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My interview this week was with the smart and interesting Ron Hudson. Be careful because his stories and advice will draw you in and you won’t be able to stop listening above or reading the transcript below. Ron gives amazing advice on how to be successful in this down economy that you can’t miss.

Garrett: Hello, everybody, this is Garrett Pierson here, ‘Your SEO Mentor’. I’m here today with Ron Hudson, of Howtoinfluencepeoplenow.com. How are you, Ron?

Ron: I’m great. Thanks for having me, Garrett. How are you?

Garrett: I’m good. I’ve had a wonderful day. I’m happy it’s the weekend. I’m going to relax with the family. I can’t complain.

I just want to give a quick overview of you, Ron. If I make any mistakes, you can correct those. Ron is the CEO of Success Strategies Research International, Inc. Ron is an author, radio talk show host, and he is trained in CMNLP. Ron, you’re going to have to tell us what that is, in a second here. He is a business growth strategist and strategic influence trainer and coach. He has had the privilege of training sales people at companies such as Coldwell Banker, Dean Witter, Goldmine Software Corporation, New York Life, Cellular One, Lexus, and many others.

Some of Ron’s specialties, again, are the NAC and NLP. Again, we’ll get into that in a little bit more detail, but marketing strategy optimization persuasion, joint ventures; the list goes on and on. This guy knows it all.

Ron: No, I don’t [laughs].

Garrett: You can also check his radio show at Blogtalkradio.com/immediateinfluence. Ron, I’ll make sure I have links to that on my blog post, at YourSEOMentor.com.

There are so many things about you, but why don’t you just tell us a little bit about yourself, for those that might not know you, your background in the training and coaching, marketing industries, your family, your hobbies, or anything. Just give it to us, Ron.

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My interview with Alejandro Reyes aka Successfool was the bomb this rockstar is so smart and has so much passion. Take a listen to the interview above or read the transcript below!

Garrett: Hello Everyone, Garrett Pierson here. I am here with Alejandro Reyes. How are you buddy?

Alejandro: Good, thanks for having me on your show.

Garrett: No problem; it’s a pleasure. I just wanted to tell everybody that I’m so excited to have you and talk with you for a little while. I’ve been totally impressed with you, what you do, and I think of you as the “master connector” and “relationship builder”. That’s what I call you.

One thing that has impressed me is that you’re not afraid of anything. Would you agree with that?

Alejandro: Wow! You’re reading my mail.

Garrett: You’re not afraid. You love to connect with people. I think that’s so powerful. In some of the questions I’m going to be asking you today, we will get into a little bit more of that.

A little bit more about Alejandro; he is a social media marketing consultant, entrepreneur, blogger, connector, speaker, family man; he has a little girl, four months old. Is that right?

Alejandro: Yes, little baby Sadie.

Garrett: Awesome! He runs Successfool.com. For all those listening at iTunes, or anywhere else, just go to YourSEOMentor.com, search for the Alejandro Reyes interview, and you can get all the links to his stuff.

Successfool.com is a blog for entrepreneurs and internet marketers for understanding how to use social media to better connect with the audience. It’s an awesome, awesome blog. You all need to get over there and check it out. One thing that Alejandro helps people with is he helps them become rock stars online. Isn’t that right, Alejandro?

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So I am back at it with my Your SEO Mentor Live Podcast series and have a wonderful new format for all of you that love podcasts. Not only am I making it easier for everyone to download the podcasts to iTunes but also I think you are all going to like the new and simple format. First of all listen to the podcast by clicking on the little player above with the blue play button and I explain in detail the new format but here it is if you would rather read it:

• Monday Interviews Series – Unfortunately for now these will not be live but will be chuck full of valuable content with interviews from SEO, Social Media, and Online Marketing experts. Just to give you a glimpse, my first “Monday Interview” will be with Jordan Kasteler who will be speaking at SMX Local & Mobile
• Tuesday SEO News Minicast – This podcast is going to be short and to the point and is going to be live at YourSEOMentor.TV. This SEO Podcast is going to be on the latest SEO News, Tips, and people.
• Wednesday Social Media News Minicast – This Social Media Podcast will also be live and will be dedicated to Social Media, Networking, Bookmarking, etc. I will be going over the latest new in the Social Media Marketing industry!

So I am totally excited for these new podcasts and I know they will be full of great & valuable content so stay tuned for next weeks Your SEO Mentor Live Podcast series.

As I mentioned on the podcast here is the link to the SEO Baby Video of my baby girl Grace.

If you missed this episode live you can check it out at Your SEO Live Ustream!

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Ideas by Garrett Pierson and Illustration by Mike Dyson

With the growing phenomenon of Social Media, there seems to be a disconnect between how much is too much. I myself spend hours daily on Plurking (Plurk.com), Tweeting (Twitter.com), Friend Feeding (FriendFeed.com), Digging (Digg.com), Tagging (Technorati.com), Stumbling (Stumbleupon.com), Bookmarking (Google Bookmarks), Reading (Reddit.com), Facebooking (Facebook.com), Favoring (Faves.com), Propelling (Propeller.com), Hellotxting (HelloTXT.com), Mixing (Mixx.com), Eating (Del.icio.us), and that is just the beginning.

With all of this crowding the mind and giving us all Socialitis we need to put on our project managers hats to bring us back to reality so that we can keep our heads on straight. Yes this is all a lot to work with, but Social Media Marketing is totally changing the dynamics of how we market and network online but we need to remember that social media is not just another direct marketing channel. Social media marketing makes it possible to construct brand awareness and create customer loyalty, as long as you go about it the right way and get organized.

With this all in mind here are 10 tips, tools, and suggestions to get the most out of your social marketing campaign and to not go crazy:
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So if you haven’t heard our dear friend Dave Harry aka TheGypsy of Huomah.com has broke his arm. With this terrible news his blog posts go on with the help of Steven Bradley aka VanGogh & David Snyder!

Just wanted to give everyone a quick look at Steven Bradley’s guest post about Social Media Marketing called “The Indirect Value of Social Media Marketing” here were some of the questions about Social Media Marketing that have been asked due to a couple posts by TheGypsy:

1. How to plan a program ( with a real-world example)
2. How to time manage said program
3. How to measure and manage costs
4. How to measure it (KPI)
5. How to determine ROI (return on investment)

Steven continues the discussion focusing on these questions above. He writes, “Focusing on your ROI efficiency and your rate of benefit is a better approach to me and a better way to understand the value social media delivers. To me it’s more that each social interaction potentially leads to your next opportunity. It’s not always possible though, to know where that next opportunity will appear and which or how many of your interactions led to it.”

Read more at his guest post at TheGypsy’s SEO Blog.

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