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.
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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 recently had the pleasure of spending a good chunk of time with Sparkplugging’s eCommerce writer and On-line Biz Consulting’s, Kristie McDonald at BlogWorld 08. Not only is Kristie a delightful member of our SparkPlugging team, but Wow - what a wealth of internet marketing brilliance!

Meeting the other Sparkplugging authors was a great experience. Great [...]

Business Coaching and Blogging Evangelist, Des Walsh agrees that making the time to blog is burdensome for some business owners. In this video he suggests reframing the problem to find the solution. Blogging can offer substantial increases in business if you see it as an investment of time. Des also offers advice for the weary [...]

Erin Kotecki Vest was recently hired by BlogHer as their Political Director and Election 08’ Producer for BlogHer.com as well as contributing regularly to the Huffington Post, MOMocrats.com, and her own site Queen of Spain Blog.
In this interview I ask Erin about her new BlogHer gig, her coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions, her [...]

John Chow from JohnChow.com would have been a great person to contribute to my ‘How to Sell Direct Advertising‘ panel at BlogWorld. Since our panel was full, I grabbed him for a quick interview before our session. He gives some great tips about a great ad management system for WordPress blogs that I hadn’t heard [...]

On Sunday, I will be leading a panel discussion with Dave Taylor of AskDaveTaylor.com along with Steve Hall of AdRants,  David Peralty of Xfep and Lynn Truong of Wise Bread.  We will be discussing how to sell advertising directly to advertisers.
I caught a quick interview with Dave and it turned out to be a fantastic [...]