Bill Brandon: Network Marketing for Entrepreneurs

Online security threats

Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:33:14 GMT

Cross-site scripting issues.

Simply accessing some social software sites is now hazardous to your privacy and gives away your information to spammers.

Researchers warn over web worms.

via [The Register]

Interactive podcasting?

Sat, 06 May 2006 19:51:18 GMT

Interactive podcasting?

Well, more like interactive podcast production, but it extends the boundary beyond the producer and one or two commentators, to include the community.

Waxxi is a New Kind of Podcast.

I think Tracy Sheridan’s Waxxi is a great idea: a scheduled podcast where people can call in and participate (Frank Gruber has more). The kickoff podcast is with Naked Converstions authors Shel Israel and Robert Scoble, on May 20, 2006 at 10:30 AM PST. If you would like to participate, register on the Waxxi homepage and you will receive a toll free number to call and a participation code. I do not know if there is a limit on the number of participants.

[TechCrunch]

Video publishing

Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:43:46 GMT

Online video publishing.

Robin Good shows us how video publishing (and editing) are getting more accessible.

Podcasting legal guide

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:45:06 GMT

Keep your podcasts legal.

FYI.

Podcasting Legal Guide: Rules For The Revolution.

Podcasting can be daunting. Who's who and what's what!

The all-new, PODCASTING LEGAL GUIDE: RULES FOR THE REVOLUTION is now available free of charge at: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide

As quoted...

'The purpose of this Guide is to provide you with a general roadmap of some of the legal issues specific to podcasting. EFF has produced a very practical and helpful guide for issues related to blogging generally (http://www.eff.org/bloggers/). This Guide is not intended to duplicate efforts by EFF, and in many cases refers you to that guide for where crossover issues are addressed. Our goal is to complement EFF's Bloggers FAQ and address some of the standalone issues that are of primary relevance to podcasters, as opposed to bloggers.'

Please do make the time to read and digest the facts and podcast legaleze found across its' pages.

We highly commend all involved and professionally consider this timely podcast guide as a job well done.

News Department
PodCast Radio Show
http://radio.weblogs.com/0144135/

[PodCast Radio Show: PodCast Marketing]

Knowledge management

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:56:02 GMT

Personal KM?

This is related to the previous post on social bookmarking. A few years ago, personal KM tools were exemplified by software such as Personal Brain, running on individual computers. Now, with RSS and networked environments, the possibilities are opening up. So "personal" isn't necessarily "private." Even Personal Brain is now BrainEKP (Enterprise Knowledge Platform).

Personal Knowledge Management Tools Ready For Enterprise Use. Personal knowledge management is making strong inroads into enterprise environments where individual users can be motivated to publish quality (commercial) information effectively and with the ease that "bloggers" enjoy. Photo credit: Dusan Jankovic The recent SIIA Brown Bag Lunch Series.....

[Online Collaboration :: Robin Good's Latest News]

Social bookmarking

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:49:37 GMT

Social bookmarking.

This is another aspect of knowledge management. Still figuring out how best to use it, and how the various social bookmarking services differ/overlap. Once you get the hang of using other people's bookmarks and tags, you can save quite a bit of time in your searches for information -- as long as everyone is tagging in some rational way.

CHI 2006: Dogear, Social Bookmarking for the Enterprise. (Notes from a talk about IBM's Dogear.)

Social bookmarking is a central store, where you can put keywords (tags), discover via "pivot" browsing, and subscribe to link feeds.

[Seb's Open Research]

Online marketing practices

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:23:02 GMT

"National Media Attention for Your Online Business"

These guys always have something worth listening to. I've edited their announcement for today:

PodCast Radio Show - Tuesday, April 25, 2006. In today's PodCast Radio Show: PodCast Marketing, Best PodCasting Practices, PodCast Software, Network Marketing, Working From Home (Home Business), Internet Marketing and today's Internet (Online) Marketing Live Free PodCast Tip, 'Internet Marketing And Online Business Building Strategies. Open-Minded Online Marketing Practices And 10 Real Ways To Win The Sale'. We enjoy another 97 Second Internet Marketers Marketing Update, 'How To Gain National Media Attention For Your Online Business' with Randall Blaum.

[PodCast Radio Show - PodCast Marketing from the PodCast Promenade]

Low cost web meetings

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:36:25 GMT

Cheaper, if you can make some tradeoffs.

