Oceans students,
Thanks for attending the presentation for Oceans Massage Therapy School on Saturday, March 6, 2021. It was great to have such a large and interactive class. Some of the classes are very quiet and I appreciate you all leading a lot of the discussion.
Here are the links and additional resources we discussed. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me. My contact information is below.
Tracy's Information
Website Articles & Book
- My Blog for Small Business Websites: www.15MinuteMondays.com/blog
- Tracy's Book: www.15MinuteMondays.com/the-book
Action Guides
- Long-tail Keyword Development Guide (MS Word or PDF here)
- Domain Name Brainstorming Guide (PDF)
- Website Planning Guide (PDF)
Popular "Getting Started" Blog Articles
Other Blog Posts I Referenced
My Websites That I Referenced
- 15 Minute Mondays (WordPress)
- The Twelve Beers (Blogger)
- District 23 Toastmasters (WordPress)
- Toastmasters in Lubbock (Blogger)
- Engineer a Career (WordPress)
Website Hosting
- Domain Registration & WordPress hosting
- Free WordPress Hosting
- Free Blogger Hosting
Website Resources
- WordPress Themes
- Stock Photos (these cost money)
- Creative Commons Photos (free in some circumstances)
Massage Sloth
We didn't discuss this website but I have in the past during the Ocean's class so I wanted to include this. Be sure to check out his YouTube channel for some great ideas on how you could use video.
I'm impressed with this guy. He is working his online presence from every angle, including online t-shirt sales through Represent.com.
Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary V is the guy who started doing online videos and took his dad's wine store from $1 million per year to $50 million per year in 8 years. You could do that with your business. He is a marketing genius.
Amazon Affiliates
Use affiliate links (via Amazon or other companies) so that if someone clicks your link and buys it, you get paid.
Contact Me
Email: Tracy@15MinuteMondays.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/15MinuteMondays
Phone: 806-535-3827
Cool Tools
- Email Campaigns
- Social Media Managers
- Appointments & Reminders
- www.AppToto.com * (Read my article on AppToto here)
- www.Setster.com
- www.BookFresh.com
- www.Schedulicity.com
- SEO (Search Engine Optimization ... aka, get found easier on the internet)
- Yoast SEO (the best tool I've found ... for WordPress only, though)
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Business Tools
- Zoho
- One Drive
- Evernote
- Google Voice (this is a blog post I wrote)
- Survey Tools
- Payments & eCommerce
- Automation
- www.IFTTT.com (IF This Then That)
- Testimonials
- www.TestimonialTree.com - Get testimonials for your business and get them shared on all of your sites.
- Artwork, voice overs, and other services
- www.Fiverr.com - You can get some amazing things for $5 and some really amazing things for a little more.
- Toastmasters
- This is a great organization for improving your public speaking and customer communication skills. Plus I use Blogger for the websites so you can see some websites in action.
- District 23 (using the Extra newsmagazine theme)
www.District23.org - Toastmasters in Lubbock
www.ToastmastersInLubbock.com - My Thursday morning club www.LubbockToasters.com
- District 23 (using the Extra newsmagazine theme)
- This is a great organization for improving your public speaking and customer communication skills. Plus I use Blogger for the websites so you can see some websites in action.
- Statistics (these were the groups where I got the wild statistics)
- The Kelsey Group (now BIA Kelsey)
www.biakelsey.com - Kissmetrics www.Kissmetrics.com
- Hubspot www.Hubspot.com
- The Kelsey Group (now BIA Kelsey)
Video Equipment
Video Cameras
- Your Smartphone (you already own it so it's like it's free)
- Onshowy Video Camera with pivoting monitor (so you can watch yourself) $119
- Nikon SLR Camera (powerful & cool but not simple, be prepared to spend some time learning this camera) $446
Lighting
- The Sun (it's free! shoot in the morning or evening)
- 176 LED Light with battery and mount $31
- Use cool, 5500K (or even 5000K) bulbs. They'll say "daylight" or something similar on them. Get them at Lowe's, Home Depot, Amazon, and maybe even Wal-Mart.
- Pair of small desktop, video lamps $40
- Small softbox for above lamps $14 each
- Video studio (with 3 large lights, soft boxes, backdrops, stands, and bulbs) $160
Microphones
- Lapel mic for smartphones $15
- Shotgun mic $25
Stands
- Smartphone stand (will mount to a tripod or work on a desktop) $8
- Amazon Basics 60" Tripod $25
Software
- Camtasia (advanced editing for PCs) $199 ... this is what I used
- Screenflow (advanced editing for Macs) $129
- Screencast-o-Matic (screen capture and webcam capture for computer screen capturing videos) $15 per year ... I use this for on-screen tutorials