Shama Hyder invited Mari Smith to chime in on her wonderful FaceBook presentation at Blog World. In this video, Mari talks about making friends with key, influential people on FaceBook. An info-packed 5 minutes from BlogWorld 08.Thanks Mari!

As freelance writers, we have devoted a whole lot of our time to writing SEO articles. It was fun to meet an actual SEO organization in the flesh while at BlogWorld. The thing that we liked about this SEO Champion was their focus on “organic” optimization. We are big fans of writing [...]

Unfortunately, Tamara and I are not so tech-savvy when it comes to things like…um…tech. So, we’re really grateful for the help of people who are able to set up and design blogs and web sites. If it wasn’t for them, the two of us would probably be painting on cave walls or something.
Unique [...]

I recently took Susan’s press release writing class at SparkplugU, and she had some great things to say about PR Web. As you can imagine, I was pretty excited to see them at BlogWorld. Basically, their service helps you get your press releases into the hands of the right media outlets. I [...]

After facilitating an enlightening panel on podcasting with audio and video, I got to pick the brain of Jim Kukral a bit more and get some great tips on how to get started with video blogging.
Jim points out that online video is really not that difficult. He uses a $150 Flip Video Camcorder and a [...]

I caught up with Timothy Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, after the SEO session at Blog World Expo and asked him what the key motivating factor was that catalyzed his pursuit of the 4-hour work week.
Tim also points out that excessive action is a form [...]

In just 2-minutes, JB Glossinger, creator of MorningCoach.com shares a couple of powerful tips for home-business owners. Check out this video where he talks about the power of persistence and positive energy!

Panel: Rohit Bhargava, Timothy Ferriss & Mike Shinoda
Some shorthand notes:
Mike Shinoda (of Linkin Park):
Know how Linkin Park got their name? It involves a park in LA and changing the name to get the “dot com” for their website.
Tim Ferriss (author of The 4 Hour Work Week):
He wrote his book first, and used the blog to [...]

Of the soon to launch deal-a-day site for moms, Daily Grommet.  If you’re familiar with Woot.com, then you’ll totally get what Daily Grommet is all about.  The founders of Daily Grommet choose one item every day from an up and coming business and tell a story about it.  Moms will enjoy finding out about products [...]

A little over two years ago, I heard a recording of a guy talking about how to start a small business blog.  It sounded interesting, and a couple weeks later I started my first blog, “Organize.Simplify.Transform”.  That guy was Rich Brooks, and I had a chance to catch up with him at BlogWorld this year.  [...]