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Gulf Oil Spill Deepwater Horizon: A Child’s View

Posted on 19. Jun, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

The Gulf Oil Spill
A Child’s View…With Nora

The Gulf Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon, has finally reached the Florida coastline. Being a native Floridian, living near the coast this environmental crisis hits very close to home. The President of the United States, Barak Obama, visited Florida last week to see the impact this disaster is having on our our coast, and afterwards addressed the nation from the oval office. Once again, our region has been thrust into the international spot light as a result of this tragic event.

Kids seem to have an innocent and candid expression of how this crisis is filtering through their thoughts. This week, my seven year old niece was visiting and began expressing her thoughts (unsolicited) about the oil spill. As she talked I realized the impact this is having on the world as she understands it. I asked her if she would be willing for me to video tape her sharing her thoughts with me.

She was very eager to do so because she “…wanted to try to help save the animals.”

She also knows I blog, and use videos on my site to speak to my readers and friends. So, she asked me if I would show her video to my friends so that maybe they could get their kids to help too.

So, please take a moment and watch this video to see what Nora has to say about the Gulf Oil Spill from A Child’s View…..Click Continue to Watch Video…

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Video Marketing: Talk Fusion Takes It To The Next Level

Posted on 16. Jun, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

Talk Fusion Breaks The Mold And Takes Video Marketing To The Next Level!

If you have been following me or my marketing strategies for any amount of time, you know how much I absolutely LOVE video marketing. I truly believe it is the absolute best way to connect with your audience, develop relationships with your readers, your prospects, and potential business partners.
Why is that?

Well, it’s been known for years…and you’ve heard it said, “A picture is worth a thousand words”. Imagine how magnified that concept becomes when the picture, is not static, but moving, talking, smiling and interacting with the person viewing it.

Well, that’s what Talk Fusion has done for email and video marketing.

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GoodBye Windows Movie Maker…Hello Camtasia!!

Posted on 10. May, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

Enjoying The Next Level of Video Marketing

As most experienced internet marketers know, there are a multitude of marketing techniques that can be leveraged to drive traffic to your website and generate leads to your on-line business. While I do use a variety of techniques in my business, I admit video marketing is one of my favorites.

Let’s face it. We are a media driven society. And, in a media driven society, video stands out. For the first several months of using video marketing in my business, I used the same software a large majority of my colleagues use and recommend, Windows Move Maker (WMM). This is actually a great FREE software application that comes standard with most PCs today and for the price (free) puts out a pretty decent quality video. In fact all of my video posts prior to this one were created on WMM. Camtasia, though is…

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GoDaddy: WordPress Incompatibility with Windows Platform

Posted on 25. Apr, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

Last year, when I first started exploring the wonderful world of self-hosted WordPress blogging, I contacted my host Go-Daddy to ask some questions and get started. Their wonderful technical support agents directed me on how to install the WordPress application in my GoDaddy back office, set up my database and all of the other “behind the scenes” technical mumbo jumbo that goes along with blogging. There was, however, ONE VERY CRITICAL piece of information, GoDaddy failed to point out to me. So, for the past 6 months (2 months of pre-launch development, and then subsequent launch and maintenance) I have earned a “frequent flyer” designation with GoDaddy technical support. Still with multiple calls and several hours of going back and forth with technical reps and administrator support (that’s who you get to talk to when the technical reps can’t figure out what’s going on) I was experiencing problems that my other blogging friends never had to deal with. What?!!??

With the help of my techie guru, we figured it out…How Can You Make Sure the Foundation Your Blog is Built On Is Not Shaky Ground? Keep Reading to find out more!

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Viral Explosions Book Launch Gets You FREE Stuff!

Posted on 12. Apr, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

Peggy McColl is launching her brand new book, Viral Explosions – Proven Techniques to Expand, Explode, or Ignite Your Business or Brand On-Line, on Tuesday, April 13, 2010.

I have had the privilege of being one of Peggy’s students for the past several months, and I have learned things that will revolutionize my on-line marketing tactics. Peggy is a high energy author who has used internet marketing techniques that have taken her books to Best Seller status in 24 hours or less. This week, I get to watch her do it again with her new release, Viral Explosions. [peggy mccoll] In Viral Explosions, Peggy shares her secrets for internet marketing success and takes the reader step-by-step through her proven formula for results.

The super cool thing about buying one of Peggy’s books on her campaign day (Tuesday for this book) is that she gives an INSANE amount of FREE bonus gifts….

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Social Media Management Tools: HootSuite

Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

How to stay active in all your social media outlets and still be productive in your business.

It seems one of the most challenging things for any entrepreneur or busy professional is the task of effectively and efficiently managing the social media platforms while still getting “real business” done. Honestly, social media is a HUGE key in building your business and is one of the primary places “real business” occurs, but that’s another blog post for another day!
Today, I want to focus on your social media platforms and time management. Recently, a friend asked me how I manage to stay connected and active with all my social media accounts on a consistent and continual basis while still getting important things done. I shared my secret with him, and today I am going to share it with you.

Are you ready? It’s HOOTSUITE!!!! And…you can see it in action in my video below…

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Managing Your Twitter Following

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

Once you have established your twitter presence, it is important that you begin to find great people to follow and that you begin tweeting valuable content to attract followers to you. In doing so, most twitter users (aka: “tweeples”) will choose to “follow you” back. There are many, however, that for various reasons will choose to not return the favor or who are only out there to blast you with their affiliate links and spew spam everywhere (aka: “Twitter Twits”).
In these cases, you as the manager and CEO of your twitter world, will have to decide whether you want to continue following or opt to “unfollow” them.

So what do you do with these tweeple? How do you find out who they are? Finding and keeping great Tweeps, and Tweeples, while dumping the Twitter Twits? How do you decide who to keep and who to dump? I answer these and other questions in my video below. Alas, I have discovered another FREE Twitter Tool to help you manage your twitter following…..

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The Power of “The Tribe Syndication” Culture!

Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Krista Abbott.

Tribe Tuesdays? Tribe Vibe? Syndication Power Hours? Social Media Rock Stars? (or as I like to say “RockStarZ”)

If all the buzz and activity around all of this tribe talk from power bloggers and social media RockStarZ has you wondering what all the fuss is about, sit back – relax, and take a minute to read on. I’m here to share with you the scope on the newest trend to hit the social media networks, and help you “be in the know” on what’s happening in these “syndication power hours” and what “tribe Tuesday” (or #tribetuesday for all you Tweeps out there) is all about. By the time we are finished here today, you will have answers to some of the frequently asked questions (FAQs) surrounding Social Media Tribes. I believe you will want to jump in, catch the wave and ride the Tribe Vibe by the time we are finished here. In fact, I’m sure of it.

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How to Restrict Access to Private or Subscription Based Videos on Your Blog

Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by Krista Abbott.

RESTRICT ACCESS TO YOUR VIDEOS

When I was getting ready to launch my FREE 7 day video series on Unleashing Success to subscribers of my newsletter, I set out on a search to figure out how I could “hide” the videos on my blog page without going through the hassle of uploading them to my host server through FTP software.

In doing so, I found that uploading to public video sharing sites like YouTube, Viddler, Tangle, etc presented its own set of challenges. I didn’t want folks who were visiting my channel on these sites to “stumble upon” my subscription based videos and be able to view them without subscribing or opting in; and I didn’t want to limit the number of people who I could share the “private” videos with.
So…off I went to find the answer!!! And, wouldn’t you know it…my search led me to discovering an “easy as pie” solution available through

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