Today was a big day for all of us in the United States. Barack Obama was sworn in as our 44th President and people were rejoicing all over the country hopeful that a "new era" of change was dawning.
One of the most fascinating things about this election was how the use of Social Media tools played their part in impacting the outcome. Whether you agree with the current state of the union or are looking for change, one thing is for certain - this is the first election in the history of our country where the use of Social Media (podcasts, blogging, Twitter, Facebook) was an enormous factor in the driving force excitement and the Candidate's mobilization of their supporters.
If you're not convinced about the power of social media here's some statistics that may shock you! According to VoceNation as of 1:15 EST today:
1. 600,000 status updates posted through the CNN.com Live Facebook feed
2. Facebook averaged 4,000 status updates per minute during the broadcast
3. 8,500 status updates were posted during the first minute of Obama’s speech
4. “Millions” of people logged into Facebook during the broadcast
This is a very exciting time for the Internet and for all online business owners. We have more options than ever available to connect with potential partners, build relationships and grow our businesses.
What's your prediction for Social Media this year?
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
2009 Social Media Telesummit Preview - Will You Be A Part of The Next Wave?
**FREE PREVIEW CALL TONIGHT!! **
This call is a preview of all the great content you'll get at the 2009 Social MediaTelesummit!
Join Leesa Barnes on a preview call where she will introduce you to 4 business owners who have used social media to influence people and do amazing things.
If Politicians can use Social Media to gain the support of voters, YOU can get the same results for your business - but ONLY if you know what to do!
Register your spot by clicking here and scrolling down until you see the sign-up box.
When: at 8pm EST on Tuesday January 20, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Who at the Social Media Telesummit Do You Want To Hear The Most and Why? Win a Featured Interview!
In December I wrote about Leesa Barnes' 2009 Social Media Telesummit. Have you heard about it yet? We are just weeks away from the event (January 21 - 30, 2009) and it's time to really rev this baby up!
If you haven't decided that it's worth your while to participate (or even peeked at the sign-up page yet) scroll through the list below to see who is heating up the phone lines and can heat up your revenues for 2009.
I want to know who YOU would like to hear the most and why. Leave your comment below.
I’ll pick one posting at random on January 20th and do a featured interview with that person on my blog (also sent out to my ezine subscribers) to get your lessons learned from the Telesummit!
So here goes....the presenters for this year's telesummit are:
WendyY Bailey - www.groupmastery.com
Who is WendyY?
Founder of Group Mastery, a certification program to help coaches, speakers and trainers learn the art of coaching in groups.
Creator of Groups Mastery in 33 Minutes, a telecourse that provides tips on how to create and run a group coaching program.
Founder of DIY Tech Talks, a monthly membership program designed to help coaches understand how to use technology in their coaching business.
Lou Bortone - www.bigideasguy.com
Who is Lou?
Author of 7 Secrets to Boosting Your Business Using Online Video and 7 Secrets to Finding Big Money Ghostwriting Gigs.
Former TV writer/producer who helps individuals, businesses and non-profits produce compelling video blogs, podcasts and TV programs for the Internet.
Creator of Flip Cam Tips, an online course teaching you everything you need to know about the flip camera.
Fred Castaneda - www.strugglingentrepreneur.com
Who is Fred?
Lead organizer of the Austin Podcasting Meetup Group which boasts just under 60 members.
Producer of several podcasts including Struggling Entrepreneur and Gain Control of Your Day.
Shannon Cherry - www.beheardsolutions.com
Who is Shannon?
Creator of The Inside Scoop: Master the Media, an audio program featuring advice from over 800 journalists who provide real strategies to getting publicity.
Has helped her clients appear on USA Today, the New York Times, Money Magazine, CNN, Good Morning America, and Oprah.
Author of StartUpSpark.com, a blog that attracts thousands of visitors on the b5media.com network.
Paul Colligan - www.paulcolligan.com
Who is Paul?
Co-author of the Business Podcasting Bible.
