Join me today, in my online classroom and learn about Social Networking.

I know you’ve probably been hearing a bit, or a lot, about Social Networking. Some of the more well known social networking sites are Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and now new tools are coming online. Microblogging tools like Twitter, Plurk and sites where you can create your own social networks, like Ping.

Whoa, a lot of new words, right?  I know.  It can be overwhelming.  As most of you know, I spend pretty much all day on the Internet. Social networking has become an integral part of my overall marketing strategy.

I’m inviting you to Cross The Digital Divide with me this afternoon at 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern to chat in my online classroom  about Social Networking.

This is the time to get some of the answers to your questions about what Social Networking is and how you might use it to promote your business online.

I’ve invited my Facebook, Twitter and Plurk buddies too. So, grab a beverage of your choice, put your feet up, and join the conversation.  Cross the digital divide……

I look forward to sharing with you, and answering your questions about how you can promote your business online.

I’ve been playing with both Plurk (http://www.plurk.com/user/Debra) and FriendFeed. I found a great synopsis of traffic data for Plurk and FriendFeed. I thought I’d share it with you!

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It’s Friday and you know what that means…meet me in my online classroom were we’ll discuss how you can create passive income by selling Amazon products. Whether you have a website, or not, you can make money while you sleep with Amazon.

If you’ve already been in my online classroom, all you need to do is tap the happy face and log into my room.

If you haven’t been in my online classroom before, just sign up on the Cafe Page and you’ll receive the instructions on how to Cross The Digital Divide.

I hope to see you there, because it’s never to early to start marketing on the web.

Traffic Swarm is a free site that will generate traffic to your website. What you have to ask yourself is, will that be targeted traffic.

Recently I was pitched an internet advertising program. I pay, let’s say for example, $100 for advertising. I then am able to create an ad that rotates in turn to the visitor of the ad site. I can earn back my ad expenditure if I just click on 24 other member sites, in the rotation, and stay on each site for 15 seconds. To actually earn money, I have to bring others into the advertising program.

Traffic Swarm does the same thing, only free. If you sign up, you get to create your ad, which runs in a rotation. You then earn advertising credits by clicking on the other ads and staying on the site for 20 seconds. I click to earn my credits. You’re lucky if your site, coming up in rotation, is a site I’m interested in.

So how do you target your traffic? Are you blogging yet? Are you involved in social networking? You may want to consider visiting my Cross The Digital Divide free webinars to help you learn how to spot the scam from the legit on the net. Or check out the Resource Library and Article Library for info that helps.

If you try Traffic Swarm, let me know what you think by commenting.

I’ve been testing the Skype extra, Mikogo, which allows you to share your desktop with others.

I had a total of four users join the meeting. We were able to easily watch the desktop being shared. We used a PowerPoint presentation and the lapse between clicking the slides and them visually changing was 3 seconds.

All you do is go to Mikogo, sign up for an account and download the Mikogo.exe software. You’ll also want to download the connect.exe found by tapping the "Join Meeting" in the header.

It’s an easy application to use and it will support 10 people in the meeting at one time.

As a blog coach, I find the ability to share my desktop to be essential, especially if I’m training my client on a program or task. If you have any need to share your desktop, and are a Skype user, this is one extra you don’t want to be without.

Friday, June 27th, I’ll be talking about Blogs and Blogging at the Free Friday Webinars in our ongoing effort to Conquer The Digital Divide. The webinar starts at 3pm. If you haven’t been to one of my webinars before, you’ll need to sign up here. 

Are you wondering about blogs? Did you know that you’re reading a blog right now? Are you wondering what the advantages of a blog are for your business? These are some of the questions I’ll be answering during this 30 minute webinar.

If you have specific questions, use my contact us form to share them with me ahead of time and I’ll be sure to incorporate them into my presentation.

So, grab a drink of your choice, log into my online classroom, turn the speakers up and take some time to Conquer The Digital Divide.

Join me on Friday afternoon, June 20th, at 3pm Pacific Time, 6pm Eastern Time, for an afternoon break at the Digital Divide. This Friday we’ll be discussing strategic planning for our service businesses. My special guest will be Barbara Eldridge, Mind Masters, who will share some strategic planning tips for solopreneurs.

Part Two covers Your Competitive Advantage, or Your Personal Brand, how you develop it and how you maintain it.

This comes down to a characteristic of you or your business practices that your customers value, but that your competitors find difficult if not impossible to duplicate. In developing your competitive advantage ( brand) focus on who you are and what is unique about you. Then focus on who you want to reach and how you want to be thought of so that you package and promote yourself to accomplish your goals.

When you do, you predispose your audience by capturing the essence of what you have to offer, creating interest and enthusiasm for it and enhancing your image for differentiating yourself in your marketplace.

Come and discover how to create and implement plans for your business. Ask the questions you need the answers to in this informative hour long webinar (30 minute presentation and 30 minutes Q&A..

When registering for the webinars, please make sure to include your website address for the networking segment of the webinar and ask Barbara or myself any question you want.

Our webinar next Friday, June 27th will be an introduction to blogging.

Register Here!!

Skype me! What a great online tool. Skype to Skype calls are still free and by having a webcam, you can actually see the person you’re talking to on Skype.

One of the ways I use Skype is with my client’s while I coach them on Internet marketing. I can work with them on desktop sharing, walking them through various tasks.

You can also start a public chat. Here’s one I have going.

There are many extras for Skype including productivity, games, business, remote access applications and many, many more. There are buttons, like the one above to show your online status and making it easier for you to reach out to others on the Internet.

Join me on Friday afternoon at 3pm Pacific Time, 6pm Eastern Time, for an afternoon break at the Digital Divide. This Friday I’ll be sharing what New Media is and how solopreneurs and service professionals can add new media to their marketing strategies.

You’ve probably heard all about audio and video on your websites and you’ve probably been told it will cost you thousands of dollars to put video on your website. Let me share with you the advantages and some of the tools to help you put audio and video on your website for a fraction of what others might be telling you. When it comes to guerrilla marketing strategies for your website, you’ll want to incorporate new media and I can show you how.

Come and discover how to decide for yourself whether you need to spend BIG bucks on new media, or can you learn how to do it yourself.  Ask the questions you need the answers to in this informative hour long webinar.

When registering for the webinars, please make sure to include your website address for the networking segment of the webinar and ask me any question you want.

Register Here!!

Join me on Friday afternoon at 3pm Pacific Time, 6pm Eastern Time, for an afternoon break at the Digital Divide. This Friday we’ll be discussing strategic planning for our service businesses. My special guest will be Barbara Eldridge, Mind Masters, who will share some strategic planning tips for solopreneurs.

Planning your business to accomplish your goals is something we all strive towards. Barbara has been teaching solopreneurs and small business owners for years how to work their way through the five stages of the planning cycle. They are:

1. Situational Analysis
2. Results
3. Strategies
4. Action
5. Controls

Come and discover how to create and implement plans for your business. Ask the questions you need the answers to in this informative hour long webinar.

When registering for the webinars, please make sure to include your website address for the networking segment of the webinar and ask Barbara or myself any question you want.

Our webinar next Friday, June 13th will be an introduction to the Internet and terms related to the Internet. This is a great webinar for anyone who just needs a primer.

Register Here!!