Everyone has needs that are the driving force behind why they're an entrepreneur. It could be paying off debt, getting bill paid, saving for retirement or more. When you're strapped financially it makes it really hard to focus on serving others and that leads to a cycle of struggle because your prospects can sense you have an agenda that doesn't involve them. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci encourage you to get your fous in the right place to avoid this struggle.

In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour Weekend Marketing Minute, Dawn & Traci share one of their "must have" tools they use day in and day out to grow their business, collect leads and nurture those leads into sales. Get Response is their favorite auto-responder tool and there's a great 30 day free trial you can take advantage of!

Do you have a turkey hangover or are you one of the millions of crazed consumers who are out participating in Black Friday? In today's episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share how you can learn from retailers and take advantage of this season of sales & promotions to grow your business! Also, Dawn & Traci have a special Black Friday promotion of their own. You can access it at http://HappyHourHangouts.com/products

Happy Thanksgiving! As most of the United States celebrates Thanksgiving, Dawn & Traci have a special episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour. As an entrepreneur, having a lifestyle of thankfulness is crucial, not just having a day of thankfulness. Learn how to put on the "armor" of gratitude each and every day to guide you through the challenges every entrepreneur faces on their journey to success!

What do you look for when picking a mentor or a coach? Many people think that the more time they spend with a mentor, the better. However, this is the same philosophy as trading hours for dollars, which is what you do with a job. As an entrepreneur, your number one focus should be on getting results. That's what you should look for when choosing a mentor or a coach. Someone who can help you get results. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci talk through their shift from coaching & mentoring from a time standpoint, to shifting to a results focus. Something everyone wants.

It may sound strange....sometimes you have to spend money to make more or to save money. What does that mean? Well in this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci talk about how spending (investing) money on their business, even in times where funds were tight, made all the difference in their business expanding. If you're ready for growth, then this episode is for you!

Successful people think and act differently than people who struggle to get results in their business. Successful people seek out and value mentors, coaches & training, recognizing that it can be the one thing that makes or breaks their success. If you are hungry to have a business that experiences crazy results, then you'll definitely want to listen to this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour. To find out more about the Inner Circle Mastermind go to http://HappyHourHangouts.com/InnerCircle

In this episode of the Weekend Marketing Minute, Dawn & Traci share one of their favorite tools to take your webinar strategies to the next level. If webinars are going to be a big part of your marketing strategy, you'll definitely want to check this one out!

We've all had that "day after the party" feeling....thinking there was someone you should've talked to, a phone number you should've asked for. In many ways it's the same after the "Webinar party". In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share how to follow up after the big event to make sure you continue to get results even after it's over!

In today's episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci take you through how to structure the actual webinar to get the best results possible. You don't want to leave the actual presentation to chance so you want to be sure you know how to actually structure the format and this episode will help you do that!

You've got your webinar set up, you know what topic you're going to cover, now how do you make sure people show up? In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci take you through the very important aspect of promotion. The best webinar in the world is only good if people show up! Don't miss this important step!

You've decided you want to use webinars to grow your business, but how do you set them up? What do you need to set up a webinar that will get you the results that you want? In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci take you through all the steps you need to create killer webinars.

There are so many different ways you can use webinars to grow your business. The only limitation is your creativity. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci walk you through the different ways you can use webinars. Get ready to get your creativity going because this episode will open your mind up to the different ways you can use webinars for growth in your business

Are you using webinars to grow your business? If not, after this week's Social Media Marketing Happy Hour series on webinars, you might change your mind. Dawn & Traci will share with you how webinars launched their business and how it literally changed everything for them and how it can be a game changer for your business.

In this episode of the Weekend Marketing Minute, Dawn & Traci share a cool & simple tool that allows you to quickly and easily add your website to all of your unique images that you share on social media.  

You've got your ethical bribe set up, your LeadPages ready, your thank you page & your follow up emails all lined up and ready to go. Now what? How do you get people to see your offer? It's all about traffic. Dawn & Traci share 5 ways you can get eyeballs onto your offer and start the list building process asap.