Co-creator of Podcast Secrets, a hands-on course that has helped hundreds of people launch a profitable podcast.
Creator of Premiumcast, a service providing a simplified way for content producers to distribute their premium content.
Kim Dushinsky - www.mobilemarketingprofits.com
Who is Kim?
Author of The Mobile Marketing Handbook, a book feautring easy-to-follow advice for businesses who want to interact with mobile users.
Creator of the Mobile Marketing Launch Kit, a workbook and audio program teaching businesses how to get started with mobile marketing.
Jeff Herring - www.jeffherring.com
Who is Jeff?
Teaches self-employed professionals how to generate multiple streams of income from their articles.
Creator of many programs and courses, including Article Writing & Marketing Secrets and List Building Gold Secrets.
Wrote a weekly nationally syndicated relationship column that reached over 20 million readers.
Sherman Hu - www.shermanlive.com
Who is Sherman?
Creator of Wordpress Tutorials, a website that teaches businesses how to set up, customize and profit from Wordpress blogs using video tutorials.
Faculty member at StomperNet.com, where he trains thousands of business owners and entrepreneurs how to create thriving internet businesses.
Produces The Monday Huddle, a half hour live online broadcast program that reaches thousands of viewers weekly.
Shama Hyder - www.clicktoclient.com
Who is Shama?
Teaches service professionals how to leverage the internet to establish themselves as industry experts, acquire more clients, create valuable services, and ultimately increase profit.
Named as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Social Media.
Chip Lambert - www.network2networth.com
Who is Chip?
Trained over 10,0000 business professionals through his speaking engagements and training programs.
Teaches business professionals how to master the power of LinkedIn through his webinar workshop.
Nancy Marmolejo - www.vivavisibility.com
Who is Nancy?
Social media advice has been featured in SmartMoney.com, Latina magazine, Orange Coast magazine, Siempre Mujer, Latino Future, Latino Perspectives and the Arizona Republic.
Creator of How to Get Free Publicity and Attract New Clients With the Power of Social Networking, a home study course which has helped solopreneurs increase their online visibility by 43%.
Named as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Social Media.
Elizabeth Marshall - www.marketingmarshall.com
Who is Elizabeth?
Founder of AuthorTeleseminars.com, a telephone series that has helped launch the virtual book tour for clients such as Seth Godin, Michael Port and Howard Behar.
Co-author of The Contrarian Effect, selected #9 on the Best Business Book for 2008 by the Editorial Board at Amazon.com and as the 2008 Best Sales Book by 800-CEO-READ.
Maria Reyes-McDavis - www.websuccessdiva.com
Who is Maria?
Named in the top ten of the Top 50 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Social Media.
Blogs over at WebSuccessDiva.com with over 10,000 subscribers featuring social media and internet marketing tips.
Deborah Micek - www.deborahmicek.com
Who is Coach Deb?
Co-author of Secrets of Online Persuasion, a book that reveals more than 77 Internet and persuasion secrets.
Creator of blogi360.com, a push button blogging platform designed to gives small business owners more traffic, customers and profits.
Co-author of Twitter Handbook which teaches individuals and businesses how to use microblogging to form relationships and build rapport.
Michael Port - www.michaelport.com
Who is Michael?
Author of the best selling book, Book Yourself Solid, as well as Beyond Booked Solid.
Co-author of The Contrarian Effect, selected #9 on the Best Business Book for 2008 by the Editorial Board at Amazon.com and as the 2008 Best Sales Book by 800-CEO-READ.
Creator of Booked Solid Network, an online membership club with members from around the globe.
Sarah Robinson - www.themaverickmom.com
Who is Sarah?
Host of the Hot Pink Telesummit and Profit, Purpose & Beyond Telesummit series attracting thousands of attendees from around the world.
Founder of Hot Pink Success, Inc., an eight-step process designed to give Mary Kay Sales Directors the knowledge, skills and tools to be strong authentic leaders and to build a powerful personal business.
