Did your business grow in 2011 when compared to 2012?

If not, that’s a problem. But it’s not a problem that can’t be resolved. The majority of struggling businesses we work with aren’t underachieving due to poor products or services, it isn’t due to competition in their market or because of a “down economy” either. It’s because they lack a clear vision of where they’re headed and equally as important, they’re missing a marketing plan that will get them there.

“Marketing Plan? Like an entire years worth of planning?” you say. If the task seems daunting, don’t stress. I recently attended a kick-butt webinar my friend Tyler Garnes from Infusionsoft put on, teaching businesses how to map out their 2012 marketing plan, absolutely free of charge. Some registrants were actually turned away the day of the webinar due to GoToWebinar’s 1000 seat limit. So Ty is delivering an encore. If you’ve been a little slow moving in preparing a realistic, achievable plan for huge success in 2012, I recommend you REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR ASAP.

You’ll leave with not only seasoned guidance on marketing efforts that drive more traffic, capture more leads and generate more sales, you’ll be given tools and files that will help you create your custom MAP (Marketing Automation Plan).

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR

Wishing you the best 2012 possible,

Jarrod Morris

Infusionsoft, the leader in all-in-one sales and marketing software for small business, today announced it has acquired CustomerHub, a web-based application that provides an easy-to-use membership site and customer portal platform to small businesses who market and sell content online. CustomerHub, one of the top app integrations in the Infusionsoft marketplace, allows users to share unlimited password-protected content with subscribers.

More than 7,500 small businesses use Infusionsoft’s powerful software that combines CRM, email marketing and e-commerce with automation to nurture and convert leads, grow sales and save time.

Specifically designed to work with Infusionsoft, CustomerHub allows small businesses to easily deliver protected content to paying customers and automate the subscription and collections process, helping them generate recurring revenue, save time and eliminate administrative overhead. CustomerHub also allows small businesses to share free protected content by integrating with marketing campaigns.

“Membership sites are growing in popularity as marketers shift their content delivery channels from physical media, like DVDs and binders, to online membership sites, which are easier to manage and more profitable to operate,” says Infusionsoft CEO and Co-founder Clate Mask. “Membership site tools are the way of the future as small businesses look to generate high-quality leads, as well as monetize content and establish recurring revenue streams.”

The acquisition brings top talent to Infusionsoft with CustomerHub founders, Kyle and Nathan Leavitt, along with their team joining the Infusionsoft team to oversee the CustomerHub product.

“We founded CustomerHub because we recognized that there are thousands of small businesses that need a tool to help them deliver protected content to their customers and followers,” says Kyle Leavitt, co-founder of CustomerHub. “Now that we have the power of Infusionsoft behind us, we’ll be able to bring the benefits of CustomerHub to more small businesses. We are excited about joining this dynamic team, the future of the CustomerHub product and other innovations we’ve developed, and the added value this partnership brings to our customers.”

CustomerHub’s pricing is affordable for small businesses at monthly plans starting at $59 that begins with a 30-day free trial.

How Small Businesses Use CustomerHub to Deliver and Monetize Content

“When customers get automated e-mails from us, they are directed to auto-log in to our CustomerHub portal, where we deliver the video and audio content,” says Jermaine Griggs, founder of Hear and Play Music. “This gives us a controlled environment to track customer activity and manage subscriptions and collections. Since we launched this campaign, over 20,000 new users have signed up for our video lesson series and logged into CustomerHub on multiple occasions to access the content.”

“The reason we love CustomerHub so much is because it provides a one-stop portal for our customers to learn best-practices on social media, marketing automation and social customer management, and it allows us the ability to cross-sell and upsell our content to customers at the right time, without being intrusive,” says Adam Metz, founder and CEO of Metz Consulting.

“CustomerHub is a must-have if you’re using Infusionsoft and delivering paid content to customers,” explains Marty Schulting, owner of Accelerated Solutions. “We had no plan on how to handle our declined recurring orders. After 90 days, we had recovered over $5,000. CustomerHub took a ton of workload off our customer support team, and has allowed us to focus more of our energy on the growth of our business.”

