Free Webinar Wednesdays

Leveraging the Power of Video to Grow your Business

Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 @ 1 pm Eastern

Download the Power Point Slides (Requires Power Point) -  Video Presentation

With YouTube being the #2 search engine in the world, the value of video for both personal and business use continues to grow. Sure, video is a great way to "spend some time" and disconnect from reality for a bit, but there are countless examples of businesses that have leveraged video successfully to grow their business.

This week Free Webinar Wednesdays is excited to welcome our guest, Catherine Gray, CEO and Co-Founder of Corp Shorts Video Productions. Catherine has been in the video production business for more than 20 years. She started a video production company in CA after graduating from the University of Florida with a degree in Broadcasting. After selling that company- she returned to the east coast and worked in cable television advertising in Miami, and eventually worked for Bravo and AMC Networks in New York City- before moving back to CA to start up Corp Shorts.

Corp Shorts has professional crews in over 100 cities worldwide, and specializes in creating top quality online video shorts. They offer an overall video solution that includes optimization and distribution- so as to get their clients’ great results! The webinar will discuss ways to utilize video in order to boost website traffic, conversions and how to basically  leverage it to build your business!

Register Today

If you are not yet registered for the Free Webinar Wednesdays series, click here to register. We look forward to seeing you online!

About Free Webinar Wednesdays:

Free Webinar Wednesdays was created as a community building tool to bring professionals together to share pertinent business development information, provide subject matter experts with a platform to open a learning dialog, and inspire small business owners to reach their professional goals.

Free Webinar Wednesdays is sponsored by Community Bank Consulting, Inc.and WSI Internet Consulting.

Thumbs Up! The Power of Online Customer Reviews

Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2011

This week Eric and Jeff are both yet again "out and about" but Eric was able to snag a great interview with Customer Lobby President & Founder, Ted Paff, to talk about the power (and importance) of online customer reviews. In the video below, you'll learn not only why online reviews are one of the best ways to get your customers talking about YOU online, but how they are influential in the buying and decision making process. Enjoy!

Looking for a Volunteer...

Don't forget, we are looking for a volunteer to participate in an upcoming "personality assessment" session, so be sure to contact us at info[at]freewebinarwednesdays.com if you'd like to participate.

~Eric & Jeff

*Image Credit: "Thumbs Up" Wikimedia Commons

Facebook's New Timeline - It's Coming Soon to a Facebook Account Near YOU!

Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Sorry that we cannot be with you "live" this week, but travel schedules and work duties call... The good news is we got together and recorded this great session for you to check out. Enjoy!

Facebook's not making the new Timeline avaialble for everyone yet, but we're taking a quick sneak peek at this new feature ahead of schedule and want to take YOU on a tour! Check out the webinar video replay below... (TIP: For better viewing, you can click on the "arrows" next to the Vimeo logo in the bottom right of the video to make it "full screen" if you wish.)

Using Facebook's Developer Tools, Eric was able to activate the new Timeline feature for his personal Facebook page. This new layout by Facebook adds some interesting visual elements, better organization and an easy way to "go back" in time to check out pretty much everything that you've ever done on Facebook.

The Timeline feature is not yet available to the general public, but during this webinar session Eric shows you how you can get access to these new features NOW and turn on your own Timeline. Warning, it can be pretty addictive, so you should proceed with caution.

We also talk about the new Amazon Kindle Fire, their latest addition to the Kindle family. At $199, will it unseat some of iPad's popularity at such an attractive price point? We'll have to wait and see, but Jeff's got one on pre-order and we're looking forward to getting our hands on it come mid-November.

Again, we're sorry that we can't be with you live, but look forward to being back next week with a live show!

~Eric & Jeff

Spending Some "Mobile Time" with Jeff and Eric - What's on YOUR Mind?

Date: February 23, 2011 @ 1 pm EST

This week Jeff and Eric take a break (maybe, we've got someone almost "convinced" to join us) from having a guest join us and take some time to reflect on the first month and a half of the year and some of the past FWW sessions. For example, last week's session on Mobile Marketing generated a LOT of questions from the those that were able to attend the live show, so we'll likely take some time and revisit that topic.

