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BigMouthStrikesAgain, Episode 8 – Jim Kukral: The Leonardo da Vinci of Online Marketing

Missy Ward — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:15:03 +0000

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My guest today is Jim Kukral, or as I like to refer to him as, “the Leonardo da Vinci of Online Marketing. He is a true polymath in every sense of the word.

It is a combination of his of his intuitiveness, intellect, desire to take on interesting challenges, understanding of the information age and ability to view things from different perspectives that has enabled Jim to become a top entrepreneur in the internet marketing arena.

He’s been a blogger since 2001, has promoted of thousands of websites, is a sought-after speaker, consultant, author, Affiliate Summit Emcee, all around good guy and someone I’m proud to call my friend.

In this podcast, Jim talks about:

When he realized that online marketing was his calling and how he got started in the business.

Some of the ventures that he’s been involved with over the last couple of years.

Some of his new projects on the horizon including Prfessor.com

The different marketing methods he’s used when it comes to promoting his new ideas.

The hurdles he’s had to overcome when he set forth in his entrepreneurial career; his biggest failure and what he learned from it.

How Tim Carter (AskTheBuilder.com) has impacted his career.

Tips for online entrepreneurs getting into the business today.

What he would be doing if he could no longer be involved in the internet in any capacity.

Where he sees himself in the next 5 years.

Chasing butterflies. (Together, Missy and Jim come up with the newest Lepidoptera to pursue which is a service that for a fee, the company will break up with a friend, partner or business associate for the customer… since breaking up is so hard to do.)

Juicy tidbits about him including his “go-to” tech device, first thing he’d buy if he hit the lottery, favorite website, last book he read, whether he returns food at a restaurant that he doesn’t like and so much more…

Jim also broke the news about his awesome new book deal with Wiley and when we can expect to see it on the shelves of our favorite book stores!

Listen above, on GeekCast.fm or download to iTunes.

Win a 1-Year Membership to theBizWebCoach.com Group Coaching Program

Missy Ward — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:54:30 +0000

Jim Kukral, has one of the most creative and business-savvy minds around. His marketing knowledge never ceases to amaze me and I am continuously inspired by him.

For the last 12+ years, Jim’s been busy teaching both small companies and businesses like Ernst & Young, Fedex, Sherwin Williams and more, how to maximize their online success and increase their profits.

Now, through TheBizWebCoach.com, he is providing access to a group coaching program in which his members can learn how to successfully use social media, create an online strategy to drive more leads and sales and get specific business-building action items to build their business.

What business owner wouldn’t want that?

Being the “Pay-it-Forward-Kinda-Girl” that I am, I asked Jim if he would provide me with a few seats in his group coaching program to give away to some lucky readers of MissyWard.com. To my delight, Jim has provided me with 10 free year-long individual memberships (a $324 value each) to give away to business owners that want to be motivated and educated about the things they need to do to make their online business thrive. Details of the group coaching program can be found here.

So, for the next two weeks, I will give away 5 memberships each week. Here’s what you have to do to be eligible to win one:

1) You have to be prepared to LEARN. If you’re only semi-interested, don’t enter the contest. Let someone else who really wants a seat have a better chance of getting it.

2) Follow me on Twitter @MissyWard and Tweet: “I want to learn how to grow my online business. Do you? Follow @MissyWard and retweet http://cli.gs/PickMe

-OR-

Make a comment on this post and give me a reason to give you one of the memberships.

On Monday, February 9th, I will randomly select 3 winners from the eligible entries from Twitter and 2 from my blog. The same goes on February 16th.

Good luck!

Happy Birthday, Jim Kukral

Missy Ward — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:40:20 +0000

So a few weeks ago, my neighbor had a garage sale and I picked up a 5 MP camcorder that her young daughter had given up. My older son Alex has his own flip, but I figured my little guy, Chase would get a kick out of playing with his own video camera. My neighbor assured me that it worked but I figured if it didn’t that’s cool, too. It was only 2 bucks.

So today just for giggles, I recorded my Sing-A-Long-With-Missy birthday wish to Jim Kukral.

Happy Birthday Jim.

Here’s what 2 bucks gets ya

I’ve Got My Orange Crush

Missy Ward — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:11:43 +0000

There’s no disputing the fact that Jim Kukral has an idiosynchratic affection for the Flip camera.

I dig it, but I’m quite certain that my devotion to it is limited to the next “new thing” that will make my Flip — well — irrelevant.

In any case, Jim’s got one of his “funsperiments” going on where he’s asked folks to show him their Flips.

Kind of voyeuristic, in my opinion, but hey, I’m no prude.

Orange Flips Rule!

Be Like Jim Kukral and Earn $50 Bucks.

Missy Ward — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:09:45 +0000

Jim Kukral – Blogger, Online Marketing Guru, Entrepreneur and Geek Extraordinaire is now on Weviews.tv, telling the world what he likes and what he doesn’t through video testimonials. And, he’s getting paid $50 bucks a pop for them.

Don’t you want to get paid for giving your opinions? Watch the video and learn what it takes to be just like Jim Kukral.

The Loose Rules on Submitting Video to Weviews.tv:

• 1 to 2-minute consumer generated video reviews that discuss the features and benefits of the product or service along with the reasons why you are endorsing it.
• Video must display the Weviews URL and product name throughout your video. For instance, if you were reviewing an Asus EEE, you would display http://www.weviews.tv/asuseee throughout your video.
• The video must be transcribed (spell checked and grammatically correct, please).
• The product or service must be available for purchase online through a merchant with an affiliate program.

Any other questions? E-me at missyward at gmail dot com.

Burnin’ my Vanity Bra!

Missy Ward — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:49:17 +0000

I happened upon Lisa Picarille’s post, Videoblogging: Is it a Man’s World? and I have to tell you, it hit home.

“But what about the affiliate marketing space where there are a lot of super smart and successful women? Why aren’t they using video like their male counterparts? It’s a touchy issue to go into but I think it’s about looks. The majority of us fall are average looking and not in the supermodel range.

But for women, I think doing a video is all about vanity. I don’t want to generalize, but more often than not, women want to look our best on video and let’s face it – that can take some work. There’s doing our hair, putting on makeup and finding the perfect outfit. You guys just push record and go. Or put on a baseball cap (yes, you Mr. Collins).”

Lisa, you are absolutely right. I usually arrive at my desk at 10:00am, straight from the gym and the truth is, it’s not a pretty picture. There are days when I don’t even make it into the shower until mid-afternoon because I’m so busy. The last thing I want to do is be seen by my UPS guy when he rings the bell, let alone do a video for public consumption.

My buddy, Jim Kukral chimed in with his thoughts:

“The beauty of all this is that I work even harder because I know that online video is dominated by women with good shows and I am not a 115 pound blonde. So I have to strive to be more entertaining, have better content and do a better job.”

And within Jim’s words, I found liberation from my pretension. I’m just going to go for it — burn my vanity bra, if you will.

So with that being said, here’s my first video, sans enhancements. It’s a video response to Lisa Picarille’s post, thanking her for opening my eyes.

Like, it or don’t like it. It’s just video and you don’t have to watch