bradley: Yeah, it’s not gonna be like … We’re not hosting a live event type thing, guys. It’s gonna be literally a meet-up, like a casual get-together. If anybody wants to come out and see and hang out with us and have a few drinks and just talk marketing, and really it’s more about networking. It’s not like we’re gonna just have some training session. It’s not like that at all. It’s about networking. Rubbing elbows. Meet-and-greet. That kind of stuff, and obviously we’ll be talking shop. There’s no doubt. But it’s gonna be … And it’s … It’s just gonna be a way we’re gonna start trying to do that.
At least, we’re planning on wanting to do that a couple times a year, so, in various parts of the country, so. In the U.S., at least, as far as we know. I don’t like to travel. All right, cool. [crosstalk 00:48:33]
Adam: Also, real quick. Sorry, real quick. I was gonna say Alexander, are you asking a question about the webinar and Zapier? If you are, before we hop off, say something.
Chris: Can I get one of those in my webpage? [inaudible 00:48:44]
Do You Have Already Get Into The Limit Of Playlists On A YouTube Channel?
Bradley: All right. Alexander says, “You guys have already get into the limit of playlists on a channel because if I want to create one playlist for each focused keyword on a city … I’ll end up with a …” Yeah, no, I don’t … I mean, I don’t do that. Look, I don’t create play … Like, Bill Cousins, he’s got a great software, Rocket Video Ranker or whatever. He’s got a playlist option in there that will create a single playlist for each keyword as well. I don’t do that. To me, that is just way too much overkill, and if …
Honestly, I just always use playlists as like a container. It’s like a silo. That’s it. So I try to go broad, so broader type keywords, more top of funnel type keywords with a playlist and then I put all of the supporting keywords, longer-tail stuff within that playlist, if that makes sense.
I don’t know if there’s a limit to how many videos you can put in a playlist or how many playlists you can have in a channel. I don’t know that because, again, I don’t use them like that, so I’ve never played with that. All right? That’s just too much work in my opinion.
“The other idea is to get just one playlist per city and inside it work one main keyword plus internal link where is for other important keywords.” Yeah, I mean again, I would recommend doing, you know, it depends on how you’re gonna categorize or silo out your channel, right? You can do a city playlist and that is … And remember, you can have a video in more than one playlist, guys.
So let’s say that you are providing marketing services in Atlanta, Georgia, and … Well, let’s say in all of Georgia, for example, and Atlanta is one of the cities, so and, let’s say that you work with plumbers, electricians, and HVAC contractors. Let’s just say that those are the three types of businesses that you work with. I recommend you work with one and one only, but let’s just say three. Then you could have an Atlanta business playlist that has all three of those business types in it because the common denominator, the common theme is they’re all Atlanta-based businesses. Then you could have an electrician silo or playlist, and all electrician videos go in there. One for plumbers, one for HVAC, right? So you could do that, and then again, you could have the electrician playlist, for example, you could have Atlanta, and, what, Savannah is another city in Georgia because the common denominator there is they’re all electrician videos. Right? So you could have electrician videos from different cities in that playlist, if that makes sense.
So the point is that you can have a video in more than one playlist. The idea is to keep the category or the theme relevant throughout. Does that make sense? So that, again … I wouldn’t … You can have multiple playlists and there’s a reason for using multiple playlists, so that you can increase relevancy across different keywords or across different geographic locations as needed. All right?
Let’s see. Are we almost done? “Bradley, where’s the link to the webinar about … Oh man, awesome. Zapier. Thanks.” Yeah, that’s the last update webinar we did in syndication academy. And for whatever reason it wasn’t posted in the members area after we did it and I just posted it a couple days ago, maybe it was Friday of last week. So it is in the members area now in the update section.
“Hundreds of accounts … ” Thanks, Paul. We appreciate that. Let’s see.
Fuck you, Wayne. That’s awesome. Yeah, “Tell me where to get access to … The IF-?” Uh, yeah. That’s the syndication academy. The member’s area, so it should be members.syndication.academy. That’s the login screen. All right?
Adam: And real quick Bradley, just, since we’re out of questions on this page and we’ve got a couple minutes. Over on the live chat on the YouTube side of things, somebody was asking, are we the ones who said to use the Network Empire Silo Plugin?
Bradley: Yes. I mentioned it.
Adam: Okay.
Bradley: Somebody asked about it and I mentioned it.
Adam: Cool. So you still use it?
Bradley: Yeah, I mean … I’m not building WordPress sites that much anymore. Very rare. Usually now when I build a WordPress site it’s only for the blog and that’s it because I’m using ClickFunnels now as my website builder for just about everything.
Adam: Gotcha.
Bradley: However, I’m about to start a project that I am gonna need to build a silos, and so, it … Just so you guys know, on all the sites that I have that are existing sites that have been siloed for the last four years, I’ve been using that plugin, yes. It was originally called the DWS Silo Builder.
Adam: Mm-hmm.
Bradley: I don’t know what it’s called now. It’s a very simple plugin. As far as I know, it’s free. It used to be free. That’s what I’ve used. Now, again, if I’m going to silo out another site … I don’t even know what the other options are now because I’ve just never used anything other than that. So.
Adam: Cool.
Bradley: Anything else?
Adam: Think we’re good. Uh, last call. We’ve got a couple minutes here. I think … That’s about it. Anybody got any more announcements or anything else coming up? Let me check our calendar real quick before we hop off. Nope. Hernan mentioned it. The Battleplan buyers update webinar. I’ll pop a link in if you want to grab the Battleplan. I would suggest you do that. We’ll have the update webinar tomorrow, and then we’ll have some news going out about good webinar with Keith Mallinson on Monday. So we’ve got some good stuff coming just in the next week.
Bradley: Yeah, I won’t be here next week, guys, 'cause I’m going on vacation. So I might pop in, depending on what’s going on. Looks like my video’s all choppy. It’s weird. Anyways, I won’t be here next week but it looks like the rest of the team has got it covered, so. Marco’s going to be rubbing his weather in everybody’s faces as usual.
Marco: Of course I am. Why else would I live in Costa Rica in paradise if I couldn’t rub the weather in your face?
Bradley: That’s right. All right guys. Well everybody, have a good day. Let’s see. We have a webinar tomorrow, don’t we?
Adam: Correct, we-
Bradley: A Battleplan webinar.
Adam: Correct, correct. Yup.
Bradley: That’s right. Okay. So we’ll see a lot of you on that. Otherwise, we’ll see everybody next week. Thanks everyone.
Adam: Bye everybody!
Hernan: Thanks! [crosstalk 00:54:55]
Chris: Bye everyone.
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Adam: I got some, but … okay. All right, well, there we are. Hey everybody. We are live, only one minute late. We were scrambling; not gonna lie, but Bradley got everything sorted out so here we are, and this is Hump Day Hangouts episode 137. Today is the 21st of June, so we’ll do our thing real quick and say, “Hi” to everybody, and then we will get started. So Chris, how’s it going man?
Chris: Been good. In a heat wave here in Austria.
Adam: Yeah? What do you … What kind of temperatures are you dealing with?
Chris: 34 degrees celsius-
Adam: Yikes. That’s like 90 something I think, right?
Chris: Yeah, 93 or so.
Adam: Yuck. All right. I’ll pass. I’m living in luxury, man. It’s like 75. This has been awesome. Hernan, how about yourself? You got like six feet of snow or something or what’s going on down there?
Hernan: No, doesn’t snow actually. It doesn’t actually snow in Buenos Aires, so it’s not even funny. You know?
Adam: Okay.
Hernan: Yeah, get the all humid cold, but it’s not even fun to go out and … But anyways, yeah, I’m excited to be here. I’m excited for tomorrow’s webinar for the Battleplan members so it’s gonna be a lot of fun and I’m excited to be here.
Adam: Awesome, awesome. Marco, how you doing man? It looks pretty nice there. I’m guessing the weather’s probably pretty good. Maybe.
Bradley: Maybe he’s muted.
Adam: Maybe not. All right. Well. I’m gonna go with the weather is probably pretty good but we’ll fill that in later. So Bradley, how you doing man?
Bradley: Good. I’m glad that I got it fired up at the last minute, man. It was my Chrome cache was, I guess, clogged up I guess two gigabytes of cache is enough to slow down a browser.
Adam: Imagine that.
Bradley: So I had to shut everything down, run CCleaner and then start it back up and it took longer than I expected, but we’re here, so better late than never.
Adam: Good deal. All right, well, just real quick, if you’re new to Semantic Mastery, first of all, thanks for showing up to Hump Day Hangouts. We certainly appreciate it. You should definitely check out the Battleplan. I’ll share that link shortly below and then, also if you haven’t yet, for some reason, signed up for your free account at SERP Space, head over there. We got the Done-For-You services there and also a couple free tools with more coming, stuff like Mark Up and stuff like that.
And then, before we dive into stuff I just wanted to share this. This is like Adam’s little book report minute. I’ve been taking my book reading up a notch. I’m trying to knock out a book like every week or two, and so this is “High Profit Prospecting.” Let’s see; who’s this by? Mark Hunter. So, good book so far. It’s exactly what it sounds like. If you’re someone who does outreach for customers, who, I’m guessing nearly everybody here should probably be doing that, I think it’s a good read. The big one, it’s on prospecting, obviously, and then attitude as well as getting into the specifics of how you can approach people, which is really good. I don’t come from a sales background, so it’s been a good refresher. You know, we always hear about, you know, “Okay, here’s the ABC’s of this,” but definitely good to go into that and get some more detail, so, pretty good read. I think it was like 10 bucks on Amazon, so if you’re interested in that, you should check it out.
Bradley: Awesome. That’s a really good recommendation. I haven’t read that one yet, but I’m gonna add it to my list. I’m trying to do the same thing, Adam, is read about a book every two weeks or so, and I only got 30 minutes scheduled every day to read, but I’m trying to keep to that schedule so that I actually get it done, and I’ve just finished reading, for the second time, Bill Good’s “Hot Prospects” book, so that one’s probably gonna be a good one to follow up with so I appreciate you pointing that out.
Adam: Yeah, and I’ll probably put something on the page, on the Semantic Mastery page if people are interested. If you guys are interested or if you have any questions or anything, just pop the question on this page if you’re at the event and I’ll answer that but, anyways, you guys have any announcements, anything we need to cover today?
Hernan: I think we’re good.
Bradley: I think so.
Adam: All right, let’s roll.
Bradley: All right, cool. Let’s see, before I get into-
Marco: [inaudible 00:03:52] Before you get into that-
Bradley: I’m sorry.
Marco: For you guys dealing with the heat, I just want to show you something. I just want to show you something, man. Dig that motherfuckers, dig that. 75 degrees. Beautiful weather. Come on, man.
Bradley: Tropical climate.
Marco: [crosstalk 00:04:13] Why deal with the cold? I have a little waterfall in the background, just keeping me peaceful. While you guys [crosstalk 00:04:26]
Adam: I’m beginning to think Marco is subsidized by the government, you know, to boost [crosstalk 00:04:31]-
Marco: You know, right? Ed’s trying to log in, man. He’s using my login but … So if you see two Marcos, it’s Ed.
Chris: Ed’s cool.
Bradley: Ed is one of our newer Mastermind members. He’s a real hustler. He’s been out just crushing it and getting new clients. I mean, it’s just amazing how much action that dude’s taking, so, he’s down there visiting Marco right now, and, if he can, he’ll jump on.
Mini Case Study On Video Re-Indexing And Re-Ranking For Video Production Company Using Video Powerhouse
All right. So let’s get to questions and stuff. There’s something I do want to share in just a moment, though. Just very quickly, ‘cause I want to show you guys something. Let me zoom in on all this first. All right, cool.
So this is something … You guys should be seeing my full screen, correct?
Adam: Yeah, I got your whole desktop.
Hernan: Yep.
Chris: Okay.
Bradley: I’m gonna zoom in on this a little bit. All right, this is from Pro Rank Tracker. This is a screenshot I just took yesterday of a local video that I had done for the video production company that I do a ton of work for. They had a client, or one of their customers had been paying for SEO services for their video for about 6 months and then they allowed their subscription to lapse or to expire, I guess, and so I unlisted the video, which was in the number one position for the six or eight months, whatever it was, that it was running before their subscription expired, and once it had expired, I just went through and unlisted the video, but it had been sitting at number one for, you know, six or eight months.
So, when I unlisted the video obviously it fell out of the index for a while, and it was probably, I don’t know, three or four months had passed before they resubscribed to the service for whatever reason. I don’t know why they went so long without renewing but, whatever. They contacted the video production company and renewed their Video Boost subscription. That’s what they call it.
So I went in and just reset the video back to public instead of unlisted. However, it didn’t just appear back in number one position, and I didn’t expect it to. In fact, I even charged the company, the video production company, another setup fee, even though all I had to do was go in and unlist it. I mean, set it from unlisted to public, I still charged them the additional setup fee, which is a one-time fee for whenever I initially add a new video to a marketing campaign, and I told them, “It’s been paused for the last few months, so I’m going to have to charge you an additional setup fee.” And they said, “That’s fine.” Blah blah blah.
So anyways, I went in and I set it to public and I left it alone for a couple days. Well, first, of all, it didn’t re-index right away, which was kind of weird, but then, when it did re-index, which, I had to kind of force it to re-index, which, again, I thought was a bit strange, but when it did, you can see where the two main keywords that I was tracking, which is basically one keyword, just a variation of it, 'cause that’s how I do it with the video production company guys. I always, you know … Each video targets one keyword or a close variant so that it will rank for the close variants of that keyword, if that makes sense.
So I was only tracking two keywords for this one video but you can see when it did re-index, it re-indexed at position nine and position 12 or 13, respectively. What was crazy was … All I did … I put it … Sent this video through a video powerhouse blast. I did an embed blast of about 50 embeds. I did both primary and secondary embeds of only 50. And then I went in and I set up a YouTube AdWords campaign. An AdWords for video campaign using the video as the actual … So let me just explain how I did this, guys. I set up, inside of AdWords, I used in-stream video option, right? So it wasn’t a video discovery ad, it was … I just took the same video that I wanted ranked, right? And I used that URL as the in-stream video ad URL, and then the landing page link that you click on from the in-stream ad, right? That’s always the link that’s in the bottom left corner of the video when an in-stream ad is playing, that … All I did was use that YouTube URL, the same video that was the ad itself. I used that URL as the landing page URL, right? So does that make sense? So essentially an in-stream ad that when clicked will take somebody to a YouTube video, and it’s the same YouTube video.
But what I did was I set up geographic targeting, and I went into interest targeting using the in-market or ROI interest based targeting, which is called in-market targeting. Very very very powerful. I started playing with that a lot recently, and I’m getting really good results, especially for local.
So I set geo-targeting and I used interest-based targeting, the in-market, ROI targeting, and I went and I found that specific category, and this is a home services-type of business, and I selected that proper category, and I set my budget for one dollar per day, guys. One dollar per day. Now, if anybody’s been following us for long, you know that, for like the video production companies, I only charge 100 dollars per month per video to rank or per keyword to rank for them. That’s what I provide as wholesale services.
So I’m only making 100 bucks a month, but I set up a one dollar a day budget that has local IP’s with people that are in-market. Let me explain what I mean by that. Google understands now, through browsing history, recent browsing history, what people are looking for. Like, if they’re in-market, so to speak, for a particular product or service, then Google knows that because they’ve been searching buyer-type keywords, commercial intent keywords. Recently, it’s in their recent browsing history, right? And so Google places those people into a bucket that means that they’re highly likely or they’re really engaged with that particular product or service or keyword at that moment, so it’s highly likely that they’re in the market. That’s why it’s called, “in-market,” for that product or service.
So it doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at. The people in that bucket, doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at on YouTube. My ad can play in front of any video. A silly cat video. It doesn’t matter because they were … By Google’s own … Google has categorized them as being in-market, so they’re likely to convert.
So the reason I’m explaining this to you is because, with something so simple as setting up a one dollar a day ad and I got 10 clicks in the first day, or, no, I’m sorry. It was five clicks in the first day. I had 10 impressions, five clicks. So it was a 50% click-through rate on the video, which was interesting, but they’re all from local IP’s from people that are in-market, so that means it’s highly relevant traffic.
It’s relevant for two reasons: the geographic location, so local IP’s essentially, which will count as a local IP click to that video, plus those were in-market visitors or viewers, right? Clickers, so to speak. YouTube users. They’re in-market for that particular product or service category, anyways. So that means it’s highly relevant.
Well Google and YouTube knows that. So now the traffic that … The engagement that I just purchased from Google AdWords to that video was locally relevant and topically relevant, and it shot it direct … The very next day, it had jumped from whatever this is, nine and 13 or whatever to the number one position, and in fact, one of these keywords is now triggering the great big video. I know you guys know what I’m talking about. It doesn’t happen very often, but where the video is ranked number one and it’s freaking huge and it takes up where the maps pack would normally be.
And all I did, guys, like I said was just set up a local … I ran a 50-embed blast through video powerhouse and then I set up a local YouTube ad, and this was just yesterday. You can see that … You know, yesterday is when I took this screenshot, and it jumped, basically in 48 hours from … It went from not being indexed to being indexed at like nine and 13 for that variant, for that keyword, to being number one and also triggering that great big large video in the SERP, which is amazing, and I just wanted to point that out, guys, 'cause I know we’ve talked about that here on Hump Day Hangouts a lot, about using AdWords, because you’re buying engagement signals from … And you can specifically pinpoint where you want the engagement signals to come from, right?
You’re paying Google for engagement signals. Instead of buying views or buying fake social signals, you can buy real, organic … I say they’re organic because they’re real. They’re real click-throughs and real views from real people on real IP’s and real devices, with real browsing histories in a real location, if that makes sense, and it just works like crazy.
So any of you guys that are doing video SEO stuff, especially local, guys, this should just be a standard operating procedure for any one of your local campaigns, is set up an ad, run the targeting like I just mentioned, geographic targeting, and even if you just do a dollar a day, just until you get it ranked and then pause your ad campaign, it’ll help immensely.
So, brief little tutorial. Hopefully that was helpful. Anybody want to comment on that before we get any questions?
Chris: That was pretty amazing, Bradley.
Bradley: Yeah, thank you. Thank you. It’s quite … I mean, it’s just amazing and the fact that I saw that it triggered those big big videos, which is crazy, 'cause that’s rare that that happens. The six or eight months that it was ranked number one before I had unlisted it, it was never a big video, so it had quite an effect.
Where Can You Get A Double Verified Gmail Accounts?
Okay, cool. Earl’s up first. He says, “Can you suggest a place to get double-verified Gmail accounts? I cannot seem to find a source on Fiverr that I once used.”
Okay. I’m going to recommend a guy that we have been using for, I’d say over a year now, but one of our Mastermind members, Beau, who’s also our moderator in the Syndication Academy Facebook group said that he’s had terrible communication experience with this dude. So, anyways, I’ve never had any problems with him. He’s always been really good about replacing any accounts, the communication’s been good, so I’m going to point it out anyways, but I just want to mention, full disclosure, that one of our members is having issues with him, so just take that into account.
This is the only guy I’ve used for phone verified accounts that’s been any good for, like, well over a year, so I’ve just stuck with him. It’s bulkpva.com.
Marco: Yeah, I’d-
Bradley: Go ahead.
Marco: I’d like to mention, too, that we ordered accounts and they were resold, and so-
Bradley: Okay, so don’t use them is what you’re saying.
Marco: No, I’m not saying, “Don’t.” I’m saying that, when you get them, you have to change the phone number and the email, right? The email that you used to recover the password. Switch that up right away in all, whatever accounts that you order. Because they’re a pain in the ass, which is why you should have a VA.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: Because they did get resold and so it was a whole big mess, and so, you know, we talked to him and he just gets so many orders that he’s swamped, and so I think it’s more a case of him not paying attention to what he’s doing, rather than being dishonest.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: But I wanna add that that happened to us.
Bradley: Well thanks. I appreciate that, because again, and that’s why I wanted to fully disclose what Beau had mentioned, too because like I said, I’ve never had any issues with him, but in part, the reason that Marco just said that he thinks it’s because he’s getting too many damn orders. It’s probably because I’ve recommended the dude quite a bit. He was extremely happy when I started recommending him because he was like … And maybe that’s why I never have any issues with him, because he always takes care of me because I sent so much business to him.
But regardless, like I said, you know, be careful, Earl. That’s the only guy I’ve used but apparently some people have been having issues recently, so there you go.
How Do You Handle Content Issues With A WordPress That Stop Syndicating To A Network?
Chris says, “I recently had WordPress take down one of my syndication channels without warning. Not exactly sure why. Maybe because some of the content that was being syndicated was short codes that did not translate well to the WordPress site, or maybe it was posting too often. Wondering the best way to handle this. Do I try rebuilding all the site posts that used to be on WordPress all at once or over time or another WordPress site, or just start syndicating with a new channel and not worry about getting the older stuff posted.”
Chris, that’s gonna happen from time to time. No matter what you do, there are gonna be times where one of your Web 2s, even a branded property that you’ve taken well care of will sometimes still get terminated because of the automation that we’re using. That sometimes will trigger it. There’s just a number of reasons. It’s rare … We go to great lengths through how we set up these accounts to prevent from that happening, but it does happen from time to time and there’s nothing any of us can do about it, right? Except try to prevent it, right?
So Chris, yeah, we’ve even had some of ours terminated, and what you mentioned about a short code, so like if you were using a plugin or something on your main money site that inserted short codes into the post which would obviously, when the page was loaded, would convert into a script or an image or whatever it was that you needed it to be, when it gets syndicated, that’s not going to occur because that plugin’s not present on the WordPress.com site, if that makes sense.
So you’ve gotta be careful about that. We’ve had that same issue on a number of occasions with some of the stuff that we’ve syndicated from our own blog, causing problems. Like, you know, form code for example. Opt-in form code that just looks like raw code on the page because it doesn’t translate 'cause it’s not in the short code and the plugin’s not present. That kind of stuff, so … You just gotta be wary of all of that.
Something that you can do if you are going to continue to use those kind of like short code plugins and things like that on your money site … Excuse me, I’ve got somebody calling in. Hold on a minute, let me hang up on them. Sorry guys. Give me a second. It’s my Google Voice number. It’s a spam call, I’m sure. Okay, so if you’re gonna continue to use those kind of, um … It’s still ringing. I’m going to have to just let it ring out.
If you’re still going to use those kind of plugins, I would recommend that you just set your WordPress post to your RSS settings from “full post” to “summary.” Now I know for branded properties we like to recommend using the full post, the full text of the post, instead of just the summary, but if you’re using short codes and things like that from your main money site that aren’t going to syndicate and post into the blogs of your syndication network, then you may want to use the summary post instead. Okay? Or reconsider what you’re posting within the content of your posts so that you don’t have those issues. You could do that as well.
Is It Okay To Upload 30 Videos At Once In A YouTube Money Channel That Is Syndicated To A T-1 Network?
All right. Dave’s up. He says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube.” Uh, oh. It’s, by the way, just so you know, do try … I would say start a new WordPress.com site and then just start syndicating posts from that point forward. The moment of origin forward, if that makes sense, because I wouldn’t worry about going back and publishing all the already published posts on the new WordPress site. I wouldn’t worry about that. It’s too much manual work. If you’ve got a VA you can send it to, fine, but I wouldn’t do it yourself. If it were me, I would just create a new account, attach it to the Network. Set up the automation that triggers and all that, and then I would just post from that point forward, okay?
Dave says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube for a money channel. Is it a bad idea to upload the 30 videos at once? Will it cause problems with some of the new network properties getting that many videos all at once?”
Yeah, I wouldn’t do that Dave. I would probably not do more than like five posts per day. [crosstalk 00:20:48] But you could do that, you know, five posts per day over six days. That’s what I would do. And it’s not … It’s just because when you hit a … especially a new network with like a whole bunch of posts all at once like that, it’s likely gonna be terminated. Okay? So you don’t want to do that.
In fact, like we always mention, or it’s mentioned in the training, you should post a few posts, as we call seed posts, and leave it sit for a few days. Post with no links, by the way, or only links to other blog posts on that same platform. So in other words, if it’s a Blogger blog, you can link to another Blogger blog post from somebody else’s Blogger blog because it’s still the Blogger domain. I wouldn’t have any external links, okay? It would be an internal link to another Blogger blog. Might not be yours, but somebody else’s. That’s the only type of link I would have, and then I’d let it sit for about seven days before starting to do any automated posting. And then when you do, ramp up slowly. Don’t do thirty at once. Do something like maybe one or two a day for a couple of days, and then you can ramp it up from there. If you’ve only got thirty videos, I’d probably spread that over, you know, a week to 10 days, something like that. If it’s a new network. If it’s an established network, you can be a little bit more aggressive. All right.
Best Practices In Managing YouTube Channels If You Are Wholesaling Video Promotion Service
Columbia! She’s been crushing it. She’s been a go-getter. Columbia, I’ve been really proud of you, coming here every week and asking questions, and I seek that you’re going with the agency model and it sounds like you’re well on your way and I just wanted to say that that’s awesome. We appreciate you being here and taking action. She says, “My goal is to promote videos in five to eight niches, with each niche having a YouTube channel and associated website to support videos from multiple cities, as I am wholesaling video promotion service.” Very good. She says, “If I set up five to eight YouTube channels with each having an associated website, could I put all of those on my main Google and YouTube account, or do I need to break them up under some separate persona Google accounts? Each associated websites would just have a tier one network, but I will likely want to stack two or more tier twos on some of or most of the YouTube channels.”
Which is, yeah, that’s a good idea, Columbia. Is it a good idea to your main Google account? Okay, again, and this is the same advice that I always use, even though your problem … I can tell, Columbia, that you’re gonna be taking care of these networks, and you’re not gonna be doing anything real spammy, your setting up for long term, I still recommend that you would create each of the five to eight YouTube channels under a different persona account and then add yourself, Columbia Jones, your profile as a manager of all of them.
So after you’ve created the YouTube channel under a persona account, then you go in and you add yourself as a manager so that you can access, manage and maintain all of those channels from your main Google profile. It’ll make it convenient and much easier to work on, but it will protect each one of those channels in the event, God forbid, that something were to happen to your account, Columbia, that you wouldn’t use all of those assets, because even if your account got terminated, and again, that’s worst case scenario, but if your account got terminated for some reason or another, all of those other channels would still be present and available because they weren’t your … You, as the profile Columbia Jones, wasn’t the channel owner. You were just a manager, if that makes sense. So I’d do that specifically for risk mitigation, right? Just set up different … create a different persona account. Set up the channel, and then make yourself the manager. And that way you protect yourself.
“So how many channels with each associated website can I run on my main Google account without running into problems, as I would be setting up five to eight niches all within a single month?” Again if you … You can manage up to 50 channels from any one profile. So, again, set them all up underneath different … So the channel owners are different personas. Different Google accounts. And then add yourself as a manager. And you can add as many channels, I mean, up to 50 channels as a manager to your account, Columbia, and that won’t look weird at all because there’s a lot of people out there that are, you know, digital marketing consultants, and they manage a lot of channels and stuff, so it’s natural to do that. I wouldn’t worry about it.
“If I do need to break these up and put them under separate Google accounts, would those persona Google accounts be a persona individual or persona business name?” It can be a persona business name. It doesn’t matter because you’re setting up a business channel. Does that make sense? So when you create a persona, you’re gonna have a persona, a profile-based YouTube channel. That just comes associated with the Google account that you create, but when you go to set up a channel, you want to create a business channel. That’s how you give it a brand name and all that other stuff. Okay? All right, great question by the way, Columbia.
What Is The Best Strategy To Use When Doing Lead Gen Business That Is On A Revenue Share Management?
Mohammed Makki says, “Hey guys, I’ve started doing lead-gen for a local home builder and I have a question. It’s a revenue share agreement, so for every sale he makes, I get a good amount.” That’s a great strategy, Mohammed; that’s the same type of model that I prefer. “I trust this guy since I’ve worked with him before, but I still want to make sure that I know what’s going on. Is an answering service like the one you use on Local Kingpin the best way to do this?”
It is, in my experience Mohammed. So the reason why I say that is because I get … Any call that goes … Okay, so, on the lead-gen sites that I have that … I’m just about on 90% of them. I have an answering service call center set up that I pay for. It’s my expense, but the reason I do that is because any call that comes through, it first … It does several things. Number one: it screens the calls because anybody here that has been doing … Either has your own local business or you provide local business marketing services and you, so you manage stuff for clients, you already know that you get freaking hammered with solicitation calls all day long from every type of business out there. From credit card processing machines to marketing services to Yelp. Yelp’ll call you 15 times a freaking week. It’s ridiculous.
And so I use an answering service, number one: because it’s an automated call screening system. Any solicitation call gets screened out by the answering service, so it doesn’t bother the contractor or the service provider who’s purchasing the leads with a bunch of spam calls. Right? So that’s number one.
