These where the requirements:

* Set up the event (webinar, teleseminar, radio show or tv show)
* Introduce the speaker
* Feed the speaker two pretend questions from “the audience”
* Record the Event (unless it is done automatically by the software)
* Place the event on a blog or Website

So let me tell you about my guest Angela McCormick Glotzbach. Angela is one of my class mates at VAClassroom. But as you will be able to discern she has another passion. I loved doing this interview with her because we are so much alike, ok I am dilusional she succeeded at the bartending gig, I flopped lol.

She spent a number of years in the corporate world, just like I had previously, for some reason I always ended up working for my Daddy’s material suppliers and him at the same time… Let’s just say I am more a free spirit like Angela. Enough already I hope you enjoy this interview. Maybe you will join me as a Virtual Event Specialist? VAClassroom has a great offer on it’s Virtual Event Specialist Training Program through the end of May!

When Twitter first started, users worried about how they would track their followers easily. You could not organize the people you where following into groups.

Now with Twitter Lists, you can categorize your followers in many ways. They can now be grouped into distinct categories.  Bonus! Lists allow you to include people you’re not following.

Why Use Twitter Lists?

Because, Twitter Lists are convenient!

Craig Cannings Co-Founder of VAClassroom.com:

“I was recently reading a 2010 Predictions post from one of my favorite blogs, Social Media Today and they were forecasting what trends would take shape in the coming year. Interestingly enough, the 2nd prediction on this blogger’s list was that “The Social Media Specialist position will become mainstream.” In fact, a few months prior, she did a post on the “Responsibilities of the Social Media Specialist (AKA Community Manager)” and she mentioned that this particular post was the most popular one she did all year.

It seems like the writing is officially on the wall: Your Social Media Skills will continue to be in serious demand in 2010! However, like any skill, it is important that it is developed and updated on a consistent basis in order to effectively service your clients’ evolving needs.”

Needless to say, I’m very excited about this prediction.  Vaclassroom.com is rolling out a updated version of their Social Marketing Specialist Program  which I have enrolled in.  In 2010 it is my goal to continue to be “Your Go To Girl For All Your Virtual Needs!”

Eleanor

Your Virtual Girl Friday

As you know, the business of blogs has grown and evolved significantly over the last 24 months. A quote from the WordPress.com site puts it best…

“Blogging is growing both in the US and especially internationally. Tens of thousands of new WordPress blogs are created every day – by regular bloggers, companies, large media publishers, and many others. In addition, we seeing a trend that’s potentially even bigger than blogging: Publishers are starting to use WordPress as a platform to create all kinds of sites beyond blogs – large and small company sites, online magazines, social networks, travel sites, scrapbooking sites, contact managers, startups, multimedia archives, video sites, sports sites.”

Isn’t this cool? Ten of thousands of blogs being created DAILY! Businesses are using blogging technology to create company websites, social networks, video sites, membership sites and so much more.

The sad reality is that a good portion of these blog sites won’t last more than a year as they are lacking some key success strategies for optimizing and marketing their blogs.

Well now there is a great remedy for that problem….

VAClassroom.com has recently launched a new 2-week mini-course titled, “Blog Marketing Tips, Tools & Tactics”

As I have reviewed course, I see two valuable reasons for taking this program:

1. This blog marketing mini-course will give you some advanced and current marketing and optimization skills that you can offer as a high value and “in-demand” service to a fast growing base of blog site owners.

2. Many of you may currently be using a WordPress blogsite as your primary online business presence, which is very smart! This two-week training program will essentially provide you with a blog marketing tune-up and blueprint for your site, so that you can increase your targeted traffic, business visibility and new client leads.

This two-fold purpose will have a strong impact on both your business visibility as well as new income opportunities!

The two-week training program is scheduled to begin on August 10, 2009 and will finish up on August 24th. The program includes both self-paced and live components.

The registration doors are officially OPEN NOW and seats are going fast. They have 60 seats available for this training program.

To get all the details on this important new training program, just click on the link below:

Blog Marketing

Also, take advantage of this $10 discount off an already very reasonable price. Here is the discount coupon code: VABLOG

Look! I have a Tweet Tree for my sweet little Twitter birds. Not to mention that it captures my branded custom Twitter page!

At the click of a tab you can check out all your sites….

Go set up your page and come share your new signature! (After you read the post at Mashable you’ll understand! They just explain it so well).
Tags ; facebook gizapage soc med twitter

How I love Thee WordPress, lets count the ways.

You are a FREE publishing system used by millions to share and manage content on the Web.

You are WordPress.org a blogsite, which is great for small businesses on small budgets. With WordPress you can play in the big leagues and have a gorgeous site with out the huge price tag.

WordPress gives you the “Business Owner” total control over your website, allowing you to update it’s content from any computer or web enabled cell phone.

Unselfishly, you give your creator’s domain name all the Link Lovin’, with no thought to your own desires.

WordPress, how I love thee, we actually could be here forever if I continue on… I think you get the point.

If you like the Pink WordPress Logo you can visit my friend Kim Doyal aka The Word Press Chick to get your own copy

Friend Feed is a great social network site to have a profile on. Besides being able to feed your friends by multi-tasking (yes, even if you suck at multi-tasking Friend Feed will make you look like a multi-tasking Queen or King)… it is a great service that allows you to keep up on sharing web pages, pictures, videos and music that your friends are sharing with you.

What makes Friend Feed so attractive? You can enter your user names from your different social networks and pull in your feeds from Twitter, add your Youtube profile, Flickr to share photos. But my absolute Fav is you can add your feed from your blog. The beauty of this is that all of your content is uploaded for you each time you add new content and it can be found in one place.

But, Twitter, Youtube, and Flickr are not the only social networks that Friend Feed allows you to feed your friends on. They have over 50 different social networks you can connect to.

Now if you are like me, and sometimes forget you are suppose to be feeding your friends, No Worries. Why? Because as long as you are tweeting, updating your Facebook profile, adding videos, photos, and blog posts you are feeding your Friend Feed.

So you see once you “feed” your stream by setting up a profile in this fab social network, (I suggest you use the same username you’ve branded yourself on your other social networks) your feeding your Friend Feed

I so luv getting Link Luvin and when you hook up all your feeds from your blogs, Facebook Notes, etc. . you are become a “multi-tasking” Queen or King because you are instantly and automatically feeding your friends on your Friend Feed page.

FriendFeed is a unique social network site, simply because you don’t have to baby it, it doesn’t demand your attention. It is truly that invaluable assistant (that everyone dreams of having), the one who already knows what you where thinking way before you even thought it!

I look foward to you feeding me on Friend Feed! You can visit their about, FAQ, and blog for more fabulous ways to feed your Friend Feed.

Are you using RSS Feed directories to syndicate your blog? Do you have a Business/Fan page in Facebook? If you are utilizing the notes application in Facebook your readers can subscribe to your notes via RSS feed, just like you are importing your blog into your notes via RSS Feeds. I subscribed to my own notes (and was in Internet Explorer, tried in Fire Fox but it didn’t give me the link for the feed, maybe someone who knows how to get that can comment) and choose IGoogle to follow the subscription.

This is my Feed: