Well, the winner of the first Zero-to-Quantastic Site Optimization Contest contest should be proud. She not only won the $400+ prize package by taking action to make BIG improvements on her QuanSite reaping BIG results for her business. She laid out a how-to road map for you to follow and proves to you through a very impressive case study what’s possible when you take action and put the power of QuanSite to work.

And the winner is…

All the Aussies in the house shout “Ozzie-Ozzie-Ozzie, Oi-Oi-Oi!” It’s Karyn Clarke of Sydney Australia!

Karyn is the 1st Place winner of the $400+ prize package including a cool new 8 Gig iPod Nano, incredible Bose In-ear HD Headphones, a signed copy of Secrets of Online Persuasion and Twitter Revolution, PLUS one month of her QuanSite software membership paid for by us.

The Runner-up is Judy Zavislak who wins the $140 prize package for herself; including a signed copy of Secrets of Online Persuasion and Twitter Revolution, and one month QuanSite software membership paid by us.

Congratulations to everyone who entered the Zero-to-Quantastic Site Optimization Contest contest. if you used the contest as motivation to improve your business by improving your QuanSite and if you took action and stopped procrastinating — you’re a winner no matter what the results.

WATCH FOR IT! The next contest will be starting soon! You could be the next winner!

What you can learn from the amazing results of the winner . . .

Karyn’s results are nothing short of amazing. But honestly — ANY QuanSite software member can do the same. If you take focused action and use the QuanSite New Media marketing system the way Karyn did it’s within your reach. The following case study will be an inspiration to hundreds of entrepreneurs I’m sure.

The Site Optimization case study

Here’s the case study on Karyn and her site hubsitebuilder.com will show you what you can do when you put your QuanSite to work for you.Keep in mind as you review every word, stat and image below; that Karyn was new to the QuanSite system and unleashed it’s power to accomplish these results in less than 30-days!

And most AMAZING (and this should be a BIG inspiration to you) . . . Karyn is a 61-year old grandmother with no technical experience and who admits to initially stumbling over techie terms when she first started working with clients.

Jeesh! I’m excited to get rolling into this case study myself!

The kick-off; Karyn prepared effectively

• She took an account of where she was at so she had an accurate picture of her starting point (Click Here to see Karyn’s “before” videos of her QuanSite)

• Karyn laid out a plan and set the targets she wanted to hit in the 30-day Site Optimization contest. This is AWESOME! Click Here to see how Karyn set herself to successfully follow-through and take serious action by setting clear specific targets for herself. (PDF opens in new window)

• In her contest submission essay, Karyn clearly defined the vision for how her QuanSite site optimization related to her business goals and what it would do for her long-term business growth.

The amazing results . . .

BEFORE

- Karyn began the contest with NO notable ranking for her targeted keywords.

Click Here to see the thorough review of the keywords important to Karyn and the pre-contest results

- She had NO videos online.

- Before the site optimization contest her Alexa ranking was lower than 3.5-million.

Ranking number 3,576,615 out of all sites on the Web for traffic is actually not bad at all. BUT wait til you see what Karyn accomplished with the QuanSite New Media marketing system.

AFTER

At the end of the 30-day Site Optimization Contest Karyn had achieved incredible Search Engine ranking results. Especially when you consider that she completed less than 1/2 of the new content she had planned on creating.

QuanSite delivers an AMAZING 1,000% Google 1st page ranking improvement — literally!

Karyn used her QuanSite New Media marketing software to go from Zero page-one results to 6-out-of-11 positions on page one of Google!

What you see above is EXACTLY the type of result that should have you jumping for joy. As we’ve proved with our own sites, and as many of our established QuanSite software members have proven — in many niches, the QuanSite New Media Marketing software makes it possible to get top search engine rankings without tons of content or posting every other day all year long.

Results like these just takes knowing:

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WOW! The last 30days flew by fast and the QuanSite site optimization contest wrapped up yesterday on the 25th. While some people got caught up in day-to-day distractions — there were stand-out entrepreneurs who took action and made big improvements in their business by improving their QuanSites.

