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Click here to listen to the podcast. In today's Brain Storm! Business Podcast, we will discuss SalesConX with its CEO, Evan Sohn, and how you can, in a very straight-forward manner, buy and sell introductions to the people you need to contact.I was introduced to SalesConX by the owner of a business opportunity directory. She had signed up for the affiliate program and we were all offered a $25 credit. I figured "Why not try it." So far, I'm glad I did. Ever want to find your perfect target market, but have no clue how to do that? With SalesConX, you write out a detailed description of who you want an introduction to, put a price on that introduction, and also possibly a bonus price if the introduction leads to a closed sale. Or, if you know of someone who needs particular services or products, you can post their need and offer to sell someone an introduction to that person. Of course, you are not to blindside people you know by sending strangers to them - you discuss the connection with your contact and see if they are interested. You get to the the "Go To" guy for all of your clients.As we've talked about before, being the person your clients turn to for any of their needs can be a huge differentiating factor between you and your competitors. SalesConX lets you find other people who can help your clients in non-competitive ways. Hitting Singles, Aim-Fire, and Shouting Out the WindowEvan Sohn discusses the challenges he is facing with SalesConX, and also what he has learned during his 5 start-up career. We talk about endurance, commitment, risk taking, changing your goals and paying the right person for the right warm introduction. I think you'll learn a lot, be encouraged and challenged, and possibly find a great place to find leads for your business as well. Penny Haynes, Online Community Magazines
I know we've just passed Easter, but I love this story by Angela Gillaspie! Her comedy is perfect because it's real - she shares true stories of her family and her children, and many of us can relate. Angela has several great comedy and inspirational audio books, safe for the whole family, at http://www.SouthernAngel.com.
Penny Haynes, Online Community Magazines
In today's Brain Storm! Business Podcast, we will discuss some of the latest happenings for YouTube, Flash and Mogulus, and how you can make the most of this news. Microsoft is planning to license both pdf and flash for use on mobile platforms. What does this mean for you and me? The ability to see flash based video on our cell phones. What will you do to apply that knowledge to your own business? How about putting flash based audio and video on your website. YouTube is making it easier to add video to your website. You can now have a YouTube page on your website if you can have programmers use their API to create it. YouTube doesn't need to have people coming to their site - they know they're already #1. Plus, you know that all of those links back don't hurt either. Mogulus is a new webcam resource for producing multi-camera live shows, and allows you to combine YouTube and your own uploaded videos to the mix. The possibilities are almost endless if you are creative enough. How about cross marketing and creating an entertaining and informative news show about information in your niche or industry? So check out this short video business podcast today, and give me your feedback on how you will apply this knowledge to your own business plan. Penny Haynes, Online Community Magazines
Beware the Ninja in the Closet! This reminds me so much of my son - I could imagine this happening to him!
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In today's Words for the Week Christian Podcast, we will look at a modern day example of Habakkuk 3:17-18. The original scripture reads this way: Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no
grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce
no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the
stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my
Savior.
Habakkuk 3:17-18 (Read all of Habakkuk 3)New International Version But the version God gave me (and which I briefly discuss today) is: Though the programmers do not program and there is no software to sell, though there is no ink in the cartridge and I don't know how to re-fill it, though there are no renters in the abandoned rental house and no one to pay the mortgage...yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. Penny Haynes, Online Community Magazines
P.S. We just put renters in the house, and I bit the bullet and learned how to re-fill the ink cartridges. Now, if I can only get the programmers to produce something I can USE! :)
Do any of you feel uncomfortable trying out new technologies (like blogs, podcasts, audio, video, social networks, etc.)?
I ask, because some of my clients do, and they have referred to themselves as being "Technologically Challenged". However, other people have mentioned to me that using the word "challenged" has a negative connotation that will repel people.The software I am designing is intended specifically for people who are uncomfortable with technology in different ways. Therefore, I need to find the right words to refer to people like this in order to promote the new product. Below are some terms I have had suggested, but I could really benefit from a wider number of people giving me their opinion - ESPECIALLY people who are uncomfortable with technology. Would you connect with any of these terms in a positive way, negative way, or neither? Technically Challenged
Technologically Challenged
Technophobic
Techno-shy
Techno-Novice
Non-Geek
Lastly, what other words would you use to describe your lack of comfort with some technologies?