Number two: any lead that’s a valid lead is going to answer the call screener’s questions, which means once that lead is done, or once the call is over, that’s a bona fide lead that I can go for. Now obviously I still get some solicitation leads that come through. In other words, they’re people that answer some questions from the call screener so the lead still gets pushed through, but it’s very clearly identified as such when it goes through. So what happens is, with AnswerConnect, that’s the service I use, by the way. Answerconnect.com. I’ve been using them for about five years. Great service.
Anyways, I get an email copy of every lead call that comes through, and then it also gets emailed and texted to the service provider, and so again, I like to use it because it’s a call screening system. I have a record of everything. I’ve got an email and a text record, plus AnswerConnect keeps records of everything as well. And so, for me, that’s how I validate everything.
Now, if somebody submits a web form, a contact form, you know, contact request form, on a lead-gen page instead of calling, then I get a copy of the email that also gets sent to the service provider, and now I’m using Zapier, I don’t know the proper way to pronounce it, but I’m using Zapier to send an SMS text alert, it connects with Twilio, but it’ll basically monitors a Gmail address and every time a new lead comes in from that lead-gen funnel, it triggers Zapier to send a text message via Twilio to the contractor notifying him that a new lead had come in and to check his email for the lead data. And that’s only for contract request form submissions, if that makes sense. Phone calls go through AnswerConnect.
Hernan: Mm. May I?
Bradley: Go ahead.
Hernan: May I add something, Bradley? I think that this really valuable and you first told me about AnswerConnect, back in the day. I think it was two years ago, but I think that you’re adding a lot of value to the process, right? Because if you can sell a qualified lead … Because, here’s the deal: you can sell that lead to one contractor for example, or to one client. That would be like an exclusive lead. Or you can get it qualified and sell it to multiple contractors or to multiple business, right? You will need to be really clear that that lead will be, you know, sold to many, so that … The value of that lead usually decreases. You know, if it’s qualified plus exclusive lead, you can charge premium for that because they’re going through … It’s not completely automated. They are going through some kind of interaction with a person, right? So I think that adds a lot of value and it will solve a lot of problems in terms of tracking and in terms of qualifying the leads. Again, because, you know, you want to send a contractor the best possible leads, you know?
Bradley: Yeah.
Hernan: So I think that adds a lot of value. It’s a little bit more expensive to run it that way, but I think it’s sort of worth it because, again, you can charge a premium for your leads because they are coming through a verified source, right? They are going through human interaction first, and then they are going to be pushed through the contractor.
That doesn’t mean that the contractor doesn’t have to … or your client, they will have to act fast because that lead is warm [inaudible 00:30:56]. Right? They’re hot. They’ve gone through one interaction. They are going through another. So they’re willing to the purchase process. That adds something that you can 100% outsource. It’s a little bit more expensive but this is kind of … The little things that add a lot of value to your business and will make those businesses stick with you for a longer time than any other lead generation company that does this massively and all they’re doing are pushing calls. Does that make sense?
Bradley: Yeah. And the other part of that is, you know, by providing the answering service, we’re doing the service provider a favor, too because the calls are automatically screened and it prevents them wasting time and energy on answering the phone for spam calls or solicitation calls, and that’s a huge selling benefit for contractors or for service providers. Again, mostly for me it’s contractors so …
But, and like Hernan said, I also, you know, if you’re going to sell exclu- … I promote my services as exclusivity of leads. It’s rare that I will ever sell a lead to more than one service provider. It does happen from time to time, but it’s usually rare and it’s usually because there’s a specific reason for it, so I always just charge more per lead if I’m selling on a per-lead basis, or if it’s a revenue share, like what you’re talking about, Mohammed, then it’s an exclusive lead anyways. That’s just a given.
Is It Normal For Keyword Lists From Google Adwords To Have Names Of Different Cities?
The last part of your question, “Is it normal for keyword lists from AdWords to have names of different cities? Despite my living in Alberta, Canada, a large portion of my AdWords list contains American cities and states.” Yeah, that’s because the vast majority of search traffic is coming from Google U.S., but just, Mohammed, what you can do is … This isn’t an AdWords tutorial, guys, I’m certainly not going to log in to my AdWords dashboard to show you this, but Mohammed, what you can do is make sure that you set your advanced location targeting or advanced location options to where you are only … That only include people that are in your target location, not that are in or show interest in. That’s number one. So do that number one.
Number two is set an exclusion list. That’s something else you can do. Again, I can’t go into it and show it to you here, but you can set an exclusion list and actually specifically exclude all 50, or the United States for example. And if you set that as your exclusion list, then people that are searching, even if they’re in your target location, so let’s say Alberta, Canada, but they search for, let’s say, you know, “Remodeling company New York City.” Then if you have New York or all of the United States in your exclusion list, then it will prevent the ad from showing to them, even if they’re in your Alberta Canada and they’re searching for one of your keywords, which might be, you know, “Remodeling contractor,” or, you know, “Home builder,” or whatever it is that your keyword is. It’ll prevent it from showing to them because they’re showing an interest in a location that’s on your exclusion list, if that makes sense.
How To Test A New YouTube Syndication Network?
That’s also really important for call-only ads, guys, that you set your exclusion list to. All right. All right. So Greg’s up. He says, “Hi. Wondering really how to test a new YouTube syndication network. How do we download a video from YouTube to test our new YouTube syndication network?” Well, you can download it. Use Firefox and use something like Video DownloadHelper extension or something like that. There’s a ton of them, guys. They’re a dime a dozen. Just go search, “Firefox YouTube download extension” or something like that and just pick one. The one that I use is Video DownloadHelper. Been using it for years and you can view and just about any video, in the Firefox browser when you have that extension, and then you can just click the extension itself and download the video. You can do that, but why would … You don’t even need to do that, Greg.
What I would suggest doing is setting up either a like trigger applet or setting up a subscription trigger applet. So, and then publicly subscribe to another channel or something that you can upload a video … What I’m saying is you don’t need to download … In fact, for what you’re specifically asking, I would say just set up a like trigger applet and just go like one of the videos on one of your other channels or at least, if you don’t have a video in that specific niche that’s your own video, then just go like somebody else’s video that’s in that niche so it’ll help to theme your network, too, because I see what you’re saying about … “Once it’s tested, do we need to go into network properties and remove the syndicated video?” Well, if it’s a thematically relevant video, right? If it’s themed, if it’s relevant, then there’s really on reason to go in and do that and delete the post from the network. My point is: set up a like recipe and just go like a video, whether it’s yours or somebody else’s, preferably one that’s gonna be relevant to what the network’s about so that you don’t have to go in and delete it later. And that’s how you can test it. Okay?
Does Using Aged Or Expired Web2.0 Accounts On The Persona Rings Would Help Boost Rankings? 
Okay, Alexander, he comes every week now and asks questions as well, so Alexander: What’s up buddy? He says, “Hi guys. It’s good to be here again. Let’s get down to business. I’ll do my first video gig for a client.” Sweet. “He said he’d pay me to set up … set him … to set up to him but not enough money so I could make another one for me and use to rank videos as a service.” Okay. “Does using aged/expired Web 2.0 accounts in the persona rings would help boost rankings or will be worse because we have some random anchor text from referring domains theme?”
No, aged Web 2.0s will certainly help. I mean, look, if you’re doing it specifically for SEO purposes, then yes, using aged Web 2.0s will help. There’s no doubt. I’ve seen some really strong Tumblrs that can do some really amazing things with some strong Tumblrs and there’s a million Tumblr scrapers out there now, guys. Shit, you can go to Fiverr and like SEOClerks and those different types of services and buy Tumblrs now, so it’s simple to do, and yeah, those work. For purely SEO purposes? You can absolutely do that.
Now, for branding purposes, I recommend that you set up your own with the branded username. But again, for purely SEO purposes, expired Web 2.0s are certainly going to help. Okay? “Should I add some RSS feeds to the endpoint accounts/accounts that don’t trigger others so that way I get more related content to build their theme/topical relevance?” You can. That’s what, like out at tier two and stuff like that, if that’s what you’re doing, and you said this was a video gig, so chances are they’re … You’ve got multi-tiered networks anyways, then yeah, absolutely you can, guys.
That’s the thing: if you guys are … I mean, even for YouTube, but especially for blogs … But here’s the thing, guys, if you’ve got, let’s say a two tier network for YouTube, and remember YouTube, we don’t have to worry about footprint issues or anything else. My point is if you’re uploading videos but you’re not staying consistent and you’re not uploading a lot of videos, but you want to keep increasing the power of the network, then yeah, set up some related content triggers on the tier two networks, even for YouTube networks, guys, because you can start feeding relevant content into those secondary networks.
I don’t do it to the branded networks. I never do it to the branded networks, but on the tier two networks, or persona-based networks, they can be tier one persona-based networks tied to your YouTube channel, right? But even for those, yeah, it makes absolute sense to use related content feeds to add additional content to those networks because it’ll help to increase the relevancy and it will … Again, instead of all the content just coming from one source, which would be your YouTube channel, you start to make it more natural because it’s starting to curate, it’s essentially what you’re doing, right? Other people’s content. Related content. So absolutely you can do that. I recommend doing that, in fact, on tier two stuff.
Okay, “Or is there a way to do it even for lower tier feeder rings, uh, a way to send content to tier one that would not be syndicated again on the other tiers.” No, I wouldn’t do that. Again, I wouldn’t … If it’s persona-based tier one network you can add content into there and that’ll take care of the second tier networks because you can set the trigger up on tier one, but if you’re doing branded tier one, then on the … Then I would set the related content triggers up on tier two because I don’t like to feed other people’s content into branded tier ones, if that makes sense. Persona-based is fine. Branded, no.
What Are Some Good Link Building Strategies For Persona Accounts?
“If you can, would like to hear more about backlinking strategies to those kind of persona accounts. Thanks guys.” Backlinking strategies is just contextual links to those properties. If it’s out at tier two, you can be even more aggressive, more spammy. Generally, what we like to do is contextual at tier ones to the network properties. Typically on domains that have, not the pages … We’ve had some issues with people saying, “I just got our link report and the PA is one on every link page that was created.” Well, that’s what happens when you create a new page online; it is a PA of one. Period. It doesn’t start with anything higher than one.
And so, anyways, my point is that you … We try to use domains with higher decent metrics, relatively speaking, right? Compared to all the other spam sites out there, and then set contextual links, we try not to hammer our network properties, anywhere between 50 to 125 contextual links per property, and then we throw spam behind those. Okay?
Are You Using RSS Masher And Rankwyz For Related Content Feeds?
Adam: Real quick, Bradley to … Alexander was asking if, for the related content feeds, what tool would you recommend? RSS Masher or Rank Whizz or something else?
Bradley: Uh, yes. Any one of those. You know, it really doesn’t matter. Rank Feeder, which is Lisa Allen’s tool, it’s a great tool, that’s more of an SEO tool, which is great, it’s very very powerful. It works really well. It basically is running on the principle of co-citation and it works really really well. RSS Masher, which is Damon Nelson’s product, that’s also good. That’s more of a … There are some SEO benefits that you can do with that, but it’s more of a, in my opinion, more of a traffic tool than it is just an SEO tool. I think Rank Feeder is very specifically an SEO tool and RSS Masher has a little bit … It’s not as good for SEO but it has other functionalities that make it better for other things, if that makes sense. You have to figure out what your objective is and select the correct product based upon that. Okay?
Okay, cool. You think that answered that? Hopefully.
Adam: Yeah.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Also, I don’t know, let’s see. Alexander, if you’re in the SEO academy or syndication academy, excuse me, the last update webinar we did, I showed … I think it was the last update webinar. I showed how to use Zapier or Zapier, whatever, for creating your own custom RSS feeds and it’s awesome because you can basically code your own stuff. Like literally, you can create your own RSS feed in Zapier now. Like, your own custom feed with different content sources. You can splice. You can mash. You can add links into every single feed item. You can add citation in every feed item. All that was covered in the most recent update webinar, so go back and watch it. Marco, were you gonna say something?
Marco: Nah.
Are You Using Your YouTube Channel For Putting Up Client Videos And Ranking Them And Doing The In-Market Ads Or Do You Use Your Own YouTube Channel?
Bradley: Okay. Don’s up. What’s up, Don? He says, “For full on SEO clients, not just video ranking clients, are using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them or doing it in-market ads? And doing the in-market ads? Or do you use your own YouTube channel?” So are you using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them and doing the in-market ads or do you use your own YouTube channel? I think that was it. That was the department of redundancy department.
Yes, I’m still using my own channel. Now, listen, what I’ll do is I will take … When a client has a video, or if I have a video made for a client, which happens a lot, then I will upload that video to their channel, but then I’ll also upload it to my channel because my channel is the one that has all of the SEO all the networks. It’s got the authority, the relevancy, all that kind of stuff. Typically, because, again, I’ve already … Most of my con- my … Unless it’s a client that I don’t have a network built for, like that’s in an industry that I have nothing for, in which case I’ll just do it on their channel because I’m not, like … But that’s why I try to stick with just clients or lead-gen assets that are in this categories that I’ve already built the infrastructure for, if that makes sense.
I don’t like to take … I did just take on a new client three or four … Nah, I guess it’s been about five weeks now because I got the first subscription payment from them. So it’s been about five weeks and they’re preschool. I’ve never done any preschool marketing but it was a client referral from one of my best clients that I’ve had for five years so that’s why I took the job, and so I don’t have a network for them, if that makes sense. So, basically … And I’ve already done a couple videos for them but I put it on their channel. Because, again, I don’t have a network built for preschools and I don’t plan on building one, either.
So, my point is, I use my network where it fits for the SEO part of it, and then yes, I’ll just use, because I’m trying to rank the video through my channel and my network, then that’s the same video that I will use in the YouTube ad, if I’m setting up the local clicks campaign, which is essentially what I’m doing.
But again, I can still upload the video to their channel as well. That way they feel all nice and warm and fuzzy that their video is on their channel, but all the benefit of that video is coming from my channel because that’s the one that’s ranked and providing the clicks and the leads and the exposure and all that kind of stuff. All right?
Adam: Just real quick. I’m having a conversation with somebody on a YouTube channel. I know some people get lost there and go over to YouTube channel instead of the Google event and check and make sure everyone’s able to get to the event page, but I see that you’re commenting on this page, too, but sorry, we don’t have time to call everyone out by name and ask them to leave their comment, so. If anyone else is watching this and is confused, the way we do it is you just come to this page, write your questions on the event page right here, and, you know, we do first come first served, so sometimes we don’t get to all the questions, but that’s the way it is.
Bradley: This is pretty cool. Thank you, Paul. Paul says, “I use this guy for Google and YouTube accounts, haven’t had any problems and Is very reasonable.” Livemono … I don’t know what the hell that says, but he’s on Skype. I assuming that’s his Skype username.
Adam: Yeah, it must be.
Bradley: I’m not sure what the live colon means, but-
Adam: That might be part of his name. I know that you can use periods and other things as part of your Skype name, so that might be it.
Bradley: That’s pretty cool. I’m actually going to put that in a Notepad file 'cause I might reach out and I’ll say, “Hey, you want some business buddy? ‘Cause this other dude, like we blew his business up, man, because we sent him so much damn work and now he can’t keep up with it and its quality starting to slip.” So maybe I’ll reach out to this dude. See if he’s interested in some additional work. Thanks, Paul.
Okay. EntrepreN8 Consulting. “Are we able to join the group with video?” I’m not sure what you mean.
Adam: Yeah, don’t worry. I answered him.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Yeah, Adam, if you want to … Yeah, go ahead. We’ve still got about ten minutes.
Adam: Yeah, I was going to say. Paul, I think, is one of the people who might be able to join us, so I just wanted to let everyone know that we’re looking at some possibilities for a Semantic Mastery meet-up in the Portland area. Portland, Oregon in September. So we’re going to be having some more information about that. If you’re within, you know, a few hours of there and you’d be interested in that, stay tuned. We’ll have some more information on that as far as where we can meet up but we’d like to do a … You know, it’d be a … I don’t know. We haven’t even decided the details. A few hours, get together, talk SEO, talk marketing, talk shop. I guarantee you, have a beer or two, and have a good time, so we’ll be having some more information about that soon.
Bradley: Yeah, it’s not gonna be like … We’re not hosting a live event type thing, guys. It’s gonna be literally a meet-up, like a casual get-together. If anybody wants to come out and see and hang out with us and have a few drinks and just talk marketing, and really it’s more about networking. It’s not like we’re gonna just have some training session. It’s not like that at all. It’s about networking. Rubbing elbows. Meet-and-greet. That kind of stuff, and obviously we’ll be talking shop. There’s no doubt. But it’s gonna be … And it’s … It’s just gonna be a way we’re gonna start trying to do that.
At least, we’re planning on wanting to do that a couple times a year, so, in various parts of the country, so. In the U.S., at least, as far as we know. I don’t like to travel. All right, cool. [crosstalk 00:48:33]
Adam: Also, real quick. Sorry, real quick. I was gonna say Alexander, are you asking a question about the webinar and Zapier? If you are, before we hop off, say something.
Chris: Can I get one of those in my webpage? [inaudible 00:48:44]
Do You Have Already Get Into The Limit Of Playlists On A YouTube Channel?
Bradley: All right. Alexander says, “You guys have already get into the limit of playlists on a channel because if I want to create one playlist for each focused keyword on a city … I’ll end up with a …” Yeah, no, I don’t … I mean, I don’t do that. Look, I don’t create play … Like, Bill Cousins, he’s got a great software, Rocket Video Ranker or whatever. He’s got a playlist option in there that will create a single playlist for each keyword as well. I don’t do that. To me, that is just way too much overkill, and if …
Honestly, I just always use playlists as like a container. It’s like a silo. That’s it. So I try to go broad, so broader type keywords, more top of funnel type keywords with a playlist and then I put all of the supporting keywords, longer-tail stuff within that playlist, if that makes sense.
I don’t know if there’s a limit to how many videos you can put in a playlist or how many playlists you can have in a channel. I don’t know that because, again, I don’t use them like that, so I’ve never played with that. All right? That’s just too much work in my opinion.
“The other idea is to get just one playlist per city and inside it work one main keyword plus internal link where is for other important keywords.” Yeah, I mean again, I would recommend doing, you know, it depends on how you’re gonna categorize or silo out your channel, right? You can do a city playlist and that is … And remember, you can have a video in more than one playlist, guys.
So let’s say that you are providing marketing services in Atlanta, Georgia, and … Well, let’s say in all of Georgia, for example, and Atlanta is one of the cities, so and, let’s say that you work with plumbers, electricians, and HVAC contractors. Let’s just say that those are the three types of businesses that you work with. I recommend you work with one and one only, but let’s just say three. Then you could have an Atlanta business playlist that has all three of those business types in it because the common denominator, the common theme is they’re all Atlanta-based businesses. Then you could have an electrician silo or playlist, and all electrician videos go in there. One for plumbers, one for HVAC, right? So you could do that, and then again, you could have the electrician playlist, for example, you could have Atlanta, and, what, Savannah is another city in Georgia because the common denominator there is they’re all electrician videos. Right? So you could have electrician videos from different cities in that playlist, if that makes sense.
So the point is that you can have a video in more than one playlist. The idea is to keep the category or the theme relevant throughout. Does that make sense? So that, again … I wouldn’t … You can have multiple playlists and there’s a reason for using multiple playlists, so that you can increase relevancy across different keywords or across different geographic locations as needed. All right?
Let’s see. Are we almost done? “Bradley, where’s the link to the webinar about … Oh man, awesome. Zapier. Thanks.” Yeah, that’s the last update webinar we did in syndication academy. And for whatever reason it wasn’t posted in the members area after we did it and I just posted it a couple days ago, maybe it was Friday of last week. So it is in the members area now in the update section.
“Hundreds of accounts … ” Thanks, Paul. We appreciate that. Let’s see.
Fuck you, Wayne. That’s awesome. Yeah, “Tell me where to get access to … The IF-?” Uh, yeah. That’s the syndication academy. The member’s area, so it should be members.syndication.academy. That’s the login screen. All right?
Adam: And real quick Bradley, just, since we’re out of questions on this page and we’ve got a couple minutes. Over on the live chat on the YouTube side of things, somebody was asking, are we the ones who said to use the Network Empire Silo Plugin?
Bradley: Yes. I mentioned it.
Adam: Okay.
Bradley: Somebody asked about it and I mentioned it.
Adam: Cool. So you still use it?
Bradley: Yeah, I mean … I’m not building WordPress sites that much anymore. Very rare. Usually now when I build a WordPress site it’s only for the blog and that’s it because I’m using ClickFunnels now as my website builder for just about everything.
Adam: Gotcha.
Bradley: However, I’m about to start a project that I am gonna need to build a silos, and so, it … Just so you guys know, on all the sites that I have that are existing sites that have been siloed for the last four years, I’ve been using that plugin, yes. It was originally called the DWS Silo Builder.
Adam: Mm-hmm.
Bradley: I don’t know what it’s called now. It’s a very simple plugin. As far as I know, it’s free. It used to be free. That’s what I’ve used. Now, again, if I’m going to silo out another site … I don’t even know what the other options are now because I’ve just never used anything other than that. So.
Adam: Cool.
Bradley: Anything else?
Adam: Think we’re good. Uh, last call. We’ve got a couple minutes here. I think … That’s about it. Anybody got any more announcements or anything else coming up? Let me check our calendar real quick before we hop off. Nope. Hernan mentioned it. The Battleplan buyers update webinar. I’ll pop a link in if you want to grab the Battleplan. I would suggest you do that. We’ll have the update webinar tomorrow, and then we’ll have some news going out about good webinar with Keith Mallinson on Monday. So we’ve got some good stuff coming just in the next week.
Bradley: Yeah, I won’t be here next week, guys, 'cause I’m going on vacation. So I might pop in, depending on what’s going on. Looks like my video’s all choppy. It’s weird. Anyways, I won’t be here next week but it looks like the rest of the team has got it covered, so. Marco’s going to be rubbing his weather in everybody’s faces as usual.
Marco: Of course I am. Why else would I live in Costa Rica in paradise if I couldn’t rub the weather in your face?
Bradley: That’s right. All right guys. Well everybody, have a good day. Let’s see. We have a webinar tomorrow, don’t we?
Adam: Correct, we-
Bradley: A Battleplan webinar.
Adam: Correct, correct. Yup.
Bradley: That’s right. Okay. So we’ll see a lot of you on that. Otherwise, we’ll see everybody next week. Thanks everyone.
Adam: Bye everybody!
Hernan: Thanks! [crosstalk 00:54:55]
Chris: Bye everyone.
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Adam: I got some, but … okay. All right, well, there we are. Hey everybody. We are live, only one minute late. We were scrambling; not gonna lie, but Bradley got everything sorted out so here we are, and this is Hump Day Hangouts episode 137. Today is the 21st of June, so we’ll do our thing real quick and say, “Hi” to everybody, and then we will get started. So Chris, how’s it going man?
Chris: Been good. In a heat wave here in Austria.
Adam: Yeah? What do you … What kind of temperatures are you dealing with?
Chris: 34 degrees celsius-
Adam: Yikes. That’s like 90 something I think, right?
Chris: Yeah, 93 or so.
Adam: Yuck. All right. I’ll pass. I’m living in luxury, man. It’s like 75. This has been awesome. Hernan, how about yourself? You got like six feet of snow or something or what’s going on down there?
Hernan: No, doesn’t snow actually. It doesn’t actually snow in Buenos Aires, so it’s not even funny. You know?
Adam: Okay.
Hernan: Yeah, get the all humid cold, but it’s not even fun to go out and … But anyways, yeah, I’m excited to be here. I’m excited for tomorrow’s webinar for the Battleplan members so it’s gonna be a lot of fun and I’m excited to be here.
Adam: Awesome, awesome. Marco, how you doing man? It looks pretty nice there. I’m guessing the weather’s probably pretty good. Maybe.
Bradley: Maybe he’s muted.
Adam: Maybe not. All right. Well. I’m gonna go with the weather is probably pretty good but we’ll fill that in later. So Bradley, how you doing man?
Bradley: Good. I’m glad that I got it fired up at the last minute, man. It was my Chrome cache was, I guess, clogged up I guess two gigabytes of cache is enough to slow down a browser.
Adam: Imagine that.
Bradley: So I had to shut everything down, run CCleaner and then start it back up and it took longer than I expected, but we’re here, so better late than never.
Adam: Good deal. All right, well, just real quick, if you’re new to Semantic Mastery, first of all, thanks for showing up to Hump Day Hangouts. We certainly appreciate it. You should definitely check out the Battleplan. I’ll share that link shortly below and then, also if you haven’t yet, for some reason, signed up for your free account at SERP Space, head over there. We got the Done-For-You services there and also a couple free tools with more coming, stuff like Mark Up and stuff like that.
And then, before we dive into stuff I just wanted to share this. This is like Adam’s little book report minute. I’ve been taking my book reading up a notch. I’m trying to knock out a book like every week or two, and so this is “High Profit Prospecting.” Let’s see; who’s this by? Mark Hunter. So, good book so far. It’s exactly what it sounds like. If you’re someone who does outreach for customers, who, I’m guessing nearly everybody here should probably be doing that, I think it’s a good read. The big one, it’s on prospecting, obviously, and then attitude as well as getting into the specifics of how you can approach people, which is really good. I don’t come from a sales background, so it’s been a good refresher. You know, we always hear about, you know, “Okay, here’s the ABC’s of this,” but definitely good to go into that and get some more detail, so, pretty good read. I think it was like 10 bucks on Amazon, so if you’re interested in that, you should check it out.
Bradley: Awesome. That’s a really good recommendation. I haven’t read that one yet, but I’m gonna add it to my list. I’m trying to do the same thing, Adam, is read about a book every two weeks or so, and I only got 30 minutes scheduled every day to read, but I’m trying to keep to that schedule so that I actually get it done, and I’ve just finished reading, for the second time, Bill Good’s “Hot Prospects” book, so that one’s probably gonna be a good one to follow up with so I appreciate you pointing that out.
Adam: Yeah, and I’ll probably put something on the page, on the Semantic Mastery page if people are interested. If you guys are interested or if you have any questions or anything, just pop the question on this page if you’re at the event and I’ll answer that but, anyways, you guys have any announcements, anything we need to cover today?
Hernan: I think we’re good.
Bradley: I think so.
Adam: All right, let’s roll.
Bradley: All right, cool. Let’s see, before I get into-
Marco: [inaudible 00:03:52] Before you get into that-
Bradley: I’m sorry.
Marco: For you guys dealing with the heat, I just want to show you something. I just want to show you something, man. Dig that motherfuckers, dig that. 75 degrees. Beautiful weather. Come on, man.
Bradley: Tropical climate.
Marco: [crosstalk 00:04:13] Why deal with the cold? I have a little waterfall in the background, just keeping me peaceful. While you guys [crosstalk 00:04:26]
Adam: I’m beginning to think Marco is subsidized by the government, you know, to boost [crosstalk 00:04:31]-
Marco: You know, right? Ed’s trying to log in, man. He’s using my login but … So if you see two Marcos, it’s Ed.
Chris: Ed’s cool.
Bradley: Ed is one of our newer Mastermind members. He’s a real hustler. He’s been out just crushing it and getting new clients. I mean, it’s just amazing how much action that dude’s taking, so, he’s down there visiting Marco right now, and, if he can, he’ll jump on.
Mini Case Study On Video Re-Indexing And Re-Ranking For Video Production Company Using Video Powerhouse
All right. So let’s get to questions and stuff. There’s something I do want to share in just a moment, though. Just very quickly, ‘cause I want to show you guys something. Let me zoom in on all this first. All right, cool.
So this is something … You guys should be seeing my full screen, correct?
Adam: Yeah, I got your whole desktop.
Hernan: Yep.
Chris: Okay.
Bradley: I’m gonna zoom in on this a little bit. All right, this is from Pro Rank Tracker. This is a screenshot I just took yesterday of a local video that I had done for the video production company that I do a ton of work for. They had a client, or one of their customers had been paying for SEO services for their video for about 6 months and then they allowed their subscription to lapse or to expire, I guess, and so I unlisted the video, which was in the number one position for the six or eight months, whatever it was, that it was running before their subscription expired, and once it had expired, I just went through and unlisted the video, but it had been sitting at number one for, you know, six or eight months.
So, when I unlisted the video obviously it fell out of the index for a while, and it was probably, I don’t know, three or four months had passed before they resubscribed to the service for whatever reason. I don’t know why they went so long without renewing but, whatever. They contacted the video production company and renewed their Video Boost subscription. That’s what they call it.
So I went in and just reset the video back to public instead of unlisted. However, it didn’t just appear back in number one position, and I didn’t expect it to. In fact, I even charged the company, the video production company, another setup fee, even though all I had to do was go in and unlist it. I mean, set it from unlisted to public, I still charged them the additional setup fee, which is a one-time fee for whenever I initially add a new video to a marketing campaign, and I told them, “It’s been paused for the last few months, so I’m going to have to charge you an additional setup fee.” And they said, “That’s fine.” Blah blah blah.
