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Want to send a message to your friends on Facebook, but don’t know how?  Here are simple steps to help you send messages through your Facebook Inbox and other helpful tips for sending messages in Facebook.

• Type the person’s name into the Search box at the upper right of any Page.  When the search results are returned, click on the “Send a Message” link to the right of the result.  A box will open to type in the subject and message.  When finished, click “Send.”
  
• Open the Inbox and click on “Compose“  the same box will open to type the specifics of your message
• To learn how to send a private message on Facebook, visit my YouTube Channel to view a short video where I walk you through the entire process.

Here are other tips to help with sending messages on Facebook:

• You can message up to 20 friends per message
• If you have a Group or Fan Page, you can send to all of your Group Members or Fans with one message
• Users can receive messages from anyone on Facebook, regardless if you are friends or not.  To avoid this, go to Settings/Privacy/Search and under “Search Result Content” uncheck the box for “A link to send me a message.”
• Photos, videos and links can be attached to messages
• The Inbox is not intended for “live” conversations.  The Chat option can be used for instant messaging others on Facebook
• Be careful of promoting a product or service or any type of advertising to your friends through the Inbox as it is considered spam and against Facebook policies
• The Inbox has search features for finding messages by sender, keywords, recipients or Friend Lists
• You can manage your Inbox notifications by going to Settings/Account Settings/ Notifications.  Here you can select which information you would like to see in your Personal Email Account.  For example, if you use Microsoft Outlook for your email management, you will receive an email each time you get a message in your Facebook Inbox.  You can uncheck this notification to stop those emails from going to Outlook.

The Facebook Inbox is a great communication tool when used properly.  It is just another alternative for connecting with your online friends and business contacts.

My friend and Master Trainer, Sandy Rees, CFRE and I are offering a full-day of social media training on October 16, 2009.  If you are within driving distance of E. Tennessee, come join us.

The training will be held at the Blount County Chamber in Maryville, TN.

You Will Learn -

* The BEST social networking sites for Your business
* Learn the best strategies to build your social profiles
* Understand why you need a “complete” social media presence
* The top 6 Ways to Generate leads through social media
* Identifying the Top social networking mistakes and how to avoid them
* 5 Keys to Massive Income through social networking

Click here, How to Grow Your Business and CA$H IN on $ocial Media for more information and to Grab Your Seat now!

You don’t want to miss this training and the opportunity to spend a full-day with two Internet experts.

I just found the coolest site!  It’s eHow, http://www.ehow.com and you can find out “how” to just about anything on this site.

They have a database of more than 500,000 articles and videos and over 26 million people visit this site each month.  Wow, what I would give to have that kind of traffic!

You can also write your own “How To” articles and submit them to the site.

They have advertising opportunities available, but the site is completely free to use!  That’s my favorite price!

So check it out and let me know what you think.

One graduate of the Social Marketing Specialist Training Program at VAClassroom mentioned that she landed a great new Social Media client in the plumbing business. Plumbing?  If plumbing businesses are starting to use Social Media Marketing strategies, then can you imagine the massive potential client base that is just waiting to be tapped into?

Another graduate from VAClassroom, mentioned that she is working with a Real-Estate company setting up a blog and performing other Social Media Marketing activities.

There are so many vertical markets to tap into and the opportunities for Social Media Marketing Specialists are truly endless at this point!

Since Craig at VAClassroom is so excited to hear these success stories from the graduates of the training program, he wants to make sure that as many people as possible have the opportunity to be trained in this “high demand” area right now.

So, VAClassroom is running a special for the last ten days of April.They are knocking off an additional $100 on our training program ($397) and offering it to you for $297 until midnight on April 30th.

If you are serious about growing your business in 2009, then there is no better opportunity right now then to position yourself as a Social Media Marketing Specialist.

Just click on the link below for all the course details. Also, please make note of the below coupon code that will give you the $100 discount off our training program.

Click Here: Social Media Marketing Training
COUPON CODE: april09

Once you click one of the order buttons, you will see a “coupon” field where you can insert the above coupon code.

I had the great pleasure of being the special guest of Sandy Rees, CFRE on her Get Fully Funded Support Club call today.  We had an awesome discussion on how to utilize the many tools on the Internet for raising funds for nonprofit organizations.

Some of the topics we discussed were:

• Have an engaging and informative Website
• Make it Easy for People to Donate
• Utilize a Blog to stay connected to your donors more frequently
• Keep the Blog short, simple and conversational
• Develop an electronic newsletter/ezine
• Do NOT make a PDF of your print newsletter and call it an ezine!
• Take advantage of the wide world of Social Media
• Use Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to promote events and accept donations.