Webinar Explaining What CustomerHub Means to Infusionsoft Users

Infusionsoft will host a webinar on Nov. 4 at 10 a.m. PDT to explain how Infusionsoft customers can benefit from CustomerHub in their sales and marketing. You can register here.

You can also read a post from Mask about the acquisition on the Infusionsoft Blog.

About Infusionsoft

Infusionsoft is the leader in all-in-one sales and marketing software for small business. Designed for marketers who have outgrown basic email autoresponder or contact management systems, Infusionsoft is powerful software that combines CRM, email marketing and e-commerce with automated followup into one efficient, easy-to-use system that helps small businesses nurture and convert leads, grow sales and save time. Infusionsoft has a rapidly growing customer base of more than 7,500 customers and 25,000 users. For more information, visit www.infusionsoft.com .

About CustomerHub

CustomerHub was created by Infused Systems, a leading provider of Infusionsoft services and technology. CustomerHub is a web-based application that provides an easy-to-use membership site and customer portal platform to small businesses who market and sell content online. CustomerHub is one of the top app integrations in the Infusionsoft marketplace. For more information, visit www.customerhub.net .

SOURCE: Infusionsoft

Moving past the excuses, we have a real cool find for you here – an “Easter Egg” programmed into Infusionsoft. Now I’ve seen a lot of nested eggs in sites, dvds, software, but this one is just awesome because it’s actually useable. Heck, I took a break the moment I saw it and played a game. You should to:

Now about that contest…

Here’s my result, and I want to paste our customers’ results on this page as well. So send us your completed Sudoku screenshots for a chance to win a special prize.

Oh, and here’s the URL to find Sudoku:
https://appname.infusionsoft.com/EasterEgg/sudoku.jsp (replace “appname” with your account/appname, this URL is case sensitive)

Other Resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_%28media%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku

Best,

Jarrod

P.S. I used to have to leave Infusionsoft to get my Sudoku fix. Now, I just click a Favorite link on my expandable menu in order to work hard and play hard, all within Infusionsoft.

In my opinion this event is one of THE top internet marketing events in the world. It’s so great that not only are we attending this year, we’ll also have a booth at the event. In fact, our good friend Ryan Lee (the “Continuity King” and host of the event) gave us three VIP Guest Passes so keep on reading to find out how we can hook you up with free attendance.

About the event…
The Continuity Summit is the FIRST and ONLY event focused entirely on helping you build recurring revenue online. You’ll get the latest breakthroughs in the world of membership sites, newsletters, micro-memberships, nano continuity, retention, traffic, marketing and so much more…

Check out the speaker line up
Ryan Lee (of course), Yanik Silver, Matt Bacak, Chris Farrell, Tim Schmidt, Pat Rigsby, Stu Mclaren (of Wishlist), Tim Kerber (of Membergate), and others. Literally every person speaking makes 6-7 figures with membership sites or has built software to deliver membership content. I can’t think of any better teachers to help a business struggling with their membership site or looking to create one (the right way, the first time).

We’ll be showcasing the many membership websites we’ve done for well-known marketers like Ryan, and plugging our good friends at CustomerHub who have built the best membership software that is seamlessly integrated with Infusionsoft.

At this point you’re probably wondering, “how can I get my hands on a free ticket?” Here’s the deal, we only have 3 of these to give away. Due to high demand (yes we’ve heard your pleas) we recently released a new service to develop mobile sites or “web apps” if you will. This service allows you to get the most out of each and every visitor to your site, specifically visitors coming form smart phones. Maven Mobile Sites creates the optimal browsing experience so visitors can consume your information from their hand held device, and take the desired call to action.

The first 3 people to purchase a mobile site from the time of this blog posting, will receive the Continuity Summit 3 admission ticket as a free gift from us to you. This is a real limit, we really do have 3 tickets only, so feel free to contact us prior to purchasing a mobile website to see if there is a ticket left for you.