So anyways, I went in and I set it to public and I left it alone for a couple days. Well, first, of all, it didn’t re-index right away, which was kind of weird, but then, when it did re-index, which, I had to kind of force it to re-index, which, again, I thought was a bit strange, but when it did, you can see where the two main keywords that I was tracking, which is basically one keyword, just a variation of it, 'cause that’s how I do it with the video production company guys. I always, you know … Each video targets one keyword or a close variant so that it will rank for the close variants of that keyword, if that makes sense.
So I was only tracking two keywords for this one video but you can see when it did re-index, it re-indexed at position nine and position 12 or 13, respectively. What was crazy was … All I did … I put it … Sent this video through a video powerhouse blast. I did an embed blast of about 50 embeds. I did both primary and secondary embeds of only 50. And then I went in and I set up a YouTube AdWords campaign. An AdWords for video campaign using the video as the actual … So let me just explain how I did this, guys. I set up, inside of AdWords, I used in-stream video option, right? So it wasn’t a video discovery ad, it was … I just took the same video that I wanted ranked, right? And I used that URL as the in-stream video ad URL, and then the landing page link that you click on from the in-stream ad, right? That’s always the link that’s in the bottom left corner of the video when an in-stream ad is playing, that … All I did was use that YouTube URL, the same video that was the ad itself. I used that URL as the landing page URL, right? So does that make sense? So essentially an in-stream ad that when clicked will take somebody to a YouTube video, and it’s the same YouTube video.
But what I did was I set up geographic targeting, and I went into interest targeting using the in-market or ROI interest based targeting, which is called in-market targeting. Very very very powerful. I started playing with that a lot recently, and I’m getting really good results, especially for local.
So I set geo-targeting and I used interest-based targeting, the in-market, ROI targeting, and I went and I found that specific category, and this is a home services-type of business, and I selected that proper category, and I set my budget for one dollar per day, guys. One dollar per day. Now, if anybody’s been following us for long, you know that, for like the video production companies, I only charge 100 dollars per month per video to rank or per keyword to rank for them. That’s what I provide as wholesale services.
So I’m only making 100 bucks a month, but I set up a one dollar a day budget that has local IP’s with people that are in-market. Let me explain what I mean by that. Google understands now, through browsing history, recent browsing history, what people are looking for. Like, if they’re in-market, so to speak, for a particular product or service, then Google knows that because they’ve been searching buyer-type keywords, commercial intent keywords. Recently, it’s in their recent browsing history, right? And so Google places those people into a bucket that means that they’re highly likely or they’re really engaged with that particular product or service or keyword at that moment, so it’s highly likely that they’re in the market. That’s why it’s called, “in-market,” for that product or service.
So it doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at. The people in that bucket, doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at on YouTube. My ad can play in front of any video. A silly cat video. It doesn’t matter because they were … By Google’s own … Google has categorized them as being in-market, so they’re likely to convert.
So the reason I’m explaining this to you is because, with something so simple as setting up a one dollar a day ad and I got 10 clicks in the first day, or, no, I’m sorry. It was five clicks in the first day. I had 10 impressions, five clicks. So it was a 50% click-through rate on the video, which was interesting, but they’re all from local IP’s from people that are in-market, so that means it’s highly relevant traffic.
It’s relevant for two reasons: the geographic location, so local IP’s essentially, which will count as a local IP click to that video, plus those were in-market visitors or viewers, right? Clickers, so to speak. YouTube users. They’re in-market for that particular product or service category, anyways. So that means it’s highly relevant.
Well Google and YouTube knows that. So now the traffic that … The engagement that I just purchased from Google AdWords to that video was locally relevant and topically relevant, and it shot it direct … The very next day, it had jumped from whatever this is, nine and 13 or whatever to the number one position, and in fact, one of these keywords is now triggering the great big video. I know you guys know what I’m talking about. It doesn’t happen very often, but where the video is ranked number one and it’s freaking huge and it takes up where the maps pack would normally be.
And all I did, guys, like I said was just set up a local … I ran a 50-embed blast through video powerhouse and then I set up a local YouTube ad, and this was just yesterday. You can see that … You know, yesterday is when I took this screenshot, and it jumped, basically in 48 hours from … It went from not being indexed to being indexed at like nine and 13 for that variant, for that keyword, to being number one and also triggering that great big large video in the SERP, which is amazing, and I just wanted to point that out, guys, 'cause I know we’ve talked about that here on Hump Day Hangouts a lot, about using AdWords, because you’re buying engagement signals from … And you can specifically pinpoint where you want the engagement signals to come from, right?
You’re paying Google for engagement signals. Instead of buying views or buying fake social signals, you can buy real, organic … I say they’re organic because they’re real. They’re real click-throughs and real views from real people on real IP’s and real devices, with real browsing histories in a real location, if that makes sense, and it just works like crazy.
So any of you guys that are doing video SEO stuff, especially local, guys, this should just be a standard operating procedure for any one of your local campaigns, is set up an ad, run the targeting like I just mentioned, geographic targeting, and even if you just do a dollar a day, just until you get it ranked and then pause your ad campaign, it’ll help immensely.
So, brief little tutorial. Hopefully that was helpful. Anybody want to comment on that before we get any questions?
Chris: That was pretty amazing, Bradley.
Bradley: Yeah, thank you. Thank you. It’s quite … I mean, it’s just amazing and the fact that I saw that it triggered those big big videos, which is crazy, 'cause that’s rare that that happens. The six or eight months that it was ranked number one before I had unlisted it, it was never a big video, so it had quite an effect.
Where Can You Get A Double Verified Gmail Accounts?
Okay, cool. Earl’s up first. He says, “Can you suggest a place to get double-verified Gmail accounts? I cannot seem to find a source on Fiverr that I once used.”
Okay. I’m going to recommend a guy that we have been using for, I’d say over a year now, but one of our Mastermind members, Beau, who’s also our moderator in the Syndication Academy Facebook group said that he’s had terrible communication experience with this dude. So, anyways, I’ve never had any problems with him. He’s always been really good about replacing any accounts, the communication’s been good, so I’m going to point it out anyways, but I just want to mention, full disclosure, that one of our members is having issues with him, so just take that into account.
This is the only guy I’ve used for phone verified accounts that’s been any good for, like, well over a year, so I’ve just stuck with him. It’s bulkpva.com.
Marco: Yeah, I’d-
Bradley: Go ahead.
Marco: I’d like to mention, too, that we ordered accounts and they were resold, and so-
Bradley: Okay, so don’t use them is what you’re saying.
Marco: No, I’m not saying, “Don’t.” I’m saying that, when you get them, you have to change the phone number and the email, right? The email that you used to recover the password. Switch that up right away in all, whatever accounts that you order. Because they’re a pain in the ass, which is why you should have a VA.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: Because they did get resold and so it was a whole big mess, and so, you know, we talked to him and he just gets so many orders that he’s swamped, and so I think it’s more a case of him not paying attention to what he’s doing, rather than being dishonest.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: But I wanna add that that happened to us.
Bradley: Well thanks. I appreciate that, because again, and that’s why I wanted to fully disclose what Beau had mentioned, too because like I said, I’ve never had any issues with him, but in part, the reason that Marco just said that he thinks it’s because he’s getting too many damn orders. It’s probably because I’ve recommended the dude quite a bit. He was extremely happy when I started recommending him because he was like … And maybe that’s why I never have any issues with him, because he always takes care of me because I sent so much business to him.
But regardless, like I said, you know, be careful, Earl. That’s the only guy I’ve used but apparently some people have been having issues recently, so there you go.
How Do You Handle Content Issues With A WordPress That Stop Syndicating To A Network?
Chris says, “I recently had WordPress take down one of my syndication channels without warning. Not exactly sure why. Maybe because some of the content that was being syndicated was short codes that did not translate well to the WordPress site, or maybe it was posting too often. Wondering the best way to handle this. Do I try rebuilding all the site posts that used to be on WordPress all at once or over time or another WordPress site, or just start syndicating with a new channel and not worry about getting the older stuff posted.”
Chris, that’s gonna happen from time to time. No matter what you do, there are gonna be times where one of your Web 2s, even a branded property that you’ve taken well care of will sometimes still get terminated because of the automation that we’re using. That sometimes will trigger it. There’s just a number of reasons. It’s rare … We go to great lengths through how we set up these accounts to prevent from that happening, but it does happen from time to time and there’s nothing any of us can do about it, right? Except try to prevent it, right?
So Chris, yeah, we’ve even had some of ours terminated, and what you mentioned about a short code, so like if you were using a plugin or something on your main money site that inserted short codes into the post which would obviously, when the page was loaded, would convert into a script or an image or whatever it was that you needed it to be, when it gets syndicated, that’s not going to occur because that plugin’s not present on the WordPress.com site, if that makes sense.
So you’ve gotta be careful about that. We’ve had that same issue on a number of occasions with some of the stuff that we’ve syndicated from our own blog, causing problems. Like, you know, form code for example. Opt-in form code that just looks like raw code on the page because it doesn’t translate 'cause it’s not in the short code and the plugin’s not present. That kind of stuff, so … You just gotta be wary of all of that.
Something that you can do if you are going to continue to use those kind of like short code plugins and things like that on your money site … Excuse me, I’ve got somebody calling in. Hold on a minute, let me hang up on them. Sorry guys. Give me a second. It’s my Google Voice number. It’s a spam call, I’m sure. Okay, so if you’re gonna continue to use those kind of, um … It’s still ringing. I’m going to have to just let it ring out.
If you’re still going to use those kind of plugins, I would recommend that you just set your WordPress post to your RSS settings from “full post” to “summary.” Now I know for branded properties we like to recommend using the full post, the full text of the post, instead of just the summary, but if you’re using short codes and things like that from your main money site that aren’t going to syndicate and post into the blogs of your syndication network, then you may want to use the summary post instead. Okay? Or reconsider what you’re posting within the content of your posts so that you don’t have those issues. You could do that as well.
Is It Okay To Upload 30 Videos At Once In A YouTube Money Channel That Is Syndicated To A T-1 Network?
All right. Dave’s up. He says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube.” Uh, oh. It’s, by the way, just so you know, do try … I would say start a new WordPress.com site and then just start syndicating posts from that point forward. The moment of origin forward, if that makes sense, because I wouldn’t worry about going back and publishing all the already published posts on the new WordPress site. I wouldn’t worry about that. It’s too much manual work. If you’ve got a VA you can send it to, fine, but I wouldn’t do it yourself. If it were me, I would just create a new account, attach it to the Network. Set up the automation that triggers and all that, and then I would just post from that point forward, okay?
Dave says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube for a money channel. Is it a bad idea to upload the 30 videos at once? Will it cause problems with some of the new network properties getting that many videos all at once?”
Yeah, I wouldn’t do that Dave. I would probably not do more than like five posts per day. [crosstalk 00:20:48] But you could do that, you know, five posts per day over six days. That’s what I would do. And it’s not … It’s just because when you hit a … especially a new network with like a whole bunch of posts all at once like that, it’s likely gonna be terminated. Okay? So you don’t want to do that.
In fact, like we always mention, or it’s mentioned in the training, you should post a few posts, as we call seed posts, and leave it sit for a few days. Post with no links, by the way, or only links to other blog posts on that same platform. So in other words, if it’s a Blogger blog, you can link to another Blogger blog post from somebody else’s Blogger blog because it’s still the Blogger domain. I wouldn’t have any external links, okay? It would be an internal link to another Blogger blog. Might not be yours, but somebody else’s. That’s the only type of link I would have, and then I’d let it sit for about seven days before starting to do any automated posting. And then when you do, ramp up slowly. Don’t do thirty at once. Do something like maybe one or two a day for a couple of days, and then you can ramp it up from there. If you’ve only got thirty videos, I’d probably spread that over, you know, a week to 10 days, something like that. If it’s a new network. If it’s an established network, you can be a little bit more aggressive. All right.
Best Practices In Managing YouTube Channels If You Are Wholesaling Video Promotion Service
Columbia! She’s been crushing it. She’s been a go-getter. Columbia, I’ve been really proud of you, coming here every week and asking questions, and I seek that you’re going with the agency model and it sounds like you’re well on your way and I just wanted to say that that’s awesome. We appreciate you being here and taking action. She says, “My goal is to promote videos in five to eight niches, with each niche having a YouTube channel and associated website to support videos from multiple cities, as I am wholesaling video promotion service.” Very good. She says, “If I set up five to eight YouTube channels with each having an associated website, could I put all of those on my main Google and YouTube account, or do I need to break them up under some separate persona Google accounts? Each associated websites would just have a tier one network, but I will likely want to stack two or more tier twos on some of or most of the YouTube channels.”
Which is, yeah, that’s a good idea, Columbia. Is it a good idea to your main Google account? Okay, again, and this is the same advice that I always use, even though your problem … I can tell, Columbia, that you’re gonna be taking care of these networks, and you’re not gonna be doing anything real spammy, your setting up for long term, I still recommend that you would create each of the five to eight YouTube channels under a different persona account and then add yourself, Columbia Jones, your profile as a manager of all of them.
So after you’ve created the YouTube channel under a persona account, then you go in and you add yourself as a manager so that you can access, manage and maintain all of those channels from your main Google profile. It’ll make it convenient and much easier to work on, but it will protect each one of those channels in the event, God forbid, that something were to happen to your account, Columbia, that you wouldn’t use all of those assets, because even if your account got terminated, and again, that’s worst case scenario, but if your account got terminated for some reason or another, all of those other channels would still be present and available because they weren’t your … You, as the profile Columbia Jones, wasn’t the channel owner. You were just a manager, if that makes sense. So I’d do that specifically for risk mitigation, right? Just set up different … create a different persona account. Set up the channel, and then make yourself the manager. And that way you protect yourself.
“So how many channels with each associated website can I run on my main Google account without running into problems, as I would be setting up five to eight niches all within a single month?” Again if you … You can manage up to 50 channels from any one profile. So, again, set them all up underneath different … So the channel owners are different personas. Different Google accounts. And then add yourself as a manager. And you can add as many channels, I mean, up to 50 channels as a manager to your account, Columbia, and that won’t look weird at all because there’s a lot of people out there that are, you know, digital marketing consultants, and they manage a lot of channels and stuff, so it’s natural to do that. I wouldn’t worry about it.
“If I do need to break these up and put them under separate Google accounts, would those persona Google accounts be a persona individual or persona business name?” It can be a persona business name. It doesn’t matter because you’re setting up a business channel. Does that make sense? So when you create a persona, you’re gonna have a persona, a profile-based YouTube channel. That just comes associated with the Google account that you create, but when you go to set up a channel, you want to create a business channel. That’s how you give it a brand name and all that other stuff. Okay? All right, great question by the way, Columbia.
What Is The Best Strategy To Use When Doing Lead Gen Business That Is On A Revenue Share Management?
Mohammed Makki says, “Hey guys, I’ve started doing lead-gen for a local home builder and I have a question. It’s a revenue share agreement, so for every sale he makes, I get a good amount.” That’s a great strategy, Mohammed; that’s the same type of model that I prefer. “I trust this guy since I’ve worked with him before, but I still want to make sure that I know what’s going on. Is an answering service like the one you use on Local Kingpin the best way to do this?”
It is, in my experience Mohammed. So the reason why I say that is because I get … Any call that goes … Okay, so, on the lead-gen sites that I have that … I’m just about on 90% of them. I have an answering service call center set up that I pay for. It’s my expense, but the reason I do that is because any call that comes through, it first … It does several things. Number one: it screens the calls because anybody here that has been doing … Either has your own local business or you provide local business marketing services and you, so you manage stuff for clients, you already know that you get freaking hammered with solicitation calls all day long from every type of business out there. From credit card processing machines to marketing services to Yelp. Yelp’ll call you 15 times a freaking week. It’s ridiculous.
And so I use an answering service, number one: because it’s an automated call screening system. Any solicitation call gets screened out by the answering service, so it doesn’t bother the contractor or the service provider who’s purchasing the leads with a bunch of spam calls. Right? So that’s number one.
Number two: any lead that’s a valid lead is going to answer the call screener’s questions, which means once that lead is done, or once the call is over, that’s a bona fide lead that I can go for. Now obviously I still get some solicitation leads that come through. In other words, they’re people that answer some questions from the call screener so the lead still gets pushed through, but it’s very clearly identified as such when it goes through. So what happens is, with AnswerConnect, that’s the service I use, by the way. Answerconnect.com. I’ve been using them for about five years. Great service.
Anyways, I get an email copy of every lead call that comes through, and then it also gets emailed and texted to the service provider, and so again, I like to use it because it’s a call screening system. I have a record of everything. I’ve got an email and a text record, plus AnswerConnect keeps records of everything as well. And so, for me, that’s how I validate everything.
Now, if somebody submits a web form, a contact form, you know, contact request form, on a lead-gen page instead of calling, then I get a copy of the email that also gets sent to the service provider, and now I’m using Zapier, I don’t know the proper way to pronounce it, but I’m using Zapier to send an SMS text alert, it connects with Twilio, but it’ll basically monitors a Gmail address and every time a new lead comes in from that lead-gen funnel, it triggers Zapier to send a text message via Twilio to the contractor notifying him that a new lead had come in and to check his email for the lead data. And that’s only for contract request form submissions, if that makes sense. Phone calls go through AnswerConnect.
Hernan: Mm. May I?
Bradley: Go ahead.
Hernan: May I add something, Bradley? I think that this really valuable and you first told me about AnswerConnect, back in the day. I think it was two years ago, but I think that you’re adding a lot of value to the process, right? Because if you can sell a qualified lead … Because, here’s the deal: you can sell that lead to one contractor for example, or to one client. That would be like an exclusive lead. Or you can get it qualified and sell it to multiple contractors or to multiple business, right? You will need to be really clear that that lead will be, you know, sold to many, so that … The value of that lead usually decreases. You know, if it’s qualified plus exclusive lead, you can charge premium for that because they’re going through … It’s not completely automated. They are going through some kind of interaction with a person, right? So I think that adds a lot of value and it will solve a lot of problems in terms of tracking and in terms of qualifying the leads. Again, because, you know, you want to send a contractor the best possible leads, you know?
Bradley: Yeah.
Hernan: So I think that adds a lot of value. It’s a little bit more expensive to run it that way, but I think it’s sort of worth it because, again, you can charge a premium for your leads because they are coming through a verified source, right? They are going through human interaction first, and then they are going to be pushed through the contractor.
That doesn’t mean that the contractor doesn’t have to … or your client, they will have to act fast because that lead is warm [inaudible 00:30:56]. Right? They’re hot. They’ve gone through one interaction. They are going through another. So they’re willing to the purchase process. That adds something that you can 100% outsource. It’s a little bit more expensive but this is kind of … The little things that add a lot of value to your business and will make those businesses stick with you for a longer time than any other lead generation company that does this massively and all they’re doing are pushing calls. Does that make sense?
Bradley: Yeah. And the other part of that is, you know, by providing the answering service, we’re doing the service provider a favor, too because the calls are automatically screened and it prevents them wasting time and energy on answering the phone for spam calls or solicitation calls, and that’s a huge selling benefit for contractors or for service providers. Again, mostly for me it’s contractors so …
But, and like Hernan said, I also, you know, if you’re going to sell exclu- … I promote my services as exclusivity of leads. It’s rare that I will ever sell a lead to more than one service provider. It does happen from time to time, but it’s usually rare and it’s usually because there’s a specific reason for it, so I always just charge more per lead if I’m selling on a per-lead basis, or if it’s a revenue share, like what you’re talking about, Mohammed, then it’s an exclusive lead anyways. That’s just a given.
Is It Normal For Keyword Lists From Google Adwords To Have Names Of Different Cities?
The last part of your question, “Is it normal for keyword lists from AdWords to have names of different cities? Despite my living in Alberta, Canada, a large portion of my AdWords list contains American cities and states.” Yeah, that’s because the vast majority of search traffic is coming from Google U.S., but just, Mohammed, what you can do is … This isn’t an AdWords tutorial, guys, I’m certainly not going to log in to my AdWords dashboard to show you this, but Mohammed, what you can do is make sure that you set your advanced location targeting or advanced location options to where you are only … That only include people that are in your target location, not that are in or show interest in. That’s number one. So do that number one.
Number two is set an exclusion list. That’s something else you can do. Again, I can’t go into it and show it to you here, but you can set an exclusion list and actually specifically exclude all 50, or the United States for example. And if you set that as your exclusion list, then people that are searching, even if they’re in your target location, so let’s say Alberta, Canada, but they search for, let’s say, you know, “Remodeling company New York City.” Then if you have New York or all of the United States in your exclusion list, then it will prevent the ad from showing to them, even if they’re in your Alberta Canada and they’re searching for one of your keywords, which might be, you know, “Remodeling contractor,” or, you know, “Home builder,” or whatever it is that your keyword is. It’ll prevent it from showing to them because they’re showing an interest in a location that’s on your exclusion list, if that makes sense.
How To Test A New YouTube Syndication Network?
That’s also really important for call-only ads, guys, that you set your exclusion list to. All right. All right. So Greg’s up. He says, “Hi. Wondering really how to test a new YouTube syndication network. How do we download a video from YouTube to test our new YouTube syndication network?” Well, you can download it. Use Firefox and use something like Video DownloadHelper extension or something like that. There’s a ton of them, guys. They’re a dime a dozen. Just go search, “Firefox YouTube download extension” or something like that and just pick one. The one that I use is Video DownloadHelper. Been using it for years and you can view and just about any video, in the Firefox browser when you have that extension, and then you can just click the extension itself and download the video. You can do that, but why would … You don’t even need to do that, Greg.
What I would suggest doing is setting up either a like trigger applet or setting up a subscription trigger applet. So, and then publicly subscribe to another channel or something that you can upload a video … What I’m saying is you don’t need to download … In fact, for what you’re specifically asking, I would say just set up a like trigger applet and just go like one of the videos on one of your other channels or at least, if you don’t have a video in that specific niche that’s your own video, then just go like somebody else’s video that’s in that niche so it’ll help to theme your network, too, because I see what you’re saying about … “Once it’s tested, do we need to go into network properties and remove the syndicated video?” Well, if it’s a thematically relevant video, right? If it’s themed, if it’s relevant, then there’s really on reason to go in and do that and delete the post from the network. My point is: set up a like recipe and just go like a video, whether it’s yours or somebody else’s, preferably one that’s gonna be relevant to what the network’s about so that you don’t have to go in and delete it later. And that’s how you can test it. Okay?
Does Using Aged Or Expired Web2.0 Accounts On The Persona Rings Would Help Boost Rankings? 
Okay, Alexander, he comes every week now and asks questions as well, so Alexander: What’s up buddy? He says, “Hi guys. It’s good to be here again. Let’s get down to business. I’ll do my first video gig for a client.” Sweet. “He said he’d pay me to set up … set him … to set up to him but not enough money so I could make another one for me and use to rank videos as a service.” Okay. “Does using aged/expired Web 2.0 accounts in the persona rings would help boost rankings or will be worse because we have some random anchor text from referring domains theme?”
No, aged Web 2.0s will certainly help. I mean, look, if you’re doing it specifically for SEO purposes, then yes, using aged Web 2.0s will help. There’s no doubt. I’ve seen some really strong Tumblrs that can do some really amazing things with some strong Tumblrs and there’s a million Tumblr scrapers out there now, guys. Shit, you can go to Fiverr and like SEOClerks and those different types of services and buy Tumblrs now, so it’s simple to do, and yeah, those work. For purely SEO purposes? You can absolutely do that.
Now, for branding purposes, I recommend that you set up your own with the branded username. But again, for purely SEO purposes, expired Web 2.0s are certainly going to help. Okay? “Should I add some RSS feeds to the endpoint accounts/accounts that don’t trigger others so that way I get more related content to build their theme/topical relevance?” You can. That’s what, like out at tier two and stuff like that, if that’s what you’re doing, and you said this was a video gig, so chances are they’re … You’ve got multi-tiered networks anyways, then yeah, absolutely you can, guys.
That’s the thing: if you guys are … I mean, even for YouTube, but especially for blogs … But here’s the thing, guys, if you’ve got, let’s say a two tier network for YouTube, and remember YouTube, we don’t have to worry about footprint issues or anything else. My point is if you’re uploading videos but you’re not staying consistent and you’re not uploading a lot of videos, but you want to keep increasing the power of the network, then yeah, set up some related content triggers on the tier two networks, even for YouTube networks, guys, because you can start feeding relevant content into those secondary networks.
I don’t do it to the branded networks. I never do it to the branded networks, but on the tier two networks, or persona-based networks, they can be tier one persona-based networks tied to your YouTube channel, right? But even for those, yeah, it makes absolute sense to use related content feeds to add additional content to those networks because it’ll help to increase the relevancy and it will … Again, instead of all the content just coming from one source, which would be your YouTube channel, you start to make it more natural because it’s starting to curate, it’s essentially what you’re doing, right? Other people’s content. Related content. So absolutely you can do that. I recommend doing that, in fact, on tier two stuff.
Okay, “Or is there a way to do it even for lower tier feeder rings, uh, a way to send content to tier one that would not be syndicated again on the other tiers.” No, I wouldn’t do that. Again, I wouldn’t … If it’s persona-based tier one network you can add content into there and that’ll take care of the second tier networks because you can set the trigger up on tier one, but if you’re doing branded tier one, then on the … Then I would set the related content triggers up on tier two because I don’t like to feed other people’s content into branded tier ones, if that makes sense. Persona-based is fine. Branded, no.
What Are Some Good Link Building Strategies For Persona Accounts?
“If you can, would like to hear more about backlinking strategies to those kind of persona accounts. Thanks guys.” Backlinking strategies is just contextual links to those properties. If it’s out at tier two, you can be even more aggressive, more spammy. Generally, what we like to do is contextual at tier ones to the network properties. Typically on domains that have, not the pages … We’ve had some issues with people saying, “I just got our link report and the PA is one on every link page that was created.” Well, that’s what happens when you create a new page online; it is a PA of one. Period. It doesn’t start with anything higher than one.
And so, anyways, my point is that you … We try to use domains with higher decent metrics, relatively speaking, right? Compared to all the other spam sites out there, and then set contextual links, we try not to hammer our network properties, anywhere between 50 to 125 contextual links per property, and then we throw spam behind those. Okay?
Are You Using RSS Masher And Rankwyz For Related Content Feeds?
Adam: Real quick, Bradley to … Alexander was asking if, for the related content feeds, what tool would you recommend? RSS Masher or Rank Whizz or something else?
Bradley: Uh, yes. Any one of those. You know, it really doesn’t matter. Rank Feeder, which is Lisa Allen’s tool, it’s a great tool, that’s more of an SEO tool, which is great, it’s very very powerful. It works really well. It basically is running on the principle of co-citation and it works really really well. RSS Masher, which is Damon Nelson’s product, that’s also good. That’s more of a … There are some SEO benefits that you can do with that, but it’s more of a, in my opinion, more of a traffic tool than it is just an SEO tool. I think Rank Feeder is very specifically an SEO tool and RSS Masher has a little bit … It’s not as good for SEO but it has other functionalities that make it better for other things, if that makes sense. You have to figure out what your objective is and select the correct product based upon that. Okay?
Okay, cool. You think that answered that? Hopefully.
Adam: Yeah.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Also, I don’t know, let’s see. Alexander, if you’re in the SEO academy or syndication academy, excuse me, the last update webinar we did, I showed … I think it was the last update webinar. I showed how to use Zapier or Zapier, whatever, for creating your own custom RSS feeds and it’s awesome because you can basically code your own stuff. Like literally, you can create your own RSS feed in Zapier now. Like, your own custom feed with different content sources. You can splice. You can mash. You can add links into every single feed item. You can add citation in every feed item. All that was covered in the most recent update webinar, so go back and watch it. Marco, were you gonna say something?
Marco: Nah.
Are You Using Your YouTube Channel For Putting Up Client Videos And Ranking Them And Doing The In-Market Ads Or Do You Use Your Own YouTube Channel?
Bradley: Okay. Don’s up. What’s up, Don? He says, “For full on SEO clients, not just video ranking clients, are using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them or doing it in-market ads? And doing the in-market ads? Or do you use your own YouTube channel?” So are you using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them and doing the in-market ads or do you use your own YouTube channel? I think that was it. That was the department of redundancy department.
Yes, I’m still using my own channel. Now, listen, what I’ll do is I will take … When a client has a video, or if I have a video made for a client, which happens a lot, then I will upload that video to their channel, but then I’ll also upload it to my channel because my channel is the one that has all of the SEO all the networks. It’s got the authority, the relevancy, all that kind of stuff. Typically, because, again, I’ve already … Most of my con- my … Unless it’s a client that I don’t have a network built for, like that’s in an industry that I have nothing for, in which case I’ll just do it on their channel because I’m not, like … But that’s why I try to stick with just clients or lead-gen assets that are in this categories that I’ve already built the infrastructure for, if that makes sense.
