The Grassroots of Business Success

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If you are thinking about getting into web and video conferencing, then it is important to know what is required to operate any proposed conferencing system. Some systems run on proprietary software and need special equipment, while browser based systems usually do not require the installation of special software or equipment. Many organizations and individuals will find browser based solutions easier to use. Here are a few reasons why this is so:

1. They work on all operating systems. Do you have some users on Mac and some on PCs? Do you have some users who have Linux? If you want to connect all of these people together in one conference it may be impossible if you have to install special software to run your conference. In this case a browser based system that can run on all operating systems and all browsers allows you to connect with all of your staff or clientele without any worries about what kind of computer they are operating.

2. You don’t have to download and install software. Sure, people are becoming more computer-literate as time goes on, but downloading and installing software and getting the software to run properly can be an obstacle to some people. The good news is that with many browser based systems there is no software to download, because the installation is done on the technology provider’s host computer. Participating in a conference is as easy as going on line to view a website.

3. People anywhere in the world can go online and join the conference. With no equipment installation and no software installation to take care of, the door is open to widespread participation in your conferences. The only thing that you have to do is to notify your people and provide them with a url and a password and they can join in.

4. There is no problem with firewalls. Most offices and many individuals protect their computers and networks from hackers by using a firewall. This is good for security but can become a problem if you are trying to join people together in a conference. Many web and browser based systems are not affected by firewalls and no special instructions have to be given to conference participants whose computers may be protected by firewalls.

All of these factors add up to one very strong advantage of using browser based conferencing systems: they allow you to get maximum participation in your online events. With little or no technical obstacles, such systems make it easy for large numbers of people, using diverse equipment and with varying degrees of computer skills, to take part in online meetings. So, take a look at the various conferencing packages on the market at the present time and pick out one that is both easy to use and powerful enough to meet your communications needs.

Dan Richmond is CEO & Co-founder of MegaMeeting.com. MegaMeeting provides Web Conferencing & Video Conferencing solutions for individuals, businesses and educational institutions. For more information, or for a free live demonstration, please visit www.MegaMeeting.com/ or call (818) 783-4311.

Although web-logs (called blogs) started out as personal online diaries, today’s
blogger can be anyone from a stay at-home-mom to a corporate mogul. And
even the stay-at-home mom is likely to be blogging for business, not simply
sharing her personal life with the online world.

If you’re a small business owner, here are five reasons you should be blogging
for business right now:

1. Creating an online presence is easy with a blog. Today, everyone expects
anyone with a serious business to be visible online. But that doesn’t mean a
small business owner has to shell out big bucks on an expensive website right
from the start. Instead, start with a blog. A blog can be set up easily and
quickly at little or no cost - so no matter how small your company might be,
you can be online blogging for business in (literally) a few minutes. You can
also update your blog much easier and quicker than you can a regular website.
You don’t have to wait for a webmaster to make changes for you.

2. A blog lets you develop relationships with your customers or clients. If you
blog regularly, your readers get to know more about you and your services.
They can also leave comments for you on the blog, so you can interact with
them through this site. Research shows that people are more likely to do
business with someone they know. Post to your blog daily (or at least several
times a week) and readers will get to know you, trust you, and feel confident to
buy your products and or services.

3. A blog gives you additional opportunities to network with other small
businesses. You can provide reciprocal links at your blog. That just means you
put a link to another company’s website or blog on your blog and that
company puts a link to your blog on theirs. You benefit from these links
because your blog attracts additional readers from these other sites.

4. You can use your blog to help build your mailing list. A good way to do this
is to offer something free in return for joining your mailing list. Free ebooks
related to the products or services offered by your business are perfect “give
aways” to use for this purpose. Put a sign-up box on your blog where readers
can join your mailing list and automatically receive your free products via
email.

5. By regularly posting to your blog, you become an “expert” in your line of
work. People always turn to experts when they need help. Establish yourself as
an expert in your field and people will turn to you when they need the
particular type of products or services that you have to offer.