Teamslide is a lower cost product, but ... it has its drawbacks. Read the article carefully. I think it will work well for conferencing, not so well for e-Learning and team training, which will be severely hampered by the need to have a server.

Teamslide could disrupt WebEx.

Munich, Germany based Teamslide is a new and very low cost alternative to services like WebEx, Placeware and GotToMeeting that allow people to share applications (like power point) online.

Teamslide

[TechCrunch]

RSS Marketing Strategy

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:19:26 GMT

Go beyond providing a simple RSS feed.

This article by Rok Hrastnik is pure genius.

Your RSS Marketing Strategy: Deciding How To Deliver Your RSS Content [The RSS and Marketing Diary]

The goodness of blogging Part Two

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:44:58 GMT

Big names weigh in on Boston Globe article.

Blogging and Careers. Some folks are talking about the Boston Globe article on blogging being essential to a good career.

... the "challenges" of blogging are also touched on. I'd add that another downside is information leakage. Sometimes, personal info you don't intend to share gets inferred, shared, or found and known to others in awkward manners.

[Scobleizer - Microsoft Geek Blogger]

The goodness of blogging

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:11:57 GMT

Boston Globe says blogging is good.

(In case you needed any validation)

The media figured out Blogs 'essential' to a good career (Boston Globe). "A well-executed blog sets you apart as an expert in your field.

Link: http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/04…

View discussion

[tech.memeorandum]

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:32:09 GMT

PodCast Radio Show - Thursday, November 10, 2005.

In today's PodCast Radio Show (Internet Radio Show - Radio On The Net), Live from the PodCast Marketing Promenade we look deeper into PodCast Marketing, Best PodCasting Practices, PodCast Radio Show Software, Network Marketing, Working From Home (Home Business), Internet Marketing and today's Internet Marketing PodCast Tip, 'Network Marketing (MLM) Bottom Line' and 'Buying Leads And Buying Email Marketing Subscriber Lists. We enjoy another 97 Second Internet Marketers Marketing Update, 'Effective Internet Marketing By Paying People To Help You Achieve Your Goals' with Randall Blaum.

PodCast Radio Show Liner Notes:
Feature: Inner Circle - Free Sign Up Application - Details
Feature: Network Marketing Scams - FTC - Details - 877-FTC-HELP
Feature: Veteran's Day - www.Military.com - Details

Stream IT Now! (Instant Player - Click Arrow)

.mp3 Instant Download

[PodCast Radio Show - PodCast Marketing from the PodCast Promenade]

Network marketing problems

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 18:17:11 GMT

Is there a problem with Network Marketing (MLM?)

Here's something to chew on.

Looking for podcasts?

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:19:08 GMT

Looking for podcasts?

Yahoo! has launched podcasts.yahoo.com, a search engine for podcasts. Should make it easier to find topics of interest. You can search for podcast series and for individual podcasts.

A search on "entrepreneur" returned 16 series and 169 "episodes" (individual podcasts with "entrepreneur" in the title)
A search on "e-Learning" returned 3 series and 15 episodes (if educational podcasting is so hot, why aren't there more?)
A search on "network marketing" returned 6 series and 137 episodes

You can listen to, download, or subscribe to podcasts from Yahoo!

Podcasting and e-Learning

Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:36:23 GMT

Podcasting not doing the job for e-Learning.

Thanks to George for validating my opinion about podcasts. They aren't an automatic winner for e-Learning. They are ok for marketing if well done.

Podcasting for Knowledge.

Poscasting for Knowledge: "Currently podcasting is very much one-way broadcasting, true it lowers the barriers and access to radio sound bites, but there is limited feedback opportunity and almost no interaction. Affordances for annotation, commentary, refutation and analysis are missing or serial at best."

[elearnspace]

Catching up

Sat, 08 Oct 2005 17:23:57 GMT

Catching up.

Radio crashed again, and it took me a couple of days to find time to reinstall it (about a 30-minute process). It's done, but now I need to filter several hundred items from my RSS subscriptions. Should be back online before Monday.

I love Radio's features, but these once-a-quarter crashes are starting to annoy me.

Worth a listen

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:47:32 GMT

More Podcast marketing.

Good rundown for home entrepreneurs. I just wish they'd lose the sound effects.

PodCast Radio Show - Tuesday, October 4, 2005.