I don’t like to take … I did just take on a new client three or four … Nah, I guess it’s been about five weeks now because I got the first subscription payment from them. So it’s been about five weeks and they’re preschool. I’ve never done any preschool marketing but it was a client referral from one of my best clients that I’ve had for five years so that’s why I took the job, and so I don’t have a network for them, if that makes sense. So, basically … And I’ve already done a couple videos for them but I put it on their channel. Because, again, I don’t have a network built for preschools and I don’t plan on building one, either.
So, my point is, I use my network where it fits for the SEO part of it, and then yes, I’ll just use, because I’m trying to rank the video through my channel and my network, then that’s the same video that I will use in the YouTube ad, if I’m setting up the local clicks campaign, which is essentially what I’m doing.
But again, I can still upload the video to their channel as well. That way they feel all nice and warm and fuzzy that their video is on their channel, but all the benefit of that video is coming from my channel because that’s the one that’s ranked and providing the clicks and the leads and the exposure and all that kind of stuff. All right?
Adam: Just real quick. I’m having a conversation with somebody on a YouTube channel. I know some people get lost there and go over to YouTube channel instead of the Google event and check and make sure everyone’s able to get to the event page, but I see that you’re commenting on this page, too, but sorry, we don’t have time to call everyone out by name and ask them to leave their comment, so. If anyone else is watching this and is confused, the way we do it is you just come to this page, write your questions on the event page right here, and, you know, we do first come first served, so sometimes we don’t get to all the questions, but that’s the way it is.
Bradley: This is pretty cool. Thank you, Paul. Paul says, “I use this guy for Google and YouTube accounts, haven’t had any problems and Is very reasonable.” Livemono … I don’t know what the hell that says, but he’s on Skype. I assuming that’s his Skype username.
Adam: Yeah, it must be.
Bradley: I’m not sure what the live colon means, but-
Adam: That might be part of his name. I know that you can use periods and other things as part of your Skype name, so that might be it.
Bradley: That’s pretty cool. I’m actually going to put that in a Notepad file 'cause I might reach out and I’ll say, “Hey, you want some business buddy? ‘Cause this other dude, like we blew his business up, man, because we sent him so much damn work and now he can’t keep up with it and its quality starting to slip.” So maybe I’ll reach out to this dude. See if he’s interested in some additional work. Thanks, Paul.
Okay. EntrepreN8 Consulting. “Are we able to join the group with video?” I’m not sure what you mean.
Adam: Yeah, don’t worry. I answered him.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Yeah, Adam, if you want to … Yeah, go ahead. We’ve still got about ten minutes.
Adam: Yeah, I was going to say. Paul, I think, is one of the people who might be able to join us, so I just wanted to let everyone know that we’re looking at some possibilities for a Semantic Mastery meet-up in the Portland area. Portland, Oregon in September. So we’re going to be having some more information about that. If you’re within, you know, a few hours of there and you’d be interested in that, stay tuned. We’ll have some more information on that as far as where we can meet up but we’d like to do a … You know, it’d be a … I don’t know. We haven’t even decided the details. A few hours, get together, talk SEO, talk marketing, talk shop. I guarantee you, have a beer or two, and have a good time, so we’ll be having some more information about that soon.
Bradley: Yeah, it’s not gonna be like … We’re not hosting a live event type thing, guys. It’s gonna be literally a meet-up, like a casual get-together. If anybody wants to come out and see and hang out with us and have a few drinks and just talk marketing, and really it’s more about networking. It’s not like we’re gonna just have some training session. It’s not like that at all. It’s about networking. Rubbing elbows. Meet-and-greet. That kind of stuff, and obviously we’ll be talking shop. There’s no doubt. But it’s gonna be … And it’s … It’s just gonna be a way we’re gonna start trying to do that.
At least, we’re planning on wanting to do that a couple times a year, so, in various parts of the country, so. In the U.S., at least, as far as we know. I don’t like to travel. All right, cool. [crosstalk 00:48:33]
Adam: Also, real quick. Sorry, real quick. I was gonna say Alexander, are you asking a question about the webinar and Zapier? If you are, before we hop off, say something.
Chris: Can I get one of those in my webpage? [inaudible 00:48:44]
Do You Have Already Get Into The Limit Of Playlists On A YouTube Channel?
Bradley: All right. Alexander says, “You guys have already get into the limit of playlists on a channel because if I want to create one playlist for each focused keyword on a city … I’ll end up with a …” Yeah, no, I don’t … I mean, I don’t do that. Look, I don’t create play … Like, Bill Cousins, he’s got a great software, Rocket Video Ranker or whatever. He’s got a playlist option in there that will create a single playlist for each keyword as well. I don’t do that. To me, that is just way too much overkill, and if …
Honestly, I just always use playlists as like a container. It’s like a silo. That’s it. So I try to go broad, so broader type keywords, more top of funnel type keywords with a playlist and then I put all of the supporting keywords, longer-tail stuff within that playlist, if that makes sense.
I don’t know if there’s a limit to how many videos you can put in a playlist or how many playlists you can have in a channel. I don’t know that because, again, I don’t use them like that, so I’ve never played with that. All right? That’s just too much work in my opinion.
“The other idea is to get just one playlist per city and inside it work one main keyword plus internal link where is for other important keywords.” Yeah, I mean again, I would recommend doing, you know, it depends on how you’re gonna categorize or silo out your channel, right? You can do a city playlist and that is … And remember, you can have a video in more than one playlist, guys.
So let’s say that you are providing marketing services in Atlanta, Georgia, and … Well, let’s say in all of Georgia, for example, and Atlanta is one of the cities, so and, let’s say that you work with plumbers, electricians, and HVAC contractors. Let’s just say that those are the three types of businesses that you work with. I recommend you work with one and one only, but let’s just say three. Then you could have an Atlanta business playlist that has all three of those business types in it because the common denominator, the common theme is they’re all Atlanta-based businesses. Then you could have an electrician silo or playlist, and all electrician videos go in there. One for plumbers, one for HVAC, right? So you could do that, and then again, you could have the electrician playlist, for example, you could have Atlanta, and, what, Savannah is another city in Georgia because the common denominator there is they’re all electrician videos. Right? So you could have electrician videos from different cities in that playlist, if that makes sense.
So the point is that you can have a video in more than one playlist. The idea is to keep the category or the theme relevant throughout. Does that make sense? So that, again … I wouldn’t … You can have multiple playlists and there’s a reason for using multiple playlists, so that you can increase relevancy across different keywords or across different geographic locations as needed. All right?
Let’s see. Are we almost done? “Bradley, where’s the link to the webinar about … Oh man, awesome. Zapier. Thanks.” Yeah, that’s the last update webinar we did in syndication academy. And for whatever reason it wasn’t posted in the members area after we did it and I just posted it a couple days ago, maybe it was Friday of last week. So it is in the members area now in the update section.
“Hundreds of accounts … ” Thanks, Paul. We appreciate that. Let’s see.
Fuck you, Wayne. That’s awesome. Yeah, “Tell me where to get access to … The IF-?” Uh, yeah. That’s the syndication academy. The member’s area, so it should be members.syndication.academy. That’s the login screen. All right?
Adam: And real quick Bradley, just, since we’re out of questions on this page and we’ve got a couple minutes. Over on the live chat on the YouTube side of things, somebody was asking, are we the ones who said to use the Network Empire Silo Plugin?
Bradley: Yes. I mentioned it.
Adam: Okay.
Bradley: Somebody asked about it and I mentioned it.
Adam: Cool. So you still use it?
Bradley: Yeah, I mean … I’m not building WordPress sites that much anymore. Very rare. Usually now when I build a WordPress site it’s only for the blog and that’s it because I’m using ClickFunnels now as my website builder for just about everything.
Adam: Gotcha.
Bradley: However, I’m about to start a project that I am gonna need to build a silos, and so, it … Just so you guys know, on all the sites that I have that are existing sites that have been siloed for the last four years, I’ve been using that plugin, yes. It was originally called the DWS Silo Builder.
Adam: Mm-hmm.
Bradley: I don’t know what it’s called now. It’s a very simple plugin. As far as I know, it’s free. It used to be free. That’s what I’ve used. Now, again, if I’m going to silo out another site … I don’t even know what the other options are now because I’ve just never used anything other than that. So.
Adam: Cool.
Bradley: Anything else?
Adam: Think we’re good. Uh, last call. We’ve got a couple minutes here. I think … That’s about it. Anybody got any more announcements or anything else coming up? Let me check our calendar real quick before we hop off. Nope. Hernan mentioned it. The Battleplan buyers update webinar. I’ll pop a link in if you want to grab the Battleplan. I would suggest you do that. We’ll have the update webinar tomorrow, and then we’ll have some news going out about good webinar with Keith Mallinson on Monday. So we’ve got some good stuff coming just in the next week.
Bradley: Yeah, I won’t be here next week, guys, 'cause I’m going on vacation. So I might pop in, depending on what’s going on. Looks like my video’s all choppy. It’s weird. Anyways, I won’t be here next week but it looks like the rest of the team has got it covered, so. Marco’s going to be rubbing his weather in everybody’s faces as usual.
Marco: Of course I am. Why else would I live in Costa Rica in paradise if I couldn’t rub the weather in your face?
Bradley: That’s right. All right guys. Well everybody, have a good day. Let’s see. We have a webinar tomorrow, don’t we?
Adam: Correct, we-
Bradley: A Battleplan webinar.
Adam: Correct, correct. Yup.
Bradley: That’s right. Okay. So we’ll see a lot of you on that. Otherwise, we’ll see everybody next week. Thanks everyone.
Adam: Bye everybody!
Hernan: Thanks! [crosstalk 00:54:55]
Chris: Bye everyone.
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Adam: I got some, but … okay. All right, well, there we are. Hey everybody. We are live, only one minute late. We were scrambling; not gonna lie, but Bradley got everything sorted out so here we are, and this is Hump Day Hangouts episode 137. Today is the 21st of June, so we’ll do our thing real quick and say, “Hi” to everybody, and then we will get started. So Chris, how’s it going man?
Chris: Been good. In a heat wave here in Austria.
Adam: Yeah? What do you … What kind of temperatures are you dealing with?
Chris: 34 degrees celsius-
Adam: Yikes. That’s like 90 something I think, right?
Chris: Yeah, 93 or so.
Adam: Yuck. All right. I’ll pass. I’m living in luxury, man. It’s like 75. This has been awesome. Hernan, how about yourself? You got like six feet of snow or something or what’s going on down there?
Hernan: No, doesn’t snow actually. It doesn’t actually snow in Buenos Aires, so it’s not even funny. You know?
Adam: Okay.
Hernan: Yeah, get the all humid cold, but it’s not even fun to go out and … But anyways, yeah, I’m excited to be here. I’m excited for tomorrow’s webinar for the Battleplan members so it’s gonna be a lot of fun and I’m excited to be here.
Adam: Awesome, awesome. Marco, how you doing man? It looks pretty nice there. I’m guessing the weather’s probably pretty good. Maybe.
Bradley: Maybe he’s muted.
Adam: Maybe not. All right. Well. I’m gonna go with the weather is probably pretty good but we’ll fill that in later. So Bradley, how you doing man?
Bradley: Good. I’m glad that I got it fired up at the last minute, man. It was my Chrome cache was, I guess, clogged up I guess two gigabytes of cache is enough to slow down a browser.
Adam: Imagine that.
Bradley: So I had to shut everything down, run CCleaner and then start it back up and it took longer than I expected, but we’re here, so better late than never.
Adam: Good deal. All right, well, just real quick, if you’re new to Semantic Mastery, first of all, thanks for showing up to Hump Day Hangouts. We certainly appreciate it. You should definitely check out the Battleplan. I’ll share that link shortly below and then, also if you haven’t yet, for some reason, signed up for your free account at SERP Space, head over there. We got the Done-For-You services there and also a couple free tools with more coming, stuff like Mark Up and stuff like that.
And then, before we dive into stuff I just wanted to share this. This is like Adam’s little book report minute. I’ve been taking my book reading up a notch. I’m trying to knock out a book like every week or two, and so this is “High Profit Prospecting.” Let’s see; who’s this by? Mark Hunter. So, good book so far. It’s exactly what it sounds like. If you’re someone who does outreach for customers, who, I’m guessing nearly everybody here should probably be doing that, I think it’s a good read. The big one, it’s on prospecting, obviously, and then attitude as well as getting into the specifics of how you can approach people, which is really good. I don’t come from a sales background, so it’s been a good refresher. You know, we always hear about, you know, “Okay, here’s the ABC’s of this,” but definitely good to go into that and get some more detail, so, pretty good read. I think it was like 10 bucks on Amazon, so if you’re interested in that, you should check it out.
Bradley: Awesome. That’s a really good recommendation. I haven’t read that one yet, but I’m gonna add it to my list. I’m trying to do the same thing, Adam, is read about a book every two weeks or so, and I only got 30 minutes scheduled every day to read, but I’m trying to keep to that schedule so that I actually get it done, and I’ve just finished reading, for the second time, Bill Good’s “Hot Prospects” book, so that one’s probably gonna be a good one to follow up with so I appreciate you pointing that out.
Adam: Yeah, and I’ll probably put something on the page, on the Semantic Mastery page if people are interested. If you guys are interested or if you have any questions or anything, just pop the question on this page if you’re at the event and I’ll answer that but, anyways, you guys have any announcements, anything we need to cover today?
Hernan: I think we’re good.
Bradley: I think so.
Adam: All right, let’s roll.
Bradley: All right, cool. Let’s see, before I get into-
Marco: [inaudible 00:03:52] Before you get into that-
Bradley: I’m sorry.
Marco: For you guys dealing with the heat, I just want to show you something. I just want to show you something, man. Dig that motherfuckers, dig that. 75 degrees. Beautiful weather. Come on, man.
Bradley: Tropical climate.
Marco: [crosstalk 00:04:13] Why deal with the cold? I have a little waterfall in the background, just keeping me peaceful. While you guys [crosstalk 00:04:26]
Adam: I’m beginning to think Marco is subsidized by the government, you know, to boost [crosstalk 00:04:31]-
Marco: You know, right? Ed’s trying to log in, man. He’s using my login but … So if you see two Marcos, it’s Ed.
Chris: Ed’s cool.
Bradley: Ed is one of our newer Mastermind members. He’s a real hustler. He’s been out just crushing it and getting new clients. I mean, it’s just amazing how much action that dude’s taking, so, he’s down there visiting Marco right now, and, if he can, he’ll jump on.
Mini Case Study On Video Re-Indexing And Re-Ranking For Video Production Company Using Video Powerhouse
All right. So let’s get to questions and stuff. There’s something I do want to share in just a moment, though. Just very quickly, ‘cause I want to show you guys something. Let me zoom in on all this first. All right, cool.
So this is something … You guys should be seeing my full screen, correct?
Adam: Yeah, I got your whole desktop.
Hernan: Yep.
Chris: Okay.
Bradley: I’m gonna zoom in on this a little bit. All right, this is from Pro Rank Tracker. This is a screenshot I just took yesterday of a local video that I had done for the video production company that I do a ton of work for. They had a client, or one of their customers had been paying for SEO services for their video for about 6 months and then they allowed their subscription to lapse or to expire, I guess, and so I unlisted the video, which was in the number one position for the six or eight months, whatever it was, that it was running before their subscription expired, and once it had expired, I just went through and unlisted the video, but it had been sitting at number one for, you know, six or eight months.
So, when I unlisted the video obviously it fell out of the index for a while, and it was probably, I don’t know, three or four months had passed before they resubscribed to the service for whatever reason. I don’t know why they went so long without renewing but, whatever. They contacted the video production company and renewed their Video Boost subscription. That’s what they call it.
So I went in and just reset the video back to public instead of unlisted. However, it didn’t just appear back in number one position, and I didn’t expect it to. In fact, I even charged the company, the video production company, another setup fee, even though all I had to do was go in and unlist it. I mean, set it from unlisted to public, I still charged them the additional setup fee, which is a one-time fee for whenever I initially add a new video to a marketing campaign, and I told them, “It’s been paused for the last few months, so I’m going to have to charge you an additional setup fee.” And they said, “That’s fine.” Blah blah blah.
So anyways, I went in and I set it to public and I left it alone for a couple days. Well, first, of all, it didn’t re-index right away, which was kind of weird, but then, when it did re-index, which, I had to kind of force it to re-index, which, again, I thought was a bit strange, but when it did, you can see where the two main keywords that I was tracking, which is basically one keyword, just a variation of it, 'cause that’s how I do it with the video production company guys. I always, you know … Each video targets one keyword or a close variant so that it will rank for the close variants of that keyword, if that makes sense.
So I was only tracking two keywords for this one video but you can see when it did re-index, it re-indexed at position nine and position 12 or 13, respectively. What was crazy was … All I did … I put it … Sent this video through a video powerhouse blast. I did an embed blast of about 50 embeds. I did both primary and secondary embeds of only 50. And then I went in and I set up a YouTube AdWords campaign. An AdWords for video campaign using the video as the actual … So let me just explain how I did this, guys. I set up, inside of AdWords, I used in-stream video option, right? So it wasn’t a video discovery ad, it was … I just took the same video that I wanted ranked, right? And I used that URL as the in-stream video ad URL, and then the landing page link that you click on from the in-stream ad, right? That’s always the link that’s in the bottom left corner of the video when an in-stream ad is playing, that … All I did was use that YouTube URL, the same video that was the ad itself. I used that URL as the landing page URL, right? So does that make sense? So essentially an in-stream ad that when clicked will take somebody to a YouTube video, and it’s the same YouTube video.
But what I did was I set up geographic targeting, and I went into interest targeting using the in-market or ROI interest based targeting, which is called in-market targeting. Very very very powerful. I started playing with that a lot recently, and I’m getting really good results, especially for local.
So I set geo-targeting and I used interest-based targeting, the in-market, ROI targeting, and I went and I found that specific category, and this is a home services-type of business, and I selected that proper category, and I set my budget for one dollar per day, guys. One dollar per day. Now, if anybody’s been following us for long, you know that, for like the video production companies, I only charge 100 dollars per month per video to rank or per keyword to rank for them. That’s what I provide as wholesale services.
So I’m only making 100 bucks a month, but I set up a one dollar a day budget that has local IP’s with people that are in-market. Let me explain what I mean by that. Google understands now, through browsing history, recent browsing history, what people are looking for. Like, if they’re in-market, so to speak, for a particular product or service, then Google knows that because they’ve been searching buyer-type keywords, commercial intent keywords. Recently, it’s in their recent browsing history, right? And so Google places those people into a bucket that means that they’re highly likely or they’re really engaged with that particular product or service or keyword at that moment, so it’s highly likely that they’re in the market. That’s why it’s called, “in-market,” for that product or service.
So it doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at. The people in that bucket, doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at on YouTube. My ad can play in front of any video. A silly cat video. It doesn’t matter because they were … By Google’s own … Google has categorized them as being in-market, so they’re likely to convert.
So the reason I’m explaining this to you is because, with something so simple as setting up a one dollar a day ad and I got 10 clicks in the first day, or, no, I’m sorry. It was five clicks in the first day. I had 10 impressions, five clicks. So it was a 50% click-through rate on the video, which was interesting, but they’re all from local IP’s from people that are in-market, so that means it’s highly relevant traffic.
It’s relevant for two reasons: the geographic location, so local IP’s essentially, which will count as a local IP click to that video, plus those were in-market visitors or viewers, right? Clickers, so to speak. YouTube users. They’re in-market for that particular product or service category, anyways. So that means it’s highly relevant.
Well Google and YouTube knows that. So now the traffic that … The engagement that I just purchased from Google AdWords to that video was locally relevant and topically relevant, and it shot it direct … The very next day, it had jumped from whatever this is, nine and 13 or whatever to the number one position, and in fact, one of these keywords is now triggering the great big video. I know you guys know what I’m talking about. It doesn’t happen very often, but where the video is ranked number one and it’s freaking huge and it takes up where the maps pack would normally be.
And all I did, guys, like I said was just set up a local … I ran a 50-embed blast through video powerhouse and then I set up a local YouTube ad, and this was just yesterday. You can see that … You know, yesterday is when I took this screenshot, and it jumped, basically in 48 hours from … It went from not being indexed to being indexed at like nine and 13 for that variant, for that keyword, to being number one and also triggering that great big large video in the SERP, which is amazing, and I just wanted to point that out, guys, 'cause I know we’ve talked about that here on Hump Day Hangouts a lot, about using AdWords, because you’re buying engagement signals from … And you can specifically pinpoint where you want the engagement signals to come from, right?
You’re paying Google for engagement signals. Instead of buying views or buying fake social signals, you can buy real, organic … I say they’re organic because they’re real. They’re real click-throughs and real views from real people on real IP’s and real devices, with real browsing histories in a real location, if that makes sense, and it just works like crazy.
So any of you guys that are doing video SEO stuff, especially local, guys, this should just be a standard operating procedure for any one of your local campaigns, is set up an ad, run the targeting like I just mentioned, geographic targeting, and even if you just do a dollar a day, just until you get it ranked and then pause your ad campaign, it’ll help immensely.
So, brief little tutorial. Hopefully that was helpful. Anybody want to comment on that before we get any questions?
Chris: That was pretty amazing, Bradley.
Bradley: Yeah, thank you. Thank you. It’s quite … I mean, it’s just amazing and the fact that I saw that it triggered those big big videos, which is crazy, 'cause that’s rare that that happens. The six or eight months that it was ranked number one before I had unlisted it, it was never a big video, so it had quite an effect.
Where Can You Get A Double Verified Gmail Accounts?
Okay, cool. Earl’s up first. He says, “Can you suggest a place to get double-verified Gmail accounts? I cannot seem to find a source on Fiverr that I once used.”
Okay. I’m going to recommend a guy that we have been using for, I’d say over a year now, but one of our Mastermind members, Beau, who’s also our moderator in the Syndication Academy Facebook group said that he’s had terrible communication experience with this dude. So, anyways, I’ve never had any problems with him. He’s always been really good about replacing any accounts, the communication’s been good, so I’m going to point it out anyways, but I just want to mention, full disclosure, that one of our members is having issues with him, so just take that into account.
This is the only guy I’ve used for phone verified accounts that’s been any good for, like, well over a year, so I’ve just stuck with him. It’s bulkpva.com.
Marco: Yeah, I’d-
Bradley: Go ahead.
Marco: I’d like to mention, too, that we ordered accounts and they were resold, and so-
Bradley: Okay, so don’t use them is what you’re saying.
Marco: No, I’m not saying, “Don’t.” I’m saying that, when you get them, you have to change the phone number and the email, right? The email that you used to recover the password. Switch that up right away in all, whatever accounts that you order. Because they’re a pain in the ass, which is why you should have a VA.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: Because they did get resold and so it was a whole big mess, and so, you know, we talked to him and he just gets so many orders that he’s swamped, and so I think it’s more a case of him not paying attention to what he’s doing, rather than being dishonest.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: But I wanna add that that happened to us.
Bradley: Well thanks. I appreciate that, because again, and that’s why I wanted to fully disclose what Beau had mentioned, too because like I said, I’ve never had any issues with him, but in part, the reason that Marco just said that he thinks it’s because he’s getting too many damn orders. It’s probably because I’ve recommended the dude quite a bit. He was extremely happy when I started recommending him because he was like … And maybe that’s why I never have any issues with him, because he always takes care of me because I sent so much business to him.
But regardless, like I said, you know, be careful, Earl. That’s the only guy I’ve used but apparently some people have been having issues recently, so there you go.
How Do You Handle Content Issues With A WordPress That Stop Syndicating To A Network?
Chris says, “I recently had WordPress take down one of my syndication channels without warning. Not exactly sure why. Maybe because some of the content that was being syndicated was short codes that did not translate well to the WordPress site, or maybe it was posting too often. Wondering the best way to handle this. Do I try rebuilding all the site posts that used to be on WordPress all at once or over time or another WordPress site, or just start syndicating with a new channel and not worry about getting the older stuff posted.”
Chris, that’s gonna happen from time to time. No matter what you do, there are gonna be times where one of your Web 2s, even a branded property that you’ve taken well care of will sometimes still get terminated because of the automation that we’re using. That sometimes will trigger it. There’s just a number of reasons. It’s rare … We go to great lengths through how we set up these accounts to prevent from that happening, but it does happen from time to time and there’s nothing any of us can do about it, right? Except try to prevent it, right?
So Chris, yeah, we’ve even had some of ours terminated, and what you mentioned about a short code, so like if you were using a plugin or something on your main money site that inserted short codes into the post which would obviously, when the page was loaded, would convert into a script or an image or whatever it was that you needed it to be, when it gets syndicated, that’s not going to occur because that plugin’s not present on the WordPress.com site, if that makes sense.
So you’ve gotta be careful about that. We’ve had that same issue on a number of occasions with some of the stuff that we’ve syndicated from our own blog, causing problems. Like, you know, form code for example. Opt-in form code that just looks like raw code on the page because it doesn’t translate 'cause it’s not in the short code and the plugin’s not present. That kind of stuff, so … You just gotta be wary of all of that.
Something that you can do if you are going to continue to use those kind of like short code plugins and things like that on your money site … Excuse me, I’ve got somebody calling in. Hold on a minute, let me hang up on them. Sorry guys. Give me a second. It’s my Google Voice number. It’s a spam call, I’m sure. Okay, so if you’re gonna continue to use those kind of, um … It’s still ringing. I’m going to have to just let it ring out.
If you’re still going to use those kind of plugins, I would recommend that you just set your WordPress post to your RSS settings from “full post” to “summary.” Now I know for branded properties we like to recommend using the full post, the full text of the post, instead of just the summary, but if you’re using short codes and things like that from your main money site that aren’t going to syndicate and post into the blogs of your syndication network, then you may want to use the summary post instead. Okay? Or reconsider what you’re posting within the content of your posts so that you don’t have those issues. You could do that as well.
Is It Okay To Upload 30 Videos At Once In A YouTube Money Channel That Is Syndicated To A T-1 Network?
All right. Dave’s up. He says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube.” Uh, oh. It’s, by the way, just so you know, do try … I would say start a new WordPress.com site and then just start syndicating posts from that point forward. The moment of origin forward, if that makes sense, because I wouldn’t worry about going back and publishing all the already published posts on the new WordPress site. I wouldn’t worry about that. It’s too much manual work. If you’ve got a VA you can send it to, fine, but I wouldn’t do it yourself. If it were me, I would just create a new account, attach it to the Network. Set up the automation that triggers and all that, and then I would just post from that point forward, okay?
Dave says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube for a money channel. Is it a bad idea to upload the 30 videos at once? Will it cause problems with some of the new network properties getting that many videos all at once?”
Yeah, I wouldn’t do that Dave. I would probably not do more than like five posts per day. [crosstalk 00:20:48] But you could do that, you know, five posts per day over six days. That’s what I would do. And it’s not … It’s just because when you hit a … especially a new network with like a whole bunch of posts all at once like that, it’s likely gonna be terminated. Okay? So you don’t want to do that.
In fact, like we always mention, or it’s mentioned in the training, you should post a few posts, as we call seed posts, and leave it sit for a few days. Post with no links, by the way, or only links to other blog posts on that same platform. So in other words, if it’s a Blogger blog, you can link to another Blogger blog post from somebody else’s Blogger blog because it’s still the Blogger domain. I wouldn’t have any external links, okay? It would be an internal link to another Blogger blog. Might not be yours, but somebody else’s. That’s the only type of link I would have, and then I’d let it sit for about seven days before starting to do any automated posting. And then when you do, ramp up slowly. Don’t do thirty at once. Do something like maybe one or two a day for a couple of days, and then you can ramp it up from there. If you’ve only got thirty videos, I’d probably spread that over, you know, a week to 10 days, something like that. If it’s a new network. If it’s an established network, you can be a little bit more aggressive. All right.
Best Practices In Managing YouTube Channels If You Are Wholesaling Video Promotion Service
Columbia! She’s been crushing it. She’s been a go-getter. Columbia, I’ve been really proud of you, coming here every week and asking questions, and I seek that you’re going with the agency model and it sounds like you’re well on your way and I just wanted to say that that’s awesome. We appreciate you being here and taking action. She says, “My goal is to promote videos in five to eight niches, with each niche having a YouTube channel and associated website to support videos from multiple cities, as I am wholesaling video promotion service.” Very good. She says, “If I set up five to eight YouTube channels with each having an associated website, could I put all of those on my main Google and YouTube account, or do I need to break them up under some separate persona Google accounts? Each associated websites would just have a tier one network, but I will likely want to stack two or more tier twos on some of or most of the YouTube channels.”
Which is, yeah, that’s a good idea, Columbia. Is it a good idea to your main Google account? Okay, again, and this is the same advice that I always use, even though your problem … I can tell, Columbia, that you’re gonna be taking care of these networks, and you’re not gonna be doing anything real spammy, your setting up for long term, I still recommend that you would create each of the five to eight YouTube channels under a different persona account and then add yourself, Columbia Jones, your profile as a manager of all of them.
