Marketing Espresso for 8/18/09
August 18, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
In This Issue:
- Quick Clicks & Cool Tools
- Social Media Nutjobs Live
- Grab These Freebies
- Getting Some FACE Time
As I sit down to write this issue of the Marketing Espresso, I have to laugh out loud. It’s only Monday, and the week is already shaping up to sound like a country song — complete with car repairs, upset dogs and an aggravated spouse. Swap out the caffeine for a cold draft beer, and I believe I have all of the essential elements covered.
Someone please get Willie Nelson on the line!
Thankfully the car has been repaired (ka-ching!), the storms passed, and my dogs are no longer terrified. As for my husband — he’ll probably forgive me once the newness of Facebook wears off.
More on that in a minute. Let’s get to the good stuff, shall we?
Quick Clicks & Cool Tools:
You already know that I am a sucker for cool office supplies — but I bet you didn’t know why. You see, I typically keep a notepad handy to scrawl down cool resources that I find during the day. Some come by way of press releases or books I am reading, and some come from sheer dumb luck. Whatever the case may be — some make it to my bookmarks folder, and some don’t. The notepad is my own system to investigate the links as time allows, and then decide which ones make the grade.
So, hot off the notepad, here’s two sites you may want to add to your own bookmarks:
- Radio Guest List – Radio talk show, podcast, online radio show, satellite radio, and TV program bookers and producers use this free service to find exciting, timely new talk show interview guests. Oh, and best of all — it’s FREE!
- GCF Learn Free – GCFLearnFree.org® is supported by the Goodwill Community Foundation, Inc. (GCF®) whose mission is “to create and provide education, employment, and life enrichment opportunities for people who desire to improve the quality of their lives”. GCF provides quality, innovative online learning opportunities to anyone who wants to improve the technology, literacy, and math skills necessary for them to be successful in both work and life.
Social Media Nutjobs Live
Two good pals of mine — Jimmy Vee and Travis Miller — are marketing guys that are “anti-marketing.” You may remember when I first met these guys, and interviewed them about their smash book, Gravitational Marketing. Since then, this dynamic duo have continued to turn heads (and manage to make more than a few scratch their heads, too…) with their unconventional methods. Come to think of it, that’s probably why I like them so much.
But I digress.
I make it my business to keep tabs on what these two are doing. This coming Wednesday night at 9pm EST, they are hosting a free live webinar that you won’t want to miss.
The title of the webinar is “The Maximum Wake Zone: How To Make Waves, Get Noticed & Accelerate Your Success Using Online Video & Social Media.”
Long title, yes — but hey, I’m just the messenger. Believe me, if anybody is qualified to talk about making waves, it’s these two.
I’ll be attending this webinar myself, and I strongly encourage you to join me. We’ll BOTH learn some serious cash-producing strategies from these guys.
Here’s the registration link. Remember, this is a no-cost webinar.
Grab these Freebies
In case you aren’t signed up to receive the RSS feed for Entrepreneur & Self-Employed Business Journal, I wanted to pass along a few time-sensitive free downloads that I recently shared with our readers. While you’re visiting, you may want to check out some of the excellent articles we’ve recently published — written by some of the web’s leading marketers, coaches, authors, and business owners. Good stuff!
- Book Excerpt, Twitter Means Business
- Book Excerpt, I’m on LinkedIn — Now What?
- Marketing Brief: 12 Essential Tips for Social Media Marketing
- Book Summary: Seth Godin’s Meatball Sundae
- Ebook: PHP Anthology – 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks – Free 207-Page Preview
Getting Some FACE Time
Earlier I mentioned that my husband may be a bit aggravated with me. In all fairness, I suppose I deserve it. You see, after hearing me go on and on about the many benefits of social media, he finally caved in and set himself up on Facebook. This is the same guy who had “no interest” in Twitter, and is now a bona fide Twitter addict.
So, you can see why I’m not all that worried.
If you’re like John, and haven’t yet succumbed to the siren song of Facebook, perhaps you should. This article outlines just a few reasons why this may be a smart marketing move for your business.
I am still discovering all of the neat tools that are available; however, I have already noticed the traffic boost to my sites that I have linked to my Facebook profile.
Share the Love
As I close out this issue, I’d like to ask you to do me a solid — click on the little green button below, and tweet about the Marketing Espresso to your tweeple. It’s good karma, and it helps fight tooth decay.
Okay, not really — but I sure would appreciate it.
Until Next Time — Stay Focused, Positive and Caffeinated!
Traci