In today's PodCast Radio Show (Internet Radio Show - Radio On The Net), Live from the PodCast Marketing Promenade we look deeper into PodCast Marketing, Best PodCasting Practices, Working From Home (Home Business), Internet Marketing and today's Internet Marketing Tip, Work From Home And Make More Money Through Repetitive Advertising Practices. We enjoy another 97 Second Internet Marketers Marketing Update, 'Writing The Perfect Press Release' with Randall Blaum. And, we play another edition of the PodCast Radio Show - '5 Questions'.

PodCast Radio Show Liner Notes:
Feature: Inner Circle - Free Sign Up Application - Details

Stream IT Now! (Instant Player - Click Arrow)

.mp3 Instant Download

[PodCast Radio Show - PodCast Marketing from the PodCast Promenade]

Real networking for real people.

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:34:05 GMT

The workplace goes (social) network.

The place to watch for changes being brought about by social networking software is where people work. No hype, no venture capitalists, no marketing departments, just people using what works in order to do business and beat their competitors.

Working Together, Wherever They Are. Networked computing is allowing workers to more efficiently nurture new ideas, new products and new ways to digitally automate all sorts of tasks. By STEVE LOHR. [NYT > Technology]

Gadgets, services, and information

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:46:46 GMT

Some useful tools and ideas.

I have edited the Lockergnome list, but left the link to the entire Universe if you want to see all of it. What I left below are the items that will be of most use to home-based entrepreneurs.

The Lockergnome Universe for October 2005.

Web Developers: Your Ezine Archives - Get A Higher ROI From Your Email Newsletter Archives
Linux Fanatics: Can Sun, or anyone, make DRM better with open source?
Technobabble: Postcard Printing
Media Center: Yahoo! Music Announces Support For SanDisk TrustedFlash
Tutorials: Podcasting Starter Kit
Mobile Lifestyle: PDAs expected to change healthcare in future
Net Patrol: Bagles and Locks: New Bagle Virus Rolls Across Internet (a/k/a Bagle.da and ...
Internet Marketing: Blog Optimization with Tags
By Chris Pirillo. [Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips]

On-Demand DVD Publishing

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:40:25 GMT

Robin Good's List of New Media for October 2, 2005.

I liked this one for home-based entrepreneurs who are long on ideas but short on production gear:

On-Demand DVD Publishing

CustomFlix is a company enabling anyone wanting to sell her own DVDs to outsource complete production and shipping duties. The company simply takes your self-produced master material and it prints, packages and ships your own DVDs as orders from your customers come in, eliminating completely your inventory and shipping costs. CustomFlix allows independent DVD producers to set their own prices, and can accommodate both large and small production requests.
http://www.customflix.com/Producer/...

But here's the link to the rest of Robin's finds:

New Media Picks Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic 20.

By rss_feedback@lockergnome.com (Robin Good). [Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips]

Habla Espanol?

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 20:46:18 GMT

Habla Espanol?

U.S. Spanish Speakers Flocking Online. Some 79 percent of Spanish-speaking U.S. Hispanics have used the internet for five years or less - but are already highly active online, according to a study by Claria's Feedback Research, ">writes... [MarketingVOX - The Voice of Online Marketing]

Uh-oh. Trouble in Paradise

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 20:27:49 GMT

Uh-oh. Trouble in Paradise.

EU outlines future net governance. Big changes coming at the top [The Register]

Balkanization! That's the word I was looking for!

Power grab could split the Net. CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh says a spat over who rules the domains could lead to a Balkanized Internet. [CNET News]

OK, Web 2.0 items now have their own category here

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 19:16:03 GMT

OK, Web 2.0 items now have their own category here.

If you want to see what I thought was vital new information about Web 2.0, use the Navigation link out in the margin. This way I won't duplicate/clutter up across categories. But you have to remember to use that link!

Paradigm shifting in handhelds

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 17:02:06 GMT

Paradigm shifting in handhelds.

Michael Singer/ZDNet: Five reasons for Palm's slide.

Five reasons for Palm's slide … When Palm ruled the handheld-computing market, few thought it would ever have to partner with Microsoft. — But a series of missteps, from manufacturing gaffes to strategic blunders, eventually made Palm's partnering with its longtime rival seem like a possibility …

Source: ZDNet
Author: Michael Singer
Link: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5884040.html

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[tech.memeorandum]

Tools for del.icio.us

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:42:59 GMT

Tools for del.icio.us

Constantly updated list of tools for using del.icio.us, the social software/tagging service.