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Live Podcasting, Benefits and Drawbacks
In the next 2 issues of Make Selling Fun, I'm going to compare the benefits and drawbacks of live podcasting vs recorded podcasting. If you're curious to know the differences between the two and how each can help you in your podcasting goals, sign up to receive your...
Self Published Author Uses Podcasting to Win $10,000
One of the people I profiled in my book Podcasting for Profit is Terry Fallis. When I interviewed him a year ago, he was using a podcast to share the contents of his newest novel, The Best Laid Plans. At the time, he couldn't get a literary agent to represent his...
Grammar Girl’s Advice on How to Write for Twitter
The Grammar Girl posted a style guide for writing for Twitter. Since you only have 140 characters to work with, you may need some guidance on how to get the most out of this limited writing real estate. I especially liked this tip: Don't use abbreviations such as 4U...
Twitter Plugins, Tools and Widgets for the Busy Business Person
Every week, I seem to discover a new tool, plugin or widget that can be used along with Twitter. Most of these are web applications, but take a look to see if there's one that can help you use Twitter more effectively. Twitter Snooze - Puts your Twitter account on...
How to Use Twitter to Fill Your List
I love how my friend Nancy Marmolejo is using Twitter to fill her ezine list. She posted the following tweet earlier today: Waiting for my VA to send me a proof to this week's ezine. Great article on Twitter Tips - u can get on my list here http://snurl.com/26c7q...
Change Your Language to Connect With Your Target Market
Over the weekend, I spent an afternoon with my sister's godchildren. These 3 girls are well mannered, well behaved and just lovely to be with. My friends, who are the parents, have done an excellent job raising these 3 girls. The youngest, Hannah, is just over a year...
mDialog Makes Video Publishing Super Easy
For a budding videographer like me, I don't want to fuss around with encoding issues when I want to publish my video. So, when CC Chapman told me about mDialog, I thought I'd give it a try. With my handy Flip camera combined with Camtasia, I put together this 7 minute...
Social Media Telesummit Helps Natasha Vincent Take Action
After our lovely manicures this morning, I had a chance to interview Natasha Vincent. She shared with me how the Social Media Telesummit helped spring her into social media action. The camera is a bit shaky at times, so I apologize for that. I was trying not to scuff...
Turn Your New Media Hobby Into a Business to Save the Environment on Earth Day
Paul Colligan has done it again. He got me thinking about his recent blog post. In it, he says that going pro in New Media helps the environment. He's right. Absolutely right. Today, April 22nd, is Earth Day and I'll be honest. I don't care about the environment....