Brand Ballers - Beautiful, Uncomplicated Websites and Marketing
By Michael Miello
Brand Ballers - Beautiful, Uncomplicated Websites and Marketing Feb 24, 2019
Presentation nerves
Productizing Creativity - Step 1
Hints of moving in right direction
In this episode, we talk about client reactions that reaffirm that you're heading in the right business direction. We share our experiences from over the week of networking and give some examples. Let us know what you think and thanks again for tuning in.
Should you join a BNI group, premium network group?
There’s a networking group called BNI (Business Networking International) It’s not cheap to join, but Carl did and is sharing his experience. In this episode, Mike asks a bunch of questions to get an idea of how the group works and tries to ask many questions that people would probably be curious of if they’ve never heard of BNI. Let us know what you think and thanks again for tuning in.
Website talk and jeez how many times we say Squarespace
In this episode we talk about websites as we're both changing our websites and fixing other people's websites. Nowadays, there's supported website platforms where you can build a great website and not worry about any technical issues like in the past. We end up talking about one of them, Squarespace, and how much we're digging what they have created. Enjoy the show!
Shortcuts - Productivity forced by baby
Naming crisis for our business, not our babies
First off, we're back! The BB is back and we're aiming to share the rawness of our businesses and what we do. We touch upon identity crisis with regard to naming a business, personal branding and the struggles of it along with things we're learned during our process to finding the dream name.
The last episode
The last episode
Warping up
Warping up
Carl
Carl
The hacking experience
The hacking experience
Breaking the rules
Breaking the rules
Mike's first draft of a video script
Mike's first draft of a video script
Using video as a sales tool
Using video as a sales tool
Having 20k followers on YouTube
Having 20k followers on YouTube
Making videos with your phone
Making videos with your phone
Using video to grow your business online
Using video to grow your business online
Recap of our website series
Recap of our website series
Maintaining good user experiences
Maintaining good user experiences
How good user experience affects your branding
How good user experience affects your branding
Setting up your website like a restaurant
Setting up your website like a restaurant
Who to target with your marketing effort
Who to target with your marketing effort
What is a website
What is a website
Measuring your marketing efforts
Measuring your marketing efforts
Finding a process to produce blog posts
Finding a process to produce blog posts
Tone of voice
Tone of voice
Content form
Content form
Planning your blog
Planning your blog
Blogging for business
Blogging for business
Testimonials to helping your branding
Testimonials to helping your branding
Constructing your product offering
Constructing your product offering
What Makes a Good Website
What Makes a Good Website
SEO vs Content for Websites
SEO vs Content for Websites
Mike rebrands his old brand
Mike rebrands his old brand
Techniques for producing videos
Techniques for producing videos
Storytelling
Storytelling
Initial Outreach
Initial Outreach
Social media for building a personal brand
In this episode we talk about social media
Your Website About Page
Your Website About Page
How to Make Good Explainer Videos
How to Make Good Explainer Videos
Is Marketing For Products vs Services Different?
Is Teaching the New Marketing?
Taglines, How and Why Make It Good
Video equipment that's quality and affordable
Carl is a videographer and in this episode, he shares his tips on what types of video equipment you need to produce quality videos on a modest budget.
Quick websites fixes
Mike is a web designer and in this episode, he shares some quick web design wins you can perform to improve your website immediately. These tips are handy if you just want to update your current website and not jump into a larger re-design activity.
Company Name vs. Using Your Name for Business
Carl and I are split on this, but quite frankly, it's always something that is behind the head of which way is better. We attempt to talk some sense out of this in this episode
Intro Gone Balls
Mike finally convinces Carl to stay up during the stupid late hours of the night to make a podcast. Hurray! Now we're just layout down the roadmap or what we're trying to achieve with our podcast. Let us know if you had a listen. We'd love to say hi!