David Meerman Scott - www.webinknow.com
Who is David?
Author of the #1 best selling PR and marketing book called The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly which is being published in 20 languages.
Author of The New Rules of Viral Marketing: How Word-of-Mouse Spreads Your Ideas for Free, a free downloadable book that has helped thousands understand viral marketing.
Named as an Ad Age Power 150 Media and Marketing Blogger, along with other influential bloggers such as Seth Godin, Darren Rowse, Chris Brogan and Mitch Joel.
Nicole Simon - www.crueltobekind.org
Who is Nicole?
Co-author of Germany's first book about Twitter for business called Twitter: Mit 140 Zeichen zum Web 2.0.
Blogs in both English at crueltobekind.org and in German at beissholz.de.
Sits on the advisory board for many organizations, including Next09 Conference and O'Reilly / Techweb Web 2.0 Expo Europe.
Mari Smith - www.marismith.com
Who is Mari?
Named the Pied Piper of the Online World by FastCompany.com.
Creator of Facebook for Professionals, an online self-study multi-media program, with a 250 page e-book, video tutorials, audios of dozens of interviews with active Facebook users.
Creator of Facebook Fortunes, an online membership club to help business professionals grow their business using Facebook.
Scott Stratten - www.un-marketing.com
Who is Scott?
Produces viral movies that have brought in over 40 million views, hundreds of thousands of newsletter subscribers and millions of dollars in revenue for his clients.
Faculty member of the world-renowned Sheridan College in their School of Business.
Featured in countless publications around the world, including the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company and USA Today.
The Blog Squad - www.blogsquad.biz
Who are The Blog Squad?
Authors of Build a Better Blog: The Ultimate Guide to Boosting Your Business with a Professional Blog.
Founders of the Blogging & Beyond Mentor Program, attracting hundreds of members from around the world.
Creators of Conversations With Experts, a series of interviews conducted with 63 experts to help independent service professionals take their business to the next level.
Adam Urbanski - www.themarketingmentors.com
Who is Adam?
Creator of many successful products, including How to Create and Sell Your Own Info-Products, How to Confidently Charge More and Get It, and How to Develop Your Personal Marketing Action Plan.
Creator of the Magnetic Client Attraction System which has helped his clients earn an extra $5,000 to $20,000 per month and as much as an extra $100,000 in a single weekend.
Des Walsh - www.deswalsh.com
Who is Des?
Writes for the Business & Blogging blog on the b5media network which is seen by thousands of readers.
Author of 7 Step Business Blog, a downloadable book teaching business owners how to get their own blog up and running.
Member of a few professional associations, including the International Association of Coaching and the Creative Skills Training Council, Asia-Pacific and Australia.
Carrie Wilkerson - www.barefoot-executive.com
Who is Carrie?
Founder of the Barefoot Executive membership club which boasts hundreds of members from around the world.
Creator of Magnetic List Building, a series of videos that show how to fill your list with thousands of quality prospects.
If you haven't decided that it's worth your while to participate (or even peeked at the sign-up page yet) scroll through the list below to see who is heating up the phone lines and can heat up your revenues for 2009.
I want to know who YOU would like to hear the most and why. Leave your comment below.
I’ll pick one posting at random on January 20th and do a featured interview with that person on my blog (also sent out to my ezine subscribers) to get your lessons learned from the Telesummit!
So here goes....the presenters for this year's telesummit are:
WendyY Bailey - www.groupmastery.com
Who is WendyY?
Founder of Group Mastery, a certification program to help coaches, speakers and trainers learn the art of coaching in groups.
Creator of Groups Mastery in 33 Minutes, a telecourse that provides tips on how to create and run a group coaching program.
Founder of DIY Tech Talks, a monthly membership program designed to help coaches understand how to use technology in their coaching business.
Lou Bortone - www.bigideasguy.com
Who is Lou?
Author of 7 Secrets to Boosting Your Business Using Online Video and 7 Secrets to Finding Big Money Ghostwriting Gigs.