These are just five reasons you should be blogging for business right now.
Once you start blogging yourself you’ll notice additional benefits too, so don’t
wait. Start blogging!

Suzanne Lieurance is a freelance writer and the creator of the Lieurance Group,
a co-op for freelance writers and graphics designers. If you just don’t have
time to create a business blog, visit the Lieurance Group’s blog at
http://www.lieurancegroup.blogspot.com or email them at
lieurancegroup@hotmail.com and learn how they can start blogging for
business for you.

Although blogging has been around for some time now the use of marketing and advertising in blogs is really catching on throughout the world wide web.

There are an estimated 70 million blogs worldwide and while these are blogs about any subject you could possibly imagine wouldn’t it be great if you could capture 1% of those readers attention and get them to visit your blog?

Technorati.com estimates that there are about 900,000 blog posts every day which equates to 10.4 posts per second and that number is growing as you read this article.

With what I just mentioned in the last two paragraphs is it any wonder why marketers and webmasters are flocking in droves to establish marketing blogs to attract new customers to their websites in the hopes of converting them into customers for their products or services.

Big Corporations such as General Motors, Boeing, and Google on the blogging scene this really does appear to be a no brainer. How do you make your blog stand out as an original worth reading amongst all the others? Here are a few tips to get you started:

1) Make your blog an original by posting content that is written or edited by you. Real people crave original content not rehashed news that they heard on the radio or saw in the paper yesterday.

2) Use a blog exchange service as a way of driving traffic to your blog. There are free services as well as paid services. One of my favorite low-cost blog/website traffic services is www.ProClickEstate.com

3) Exchange blog or website links with other blog owners whose blog content compliments your own.

4) Drive offline traffic online by using word of mouth as well as business cards.

5) Make your blog stand out by using audio and/or video on your blog and in your blog posts. Multi- media applications will keep your readers coming back and prove that you take your blog seriously.

These 5 strategies should get you started if you have not already began blogging. Keep your blog strategy simple and your content real & valuable. You will be growing your brand recognition as well as a contact list of loyal and valuable readers at the same time which is the bottom line to any successful marketer.

Always market like a professional!

Copywrite 2006 Mark Brown

Have you ever been on an Internet Forum or Blog and some moron calls you a NAZI? It is truly incredible indeed. Usually someone who is acting as the self-proclaimed wannabe Security; PC Police will disagree with something you have said. Blow it all out of proportion, misrepresent what you said as they attempt to repeat it and then call you a NAZI? Isn’t it fascinating how some brain dead scoundrels attempt this?

Then if that doesn’t work they will condemn a miss-spelling or typo, or tell you “Obviously you cannot read” when it is they who cannot read or comprehend, because they cannot even repeat or even understand what you wrote anyway? Well isn’t this special indeed; and welcome to the world of the maniac depressant, Prozac induced world of Internet Forums, Online Chat and Blogs?

This recently happened to me and then the perpetrator told me I was an enemy of free speech, a NAZI and King George III? What ever, so I replied to this insanity, do not ask me why?

“Enemy of Free Speech Never; in fact I did not attack you or what you wrote, I mentioned that those who go too far over the line to condemn at a time of war and slander are not free speechers they are in fact abusing the privilege by attacking a man’s character without knowledge or proof, bound in hate, nothing more. I believe in Free Speech and Freedoms of the Press, I do not believe in making stuff up or purporting lies against the leadership of our nation, merely to call them “unfit to lead” in some bizarre rendition of primate guerilla politics, simply so their political party can take over and do the same thing they once condemned. Be real careful who you label you good for nothing SOB, I have given more to the common good than almost any man in my common acquaintance.”

No matter how you attempt to defend you personal character there is always some idiot out there to trash your good name. Imagine what it would be like to be a celebrity of any type? Consider all this in 2006.

“Lance Winslow” - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/

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Speaking to an audience with your back turned is like networking online without a photo. It’s completely ineffective - so why do people do it and what are the other 6 deadly mistakes people make when networking online?

