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We’re a week away from the Election here in the U.S., after a short 22 month campaign. And with all the excitement in the air about having a new President, I thought you might enjoy a 1-day sale: have fun, save money, and learn something to help your business.

Two years ago, I held the first Election Day Blowout, and it was a win-win for all involved. This was a mid-term election, so there wasn’t as much to argue about. But some of my earliest customers picked up a package of training from me and a few of my mastermind partners. This was just my second product launch ever, and the profits helped me take Joanna back to Poland for the first time since she had come to the US about 7 years earlier.

So now it’s time for Election Day Blowout 2.

The trouble is I don’t know what you want me to include that would help you the most, so can you give me your thoughts?

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Today on Bob The Teacher TV, I answer questions from the mailbag.

These questions involve online video, Twitter, warming up visitors before trying to sell them something, and duplicate content between blogs, Squidoo, etc.

Questions answered in this episode…

“How do I send a group of friends a new added video and message at the same time? Thank you!”- Michael Flume

“Bob, how can I get you to follow me on Twitter. I’m following you: http://twitter.com/terrywhalin I have written more than 60 books traditional publsihers.” - Terry Whalin

“How can I help people before I ask them to consider buying my offer?” - Susan Schaffer

“I run 4 different blogs and was wondering if I could simply use my blog posts as articles after I set up a squidoo lens? Or is going to be penalized as duplicate content. What I was planning on doing is taking all 4 blogs and creating a single lens to cover the 4 blogs and was also going to the same with a hubpage. Just wanted your thoughts on it. It would make it easy to for updating frequently.” - Scott Searles

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Joanna and I are off to Poland for two weeks!

We’re both pretty excited to make the trip, although she’s petrified of flying. She keeps asking if we can take a boat instead. :)

We’ll be flying to Warsaw via Atlanta and London. After a day visiting with her brother in the capital, we’ll make the 6 hour drive to Debrzno on Friday.

As you can imagine, I’ll be trying my best to stay “unplugged” on vacation. So I’d like to remind you of how I can still help you while I’m away.

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Today’s lesson is about growing your list of subscribers and customers without spending huge amounts of money on advertising.

The way I’ve grown my business is by letting my current clients recommend my sites to other people, and then rewarding them for doing so. In fact, I estimate that 80% of my subscribers and customers came to me at some point from someone else’s recommendation (which is over 16,000 people!).

Of course, we’d all like to think that when you make something great, others will want to tell people about it just because.

And that does happen.

But a little incentive can go a long way! Let me explain…

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Why should you use Squidoo?

Well, to put it simply - because it’s the easiest way for you to represent yourself professionally on the internet. If you are in business, getting traffic, building credibility, and growing your reach are all critically important.

Today, I’d like to share an excerpt from Squidoo Secrets 2.0 so you can learn why it’s worth the effort to use Squidoo.

Of course, with my help, it will hardly seem like effort at all.

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Squidoo Secrets 2.0 is coming out on Saturday - it’s my birthday on the 26th also!

So during this week, I’ll share a few clips of audio and video so you don’t have to wait until then.

Today’s excerpt is from the 7 Secrets To Success With Squidoo tele-training, which will be part of the new Apprentice program. The topic is how to become an expert (and why it’s essential that you do so) using Squidoo.

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Here’s a quick follow up to my Squidoo Secret hunt that I sent to you the other day.

(This is where I asked you to check out my lens about the Guerrilla Balance Sheet, and find the secrets I teach inside the lens…)

First, let me share the lens rank with you. When I made the lens, it was 430,126. 24 hours later, it was 59,741. Right now, it’s at 912 after 48 hours.

Next, I searched for the terms “febene” and “guerrilla balance sheet” since I started the lens. During the first 36 hours, my lens did not show up. However, as of right now when I’m writing this post, when you do that same search on Google, you find…

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Yesterday, I received word that a long awaited report from one of my mentors (Paulie Sabol) and his business partners (Ben Mack and Jay Conrad Levinson) was finally released.

I decided to create a Squidoo lens about it in order to pick up traffic, revenue, etc., just like I teach in Squidoo Secrets. In less than an hour, I created a nifty little lens packed with my Squidoo strategies.
The report is called the Guerrilla Balance Sheet, and my lens is www.Squidoo.com/febene-review.

If you’ve been following my Squidoo Secrets course (either the first version, or through the live workshop that just ended last week), I invite you to participate in a Squidoo Secret hunt.

Check out the lens, do whatever comes to mind when you read over the lens, and then come back to this page to post your favorite affiliate marketing tips and Squidoo “secret” items that I included on the page. There are plenty to choose from, so if someone already picked yours, go ahead and list something else. (Just pick one, though, so more people can have fun with this…)

Bob Jenkins

p.s. And if you enjoy the lens make sure you sprinkle some lens love with the stars :)

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