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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UPDATE: WE DID IT!!!!! Thank YOU SO SO SO much for voting. I won Iron Man Magazine’s/Bodybuilding.com’s “most inspiring fitness transformation” and the story will be featured along with photos in a TWO-PAGE spread in Iron Man Magazine this July!

So, as many of you know I’m up for being selected as the “Most Inspiring Fitness Transformation” by Iron Man Magazine (I’m one of five finalists).

The winner gets a two-page spread in the magazine and, more importantly, gets the opportunity to tell their story and inspire others.

This week I’ve been all over calling in a favor or two for you to vote for me. And the response has been ridiculously awesome between folks sharing it all over Facebook, …

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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And then there is a confirmation button below. Why? What’s going on? Is it super-spam-spam-phish?

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Two big reasons:

1. Honestly, the The Rise To The Top has evolved big time since 2008 so I want to make sure the list is exactly the people that are interested in the direction it has been going the last year. Meaning…The Rise To The Top is all about helping you take your passions/interests/ideas and making money from it online. …

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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