If you’re available and interested, I’d like to invite you to today’s live webinar “How To Set Up Your Own Blog.” In case you don’t know, a blog is a turbocharged website. I frequently say it’s “10-10-10″ – 10x cheaper than a traditional website to set up, 10x cheaper to maintain, and at least 10x more effective when it comes to being able to be found in search engines like Google, Youtube, and Yahoo. One of my passions is helping you share your stories with the world. And a blog is a cheap and easy way to do that.

Don’t get left behind by your colleagues and competitors who are effectively using their blogs to attract qualified leads and opportunities to their business every day. It’s a sad fact. About 98% of the business blogs Denise reviews are crappy. The author may truly be an expert and a fantastic person who gets amazing results for their clients, but they are sabotaging their business with a poorly optimized blog that works against them in so many ways.

I’ve been interviewed twice in the last week for articles in trade magazines – one for restaurants and the other for optical professionals in Canada – about using online marketing and social media for locally based businesses (bricks and mortar stores). I tell them if their ideal client/customer/diner/patient cannot find them on the web, it’s like they don’t exist.

The new FTC guidelines regarding endorsements and testimonials and how they affect bloggers and marketers has been a brewing story since late Summer 09′. With the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) new guidelines going into effect on December 1, 2009, scam artists, Internet marketers and even some attorneys are trying to sell bloggers, affiliate marketers and website owners like you products and services that could actually get you into MORE trouble with the FTC.

From: Nancy Slocum
Date: Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Subject: FW: November 2009 – ‘Attracting God’s Attention’
To: Jerry Graham, Randy Peck
I thought this was pretty cool and reminded me of what we all are doing with our blogs and journaling online!! God is doing such a great work in His people and getting it out there!
We are blessed,
Nancy
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From: Kim Clement Newsletter
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:17 PM
To: Nancy Slocum
Subject: November 2009 – ‘Attracting God’s Attention’
Dear Partner, I wanted to share a “sneak preview” with you of something that I am …

Let’s talk first about why you should journal. What are the benefits for you? Unless you’re convinced that journaling is going to make a big difference in your life, you’re likely to give up on this great habit before it’s firmly established. But when the “WHY” gets big enough, the “HOW” will work itself out.

Unless you’re stuck in Wonderland, Alice – there’s really only two ways I’ve found to step up and serve your mission and help to change people’s lives! One is – learn how to speak to them more effectively! The other is – learn how to speak to them more effectively (in your writing, that is) Learn how here…

If you knew there was something you could do that would take roughly 30 minutes each day, and that doing that something would change your life forever, would you commit to do it? What is that something? In his blog post on July 29, 2009 titled “To Blog Or Not To Blog,” Dr. Jerry Graham referred to comments made during a large business forum by two of the greatest visionaries and thinkers of our day as they discussed the benefits of blogging and social networking.