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Viva Visability!

Our good friend and colleague Nancy Marmolejo (author of the enormously popular ebook Make MySpace Your Space) is at it again. She recently rebranded her company and is focusing on helping professionals like you get more free publicity and visibility.  Her new teleseminar: How to Get Free Publicity and Attact New Clients With the Power of Your Expertise, starts April 1. Here's the info:

Get the Media to Do Your Marketing For You

Visibility Expert Nancy Marmolejo has just announced her latest teleclass to help entrepreneurs position themselves as sought after, recognized experts.

Nancy enjoys a flurry of free PR and effortless marketing, now she's ready to share that with others.

How to Get Free Publicity and Attact New Clients With the Power of Your Expertise, taking place April 1 and 8, will show business owners how to take what they know and turn it into a marketing strategy that will attract new clients and free publicity.

She created How to Get Free Publicity and Attract New Clients to meet the needs of people who want the information she teaches in a short time frame. (Nancy’s coaching program, Spotlight U, offers an intense 6 months of coaching and mentoring for a select group of entrepreneurs.)

Over 2 teleclass sessions, she’ll cover how to:

Flip Video Gets Reviewed in The New York Times

One of my favorite tech reviewers is David Pogue in The New York Times.  Finally, he has reviewed the Flip Video and he really likes it.  You have to read the review and watch the video of Pogue and his clones demonstrating the differences between a camcorder and the Flip.

I got my Flip about 9 months ago, the original version. The new Ultra Flip has an attachment for a tripod which makes it a heck of a lot easier to shoot video of yourself.

Next week Patsi and I will be at a 3 day marketing seminar. We're bringing our Flips so we can shoot a bunch of video tips for you. Stay tuned! And, if you want to get going with video, get a Flip. It's about as easy as it gets.

Related Posts:
Patsi Flips for New Flip Video Camera
Flip Video Camera Gets Pink Shoes
Flip Video is a Hit at BlogWorld Expo

Recession-proof your business and life

My friend and colleague, Master Developmental Coach, Mike R. Jay, just released his latest print book today, UPPING the Downside: 64 Strategies to Create Professional Resilience by
Design.

I’m helping Mike get the word out as I believe resilience is a much needed antidote to all the conversation about a recession just now.

I could go on and on about why you should buy this book, but the bottom line is this:

The book is discounted to $9.97 today only, Friday, March 14. And, when you buy the book today, you’ll also receive a huge collection of Resilience Bonuses generously provided by leaders around the world. This is Mike’s way of saying thank you for buying his book today.

Bonus contributors include: Ken McArthur, Ben Mack, Eva Gregory, Hannah Wilder, David Matthies, Kevin Nations, Tara McGillicuddy, Ken Foster, Ellen Britt, Reed Floren, Trevor Crook, Maria Reyes-McDavis, Warren Whitlock, The Blog Squad, Rhoberta Shaler, and many more!

For the complete list of all 50+ Bonuses you get with your purchase, click this link.

Here's to your resilience!

P.S.  Remember, you’ll need to get Mike’s book today only to be eligible for this special package.

Hot Tech Gifts: What's your favorite?

Santa (aka The Hubby) was good to me: I got a new iPhone! Of course he got the pink case for it, to match our Blog Squad colors.

So I was thinking, of all the tech tools we've suggested this year, what's your favorite, which have you adopted to make your work life easier?

• Flip Video
• iPhone
• iPod
• Digital camera
• Other PDA
• Other computer accessories
• Software programs

What time or energy saving tools have you discovered or acquired this past year that you can recommend? Which ones have you tried but were a waste of time and money?

Hit the comment link and share...

3 Tools for Online Success - Free Audio

We had over 700 people registered for our teleseminar last night on The 5 Traps of Internet Marketing that Can Derail Your Business. Afterwards, many registered for our 4-week mentoring teleseries starting January 7, 2008: http://www.actandattract.com.

Here's what we're emphasizing: whether you've already taken your business online or you're just starting out, it's important to start right and start smart. There are free and low-cost services you can use so that you can automate your marketing and keep more profits.

Here are 3 resources you can use right away:

Flip Video is a Hit at BlogWorld Expo

Last week at BlogWorld Expo Patsi and I did video interviews with some of the bloggers we met.

I use a Flip Video camera and I have to say, it was a hit with everyone we talked to. Everyone wanted to know how it worked and how much it cost. The original one (at left) that I own is $119 at Amazon.com and the new Flip Ultra is $149 and comes in a variety of colors: black, white, pink and orange.

Technical Details

• Simple to use, pocket-sized camcorder with one-touch recording and digital zoom
• Holds 60 minutes of full VGA-quality video on 2GB of built-in memory; no tapes or additional memory cards required
• Convenient USB arm plugs directly into your computer for easy viewing and sharing
• Built-in software lets you easily e-mail videos, upload to YouTube and AOL, and capture still photos from video
• Watch videos instantly on TV with included cable

This is a VERY SIMPLE camera to use: turn it on, press the red record button to start, press the red button again to stop and you've got a video.

Plug the camera into your computer with the USB arm, the software which resides in the camera automatically starts. You can do simple edits and easily save the video to your computer, upload it to your YouTube account or email to friends.

For a small investment every blogger can become a video blogger. At this point I would recommend getting the Flip Ultra because the new version has a tripod mount so you don't have to hold it out in front of you if you're filming yourself. For $14.99, definitely get the tripod. I may have to upgrade my Flip just so I can have this valuable feature.

Now there really is no excuse not to add video to your websites and blogs. It's just so easy and it give your readers/visitors/prospects another format in which they can get your message.

One Laptop per Child - Give one, Get One

This is one of the coolest offers I've seen in a long time: One Laptop per Child - Give One, Get One:

For a donation of $399, one XO laptop will be sent to empower a child in a developing nation and one will be sent to the child in your life in recognition of your contribution. $200 of your donation is tax-deductible (your $399 donation minus the fair market value of the XO laptop you will be receiving).

This appeals to all my philanthropic beliefs.  First, I believe in empowering people to get an education so they can achieve what they want in life. Second, this is an amazing tool that will not only help one child, but can potentially help many because when one child becomes technically literate, they will probably share their skills with others. Third, this offer, for a limited time (until November 26) allows you to get one of these cool laptops and give it to someone of your own choosing. 

Most of the kids I know don't need a laptop -- their parents can afford to buy one for them or they already have one, but what about an organization in your own community that helps underprivileged kids, or a school in a low income neighborhood?  This  is a great way to make a contribution to your own community as well.

Thanks to the TerraPass blog for bringing this program to my attention. As they say, this is a great experiment in social entrepreneurship.

Click: The Ultimate Guide to Electronic Marketing for Speakers

When Tom Antion talks, The Blog Squad listens. And now we have over 800 pages of Internet Marketing expertise to read.

Tom has been working on the third revision to his gigantic Internet Marketing tome, Click, and for months and we've been bugging him about when we can get a copy. Finally, got it this weekend!

Tom invited us to contribute a chapter on blogging -- 57 pages with info about the basics of blogging, what makes a great blog, what you need to know about blogging, and a guide to get you started. Plus we included the transcript from a teleseminar we did with Tom about using a blog to write and market your book.

Here's the announcement from Tom Antion with information about what you can expect in Version 3 of Click.

InstantTeleseminar.com Rocks!

If you are currently hosting teleseminars or if you are thinking about getting started with it, I have a recommendation for you.

I have been using IntstantTeleseminar for the last couple of months and I wanted to wait to make any recommendation until after I had some experience with it. Now I have and I can honestly say, I love it.

In one system, for one monthly fee, InstantTeleseminar provides bridge lines, instant online webcasting, automatic call recording, mp3 file download, online interaction so listeners can ask questions before and during the event, and templates for your web pages.

I'm always looking for tools to make my business easier, even if it costs a bit of money. In the end, the investment can be worth all the time saved.

In the last two weeks, we have put the system to a true test, hosting two teleseminars with 350 and 400+ participants. The system worked like a charm.

You can see the service and what it does at InstantTeleseminar.com.
Plus you can get a 21-day trial for only $1. That's a great deal if you're ready to host a teleseminar.

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