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Why the Social Media Telesummit Is Much More Than the Live Sessions

by Leesa BarnesFebruary 20, 2008

The Social Media Telesummit is becoming its own social media case study. It’s fascinating to see the Telesummit speakers and my affiliates use Twitter, Facebook, blogs, podcasts, videos and other social media tools to promote this event.
One of the biggest concerns I see about the Telesummit is the number of sessions. Some have complained that [...]

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Why RSS Is Not Enough – A Preview with Christina Hills

by Leesa BarnesFebruary 18, 2008

Christina Hills (pictured left), better known as the Shopping Cart Queen, is one of the speakers at the upcoming Social Media Telesummit.
She spent some time with me talking about why emails and autoresponders work much better than RSS alone. The recording is below and I invite you to listen.
Here’s what she shared in this 18 [...]

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If You’re Trying to Subscribe to My Lists, My Shopping Cart Provider Is Back Up

by Leesa BarnesFebruary 15, 2008

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 [...]

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Diversity at the Social Media Telesummit

by Leesa BarnesFebruary 11, 2008

I stumbled upon a post on the Blogworld Expo blog stating that their conference was the most diverse in terms of gender in all of blogosphere. Thirty percent of its speakers were women. That doesn’t include the 3 women who had conflicts and could no longer attend (yours truly included).
Picking up on that post, I [...]

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Why Sports Is a Poor Preparation for Business

by Leesa BarnesJanuary 28, 2008

Tonight, I watched a re-run of The Celebrity Apprentice. Jennie Finch (pictured left), an Olympic gold medalist, was fired for being too sweet and lacking the competitive spirit to compete in business.
In my book, I make quite a few references to my days playing basketball. I played on city and provincial teams from the time [...]

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Mistake #5 – Not Having Enough Fun

by Leesa BarnesJanuary 11, 2008

This week, I chronicle the mistakes, missteps and muck ups that cost me big in 2007. Although I listed these in an article I wrote almost three years ago, it seems that I’m still repeating some of the same mistakes.
So, I’m listing the 5 mistakes that cost me big in 2007 and what lessons I [...]

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Mistake #4 – Hiding

by Leesa BarnesJanuary 10, 2008

This week, I chronicle the mistakes, missteps and muck ups that cost me big in 2007. Although I listed these in an article I wrote almost three years ago, it seems that I’m still repeating some of the same mistakes.
So, I’m listing the 5 mistakes that cost me big in 2007 and what lessons I [...]

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Mistake #3 – Not Asking for Help

by Leesa BarnesJanuary 9, 2008

This week, I chronicle the mistakes, missteps and muck ups that cost me big in 2007. Although I listed these in an article I wrote almost three years ago, it seems that I’m still repeating some of the same mistakes.
So, I’m listing the 5 mistakes that cost me big in 2007 and what lessons I [...]

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