Tonight the Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus gave away a most precious gift – a private concert just for the parents. I’ve lost track of how many parent orientations and open houses we’ve been to in September. [I can tell you that going to every soccer game this week easily ate up 10 hours or so.]…
Last night I found Phoebe watching "The Crocodile Hunter." I made her turn it off. It was too sad – I’d never seen the show and realized how much I’d missed out. Anyway, tonight P.d. is up late after the third soccer game in four days left himwith a backload of homework to clean up….
Update 01.23.08 After the call, Jenny and I transcribed our talk. To start filling your seminar seats now, click here to order our 50+page ebook. Need to fill more seminar seats? My friend Jenny Hamby‘s specialty is packing the place. Jenny’s name is on the short list of top seminar and information product copywriters. Why?…
Yep, you read that right. I’m splitting my commission with anyone who wants to join me at Big Seminar 8 in Atlanta on October 27, 28 and 29. To get your Big Seminar 8 discount tickets, sign up through my affiliate link at www.bigseminar8tickets.com. Then, email me a copy of your reciept and I’ll give…
Update 10.25.07 Intellicontact is now iContact. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Think about all the Internet-based services you use for web hosting, email, database development, ecommerce, video, customer surveys and all the other places where you need a user name and password. Which one’s your top revenue driver? If you answered email, you’re right. But, your email has to…
11.26.07 Update Thoughts and prayers are with the Drury family on their loss. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It wasn’t so long ago that Chicagoans who entered 7 on their remote control got the honor of watching John Drury deliver their evening news. On September 18, the White Sox dedicated the game to John Drury and his family’s efforts…
It’s time to out myself – yes, I am forcing my way through my too crammed closet to confess: I am hooked on Project Runway. What’s the big deal? Everyone has favorite TV shows, don’t they? Not me. I don’t watch TV regularly – except at the Y when I’m working out. But I do…
Interested in this topic? After you read this post, check out a more recent (10.05.06) companion post, Yellow Pages Wipe Out: Smart Small Businesses Move Their Local Listings Online, and be sure to leave a comment and tell us how you found your way to our PR therapy suite. A new service, List and Found,…
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Proving that anything can be celebrated, today is Talk Like a Pirate Day. According to the Talk Like a Pirate web site, "Talk Like A Pirate Day is an original concept created in a moment of temporary insanity by John Baur and Mark Summers." These blokes broke into the Yahoo! home page today. And, shiver…
If you’re interested in SEO, you may be familiar with Axandra’s search engine submission software and website promotion tools. If not, check out Axandra’s free SEO software and web traffic tools and sign up for their free newsletter while you’re there. Axandra’s newsletter updates you weekly with: Facts of the week – an explanation of…
Adding audio to web sites is a proven way to convert more traffic, close more sales and build trust. Here’s how to record and post audio to your site, your email, your blog, your podcast, etc. . . . Audio Acrobat (30 day free trial/$19.95 per month) simplifies the process with an intuitive interface that…
What are you doing the night of November 4? If you live in DuPage County, one of the wealthiest counties in Illinois, you may be sleeping in a car, a cardboard box or a tent – even if you’re not homeless. Judging from the enthusiastic support Bridge Communities received at the 2006 Sleep Out Saturday…
How to Win a Red Carpet Seat at the 2007 Oscars Who else out there loves movies and wishes they could go to the Oscars like I do? Last year I realized I could’ve been in LA the same day as the Oscars. If only I’d taken Alex Mandossian and Mark Victor Hansen up on…
Thanks to PR Web’s free press release content distribution feature and Google reader, you can direct your news to be delivered in the place that’s most convenient for you or your audience. Here’s how: 1. Find a place for the news – a website; Typepad blog or your Yahoo!, Google or My MNS newsreader. Google’s…
Thanks to PR Web’s free press release content distribution feature and Google reader, you can direct your news to be delivered in the place that’s most convenient for you or your audience. Here’s how: 1. Find a place for the news – a website; Typepad blog or your Yahoo!, Google or My MNS newsreader. Google’s…
Here’s a quick clip from a press release we sent out today that features two of our clients. We’re managing event marketing and media relations for Drury Design Kitchen and Bath Studio 2006 Glen Ellyn Kitchen Walk Takes Place on Friday, October 6 Glen Ellyn Kitchen Walk Event Details Date: Friday October 6, 2006 Locations:…
Thanks to all of you who commiserated with me on my tablet’s recent illness. CompUSA pronounced my first convertible DOA at noon today when the machine failed to boot. Thanks fo CompUSA, Gateway’s gifting me with a brand new, or brand newly refurbished, Convertible Laptop. Tablet 2 will be up and running this weekend. The…
We Are The Media reports Katie Couric’s blogging with text and video. If you’re looking for something to do this afternoon, register and comment on what she wore last night. Embedded within the CBS News site, Couric & Co is one of three blogs to enliven a typical major broadcast web interface. Katie’s bio charts…
One of the bigger events in town this summer was a visit from Animal Planet. I have to admit taking two teenagers and one already past the double digits made me feel, well, like a young(er) mom again. The enthusiasm the kids showed for the event was mirrored by my muted excitement. We all love…
Stu McLaren, the Idea Guy and affilate marketing manager expert, pulled back the curtain on the Virtual Seminar Week in a call tonight. According to Stu, Rick Raddatz is working on a Virtual Seminar product.
What would happen if you talked to everyone who visited your site? You’d probably convert more sales, answer loads of questions and be able to fine-tune your site so that visitors get exactly what they’re looking for right away. In visiting Perry Marshall’s The Definitive Guide to Ad Words site, I got a pop up…
Always wanted to experience an Internet marketing seminar, but didn’t want to travel to do it? Check out Virtual Seminar Week Brought to you by Alex Mandossian and Rick Raddatz, this virtual event happens in November, but you need to sign up by September 26 to get your discount. Studying what these two are up…
Heading down the highway . . . We didn’t have to look far for adventure yesterday. It just kept coming our way. We woke up, rolled out the door and cruised down Route One to Hoopeston, Illinois, the self-designated Sweet Corn Capitol of the World (and probably the planet, unless somebody else’s already claimed it). …
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