They don’t include a photo on their profile page
They don’t fill in their profile
They don’t post on group discussion boards

They do not practice the four essentials of the likeability factor
When they post they don’t put their URL into their signature.
They make it a mission to collect as many names as possible
They don’t follow up with the contacts they have made.

Ok, lets explore this more closely.

No 1. Your photo - If you don’t have a photo no one is going to stop on your page. Would you be interested in reading a profile without a photo attached?

Another point about photos - make sure they are professional. I do not want to see you in fancy dress at your best friends Halloween party, and I do not want to see you smooching your pet dog unless you are a vet or a own pet grooming salon.

Remember a picture tells a 1000 words. What do you want perspective business connections to ascertain from your picture?

No 2. Fill in your profile. Adding as much relevant information as you can. Do you have a website, or two , or three - make sure you feature them. This is the part of networking online that is like working the room in a live event. You are letting people know who you are and initially if you are relevant to each other and worth following up on.

No 3. Putting up your profile and waiting to be noticed is not networking and frankly if this is all you have done you are wasting all the fabulous opportunities networking online has to offer you. If you have a website, you will know that you don’t just go live and wait. You write articles with links back to your site, you write testimonials on other peoples sites, you participate in discussion boards and you put your URL on all your Products and promotional materials.

When networking online you need to post at least three times a week, this does not mean starting a new discussion every time you can simply reply or add value to a topic that is already live.

This will:

lead people back to your profile page to see who you are.
Will let people know what you are interested in and what your opinions are, and if they are in line with their own thoughts and feelings on different topics
Will keep you visible.

Remember if you don’t post you are invisible. If you post something interesting people will come to your homepage to find out more about you.

But remember too, don’t post too much or people will think you have too much time on your hands and that your business can’t be very successful.

Posting on discussion boards brings me to point No 4. Tim Sanders talks about working on the four essentials of your Likeability factor. (see book The Likeability Factor)
Friendliness

Relevance

Empathy

Realness

This is as relevant online as it is in life. Be aware that most network members are invisible, they never post or speak their mind, but they do read, and everything you write will reflect your personality and your business, and therefore their decision as to whether or not they will use your services.
Share your knowledge and wisdom. Make yourself a valuable resource. Someone whom people want to get to know.

Number 5. Your website url is your business card online. You wouldnt go to a live event without your cards, don’t post without adding your URL under your name.

Speaking of business cards brings me to point. No 6. Don’t just gather contacts. You will notice there are some people in networking groups with hundreds of contacts on their lists. A bit like the live net worker who runs around the room shoving business cards in everybodys hands and grabbing cards as they go. These names are useless unless you have something in common and keep in touch.

Finally No 7. keep in touch with your new contacts. Look for ways you can enhance the networking environment.

A colleague, Scott Stratten from Unmarketing.com suggests If someone interests you look at their “Have’s” and “Want’s” (found on the profile page) and see if there is something you can do to help them. He notes that “This reinforces the importance of the “give first” philosophy. Results are often not immediate, but they do come, usually in a big way if you are sincere and create real value for the people around you.”

So when networking online:
Post a professional photo on your contact page.
Provide as much relevant information as possible on your profile,
Post on the discussion boards at least three times a week.
practice the four essentials of the likeability factor

Friendliness

Relevance

Empathy

Realness

5. When you post always put your URL into your signature.
6. Connect only to people who you will be useful to or who benefit you in some way.
7. Build relationships with your contacts and cull out the dead ends regularly.

Above all have fun!

I look forward to meeting you online,

Krissy Jackson http://www.krissyjackson.com
Krissy specializes in teaching Networking and Marketing techniques.
She is also the Co Moderator of Entrepreneurs Playground
www.openbc.com/net/ep

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Web and video conferencing technology is becoming more sophisticated with each passing day. A few years ago it was a novelty just to talk with someone online, and view his or her image at the same time. Today web conferences bring together entire companies in complex interaction that rivals live face-to-face meetings. How you might benefit from the latest developments in web conferencing depends on your particular needs. Here are a few points that you should consider.

