People often ask me how I got into the online marketing field, and how they can spread their
message better.
So, today I'm going to answer that question.
Hi, I'm Dr. Mary Barbera, autism mom, behavior analyst, and online marketer.
Each week, I provide my insights right here on my YouTube channel, so if you haven't subscribed
yet, you can do that now.
Many of you watching this video blog know that I fell into the autism world in 1999,
became a BCBA, worked with hundreds of kids with autism, and have spoken all over the
world, published a best-selling book in 2007, and created some online courses.
So, many of you don't know though how I fell into the world of online marketing.
And this is how it happened. So back in 2011, I was watching some talk show,
I don't even know who it was, and it was about some issue that was related to autism but not autism.
The moms were talking about their kids who were either having seizures, or tics or learning
disabilities, or some kind of issue.
These moms were being interviewed, and they were very gung-ho, advocating for their
kids.
At some point in the show, Brendon Burchard, popped up on the screen, held up his book
and said, "I'm the author of The Millionaire Messenger and I believe that you need to make
money in order to spread your message far and wide."
He held up this book and gave one of the moms on the talk show $10,000 worth of his consultation
to help her get her message out to the world.
At that moment, I ordered The Millionaire Messenger right away, and began my journey
learning internet marketing.
Since then I have learned all about email lists, automated responders, contact management
systems, sales funnels, virtual assistants, Facebook ads, and most importantly how to
create online courses.
I launched my first online course in March of 2015, and now have three online courses
with several hundred participants from over 45 countries.
In October of 2017, I was named Jeff Walker's Launch Club Spokesperson of the Year after
competing against other online marketers in a variety of different fields.
None of which were in the autism field.
While I'm still scratching the surface and continue to learn something new every day,
I did win the competition and won a dream vacation as well as a business mastermind.
And so, while I'm learning something new every day, I do feel that in the past few years
I have figured out how to get my message to the world.
While getting autism information out into the world and turning autism around for two
million kids by 2020, I also would like to teach others about getting their message out
to the world through online marketing.
Because of this desire, I've started a closed Facebook group, and if you're interested in
learning more about how I got started in the online marketing space to get your gift and
message out to the world, you can sign up by clicking the link or joining Mary's Online
Marketing Focus Group on Facebook.
But hurry, this group is starting now and I'm not sure how long it's going to be open
because it's just a little experiment.
My main mission will continue to be spreading my own autism message.
But I know there are several people in my world, the woman who teaches me painting,
my accountant, my YouTube guy, there's all kinds of people in the non-autism space who
really could benefit from learning.
So, if you like this video, give me a thumbs up here, comment, and subscribe to my channel,
and also if you're interested in this topic, join my new online marketing closed Facebook
group, and I will see you next week.