So after you’ve created the YouTube channel under a persona account, then you go in and you add yourself as a manager so that you can access, manage and maintain all of those channels from your main Google profile. It’ll make it convenient and much easier to work on, but it will protect each one of those channels in the event, God forbid, that something were to happen to your account, Columbia, that you wouldn’t use all of those assets, because even if your account got terminated, and again, that’s worst case scenario, but if your account got terminated for some reason or another, all of those other channels would still be present and available because they weren’t your … You, as the profile Columbia Jones, wasn’t the channel owner. You were just a manager, if that makes sense. So I’d do that specifically for risk mitigation, right? Just set up different … create a different persona account. Set up the channel, and then make yourself the manager. And that way you protect yourself.
“So how many channels with each associated website can I run on my main Google account without running into problems, as I would be setting up five to eight niches all within a single month?” Again if you … You can manage up to 50 channels from any one profile. So, again, set them all up underneath different … So the channel owners are different personas. Different Google accounts. And then add yourself as a manager. And you can add as many channels, I mean, up to 50 channels as a manager to your account, Columbia, and that won’t look weird at all because there’s a lot of people out there that are, you know, digital marketing consultants, and they manage a lot of channels and stuff, so it’s natural to do that. I wouldn’t worry about it.
“If I do need to break these up and put them under separate Google accounts, would those persona Google accounts be a persona individual or persona business name?” It can be a persona business name. It doesn’t matter because you’re setting up a business channel. Does that make sense? So when you create a persona, you’re gonna have a persona, a profile-based YouTube channel. That just comes associated with the Google account that you create, but when you go to set up a channel, you want to create a business channel. That’s how you give it a brand name and all that other stuff. Okay? All right, great question by the way, Columbia.
What Is The Best Strategy To Use When Doing Lead Gen Business That Is On A Revenue Share Management?
Mohammed Makki says, “Hey guys, I’ve started doing lead-gen for a local home builder and I have a question. It’s a revenue share agreement, so for every sale he makes, I get a good amount.” That’s a great strategy, Mohammed; that’s the same type of model that I prefer. “I trust this guy since I’ve worked with him before, but I still want to make sure that I know what’s going on. Is an answering service like the one you use on Local Kingpin the best way to do this?”
It is, in my experience Mohammed. So the reason why I say that is because I get … Any call that goes … Okay, so, on the lead-gen sites that I have that … I’m just about on 90% of them. I have an answering service call center set up that I pay for. It’s my expense, but the reason I do that is because any call that comes through, it first … It does several things. Number one: it screens the calls because anybody here that has been doing … Either has your own local business or you provide local business marketing services and you, so you manage stuff for clients, you already know that you get freaking hammered with solicitation calls all day long from every type of business out there. From credit card processing machines to marketing services to Yelp. Yelp’ll call you 15 times a freaking week. It’s ridiculous.
And so I use an answering service, number one: because it’s an automated call screening system. Any solicitation call gets screened out by the answering service, so it doesn’t bother the contractor or the service provider who’s purchasing the leads with a bunch of spam calls. Right? So that’s number one.
Number two: any lead that’s a valid lead is going to answer the call screener’s questions, which means once that lead is done, or once the call is over, that’s a bona fide lead that I can go for. Now obviously I still get some solicitation leads that come through. In other words, they’re people that answer some questions from the call screener so the lead still gets pushed through, but it’s very clearly identified as such when it goes through. So what happens is, with AnswerConnect, that’s the service I use, by the way. Answerconnect.com. I’ve been using them for about five years. Great service.
Anyways, I get an email copy of every lead call that comes through, and then it also gets emailed and texted to the service provider, and so again, I like to use it because it’s a call screening system. I have a record of everything. I’ve got an email and a text record, plus AnswerConnect keeps records of everything as well. And so, for me, that’s how I validate everything.
Now, if somebody submits a web form, a contact form, you know, contact request form, on a lead-gen page instead of calling, then I get a copy of the email that also gets sent to the service provider, and now I’m using Zapier, I don’t know the proper way to pronounce it, but I’m using Zapier to send an SMS text alert, it connects with Twilio, but it’ll basically monitors a Gmail address and every time a new lead comes in from that lead-gen funnel, it triggers Zapier to send a text message via Twilio to the contractor notifying him that a new lead had come in and to check his email for the lead data. And that’s only for contract request form submissions, if that makes sense. Phone calls go through AnswerConnect.
Hernan: Mm. May I?
Bradley: Go ahead.
Hernan: May I add something, Bradley? I think that this really valuable and you first told me about AnswerConnect, back in the day. I think it was two years ago, but I think that you’re adding a lot of value to the process, right? Because if you can sell a qualified lead … Because, here’s the deal: you can sell that lead to one contractor for example, or to one client. That would be like an exclusive lead. Or you can get it qualified and sell it to multiple contractors or to multiple business, right? You will need to be really clear that that lead will be, you know, sold to many, so that … The value of that lead usually decreases. You know, if it’s qualified plus exclusive lead, you can charge premium for that because they’re going through … It’s not completely automated. They are going through some kind of interaction with a person, right? So I think that adds a lot of value and it will solve a lot of problems in terms of tracking and in terms of qualifying the leads. Again, because, you know, you want to send a contractor the best possible leads, you know?
Bradley: Yeah.
Hernan: So I think that adds a lot of value. It’s a little bit more expensive to run it that way, but I think it’s sort of worth it because, again, you can charge a premium for your leads because they are coming through a verified source, right? They are going through human interaction first, and then they are going to be pushed through the contractor.
That doesn’t mean that the contractor doesn’t have to … or your client, they will have to act fast because that lead is warm [inaudible 00:30:56]. Right? They’re hot. They’ve gone through one interaction. They are going through another. So they’re willing to the purchase process. That adds something that you can 100% outsource. It’s a little bit more expensive but this is kind of … The little things that add a lot of value to your business and will make those businesses stick with you for a longer time than any other lead generation company that does this massively and all they’re doing are pushing calls. Does that make sense?
Bradley: Yeah. And the other part of that is, you know, by providing the answering service, we’re doing the service provider a favor, too because the calls are automatically screened and it prevents them wasting time and energy on answering the phone for spam calls or solicitation calls, and that’s a huge selling benefit for contractors or for service providers. Again, mostly for me it’s contractors so …
But, and like Hernan said, I also, you know, if you’re going to sell exclu- … I promote my services as exclusivity of leads. It’s rare that I will ever sell a lead to more than one service provider. It does happen from time to time, but it’s usually rare and it’s usually because there’s a specific reason for it, so I always just charge more per lead if I’m selling on a per-lead basis, or if it’s a revenue share, like what you’re talking about, Mohammed, then it’s an exclusive lead anyways. That’s just a given.
Is It Normal For Keyword Lists From Google Adwords To Have Names Of Different Cities?
The last part of your question, “Is it normal for keyword lists from AdWords to have names of different cities? Despite my living in Alberta, Canada, a large portion of my AdWords list contains American cities and states.” Yeah, that’s because the vast majority of search traffic is coming from Google U.S., but just, Mohammed, what you can do is … This isn’t an AdWords tutorial, guys, I’m certainly not going to log in to my AdWords dashboard to show you this, but Mohammed, what you can do is make sure that you set your advanced location targeting or advanced location options to where you are only … That only include people that are in your target location, not that are in or show interest in. That’s number one. So do that number one.
Number two is set an exclusion list. That’s something else you can do. Again, I can’t go into it and show it to you here, but you can set an exclusion list and actually specifically exclude all 50, or the United States for example. And if you set that as your exclusion list, then people that are searching, even if they’re in your target location, so let’s say Alberta, Canada, but they search for, let’s say, you know, “Remodeling company New York City.” Then if you have New York or all of the United States in your exclusion list, then it will prevent the ad from showing to them, even if they’re in your Alberta Canada and they’re searching for one of your keywords, which might be, you know, “Remodeling contractor,” or, you know, “Home builder,” or whatever it is that your keyword is. It’ll prevent it from showing to them because they’re showing an interest in a location that’s on your exclusion list, if that makes sense.
How To Test A New YouTube Syndication Network?
That’s also really important for call-only ads, guys, that you set your exclusion list to. All right. All right. So Greg’s up. He says, “Hi. Wondering really how to test a new YouTube syndication network. How do we download a video from YouTube to test our new YouTube syndication network?” Well, you can download it. Use Firefox and use something like Video DownloadHelper extension or something like that. There’s a ton of them, guys. They’re a dime a dozen. Just go search, “Firefox YouTube download extension” or something like that and just pick one. The one that I use is Video DownloadHelper. Been using it for years and you can view and just about any video, in the Firefox browser when you have that extension, and then you can just click the extension itself and download the video. You can do that, but why would … You don’t even need to do that, Greg.
What I would suggest doing is setting up either a like trigger applet or setting up a subscription trigger applet. So, and then publicly subscribe to another channel or something that you can upload a video … What I’m saying is you don’t need to download … In fact, for what you’re specifically asking, I would say just set up a like trigger applet and just go like one of the videos on one of your other channels or at least, if you don’t have a video in that specific niche that’s your own video, then just go like somebody else’s video that’s in that niche so it’ll help to theme your network, too, because I see what you’re saying about … “Once it’s tested, do we need to go into network properties and remove the syndicated video?” Well, if it’s a thematically relevant video, right? If it’s themed, if it’s relevant, then there’s really on reason to go in and do that and delete the post from the network. My point is: set up a like recipe and just go like a video, whether it’s yours or somebody else’s, preferably one that’s gonna be relevant to what the network’s about so that you don’t have to go in and delete it later. And that’s how you can test it. Okay?
Does Using Aged Or Expired Web2.0 Accounts On The Persona Rings Would Help Boost Rankings? 
Okay, Alexander, he comes every week now and asks questions as well, so Alexander: What’s up buddy? He says, “Hi guys. It’s good to be here again. Let’s get down to business. I’ll do my first video gig for a client.” Sweet. “He said he’d pay me to set up … set him … to set up to him but not enough money so I could make another one for me and use to rank videos as a service.” Okay. “Does using aged/expired Web 2.0 accounts in the persona rings would help boost rankings or will be worse because we have some random anchor text from referring domains theme?”
No, aged Web 2.0s will certainly help. I mean, look, if you’re doing it specifically for SEO purposes, then yes, using aged Web 2.0s will help. There’s no doubt. I’ve seen some really strong Tumblrs that can do some really amazing things with some strong Tumblrs and there’s a million Tumblr scrapers out there now, guys. Shit, you can go to Fiverr and like SEOClerks and those different types of services and buy Tumblrs now, so it’s simple to do, and yeah, those work. For purely SEO purposes? You can absolutely do that.
Now, for branding purposes, I recommend that you set up your own with the branded username. But again, for purely SEO purposes, expired Web 2.0s are certainly going to help. Okay? “Should I add some RSS feeds to the endpoint accounts/accounts that don’t trigger others so that way I get more related content to build their theme/topical relevance?” You can. That’s what, like out at tier two and stuff like that, if that’s what you’re doing, and you said this was a video gig, so chances are they’re … You’ve got multi-tiered networks anyways, then yeah, absolutely you can, guys.
That’s the thing: if you guys are … I mean, even for YouTube, but especially for blogs … But here’s the thing, guys, if you’ve got, let’s say a two tier network for YouTube, and remember YouTube, we don’t have to worry about footprint issues or anything else. My point is if you’re uploading videos but you’re not staying consistent and you’re not uploading a lot of videos, but you want to keep increasing the power of the network, then yeah, set up some related content triggers on the tier two networks, even for YouTube networks, guys, because you can start feeding relevant content into those secondary networks.
I don’t do it to the branded networks. I never do it to the branded networks, but on the tier two networks, or persona-based networks, they can be tier one persona-based networks tied to your YouTube channel, right? But even for those, yeah, it makes absolute sense to use related content feeds to add additional content to those networks because it’ll help to increase the relevancy and it will … Again, instead of all the content just coming from one source, which would be your YouTube channel, you start to make it more natural because it’s starting to curate, it’s essentially what you’re doing, right? Other people’s content. Related content. So absolutely you can do that. I recommend doing that, in fact, on tier two stuff.
Okay, “Or is there a way to do it even for lower tier feeder rings, uh, a way to send content to tier one that would not be syndicated again on the other tiers.” No, I wouldn’t do that. Again, I wouldn’t … If it’s persona-based tier one network you can add content into there and that’ll take care of the second tier networks because you can set the trigger up on tier one, but if you’re doing branded tier one, then on the … Then I would set the related content triggers up on tier two because I don’t like to feed other people’s content into branded tier ones, if that makes sense. Persona-based is fine. Branded, no.
What Are Some Good Link Building Strategies For Persona Accounts?
“If you can, would like to hear more about backlinking strategies to those kind of persona accounts. Thanks guys.” Backlinking strategies is just contextual links to those properties. If it’s out at tier two, you can be even more aggressive, more spammy. Generally, what we like to do is contextual at tier ones to the network properties. Typically on domains that have, not the pages … We’ve had some issues with people saying, “I just got our link report and the PA is one on every link page that was created.” Well, that’s what happens when you create a new page online; it is a PA of one. Period. It doesn’t start with anything higher than one.
And so, anyways, my point is that you … We try to use domains with higher decent metrics, relatively speaking, right? Compared to all the other spam sites out there, and then set contextual links, we try not to hammer our network properties, anywhere between 50 to 125 contextual links per property, and then we throw spam behind those. Okay?
Are You Using RSS Masher And Rankwyz For Related Content Feeds?
Adam: Real quick, Bradley to … Alexander was asking if, for the related content feeds, what tool would you recommend? RSS Masher or Rank Whizz or something else?
Bradley: Uh, yes. Any one of those. You know, it really doesn’t matter. Rank Feeder, which is Lisa Allen’s tool, it’s a great tool, that’s more of an SEO tool, which is great, it’s very very powerful. It works really well. It basically is running on the principle of co-citation and it works really really well. RSS Masher, which is Damon Nelson’s product, that’s also good. That’s more of a … There are some SEO benefits that you can do with that, but it’s more of a, in my opinion, more of a traffic tool than it is just an SEO tool. I think Rank Feeder is very specifically an SEO tool and RSS Masher has a little bit … It’s not as good for SEO but it has other functionalities that make it better for other things, if that makes sense. You have to figure out what your objective is and select the correct product based upon that. Okay?
Okay, cool. You think that answered that? Hopefully.
Adam: Yeah.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Also, I don’t know, let’s see. Alexander, if you’re in the SEO academy or syndication academy, excuse me, the last update webinar we did, I showed … I think it was the last update webinar. I showed how to use Zapier or Zapier, whatever, for creating your own custom RSS feeds and it’s awesome because you can basically code your own stuff. Like literally, you can create your own RSS feed in Zapier now. Like, your own custom feed with different content sources. You can splice. You can mash. You can add links into every single feed item. You can add citation in every feed item. All that was covered in the most recent update webinar, so go back and watch it. Marco, were you gonna say something?
Marco: Nah.
Are You Using Your YouTube Channel For Putting Up Client Videos And Ranking Them And Doing The In-Market Ads Or Do You Use Your Own YouTube Channel?
Bradley: Okay. Don’s up. What’s up, Don? He says, “For full on SEO clients, not just video ranking clients, are using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them or doing it in-market ads? And doing the in-market ads? Or do you use your own YouTube channel?” So are you using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them and doing the in-market ads or do you use your own YouTube channel? I think that was it. That was the department of redundancy department.
Yes, I’m still using my own channel. Now, listen, what I’ll do is I will take … When a client has a video, or if I have a video made for a client, which happens a lot, then I will upload that video to their channel, but then I’ll also upload it to my channel because my channel is the one that has all of the SEO all the networks. It’s got the authority, the relevancy, all that kind of stuff. Typically, because, again, I’ve already … Most of my con- my … Unless it’s a client that I don’t have a network built for, like that’s in an industry that I have nothing for, in which case I’ll just do it on their channel because I’m not, like … But that’s why I try to stick with just clients or lead-gen assets that are in this categories that I’ve already built the infrastructure for, if that makes sense.
I don’t like to take … I did just take on a new client three or four … Nah, I guess it’s been about five weeks now because I got the first subscription payment from them. So it’s been about five weeks and they’re preschool. I’ve never done any preschool marketing but it was a client referral from one of my best clients that I’ve had for five years so that’s why I took the job, and so I don’t have a network for them, if that makes sense. So, basically … And I’ve already done a couple videos for them but I put it on their channel. Because, again, I don’t have a network built for preschools and I don’t plan on building one, either.
So, my point is, I use my network where it fits for the SEO part of it, and then yes, I’ll just use, because I’m trying to rank the video through my channel and my network, then that’s the same video that I will use in the YouTube ad, if I’m setting up the local clicks campaign, which is essentially what I’m doing.
But again, I can still upload the video to their channel as well. That way they feel all nice and warm and fuzzy that their video is on their channel, but all the benefit of that video is coming from my channel because that’s the one that’s ranked and providing the clicks and the leads and the exposure and all that kind of stuff. All right?
Adam: Just real quick. I’m having a conversation with somebody on a YouTube channel. I know some people get lost there and go over to YouTube channel instead of the Google event and check and make sure everyone’s able to get to the event page, but I see that you’re commenting on this page, too, but sorry, we don’t have time to call everyone out by name and ask them to leave their comment, so. If anyone else is watching this and is confused, the way we do it is you just come to this page, write your questions on the event page right here, and, you know, we do first come first served, so sometimes we don’t get to all the questions, but that’s the way it is.
Bradley: This is pretty cool. Thank you, Paul. Paul says, “I use this guy for Google and YouTube accounts, haven’t had any problems and Is very reasonable.” Livemono … I don’t know what the hell that says, but he’s on Skype. I assuming that’s his Skype username.
Adam: Yeah, it must be.
Bradley: I’m not sure what the live colon means, but-
Adam: That might be part of his name. I know that you can use periods and other things as part of your Skype name, so that might be it.
Bradley: That’s pretty cool. I’m actually going to put that in a Notepad file 'cause I might reach out and I’ll say, “Hey, you want some business buddy? ‘Cause this other dude, like we blew his business up, man, because we sent him so much damn work and now he can’t keep up with it and its quality starting to slip.” So maybe I’ll reach out to this dude. See if he’s interested in some additional work. Thanks, Paul.
Okay. EntrepreN8 Consulting. “Are we able to join the group with video?” I’m not sure what you mean.
Adam: Yeah, don’t worry. I answered him.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Yeah, Adam, if you want to … Yeah, go ahead. We’ve still got about ten minutes.
Adam: Yeah, I was going to say. Paul, I think, is one of the people who might be able to join us, so I just wanted to let everyone know that we’re looking at some possibilities for a Semantic Mastery meet-up in the Portland area. Portland, Oregon in September. So we’re going to be having some more information about that. If you’re within, you know, a few hours of there and you’d be interested in that, stay tuned. We’ll have some more information on that as far as where we can meet up but we’d like to do a … You know, it’d be a … I don’t know. We haven’t even decided the details. A few hours, get together, talk SEO, talk marketing, talk shop. I guarantee you, have a beer or two, and have a good time, so we’ll be having some more information about that soon.
Bradley: Yeah, it’s not gonna be like … We’re not hosting a live event type thing, guys. It’s gonna be literally a meet-up, like a casual get-together. If anybody wants to come out and see and hang out with us and have a few drinks and just talk marketing, and really it’s more about networking. It’s not like we’re gonna just have some training session. It’s not like that at all. It’s about networking. Rubbing elbows. Meet-and-greet. That kind of stuff, and obviously we’ll be talking shop. There’s no doubt. But it’s gonna be … And it’s … It’s just gonna be a way we’re gonna start trying to do that.
At least, we’re planning on wanting to do that a couple times a year, so, in various parts of the country, so. In the U.S., at least, as far as we know. I don’t like to travel. All right, cool. [crosstalk 00:48:33]
Adam: Also, real quick. Sorry, real quick. I was gonna say Alexander, are you asking a question about the webinar and Zapier? If you are, before we hop off, say something.
Chris: Can I get one of those in my webpage? [inaudible 00:48:44]
Do You Have Already Get Into The Limit Of Playlists On A YouTube Channel?
Bradley: All right. Alexander says, “You guys have already get into the limit of playlists on a channel because if I want to create one playlist for each focused keyword on a city … I’ll end up with a …” Yeah, no, I don’t … I mean, I don’t do that. Look, I don’t create play … Like, Bill Cousins, he’s got a great software, Rocket Video Ranker or whatever. He’s got a playlist option in there that will create a single playlist for each keyword as well. I don’t do that. To me, that is just way too much overkill, and if …
Honestly, I just always use playlists as like a container. It’s like a silo. That’s it. So I try to go broad, so broader type keywords, more top of funnel type keywords with a playlist and then I put all of the supporting keywords, longer-tail stuff within that playlist, if that makes sense.
I don’t know if there’s a limit to how many videos you can put in a playlist or how many playlists you can have in a channel. I don’t know that because, again, I don’t use them like that, so I’ve never played with that. All right? That’s just too much work in my opinion.
“The other idea is to get just one playlist per city and inside it work one main keyword plus internal link where is for other important keywords.” Yeah, I mean again, I would recommend doing, you know, it depends on how you’re gonna categorize or silo out your channel, right? You can do a city playlist and that is … And remember, you can have a video in more than one playlist, guys.
So let’s say that you are providing marketing services in Atlanta, Georgia, and … Well, let’s say in all of Georgia, for example, and Atlanta is one of the cities, so and, let’s say that you work with plumbers, electricians, and HVAC contractors. Let’s just say that those are the three types of businesses that you work with. I recommend you work with one and one only, but let’s just say three. Then you could have an Atlanta business playlist that has all three of those business types in it because the common denominator, the common theme is they’re all Atlanta-based businesses. Then you could have an electrician silo or playlist, and all electrician videos go in there. One for plumbers, one for HVAC, right? So you could do that, and then again, you could have the electrician playlist, for example, you could have Atlanta, and, what, Savannah is another city in Georgia because the common denominator there is they’re all electrician videos. Right? So you could have electrician videos from different cities in that playlist, if that makes sense.
So the point is that you can have a video in more than one playlist. The idea is to keep the category or the theme relevant throughout. Does that make sense? So that, again … I wouldn’t … You can have multiple playlists and there’s a reason for using multiple playlists, so that you can increase relevancy across different keywords or across different geographic locations as needed. All right?
Let’s see. Are we almost done? “Bradley, where’s the link to the webinar about … Oh man, awesome. Zapier. Thanks.” Yeah, that’s the last update webinar we did in syndication academy. And for whatever reason it wasn’t posted in the members area after we did it and I just posted it a couple days ago, maybe it was Friday of last week. So it is in the members area now in the update section.
“Hundreds of accounts … ” Thanks, Paul. We appreciate that. Let’s see.
Fuck you, Wayne. That’s awesome. Yeah, “Tell me where to get access to … The IF-?” Uh, yeah. That’s the syndication academy. The member’s area, so it should be members.syndication.academy. That’s the login screen. All right?
Adam: And real quick Bradley, just, since we’re out of questions on this page and we’ve got a couple minutes. Over on the live chat on the YouTube side of things, somebody was asking, are we the ones who said to use the Network Empire Silo Plugin?
Bradley: Yes. I mentioned it.
Adam: Okay.
Bradley: Somebody asked about it and I mentioned it.
Adam: Cool. So you still use it?
Bradley: Yeah, I mean … I’m not building WordPress sites that much anymore. Very rare. Usually now when I build a WordPress site it’s only for the blog and that’s it because I’m using ClickFunnels now as my website builder for just about everything.
Adam: Gotcha.
Bradley: However, I’m about to start a project that I am gonna need to build a silos, and so, it … Just so you guys know, on all the sites that I have that are existing sites that have been siloed for the last four years, I’ve been using that plugin, yes. It was originally called the DWS Silo Builder.
Adam: Mm-hmm.
Bradley: I don’t know what it’s called now. It’s a very simple plugin. As far as I know, it’s free. It used to be free. That’s what I’ve used. Now, again, if I’m going to silo out another site … I don’t even know what the other options are now because I’ve just never used anything other than that. So.
Adam: Cool.
Bradley: Anything else?
Adam: Think we’re good. Uh, last call. We’ve got a couple minutes here. I think … That’s about it. Anybody got any more announcements or anything else coming up? Let me check our calendar real quick before we hop off. Nope. Hernan mentioned it. The Battleplan buyers update webinar. I’ll pop a link in if you want to grab the Battleplan. I would suggest you do that. We’ll have the update webinar tomorrow, and then we’ll have some news going out about good webinar with Keith Mallinson on Monday. So we’ve got some good stuff coming just in the next week.
Bradley: Yeah, I won’t be here next week, guys, 'cause I’m going on vacation. So I might pop in, depending on what’s going on. Looks like my video’s all choppy. It’s weird. Anyways, I won’t be here next week but it looks like the rest of the team has got it covered, so. Marco’s going to be rubbing his weather in everybody’s faces as usual.
Marco: Of course I am. Why else would I live in Costa Rica in paradise if I couldn’t rub the weather in your face?
Bradley: That’s right. All right guys. Well everybody, have a good day. Let’s see. We have a webinar tomorrow, don’t we?
Adam: Correct, we-
Bradley: A Battleplan webinar.
Adam: Correct, correct. Yup.
Bradley: That’s right. Okay. So we’ll see a lot of you on that. Otherwise, we’ll see everybody next week. Thanks everyone.
Adam: Bye everybody!
Hernan: Thanks! [crosstalk 00:54:55]
Chris: Bye everyone.
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Adam: I got some, but … okay. All right, well, there we are. Hey everybody. We are live, only one minute late. We were scrambling; not gonna lie, but Bradley got everything sorted out so here we are, and this is Hump Day Hangouts episode 137. Today is the 21st of June, so we’ll do our thing real quick and say, “Hi” to everybody, and then we will get started. So Chris, how’s it going man?
Chris: Been good. In a heat wave here in Austria.
Adam: Yeah? What do you … What kind of temperatures are you dealing with?
Chris: 34 degrees celsius-
Adam: Yikes. That’s like 90 something I think, right?
Chris: Yeah, 93 or so.
Adam: Yuck. All right. I’ll pass. I’m living in luxury, man. It’s like 75. This has been awesome. Hernan, how about yourself? You got like six feet of snow or something or what’s going on down there?
Hernan: No, doesn’t snow actually. It doesn’t actually snow in Buenos Aires, so it’s not even funny. You know?
Adam: Okay.
Hernan: Yeah, get the all humid cold, but it’s not even fun to go out and … But anyways, yeah, I’m excited to be here. I’m excited for tomorrow’s webinar for the Battleplan members so it’s gonna be a lot of fun and I’m excited to be here.
Adam: Awesome, awesome. Marco, how you doing man? It looks pretty nice there. I’m guessing the weather’s probably pretty good. Maybe.
Bradley: Maybe he’s muted.
Adam: Maybe not. All right. Well. I’m gonna go with the weather is probably pretty good but we’ll fill that in later. So Bradley, how you doing man?
Bradley: Good. I’m glad that I got it fired up at the last minute, man. It was my Chrome cache was, I guess, clogged up I guess two gigabytes of cache is enough to slow down a browser.
Adam: Imagine that.
Bradley: So I had to shut everything down, run CCleaner and then start it back up and it took longer than I expected, but we’re here, so better late than never.
Adam: Good deal. All right, well, just real quick, if you’re new to Semantic Mastery, first of all, thanks for showing up to Hump Day Hangouts. We certainly appreciate it. You should definitely check out the Battleplan. I’ll share that link shortly below and then, also if you haven’t yet, for some reason, signed up for your free account at SERP Space, head over there. We got the Done-For-You services there and also a couple free tools with more coming, stuff like Mark Up and stuff like that.
And then, before we dive into stuff I just wanted to share this. This is like Adam’s little book report minute. I’ve been taking my book reading up a notch. I’m trying to knock out a book like every week or two, and so this is “High Profit Prospecting.” Let’s see; who’s this by? Mark Hunter. So, good book so far. It’s exactly what it sounds like. If you’re someone who does outreach for customers, who, I’m guessing nearly everybody here should probably be doing that, I think it’s a good read. The big one, it’s on prospecting, obviously, and then attitude as well as getting into the specifics of how you can approach people, which is really good. I don’t come from a sales background, so it’s been a good refresher. You know, we always hear about, you know, “Okay, here’s the ABC’s of this,” but definitely good to go into that and get some more detail, so, pretty good read. I think it was like 10 bucks on Amazon, so if you’re interested in that, you should check it out.
Bradley: Awesome. That’s a really good recommendation. I haven’t read that one yet, but I’m gonna add it to my list. I’m trying to do the same thing, Adam, is read about a book every two weeks or so, and I only got 30 minutes scheduled every day to read, but I’m trying to keep to that schedule so that I actually get it done, and I’ve just finished reading, for the second time, Bill Good’s “Hot Prospects” book, so that one’s probably gonna be a good one to follow up with so I appreciate you pointing that out.
