Liz Strauss is hosting a big event this weekend in Chicago called SOBCon – Biz School for Bloggers. For a few weeks now, the attendees have been talking to each other on twitter, updating statuses on the event wiki, checking out the event’s Facebook site and commenting back and forth on each other’s blogs. So,…
It’s seminar season. Isn’t it always? You’re being invited to all kinds of places to learn from experts about how to make “it.” What seminars are your going to in 2008? There was a time – two years ago – when I was so swayed by the promises and offers I couldn’t wait to get…
SOBCon08, the biz school for bloggers brought to you by Liz Strauss, is two weeks from today. Thanks to the SOBCon blog, we’re all getting to know each other ahead of time. I love this idea. Easton Ellsworth of Visionary Blogging, is introducing attendees before we get there! Today, my name came up along with…
One of the biggest benefits to blogging for me is seeing how others use the information they find here. Did you know poets and artists write press releases? Thanks to Adan, a reader who shared his National Poetry Month press release and a report on how his online PR campaign is going. Looking for more…
“If you’re not in sales, you should be. Your persistence is impressive.” one of my many messages to someone I met at a networking event. It took a collective 21 emails to schedule a phone conversation. How easily do you give up on networking follow up? If you’re like me, you send out a “great…
Looking for a quick-start guide to free seminar publicity? Then you’re in the right place! As seminar marketers and PR pros, Jenny Hamby and I want to share our success secrets. We want YOU to be successful! That’s why Jenny interviewed me, we transcribed our interview and turned it into an ebook you can purchase…
On our PR Parade podcast yesterday, Jenny Hamby reminded me that we first met at a sold-out Writing for the Web conference I put on for the Independent Writers of Chicago about five years ago. It’s been way too long since I produced a major event and if I had to do it today,…
For those of you who missed the PR P-R-I-M-E-R call this morning, here’s a replay. Listen as Jenny Hamby, The Seminar Marketing Pro, interviews me about how to use the power of publicity to promote your blog and your business. You’ll learn: – why you must think like a publisher – how to report on events…
For our call today, we’re taking you behind the scenes. This is the same information my co-host, Jenny Hamby, The Seminar Marketing Pro, gets. Because this is a casual call, I’m asking Jenny to walk us through the PR P-R-I-M-E-R and then open the call for questions and answers. Introductions Tagged as a communications pioneer…
With a name like Rozgonyi, you probably won’t believe I’m Irish, but I am: make that 25% Irish. To celebrate my heritage and to thank Liz Strauss for my guest post, I’m giving away PR advice – for free – this Monday, St. Patrick’s day at 10:00 a.m. CST. No RSVP, corned beef, leprechauns, FECKiN,…
Thanks to Liz Strauss for forwarding me an invitation to Jeff Pulver’s social networking breakfast in Chicago this morning. The inventor of the personal networking tool kit, Jeff is also the author of The Pulver Report. I got my first issue a few minutes ago. Packed with information about technology and social media, this is…
When we moved from Chicago to Oak Park, it didn’t take me long to discover The Newcomers Club. With no friends but neighbors, I eagerly eased into a new community of moms that met for lunch, took the kids on the road and dressed up for nights out on the town with our husbands. Overjoyed…
Talking about online marketing and public relations is one of my passions. Every chance I get, I share my knowledge. Thanks to Dr. Pauline Wallin for selecting me as her online virtual publicity expert in her upcoming “Marketing with Authority” distance learning course. Find out how Pauline promotes her programs using slideshare videos like this…
Problem: You have a fabulous presentation, but the only people who ever see it sit in your audience Solution: Upload your presentation with or without audio to Slideshare and reach the world – along with more than a few new prospects Disclaimer: I have yet to personally produce a Slideshare slideshow, but you don’t have…
A few weeks ago, Collin Canright asked Douglass Davidoff, who blogs at Straight Talk PR, to interview me about online PR in 2008. How flattering to get that kind of attention! When you talk to Doug, you can tell he’s a former seasoned journalist now PR pro/blogger. “You want me to answer that!?!” was my…
How unusual – my second post of the day with a recommendation for something that makes you and your business better. Interested in becoming a Teleseminar Secrets [link goes to my affiliate site] student? Here’s my story – and my offer to give you $450 to take the course, along with $697 in other bonuses. But, you don’t have to buy…
Thanks again to Ray Silverstein, founder of PRO for asking me to present a beginning business blogging seminar. What I learned: Blogging for business presentations need to be in at least three phases or levels: elementary for those who don’t know what a blog is, intermediate for those who have some familiarity and marketing-focused for…
Update 11/05.07 Facebook reports no clicks on this ad. So, I set up another ad to go out to 2,500 people in the Chicago network or $5/day. Here it is listed on my events page, right under BlogWorld. And, I also set up a Facebook event site [you must log in to see the page]…
On November 13, a few days after I get home from BlogWorld, I’ll be teaching a beginning blogging for business seminar. Thanks to Ray Silverstein and his PR team for the invitation and for their work in promoting this event. Register online. Blogging for Business: A Seminar for Entrepreneurs Is failure to blog costing you…
Here’s the latest from Marketing Transformations Network News, an ongoing series of marketing and PR tools published for an international audience by CoryWest Media, LLC. Teleseminars as PR Tools How to Turn Your Phone into a Profitable Publishing Platform by Barbara Rozgonyi, founder of CoryWest Media To request permission to reproduce or republish…
Now crossed off, number one on my to-do list for this lovely Monday morning was: register for BlogWorld & New Media Expo. Thanks again to BlogWorld’s CEO and Founder, Rick Calvert, for donating my conference registration and hotel. And, to Scott Allen for hosting the LinkedIntelligence contest. Discounted registration closes this Friday, October 19. The…
An online charity event to benefit Unitus called Internet Marketers Against Poverty, is this week’s Friday PSA. Today, we’ll cover the mission as well as what I like about this campaign. Campaign Mission: Fund Global Entrepreneurs About Unitus . . . Who they serve: the three billion people living on less than $2/day How…
Here’s the latest Marketing Transformations Newtork News article . . . Subscribe to My Ezine Articles Instant Replay PR: Get Multiple Uses Out of One Release by Barbara Rozgonyi, founder of CoryWest Media To request permission to reproduce or republish this article, contact connect AT corywestmedia DOT com. Why write one release when you can…
“How many people here are comfortable with chaos?” That’s how Ken McCarthy kicked off his System Intensive 2007 tour. Creator of The System, Ken presented the first Internet marketing seminar ever in 1993. I was lucky enough to be in the intimate audience for Ken’s first tour stop in Chicago on Saturday. System Intensive 2007…
Typed these notes as I followed Chris Anderson’s ad:tech Chicago keynote. For complete accuracy, please refer to his book, “The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More.” It’s packed with insights on the way our culture, our lives and our marketing is morphing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you think about…
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