Your Invitation to Cyberspace, Taking Your Business Online

July 24th, 2008 by Debra Simpson

Cross The Digital Divide with Debra SimpsonJoin me tomorrow, July 25th, in my online classroom and learn about finding content and marketing your business with YouTube.

As I talk about blogs and blogs marketing, I’m often asked about the different strategies you can use to find something to post about. One of my favorites is YouTube. I’ve spoken to groups about using Linkedin as a marketing tool and found really great videos to support my talk at YouTube.

Tomorrow I’ll show you how to search YouTube and grab the code you need to post video to your website. I’m also here to answer your YouTube questions. So grab a beverage of your choice, pull up the conference room, put your feet up and let’s cross the digital divide together.

I’m inviting you to Cross The Digital Divide with me tomorrow at 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern to chat in my online classroom  about You Tube.

I look forward to sharing with you, and answering your questions about how you can promote your business online. If you’d like to ask a question prior to our webinar, feel free to contact me directly.

Category: Blogging, How To, Social Networking, Video, Video Blogging, Webinars | No Comments »

Skype Extra, Share Your Desktop With Mikogo

July 1st, 2008 by Debra Simpson

Skype Extra MikogoI’ve been testing the Skype extra, Mikogo, which allows you to share your desktop with others.

I had a total of four users join the meeting. We were able to easily watch the desktop being shared. We used a PowerPoint presentation and the lapse between clicking the slides and them visually changing was 3 seconds.

All you do is go to Mikogo, sign up for an account and download the Mikogo.exe software. You’ll also want to download the connect.exe found by tapping the "Join Meeting" in the header.

It’s an easy application to use and it will support 10 people in the meeting at one time.

As a blog coach, I find the ability to share my desktop to be essential, especially if I’m training my client on a program or task. If you have any need to share your desktop, and are a Skype user, this is one extra you don’t want to be without.

Category: Communication, Tools | 1 Comment »

Skype, A Great Online Tool

June 11th, 2008 by Debra Simpson

My status

Skype me! What a great online tool. Skype to Skype calls are still free and by having a webcam, you can actually see the person you’re talking to on Skype.

One of the ways I use Skype is with my client’s while I coach them on Internet marketing. I can work with them on desktop sharing, walking them through various tasks.

You can also start a public chat. Here’s one I have going.

Blogging Questions hosted by northsandiegobusiness.

Join now


Chat about what’s on your mind. More about public chats.

There are many extras for Skype including productivity, games, business, remote access applications and many, many more. There are buttons, like the one above to show your online status and making it easier for you to reach out to others on the Internet.

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A Tip About Scraping

May 22nd, 2008 by Debra Simpson

Tips on preventing scraping of blog contentOk, another new word, scraping.  I was notified that I had comments awaiting moderation. These comments showed a small portion of my original post, including a link back to my blog.  Usually I check the website address for the comment to see if it’s legit and found that these types of comments were on a useless blog.  I couldn’t figure it out….until today.

I have made it a practice not to approve comments that don’t really add to the blog, that are blatantly bogus. I subscribe to a ton of blogs and I found this post, "One Sure Way To Stop Scrapers From Earning Off Your Blog", from Blog Content Provider.com to explain it well.

Let me know what you think by commenting below.

Category: Blogging, Blogs, Content, Monetize | 2 Comments »

What’s Twitter?

May 14th, 2008 by Debra Simpson

Twitter For Your BusinessAs I chat with fellow solopreneurs I often use terms they aren’t familiar with (cause they are rooted in terra firma, not cyberspace) and Twitter is just one of those words. You know the words that make their eyes glaze and roll to the back of their head.

I found a great post on some of the uses for Twitter and how it affects the journalism industry.  Recently I had the opportunity to attend the Vision to Venture Event sponsored by Microsoft Live Small Business. I was able to Twitter what the speakers were sharing during the conference. If you visited my site that day, you would have been able to follow what was going on at the event. Better yet, if you were following me, you got it in real time.

Check out the post at MediaShift.

Category: Social Networking, Twitter | No Comments »

Learn To Become An Amazon Associate

May 7th, 2008 by Debra Simpson

Learn To Become An Amazon Associate

Learn To Become An Amazon Associate

Monday, May 12, 2008
3pm Pacific Time / 6pm Eastern Time

  • Looking for a passive stream of income?
  • Looking for products to sell?
  • Want to make your site work for you?

This is your chance to LEARN how to become an Amazon Associate. To LEARN how to create product links, widgets and online stores. Debra Simpson will teach you how to add product to your website, creating a passive stream of income. Why pay someone like Debra to do the work for you, when you can do it yourself, for a fraction of the cost?

This 90 minute long, hands-on webinar will take you through signing up, creating your product information and grabbing the code for your blog or website.

Sign Up Today, Only $25.00


 

What are you waiting for? Come and join us from the comfort of your home office, with a beverage of your choice!

Category: Monetize, Passive Income, Webinars | No Comments »

What Is Twitter?

April 14th, 2008 by Debra Simpson

Chris Pirillo explains Twitter and how he uses it. You should also check out his site. He has a live video stream. You can watch him work.  I’m not sure I’d want anyone watching me while I work.

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Free Social Networking Webinar

April 9th, 2008 by Debra Simpson

Free Social Networking WebinarMagic In Words is hosting another free webinar Monday, 3pm Pacific - 6pm Eastern on Social Networking. Our special guest will be Myrna Weinreich, of Myrna’s List.

She’s quickly becoming a Twitter expert, among other social networks. We’ll be discussing Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. This is your time to ask questions and find out how to leverage your business using the internet.

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Social Networking Exposed

April 8th, 2008 by Debra Simpson

Social Networking with Debra SimpsonAn essential marketing strategy for your online business is social networking, defined as a site where users contribute the content. I participate in a couple of social networking sites, one being Facebook, also Linkedin and a few others.

Here’s an ebook, Social Networking Exposed,  that will help you understand a little bit more about the social networking phenominon that’s sweeping the internet. Are you on Facebook yet?  Why don’t you come over and be my friend!

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More Linkedin

April 5th, 2008 by Debra Simpson

Here’s another video that has a lot of information about the basics of Linkedin.

Category: How To, Linkedin, Social Networking | No Comments »