To celebrate the release of my newest Facebook marketing book - Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day, Second Edition - coauthored with Chris Treadaway, I just launched a fun contest on…
Guest blog post by Kevin K. Lau. Have you signed up for Google+ yet? If you're not yet active on Google's social network, you’re missing out on a powerful business…
If you have not yet converted your Facebook fan page over to the new Timeline design, your page will automatically convert on March 30th, 2012 which is coming up fast.…
A few select brands on Facebook are currently running tests of a new Facebook product for businesses called "Offers." The most recent Offer, which generated a fair amount of buzz…
The din of excitement about Facebook Timeline for Pages might be drowning out any news about a new look for Facebook Groups! InsideFacebook.com first announced this change on February 2nd,…
Do you accept all friend requests on Facebook? And all contact requests on LinkedIn? Do you follow anyone on Twitter? Or, are you more strategic in who you befriend? Those people who tend to accept everyone into their network are typically referred to as “wide-open networkers.” Those who are more particular about who they let…
I love to choose a specific theme for each year which guides my major decisions. 2008′s theme was FOCUS and I’m very pleased with my results as a terrific reflection of that theme. For 2009, I’m choosing INFLUENCE as my guiding theme. Here’s my key question: Who and what am I allowing to influence me?…
My hubby and I attend a gazillion seminars each year – it’s just what we do. We love personal and professional growth and subscribe to the Kaizen/constant-and-never-ending-improvement approach to life. (We met in ’99 at the fab Money & You seminar!) It can take a lot to impress me after attending so many high-end, big-name…
Ali Brown is a dynamic, successful business woman and internet marketer that I’ve admired for many, many years. You may be familiar with Ali’s former brand "The Ezine Queen." Her new brand of Ali has blossomed into an incredible venture, complete with the Ali Magazine and, launching in January, the Ali Boutique! See pic right…
I just had the most awesome social network business cards designed and printed… in record time. And, I found the designer/printer via Twitter! The gal I’ve been using for my business cards for years suddenly became unreachable for some reason. I was in a pinch. I needed new cards for an upcoming event (jvAlertLive in…
Whether you’ve read Timothy Ferriss’ Four Hour Workweek or not, I’m sure you’re familiar with “vacation responders.” Essentially, whenever someone emails you, your email program automatically triggers a canned response to that person. In his book, one of the many lifehacks Tim Ferriss describes is dramatically decreasing the amount of time you spend reading/responding to…
I’m a huge believer in “do what you love and the money will follow.” BUT, there is a caveat: you have to have a viable business model. You can’t just goof around with a hobby and hope and pray the money will flood in. You need to work, and work hard! A huge source of…
