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Hi Everyone and Welcome to my Birthday Bash – 23 Days of Birthday

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It starts tomorrow, December 1st!

My Birthday is December 23rd and this year I’m giving YOU the gifts!  Each day beginning on December 1st, I will be giving away gifts.  Some days I’ll give links to great gifts and other days I will select one lucky winner from everyone who has registered for my Blogging Birthday Bash through the special pop-up box on this page to receive a special gift.

On the 23rd, I will select 1 lucky winner who will receive a fully customized Facebook Fan Page designed by me!  So be sure you register and get your name in the drawings.  Then visit my blog each day to see what great gift I’m giving away for the day!

Tell all your online friends to join the party too!  I love a crowd!

Hey,

If you didn’t have a chance to hear my friend Perry Lawrence talk about Direct-to-Web TV Shows and Podcasting… You missed it.

BUT Perry is allowing me to share the replay link with you.

Direct-toWeb TV Shows and Prodcasting

Go now and listen to a great webinar on how you can create a web series that sets you apart in your niche or industry.

Perry really delivered the goods and this webinar has already created a stir. Search twitter using #directtoweb to see the buzz.

So go watch the replay here and learn how easy it is to become the authentic authority in your niche.

As most online business owners, I produce my newsletters through email.  I specifically use Constant Contact to produce my newsletters and manage my contacts, open and bounce rates and now for all my events.

As a business partner with Constant Contact, I am privy to early information and I just learned that Constant Contact has an iPhone app called QuickView.

It’s the iPhone app built specifically for Constant Contact® Email Marketing. QuickView lets you:

• Check the status of your email campaigns
• See who clicked, opened, forwarded, bounced, and unsubscribed
• Create a new email list on the go — you’ll see it when you’re back at your computer
• Add a new contact while you’re out networking — your account updates automatically
• Search your contact database
• Update any contact’s individual record — your changes will save to your account

All you need is an iPhone or iPod Touch and your Constant Contact username and password. It couldn’t be easier or more convenient.  I just downloaded the app to my iPhone and have added some new contacts and checked the status of my most recent email open-rate.  I love it!

Email Marketing by Constant Contact® is the easy, effective, and highly affordable way to get your message out to your customers, clients, or members—and build strong, successful, and lasting relationships with them. You’ll create high-impact email newsletters and promotions in minutes, no technical expertise necessary. With more than 300 easily-customized templates, a simple point-and-click tool, and award-winning free customer support, you can create professional, compelling messages your audience will act on. And it’s easy for you to manage your contact lists, sign up website visitors, track your clicks and open rates, and send automated communications to new subscribers.  You can even try it Free for 60 days!  Click this link Free 60 Day Trial to get started.

Want to stay up-to-date on all the current news related to Social Media?  Take a look at this video.

http://facebook.com/socialmediatraining

Facebook is not just for kids, contrary to popular belief!  In a recent update from Experian^® Hitwise^® Facebook users 55 and over, increased by 108% from September 2008 to September 2009.  As more baby boomers are taking advantage of the many features of Facebook to connect with friends and family, market and grow their business relationships and even develop an online presence through Facebook for a new business, it is clear that Facebook is no longer just for the kids.

The 18-34 year old age group still leads the way in using Facebook, but the boomers are “hot on their trail.“  And overall Facebook grew 194% within a year.

So, do you have a presence on Facebook?  There are more than 300 million others who do.  Experian^® Hitwise^® data reveals that Facebook is 2nd only to Google in the amount of visits to their site, and Facebook is #1 for social networking sites.

So again I ask, do you have a presence on Facebook?  Everyone wants to be found in Google searches, and it looks like the next place to be found is Facebook!

Don’t know how to get started?  Check out this easy to follow, step-by-step guide The Start Here, Now Do This Social Media Guide, to establish your Facebook presence, or just give us a call!

Well, today’s your lucky day!  Today at 1 pm est. is the official launch of the Blastoff network.  It is free, easy and fun, plus you can make money with your Blastoff site.

Watch this short video to get more information and then click I Want a Free Blastoff Site

I have just returned from an incredible trip to San Diego with a business associate of mine, Sue Painter of  The Confident Marketer and some other friends where we learned some amazing Internet Marketing secrets to really explode our businesses. (and yours!)

We were at the Paid For Life conference in San Diego with Mike Koenigs and Brenden Bouchard and a host of other speakers such as Russell Brunson, James Malinchak, Paul Colligan, John Carlton and others.  These thought leaders shared massive amounts of information with the participants on ways to grow your online business and the one recurring theme was Video.

With Google’s recent purchase of YouTube, it stands to reason that video is a SEO booster.  We came away from the conference with a passion for making videos of just about everything we do.  Trainings, speaking opportunities, how-to videos, video testimonials from clients and more.

If you haven’t started using video for your online marketing – now is the time!  You can easily get started for less than $100 with a Flip Camera.  Carry it with you everywhere.  You never know when a marketing opportunity will present itself for you and your business.  Point – Click – Record!

One of the most popular training certification course right now is VAClassroom’s Social Marketing Specialist Program. Craig Cannings, the co-founder of VAClassroom and developer of this program, has seen so many amazing testimonies on how this niche training program has helped to increase many of their graduates’ client and income opportunities!

VAClassroom is running a very attractive summer special on this course where you can access a $100 discount off the regular price of $397 (ONLY $297, What a Deal!). The course includes over 30 interactive videos, supplementary resources guides, action-plan templates as well as an exclusive Social Network designed for our Social Marketing Students to connect with instructors and each other – a great learning atmosphere!

“If you are looking to further your skills in the area of Social Media Marketing then don’t overlook the Social Marketing Specialist Training Program offered at VAClassroom. The course material is extensive, current and very relevant to any business looking to leverage social media into their marketing plans.

In fact, I secured a Social Media project that more than paid for the tuition of the course. Now that’s a good return on investment!”

Here is the link and Coupon Code for the Social Media Marketing Training Program:

Social Media Marketing Training

$100 Discount Coupon: SUMMER09

This early summer special is only available for a limited time, so take advantage of this now and save yourself $100!

Did you get your username for your Facebook Public Profile?  (Also known as Fan Page or Business Page)  It was a crazy dash on Sunday evening, June 28th to get the required number of “fans” to be allowed to get your personal url for the Page.

Facebook had originally said that anyone with a Public Page and 25 fans could get their url, but suddenly changed their mind on Sunday to 100 fans!  People were scrambling to get to that magic number.

There was even a chat set up by my friend Hazel Grace Dirksen at Socialbees http://facebook.com/socialbees to help Page owners get 100 fans by midnight!  I called it the “Race to 100 Facebook Fans!”  It was a lot of fun and I made some new friends with incredible Pages on Facebook.

So, do you have a Public Page?  Did you get your url for the Page?  If not, contact us and we can help you through the entire process.  From setting up the page, customizing it, promoting it to get Fans and ultimately getting your Facebook username.

My new Facebook username for my Public Profile Page is http://facebook.com/socialmediatraining

Come on over and join in the fun!