America’s Funniest Video, “Snow Tubing Accident”, televised on May 1, 2011 on ABC
May 2nd, 2011 // 1:42 pm @ John Piro // No Comments
America’s Funniest Video (AFV) “Snow Tubing Accident”, by Twin 11 yr old’s Ben & Dan Piro, was televised on the May 1, 2011 show. Take a look at this edited version which is so much better than the raw footage AFV required & shared…
AFV Entry “Snow Tubing Accident” at Woodbury Ski & Tube Center January 30, 2011
Category : Overview
QR Codes
March 7th, 2011 // 5:13 pm @ John Piro // 2 Comments
What is a QR Code?
Most basically, a QR Code is a barcode on steroids. They’re used for encoding information in two-dimensional space — in magazines, newspapers, flyers, brochures, as well as on TV and Web sites. They were originally used to track auto parts, but have become popular for commercial purposes.
How is it different than a barcode?
Whereas a barcode encodes data in only the horizontal plane (as scanners read the width and distance between the vertical lines), QR codes encode data both horizontally and vertically in a grid of tiny squares. This allows for much more data to be encoded in a smaller space. Barcodes are good for little more than identifying products and objects. Specially programmed scanners can read barcodes, and match them to product names, prices and inventory, but that’s about it. QR codes, on the other hand, can actually embed that information in the code itself, and, when read with the proper software, can trigger actions like launching a website or downloading a file. Additionally, QR codes can be read from any angle, while barcodes must be aligned properly.
QR codes are bound to become more common as time moves on as we become increasingly reliant on our mobile devices. Typing out URLs or other data on the tiny keyboards is cumbersome to say the least. These squares of elaborately arranged boxes are a shortcut around that problem, can easily be integrated with various services, and incorporate geo-location data. Most advertisers have not figured it out yet, but QR codes will be their best friend!
Category : Blog &Mobile Marketing &Overview
SMS Text Messaging
January 11th, 2011 // 2:28 pm @ John Piro // Comments Off
No matter what profession, career, trade or business you are in, SMS Mobile Marketing is the most direct, instantaneous medium to market your products & services in the marketplace today. There is no faster, cheaper or efficient method for anyone who needs/wants to get their message in front of their customers, prospects, vendors, family, friends eyes than using SMS Mobile Messaging.
Watch this video to understand the facts of Mobile Marketing & the excitement that surrounds this instantaneous response marketing tool.
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Category : Blog &Mobile Marketing &Overview
WHY SMS MOBILE MARKETING?
August 30th, 2010 // 2:04 am @ John Piro // No Comments
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MASSIVE USE VALUE
April 7th, 2010 // 6:35 pm @ John Piro // No Comments
The key marketing anything, anywhere is to provide “MASSIVE USE VALUE”.
You are the expert in your field – not your prospect. They are coming to you for your knowledge. Why not GIVE it to them? Here online you have the opportunity to leverage many free as well as low cost investment tools which will automate your sales process.
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FYI: There is a very nominal investment to get started marketing online however you also can get started without making any investment. Many of the tools I share with you are free. However, one tool you will want to invest in is your own host account which is a nominal monthly investment - $7.95/mo or if paid annually just $3.96/mo! You will need to purchase your own Domain name too. I suggest you begin with purchasing “yourname.com” which is a yearly investment of approx $10/year. (Note: GoDaddy offer “yourname.info extensions for as low as $1.19/yr!) You will also come to realize your best friend and most valued asset is your auto responder which is a monthly investment of $19.95/mo.
Other than that everything else is available at no cost to you. Therefore for a minimum of approx $27.00/mo you can literally begin to brand, market and build your sales/marketing funnel to the point where you can literally begin monetizing your online efforts (ie MAKE MONEY!). I don’t care if you are an 8 year old kid – if you are in the position to invest $27/mo my “Free Training” shares how you can get started and begin making money online.
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Here’s what I’d like you to think about:
When someone provides you with answers or information about something you want to know and they are an expert in the field and they keep providing you with invaluable information – won’t they stick around and want to keep listening to you?
What happens next? They begin to like you – don’t they? When someone gives you something aren’t you prone to want to give back? What would happen if they were providing so much value (ie information) you want and will provide you with more information at a fair price don’t you think you would buy from them and possibly refer others to them when you realized you wanted or need to buy what they offer? How much emphasis do you put on how much something costs at that point even if they are charging more than a competitor? All of a sudden price isn’t a major concern – is it?
So begin to think to yourself, ”what does my audience want to know”? You have to put yourself in your prospect’s position and give them what they want. People are more willing to buy something when they have received value BEFORE they invest their money vs when they are being sold something they aren’t allowed to try first.
Therefore in order to encourage others to want to get to know you, why wouldn’t we provide them with what they want? It isn’t a secret they will appreciate us and want to get to know us more and the more they get to know us they will probably begin to trust us. Chances are they will stick around and tell others about the person they appreciate and want to share the information with them and who they learned it from.
Branding and marketing ourselves online in addition to learning how to dominate the search engines for the keywords and phrases of choice is critical in today’s business climate!! Further we get a much bigger “bang for our buck!” You will be the winner as you increase your value because you will be sought after by your target market. You will begin to realize you will be spending more of your time dealing with people who are coming to you ready to buy from you rather than spending most of your time prospecting looking for your next customer.
How might this concept of providing “MASSIVE USE VALUE” work for you in your business? What if you educated your market on the “Insider Secrets” to your industry and in the process endeared your market to you? Do you think they might think of you when they or someone in their circle of influence needs your services?
YOU BET THEY WILL! How can they possibly forget you if you helped them with something they need?
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