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12seconds.tv gives you more video visibilty

Unless you've been living in a cave the last year, you know that online video is all the rage. And there's good reason for that...video helps you connect with your prospects, clients and customers faster and build rapport.

When someone can see you in your environment, hear your voice and see your body language, they get much better sense of who you are.

If you're a regular reader, you know I've written a lot about the Flip video and how easy it is to shoot short messages or interviews and then post them to YouTube and on your blog.

This week, I got introduced to 12seconds.tv -- it's like twitter for video, as many folks have pointed out to me.

Social Media Simplified was a Spectacular Event

On Monday I had the honor and pleasure of sharing the stage with several social media stars at Social Media Simplified. The event was organized on very short notice by Linda P. Taylor and the entire program was filmed live in front of a studio audience at the Ventura Technical Development College.

First up was Mari Smith, (@MariSmith on Twitter) dubbed the Pied Piper of Facebook by Fast Company Magazine. She gave a great presentation outlining 10 things you need to know and do to use Facebook for your business.

 

PRfor25.com for inexpensive media exposure

If you're looking for an inexpensive way to get exposure to a large list of media sources, check out a new site called PRfor25.com.

Simply put, PRfor25.com is a paid bulletin board to which anyone in any location who has a (legal) business, service or event to promote can post information for an affordable $25. Who sees it? The media (print, broadcast, online), site users, the public, anyone who subscribes to the RSS feed to get updates or visits the site.

This really is a cheap way to get some mass exposure for your event, product launch or site. I haven't tried it yet, but I plan to when it's time for our next big thing...

You get exposure to hundreds of print, broadcast and online media members from across the country. There's no guarantee your info will get picked up, but at least you're out there and you have links back to your blog or site or event.

Hat tip to Peter Shankman's Help a Report Out (HAR) broadcast for alerting me to this cool PR resource. By the way, if you're not subscribed to HARO, you are missing hundreds of media queries daily, looking for sources. 

T-Mobile G1 Arrived!

Two days before launch day, my T-Mobile G1 phone landed on my doorstep! I got back to the office late Monday after 4 days of back to back seminar gigs -- first Tom Antion's Fusion and then Susan Levin's Speakers' Summit on Monday -- and the package was waiting for me.

Not expecting it until Wednesday and being very tired, I didn't look at the package right away. A few hours later, I opened the package and got real excited. I've been using a basic cell phone for years, not really thinking I needed much more. And, I probably don't, but after being at BlogWorld Expo and everyone tweeting and connecting on their iPhones, I wanted one too.

My mobile service is with T-Mobile so I decided I would get the new G1 when it was unveiled on September 22.  All the tech blogs have been reviewing it so do a search on Google and you'll find tons of info.

For me, it's a huge step up: access to the Web, learning how to use the scrolling and screen flicking features. It's not as sleek and slim as the iPhone. It's a bit heavy, but I really like the flip out Qwerty keyboard. I find it's easier to use than tapping a screen.

A couple of issues I've run into are: trying to leave a voice mail message (for some reason my voice is not triggering the VM and is not recorded) and deleting vm messages. I press the number to delete and it's not registered. I don't know if it's me or the phone.

There are not a lot of apps available yet, but that will change soon enough. So far, I'm very happy to have a new gadget to play with.

Online Visibility is a Matter of Persistence

With a massive online visibility strategy, people come to you, read what you have to say, and feel instant connection with you. You want these people to pick up the phone and call you, already convinced they want to work with you.

If your goal is to transform people's lives doing what you love, then you need to create massive visibility online so more people chase you, instead of the other way around.

You're invited to join The Blog Squad in a free teleseminar Thursday October 23, 2008. You'll learn a few online marketing tactics that will:

• Get you massive visibility so your ideal clients can find you

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• Tap into the pool of 1 billion people in the world who are connected to the Internet and looking for information and solutions…some of them are your ideal clients

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