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City-TV’s Homepage
I'll be a guest on City-TVs Homepage at 5pm today on Wednesday May 21st. If you're in the Toronto area, turn your TV to Channel 24. If you're not in the Toronto area, you can stream the live broadcast over the Internet. Follow these tips: Go to the CP24 website Click...
Still Room for Successful Independent Podcasters in Mainstream Television
So, Amanda Congdon returns to independent video podcasting after her stint on ABCnews.com ended/failed/combusted. Earlier this year, Amber MacArthur, who was recruited by City-TV, said goodbye to the network after her one year contract ended. Is there no room for...
Friday Funnies: Give Me the Coles Notes for Your Book Please
I got a rather interesting ticket via my helpdesk about a couple months ago. I won't identify the sender, but I will publish the request in its entirety. My name is [name withheld]. I recently heard your interview and I love your ideas! Can you help me get started...
My Target Market Is So Picky And I Love It
My target market is such a picky bunch. Over the past 6 months, I've introduced several products to my list. I've joint ventured with a few people and offered what I thought would be successful products to them. Some products have done well and some have not. I have...
Teleclass: How to Use Social Media Get Thousands of Warm, Hungry Visitors to Your Website
One of the biggest complaints I hear from people who are blogging and podcasting is the lack of traffic. If this is you, I'm inviting you to join me on Wednesday May 14 at 2pm EDT for a one hour teleclass with 2 of my favorite marketing gals - Michele PW, Your...
Can’t Find a Publisher? Podcast Your Book Instead
I used podcasting to get my book deal. While many authors complain about rejection letters, I didn't have to go through this. Instead, my podcast attracted my publisher's attention and gave them the confidence that I knew my stuff. Six months after signing the...
How to Use Visio to Create Process Maps for Your Business
After reading Michael Port's new book called Beyond Booked Solid, I put together a bunch of process maps on paper. To share these maps with my team, I used Visio to make them look pretty. In this video, I take you click by click on how you can create a process map...
Recorded Podcasting, Benefits and Drawbacks
In Thursday's issue of Make Selling Fun, I’m going to compare the benefits and drawbacks of recorded podcasting, in other words, using archived content from teleclasses, webinars, speeches and presentations to create your podcast content. To receive this issue and to...
How to Share Videos Online the Easy Way
As I see others using the Flip camera, I'm seeing a common problem emerge - often, the lips are moving slower than the words that I hear. It's rather obvious and very annoying. The problem is that people are uploading the video file uncompressed in an AVI format, the...