Former TV writer/producer who helps individuals, businesses and non-profits produce compelling video blogs, podcasts and TV programs for the Internet.
Creator of Flip Cam Tips, an online course teaching you everything you need to know about the flip camera.
Fred Castaneda - www.strugglingentrepreneur.com
Who is Fred?
Lead organizer of the Austin Podcasting Meetup Group which boasts just under 60 members.
Producer of several podcasts including Struggling Entrepreneur and Gain Control of Your Day.
Shannon Cherry - www.beheardsolutions.com
Who is Shannon?
Creator of The Inside Scoop: Master the Media, an audio program featuring advice from over 800 journalists who provide real strategies to getting publicity.
Has helped her clients appear on USA Today, the New York Times, Money Magazine, CNN, Good Morning America, and Oprah.
Author of StartUpSpark.com, a blog that attracts thousands of visitors on the b5media.com network.
Paul Colligan - www.paulcolligan.com
Who is Paul?
Co-author of the Business Podcasting Bible.
Co-creator of Podcast Secrets, a hands-on course that has helped hundreds of people launch a profitable podcast.
Creator of Premiumcast, a service providing a simplified way for content producers to distribute their premium content.
Kim Dushinsky - www.mobilemarketingprofits.com
Who is Kim?
Author of The Mobile Marketing Handbook, a book feautring easy-to-follow advice for businesses who want to interact with mobile users.
Creator of the Mobile Marketing Launch Kit, a workbook and audio program teaching businesses how to get started with mobile marketing.
Jeff Herring - www.jeffherring.com
Who is Jeff?
Teaches self-employed professionals how to generate multiple streams of income from their articles.
Creator of many programs and courses, including Article Writing & Marketing Secrets and List Building Gold Secrets.
Wrote a weekly nationally syndicated relationship column that reached over 20 million readers.
Sherman Hu - www.shermanlive.com
Who is Sherman?
Creator of Wordpress Tutorials, a website that teaches businesses how to set up, customize and profit from Wordpress blogs using video tutorials.
Faculty member at StomperNet.com, where he trains thousands of business owners and entrepreneurs how to create thriving internet businesses.
Produces The Monday Huddle, a half hour live online broadcast program that reaches thousands of viewers weekly.
Shama Hyder - www.clicktoclient.com
Who is Shama?
Teaches service professionals how to leverage the internet to establish themselves as industry experts, acquire more clients, create valuable services, and ultimately increase profit.
Named as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Social Media.
Chip Lambert - www.network2networth.com
Who is Chip?
Trained over 10,0000 business professionals through his speaking engagements and training programs.
Teaches business professionals how to master the power of LinkedIn through his webinar workshop.
Nancy Marmolejo - www.vivavisibility.com
Who is Nancy?
Social media advice has been featured in SmartMoney.com, Latina magazine, Orange Coast magazine, Siempre Mujer, Latino Future, Latino Perspectives and the Arizona Republic.
Creator of How to Get Free Publicity and Attract New Clients With the Power of Social Networking, a home study course which has helped solopreneurs increase their online visibility by 43%.
Named as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Social Media.
Elizabeth Marshall - www.marketingmarshall.com
Who is Elizabeth?
Founder of AuthorTeleseminars.com, a telephone series that has helped launch the virtual book tour for clients such as Seth Godin, Michael Port and Howard Behar.
Co-author of The Contrarian Effect, selected #9 on the Best Business Book for 2008 by the Editorial Board at Amazon.com and as the 2008 Best Sales Book by 800-CEO-READ.
Maria Reyes-McDavis - www.websuccessdiva.com
Who is Maria?
Named in the top ten of the Top 50 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Social Media.
Blogs over at WebSuccessDiva.com with over 10,000 subscribers featuring social media and internet marketing tips.
Deborah Micek - www.deborahmicek.com
Who is Coach Deb?
Co-author of Secrets of Online Persuasion, a book that reveals more than 77 Internet and persuasion secrets.
