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Today on The Rise To The Top: Is selling something you love or does it give you that ewwww feeling (and you’re picturing the used car salesman in the tweed coat)? For most of us creative Internet entrepreneurs, selling face-to-face isn’t the most fun thing in the world…whether it is going after a sponsor, speaking gig, partnership, whatever. Fear not my friends, as master of the “un-sale” Ian Altman is here today to teach us a new, non-pushy way to sell (upside down selling) step-by-step. Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: So, you have a blog or web show. Awesome. How the heck do you build a thriving, passionate audience of amazingness who love you? Good question, and the answer is served up today by our special “guest professor” Corbett Barr. Enjoy this step-by-step game plan!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: How do you make high-value products that sell like crazy online? What are the secrets? Wonder no more my friends, as Pam Hendrickson is in the house to demystify. And Pam should know – she was the brains behind Tony Robbins’ top selling products for over 15 years and now helps people like you to create products that freakin’ dominate. Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: Pinterest. Unless you are living under a rock, you have probably heard about it. But, is it all about planning your wedding or can we actually use it for some business? Melanie Duncan is here today to show us that, yes, there are all kinds of amazing ways to use Pinterest for biz – including gaining massive exposure, driving tons of traffic, boosting your SEO, making money, and much more. Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: Why is it some folks online create content that is spread like wildfire and for others it goes out with a dud? More importantly, how can you be part of the wildfire crew and not the dud crew? Enter today’s guest professors, Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, whose blog The Minimalists went from 0-100,000 readers in less than one year. Who better to learn from? Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: Why did Jules Watkins’ first digital product not work out so well, and why did his second one rock? Sometimes learning from a small failure can be a big lesson in moving forward. Today Jules shares his story to help you make sure you are on the right track and avoid all kinds of mistakes. Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: What is the better strategy? Create a product and find the customers for it? Or find the customers and create a product? And who better to discuss it with than Chris Farrell, a genuinely awesome guy and rockstar when it comes to Internet marketing. Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: Why do some web shows get out of the gates fast and others stumble and never quite get going? Enter today’s guest, Derek Halpern – a master of persuasion, psychology and marketing, web show host of Social Triggers Insider and blogger/creator of Social Triggers. Today Derek teaches you something cool: His 3-step formula to launch a web show. Does it work? You bet. Wait till you hear about the results Derek had from his launch and how you can apply the principles. Enjoy!

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Today on The Rise To The Top: Ready for some awesome tips on how you can shoot amazing videos with your iPhone? Jules Watkins, who is a long time video master (worked on Biggest Loser, Pimp My Ride, etc.), is teaching us some really cool tricks on how to create amazing high-quality videos with our iPhones. From video blogging to sales videos, these tips can be put to use in all kinds of ways to help your biz.

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Today on The Rise To The Top: From passion to badass brand. I bet like me you love real, living, breathing case studies. Someone who has taken a subject/topic/passion and turned it into a badass online brand. Enter today’s handsome guest, Elliott Hulse, who has done just that.

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