Adam: Yeah, and I’ll probably put something on the page, on the Semantic Mastery page if people are interested. If you guys are interested or if you have any questions or anything, just pop the question on this page if you’re at the event and I’ll answer that but, anyways, you guys have any announcements, anything we need to cover today?
Hernan: I think we’re good.
Bradley: I think so.
Adam: All right, let’s roll.
Bradley: All right, cool. Let’s see, before I get into-
Marco: [inaudible 00:03:52] Before you get into that-
Bradley: I’m sorry.
Marco: For you guys dealing with the heat, I just want to show you something. I just want to show you something, man. Dig that motherfuckers, dig that. 75 degrees. Beautiful weather. Come on, man.
Bradley: Tropical climate.
Marco: [crosstalk 00:04:13] Why deal with the cold? I have a little waterfall in the background, just keeping me peaceful. While you guys [crosstalk 00:04:26]
Adam: I’m beginning to think Marco is subsidized by the government, you know, to boost [crosstalk 00:04:31]-
Marco: You know, right? Ed’s trying to log in, man. He’s using my login but … So if you see two Marcos, it’s Ed.
Chris: Ed’s cool.
Bradley: Ed is one of our newer Mastermind members. He’s a real hustler. He’s been out just crushing it and getting new clients. I mean, it’s just amazing how much action that dude’s taking, so, he’s down there visiting Marco right now, and, if he can, he’ll jump on.
Mini Case Study On Video Re-Indexing And Re-Ranking For Video Production Company Using Video Powerhouse
All right. So let’s get to questions and stuff. There’s something I do want to share in just a moment, though. Just very quickly, ‘cause I want to show you guys something. Let me zoom in on all this first. All right, cool.
So this is something … You guys should be seeing my full screen, correct?
Adam: Yeah, I got your whole desktop.
Hernan: Yep.
Chris: Okay.
Bradley: I’m gonna zoom in on this a little bit. All right, this is from Pro Rank Tracker. This is a screenshot I just took yesterday of a local video that I had done for the video production company that I do a ton of work for. They had a client, or one of their customers had been paying for SEO services for their video for about 6 months and then they allowed their subscription to lapse or to expire, I guess, and so I unlisted the video, which was in the number one position for the six or eight months, whatever it was, that it was running before their subscription expired, and once it had expired, I just went through and unlisted the video, but it had been sitting at number one for, you know, six or eight months.
So, when I unlisted the video obviously it fell out of the index for a while, and it was probably, I don’t know, three or four months had passed before they resubscribed to the service for whatever reason. I don’t know why they went so long without renewing but, whatever. They contacted the video production company and renewed their Video Boost subscription. That’s what they call it.
So I went in and just reset the video back to public instead of unlisted. However, it didn’t just appear back in number one position, and I didn’t expect it to. In fact, I even charged the company, the video production company, another setup fee, even though all I had to do was go in and unlist it. I mean, set it from unlisted to public, I still charged them the additional setup fee, which is a one-time fee for whenever I initially add a new video to a marketing campaign, and I told them, “It’s been paused for the last few months, so I’m going to have to charge you an additional setup fee.” And they said, “That’s fine.” Blah blah blah.
So anyways, I went in and I set it to public and I left it alone for a couple days. Well, first, of all, it didn’t re-index right away, which was kind of weird, but then, when it did re-index, which, I had to kind of force it to re-index, which, again, I thought was a bit strange, but when it did, you can see where the two main keywords that I was tracking, which is basically one keyword, just a variation of it, 'cause that’s how I do it with the video production company guys. I always, you know … Each video targets one keyword or a close variant so that it will rank for the close variants of that keyword, if that makes sense.
So I was only tracking two keywords for this one video but you can see when it did re-index, it re-indexed at position nine and position 12 or 13, respectively. What was crazy was … All I did … I put it … Sent this video through a video powerhouse blast. I did an embed blast of about 50 embeds. I did both primary and secondary embeds of only 50. And then I went in and I set up a YouTube AdWords campaign. An AdWords for video campaign using the video as the actual … So let me just explain how I did this, guys. I set up, inside of AdWords, I used in-stream video option, right? So it wasn’t a video discovery ad, it was … I just took the same video that I wanted ranked, right? And I used that URL as the in-stream video ad URL, and then the landing page link that you click on from the in-stream ad, right? That’s always the link that’s in the bottom left corner of the video when an in-stream ad is playing, that … All I did was use that YouTube URL, the same video that was the ad itself. I used that URL as the landing page URL, right? So does that make sense? So essentially an in-stream ad that when clicked will take somebody to a YouTube video, and it’s the same YouTube video.
But what I did was I set up geographic targeting, and I went into interest targeting using the in-market or ROI interest based targeting, which is called in-market targeting. Very very very powerful. I started playing with that a lot recently, and I’m getting really good results, especially for local.
So I set geo-targeting and I used interest-based targeting, the in-market, ROI targeting, and I went and I found that specific category, and this is a home services-type of business, and I selected that proper category, and I set my budget for one dollar per day, guys. One dollar per day. Now, if anybody’s been following us for long, you know that, for like the video production companies, I only charge 100 dollars per month per video to rank or per keyword to rank for them. That’s what I provide as wholesale services.
So I’m only making 100 bucks a month, but I set up a one dollar a day budget that has local IP’s with people that are in-market. Let me explain what I mean by that. Google understands now, through browsing history, recent browsing history, what people are looking for. Like, if they’re in-market, so to speak, for a particular product or service, then Google knows that because they’ve been searching buyer-type keywords, commercial intent keywords. Recently, it’s in their recent browsing history, right? And so Google places those people into a bucket that means that they’re highly likely or they’re really engaged with that particular product or service or keyword at that moment, so it’s highly likely that they’re in the market. That’s why it’s called, “in-market,” for that product or service.
So it doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at. The people in that bucket, doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at on YouTube. My ad can play in front of any video. A silly cat video. It doesn’t matter because they were … By Google’s own … Google has categorized them as being in-market, so they’re likely to convert.
So the reason I’m explaining this to you is because, with something so simple as setting up a one dollar a day ad and I got 10 clicks in the first day, or, no, I’m sorry. It was five clicks in the first day. I had 10 impressions, five clicks. So it was a 50% click-through rate on the video, which was interesting, but they’re all from local IP’s from people that are in-market, so that means it’s highly relevant traffic.
It’s relevant for two reasons: the geographic location, so local IP’s essentially, which will count as a local IP click to that video, plus those were in-market visitors or viewers, right? Clickers, so to speak. YouTube users. They’re in-market for that particular product or service category, anyways. So that means it’s highly relevant.
Well Google and YouTube knows that. So now the traffic that … The engagement that I just purchased from Google AdWords to that video was locally relevant and topically relevant, and it shot it direct … The very next day, it had jumped from whatever this is, nine and 13 or whatever to the number one position, and in fact, one of these keywords is now triggering the great big video. I know you guys know what I’m talking about. It doesn’t happen very often, but where the video is ranked number one and it’s freaking huge and it takes up where the maps pack would normally be.
And all I did, guys, like I said was just set up a local … I ran a 50-embed blast through video powerhouse and then I set up a local YouTube ad, and this was just yesterday. You can see that … You know, yesterday is when I took this screenshot, and it jumped, basically in 48 hours from … It went from not being indexed to being indexed at like nine and 13 for that variant, for that keyword, to being number one and also triggering that great big large video in the SERP, which is amazing, and I just wanted to point that out, guys, 'cause I know we’ve talked about that here on Hump Day Hangouts a lot, about using AdWords, because you’re buying engagement signals from … And you can specifically pinpoint where you want the engagement signals to come from, right?
You’re paying Google for engagement signals. Instead of buying views or buying fake social signals, you can buy real, organic … I say they’re organic because they’re real. They’re real click-throughs and real views from real people on real IP’s and real devices, with real browsing histories in a real location, if that makes sense, and it just works like crazy.
So any of you guys that are doing video SEO stuff, especially local, guys, this should just be a standard operating procedure for any one of your local campaigns, is set up an ad, run the targeting like I just mentioned, geographic targeting, and even if you just do a dollar a day, just until you get it ranked and then pause your ad campaign, it’ll help immensely.
So, brief little tutorial. Hopefully that was helpful. Anybody want to comment on that before we get any questions?
Chris: That was pretty amazing, Bradley.
Bradley: Yeah, thank you. Thank you. It’s quite … I mean, it’s just amazing and the fact that I saw that it triggered those big big videos, which is crazy, 'cause that’s rare that that happens. The six or eight months that it was ranked number one before I had unlisted it, it was never a big video, so it had quite an effect.
Where Can You Get A Double Verified Gmail Accounts?
Okay, cool. Earl’s up first. He says, “Can you suggest a place to get double-verified Gmail accounts? I cannot seem to find a source on Fiverr that I once used.”
Okay. I’m going to recommend a guy that we have been using for, I’d say over a year now, but one of our Mastermind members, Beau, who’s also our moderator in the Syndication Academy Facebook group said that he’s had terrible communication experience with this dude. So, anyways, I’ve never had any problems with him. He’s always been really good about replacing any accounts, the communication’s been good, so I’m going to point it out anyways, but I just want to mention, full disclosure, that one of our members is having issues with him, so just take that into account.
This is the only guy I’ve used for phone verified accounts that’s been any good for, like, well over a year, so I’ve just stuck with him. It’s bulkpva.com.
Marco: Yeah, I’d-
Bradley: Go ahead.
Marco: I’d like to mention, too, that we ordered accounts and they were resold, and so-
Bradley: Okay, so don’t use them is what you’re saying.
Marco: No, I’m not saying, “Don’t.” I’m saying that, when you get them, you have to change the phone number and the email, right? The email that you used to recover the password. Switch that up right away in all, whatever accounts that you order. Because they’re a pain in the ass, which is why you should have a VA.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: Because they did get resold and so it was a whole big mess, and so, you know, we talked to him and he just gets so many orders that he’s swamped, and so I think it’s more a case of him not paying attention to what he’s doing, rather than being dishonest.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: But I wanna add that that happened to us.
Bradley: Well thanks. I appreciate that, because again, and that’s why I wanted to fully disclose what Beau had mentioned, too because like I said, I’ve never had any issues with him, but in part, the reason that Marco just said that he thinks it’s because he’s getting too many damn orders. It’s probably because I’ve recommended the dude quite a bit. He was extremely happy when I started recommending him because he was like … And maybe that’s why I never have any issues with him, because he always takes care of me because I sent so much business to him.
But regardless, like I said, you know, be careful, Earl. That’s the only guy I’ve used but apparently some people have been having issues recently, so there you go.
How Do You Handle Content Issues With A WordPress That Stop Syndicating To A Network?
Chris says, “I recently had WordPress take down one of my syndication channels without warning. Not exactly sure why. Maybe because some of the content that was being syndicated was short codes that did not translate well to the WordPress site, or maybe it was posting too often. Wondering the best way to handle this. Do I try rebuilding all the site posts that used to be on WordPress all at once or over time or another WordPress site, or just start syndicating with a new channel and not worry about getting the older stuff posted.”
Chris, that’s gonna happen from time to time. No matter what you do, there are gonna be times where one of your Web 2s, even a branded property that you’ve taken well care of will sometimes still get terminated because of the automation that we’re using. That sometimes will trigger it. There’s just a number of reasons. It’s rare … We go to great lengths through how we set up these accounts to prevent from that happening, but it does happen from time to time and there’s nothing any of us can do about it, right? Except try to prevent it, right?
So Chris, yeah, we’ve even had some of ours terminated, and what you mentioned about a short code, so like if you were using a plugin or something on your main money site that inserted short codes into the post which would obviously, when the page was loaded, would convert into a script or an image or whatever it was that you needed it to be, when it gets syndicated, that’s not going to occur because that plugin’s not present on the WordPress.com site, if that makes sense.
So you’ve gotta be careful about that. We’ve had that same issue on a number of occasions with some of the stuff that we’ve syndicated from our own blog, causing problems. Like, you know, form code for example. Opt-in form code that just looks like raw code on the page because it doesn’t translate 'cause it’s not in the short code and the plugin’s not present. That kind of stuff, so … You just gotta be wary of all of that.
Something that you can do if you are going to continue to use those kind of like short code plugins and things like that on your money site … Excuse me, I’ve got somebody calling in. Hold on a minute, let me hang up on them. Sorry guys. Give me a second. It’s my Google Voice number. It’s a spam call, I’m sure. Okay, so if you’re gonna continue to use those kind of, um … It’s still ringing. I’m going to have to just let it ring out.
If you’re still going to use those kind of plugins, I would recommend that you just set your WordPress post to your RSS settings from “full post” to “summary.” Now I know for branded properties we like to recommend using the full post, the full text of the post, instead of just the summary, but if you’re using short codes and things like that from your main money site that aren’t going to syndicate and post into the blogs of your syndication network, then you may want to use the summary post instead. Okay? Or reconsider what you’re posting within the content of your posts so that you don’t have those issues. You could do that as well.
Is It Okay To Upload 30 Videos At Once In A YouTube Money Channel That Is Syndicated To A T-1 Network?
All right. Dave’s up. He says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube.” Uh, oh. It’s, by the way, just so you know, do try … I would say start a new WordPress.com site and then just start syndicating posts from that point forward. The moment of origin forward, if that makes sense, because I wouldn’t worry about going back and publishing all the already published posts on the new WordPress site. I wouldn’t worry about that. It’s too much manual work. If you’ve got a VA you can send it to, fine, but I wouldn’t do it yourself. If it were me, I would just create a new account, attach it to the Network. Set up the automation that triggers and all that, and then I would just post from that point forward, okay?
Dave says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube for a money channel. Is it a bad idea to upload the 30 videos at once? Will it cause problems with some of the new network properties getting that many videos all at once?”
Yeah, I wouldn’t do that Dave. I would probably not do more than like five posts per day. [crosstalk 00:20:48] But you could do that, you know, five posts per day over six days. That’s what I would do. And it’s not … It’s just because when you hit a … especially a new network with like a whole bunch of posts all at once like that, it’s likely gonna be terminated. Okay? So you don’t want to do that.
In fact, like we always mention, or it’s mentioned in the training, you should post a few posts, as we call seed posts, and leave it sit for a few days. Post with no links, by the way, or only links to other blog posts on that same platform. So in other words, if it’s a Blogger blog, you can link to another Blogger blog post from somebody else’s Blogger blog because it’s still the Blogger domain. I wouldn’t have any external links, okay? It would be an internal link to another Blogger blog. Might not be yours, but somebody else’s. That’s the only type of link I would have, and then I’d let it sit for about seven days before starting to do any automated posting. And then when you do, ramp up slowly. Don’t do thirty at once. Do something like maybe one or two a day for a couple of days, and then you can ramp it up from there. If you’ve only got thirty videos, I’d probably spread that over, you know, a week to 10 days, something like that. If it’s a new network. If it’s an established network, you can be a little bit more aggressive. All right.
Best Practices In Managing YouTube Channels If You Are Wholesaling Video Promotion Service
Columbia! She’s been crushing it. She’s been a go-getter. Columbia, I’ve been really proud of you, coming here every week and asking questions, and I seek that you’re going with the agency model and it sounds like you’re well on your way and I just wanted to say that that’s awesome. We appreciate you being here and taking action. She says, “My goal is to promote videos in five to eight niches, with each niche having a YouTube channel and associated website to support videos from multiple cities, as I am wholesaling video promotion service.” Very good. She says, “If I set up five to eight YouTube channels with each having an associated website, could I put all of those on my main Google and YouTube account, or do I need to break them up under some separate persona Google accounts? Each associated websites would just have a tier one network, but I will likely want to stack two or more tier twos on some of or most of the YouTube channels.”
Which is, yeah, that’s a good idea, Columbia. Is it a good idea to your main Google account? Okay, again, and this is the same advice that I always use, even though your problem … I can tell, Columbia, that you’re gonna be taking care of these networks, and you’re not gonna be doing anything real spammy, your setting up for long term, I still recommend that you would create each of the five to eight YouTube channels under a different persona account and then add yourself, Columbia Jones, your profile as a manager of all of them.
So after you’ve created the YouTube channel under a persona account, then you go in and you add yourself as a manager so that you can access, manage and maintain all of those channels from your main Google profile. It’ll make it convenient and much easier to work on, but it will protect each one of those channels in the event, God forbid, that something were to happen to your account, Columbia, that you wouldn’t use all of those assets, because even if your account got terminated, and again, that’s worst case scenario, but if your account got terminated for some reason or another, all of those other channels would still be present and available because they weren’t your … You, as the profile Columbia Jones, wasn’t the channel owner. You were just a manager, if that makes sense. So I’d do that specifically for risk mitigation, right? Just set up different … create a different persona account. Set up the channel, and then make yourself the manager. And that way you protect yourself.
“So how many channels with each associated website can I run on my main Google account without running into problems, as I would be setting up five to eight niches all within a single month?” Again if you … You can manage up to 50 channels from any one profile. So, again, set them all up underneath different … So the channel owners are different personas. Different Google accounts. And then add yourself as a manager. And you can add as many channels, I mean, up to 50 channels as a manager to your account, Columbia, and that won’t look weird at all because there’s a lot of people out there that are, you know, digital marketing consultants, and they manage a lot of channels and stuff, so it’s natural to do that. I wouldn’t worry about it.
“If I do need to break these up and put them under separate Google accounts, would those persona Google accounts be a persona individual or persona business name?” It can be a persona business name. It doesn’t matter because you’re setting up a business channel. Does that make sense? So when you create a persona, you’re gonna have a persona, a profile-based YouTube channel. That just comes associated with the Google account that you create, but when you go to set up a channel, you want to create a business channel. That’s how you give it a brand name and all that other stuff. Okay? All right, great question by the way, Columbia.
What Is The Best Strategy To Use When Doing Lead Gen Business That Is On A Revenue Share Management?
Mohammed Makki says, “Hey guys, I’ve started doing lead-gen for a local home builder and I have a question. It’s a revenue share agreement, so for every sale he makes, I get a good amount.” That’s a great strategy, Mohammed; that’s the same type of model that I prefer. “I trust this guy since I’ve worked with him before, but I still want to make sure that I know what’s going on. Is an answering service like the one you use on Local Kingpin the best way to do this?”
It is, in my experience Mohammed. So the reason why I say that is because I get … Any call that goes … Okay, so, on the lead-gen sites that I have that … I’m just about on 90% of them. I have an answering service call center set up that I pay for. It’s my expense, but the reason I do that is because any call that comes through, it first … It does several things. Number one: it screens the calls because anybody here that has been doing … Either has your own local business or you provide local business marketing services and you, so you manage stuff for clients, you already know that you get freaking hammered with solicitation calls all day long from every type of business out there. From credit card processing machines to marketing services to Yelp. Yelp’ll call you 15 times a freaking week. It’s ridiculous.
And so I use an answering service, number one: because it’s an automated call screening system. Any solicitation call gets screened out by the answering service, so it doesn’t bother the contractor or the service provider who’s purchasing the leads with a bunch of spam calls. Right? So that’s number one.
Number two: any lead that’s a valid lead is going to answer the call screener’s questions, which means once that lead is done, or once the call is over, that’s a bona fide lead that I can go for. Now obviously I still get some solicitation leads that come through. In other words, they’re people that answer some questions from the call screener so the lead still gets pushed through, but it’s very clearly identified as such when it goes through. So what happens is, with AnswerConnect, that’s the service I use, by the way. Answerconnect.com. I’ve been using them for about five years. Great service.
Anyways, I get an email copy of every lead call that comes through, and then it also gets emailed and texted to the service provider, and so again, I like to use it because it’s a call screening system. I have a record of everything. I’ve got an email and a text record, plus AnswerConnect keeps records of everything as well. And so, for me, that’s how I validate everything.
Now, if somebody submits a web form, a contact form, you know, contact request form, on a lead-gen page instead of calling, then I get a copy of the email that also gets sent to the service provider, and now I’m using Zapier, I don’t know the proper way to pronounce it, but I’m using Zapier to send an SMS text alert, it connects with Twilio, but it’ll basically monitors a Gmail address and every time a new lead comes in from that lead-gen funnel, it triggers Zapier to send a text message via Twilio to the contractor notifying him that a new lead had come in and to check his email for the lead data. And that’s only for contract request form submissions, if that makes sense. Phone calls go through AnswerConnect.
Hernan: Mm. May I?
Bradley: Go ahead.
Hernan: May I add something, Bradley? I think that this really valuable and you first told me about AnswerConnect, back in the day. I think it was two years ago, but I think that you’re adding a lot of value to the process, right? Because if you can sell a qualified lead … Because, here’s the deal: you can sell that lead to one contractor for example, or to one client. That would be like an exclusive lead. Or you can get it qualified and sell it to multiple contractors or to multiple business, right? You will need to be really clear that that lead will be, you know, sold to many, so that … The value of that lead usually decreases. You know, if it’s qualified plus exclusive lead, you can charge premium for that because they’re going through … It’s not completely automated. They are going through some kind of interaction with a person, right? So I think that adds a lot of value and it will solve a lot of problems in terms of tracking and in terms of qualifying the leads. Again, because, you know, you want to send a contractor the best possible leads, you know?
Bradley: Yeah.
Hernan: So I think that adds a lot of value. It’s a little bit more expensive to run it that way, but I think it’s sort of worth it because, again, you can charge a premium for your leads because they are coming through a verified source, right? They are going through human interaction first, and then they are going to be pushed through the contractor.
That doesn’t mean that the contractor doesn’t have to … or your client, they will have to act fast because that lead is warm [inaudible 00:30:56]. Right? They’re hot. They’ve gone through one interaction. They are going through another. So they’re willing to the purchase process. That adds something that you can 100% outsource. It’s a little bit more expensive but this is kind of … The little things that add a lot of value to your business and will make those businesses stick with you for a longer time than any other lead generation company that does this massively and all they’re doing are pushing calls. Does that make sense?
Bradley: Yeah. And the other part of that is, you know, by providing the answering service, we’re doing the service provider a favor, too because the calls are automatically screened and it prevents them wasting time and energy on answering the phone for spam calls or solicitation calls, and that’s a huge selling benefit for contractors or for service providers. Again, mostly for me it’s contractors so …
But, and like Hernan said, I also, you know, if you’re going to sell exclu- … I promote my services as exclusivity of leads. It’s rare that I will ever sell a lead to more than one service provider. It does happen from time to time, but it’s usually rare and it’s usually because there’s a specific reason for it, so I always just charge more per lead if I’m selling on a per-lead basis, or if it’s a revenue share, like what you’re talking about, Mohammed, then it’s an exclusive lead anyways. That’s just a given.
Is It Normal For Keyword Lists From Google Adwords To Have Names Of Different Cities?
The last part of your question, “Is it normal for keyword lists from AdWords to have names of different cities? Despite my living in Alberta, Canada, a large portion of my AdWords list contains American cities and states.” Yeah, that’s because the vast majority of search traffic is coming from Google U.S., but just, Mohammed, what you can do is … This isn’t an AdWords tutorial, guys, I’m certainly not going to log in to my AdWords dashboard to show you this, but Mohammed, what you can do is make sure that you set your advanced location targeting or advanced location options to where you are only … That only include people that are in your target location, not that are in or show interest in. That’s number one. So do that number one.
Number two is set an exclusion list. That’s something else you can do. Again, I can’t go into it and show it to you here, but you can set an exclusion list and actually specifically exclude all 50, or the United States for example. And if you set that as your exclusion list, then people that are searching, even if they’re in your target location, so let’s say Alberta, Canada, but they search for, let’s say, you know, “Remodeling company New York City.” Then if you have New York or all of the United States in your exclusion list, then it will prevent the ad from showing to them, even if they’re in your Alberta Canada and they’re searching for one of your keywords, which might be, you know, “Remodeling contractor,” or, you know, “Home builder,” or whatever it is that your keyword is. It’ll prevent it from showing to them because they’re showing an interest in a location that’s on your exclusion list, if that makes sense.
How To Test A New YouTube Syndication Network?
That’s also really important for call-only ads, guys, that you set your exclusion list to. All right. All right. So Greg’s up. He says, “Hi. Wondering really how to test a new YouTube syndication network. How do we download a video from YouTube to test our new YouTube syndication network?” Well, you can download it. Use Firefox and use something like Video DownloadHelper extension or something like that. There’s a ton of them, guys. They’re a dime a dozen. Just go search, “Firefox YouTube download extension” or something like that and just pick one. The one that I use is Video DownloadHelper. Been using it for years and you can view and just about any video, in the Firefox browser when you have that extension, and then you can just click the extension itself and download the video. You can do that, but why would … You don’t even need to do that, Greg.
What I would suggest doing is setting up either a like trigger applet or setting up a subscription trigger applet. So, and then publicly subscribe to another channel or something that you can upload a video … What I’m saying is you don’t need to download … In fact, for what you’re specifically asking, I would say just set up a like trigger applet and just go like one of the videos on one of your other channels or at least, if you don’t have a video in that specific niche that’s your own video, then just go like somebody else’s video that’s in that niche so it’ll help to theme your network, too, because I see what you’re saying about … “Once it’s tested, do we need to go into network properties and remove the syndicated video?” Well, if it’s a thematically relevant video, right? If it’s themed, if it’s relevant, then there’s really on reason to go in and do that and delete the post from the network. My point is: set up a like recipe and just go like a video, whether it’s yours or somebody else’s, preferably one that’s gonna be relevant to what the network’s about so that you don’t have to go in and delete it later. And that’s how you can test it. Okay?
Does Using Aged Or Expired Web2.0 Accounts On The Persona Rings Would Help Boost Rankings? 
Okay, Alexander, he comes every week now and asks questions as well, so Alexander: What’s up buddy? He says, “Hi guys. It’s good to be here again. Let’s get down to business. I’ll do my first video gig for a client.” Sweet. “He said he’d pay me to set up … set him … to set up to him but not enough money so I could make another one for me and use to rank videos as a service.” Okay. “Does using aged/expired Web 2.0 accounts in the persona rings would help boost rankings or will be worse because we have some random anchor text from referring domains theme?”
No, aged Web 2.0s will certainly help. I mean, look, if you’re doing it specifically for SEO purposes, then yes, using aged Web 2.0s will help. There’s no doubt. I’ve seen some really strong Tumblrs that can do some really amazing things with some strong Tumblrs and there’s a million Tumblr scrapers out there now, guys. Shit, you can go to Fiverr and like SEOClerks and those different types of services and buy Tumblrs now, so it’s simple to do, and yeah, those work. For purely SEO purposes? You can absolutely do that.
Now, for branding purposes, I recommend that you set up your own with the branded username. But again, for purely SEO purposes, expired Web 2.0s are certainly going to help. Okay? “Should I add some RSS feeds to the endpoint accounts/accounts that don’t trigger others so that way I get more related content to build their theme/topical relevance?” You can. That’s what, like out at tier two and stuff like that, if that’s what you’re doing, and you said this was a video gig, so chances are they’re … You’ve got multi-tiered networks anyways, then yeah, absolutely you can, guys.
That’s the thing: if you guys are … I mean, even for YouTube, but especially for blogs … But here’s the thing, guys, if you’ve got, let’s say a two tier network for YouTube, and remember YouTube, we don’t have to worry about footprint issues or anything else. My point is if you’re uploading videos but you’re not staying consistent and you’re not uploading a lot of videos, but you want to keep increasing the power of the network, then yeah, set up some related content triggers on the tier two networks, even for YouTube networks, guys, because you can start feeding relevant content into those secondary networks.
I don’t do it to the branded networks. I never do it to the branded networks, but on the tier two networks, or persona-based networks, they can be tier one persona-based networks tied to your YouTube channel, right? But even for those, yeah, it makes absolute sense to use related content feeds to add additional content to those networks because it’ll help to increase the relevancy and it will … Again, instead of all the content just coming from one source, which would be your YouTube channel, you start to make it more natural because it’s starting to curate, it’s essentially what you’re doing, right? Other people’s content. Related content. So absolutely you can do that. I recommend doing that, in fact, on tier two stuff.
Okay, “Or is there a way to do it even for lower tier feeder rings, uh, a way to send content to tier one that would not be syndicated again on the other tiers.” No, I wouldn’t do that. Again, I wouldn’t … If it’s persona-based tier one network you can add content into there and that’ll take care of the second tier networks because you can set the trigger up on tier one, but if you’re doing branded tier one, then on the … Then I would set the related content triggers up on tier two because I don’t like to feed other people’s content into branded tier ones, if that makes sense. Persona-based is fine. Branded, no.
What Are Some Good Link Building Strategies For Persona Accounts?
