When it comes to training, I like to stay in my lane and stick to teaching what I know and love. For me, that’s personal productivity and teaching people how to work smarter: get organized, streamline processes, and use technology the right way.
But then something kept happening.
People started to ask me how I was getting [...]
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I was recently interviewed by Geetesh Bajaj, a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP and administrator of the popular Website, Indezine. We reconnected at a recent PowerPoint conference and he was there during my keynote, Shameless Self Promotion. This interview is a result of that and I thought you might enjoy it.
The Interview
In this discussion, Peggy discusses her [...]
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You’ve heard all the talk and raves about social media. But you’re not the only one who hasn’t figured out how to make it work in business. This training will help you pull it all together.
The Social Media Bootcamp of Atlanta is a series of four classes you can take at your convenience. Hands-on [...]
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UPDATE: I’ll be back on CNN this Thursday, July 30th with Rick Sanchez around 3:30PM…related healthcare topic.
I don’t usually get into personal issues on my blog, but this topic on healthcare reform for people with pre-existing conditions hit home. I ended up on CNN talking about it, and since I have other articles here about [...]
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Boost your search engine
rankings with a blog.
With over 72 percent of people finding what they need online, you must get found. A blog offers the following benefits.
Share your expertise. A business blog gives you a platform to promote what you know and establish yourself as an expert in [...]
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In a recent post, I gave step-by-step instructions on how to create a customized Twitter background using PowerPoint and included some how to videos I made using Camtasia. If you have a YouTube channel, you can use the same methods explained in these videos to create a customized background (the skin) for it.
Resize PowerPoint Slide [...]
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In a previous post, I explained how I use PowerPoint for all of my graphics projects. A designer will laugh at this because they probably use software such as PhotoShop to handle complex projects. Well, I don’t know PhotoShop well enough to whip out something fast, but I know just about everything that PowerPoint can [...]
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If you want to tweet from your BlackBerry and you can do so without being disrespectful of the people you’re with or without becoming distracted from your family or something else more important, here’s how.
The following steps require you to download software from your BlackBerry.
Open the Browser on your BlackBerry’s homescreen.
Type the shortcut, G, for [...]
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Create a self-hosted WordPress blog, implement search engine optimization techniques, and start getting free publicity that attracts the media and new business to you like a magnet!
Description
This is a full-day workshop that’s hands-on with your laptop. Learn from experts how to build a professionally-designed, self-hosted WordPress blog from scratch and optimize it (and your Web [...]
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I presented my shameless self-promotion seminar for SCORE Chicago recently. The standing-room-only crowd of small business owners was totally into it. Lots of great questions and comments. Jo Anne Cano, Vice President of A.J. Smith Federal Savings Bank, said: “Thank you so much. Your presentation on Tuesday at SCORE was awesome. It gave me lots [...]
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I’m helping a client develop ways he can market an upcoming conference using the Web. Here are some ideas I’ve come up with so far.
Website/Blog
Create a detailed Website with seminar descriptions, speaker photos, bios. Give visitors and people who want to help you promote your event something to link to. Consider creating a separate Website [...]
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It’s easy to get caught up in the latest craze of social media and networking. But when it takes over and you start to neglect handling business, it’s a problem.
One of my clients didn’t understand why it was so hard for her to finish projects on time. She worked crazy hours but was always trying [...]
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I’m excited to announce that Bill Jula, CEO & Co-Founder of Fast Pitch!, informed me that SuiteMinute has been awarded “Top Business Blog” as part of a recent competition. A thousand businesses across nine categories participated.
The honor was based on a combination of open voting and an expert panel of judges.
Fast Pitch! is an active [...]
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If you’re already blogging, great! If not, what the heck are you waiting for? It’s probaby THE best way to ensure you’re showing up in the search engines.
Here are some enhancements to consider.
Note: SuiteMinute is a self-hosted WordPress blog so I’m able to add code/scripts for more functionality. Click here to read my post for [...]
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From a previous post, you’ll come to understand why I’m delighted to work with my new self-hosted WordPress blog. My main issue with it though is the clumsiness with formatting, adding graphics, etc. It isn’t smooth and simple enough.
But Microsoft is continuing to think, and they’re currently offering a free solution that has reduced my [...]
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I wrote a recent article for SCORE Association’s blog on the process I went through to convert a free Blogger blog and a free WordPress blog to a self-hosted WordPress blog. And I am so glad I did.
I want my blog to be viral with you linking to it, downloading my blidget (the Widget in [...]
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