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This episode contains just one incredibly powerful story how how my participation within a mastermind group has made my dreams, personally and professionally, become reality.  Click here to see the video version of the message included within this episode. If you are full-time self-employed or plan to become full-time self employed within the next 12 to 18 months, I want to invite you to CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL MASTERMIND TODAY. Here are a few testimonials from current and former members of The Next Level Mastermind: Tom Heffner said... Cliff Ravenscraft and the mastermind he created were a major inflection point in my career and life. I went from feeling trapped in a day job to creating my own freedom and autonomy. I left the day job at that time to start my own business to give myself more freedom to do what I want, with whom I want, when I wanted. I've never looked back. Here's the interesting part - as much as Cliff can help you with the tactical/practical (e.g. the in's/out's of online business - he can definitely help with this) ... what really helped me was changing my mindsets and removing the limiting beliefs holding me back from achieving what I wanted. Dan Faulknor said... I joined the group with the plan of maybe leaving my day job in the next year or two. Within 6 months of joining (and attending meetings at 3am my time. It was worth it!) I had a plan to leave my day job within a couple of months. I did leave my day job, much sooner than expected and now 4 years later my business is thriving with 3 employees + myself. Cliff's ability to ask you questions and get you to lead YOURSELF is his greatest strength, in my mind. You have nobody to 'blame' but yourself, because you provide all the answers with Cliff's guidance.  Kevin Davis said...  I was at a standstill. Didn’t know what the next step was. Actually, I didn’t think I was qualified to make the next step. Didn’t have anyone in my circle at that time to help. So I took a leap and joined Cliffs mastermind. My how things changed! First was overcoming some thoughts that held me back. Then some steps and next action items to get the ball rolling. Now I’ve moved the ball down the field farther and quicker than ever imagined. Leslie Graham said... If you are thinking about this, be sure to reach out to Cliff. Joining NLM was the biggest leap I'd ever made in terms of investing in myself and my business, but my life was radically changed in so many ways as a result of my nearly two years with the group. In fact, my current business was launched as a result and I couldn't be happier with the trajectory of that business.     I have other podcasts that might be of interest to you. See my list of shows at http://CliffRavenscraft.com/podcast   Let's Work Together! Would you like to connect with me through one-on-one coaching or through one of my paid mastermind groups?  If so, visit my WORK WITH ME PAGE and submit an application today.

Well my friends, with a great deal of thought and prayer going into this, we have made the decision to end the Social Media Serenity podcast after 119 episodes. This show was started on July 17th, 2009 and we have certainly covered a great deal of the changing landscape within Social Media these two and […]

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In this episode of Social Media Serenity, Erik and I spend a few moments talking about the layout of the new, New Twitter. As we were discussing the newly enabled Embeddable Tweets option, it occurred to us that there could potentially be a major benefit to embedding a tweet at the bottom of each of […]

In this episode of Social Media Serenity, Erik and I share the responses that had come in where I had asked the question “What Do You Like About Google+?” on Google Plus. Also, we answered Chris' question about what the difference is between GMail and Google Apps. And we finished off the episode with Doug's […]

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In this episode of Social Media Serenity, Erik and I discuss the following: – 12K For Tweet? – http://gspn.tv/dz6 – Twitter quietly rolling out a new expandable timeline? http://t.co/D2KCS4FP – A New Era for Klout Scores http://goo.gl/g0APN – Twitter Changes The Way We Watch TV http://goo.gl/WyAFd – A Single Retweet Caused Palestinian Envoy To Canada […]

In this episode of Social Media Serenity, Erik and I discuss the following: – Google Plus to support Google Apps within the next few days! – Bad news for Google Plus traffic? – http://gspn.tv/3kk – RIP Google Buzz – http://gspn.tv/v5p – Which Social Network generates more traffic? – http://gspn.tv/fs8 – Community discussion on best iOS […]

In this episode of Social Media Serenity, Erik and I discuss the following: – Google+ Traffic plungest as 60% of users log off – http://gspn.tv/oec – Google+ Lets you search in realtime – and supports hashtags http://goo.gl/hmLhJ – Facebook for iPad (and iPhone) http://goo.gl/hvkgW – Twitter to Reformat All URLs With T.co http://goo.gl/qXMN3 – Steve […]

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In this episode of Social Media Serenity, Erik and I discuss the following: – Instagram 2.0 update – Will subscriptions replace Public Figure Pages? – New Facebook Timeline Profile – New Facebook News Feed – And more… Call in your feedback on our voice mail hotline at 859-795-4067. Or use your voice memo application on […]

In this episode of Social Media Serenity, Cliff and Erik discuss the following: – Facebook Subscribe Button – http://t.co/4dUzkEB – Less Engagement on Facebook With 3rd Party Posts? – http://goo.gl/xLvlo – Facebook To Send Less EMail http://goo.gl/wXSct – Facebook Revamps Friends Lists http://goo.gl/V4S0t – Andy Ihnatko's Spotify Playlist – http://gspn.tv/ti1 Call in your feedback on […]

In this episode of Social Media Serenity, Cliff and Erik have a conversation with Leo Widrich, co-founder of BufferApp.com. Call in your feedback on our voice mail hotline at 859-795-4067. Or use your voice memo application on your iPhone to record feedback or questions. Simply email it to feedback@gspn.tv. Subscribe To The Social Media Serenity […]

In this episode of Social Media Serenity, Cliff and Erik discuss the following: Geoff's thoughts on Twitter v/s Facebook. Mentioned CloudApp – http://GetCloudApp.com Heello – Twitter Clone http://goo.gl/bDgsj Buffer app for Facebook http://goo.gl/8myxk David Jacobs – Daughter On Facebook Social Network For Schools – http://scholabo.com/ Lift Social Network – http://Lift.do Chicago Meetup – http://gspn.tv/chicagomeetup Call […]

In this episode of Social Media Serenity, Cliff and Erik discuss the following: Facebook Privacy Changes – http://gspn.tv/w88 Facebook & Instagram http://goo.gl/VesFE Facebook Kills Places, Foursquare FTW http://goo.gl/wyjSr President Obama Joins Foursquare http://goo.gl/vZQYv Twitter Activity Streams http://goo.gl/N5toF Twitter Photos On Profile Pages http://goo.gl/gaEmz Klout adds Youtube and others to its scoring system http://goo.gl/IqFfF Obama Loses […]

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In this episode, Cliff and Erik discuss the following: Check out http://GooglePlusToday.net 40 Google + Tips & Tricks – http://gspn.tv/7mr Social Media Consumption and Production Workflow http://google.com/reader/play CHICAGO MEETUP – http://gspn.tv/chicagomeetup Call in your feedback on our voice mail hotline at 859-795-4067. Or use your voice memo application on your iPhone to record feedback or […]