“If you can, would like to hear more about backlinking strategies to those kind of persona accounts. Thanks guys.” Backlinking strategies is just contextual links to those properties. If it’s out at tier two, you can be even more aggressive, more spammy. Generally, what we like to do is contextual at tier ones to the network properties. Typically on domains that have, not the pages … We’ve had some issues with people saying, “I just got our link report and the PA is one on every link page that was created.” Well, that’s what happens when you create a new page online; it is a PA of one. Period. It doesn’t start with anything higher than one.
And so, anyways, my point is that you … We try to use domains with higher decent metrics, relatively speaking, right? Compared to all the other spam sites out there, and then set contextual links, we try not to hammer our network properties, anywhere between 50 to 125 contextual links per property, and then we throw spam behind those. Okay?
Are You Using RSS Masher And Rankwyz For Related Content Feeds?
Adam: Real quick, Bradley to … Alexander was asking if, for the related content feeds, what tool would you recommend? RSS Masher or Rank Whizz or something else?
Bradley: Uh, yes. Any one of those. You know, it really doesn’t matter. Rank Feeder, which is Lisa Allen’s tool, it’s a great tool, that’s more of an SEO tool, which is great, it’s very very powerful. It works really well. It basically is running on the principle of co-citation and it works really really well. RSS Masher, which is Damon Nelson’s product, that’s also good. That’s more of a … There are some SEO benefits that you can do with that, but it’s more of a, in my opinion, more of a traffic tool than it is just an SEO tool. I think Rank Feeder is very specifically an SEO tool and RSS Masher has a little bit … It’s not as good for SEO but it has other functionalities that make it better for other things, if that makes sense. You have to figure out what your objective is and select the correct product based upon that. Okay?
Okay, cool. You think that answered that? Hopefully.
Adam: Yeah.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Also, I don’t know, let’s see. Alexander, if you’re in the SEO academy or syndication academy, excuse me, the last update webinar we did, I showed … I think it was the last update webinar. I showed how to use Zapier or Zapier, whatever, for creating your own custom RSS feeds and it’s awesome because you can basically code your own stuff. Like literally, you can create your own RSS feed in Zapier now. Like, your own custom feed with different content sources. You can splice. You can mash. You can add links into every single feed item. You can add citation in every feed item. All that was covered in the most recent update webinar, so go back and watch it. Marco, were you gonna say something?
Marco: Nah.
Are You Using Your YouTube Channel For Putting Up Client Videos And Ranking Them And Doing The In-Market Ads Or Do You Use Your Own YouTube Channel?
Bradley: Okay. Don’s up. What’s up, Don? He says, “For full on SEO clients, not just video ranking clients, are using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them or doing it in-market ads? And doing the in-market ads? Or do you use your own YouTube channel?” So are you using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them and doing the in-market ads or do you use your own YouTube channel? I think that was it. That was the department of redundancy department.
Yes, I’m still using my own channel. Now, listen, what I’ll do is I will take … When a client has a video, or if I have a video made for a client, which happens a lot, then I will upload that video to their channel, but then I’ll also upload it to my channel because my channel is the one that has all of the SEO all the networks. It’s got the authority, the relevancy, all that kind of stuff. Typically, because, again, I’ve already … Most of my con- my … Unless it’s a client that I don’t have a network built for, like that’s in an industry that I have nothing for, in which case I’ll just do it on their channel because I’m not, like … But that’s why I try to stick with just clients or lead-gen assets that are in this categories that I’ve already built the infrastructure for, if that makes sense.
I don’t like to take … I did just take on a new client three or four … Nah, I guess it’s been about five weeks now because I got the first subscription payment from them. So it’s been about five weeks and they’re preschool. I’ve never done any preschool marketing but it was a client referral from one of my best clients that I’ve had for five years so that’s why I took the job, and so I don’t have a network for them, if that makes sense. So, basically … And I’ve already done a couple videos for them but I put it on their channel. Because, again, I don’t have a network built for preschools and I don’t plan on building one, either.
So, my point is, I use my network where it fits for the SEO part of it, and then yes, I’ll just use, because I’m trying to rank the video through my channel and my network, then that’s the same video that I will use in the YouTube ad, if I’m setting up the local clicks campaign, which is essentially what I’m doing.
But again, I can still upload the video to their channel as well. That way they feel all nice and warm and fuzzy that their video is on their channel, but all the benefit of that video is coming from my channel because that’s the one that’s ranked and providing the clicks and the leads and the exposure and all that kind of stuff. All right?
Adam: Just real quick. I’m having a conversation with somebody on a YouTube channel. I know some people get lost there and go over to YouTube channel instead of the Google event and check and make sure everyone’s able to get to the event page, but I see that you’re commenting on this page, too, but sorry, we don’t have time to call everyone out by name and ask them to leave their comment, so. If anyone else is watching this and is confused, the way we do it is you just come to this page, write your questions on the event page right here, and, you know, we do first come first served, so sometimes we don’t get to all the questions, but that’s the way it is.
Bradley: This is pretty cool. Thank you, Paul. Paul says, “I use this guy for Google and YouTube accounts, haven’t had any problems and Is very reasonable.” Livemono … I don’t know what the hell that says, but he’s on Skype. I assuming that’s his Skype username.
Adam: Yeah, it must be.
Bradley: I’m not sure what the live colon means, but-
Adam: That might be part of his name. I know that you can use periods and other things as part of your Skype name, so that might be it.
Bradley: That’s pretty cool. I’m actually going to put that in a Notepad file 'cause I might reach out and I’ll say, “Hey, you want some business buddy? ‘Cause this other dude, like we blew his business up, man, because we sent him so much damn work and now he can’t keep up with it and its quality starting to slip.” So maybe I’ll reach out to this dude. See if he’s interested in some additional work. Thanks, Paul.
Okay. EntrepreN8 Consulting. “Are we able to join the group with video?” I’m not sure what you mean.
Adam: Yeah, don’t worry. I answered him.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Yeah, Adam, if you want to … Yeah, go ahead. We’ve still got about ten minutes.
Adam: Yeah, I was going to say. Paul, I think, is one of the people who might be able to join us, so I just wanted to let everyone know that we’re looking at some possibilities for a Semantic Mastery meet-up in the Portland area. Portland, Oregon in September. So we’re going to be having some more information about that. If you’re within, you know, a few hours of there and you’d be interested in that, stay tuned. We’ll have some more information on that as far as where we can meet up but we’d like to do a … You know, it’d be a … I don’t know. We haven’t even decided the details. A few hours, get together, talk SEO, talk marketing, talk shop. I guarantee you, have a beer or two, and have a good time, so we’ll be having some more information about that soon.
Bradley: Yeah, it’s not gonna be like … We’re not hosting a live event type thing, guys. It’s gonna be literally a meet-up, like a casual get-together. If anybody wants to come out and see and hang out with us and have a few drinks and just talk marketing, and really it’s more about networking. It’s not like we’re gonna just have some training session. It’s not like that at all. It’s about networking. Rubbing elbows. Meet-and-greet. That kind of stuff, and obviously we’ll be talking shop. There’s no doubt. But it’s gonna be … And it’s … It’s just gonna be a way we’re gonna start trying to do that.
At least, we’re planning on wanting to do that a couple times a year, so, in various parts of the country, so. In the U.S., at least, as far as we know. I don’t like to travel. All right, cool. [crosstalk 00:48:33]
Adam: Also, real quick. Sorry, real quick. I was gonna say Alexander, are you asking a question about the webinar and Zapier? If you are, before we hop off, say something.
Chris: Can I get one of those in my webpage? [inaudible 00:48:44]
Do You Have Already Get Into The Limit Of Playlists On A YouTube Channel?
Bradley: All right. Alexander says, “You guys have already get into the limit of playlists on a channel because if I want to create one playlist for each focused keyword on a city … I’ll end up with a …” Yeah, no, I don’t … I mean, I don’t do that. Look, I don’t create play … Like, Bill Cousins, he’s got a great software, Rocket Video Ranker or whatever. He’s got a playlist option in there that will create a single playlist for each keyword as well. I don’t do that. To me, that is just way too much overkill, and if …
Honestly, I just always use playlists as like a container. It’s like a silo. That’s it. So I try to go broad, so broader type keywords, more top of funnel type keywords with a playlist and then I put all of the supporting keywords, longer-tail stuff within that playlist, if that makes sense.
I don’t know if there’s a limit to how many videos you can put in a playlist or how many playlists you can have in a channel. I don’t know that because, again, I don’t use them like that, so I’ve never played with that. All right? That’s just too much work in my opinion.
“The other idea is to get just one playlist per city and inside it work one main keyword plus internal link where is for other important keywords.” Yeah, I mean again, I would recommend doing, you know, it depends on how you’re gonna categorize or silo out your channel, right? You can do a city playlist and that is … And remember, you can have a video in more than one playlist, guys.
So let’s say that you are providing marketing services in Atlanta, Georgia, and … Well, let’s say in all of Georgia, for example, and Atlanta is one of the cities, so and, let’s say that you work with plumbers, electricians, and HVAC contractors. Let’s just say that those are the three types of businesses that you work with. I recommend you work with one and one only, but let’s just say three. Then you could have an Atlanta business playlist that has all three of those business types in it because the common denominator, the common theme is they’re all Atlanta-based businesses. Then you could have an electrician silo or playlist, and all electrician videos go in there. One for plumbers, one for HVAC, right? So you could do that, and then again, you could have the electrician playlist, for example, you could have Atlanta, and, what, Savannah is another city in Georgia because the common denominator there is they’re all electrician videos. Right? So you could have electrician videos from different cities in that playlist, if that makes sense.
So the point is that you can have a video in more than one playlist. The idea is to keep the category or the theme relevant throughout. Does that make sense? So that, again … I wouldn’t … You can have multiple playlists and there’s a reason for using multiple playlists, so that you can increase relevancy across different keywords or across different geographic locations as needed. All right?
Let’s see. Are we almost done? “Bradley, where’s the link to the webinar about … Oh man, awesome. Zapier. Thanks.” Yeah, that’s the last update webinar we did in syndication academy. And for whatever reason it wasn’t posted in the members area after we did it and I just posted it a couple days ago, maybe it was Friday of last week. So it is in the members area now in the update section.
“Hundreds of accounts … ” Thanks, Paul. We appreciate that. Let’s see.
Fuck you, Wayne. That’s awesome. Yeah, “Tell me where to get access to … The IF-?” Uh, yeah. That’s the syndication academy. The member’s area, so it should be members.syndication.academy. That’s the login screen. All right?
Adam: And real quick Bradley, just, since we’re out of questions on this page and we’ve got a couple minutes. Over on the live chat on the YouTube side of things, somebody was asking, are we the ones who said to use the Network Empire Silo Plugin?
Bradley: Yes. I mentioned it.
Adam: Okay.
Bradley: Somebody asked about it and I mentioned it.
Adam: Cool. So you still use it?
Bradley: Yeah, I mean … I’m not building WordPress sites that much anymore. Very rare. Usually now when I build a WordPress site it’s only for the blog and that’s it because I’m using ClickFunnels now as my website builder for just about everything.
Adam: Gotcha.
Bradley: However, I’m about to start a project that I am gonna need to build a silos, and so, it … Just so you guys know, on all the sites that I have that are existing sites that have been siloed for the last four years, I’ve been using that plugin, yes. It was originally called the DWS Silo Builder.
Adam: Mm-hmm.
Bradley: I don’t know what it’s called now. It’s a very simple plugin. As far as I know, it’s free. It used to be free. That’s what I’ve used. Now, again, if I’m going to silo out another site … I don’t even know what the other options are now because I’ve just never used anything other than that. So.
Adam: Cool.
Bradley: Anything else?
Adam: Think we’re good. Uh, last call. We’ve got a couple minutes here. I think … That’s about it. Anybody got any more announcements or anything else coming up? Let me check our calendar real quick before we hop off. Nope. Hernan mentioned it. The Battleplan buyers update webinar. I’ll pop a link in if you want to grab the Battleplan. I would suggest you do that. We’ll have the update webinar tomorrow, and then we’ll have some news going out about good webinar with Keith Mallinson on Monday. So we’ve got some good stuff coming just in the next week.
Bradley: Yeah, I won’t be here next week, guys, 'cause I’m going on vacation. So I might pop in, depending on what’s going on. Looks like my video’s all choppy. It’s weird. Anyways, I won’t be here next week but it looks like the rest of the team has got it covered, so. Marco’s going to be rubbing his weather in everybody’s faces as usual.
Marco: Of course I am. Why else would I live in Costa Rica in paradise if I couldn’t rub the weather in your face?
Bradley: That’s right. All right guys. Well everybody, have a good day. Let’s see. We have a webinar tomorrow, don’t we?
Adam: Correct, we-
Bradley: A Battleplan webinar.
Adam: Correct, correct. Yup.
Bradley: That’s right. Okay. So we’ll see a lot of you on that. Otherwise, we’ll see everybody next week. Thanks everyone.
Adam: Bye everybody!
Hernan: Thanks! [crosstalk 00:54:55]
Chris: Bye everyone.
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Adam: I got some, but … okay. All right, well, there we are. Hey everybody. We are live, only one minute late. We were scrambling; not gonna lie, but Bradley got everything sorted out so here we are, and this is Hump Day Hangouts episode 137. Today is the 21st of June, so we’ll do our thing real quick and say, “Hi” to everybody, and then we will get started. So Chris, how’s it going man?
Chris: Been good. In a heat wave here in Austria.
Adam: Yeah? What do you … What kind of temperatures are you dealing with?
Chris: 34 degrees celsius-
Adam: Yikes. That’s like 90 something I think, right?
Chris: Yeah, 93 or so.
Adam: Yuck. All right. I’ll pass. I’m living in luxury, man. It’s like 75. This has been awesome. Hernan, how about yourself? You got like six feet of snow or something or what’s going on down there?
Hernan: No, doesn’t snow actually. It doesn’t actually snow in Buenos Aires, so it’s not even funny. You know?
Adam: Okay.
Hernan: Yeah, get the all humid cold, but it’s not even fun to go out and … But anyways, yeah, I’m excited to be here. I’m excited for tomorrow’s webinar for the Battleplan members so it’s gonna be a lot of fun and I’m excited to be here.
Adam: Awesome, awesome. Marco, how you doing man? It looks pretty nice there. I’m guessing the weather’s probably pretty good. Maybe.
Bradley: Maybe he’s muted.
Adam: Maybe not. All right. Well. I’m gonna go with the weather is probably pretty good but we’ll fill that in later. So Bradley, how you doing man?
Bradley: Good. I’m glad that I got it fired up at the last minute, man. It was my Chrome cache was, I guess, clogged up I guess two gigabytes of cache is enough to slow down a browser.
Adam: Imagine that.
Bradley: So I had to shut everything down, run CCleaner and then start it back up and it took longer than I expected, but we’re here, so better late than never.
Adam: Good deal. All right, well, just real quick, if you’re new to Semantic Mastery, first of all, thanks for showing up to Hump Day Hangouts. We certainly appreciate it. You should definitely check out the Battleplan. I’ll share that link shortly below and then, also if you haven’t yet, for some reason, signed up for your free account at SERP Space, head over there. We got the Done-For-You services there and also a couple free tools with more coming, stuff like Mark Up and stuff like that.
And then, before we dive into stuff I just wanted to share this. This is like Adam’s little book report minute. I’ve been taking my book reading up a notch. I’m trying to knock out a book like every week or two, and so this is “High Profit Prospecting.” Let’s see; who’s this by? Mark Hunter. So, good book so far. It’s exactly what it sounds like. If you’re someone who does outreach for customers, who, I’m guessing nearly everybody here should probably be doing that, I think it’s a good read. The big one, it’s on prospecting, obviously, and then attitude as well as getting into the specifics of how you can approach people, which is really good. I don’t come from a sales background, so it’s been a good refresher. You know, we always hear about, you know, “Okay, here’s the ABC’s of this,” but definitely good to go into that and get some more detail, so, pretty good read. I think it was like 10 bucks on Amazon, so if you’re interested in that, you should check it out.
Bradley: Awesome. That’s a really good recommendation. I haven’t read that one yet, but I’m gonna add it to my list. I’m trying to do the same thing, Adam, is read about a book every two weeks or so, and I only got 30 minutes scheduled every day to read, but I’m trying to keep to that schedule so that I actually get it done, and I’ve just finished reading, for the second time, Bill Good’s “Hot Prospects” book, so that one’s probably gonna be a good one to follow up with so I appreciate you pointing that out.
Adam: Yeah, and I’ll probably put something on the page, on the Semantic Mastery page if people are interested. If you guys are interested or if you have any questions or anything, just pop the question on this page if you’re at the event and I’ll answer that but, anyways, you guys have any announcements, anything we need to cover today?
Hernan: I think we’re good.
Bradley: I think so.
Adam: All right, let’s roll.
Bradley: All right, cool. Let’s see, before I get into-
Marco: [inaudible 00:03:52] Before you get into that-
Bradley: I’m sorry.
Marco: For you guys dealing with the heat, I just want to show you something. I just want to show you something, man. Dig that motherfuckers, dig that. 75 degrees. Beautiful weather. Come on, man.
Bradley: Tropical climate.
Marco: [crosstalk 00:04:13] Why deal with the cold? I have a little waterfall in the background, just keeping me peaceful. While you guys [crosstalk 00:04:26]
Adam: I’m beginning to think Marco is subsidized by the government, you know, to boost [crosstalk 00:04:31]-
Marco: You know, right? Ed’s trying to log in, man. He’s using my login but … So if you see two Marcos, it’s Ed.
Chris: Ed’s cool.
Bradley: Ed is one of our newer Mastermind members. He’s a real hustler. He’s been out just crushing it and getting new clients. I mean, it’s just amazing how much action that dude’s taking, so, he’s down there visiting Marco right now, and, if he can, he’ll jump on.
Mini Case Study On Video Re-Indexing And Re-Ranking For Video Production Company Using Video Powerhouse
All right. So let’s get to questions and stuff. There’s something I do want to share in just a moment, though. Just very quickly, ‘cause I want to show you guys something. Let me zoom in on all this first. All right, cool.
So this is something … You guys should be seeing my full screen, correct?
Adam: Yeah, I got your whole desktop.
Hernan: Yep.
Chris: Okay.
Bradley: I’m gonna zoom in on this a little bit. All right, this is from Pro Rank Tracker. This is a screenshot I just took yesterday of a local video that I had done for the video production company that I do a ton of work for. They had a client, or one of their customers had been paying for SEO services for their video for about 6 months and then they allowed their subscription to lapse or to expire, I guess, and so I unlisted the video, which was in the number one position for the six or eight months, whatever it was, that it was running before their subscription expired, and once it had expired, I just went through and unlisted the video, but it had been sitting at number one for, you know, six or eight months.
So, when I unlisted the video obviously it fell out of the index for a while, and it was probably, I don’t know, three or four months had passed before they resubscribed to the service for whatever reason. I don’t know why they went so long without renewing but, whatever. They contacted the video production company and renewed their Video Boost subscription. That’s what they call it.
So I went in and just reset the video back to public instead of unlisted. However, it didn’t just appear back in number one position, and I didn’t expect it to. In fact, I even charged the company, the video production company, another setup fee, even though all I had to do was go in and unlist it. I mean, set it from unlisted to public, I still charged them the additional setup fee, which is a one-time fee for whenever I initially add a new video to a marketing campaign, and I told them, “It’s been paused for the last few months, so I’m going to have to charge you an additional setup fee.” And they said, “That’s fine.” Blah blah blah.
So anyways, I went in and I set it to public and I left it alone for a couple days. Well, first, of all, it didn’t re-index right away, which was kind of weird, but then, when it did re-index, which, I had to kind of force it to re-index, which, again, I thought was a bit strange, but when it did, you can see where the two main keywords that I was tracking, which is basically one keyword, just a variation of it, 'cause that’s how I do it with the video production company guys. I always, you know … Each video targets one keyword or a close variant so that it will rank for the close variants of that keyword, if that makes sense.
So I was only tracking two keywords for this one video but you can see when it did re-index, it re-indexed at position nine and position 12 or 13, respectively. What was crazy was … All I did … I put it … Sent this video through a video powerhouse blast. I did an embed blast of about 50 embeds. I did both primary and secondary embeds of only 50. And then I went in and I set up a YouTube AdWords campaign. An AdWords for video campaign using the video as the actual … So let me just explain how I did this, guys. I set up, inside of AdWords, I used in-stream video option, right? So it wasn’t a video discovery ad, it was … I just took the same video that I wanted ranked, right? And I used that URL as the in-stream video ad URL, and then the landing page link that you click on from the in-stream ad, right? That’s always the link that’s in the bottom left corner of the video when an in-stream ad is playing, that … All I did was use that YouTube URL, the same video that was the ad itself. I used that URL as the landing page URL, right? So does that make sense? So essentially an in-stream ad that when clicked will take somebody to a YouTube video, and it’s the same YouTube video.
But what I did was I set up geographic targeting, and I went into interest targeting using the in-market or ROI interest based targeting, which is called in-market targeting. Very very very powerful. I started playing with that a lot recently, and I’m getting really good results, especially for local.
So I set geo-targeting and I used interest-based targeting, the in-market, ROI targeting, and I went and I found that specific category, and this is a home services-type of business, and I selected that proper category, and I set my budget for one dollar per day, guys. One dollar per day. Now, if anybody’s been following us for long, you know that, for like the video production companies, I only charge 100 dollars per month per video to rank or per keyword to rank for them. That’s what I provide as wholesale services.
So I’m only making 100 bucks a month, but I set up a one dollar a day budget that has local IP’s with people that are in-market. Let me explain what I mean by that. Google understands now, through browsing history, recent browsing history, what people are looking for. Like, if they’re in-market, so to speak, for a particular product or service, then Google knows that because they’ve been searching buyer-type keywords, commercial intent keywords. Recently, it’s in their recent browsing history, right? And so Google places those people into a bucket that means that they’re highly likely or they’re really engaged with that particular product or service or keyword at that moment, so it’s highly likely that they’re in the market. That’s why it’s called, “in-market,” for that product or service.
So it doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at. The people in that bucket, doesn’t matter what videos they were going to look at on YouTube. My ad can play in front of any video. A silly cat video. It doesn’t matter because they were … By Google’s own … Google has categorized them as being in-market, so they’re likely to convert.
So the reason I’m explaining this to you is because, with something so simple as setting up a one dollar a day ad and I got 10 clicks in the first day, or, no, I’m sorry. It was five clicks in the first day. I had 10 impressions, five clicks. So it was a 50% click-through rate on the video, which was interesting, but they’re all from local IP’s from people that are in-market, so that means it’s highly relevant traffic.
It’s relevant for two reasons: the geographic location, so local IP’s essentially, which will count as a local IP click to that video, plus those were in-market visitors or viewers, right? Clickers, so to speak. YouTube users. They’re in-market for that particular product or service category, anyways. So that means it’s highly relevant.
Well Google and YouTube knows that. So now the traffic that … The engagement that I just purchased from Google AdWords to that video was locally relevant and topically relevant, and it shot it direct … The very next day, it had jumped from whatever this is, nine and 13 or whatever to the number one position, and in fact, one of these keywords is now triggering the great big video. I know you guys know what I’m talking about. It doesn’t happen very often, but where the video is ranked number one and it’s freaking huge and it takes up where the maps pack would normally be.
And all I did, guys, like I said was just set up a local … I ran a 50-embed blast through video powerhouse and then I set up a local YouTube ad, and this was just yesterday. You can see that … You know, yesterday is when I took this screenshot, and it jumped, basically in 48 hours from … It went from not being indexed to being indexed at like nine and 13 for that variant, for that keyword, to being number one and also triggering that great big large video in the SERP, which is amazing, and I just wanted to point that out, guys, 'cause I know we’ve talked about that here on Hump Day Hangouts a lot, about using AdWords, because you’re buying engagement signals from … And you can specifically pinpoint where you want the engagement signals to come from, right?
You’re paying Google for engagement signals. Instead of buying views or buying fake social signals, you can buy real, organic … I say they’re organic because they’re real. They’re real click-throughs and real views from real people on real IP’s and real devices, with real browsing histories in a real location, if that makes sense, and it just works like crazy.
So any of you guys that are doing video SEO stuff, especially local, guys, this should just be a standard operating procedure for any one of your local campaigns, is set up an ad, run the targeting like I just mentioned, geographic targeting, and even if you just do a dollar a day, just until you get it ranked and then pause your ad campaign, it’ll help immensely.
So, brief little tutorial. Hopefully that was helpful. Anybody want to comment on that before we get any questions?
Chris: That was pretty amazing, Bradley.
Bradley: Yeah, thank you. Thank you. It’s quite … I mean, it’s just amazing and the fact that I saw that it triggered those big big videos, which is crazy, 'cause that’s rare that that happens. The six or eight months that it was ranked number one before I had unlisted it, it was never a big video, so it had quite an effect.
Where Can You Get A Double Verified Gmail Accounts?
Okay, cool. Earl’s up first. He says, “Can you suggest a place to get double-verified Gmail accounts? I cannot seem to find a source on Fiverr that I once used.”
Okay. I’m going to recommend a guy that we have been using for, I’d say over a year now, but one of our Mastermind members, Beau, who’s also our moderator in the Syndication Academy Facebook group said that he’s had terrible communication experience with this dude. So, anyways, I’ve never had any problems with him. He’s always been really good about replacing any accounts, the communication’s been good, so I’m going to point it out anyways, but I just want to mention, full disclosure, that one of our members is having issues with him, so just take that into account.
This is the only guy I’ve used for phone verified accounts that’s been any good for, like, well over a year, so I’ve just stuck with him. It’s bulkpva.com.
Marco: Yeah, I’d-
Bradley: Go ahead.
Marco: I’d like to mention, too, that we ordered accounts and they were resold, and so-
Bradley: Okay, so don’t use them is what you’re saying.
Marco: No, I’m not saying, “Don’t.” I’m saying that, when you get them, you have to change the phone number and the email, right? The email that you used to recover the password. Switch that up right away in all, whatever accounts that you order. Because they’re a pain in the ass, which is why you should have a VA.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: Because they did get resold and so it was a whole big mess, and so, you know, we talked to him and he just gets so many orders that he’s swamped, and so I think it’s more a case of him not paying attention to what he’s doing, rather than being dishonest.
Bradley: Yeah.
Marco: But I wanna add that that happened to us.
Bradley: Well thanks. I appreciate that, because again, and that’s why I wanted to fully disclose what Beau had mentioned, too because like I said, I’ve never had any issues with him, but in part, the reason that Marco just said that he thinks it’s because he’s getting too many damn orders. It’s probably because I’ve recommended the dude quite a bit. He was extremely happy when I started recommending him because he was like … And maybe that’s why I never have any issues with him, because he always takes care of me because I sent so much business to him.
But regardless, like I said, you know, be careful, Earl. That’s the only guy I’ve used but apparently some people have been having issues recently, so there you go.
How Do You Handle Content Issues With A WordPress That Stop Syndicating To A Network?
Chris says, “I recently had WordPress take down one of my syndication channels without warning. Not exactly sure why. Maybe because some of the content that was being syndicated was short codes that did not translate well to the WordPress site, or maybe it was posting too often. Wondering the best way to handle this. Do I try rebuilding all the site posts that used to be on WordPress all at once or over time or another WordPress site, or just start syndicating with a new channel and not worry about getting the older stuff posted.”
Chris, that’s gonna happen from time to time. No matter what you do, there are gonna be times where one of your Web 2s, even a branded property that you’ve taken well care of will sometimes still get terminated because of the automation that we’re using. That sometimes will trigger it. There’s just a number of reasons. It’s rare … We go to great lengths through how we set up these accounts to prevent from that happening, but it does happen from time to time and there’s nothing any of us can do about it, right? Except try to prevent it, right?
So Chris, yeah, we’ve even had some of ours terminated, and what you mentioned about a short code, so like if you were using a plugin or something on your main money site that inserted short codes into the post which would obviously, when the page was loaded, would convert into a script or an image or whatever it was that you needed it to be, when it gets syndicated, that’s not going to occur because that plugin’s not present on the WordPress.com site, if that makes sense.
So you’ve gotta be careful about that. We’ve had that same issue on a number of occasions with some of the stuff that we’ve syndicated from our own blog, causing problems. Like, you know, form code for example. Opt-in form code that just looks like raw code on the page because it doesn’t translate 'cause it’s not in the short code and the plugin’s not present. That kind of stuff, so … You just gotta be wary of all of that.
Something that you can do if you are going to continue to use those kind of like short code plugins and things like that on your money site … Excuse me, I’ve got somebody calling in. Hold on a minute, let me hang up on them. Sorry guys. Give me a second. It’s my Google Voice number. It’s a spam call, I’m sure. Okay, so if you’re gonna continue to use those kind of, um … It’s still ringing. I’m going to have to just let it ring out.
If you’re still going to use those kind of plugins, I would recommend that you just set your WordPress post to your RSS settings from “full post” to “summary.” Now I know for branded properties we like to recommend using the full post, the full text of the post, instead of just the summary, but if you’re using short codes and things like that from your main money site that aren’t going to syndicate and post into the blogs of your syndication network, then you may want to use the summary post instead. Okay? Or reconsider what you’re posting within the content of your posts so that you don’t have those issues. You could do that as well.
