Hat tips to Gavin for letting me know about My ooVoo Day and to Abraham Harrison for the details.What would it be like to talk to your favorite blogger in person? Thanks to ooVoo, you don’t have to travel to a blog or social media conference to find out.In a brilliant promotion [check out this…
3-11-08 Update Workshop rescheduled. Stay tuned! Contact Barbara to set up your web PR publishing platform. When Ray Silverstein [that’s me with Ray in the photo] contacted me to talk about doing a Blogging for Business workshop in Chicago, the power went out and our phones were dead – talk about an electrifying conversation! We…
You don’t have to choose between blogging and updating your website. You can do both. If you don’t yet have a blog, get one – now. Waiting another year or two to jump in will put you way, way, way behind your competition. The race for SEO keyword market share is on and there’s one…
Problogger is hosting a contest to win a copy of Web Design for ROI. To enter, you need to leave a comment about a blog theme you love [Darren‘s word] and use the keyword web design. This post is a good place to see what other people find attractive. I found NorthXEast, a 2007 Best…
If you have a self-hosted WordPress blog [affiliate link], you know how easy it is to change themes. Download, save, upload, extract and click. And, if you’ve checked in here lately, you know I’ve been doing lots of that. Changing looks runs in my family. If we have an outfit for everything, why shouldn’t our…
Finding myself stuck here rather than on the road over the weekend due to an overly productive snowstorm, I hit the gym in search of double workout: cardio/social. On the elliptical, a neighbor and I started talking about the job market. As we racked up miles, our conversation soon wandered off to a topic I’d…
We fueled this year’s teen review panel on Doritos, Cheetos, chocolate and all you can drink A&W root beer. Comments as follows on selected ads – topic picks in italics: Dell as the computers crashed – I can’t remember life without a computer. I mean, wasn’t there one in the house when I was born?…
It’s easy to tell when there’s a push to propel a book to a number one spot on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Your email in box floods with free offers from any marketer who’s participating. To spike high rise sales, the formula calls for participation from dozens of marketers who agree to promote the…
Problem: You want to know how a site scores in terms of traffic AND you want to know who owns what share of keywords Solution: compete.com compares site traffic and reports on top performing keywords See what the competition is up to at compete.com. Comparing performance of up to five sites at once, compete.com says…
Marquis inscription: Now Showing Double Feature Blog Ads + Sponsorships Free Refills with Large Sizes Rated PG: Profit Generator While that title would never fit on a marquis – or a blog post headline – it sums up what I’m thinking about both from a blogger and an advertiser’s perspective. Before I get too carried…
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…
Check out the latest Cool Tool from Wired PR Works . . . Problem: You want an all-in-one Google-Wikipedia-keyword-background research tool. Solution: Enter your topic or terms in Make My Report and get the top 30 related results along with a word association relevancy list. Technorati Tags: Cool Tools,Writing,Research,Blog Marketing,Public Relations,Virtual Branding,Barbara Rozgonyi How I…
Groupies, limos, spotlights, fan clubs, backstage passes, original songs, managers, agents, a band . . . being a rock star sounds oh so glamorous. Technorati Tags: Speaking,Marketing,Branding,Public Relations,YouTube,Videos,Barbara Rozgonyi Wait – did I mention speakers? Not the kind you listen to, but the professional speaker maybe you, like me, want to be. One of…
What to Ask Before You Dress to Run Your PR Race It’s a challenge all media/public relations consultants often face: impatient clients who want major media results NOW. If you’re one of them – an impatient client or a pressured PR pro – try asking these questions I often ask prospects . . . Why…
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…
Routing customers through a sales process is a necessity – the more clear the direction to their desired destination, the better the probability that they will see your ad, find you in a search, click on a link and then find a match. Landing pages welcome visitors and let them settle gently into new territory….
It’s the first Monday of 2008. If you worked out at a gym today, you didn’t need a calendar to tell you that it’s time to start seriously sweating. After my morning workout at our overcrowded gym, I came back to the office refreshed and ready to go over the 2008 goals I typed out…
In a few hours, 2007 will be history. December 31, 2007 will be the day I remember as the New Year’s Eve the Christmas tree came crashing down. This morning I woke up to crash . . . tinkle . . crush – was that the recycling truck or something in my house? Wait a…
When I talk about blogging, I get asked lots of questions like . . . Why do you blog? Doesn’t that take lots of time? Who reads it [i.e., who needs it?] What’s the point? How much money do you make? Is it really worth it? What do bloggers do all day – is that…
Thanks to my readers for the motivation to keep publishing! Here’s the press release announcing our 300th post. News for Business, Community, Lifestyle and Work at Home Editors from CoryWest Media, LLC PR Blogger Publishes 300 New Marketing-PR Articles Offers Free Always-On PR Resources to Global Readers Press Contact: CoryWest Media, LLC, 630.942.9542 Glen…
It must be getting close to Christmas. Why else would my blog keep getting hit with Wii hunters? Last November, I told my readers the story about how we got the Nintendo Wii in eight minutes. It’s true and I’m glad I wrote it down. Maybe I’ve even glad it’s on my blog because now…
Want to advertise, but don’t have an ad budget? Or, you do have an ad budget, but want a free month’s worth of testing? USA TODAY wants your blog in their Blogger & Podcaster Guide. Here’s what your ad will look like. This screen shot is from the business page. Right now, I’m at number…
In checking my blog stats today, I found eight incoming links from KeywordSpy [affiliate link]. While it’s flattering that someone, make that anyone, would want to know what keywords I’m bidding on, at first it was a bit unnerving. Who would want to know how I advertise? Whoever you are, thank you. In researching myself,…
Quick – what did you spend on continuing education in 2007? Don’t know. Neither do I. Wendy’s post about just saying no to overspending on useless Internet marketing products prompted me to put together this 2008 continuing education buyer’s guide. I have to admit I was in the room and in on that conversation about…
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