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Podcasting on the Rise

Podcasting is about 2 years old, or older depending on who you're talking to.  Have you integrated podcasting into your online marketing mix yet?  It's not too difficult to get started and enables you to reach more people where they live, so to speak.  I use Hipcast (formerly Audioblog) to produce podcasts and it's so easy to do.

Marketing Sherpa has a new special report out on podcasting you should take a look at.  It's only available free until September 1 (Friday).

P.S.  Subscribe to Savvy eBiz Tips today and you'll be entered to win big prizes during the week of September 4.  The grand prize is a trip to Tom Antion's Great Internet Marketing Retreat Center for a 4 day internet marketing retreat.  (Participants pay $5,000 to attend, but you can win a ticket by subscribing now!)

Feedblitz CEO Converses About Email Marketing with Blogs

Conversations with Experts presents...

Back to the Future: Growing your audience and simplifying your email marketing with blogs
Wednesday, August 30, 2006, 8:30 p.m. ET (no charge, registration required)
Guest Expert: Phil Hollows, Feedblitz.com

Blogs are the Internet's fastest growing sector.  Coupled with a new technology called RSS, blogs can recharge and reinvigorate your email marketing and much more.  The discussion will cover topics such as how to:

• Build closer relationships with prospects and customers using blogs and email.
• More easily differentiate yourself from your competitors.
• Take the pain out of creating and managing your email marketing, newsletters and e-Zines.

Whether you have an existing in-house list or are starting out from scratch, Phil will have tips and techniques for improving your list's quality, tracking metrics and increasing its value to you - simply.

Phil Hollows is the Founder and Chief Executive of FeedBlitz, the Internet's largest and most successful RSS and Blog to Email service, and most recently a technical sponsor of the successful BlogHer conference. Before starting FeedBlitz, Phil was vice president of marketing for an enterprise network and security management software company.  Phil's career spans multiple (okay, two) continents and multiple  disciplines, from management consulting to software development.

Register:  www.ConversationsWithExperts.com

If you cannot attend the live event, you can pre-order the audio program and save 50%.  Order now for only $4.95.

Conversations with Experts: How to Build Your Business On and Off-line
Hosted by Denise Wakeman and Patsi Krakoff.

Conversations with Experts is sponsored by Build a Better Blog System.

Antion Retreat Photos

I have two big time-sensitive projects to get done today so no time to write up a report on my day with Tom Antion and other successful marketers:  Joan Stewart, The Publicity Hound, Jeff Herring, The Article Guy, Gayle Carson, director of NetAim, and Sandy Dumont, Executive Director of Impression Strategies Institute.  Here are a couple of pictures though.  Naturally, I forgot to use my camera before both Joan and Gayle had to leave. Rats!

Tom Antion (left), me in Blog Squad pink, naturally, and Jeff Herring.  (click photo to see larger version)

Sandy Dumont with Tom and Jeff.

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Internet Marketing Retreat

Today I'm off to Virginia Beach to the Great Internet Marketing Retreat Center for a one day intensive retreat with Tom Antion.  This is not part of the mentoring program I'm in, but an exclusive, advanced one day session for Outer Circle members of the Internet Association of Information Marketers. As far as I know there will be only 5 people attending so this is going to be really high-level, intensive work, nearly one on one with Tom.  I'm excited to be going, though I'll miss my Blog Squad buddy, Patsi, who cannot make the trip with me.

If I get a chance, I'll report from the event; if not, I'll post when I get back.

SMART Chart for Tracking Your Goals

During the Conversation last week with Expert Sylva Leduc, she promised to provide a copy of her SMART Chart, designed for tracking the progress on your goals.

As promised, Sylva posted the Chart. You can download a copy from her blog, WindowSyl.

Be sure to get your copy and complete your personal success plan while you're on the site.

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