I was recently named as one of the Top 50 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Social Media and I believe I’m the only Canadian on the list, so this is a true honour.
The list that Ron Hudson put together generated just over 2000 unique visits and 189 comments in less than a week. The [...]

[ November 4, 2008; 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm. ] Are you wondering how you can turn your blogsite into a content selling machine? Still scratching your head wondering how to make money from your blog without using ads or sponsorship?

Join Leesa Barnes as she speaks with Sandra De Freitas (pictured left),  author of Does this Blogsite Make My Wallet Look Fat?, as she takes [...]

I just love seeing how others explain what podcasting is and how they reference my breakfast seminar in the process. These 3 examples are ways you can blog about an event or affiliate program you’re a part of and still give value to your blog readers.
Take a look at the examples below:

Mike Aoki, a speaker [...]

About a month ago, I met with someone over coffee who was gung ho about blogging, podcasting and all walks of social media. I loved his enthusiasm, gave him some advice and within a week, he got his blog up and running.
I was quite pleased that he grasped things so quickly and equally pleased that [...]

I got an email this morning from Six Apart, the makers of Movable Type and Typepad blogging systems. Apparently, they’ve made some cool changes and one of them directly impacts podcasting.
Over the past 3 years, the only blogging platform I’ve recommended for podcasting is Wordpress. I tried to add podcasting to Typepad and it was [...]

I’ve been enjoying a computer and Internet free week. I’m kind of proud that I was only tempted to go online once on Wednesday and that was all of one hour just to grab a phone number to call a colleague and approve some blog comments.
It’s Friday and I am continuing to enjoy this break. I won’t be online [...]

I’m just a month away from celebrating my 2 year anniversary of being gainfully self-employed. It hasn’t been easy, but anything worth having usually isn’t. It takes failures, victories and alot of risk to operate a business. When the anniversary date rolls around, I’m going to share some entrepreneurial advice with you.
In the meantime, I [...]

The day after Thanksgiving Day in the United States is called Black Friday. On this day, consumers enjoy steep discounts and huge bargains on many items.
I decided that I too would offer a steep discount on some products that I know will help you launch a podcast with confidence. I took the top 5 questions [...]

Chris Brogan (pictured left) is a geek who doesn’t focus on the geek stuff. Instead, he offers tips on his blog on how to build a community and build rapport using social media. Like my friend Donna Papacosta says about Chris:
“Chris Brogan’s blog is always fresh and insightful. He generates at least 10 ideas each [...]

The preceding post changed from when I originally posted it early Saturday morning. I could’ve deleted it, but chose instead to edit it. I very rarely edit or touch my posts after I’ve published it, but chose to edit that one after hearing a sermon on TV this morning.
Warning - Religious context to follow. [...]