So if you already made plans for the event, we look forward to seeing you there. Be sure to swing by our booth and say hello. If you end up being one of our guests, congratulations! You get a killer service at an introductory price and a free ticket to what will be one of the top marketing events of 2011.

All the best,

Jarrod

P.S. In case my anchor text tripped you up, here’s the link to Maven Mobile Sites: http://mavenmobilesites.com/

But who has the opportunity to hop on stage every month? What about every week or even every day? Not likely you might say.

Thanks to the interwebs and some really cool technology, you can “get on stage” everyday, even multiple times a day if you’d like. Virtually, that is.

How is this done?

Via webinars.

A webinar is a terrific way to reach out to people and provide quality content in a very interactive way. Basically, a webinar is a seminar done remotely over the Internet. The traditional whiteboard is replaced by screen-sharing software and the speaker can be heard via VOIP or streaming audio. A topic of interest is discussed by a resource speaker and the audience is given a chance to ask questions later on to enrich the discussion.

At the end of a successful webinar, a marketer is able to establish a deeper bond with his target market. Branding is also an aspect of marketing that benefits greatly from webinars. While there may be little to no direct effect on actual sales, the intangibles are there and conversions are likely to get a boost sooner or later if you do your webinars the right way.

My good friend Ryan Lee has been making money hand over fist for years now by implementing webinars in his various businesses. He has even used webinars to grow his brick and mortar supplement business. Ryan recently gave me a review copy of a product he put together that teaches businesses how to dominate their market by delivering killer webinar presentations.

You might be thinking to yourself, “I could see webinars benefiting my business, but I get stage fright. There’s no way I could deliver live presentations with out experiencing a complete panic attack.”

I completely understand. Speaking isn’t for everyone. And even for those who do enjoy it, they may not have the time to deliver 4-40 presentations every month. That’s where Ryan’s webinar software comes in.

It allows you to create stunning presentations like GoToWebinar, but what I love about it is that it gives you the option to record and pre-record your webinars so you can use them again for a later date. This means that you can look “live” to your audience at any given time, giving you a nice workaround to scheduling issues.

This allows you to create the ultimate leverage in your webinars. Record it once, deliver it a 1000 times. To be candid, this software kicks the pants off of any other webinar solution out there. I know because I’ve tried almost all of them.

Of course Ryan isn’t giving away the software and his entire Presentation Domination System, he’s selling it. But even if you’re not in the market for webinar software, I invite you to check out his prelaunch videos before he pulls them down. These things have more content than $197 courses I’ve purchased in the past. You can gain an entire speaking education with these videos alone.

So check it out now: http://www.presentationdominationsystem.com/123

We hope to see you at InfusionCon. If you’re attending, make sure to connect with us. We’ve prepared all kinds of cool integrations to make your usage of Infusionsoft better, and your life a whole lot easier. You can see a sneak peak of a few of these products at: http://infusionsoftmavens.com.

Click here to learn more about CustomerHub Workshop 2011

What is CustomerHub?

* Membership Site
* Collections Software
* Seamless Integration with Infusionsoft

We’ve had numerous clients ask us for help related to this need, but have been unable to develop a solution with out a serious time investment; time we didn’t have to invest. That’s when it hit me, “ResponseFlow recently purchased InfusionSMS from an Infusionsoft employee, why don’t we purchase Email To Infusionsoft from an Infusionsoft employee?”

I reached out to Matt and TJ, who happen to be best friends of mine since elementary. When they showed me the “behind the curtain” view of what they had developed, I was blown away. These guys poured a lot of time and money into the hardware, software and overall customization that went into this solution. And though they’re unable to carry the torch forward on it, I wanted to make sure they were compensated well for their efforts.

I could go on and on about what problems people are experiencing, and how the solution solves them, or, I can just give you a link to a quick video.

Check out the video and let me know your thoughts.

Jarrod Morris

We already have a few customers using the service prior to this official announcement. And many people are asking when we’ll be releasing the other products on our site. I don’t have a date and time for each one yet, but just know that they are all coming soon, very soon.