Uh, oh....your new lead doesn't buy the first time you show them your offer. What should you do now? The facts are that about 98% of your new leads won't buy the first time, and about 80% won't buy until they've seen your offer about 8 times. So how do you set yourself up to win? In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci take you through the process to ensure that your follow up sets you and your prospect up for long term success!

Your ethical bribe works, and someone signs up for your email list. Now what do you do? What do they get? How do you make sure they get what you promised? On today's episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci take you through the steps and the process you need to take with that precious new lead. This is where the relationship begins.  

It used to be super expensive & complicated to get a page set up for prospects to sign up for your ethical bribe or your email list. Today, there are some incredible tools that will make it super easy for you to create a professional looking page in as little as 5 minutes. In today's episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share one their most valuable business building tools, LeadPages, and how you can use it to explode your list building strategies!

Have you ever seen a website that says "sign up for my newsletter"? Chances are you have. With all the information you have coming at you, do you really want to sign up for another newsletter? No, you don't. Neither do your prospects. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour podcast, Dawn & Traci walk you through the most effective way to get people to "opt in" to your email marketing list, by exchanging something of value for their email address! We call it a lead magnet or an ethical bribe and by the end of this episode you'll realize fast why you need to get your own ethical bribe set up asap!  

You've probably been taught that you should make a list of all your friends & family and start contacting them about your business. What do you do once you've gone through that list? How do you start building a list online? Have you even considered building a list online? In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci walk you through why the saying "The Money Is In The List" is mostly true and why you should definitely be building a list using simple tools that will help you leverage your time & efforts.

Even though Dawn & Traci highly recommend using a Facebook Fanpage to grow your business, you'll still use your personal page from time to time. The question is, does your personal page make you look like someone who is going somewhere in life or does it look like you're not serious about success? In this audio blog episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share some things that could be embarrassing you on your Facebook wall.

Coming up with valuable content to share with your followers can be challenging, and one great strategy is to share other people's content. But how do you avoid losing potential leads by sending them to someone elses site? In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour Weekend Marketing Minute edition, Dawn & Traci share a cool new discovery, Snip.ly, and how you can use that to grow your list while sharing other peoples great content! 

You've probably heard how important consistency can be in any area of your life. It's especially important if you want to take your business to another level. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour, Dawn & Traci share how creating consistent content thru blogging, social media, or podcasting, combined with massive action can change your business fast.

The 100 episode celebration continues and in this episode of the social media marketing happy hour, Dawn & Traci share their insight on how podcasting has dramatically impacted their business and how you can take advantage of this hot trend of podcasting to grow your audience, get more leads, and ultimately more sales for your business.

We can hardly believe it. 100 episodes of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour. What started out as an experiment has turned into a huge part of our business and brand. To celebrate 100 episodes, Dawn & Traci share some of their journey to 100 episodes, along with some lessons learned along the way!

When you first fell in love with the idea of building a network marketing business online, part of the charm was to have family freedom, time freedom & more. Then you discover that with the internet you can literally work 24 hours a day, and you quickly wonder where your freedom went. In this episode of the Social Media MarketingHappy Hour, Dawn & Traci share how using a content scheduler will help you build your business faster and give you the time freedom you are after.

Posting frequently & consistently in social media is extremely important for growing a highly engaged audience. How do you post content on social media consistently and frequently without becoming chained to your computer or cell phone? In this episode of the social media marketing happy hour, Dawn & Traci reveal how they post high value content to multiple social media platforms without becoming 24/7 slaves to social media. After this episode if you're not already using a content scheduler like Hootsuite, you'll most likely run, not walk to get one set up!

The Social Media Marketing Happy Hour began because of a Google Hangout and in this audio blog episode Dawn & Traci walk you through 4 ways you can use Google Hangouts to build your Network Marketing, MLM & Direct Sales business. Video is hot, and Google Hangouts are even hotter! Don't miss this proven strategy to grow your business and get more leads & sales.

Do you have issues focusing and getting work done in a short period of time? Dawn & Traci both struggle with all the distractions, the focus and temptations of building a business online. In this episode of the Social Media Marketing Happy Hour Podcast Weekend Marketing Minute, they share one of their favorite tools to help shut out all the distractions, put focus on hyperdrive and get stuff done!