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How to enchant with your brand online in 20 seconds or less

enchanting-300x225Online communications are often devoid of facial cues and physical interactions. Therefore, they may feel impersonal.  Research shows that even most charismatic authors, speakers and experts may lose their attraction power via the Internet. In time when everyone can build a website, a blog and even produce their own movie, standing out from the crowd is more and more challenging. You no longer should shoot for mere “attention”, but for a strong emotional response to your brand and your services. You must strive to enchant your audience so they can trust and buy from you.

Every second counts online. Every point of interaction with a client is your opportunity for enchantment. A brand bumper may be a great solution for your company, especially if you produce videos. A video bumper is a brief announcement, usually two to 15 seconds that can contain a voice-over, an image, or a dynamic logo with the background music announcing your brand. It’s a branded piece of video – a video intro – that you can put top and tail on your video marketing to give you a professional edge. To learn more about how to build a great bumper read our blog post here.

Today we want to enchant YOU… and show you several case studies of brand bumpers that our Bookphoria team created for our clients.

The Chakra Shoppe:

The owner of the Chakra Shoppe Blanche Blake (www.chakrashoppe.com) wanted to see her brand shining through her brand bumper. Blanche is a talented energy healer, who wanted to show the healing, flowing, peaceful and blissful feeling that her customers get after the treatment. She also wanted to utilize all colors of the rainbow that correspond to the colors of 7 chakras. In addition, Blanche is an incredible singer who wanted to use her music piece in her video bumper.

Wired@Heart:

This bumper was created for Dr. Marina Kostina’s company Wired@Heart (www.wiredathear.com) the main goal of which is to help small business owners build connections and engagement online. Therefore, we chose warm colors, animation and the music that create a sense of warmth, connection and interaction yet have a high-tech feel. The sparkles represent energy exchange among people.

The Brain Alchemist:

My own bumper for The Brain Alchemist demonstrates the power of the brain. The core message is to “rewire your brain to speak your mind and be heard.”

Liquor License Academy:

Trust, simplicity, elegance are the cornerstones of Liquor License Academy. We wanted to portray a solid, reliable service for the sophisticated members of the liquor industry. The colors and the music of this bumper were intended to created a safe, relaxing environment which projects trustworthy yet friendly context for learning.

 Bookphoria:

In our Bokphoria bumper, we show how a book comes alive through the growing of the vines from the book, the changed color of the logo and the dramatic music – we want our audience to see that they become not only writers of their content and their books but producers/ actors/ high tech designers.

These are a few examples of video bumpers. You could be the next lucky one to let your brand shine through your personalized, enchanting digital signature! Sign up for our complimentary consultation at http://bookphoria.com/register-for-your-complimentary-consultation/

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By | 2014-04-09T20:50:55+00:00 April 9th, 2014|Communication, Learning|0 Comments

Our new book “SuccessOnomics” is out: Pathway to Success

SuccessOnomics You can define the word success. Webster did, he describes success as, “The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect or fame.” But, is that what it means to you? The strange thing is, we all perceive success differently. Each of us has different goals we aspire to achieve in life or business to define ourselves as successful. However, navigating down that ambiguous pathway to success isn’t always easy.

Over the last eight months, I’ve united with successful entrepreneurs, professionals, and experts from around the world, including publisher of Forbes magazine, Steve Forbes, to bring you the guide to success. Each of us is successful in different areas, which means we’ve been through both wins and losses, and have taken action to claim the term success for ourselves. And now, we’re willing to share our methodology and mindset to guide and coach you to success in your own life.

This insight is brought to you in our new book, SuccessOnomics, and it’s out today! My chapter is on storytelling for grit and success.

You can get your copy HERE.

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Just buy the book now, then send your receipt to bonus@celebritypresspublishing.com and you’ll get all the bonuses!

Thanks for your support! Enjoy the book!

By | 2014-03-27T22:03:53+00:00 March 27th, 2014|Books, Communication|0 Comments

My guest appearance on The Brian Tracy Show [Video Interview]

Last November, I had the honor of appearing as a guest on The Brian Tracy Show. I wrote about the amazing experience of meeting Brian Tracy, a legend of personal and professional development, and shared some photos from the event in my earlier blog post. Now I have the video portion of our interview:

Want to develop your own multimedia course based on your book or expert content? Sign up for our complimentary consultation at http://bookphoria.com/register-for-your-complimentary-consultation/

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7 Facets of Book or Expert Content Trailers that INSPIRE [Infographic]

Book trailers are video promotions for a book, similar to those of movie trailers. In the age of short attention spans and information overload an author or an expert cannot afford not to implement the most innovative marketing techniques to stand out from the crowd. Professional book trailers can instantly attract audience’s attention and ignite their curiosity, allow you to be viewed as an expert and can even go viral.

There are 7 main characteristics of a successful book trailer that one needs to take into account. We abbreviate them as INSPIRE. They apply not just to books but to any expert content that you may want to promote through a video trailer.

We created an inforgraphic to visually represent these 7 facets of an effective book trailer. Please feel free to print it out and share it with your social networks.

Want to develop your own book or expert content trailer? Sign up for our complimentary consultation at http://bookphoria.com/register-for-your-complimentary-consultation/

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By | 2014-02-26T16:36:03+00:00 February 26th, 2014|Books, Communication, Learning, Public Speaking|0 Comments

The Speaker Transmedia Mindmap: Building Your Content Marketing Mosaic

As a speaker, you may be wondering how multimedia solutions fit into the overall business marketing strategy. Creating compelling content is just one part of it.  You need to have appropriate distribution channels for your expert content, and it must engage your audience, prospects and clients.

According to Canada Media Fund Keytrends Report 2014, “value is now generated by the relationship between audience and content” and “the intent is to give participating audiences the opportunity to add value to the content distribution process.”

You want to meet your audience on the channels where they already interact with information and other people and make it easy for them to share and talk about your content.  The Speaker Transmedia Mindmap is a visual guide that shows how you can use multimedia solutions across various media channels to evolve your story.  Each channel can serve as a door into your transmedia world and an invitation to experience your story from different angles and perspectives. Click here to see the full-size image.

Speaker Transmedia Mindmap

What would your transmedia platform look like? Let’s chat about it when you sign up for our complimentary consultation at http://bookphoria.com/register-for-your-complimentary-consultation/

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By | 2014-02-17T21:41:09+00:00 February 17th, 2014|Communication, Learning, Public Speaking|0 Comments