Of notable progress among the contestants who properly entered are (in alphabetic order):

- Karyn Clarke
- Mike T. Nelson
- Rebecca Pulliam
- Judy Zavislak

As per the Zero-to-Quantastic Site Optimization Contest guidelines we’ll be thoroughly reviewing before screen-shots, goals, essays and the final results of all properly submitted entrants. After 30-days of effort it’ll be exciting to determine and announce the winner and runner-up on Thursday January 28th!

Congrats to everyone who entered and used the contest as the motivation to improve your business by improving your QuanSites. If it helped you take action and stop procrastinating — you’re a winner no matter what the results.

Watch for the announce the winner of the $400+ prize package including the 8Gig iPod Nano and Bose headphones on Thursday January 28th.

OK, I admit it. I’ve been dumped because of a date or two in the past. Sometimes it stings more than not having a date at all since you get your hopes up. That’s when a date leaves you lonelier than if you never had one to begin with.

Well, it’s the same thing with your site. Having a date on your blog posts can actually kill your chances of winning over that ideal prospect or client. And by having that date showing you end up lonely and with less money in your pocket to boot!

Follow me here and you’ll see how this relates to you and the latest upgrade to the QuanSite online marketing system.

Watch & learn how to fix the bad date blues

About the NEW “Hide Date” feature in the QuanSite Business Booster Blog Module

The upgrade for the “Hide Date” option has been applied to all QuanSite member sites. The setting for it is in the general site setting area, there’s a check box at the bottom of the page to hide the date. To hide the dates on posts and pages in your QuanSite Business Booster Blog Module, simply check the box next to the words “Hide Date” and hit the save button.

That’s it! Wallah! You avoid pre-framing visitors negatively with older dates showing in your QuanSite Business Booster Blog Module. And more importantly — no more getting dumped because of a bad date.

The Hide Date feature is working great on all stock and modified QuanSite site skins*. If you have a completely custom skin on your QuanSite, we might need to make a small change to the skin files for you. So if you activate the “Hide Date” option and the date still shows, just submit a support ticket and we’ll go in and make the change manually for you.

And as far as your archives — the cool thing is that the Hide Date feature DOES NOT affect the archives function. The post archive and links to the different months in your Business Booster Blog module will still be there and still display chronologically.

* Note: There’s one skin where hiding the date was out of the question as it’s an integral part of the design. That is the Zinfandel skin. The year is not showing though, just the month and day.

Talk back & let us know what you think

The QuanSite team is continuously hard at work improving the software to make it more effective for entrepreneurs like you. The NEW Hide Date feature is a simple, elegant and oh so powerful example.

• What’s your opinion on the idea of getting dumped because of a date on your site?
• Have you ever let a date on someone else’s site pre-frame you in a negative way?
• What do you think of the new Hide Date feature?

What do you think? Share your thoughts now in some intellectual graffiti in the comment area below.

Exciting stuff! There are a few upgrades and changes in your QuanSite dashboard.  QuanSite now makes it easier than ever to connect with your Twitter followers, optionally automate Tweeting if your blog posts/pages and all-around making creating buzz with Social Media simpler.

Tweet-Connect Enables Auto-Publishing Of Your Blog Posts

Tweet-Connect is an exciting feature we’re happy to introduce to you.  We’ve been fielding member requests for the past few weeks asking for the ability to automatically publish blog posts to your Twitter stream.  Now with Tweet-Connect, you can!

What I love about Tweet-Connect is how easy it is to configure.  Even if you did nothing else on the screen but enter in your Twitter Username and Password, Tweet-Connect goes to work for you.

No messing around with plugins, no FTP hassles, no de-bugging headaches — it’s all been done for you. Just enter in your username and password and you’re done!

Now of course there are a few more options, like selecting the look of the “Tweet This” icon (which makes it pushbutton easy for your visitors to share your blog posts/pages with their followers.) Plus there are a few other things, but as long as you enter your username and password and select “Send to Twitter” defaults to checked on unpublished posts to post all of your blog posts to Twitter, you’re good to go!

You can find Tweet-Connect under the System >> Tweet-Connect.

We’ll have a step-by-step training video online for you next week.