1. Do you need to make a Powerpoint or other presentation during your conference?

If you answered “yes” to this question, then you will be glad to know that current web and video conferencing services allow the host of a conference to present a slide show or power point demonstration that will be visible on the screens of all the participants of a conference. Similarly, hosts can also open and show other document formats to their attendees. If you need this kind of capability, make sure that your conference provider can give this to you.

2. Do you require telephone conferencing integrated with your web/video conference?

Many organizations have found telephone conferencing to be an effective way to get work done. If you are already connecting with your members and staff via telephone conferences you can expand on this by choosing a web conferencing system that integrates telephone conferencing along with the online conference. The combined service will give you the ease of phone conferencing along with the enhanced visual and presentation features of online conferencing.

Some services allow the host to pay the long distance bill of all the participants (toll free conferencing), while others require each participant to cover their long distance fees.

3. Do all of your conference participants use the same type of computer?

If your participants are going to be using a variety of computers (PC, Mac, Linux) then you will benefit most by choosing a web conferencing system that works on any platform. While earlier conferencing systems required the downloading of complex software that would work only on specified operating systems, newer conferencing formats are delivered online and are browser based. They work on any operating system and if yours in an eclectic audience, then you will get best results with this type of conferencing.

4. Will it be necessary for one of your technicians to “take-over” and operate the computers of any of your participants?

If you wish to use conferencing as a service tool and want to avoid having to send out your service team on physical visits to clients, you can save a lot of travel time and cost by selecting a web and video conferencing system that allows the host of the conference to go online and actually take control of the computer of the client or conference participant. If you are looking at web conferencing as an after-sales service tool, then this particular feature will probably give you one of the most important benefits that you could wish for.

5. Do you want to conduct an online poll or survey during the conference?

If you have a large organization and want to make a quick and accurate poll of opinion or vote on a particular issue then the new polling capabilities of the most advanced web conferencing services will be an important feature for you.

Similarly, if you need to gather demographic information about your meeting participants, obtain valuable input, or quiz and test your participants, then the new online survey capabilities of current web conferencing systems will be an important feature to look for when choosing your conference format. Data from these types of online “surveys” can typically be saved and used for future use.

6. Do you want to brainstorm online, using a “whiteboard”?

Brainstorming is a great way to tap the ideas of a group and to come up with and select new ideas. If this is what you like to do when holding physical meetings, then you will probably want to be able to do the same thing in your virtual meetings as well. This is now possible in some of the more advanced web conferencing systems by using a “group notepad” that enables meeting participants to utilize a shared workspace. The results of these brainstorming sessions can typically be saved in a storage area.

Which of these features will benefit you the most? It all depends on your particular needs. However, one thing is sure: once you experience the convenience of online meetings, you will not want to go back to the era when every meeting required you to pack up your bags and get on an airplane.

Dan Richmond is Co-founder of MegaMeeting.com. MegaMeeting provides Web & Video Conferencing services for individuals & businesses. For more information, please visit www.MegaMeeting.com. or call 818.783.4311.

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If mass manufactured, brands can produce huge revenues on gaming laptops. Currently the profit margins on most notebook computers are so slim that this presents a golden opportunity to regain the gross margins. In addition they are aware they can induce people to buy laptop computers like these more easily than small resellers. I am pretty sure that smaller retailers will have to reduce their prices in order to compete. Now prospects will have greater choice it makes it troublesome for the small retailers. Multinational manufacturers can utilise their brand names to simply win people over.

The notebook computers being released by brand name manufacturers are all competing for the best laptop crown. This certainly will provide a bit of encouragement to the local companies. Consumers like to be able to customize as they can choose what’s most desirable to them. These specific purchasers are typically really well educated with the technology and can check each of the parts by themselves. For consumers of this kind, how well it performs can be more important than what it looks like. This would be construed as a beneficial thing for the gamer. It will cause prices to drop and make the latest technology cheaper for the market. Do not quote me on that though as unpredictable thing could take place in the notebook sector. Prices should be kept high as an outcome of the continuous manufacture of new notebooks. Even though I still believe outcomes will be positive because of the saturated market, we will have to see.