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I never put together predictions, but I thought I would offer my top 3 social media predictions because of a call I have coming up on January 13, 2009. Here’s where I believe the social media opportunities, threats and trends exist for business owners in 2009.
Soft skills will propel many entrepreneurs into celebrity experts without [...]
November 11th is called Remembrance Day in Canada. In the US, it’s known as Veteran’s Day. Whatever day it’s called in your country, do take some time to honor those who are braver than you and I to leave behind all they know to face the ugliness of war.
It’s a sacrifice.
I watch on TV as [...]
Here’s my schedule for the New Media Expo:
8/12 - Arrive in Las Vegas, check into hotel
8/13 - Podcast Secrets Reunion with Paul Colligan (Paul said I need to be there and he’s being so secretive as to why, but I’ll go because I trust Paul. The last time he was so secretive, he had a [...]
After our lovely manicures this morning, I had a chance to interview Natasha Vincent. She shared with me how the Social Media Telesummit helped spring her into social media action.
The camera is a bit shaky at times, so I apologize for that. I was trying not to scuff up the nail polish on my fingers [...]
Here’s my first video from my very elegant Flip camera. Very easy to record, download and publish to my blog. The video is only a minute long.
Update: Ugh! There’s a slight delay between my voice and the image. Might be my connection as I’m using what’s equivalent to dial up here in the hotel. I’m [...]
Had a non-eventful flight and a good night’s sleep. If you want to follow my adventures while I’m in Las Vegas, follow me on Twitter. Because what happens in Vegas will be revealed on Twitter.
The other day, I was watching Oprah and I was amazed at how quickly she has embraced podcasting and social media. She’s running weekly webinars using Skype and another tool, she has a podcast that rocketed to #1 in iTunes and she has a channel on YouTube. All this in the past 6 months.
Is Oprah [...]
Back in 2005, I predicted that ezines would die a slow death. Podcasting was new to the scene and I liked how easy it was to subscribe to and receive podcasts.
With ezines, you have to deal with spam blockers, mailbox filters and other horrid stuff that renders your ezine useless. I mean, only about 20% [...]
Travis Greenlee (pictured left), who was one of the featured speakers at the Social Media Telesummit, is holding a free webinar on Tuesday March 4 @ 1pm EST (New York time) on the 3 simple ways to attract more and better clients, income, and outrageous opportunities using social media.
When Travis spoke at the Social Media [...]
Update: It’s back up. I’m pretty sure that my shopping cart provider got alot of phone calls about this.
Oh my goodness! The tool that I rely on for 100% of my business is down. This is the first time in the 3 years I’ve been using it that it is not working. Here’s the error [...]
Hi, my name is Leesa Barnes. I'm a podcasting and social media expert, an active living enthusiast and author of Podcasting for Profit. I'm also the creator of Marketing Fit, a system that helps small businesses get active using social media in 3 simple steps.