Here are my tips for using powerpoint in a effective way for your presentations:

• Keep your slides simple. There is no need to use different fonts and animations.
• Have only 4-5 points to a slide as a maximum.
• Use a plain white background with black text.
• Use only relevant images that evoke emotion, which allows you to land your points home.
• Use images that are clean and sleek on a white background.
• Use a font size that is a 32 pt or more.
• Test your slideshow thoroughly before your presentation at the venue to ensure the colours can be see and audio can be heard at the back of the room, and that everything works as you intended on the equipment there.

Video is one of the best mediums to get your message across as a speaker and build your list. You would notice on this blog that I use it a lot. It allows people to connect with you at a personal level and start to feel like they know you. Then when you have something to offer them they are ready to join your list or buy from you.

Today is the second in our series of “lazy web celeb” grillings where I am interviewing Gideon Shalwick all about video! Gideon is an expert in this area and one of my mentors when it comes to using video on the web.

There are still places to join me on the call, just go to this page and get the lazy web celeb series including a copy of my new book “Our Internet Secrets”.

www.shiftspeakertraining.com/lazy

4 Strategies for Getting More Exposure
Than Paris Hilton – Bare Minimum Effort
without the Bare Bottom

Internet marketing is not my game, but over the years I have learnt enough to make sure that when people hear about me and go searching online- they find me.  As a speaker I believe this is the bare minimum you must have.

So how do you get enough exposure while still keeping your clothes on?

You need to have 4 simple things:

1.    Blog: Blogging is so simple and easy to get set up, and to do that you would be crazy not to have one.  If you missed Vanessa’s article on how to get your account set up on your own name domain- click here for last edition.

2.    Video: With youtube being such a powerful search engine in its own right, and ours being such a TV culture; you would be a fool not to optimize your natural talents as a speaker and get some video out into cyber space. Make sure you have your own youtube channel!

3.    Social networking: It’s really quite the faux pas not to be on Facebook these days if you are in the information marketing game.  Unless you’re a “conscientious objector” in which case I would have to ask- do you want to make money or be “right”?  Learn to use Twitter and Facebook to your profile-building advantage.

4.    Opt-in page: Ensure every bit of online profile you build is leveraged effectively through opt-in pages that build your list.  Your  own list is always the most valuable asset you can have as a business owner- so mastering this art is crucial.

Join me for the “Lazy Web Celeb” series where I will be grilling 4 International Online Experts for the “bare Minimum effort” to maximise your online exposure.  Find out more here…

• Get your Own name registered as a web site or domain name
• Allows your site to come up when people search for your name
• If you can’t get your own name (eg. if someone already has it) get a variation of your name – eg use middle name or initial, or title
• Check the company’s Terms of service or rules when you register to ensure there isn’t any unfair rule, like they will take your domain off you if there is a spam complaint

This video is one of the videos take from inside my Silver Mentoring Program Training Series.  I have released it so that you can see a sample of some of the types of training tips we have inside. 

We are opening the gates on our “Brand New Launch Offer” for the Silver Mentoring Program in 5 days on July 22^nd.  Make sure you read on below for more information.

One of the things that as the most potential to reveal your nerves on the stage is how you use your body.  Even the most powerful presentation can be undermined by using gestures and body language that do not match the message.

In this free public speaking tip I’ll take you into 4 simple strategies that you can use to make your presentation more effective, by using your body, gestures and stage in the best way possible.

I go into:

1. Why some public speaking tips will not make you money
2. How to use your body in a “neutral stance”
3. How to move around your stage
4. Use of the “Satir Categories” to elicit emotional responses in your audience
5. How to use hand gestures powerfully.

Let me know your thoughts on this video! 

On Wednesday the 22^nd I will open the doors on what I believe to be the most value packed Speaker Mentoring Program globally.  Doors will be open on this “Lifetime Mentoring Offer” for only 7 days.  So if you want me on your team for life- make sure you bookmark this page to get the details on the day.

The Lifetime Access to my Silver Mentoring Program is going to be the most extravagant, value packed, over the top product I have ever created.  Why? Because we want to work closely with a small number of highly motivated speakers who are committed to increasing their profits from speaking over the course of their entire speaking career. We want to make a global impact and partner with a small number of speakers to do this.

What’s more, 1 new Silver Member will be given the opportunity to speak at one of my events – with a guaranteed income for a 90 minute presentation of $10,000. 

How?  Do your talk to my crowd- make your presentation, make your offer.  If you sell anything less than $10,000, I’ll make up the difference out of my own pocket. 

If you sell more than $10,000- well- you get to keep the extra as well!

The Lifetime Access Offer Also includes:

1.      Lifetime Access to the Silver Mentoring Program which at the moment includes 64 classes (increasing all the time) on topics as diverse as:

1.  Getting Speaking Gigs so that You’re Booked Solid within 6 Months
2. Increasing Your Sales So You Never Again Worry About Finances
3.  Building Your List So That You Have a Community of Raving Fans
4. Overcoming Fears of Speaking and Selling so That You Become Unstoppable and Irresistable on the Platform
5. Information Product Creation So that You Can Stop Trading Time For Money and Enjoy the Ultimate Lifestyle Business

And much, MUCH more…

Plus you get 25 powercalls with your own personal coach to help you implement all of the strategies you learn from the program.  You can ask any questions at all that you want!

            What’s more I will personally critique your close of your presentation!

2.      The Complete Seminar Marketing Series: “How to Fill A Room”.  For those of you wanting to run your own events discover my secrets to creating sell out events, that can make you between $500,000- 1 million in a weekend.

3.      The BRAND NEW “Blueprint in Action” Webinar Training Series:  I will be running this live for the first time to step you through the implementation of my recently released “Presentation Profits Blueprint”.  You could become an internationally recognized and sought after speaker sooner than you thought!

And loads of other goodies which I can’t reveal til Wednesday!

Make sure to come to www.ShiftSpeakerTraining.com/silver on Wednesday to find out all the details of this program and why you absolutely MUST JOIN the Shift Speaker Training Community.

Remember- it’s open for 7 days only commencing Wednesday July 22^nd, 2009.  Don’t miss out. 1 New Member will get that $10,000 plus opportunity!  We can only take a limited number of people on this intake- so register early to avoid disappointment.