Creator of blogi360.com, a push button blogging platform designed to gives small business owners more traffic, customers and profits.
Co-author of Twitter Handbook which teaches individuals and businesses how to use microblogging to form relationships and build rapport.
Michael Port - www.michaelport.com
Who is Michael?
Author of the best selling book, Book Yourself Solid, as well as Beyond Booked Solid.
Co-author of The Contrarian Effect, selected #9 on the Best Business Book for 2008 by the Editorial Board at Amazon.com and as the 2008 Best Sales Book by 800-CEO-READ.
Creator of Booked Solid Network, an online membership club with members from around the globe.
Sarah Robinson - www.themaverickmom.com
Who is Sarah?
Host of the Hot Pink Telesummit and Profit, Purpose & Beyond Telesummit series attracting thousands of attendees from around the world.
Founder of Hot Pink Success, Inc., an eight-step process designed to give Mary Kay Sales Directors the knowledge, skills and tools to be strong authentic leaders and to build a powerful personal business.
David Meerman Scott - www.webinknow.com
Who is David?
Author of the #1 best selling PR and marketing book called The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly which is being published in 20 languages.
Author of The New Rules of Viral Marketing: How Word-of-Mouse Spreads Your Ideas for Free, a free downloadable book that has helped thousands understand viral marketing.
Named as an Ad Age Power 150 Media and Marketing Blogger, along with other influential bloggers such as Seth Godin, Darren Rowse, Chris Brogan and Mitch Joel.
Nicole Simon - www.crueltobekind.org
Who is Nicole?
Co-author of Germany's first book about Twitter for business called Twitter: Mit 140 Zeichen zum Web 2.0.
Blogs in both English at crueltobekind.org and in German at beissholz.de.
Sits on the advisory board for many organizations, including Next09 Conference and O'Reilly / Techweb Web 2.0 Expo Europe.
Mari Smith - www.marismith.com
Who is Mari?
Named the Pied Piper of the Online World by FastCompany.com.
Creator of Facebook for Professionals, an online self-study multi-media program, with a 250 page e-book, video tutorials, audios of dozens of interviews with active Facebook users.
Creator of Facebook Fortunes, an online membership club to help business professionals grow their business using Facebook.
Scott Stratten - www.un-marketing.com
Who is Scott?
Produces viral movies that have brought in over 40 million views, hundreds of thousands of newsletter subscribers and millions of dollars in revenue for his clients.
Faculty member of the world-renowned Sheridan College in their School of Business.
Featured in countless publications around the world, including the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company and USA Today.
The Blog Squad - www.blogsquad.biz
Who are The Blog Squad?
Authors of Build a Better Blog: The Ultimate Guide to Boosting Your Business with a Professional Blog.
Founders of the Blogging & Beyond Mentor Program, attracting hundreds of members from around the world.
Creators of Conversations With Experts, a series of interviews conducted with 63 experts to help independent service professionals take their business to the next level.
Adam Urbanski - www.themarketingmentors.com
Who is Adam?
Creator of many successful products, including How to Create and Sell Your Own Info-Products, How to Confidently Charge More and Get It, and How to Develop Your Personal Marketing Action Plan.
Creator of the Magnetic Client Attraction System which has helped his clients earn an extra $5,000 to $20,000 per month and as much as an extra $100,000 in a single weekend.
Des Walsh - www.deswalsh.com
Who is Des?
Writes for the Business & Blogging blog on the b5media network which is seen by thousands of readers.
Author of 7 Step Business Blog, a downloadable book teaching business owners how to get their own blog up and running.
Member of a few professional associations, including the International Association of Coaching and the Creative Skills Training Council, Asia-Pacific and Australia.
Carrie Wilkerson - www.barefoot-executive.com
Who is Carrie?
Founder of the Barefoot Executive membership club which boasts hundreds of members from around the world.
Creator of Magnetic List Building, a series of videos that show how to fill your list with thousands of quality prospects.
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