TweetMeme Encourages Your Audience To Tweet Posts & Pages in Your QuanSite Optimized Business-Booster Blog

While QuanSite has always had the ability for your readers to share your blog posts, the button was included with all the other Social Buzz buttons. And since Twitter is so popular and such a great source of free traffic we’ve added the TweetMeme connection.

Now you have an attention grabbing retweet button at the top right of your blog content that encourages easy sharing.  And the best part is,

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The new FTC guidelines regarding endorsements and testimonials and how they affect bloggers and marketers has been a brewing story since late Summer 09′. Frankly, after doing an interview on the subject in August my “BS antenna” have been up at attention awaiting the Marketplace Molesters to use this to drain money out of your pockets with promises of protection.

With the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) new guidelines going into effect on December 1, 2009, scam artists, Internet marketers and even some attorneys are trying to sell bloggers, affiliate marketers and website owners like you products and services that could actually get you into MORE trouble with the FTC.

Whether these people are honestly trying to help, or knowingly are misleading you and millions of others in the hope of short-term profits — it doesn’t really matter. The facts of the FTC guides are what matter.

Although I’m not an attorney (nor do I play one on TV or sing like one in the shower) this thorough overview of the new FTC Guidelines on endorsements and testimonials will help you understand what your new responsibilities and potential liabilities are.

The marketing approaches you use, the products you produce or promote, and your own business structure are unique.  You need to be armed with the facts so you can make the best decision and take the action that’s right for you.

The new FTC guidelines on endorsements & testimonials: the facts you need to know

Watch this video to learn what’s new, what some of your new responsibilities are, and what you can do to actually use the new FTC guidelines to gain an advantage over your competitors.

Straight from the horses mouth . . .

As I shared in the video above, there are several things you can do to protect yourself short of hiring an attorney to draft custom disclaimers for you to use on your site and documents to use with your affiliates. The best thing beign reviewing the new FTC guidelines yourself.

Download the new FTC guide on endorsements and testimonials here

Videos from the FTC that answer some of the top questions online marketers have

Why new guidelines now?

What do the new FTC guidelines mean for bloggers?

How do bloggers follow the new FTC guidelines on endorsements & testimonials?

Does the FTC intend to chase down & sue bloggers?

Additional legal reviews on the new FTC guidelines for your reference

• New FTC Blog Guidelines affect companies without blogs

• “New Media” Provisions of Revised FTC Endorsement and Testimonial Guides

• FTC Rolls Out New Guidelines for Endorsements and Testimonials

What’s your take?

• So what do you think about the new FTC guidelines on endorsements and testimonials? Fair? Unfair?

• Is this just another instance of the government sticking it’s nose into the private sector trying to exert control over New Media?

• Are most consumers adults capable of making their own decisions? Or do most people REALLY need to be treated like children being warned about every little thing?

• What are you going to do to protect yourself against the finger-pointing of consumers and the wrath of the FTC?

Talk back and share your psychological graffiti in a comment below.

The QuanSite team has been busy working away on a huge re-brand and launch project for the past four months.  Now that we’re comfortably 30-days into the release of the QuanSite system, we thought we’d share some of the tips and strategies behind the launch so that you could benefit from our experience.

This isn’t the first time we’ve been involved with a product launch, but every time we go through a launch we pick up a few new tricks. this time was no exception, especially since this was software.

Product launch lessons learned:

1. No matter how much time you give yourself for a launch, it’s never enough.

Expect many sleepless nights and last minute things that need to be taken care of. You can minimize the impact of the little things by planning out your launch two or three weeks in advance.

Set goals and milestones and appoint one person to keep you on track or use an online project management service like Basecamp to keep track of the things that sleep deprivation might cause you to overlook.

Takeaway tip: if you are planning a simple product launch (like a downloadable product, e-book etc.) add 20% to your projected timeline. So for example, if you are figuring it will take you a month to fully prepare for release, you’d add a week to your timeline.

If your product is more complex, like a big physical product, a book promotion or software) add 40% to your projected timeline.

If you’ve never done a fully promoted release of a new product and a marketing launch; A) get professional help from a coach or mentor who has done them B) double the percentage above even with professional assistance.