I appreciate your help in this informal survey. Just reply to the email and send me your answer. Thanks in advance for helping me out! Penny Haynes
Click here to listen to the podcast. In today's Brain Storm! Business Podcast, we will begin a discussion based on the book Wikinomics, as well as the practical uses of outsourcing as partnering.
***as a side note, sorry about the sound quality of the recording. There is intermittent clicking caused by my breaking in of a new USB microphone. It won't happen again, I promise!I'm enjoying Wikinomics. It's not like studying brain surgery, but more like delving into a topic in which you have a passing understanding. A thought about cooperative projects passes through my mind and then its gone - I don't try to disect it or apply it. This audio book is letting me go deeper so I can then apply it to my business. Wikinomics is not necessarily outsourcing, although that can be a part of it. Wikinomics seems to include opening up your information to others, especially outside of your circle, to bring their outside experiences and knowledge to bear on your project. However, as I discuss today, that can happen when you outsource a project. Your vendor can become your partner if he or she is really smart and has a lot to offer you in your blind spots.
We also discuss outsourcing the time-wasting parts of your work. Pfizer is allowing their employees to send more menial projects to India, so their employees can spend more time doing the things they specialize in (and for which they are paid good money). They had to do a little hand-holding and training on both sides of the ocean, but it seems to be paying off. Need a new point of view and real time research? Hire a teenager. That's what a non-profit organization is doing, and the teens are designing clothes, shoes and jewelry, as well as coming up with marketing models as well. If their product does well, they keep royalties. In the meanwhile, participating companies get insight from some of their target demographics. I discuss the idea of the Internet Marketers Contest I plan on co-hosting with a Women Internet Marketers site. I was spurred to do it after listening to Wikinomics. I hope that a marketing contest will not only be lucrative for the marketers who want to prove their skills, but also to the product owner (me), the owner of WomenInternetMarketers.tv (Diane Corriette), and the end users who get to run an Online Community Magazine. Tell me about your wikinomic experiences, or outsourcing stories.
You can call me at 678-459-2437 to share your information. Until then, have a prosperous week, and keep brainstorming to make your business continually better! Penny Haynes, 1st Podcast Publishing
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Chuckle for the
day! Martha vs Maxine
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*Martha's
Way*
Stuff a
miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream
drips. |
*Maxine's Way *
Just suck the
ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for Pete's sake! You are probably lying
on the couch with your feet up eating it,
anyway! |
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To keep
potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the
potatoes. |
Buy Hungry
Jack mashed potato mix, keep it in the pantry for up
to a year. |
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When a cake
recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead
and there won't be any white mess on the outside of the
cake. |
Go to the
bakery! They'll even decorate it for you.
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If you
accidentally over salt a dish while it's still
cooking, drop in a peeled potato and it will absorb the excess salt for an
instant "fix-me-up." |
If you over salt a dish while you are cooking, that's too bad.
Please recite with me the real woman's motto: "I made it and you will eat it and
I don't care how bad it tastes!" |
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Wrap celery
in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for
weeks. |
Celery? Never heard of
it! |
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Brush some
beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy
finish. |
The Mrs.
Smith frozen pie directions do not include brushing egg whites over the crust so
I don't. |
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Cure for
headaches: take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The
throbbing will go away. |
Take a lime,
mix it with tequila, chill and drink! |
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If you have
a problem opening jars, try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip
grip that makes opening jars easy. |
Go ask that
very cute neighbor if he can open it for
you. |
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Don't throw
out all that leftover wine. Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles
and sauces. |
Leftover
wine???????????
HELLO
!!!!!!! |
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The trouble with bucket seats is
that not everybody has the same size bucket.
D o you realize
that in about 40 years, we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with
tattoos?
Money can't buy happiness -- but
somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than in a
Hyundai.
Drinking makes some husbands see double and feel
single.
Living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of
Halloween.
After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching in
every joint, you are probably dead.
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Well, I hope you enjoyed this week's Comedy Clip of the Week, brought to you by Encouraging Audiobooks. If you would like to share some funny emails, audios or videos, please share them with the rest of the subscribers. Until next week, this is Penny Haynes, of 1st Podcast Publishing.
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