by Ronda Del Boccio, The Story Lady co-host and guest
booker
What a great show today! We could go on about fabulous tools for hours. The
only tool mentioned that isn’t something that will help you build relationships
is a system that hooks up your computer to your TV.
Be sure to pick up and use these fabulous tools for making life easier,
growing your business and improving relationships.
Livescribe is the pen of the 21st century. It
is straight out of a SiFi story but it’s real. It’s a combination pen, audio
recorder, flash video movie maker – and you can share “pencasts” on your blog
and in social media.
Record up to 20 hrs audio
Surround sound
Transcribes into
text, pdf (text is with the addition of an app sold separately)
Touch icon and audio plays
Draw
and image comes up as jpeg
Plus
plays audio with each box – or play whole thing
has
special paper/journals with the buttons you use to record.
Accessories include journals, pads, ink refills,
dictionaries, a casino game, & cases
There are so many webinars and teleseminars these days and many of them blur into the background. But recently one captured my attention. As I watched, I got more and more excited.
As someone who offers mentoring, classes and info products, one of the saddest truths is that about 90% of people buy a package from someone and do absolutely nothing with it. I suppose it’s because when you make a purchase, your brain tells you that you have the solution now, so you don’t take
You swear that you’ll do whatever the self-paced study program or ebook is about, but chances are it languishes forgotten on your hard drive.
I’ve been wanting an online interactive training tool, but the one with which I am familiar is sterile, remote and hard to use. That online environment is a pain in the behind to use for creating a product or course, because you have to flip back and forth between various areas, and you can’t rearrange things either. Plus on the client side, it’s really not enticing. Oh, and the one I know doesn’t let the mentor/trainer brand it in any way. You only get this sterile, cold, YUCK background.
I wanted something better.
I want a flexible interactive arena that empowers me to create various online writing courses, mentoring or coaching programs, and even information products that help you the customer interact with and use the materials in a fun and easy way.
Here is my wish list for an online interactive training environment.
Ability to include audio’s, videos, hunks of html code, and text easily.
Ability to upload materials, such as work sheets, graphs, documents, etc.for the client.
Interactive so the client can answer questions right there, not in a downloadable workbook.
Easy for me to use with one area for me to create a module or a course (or coaching / mentoring program).
Has my logo on it and my branding
Ability to change the background color.
Ability to adjust font size
Spell check
Ability to edit all aspects of the module even in a live course
Affordable
Scalable
Ability to formulate various packages without re-inputting the materials
Ability for client to export their questions and answers for continued use on their computers.
So imagine my glee when I discovered Jigsaw Box! A British coach developed this program so she could deliver her services without using so much of her time. This tool gives me 95% of my wish list. And with a 2–week free trial, I was able to try it out at no risk.
Jigsaw box lets you create multimedia modules. You can include whatever materials you want, including uploaded documents. Then, like a jigsaw puzzle, you can create various packages, selecting the modules you want as if you’re choosing items on a menu.
One example of Jigsaw Box in action…
I’ve already made sales on the first product I created with Jigsaw Box. It’s Easy Write & Publish Your Book. I show you the 5 fastest, easiest ways for how to write a book and publish it fast
See how easy it is to create a module with an article that I “dressed up” using the editor inside Jigsaw Box. I added a few questions, then included a video. Watch this…
I had a blast turning articles I’ve submitted into directories into interactive teaching modules with questions for you to answer. Since the materials were already done, it only took me a couple of minutes to fancy them up a bit and add some questions.
This takes an article and makes it a valuable tool for you because you can incorporate the teaching into your life.
The best part
There are 2 “best parts” of this tool.
One is how infinitely malleable the program is. You can move modules around and create whatever packages you want. Plus there is no limit to number of clients or size of package.
The other best thing is that you can create scalable programs with this tool. Scalability is important for your business growth.
If all you had was 1–on-1 coaching, you only have so many hours in the day and maybe you’d like to have a LIFE too. Now with Jigsaw Box all your training materials are there in an interactive format, so you can offer a mid-range product to hundreds or thousands of people. This vastly increases your income potential.
Jigsaw Box gets my 5–star recommendation. What a fabulous tool! It is easy to use.
Improvements I hope to see
As I mentioned, I got almost my whole wish list with Jigsaw box. Here are the enhancements I hope will come forth in updates of the program.
Ability to edit questions after a program is live.
Ability for clients to easily export their questions and answers to their computer.
I’m thrilled with this amazing solution. Also, I have to say that Jigsaw is fun for me to create in.
Resource
First off, do yourself a favor. Before grabbing your free trial, think of one of your electronic info products that you’d love to make interactive. Maybe it’s an ebook you are offering. Start thinking of how you can break that ebook into modules and what questions or activities you can add to it to increase the value for your customers.
Get your 2–week free trial of Jigsaw Box. Then put your ebook-turned-interactive course into it. You can even start selling it before the whole thing is ready. Just get the first couple modules there and your customers will have something to start with immediately. Then you can add the other modules. So you can pay for your affordable membership with sales you make during the free trial..
Now if you want to know the 5 fastest ways for how to write a book – pick up my Easy Write & Publish Your Book program..
