Blogging and Beyond

If you can't be found online, you don't exist

Corporate Blogging Guru Debbie Weil endorses The Blog Squad...

"Denise and Patsi, two of my favorite blogging experts, have pegged exactly why your business needs a blog: to get found online. Heck, if you don't come up on the first page of  search results, you don't exist. Learn how to control your Google results with this fun, fast and super useful 13 week tutorial."

- Debbie Weil is a corporate and CEO blogging consultant and author of The Corporate Blogging Book (Penguin Portfolio 2006).

Blogging and Beyond Mentoring Program...

Didn't make it to the finals of the Ideal Client contest?  We think you're a winner anyway and you can still participate!

The Blog Squad is launching a 13-week mentoring program to run in conjunction with our new Internet radio show, Blogging and Beyond.

Briefly, here’s the deal:

We are teaching simple online marketing tools you can use that will have a great impact on your 2007 business results. We aim to show you how to Attract, Sell and Profit using the same systems we have used to triple our business.

The Blogging and Beyond Mentor program will follow along with our Internet radio show starting January 11.

You have the opportunity to participate in our mentoring program for a reduced fee if you register before January 2, 2007. Your Early Bird investment is only $97. On January 3, the tuition goes up to $197.

You can get all the details and answers to several frequently asked questions here:

http://www.blogsquadcontest.com/mentor/

We are limiting the program to 100 participants. Quite a few people have already reserved their spot. You can too at http://www.blogsquadcontest.com/mentor/

P.S. Be sure to read the Top 7 Reasons Why You Should Sign Up for the Blogging and Beyond Mentor Program NOW. I know at least one of the reasons will resonante with you!

Vote for The Blog Squad's Ideal Client

Review each Contestant and then cast your vote!

Rosalind Sedacca
Susan Cartier-Liebel
Philippa Kennealy
Jennifer McLean
Erik Feder

Get Your Poll Widget

Erik Feder: Ideal Client Finalist

The Blog Squad introduces Erik Feder, for your consideration...

Listen to Erik's introduction.

I’m an author/self-publisher and have marketed my books and ebooks for 1.5 years. My products are based on parking; they are called "The Feder Guide to Where to Park Your Car in Manhattan (and Where Not to Park It!)".

We’re about to launch our new www.WhereToFindParking.com internet service, wherein people will get the information in our books/ebooks in small, easy to use chunks. Users see a radius (they pick the size) of all parking regulations and parking garage information based on the cross street they input. They may also input a time of day and date, allowing them to see the "good" (legal) regulations and open parking garages. This service will be formatted for mobile devices - Palm Pilots, Blackberrys, PDAs, Cellphones - any internet connection. 

Jennifer McLean: Ideal Client Finalist

The Blog Squad presents Jennifer McLean, for your consideration...

Listen to Jennifer's introduction.

As a newbie entrepreneur I am ready for some succinct advice. Even though I think I know everything, it hasn’t taken long before I have been hit with the REALITY of online marketing and starting my own business. Picture me standing, like in a 12-step program— “my name is Jennifer, I am an entrepreneur, and I need HELP.”

I am smart and very strategic having spent that last twenty years in marketing, all of which was in corporate America (mostly on the agency side). This January I decided it was time to be my own boss, so I quit my job as the VP of Strategy running the PR department for an agency. I wanted the flexibility to offer my proprietary system, “credibility branding,” and not have to change it and mold it for my employer’s approval.

Philippa Kennealy: Ideal Client Finalist

The Blog Squad presents Philippa Kennealy, for your consideration...

Listen to Philippa's introduction.

My business is The Entrepreneurial MD - where physicians become thriving entrepreneurs.

As most of us know, physicians aren't savvy business people. The ugly secret many don't know is physicians are deeply frustrated.

A 2003 survey revealed that 28 percent of doctors were contemplating a career change due to the practice environment. This was 56 percent for neurosurgeons, 40 percent for OB/Gyns and 36 percent for ER doctors.

There's discontent among even doctors early in their careers.

One-quarter of residents would choose another field if they had to begin their education again, from a survey that same year. These statistics have worsened since 2003, given anecdotal reports of physician dissatisfaction with clinical practice. The thought is dismaying to anyone who’ll be a patient, - most of us - in the next twenty years. Who will we be able to entrust our health to?

Susan Cartier-Liebel: Ideal Client Finalist

The Blog Squad presents Susan Cartier-Liebel, for your consideration...

I am new to the blogosphere but no stranger to having passion for new frontiers. And I like to be a front runner in everything I do.

I am a lawyer, solo practitioner, adjunction professor at Quinnipiac University School of Law in Connecticut (I have no issue with the time difference for your talk show),  a consultant for solo and small firm practitioners, columnist for the Connecticut Law Tribune and Law.com, which are both affiliates of ALM Properties which run 39 publications and various and sundry websites throughout the country.

My goal is to take my consulting business nationally (as I've already gotten exposure from my writing and started to create a nice fan base) and to build a solid platform to market my book on starting a solo practice. (The book is in the beginning stages. )  Without question, I know blogging can do this. But it must be done correctly and with the best mentoring available, I can achieve my goals.

Rosalind Sedacca: Ideal Client Finalist

The Blog Squad presents Rosalind Sedacca, for your consideration...

Listen to Rosalind's introduction.

I took Stephen Covey’s advice …“Begin with the end in mind.”

So THANK YOU Blog Squad Ladies.
You made me the huge success I am today!

The truth is, I couldn’t have done it without you. And now, having been featured on Oprah, The Today Show, GMA and The View, I’m amazed at the level of recognition my books and related products have achieved. Best of all, I’m amazed at the positive impact I’m making in this world – and that’s the greatest reward of all!

After winning your Perfect Client contest I knew I was in the right hands. You had the innovative marketing savvy to guide me in launching my new ebook so as to maximize sales, media pickup and market recognition. You helped me brand the “How Do I Tell the Kids?” series so that after reading my first ebook, How Do I Tell the Kids … about the Divorce? A fill-in-the-blanks storybook that prepares your children – with love!, my audience is eagerly anticipating additional titles, including How Do I Tell the Kids ... about their New Step Parent? ... about the Move? ... about Sickness in the Family? ... about Death in the Family? ... about the New Baby? and others.

Finalists have been chosen

This was really a wild we job we created for ourselves.  Picking 5 people out of 107 was soooo hard. But we had to do it.  Patsi and I reviewed all the essays separately and came up with our own lists of finalists.  Then we reviewed each other's lists, made comments and then had a long conversation, debating the merits of each person until we finally selected our five finalists.

We're now working on getting the essays online and a voting system in place.  At some point on Wednesday we anticipate unveiling the finalists.

Stay tuned...

We're getting closer...

Patsi and I continue to review the Ideal Client essays.  We've read every single of the 107 submitted and have now culled down to 19 for closer examination.

There are some really amazing people doing great things.  Lots of life coaches, I've noticed.  Maybe that's because both Patsi and I have roots in the coaching world.  I'm thinking that we may have to feature some of the people who don't make it in to the finals.  I couldn't help thinking that several of the applicants needed to connect with each other for some joint venture opportunities.

Stay tuned...