2. Test, test, test and then test again!

In addition to testing your the functionality of your product (if it’s a software product like QuanSite), you need to test the sales process from start to finish… many times in all browsers before you launch. Make sure people can order and pay via credit card (or paypal if you offer that option).  Make sure they can reach the download page and can download the product. Make sure they know how to reach support if they have a problem. Test everything! Twice. And then test again!

Takeaway Tip: When testing anything to do with sales or marketing, change ONLY ONE THING at a time. For example if you want to make several changes to your sales copy, don’t make all the changes at once. If you do and conversions do improve you won’t know what worked.

There is a caveat to this rule. If your marketing/sales process is failing to convert at all and you have a mentor or professional copywriter look at your marketing materials and they tell you “a truckload of Viagra won’t revive this copy” — then change it all at once as quickly as possible.

3. Minimize technical glitches by planning ahead.

Nothing is more frustrating than having your sales site go down during a launch, especially when it means a loss of potential sales. Nothing is more embarrassing than having to tell a JV Partner they didn’t earn as much as they could have during the launch because your sales site was unreachable.

The QuanSite.com launch team planned for the increase in traffic by installing additional RAM on the main sales server and caching parts of the salespage. We also had our server admin monitoring the server during high load periods and the technical team was ready to implement “Plan B” within 20 minutes should something go awry.

4. Make sure customer support is on hand during the launch period.

The support team should be on hand to deal with any issues as they arise. Both technical support to manage server issues and the customer support team to manage any new customer questions. The first few days after a product purchase can make or break a new customer relationship.

Make sure the entire team is up to speed on the offer(s) on your salespage, the included bonuses and where to get them, know how to answer common new member questions (where are my bonuses, I can’t login, etc.), as well as know the escalation path should they need to raise an issue to a Customer Support Manager or the technical team.

Takeaway Tip: Using a program like Kayako Support Suite can add tremendous value to your launch and increase response time and monitoring of customer service inquiries.

5. Set clear and actionable goals.

How do you define success? What’s your measure of a successful launch?  The QuanSite.com launch team had very specific goals and milestones that needed to be achieved and timelines for achieving them. We also closely monitored hourly and daily sales and reacted quickly if there was a dip in sales as it could indicate a potential technical problem.

6. Review & revise

Once you’re on the other side of the launch, comfortably on the other side of the launch (so not the next day!) sit down with your team and review the launch process.

Even if you’re an old hand at launches, you can learn something new from each one. Analyze all online, offline and marketing systems.

- Did you meet your goals?

- Were there any customer service problems that indicate a hole in your sales process?

- Or your support process or even training if your product requires training?

- Was your team proactive and responsive and anticipate issues before they arose?

By analyzing the launch a few weeks past the crunch period, you’ll be able to improve your systems and processes and ensure an even greater launch next time… and maybe a little bit more sleep!

Takeaway Tip: a thorough strategic review of what happened that you didn’t expect, what didn’t happen that you did expect and how actual results line up with your goals will not only help with your next launch. If this is a product that stays on the market for sale (as most products will) then this Review & Revise process reveals gaps in your sales process where you are leaving money on the table.

For example; if 2 out of 5 new clients requested an additional service that you didn’t offer in association with this product, then adding it as an upsell will not only satisfy those clients, it will get others who were not yet thinking about that service take it as an add-on too.

The result is your clients feel well-served, you win them over as raving PAYING fans . . . and you put more money in your pocket with very little effort.

So what do you think?

Got some good ideas from the lessons learned and takeaway tips above? Do you have some tips of your own to share on product launches you’ve done yourself or seen done by others?

Share your thoughts, ideas or feedback in some graffiti down below in a comment.

In today’s QuanSite.tv we announced the winner of the QuanSite Twitter Buzz contest. You’ll want to check the replay out here too for an update on the extensions for the contests still running.

Here’s the quickie summary:

• The winner of the 1st QuanSite Revolution Twitter Buzz contest — recipient of the $3,000 prize package including a QuanSite blue iPod Nano video, Bose in-ear HD headphones and one-year QuanSite Essentials membership — is Clay Franklin. A big congrats to Clay!

• We WILL be having another Twitter Buzz contest for the QuanSite Revolution starting in early November, so you’ll want to stay tuned for that. The rules will be a little different and more focused on persuasion and ability to generate viral buzz.

