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Yahoo may be Tracking You

Yahoo Group Users - Attention, I received this information on a discussion list for a master mind group I'm a member of. If you, like millions of others, use Yahoo Groups to connect with clients, classes or other discussion groups, you may want to read this:

Yahoo is now using something called "Web Beacons" to track Yahoo Group users around the net and see what you're doing and where you are going (similar to cookies.) Yahoo is recording every website and every group you visit. Take a look at their updated privacy
statement:

1. http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy

2. About half-way down the page, in the section on Cookies, you will see a link that says Web Beacons. Click on the phrase "Web Beacons".

3. That will bring you to a paragraph entitled "Outside the Yahoo Network". In this section you'll see a little "click here to opt out" link which will let you "opt-out" of their new method of snooping.

4. Once you have clicked that link, you are exempted.[Notice the "Success" message on the top of the next page. Be careful because on that page there is also a "Cancel Opt-out" button which, if clicked, will *undo* the opt-out. It appears after you have hit the opt-out button so is very confusing.

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Online Reputation Management

You know how when something is top of mind, you see it all over the place? Today for our Blogging and Beyond Mentor Program we're interviewing Steven Van Yoder, author of Get Slightly Famous.  We're going to be talking about how you need to build and manage your personal brand, or your online reputation.

And today I came across a post by Lee Odden about Online Reputation Management for Individuals. This is an excellent review of why it's so important to manage how you appear online, on your blog, your LinkedIn profile, on Facebook, on YouTube, etc.

When you Google your name (use quotation marks around your first and last name so you get appropriate results), what do you find?

If you're in business, you better hope it's all good!

It's not too late to join the Blogging and Beyond Mentor program and attend this VIP interview with Steven Van Yoder. Get the details here. Can't make it today? Mentee classes are always recorded and transcribed so you can study at your convenience.

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Public Speaking Can Boost Your Business

As business owners, Patsi and I have learned over the past few years that one of the keys to our success has been taking the plunge and speaking at conferences and to niche groups. Speaking has boosted our credibility and extended our ability to reach more people. In a nutshell, speaking has helped us build a successful business.

Last week we were invited to speak at a 3-day seminar coming up in August, about how to using public speaking to build your business. It's not a seminar for public speakers though if you are one you would probably learn a lot; it's actually focused on business owners, entrepreneurs and service professionals who want to, and know they need to, add speaking to their marketing toolkit.

Our friends Arvee Robinson and Lee Pound have come up with an incredible kickoff offer for their Speak Your Way to Wealth seminar in August.

7 Social Media Tools - Audio Replay

A couple of weeks ago Patsi and I joined Leesa Barnes for a discussion about social media tools. This was a preview call for the Social Media TeleSummit which begins on February 20. Leesa has given us permission to post the audio for your listening pleasure!

We discuss social networking sites like LinkedIn and Facebook, as well as microblogging, blogging and podcasting of course, video sharing and social bookmarking. What was meant to be a 30 minute conversation turned into nearly an hour! Leesa just couldn't get us to shut up! The Blog Squad will be presenting on Blogging and Branding on February 21 at 1 p.m. ET.

I hope you'll check out the line of up speakers for the Social Media TeleSummit. It's an amazing group and this promises to be a first rate event. Personally, I'm looking forward to sessions by Paul Colligan, Krishna De, Penny Haynes, Sherman Hu, and Yaro Starak among others.