5 Must Have Tools to Produce a Pain-free Virtual Event (#2)

by Leesa BarnesFebruary 3, 2010

Spending $10,000 or more on a platform to deliver live and recorded content for your virtual event is out of reach for many businesses. Despite this, you can still host your very own virtual event using a combination of tools without spending tens of thousands of dollars.
In this series, you’ll learn what you must have [...]

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5 Must Have Tools to Produce a Pain-free Virtual Event (#1)

by Leesa BarnesFebruary 1, 2010

Spending $10,000 or more on a platform to deliver live and recorded content for your virtual event is out of reach for many businesses. Despite this, you can still host your very own virtual event using a combination of tools without spending tens of thousands of dollars.
In this series, you’ll learn what you must have [...]

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The #1 Thing that Matters When Purchasing Conference Bridge Line Services

by Leesa BarnesJanuary 29, 2010

In a previous post, I documented the problem I’ve run into using free conference bridge line services. As a virtual event host, you’re losing sales because some of your prospects and customers can’t call into them.
I now rely heavily on paid conference bridge line services to deliver my virtual event content. However, just because you’re [...]

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Why Free Conference Bridge Line Services Suck

by Leesa BarnesJanuary 28, 2010

Over the past week, I’ve had trouble connecting to any bridge number that starts with the area codes 712 or 218. When I call conference bridge line services in these 2 area codes, one of the following happens:

It tells me that the access code is no good (even though it was triple checked with the virtual [...]

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Coaching Boom 2010

by Leesa BarnesJanuary 21, 2010

[ February 8, 2010; 2:15 pm to 3:15 pm. ] It’s amazing how many coaches continue to “hunt” for new clients using the same strategies that were used 5-10 years ago!

Imagine what it would be like to stand out, attract more clients, and create a thriving coaching business – despite almost 250,000 coaches competing for clients in the world today.

This February 30 top coaching entrepreneurs, such as Michael Port, [...]

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Social Media Isn’t Marketing, It’s a Mindset

by Leesa BarnesJanuary 14, 2010

When I was 30-years old, I had an awakening. I had gone through my 20s very angry about many things. When I finally reached the big 3-0, I was:

Single after ending a 5-year relationship
Back in church after not stepping foot in one for over 8-years
Hopelessly bouncing between periods of wild wealth and abject poverty and wondering [...]

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What Dating & Being Vulnerable Has Taught Me About Using Social Media

by Leesa BarnesJanuary 7, 2010

Elizabeth PW, Live Your Truth

Elizabeth PW, a faculty member of the 2010 Social Media Telesummit, recently wrote 2 blog posts that got me thinking.  Actually, her blog makes me think all the time. However, there were 2 things that she wrote recently that is prompting this blog post:

As a woman, I need to tap into [...]

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Why the Number of Followers, Friends and Connections No Longer Matter

by Leesa BarnesJanuary 5, 2010

I used to be very obsessed with the numbers. It started in high school. I was one of those kids you hated in math class who could carry the one (Dee you’d want to avoid me) and do fractions without a calculator.
I was the one the math teacher called on when no one else had [...]

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