Is It Okay To Upload 30 Videos At Once In A YouTube Money Channel That Is Syndicated To A T-1 Network?
All right. Dave’s up. He says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube.” Uh, oh. It’s, by the way, just so you know, do try … I would say start a new WordPress.com site and then just start syndicating posts from that point forward. The moment of origin forward, if that makes sense, because I wouldn’t worry about going back and publishing all the already published posts on the new WordPress site. I wouldn’t worry about that. It’s too much manual work. If you’ve got a VA you can send it to, fine, but I wouldn’t do it yourself. If it were me, I would just create a new account, attach it to the Network. Set up the automation that triggers and all that, and then I would just post from that point forward, okay?
Dave says, “I have a new tier one network for YouTube for a money channel. Is it a bad idea to upload the 30 videos at once? Will it cause problems with some of the new network properties getting that many videos all at once?”
Yeah, I wouldn’t do that Dave. I would probably not do more than like five posts per day. [crosstalk 00:20:48] But you could do that, you know, five posts per day over six days. That’s what I would do. And it’s not … It’s just because when you hit a … especially a new network with like a whole bunch of posts all at once like that, it’s likely gonna be terminated. Okay? So you don’t want to do that.
In fact, like we always mention, or it’s mentioned in the training, you should post a few posts, as we call seed posts, and leave it sit for a few days. Post with no links, by the way, or only links to other blog posts on that same platform. So in other words, if it’s a Blogger blog, you can link to another Blogger blog post from somebody else’s Blogger blog because it’s still the Blogger domain. I wouldn’t have any external links, okay? It would be an internal link to another Blogger blog. Might not be yours, but somebody else’s. That’s the only type of link I would have, and then I’d let it sit for about seven days before starting to do any automated posting. And then when you do, ramp up slowly. Don’t do thirty at once. Do something like maybe one or two a day for a couple of days, and then you can ramp it up from there. If you’ve only got thirty videos, I’d probably spread that over, you know, a week to 10 days, something like that. If it’s a new network. If it’s an established network, you can be a little bit more aggressive. All right.
Best Practices In Managing YouTube Channels If You Are Wholesaling Video Promotion Service
Columbia! She’s been crushing it. She’s been a go-getter. Columbia, I’ve been really proud of you, coming here every week and asking questions, and I seek that you’re going with the agency model and it sounds like you’re well on your way and I just wanted to say that that’s awesome. We appreciate you being here and taking action. She says, “My goal is to promote videos in five to eight niches, with each niche having a YouTube channel and associated website to support videos from multiple cities, as I am wholesaling video promotion service.” Very good. She says, “If I set up five to eight YouTube channels with each having an associated website, could I put all of those on my main Google and YouTube account, or do I need to break them up under some separate persona Google accounts? Each associated websites would just have a tier one network, but I will likely want to stack two or more tier twos on some of or most of the YouTube channels.”
Which is, yeah, that’s a good idea, Columbia. Is it a good idea to your main Google account? Okay, again, and this is the same advice that I always use, even though your problem … I can tell, Columbia, that you’re gonna be taking care of these networks, and you’re not gonna be doing anything real spammy, your setting up for long term, I still recommend that you would create each of the five to eight YouTube channels under a different persona account and then add yourself, Columbia Jones, your profile as a manager of all of them.
So after you’ve created the YouTube channel under a persona account, then you go in and you add yourself as a manager so that you can access, manage and maintain all of those channels from your main Google profile. It’ll make it convenient and much easier to work on, but it will protect each one of those channels in the event, God forbid, that something were to happen to your account, Columbia, that you wouldn’t use all of those assets, because even if your account got terminated, and again, that’s worst case scenario, but if your account got terminated for some reason or another, all of those other channels would still be present and available because they weren’t your … You, as the profile Columbia Jones, wasn’t the channel owner. You were just a manager, if that makes sense. So I’d do that specifically for risk mitigation, right? Just set up different … create a different persona account. Set up the channel, and then make yourself the manager. And that way you protect yourself.
“So how many channels with each associated website can I run on my main Google account without running into problems, as I would be setting up five to eight niches all within a single month?” Again if you … You can manage up to 50 channels from any one profile. So, again, set them all up underneath different … So the channel owners are different personas. Different Google accounts. And then add yourself as a manager. And you can add as many channels, I mean, up to 50 channels as a manager to your account, Columbia, and that won’t look weird at all because there’s a lot of people out there that are, you know, digital marketing consultants, and they manage a lot of channels and stuff, so it’s natural to do that. I wouldn’t worry about it.
“If I do need to break these up and put them under separate Google accounts, would those persona Google accounts be a persona individual or persona business name?” It can be a persona business name. It doesn’t matter because you’re setting up a business channel. Does that make sense? So when you create a persona, you’re gonna have a persona, a profile-based YouTube channel. That just comes associated with the Google account that you create, but when you go to set up a channel, you want to create a business channel. That’s how you give it a brand name and all that other stuff. Okay? All right, great question by the way, Columbia.
What Is The Best Strategy To Use When Doing Lead Gen Business That Is On A Revenue Share Management?
Mohammed Makki says, “Hey guys, I’ve started doing lead-gen for a local home builder and I have a question. It’s a revenue share agreement, so for every sale he makes, I get a good amount.” That’s a great strategy, Mohammed; that’s the same type of model that I prefer. “I trust this guy since I’ve worked with him before, but I still want to make sure that I know what’s going on. Is an answering service like the one you use on Local Kingpin the best way to do this?”
It is, in my experience Mohammed. So the reason why I say that is because I get … Any call that goes … Okay, so, on the lead-gen sites that I have that … I’m just about on 90% of them. I have an answering service call center set up that I pay for. It’s my expense, but the reason I do that is because any call that comes through, it first … It does several things. Number one: it screens the calls because anybody here that has been doing … Either has your own local business or you provide local business marketing services and you, so you manage stuff for clients, you already know that you get freaking hammered with solicitation calls all day long from every type of business out there. From credit card processing machines to marketing services to Yelp. Yelp’ll call you 15 times a freaking week. It’s ridiculous.
And so I use an answering service, number one: because it’s an automated call screening system. Any solicitation call gets screened out by the answering service, so it doesn’t bother the contractor or the service provider who’s purchasing the leads with a bunch of spam calls. Right? So that’s number one.
Number two: any lead that’s a valid lead is going to answer the call screener’s questions, which means once that lead is done, or once the call is over, that’s a bona fide lead that I can go for. Now obviously I still get some solicitation leads that come through. In other words, they’re people that answer some questions from the call screener so the lead still gets pushed through, but it’s very clearly identified as such when it goes through. So what happens is, with AnswerConnect, that’s the service I use, by the way. Answerconnect.com. I’ve been using them for about five years. Great service.
Anyways, I get an email copy of every lead call that comes through, and then it also gets emailed and texted to the service provider, and so again, I like to use it because it’s a call screening system. I have a record of everything. I’ve got an email and a text record, plus AnswerConnect keeps records of everything as well. And so, for me, that’s how I validate everything.
Now, if somebody submits a web form, a contact form, you know, contact request form, on a lead-gen page instead of calling, then I get a copy of the email that also gets sent to the service provider, and now I’m using Zapier, I don’t know the proper way to pronounce it, but I’m using Zapier to send an SMS text alert, it connects with Twilio, but it’ll basically monitors a Gmail address and every time a new lead comes in from that lead-gen funnel, it triggers Zapier to send a text message via Twilio to the contractor notifying him that a new lead had come in and to check his email for the lead data. And that’s only for contract request form submissions, if that makes sense. Phone calls go through AnswerConnect.
Hernan: Mm. May I?
Bradley: Go ahead.
Hernan: May I add something, Bradley? I think that this really valuable and you first told me about AnswerConnect, back in the day. I think it was two years ago, but I think that you’re adding a lot of value to the process, right? Because if you can sell a qualified lead … Because, here’s the deal: you can sell that lead to one contractor for example, or to one client. That would be like an exclusive lead. Or you can get it qualified and sell it to multiple contractors or to multiple business, right? You will need to be really clear that that lead will be, you know, sold to many, so that … The value of that lead usually decreases. You know, if it’s qualified plus exclusive lead, you can charge premium for that because they’re going through … It’s not completely automated. They are going through some kind of interaction with a person, right? So I think that adds a lot of value and it will solve a lot of problems in terms of tracking and in terms of qualifying the leads. Again, because, you know, you want to send a contractor the best possible leads, you know?
Bradley: Yeah.
Hernan: So I think that adds a lot of value. It’s a little bit more expensive to run it that way, but I think it’s sort of worth it because, again, you can charge a premium for your leads because they are coming through a verified source, right? They are going through human interaction first, and then they are going to be pushed through the contractor.
That doesn’t mean that the contractor doesn’t have to … or your client, they will have to act fast because that lead is warm [inaudible 00:30:56]. Right? They’re hot. They’ve gone through one interaction. They are going through another. So they’re willing to the purchase process. That adds something that you can 100% outsource. It’s a little bit more expensive but this is kind of … The little things that add a lot of value to your business and will make those businesses stick with you for a longer time than any other lead generation company that does this massively and all they’re doing are pushing calls. Does that make sense?
Bradley: Yeah. And the other part of that is, you know, by providing the answering service, we’re doing the service provider a favor, too because the calls are automatically screened and it prevents them wasting time and energy on answering the phone for spam calls or solicitation calls, and that’s a huge selling benefit for contractors or for service providers. Again, mostly for me it’s contractors so …
But, and like Hernan said, I also, you know, if you’re going to sell exclu- … I promote my services as exclusivity of leads. It’s rare that I will ever sell a lead to more than one service provider. It does happen from time to time, but it’s usually rare and it’s usually because there’s a specific reason for it, so I always just charge more per lead if I’m selling on a per-lead basis, or if it’s a revenue share, like what you’re talking about, Mohammed, then it’s an exclusive lead anyways. That’s just a given.
Is It Normal For Keyword Lists From Google Adwords To Have Names Of Different Cities?
The last part of your question, “Is it normal for keyword lists from AdWords to have names of different cities? Despite my living in Alberta, Canada, a large portion of my AdWords list contains American cities and states.” Yeah, that’s because the vast majority of search traffic is coming from Google U.S., but just, Mohammed, what you can do is … This isn’t an AdWords tutorial, guys, I’m certainly not going to log in to my AdWords dashboard to show you this, but Mohammed, what you can do is make sure that you set your advanced location targeting or advanced location options to where you are only … That only include people that are in your target location, not that are in or show interest in. That’s number one. So do that number one.
Number two is set an exclusion list. That’s something else you can do. Again, I can’t go into it and show it to you here, but you can set an exclusion list and actually specifically exclude all 50, or the United States for example. And if you set that as your exclusion list, then people that are searching, even if they’re in your target location, so let’s say Alberta, Canada, but they search for, let’s say, you know, “Remodeling company New York City.” Then if you have New York or all of the United States in your exclusion list, then it will prevent the ad from showing to them, even if they’re in your Alberta Canada and they’re searching for one of your keywords, which might be, you know, “Remodeling contractor,” or, you know, “Home builder,” or whatever it is that your keyword is. It’ll prevent it from showing to them because they’re showing an interest in a location that’s on your exclusion list, if that makes sense.
How To Test A New YouTube Syndication Network?
That’s also really important for call-only ads, guys, that you set your exclusion list to. All right. All right. So Greg’s up. He says, “Hi. Wondering really how to test a new YouTube syndication network. How do we download a video from YouTube to test our new YouTube syndication network?” Well, you can download it. Use Firefox and use something like Video DownloadHelper extension or something like that. There’s a ton of them, guys. They’re a dime a dozen. Just go search, “Firefox YouTube download extension” or something like that and just pick one. The one that I use is Video DownloadHelper. Been using it for years and you can view and just about any video, in the Firefox browser when you have that extension, and then you can just click the extension itself and download the video. You can do that, but why would … You don’t even need to do that, Greg.
What I would suggest doing is setting up either a like trigger applet or setting up a subscription trigger applet. So, and then publicly subscribe to another channel or something that you can upload a video … What I’m saying is you don’t need to download … In fact, for what you’re specifically asking, I would say just set up a like trigger applet and just go like one of the videos on one of your other channels or at least, if you don’t have a video in that specific niche that’s your own video, then just go like somebody else’s video that’s in that niche so it’ll help to theme your network, too, because I see what you’re saying about … “Once it’s tested, do we need to go into network properties and remove the syndicated video?” Well, if it’s a thematically relevant video, right? If it’s themed, if it’s relevant, then there’s really on reason to go in and do that and delete the post from the network. My point is: set up a like recipe and just go like a video, whether it’s yours or somebody else’s, preferably one that’s gonna be relevant to what the network’s about so that you don’t have to go in and delete it later. And that’s how you can test it. Okay?
Does Using Aged Or Expired Web2.0 Accounts On The Persona Rings Would Help Boost Rankings? 
Okay, Alexander, he comes every week now and asks questions as well, so Alexander: What’s up buddy? He says, “Hi guys. It’s good to be here again. Let’s get down to business. I’ll do my first video gig for a client.” Sweet. “He said he’d pay me to set up … set him … to set up to him but not enough money so I could make another one for me and use to rank videos as a service.” Okay. “Does using aged/expired Web 2.0 accounts in the persona rings would help boost rankings or will be worse because we have some random anchor text from referring domains theme?”
No, aged Web 2.0s will certainly help. I mean, look, if you’re doing it specifically for SEO purposes, then yes, using aged Web 2.0s will help. There’s no doubt. I’ve seen some really strong Tumblrs that can do some really amazing things with some strong Tumblrs and there’s a million Tumblr scrapers out there now, guys. Shit, you can go to Fiverr and like SEOClerks and those different types of services and buy Tumblrs now, so it’s simple to do, and yeah, those work. For purely SEO purposes? You can absolutely do that.
Now, for branding purposes, I recommend that you set up your own with the branded username. But again, for purely SEO purposes, expired Web 2.0s are certainly going to help. Okay? “Should I add some RSS feeds to the endpoint accounts/accounts that don’t trigger others so that way I get more related content to build their theme/topical relevance?” You can. That’s what, like out at tier two and stuff like that, if that’s what you’re doing, and you said this was a video gig, so chances are they’re … You’ve got multi-tiered networks anyways, then yeah, absolutely you can, guys.
That’s the thing: if you guys are … I mean, even for YouTube, but especially for blogs … But here’s the thing, guys, if you’ve got, let’s say a two tier network for YouTube, and remember YouTube, we don’t have to worry about footprint issues or anything else. My point is if you’re uploading videos but you’re not staying consistent and you’re not uploading a lot of videos, but you want to keep increasing the power of the network, then yeah, set up some related content triggers on the tier two networks, even for YouTube networks, guys, because you can start feeding relevant content into those secondary networks.
I don’t do it to the branded networks. I never do it to the branded networks, but on the tier two networks, or persona-based networks, they can be tier one persona-based networks tied to your YouTube channel, right? But even for those, yeah, it makes absolute sense to use related content feeds to add additional content to those networks because it’ll help to increase the relevancy and it will … Again, instead of all the content just coming from one source, which would be your YouTube channel, you start to make it more natural because it’s starting to curate, it’s essentially what you’re doing, right? Other people’s content. Related content. So absolutely you can do that. I recommend doing that, in fact, on tier two stuff.
Okay, “Or is there a way to do it even for lower tier feeder rings, uh, a way to send content to tier one that would not be syndicated again on the other tiers.” No, I wouldn’t do that. Again, I wouldn’t … If it’s persona-based tier one network you can add content into there and that’ll take care of the second tier networks because you can set the trigger up on tier one, but if you’re doing branded tier one, then on the … Then I would set the related content triggers up on tier two because I don’t like to feed other people’s content into branded tier ones, if that makes sense. Persona-based is fine. Branded, no.
What Are Some Good Link Building Strategies For Persona Accounts?
“If you can, would like to hear more about backlinking strategies to those kind of persona accounts. Thanks guys.” Backlinking strategies is just contextual links to those properties. If it’s out at tier two, you can be even more aggressive, more spammy. Generally, what we like to do is contextual at tier ones to the network properties. Typically on domains that have, not the pages … We’ve had some issues with people saying, “I just got our link report and the PA is one on every link page that was created.” Well, that’s what happens when you create a new page online; it is a PA of one. Period. It doesn’t start with anything higher than one.
And so, anyways, my point is that you … We try to use domains with higher decent metrics, relatively speaking, right? Compared to all the other spam sites out there, and then set contextual links, we try not to hammer our network properties, anywhere between 50 to 125 contextual links per property, and then we throw spam behind those. Okay?
Are You Using RSS Masher And Rankwyz For Related Content Feeds?
Adam: Real quick, Bradley to … Alexander was asking if, for the related content feeds, what tool would you recommend? RSS Masher or Rank Whizz or something else?
Bradley: Uh, yes. Any one of those. You know, it really doesn’t matter. Rank Feeder, which is Lisa Allen’s tool, it’s a great tool, that’s more of an SEO tool, which is great, it’s very very powerful. It works really well. It basically is running on the principle of co-citation and it works really really well. RSS Masher, which is Damon Nelson’s product, that’s also good. That’s more of a … There are some SEO benefits that you can do with that, but it’s more of a, in my opinion, more of a traffic tool than it is just an SEO tool. I think Rank Feeder is very specifically an SEO tool and RSS Masher has a little bit … It’s not as good for SEO but it has other functionalities that make it better for other things, if that makes sense. You have to figure out what your objective is and select the correct product based upon that. Okay?
Okay, cool. You think that answered that? Hopefully.
Adam: Yeah.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Also, I don’t know, let’s see. Alexander, if you’re in the SEO academy or syndication academy, excuse me, the last update webinar we did, I showed … I think it was the last update webinar. I showed how to use Zapier or Zapier, whatever, for creating your own custom RSS feeds and it’s awesome because you can basically code your own stuff. Like literally, you can create your own RSS feed in Zapier now. Like, your own custom feed with different content sources. You can splice. You can mash. You can add links into every single feed item. You can add citation in every feed item. All that was covered in the most recent update webinar, so go back and watch it. Marco, were you gonna say something?
Marco: Nah.
Are You Using Your YouTube Channel For Putting Up Client Videos And Ranking Them And Doing The In-Market Ads Or Do You Use Your Own YouTube Channel?
Bradley: Okay. Don’s up. What’s up, Don? He says, “For full on SEO clients, not just video ranking clients, are using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them or doing it in-market ads? And doing the in-market ads? Or do you use your own YouTube channel?” So are you using your YouTube channel for putting up client videos and ranking them and doing the in-market ads or do you use your own YouTube channel? I think that was it. That was the department of redundancy department.
Yes, I’m still using my own channel. Now, listen, what I’ll do is I will take … When a client has a video, or if I have a video made for a client, which happens a lot, then I will upload that video to their channel, but then I’ll also upload it to my channel because my channel is the one that has all of the SEO all the networks. It’s got the authority, the relevancy, all that kind of stuff. Typically, because, again, I’ve already … Most of my con- my … Unless it’s a client that I don’t have a network built for, like that’s in an industry that I have nothing for, in which case I’ll just do it on their channel because I’m not, like … But that’s why I try to stick with just clients or lead-gen assets that are in this categories that I’ve already built the infrastructure for, if that makes sense.
I don’t like to take … I did just take on a new client three or four … Nah, I guess it’s been about five weeks now because I got the first subscription payment from them. So it’s been about five weeks and they’re preschool. I’ve never done any preschool marketing but it was a client referral from one of my best clients that I’ve had for five years so that’s why I took the job, and so I don’t have a network for them, if that makes sense. So, basically … And I’ve already done a couple videos for them but I put it on their channel. Because, again, I don’t have a network built for preschools and I don’t plan on building one, either.
So, my point is, I use my network where it fits for the SEO part of it, and then yes, I’ll just use, because I’m trying to rank the video through my channel and my network, then that’s the same video that I will use in the YouTube ad, if I’m setting up the local clicks campaign, which is essentially what I’m doing.
But again, I can still upload the video to their channel as well. That way they feel all nice and warm and fuzzy that their video is on their channel, but all the benefit of that video is coming from my channel because that’s the one that’s ranked and providing the clicks and the leads and the exposure and all that kind of stuff. All right?
Adam: Just real quick. I’m having a conversation with somebody on a YouTube channel. I know some people get lost there and go over to YouTube channel instead of the Google event and check and make sure everyone’s able to get to the event page, but I see that you’re commenting on this page, too, but sorry, we don’t have time to call everyone out by name and ask them to leave their comment, so. If anyone else is watching this and is confused, the way we do it is you just come to this page, write your questions on the event page right here, and, you know, we do first come first served, so sometimes we don’t get to all the questions, but that’s the way it is.
Bradley: This is pretty cool. Thank you, Paul. Paul says, “I use this guy for Google and YouTube accounts, haven’t had any problems and Is very reasonable.” Livemono … I don’t know what the hell that says, but he’s on Skype. I assuming that’s his Skype username.
Adam: Yeah, it must be.
Bradley: I’m not sure what the live colon means, but-
Adam: That might be part of his name. I know that you can use periods and other things as part of your Skype name, so that might be it.
Bradley: That’s pretty cool. I’m actually going to put that in a Notepad file 'cause I might reach out and I’ll say, “Hey, you want some business buddy? ‘Cause this other dude, like we blew his business up, man, because we sent him so much damn work and now he can’t keep up with it and its quality starting to slip.” So maybe I’ll reach out to this dude. See if he’s interested in some additional work. Thanks, Paul.
Okay. EntrepreN8 Consulting. “Are we able to join the group with video?” I’m not sure what you mean.
Adam: Yeah, don’t worry. I answered him.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Yeah, Adam, if you want to … Yeah, go ahead. We’ve still got about ten minutes.
Adam: Yeah, I was going to say. Paul, I think, is one of the people who might be able to join us, so I just wanted to let everyone know that we’re looking at some possibilities for a Semantic Mastery meet-up in the Portland area. Portland, Oregon in September. So we’re going to be having some more information about that. If you’re within, you know, a few hours of there and you’d be interested in that, stay tuned. We’ll have some more information on that as far as where we can meet up but we’d like to do a … You know, it’d be a … I don’t know. We haven’t even decided the details. A few hours, get together, talk SEO, talk marketing, talk shop. I guarantee you, have a beer or two, and have a good time, so we’ll be having some more information about that soon.
Bradley: Yeah, it’s not gonna be like … We’re not hosting a live event type thing, guys. It’s gonna be literally a meet-up, like a casual get-together. If anybody wants to come out and see and hang out with us and have a few drinks and just talk marketing, and really it’s more about networking. It’s not like we’re gonna just have some training session. It’s not like that at all. It’s about networking. Rubbing elbows. Meet-and-greet. That kind of stuff, and obviously we’ll be talking shop. There’s no doubt. But it’s gonna be … And it’s … It’s just gonna be a way we’re gonna start trying to do that.
At least, we’re planning on wanting to do that a couple times a year, so, in various parts of the country, so. In the U.S., at least, as far as we know. I don’t like to travel. All right, cool. [crosstalk 00:48:33]
Adam: Also, real quick. Sorry, real quick. I was gonna say Alexander, are you asking a question about the webinar and Zapier? If you are, before we hop off, say something.
Chris: Can I get one of those in my webpage? [inaudible 00:48:44]
Do You Have Already Get Into The Limit Of Playlists On A YouTube Channel?
Bradley: All right. Alexander says, “You guys have already get into the limit of playlists on a channel because if I want to create one playlist for each focused keyword on a city … I’ll end up with a …” Yeah, no, I don’t … I mean, I don’t do that. Look, I don’t create play … Like, Bill Cousins, he’s got a great software, Rocket Video Ranker or whatever. He’s got a playlist option in there that will create a single playlist for each keyword as well. I don’t do that. To me, that is just way too much overkill, and if …
Honestly, I just always use playlists as like a container. It’s like a silo. That’s it. So I try to go broad, so broader type keywords, more top of funnel type keywords with a playlist and then I put all of the supporting keywords, longer-tail stuff within that playlist, if that makes sense.
I don’t know if there’s a limit to how many videos you can put in a playlist or how many playlists you can have in a channel. I don’t know that because, again, I don’t use them like that, so I’ve never played with that. All right? That’s just too much work in my opinion.
“The other idea is to get just one playlist per city and inside it work one main keyword plus internal link where is for other important keywords.” Yeah, I mean again, I would recommend doing, you know, it depends on how you’re gonna categorize or silo out your channel, right? You can do a city playlist and that is … And remember, you can have a video in more than one playlist, guys.
So let’s say that you are providing marketing services in Atlanta, Georgia, and … Well, let’s say in all of Georgia, for example, and Atlanta is one of the cities, so and, let’s say that you work with plumbers, electricians, and HVAC contractors. Let’s just say that those are the three types of businesses that you work with. I recommend you work with one and one only, but let’s just say three. Then you could have an Atlanta business playlist that has all three of those business types in it because the common denominator, the common theme is they’re all Atlanta-based businesses. Then you could have an electrician silo or playlist, and all electrician videos go in there. One for plumbers, one for HVAC, right? So you could do that, and then again, you could have the electrician playlist, for example, you could have Atlanta, and, what, Savannah is another city in Georgia because the common denominator there is they’re all electrician videos. Right? So you could have electrician videos from different cities in that playlist, if that makes sense.
So the point is that you can have a video in more than one playlist. The idea is to keep the category or the theme relevant throughout. Does that make sense? So that, again … I wouldn’t … You can have multiple playlists and there’s a reason for using multiple playlists, so that you can increase relevancy across different keywords or across different geographic locations as needed. All right?
Let’s see. Are we almost done? “Bradley, where’s the link to the webinar about … Oh man, awesome. Zapier. Thanks.” Yeah, that’s the last update webinar we did in syndication academy. And for whatever reason it wasn’t posted in the members area after we did it and I just posted it a couple days ago, maybe it was Friday of last week. So it is in the members area now in the update section.
“Hundreds of accounts … ” Thanks, Paul. We appreciate that. Let’s see.
Fuck you, Wayne. That’s awesome. Yeah, “Tell me where to get access to … The IF-?” Uh, yeah. That’s the syndication academy. The member’s area, so it should be members.syndication.academy. That’s the login screen. All right?
Adam: And real quick Bradley, just, since we’re out of questions on this page and we’ve got a couple minutes. Over on the live chat on the YouTube side of things, somebody was asking, are we the ones who said to use the Network Empire Silo Plugin?
Bradley: Yes. I mentioned it.
Adam: Okay.
Bradley: Somebody asked about it and I mentioned it.
Adam: Cool. So you still use it?
Bradley: Yeah, I mean … I’m not building WordPress sites that much anymore. Very rare. Usually now when I build a WordPress site it’s only for the blog and that’s it because I’m using ClickFunnels now as my website builder for just about everything.
Adam: Gotcha.
Bradley: However, I’m about to start a project that I am gonna need to build a silos, and so, it … Just so you guys know, on all the sites that I have that are existing sites that have been siloed for the last four years, I’ve been using that plugin, yes. It was originally called the DWS Silo Builder.
Adam: Mm-hmm.
Bradley: I don’t know what it’s called now. It’s a very simple plugin. As far as I know, it’s free. It used to be free. That’s what I’ve used. Now, again, if I’m going to silo out another site … I don’t even know what the other options are now because I’ve just never used anything other than that. So.
Adam: Cool.
Bradley: Anything else?
Adam: Think we’re good. Uh, last call. We’ve got a couple minutes here. I think … That’s about it. Anybody got any more announcements or anything else coming up? Let me check our calendar real quick before we hop off. Nope. Hernan mentioned it. The Battleplan buyers update webinar. I’ll pop a link in if you want to grab the Battleplan. I would suggest you do that. We’ll have the update webinar tomorrow, and then we’ll have some news going out about good webinar with Keith Mallinson on Monday. So we’ve got some good stuff coming just in the next week.
Bradley: Yeah, I won’t be here next week, guys, 'cause I’m going on vacation. So I might pop in, depending on what’s going on. Looks like my video’s all choppy. It’s weird. Anyways, I won’t be here next week but it looks like the rest of the team has got it covered, so. Marco’s going to be rubbing his weather in everybody’s faces as usual.
Marco: Of course I am. Why else would I live in Costa Rica in paradise if I couldn’t rub the weather in your face?
Bradley: That’s right. All right guys. Well everybody, have a good day. Let’s see. We have a webinar tomorrow, don’t we?
Adam: Correct, we-
Bradley: A Battleplan webinar.
Adam: Correct, correct. Yup.
Bradley: That’s right. Okay. So we’ll see a lot of you on that. Otherwise, we’ll see everybody next week. Thanks everyone.
Adam: Bye everybody!
Hernan: Thanks! [crosstalk 00:54:55]
Chris: Bye everyone.
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