Sandy is a fundraising coach, speaker and master trainer and has a wealth of knowledge to assist nonprofits in reaching their fundraising goals.  She also has programs designed to engage nonprofit boards and manage a small nonprofit on a shoestring budget.

No matter what your business, no matter what product, service or expertise you are selling, you need the right words to sell. Of course, in this “Web 2.0” world, there are so many places and platforms that need relevant and persuasive words – blogs, press releases, Squidoo lenses, articles, newsletters and bios/profiles for Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, to name a few.

Many successful marketers will tell you that copywriting – the ability to put what you are selling into words that actually sell – is the #1 most important skill to have in marketing. And this is true now more than ever.

No more spinning your wheels in your current online and social media marketing efforts…

Learn how to tweak and master your social message so that you have more business than you ever imagined…

Conquer the fears you have about using social media as a marketing tool…

Become a profitable content creation and distribution machine…easily and quickly.

My colleagues Craig Cannings of VAClassroom and Allison Nazarian of Get It In Writing have teamed up to present something that simply does not exist anywhere in the online training world. They saw an amazing opportunity to teach other entrepreneurs and professionals a very specific and easy-to-follow system to launch and profit from — their own “Content Creation and Distribution Machine!” In the world of social media, and social marketing in particular, your credibility, your visibility and your reputation are the measures of your success. And the key to being able to shine in social media lies in the words businesses use to have the conversations they are having.

Craig and Allison – and I – invite you to take advantage of this live, 5-week interactive training.  This is an event you don’t want to miss – the “secret weapon” so many successful marketers have and use can (and should) be yours too.

How: Registration Page: www.CopywritingKingdom.com

At the end of 2008, I had an opportunity to read many blog posts from Internet experts making their predictions for 2009 and guess what was at the top of their list: Social Media Marketing. It is anticipated that Social Media will grow at unprecedented rates in 2009 and beyond as more and more businesses seek to leverage this powerful new marketing channel.

A further prediction is that Social Media Marketing Services will be in very high demand through 2009! Most businesses either lack the time or expertise to effectively carry out all the necessary Social Media Marketing Activities and will be seeking to delegate these tasks to skilled Social Media Marketing Specialists.

VAClassroom.com has recently released a high calibre 7 module training program based on the seven hottest Social Media Marketing Services requested by businesses today including:

- Social Media Strategy and Action Planning
- Social Networking Profile Set-up and Management
- Facebook Marketing
- Twitter Marketing
- Online Video Marketing
- Online Reputation Management
- Social Media Content Distribution

The Social Media Marketing Specialist Training Program offers a self-directed training system for Virtual Assistants and Online Professional seeking to offer these in-demand services to their new and existing client base, or anyone looking for more knowledge of Social Media Marketing. The program features 8 modules, 30 videos, an interactive and supportive learning community, comprehensive resource guides, assignments and a Social Media Marketing Specialist Certification.

Claim your seat now Social Media Marketing Training and don’t miss out on one of the most important training opportunities you will take this year.

Did I read that correctly?  WordPress is so big now that that have their own TV show?

Well, not really, they have developed an online learning center called wordpress.tv

It’s chocked full of tutorials for both self-hosted and WordPress.com sites.  They call it “a visual resource for all things WordPress!”

I LOVE that.  I’m a visual person and I learn much quicker if I can see it done rather that read how to do it.

So grab a snickers and a soda and watch wordpress.tv.

Wouldn’t it be great if someone could help all those struggling non-profit organizations with their fundraising program?  Just to find someone who understands their needs and can offer a simple plan for meeting and exceeding their goals?

Well, I know of just a person.  She is an incredible teacher, coach, mentor and Master Trainer for non-profit fundraisers and I have the privilege of working with her as her virtual assistant.  She is Sandy Rees, Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) and one of 125 Master Trainer’s in the world for the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP).

Typically, as a virtual professional I don’t leave the “virtual office” very often, however, I have had the opportunity to travel with Sandy recently to other AFP chapters in the South and watch her in action.  To say she is awesome, is truly an understatement.  She is captivating, funny, knowledgeable, engaging and right-on with her information.  People comment as they walk away from her training sessions that they can’t wait to get back to the office and implement the ideas Sandy gave them.  Now just how many times have you been anxious to get back to the office?

This is me at Sandy’s table at the Chattanooga Center for Nonprofits Philanthropy Institute

Sandy is a published author of Fundraising Buffet, A Heaping Helping of 101 Practical Ideas to Increase Donations and Deepen Donor Satisfaction. If you are looking for a dynamic speaker, an engaging trainer or a practical, step-by-step approach to fundraising, then look no further than Sandy Rees, CFRE or check her out at GetFullyFunded.