• IMPORTANT CONTEST UPDATE: The QuanSite Blog Buzz Contest with a $2,700 prize package and the QuanSite Revolution You Tube Buzz contest with a $3,000 prize package have both been extended until November 19th.If you’re game for either one of these contests (yes, you!) be sure to post a comment on either the QuanSite Blog Buzz Contest or the  QuanSite Revolution You Tube Buzz contest to let us know you are participating. These are both AWESOME opportunities for you to show off your powers of persuasion and WIN BIG!

Here’s the replay of today’s 20-minute quickie QuanSite.tv

Are you tired of being a slave to your Website, blog and sales pages? Wish they’d work hard FOR you instead? Well what you’re about to see and hear here is a welcome revelation for anyone serious about growing their business online.

If you’re a busy business owner, effective entrepreneur or serious affiliate marketer — I’m certain you’ll find what this video reveals a literal revolution for how you your business and reach your goals.

It’s an overview of a brand new comprehensive integrated system that literally defies physics and turns 4-hours of your time into 42-hours+ of profit-generating results. I promise you — no hype here. Just solid software built for serious business owners! (Check out the entire QuanSite system here.)

In fact, I’m sure you’ll agree after watching this video that it’s no exaggeration to say that this New Media online marketing and Social Site-building software is the Holy Grail of online business growth.

Are any of these things important to you in growing your business online?

• Pushbutton simple SEO (Search Engine Optimization)?

• Top search engine rankings within hours of new content on your site?

• Instant single-button online video embedding & auto-syndication to the top online video sites?

• Putting your site on auto-pilot all or part of the time?

• The ability to instantly create high-converting optimized landing pages, squeeze pages & sales pages?

• The power of to add advanced persuasion triggers and
  conversion-boosters with the push of a button instead of paying
  thousands of dollars?

• The peace of mind and free time that comes from having a
  performance optimized and professionally managed system backed with
  on-the-spot training and support?

If your answer is yes to any of the questions above, then you want to watch this video right now then head on over to QuanSite.com to set yourself up for success in 2010 and beyond. In this QuanSite.tv video replay we cover an entire introduciotn to and overview of the QuanSite system.

We cover highlights on all four modules:

• New Media Dominator Module
• Optimized Business-Booster Blog
• Marketing Pro Module
• Managed System Performance & Training

We also revealed the PRIVATE 24-hour code for Secret Society of the Quan (SSoQ) Insiders that will automatically add up to ANOTHER $1,200 bonus on top of the already jam-packed QuanSite Launch Bonus packages.

Important Note re: the SSoQ $1,200 24-hour code mentioned in the video: If you’re a 1-Percenter and you know you want jump right to taking action on immediately using the 24-hour SSoQ code for up to an extra $1,200 in bonus services — CLICK HERE. (*NOTE: to access this page you must use the secret SSoQ password we sent you in a separate email. This page is NOT open to the general public, it is ONLY for Secret Society of the Quan Insiders.)

Here’s the QuanSite.tv video replay where you’ll learn why QuanSite is the ONLY site-building software that defies physics. Watch the replay below.

QuanSite.tv Replay: Why QuanSite is the only New Media online marketing & Social site-building software to defy physics

REMEMBER — to access your SSoQ $1,200 Bonus 24-hour code: – CLICK HERE. (*NOTE: to access this page you must use the secret SSoQ password we sent you in a separate email. This page is NOT open to the general public, it is ONLY for Secret Society of the Quan Insiders.)

If you’re not yet an Insider in the Secret Society of the Quan, you can sign up for FREE on the home page of QuanSite.com

OK, SSoQ Insiders — QuanSite.com is now LIVE! just for you . . . but you want to watch the replay from today’s QuanSite.tv to learn exactly what your 24-hour heads-up means to you. You’ll also learn what you as an Insider in the Secret Society of the Quan has in common with Christopher Columbus and the Knights Templar.

Oh . . . and watch for a separate secret email that will ensure you have access to the SSoQ packages mentioned in the replay below. The general public won’t see what you’re privileged to see.

Watch the Live Stream Replay now to get the full story

(Due to a technology glitch on Live Stream the replay is in a few segments in the one player below)