In particular, one of the new areas that Eric's exploring in conjunction with mobile marketing is the use of what's known as QR (Quick Response) Codes, like the image to the right. Similar to the UPC codes that we are accusomed to seeing on consumer products (and help get us through the checkout line faster at the grocery store), these codes can be read by most smart phones (iPhone, Android, Blackberry and others) with their integrated camera. The information provided by these codes can be your personal information for easy input to a contact manager, a website address (as is the case with this code - scan it with your mobile device and see where it takes you), a mobile phone number or even a Tweet!

Mobile marketing and QR Codes will be just a couple of the things we'll likely touch on this week. If the session last week shifted the way you are thinking about connecting with your customers, bring YOUR ideas and suggestions on how you plan on keeping connected in this mobile, web-enabled world.

About Free Webinar Wednesdays:

Free Webinar Wednesdays was created as a community building tool to bring professionals together to share pertinent business development information, provide subject matter experts with a platform to open a learning dialog, and inspire small business owners to reach their professional goals.

Free Webinar Wednesdays is sponsored by Community Bank Consulting, Inc.and WSI Internet Consulting.

Related articles

• Mobile Media Marketing Strategies Gone Wrong (showfangspr.strategicobjectives.com)
• 5 iPhone Apps for Scanning QR & Barcodes (simplehelp.net)

Leading a Culture of Service Excellence with Dennis Snow

Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011 @ 1 pm Eastern

For this week's FWW, Jeff and Eric are excited to welcome back Dennis Snow to share his wisdom with our audience. We had Dennis on a past episode of FWW discussing "Lessons from the Mouse" and received an overwhelming response from those that had the good fortune of attending live.

In today’s challenging market, making your organization’s brand stand out from the rest of the crowd is more important than ever. Successful organizations focus on doing innovative things that attract new customers and increase the loyalty of current customers. While price and convenience certainly play a role, the customer’s actual experience with your organization is the determining factor of success. And the driving factor of the customer experience is the performance of your employees.

Based on the leadership principles Dennis learned, lived, and taught during his 20-years with Walt Disney World, this presentation highlights specific leadership behaviors that bring a service strategy to life and describes how to “hardwire” service excellence into an organization’s culture. All of which results in increased customer loyalty.

Participants will learn:

• The behaviors that will define your organization’s service culture.
• Training practices that reinforce your organization’s service culture.
• Effective communications strategies that keep employees focused on the customer experience.
• Techniques for involving employees in the forward movement of the organization and empowering customer-focused decision making.
• Accountability processes that ensure that service excellence is non-negotiable.

Register Today:

If you are not yet registered for the Free Webinar Wednesdays series, click here to register. We look forward to seeing you online!

About Free Webinar Wednesdays:

Free Webinar Wednesdays was created as a community building tool to bring professionals together to share pertinent business development information, provide subject matter experts with a platform to open a learning dialog, and inspire small business owners to reach their professional goals.

Free Webinar Wednesdays is sponsored by Community Bank Consulting, Inc.and WSI Internet Consulting.

Content Consumption in 2011 - Sources to Make You Smarter Learning Online

Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 @ 1 pm Eastern

"A man can learn only two ways, one by reading, and the other by associating with smarter people."
-Will Rogers

We don't know about you, but it seems like there are more things changing than staying the same, especially with the increasing accessibility of the 'net and reading devices like the Kindle, iPad and MP3 players making it possible to consume material anywhere, at any time... Trying to keep up with all the new information that is available can make it feel like you're drinking out a fire hose and can be a bit overwhelming.

During this week's session of Free Webinar Wednesdays, Jeff and Eric will share some of the sources and tools they are using to try and keep up with it all. We'll cover some of our favorite blogs, podcasts and online resources that you may be interested in taking advantage of, plus share HOW we are taking it all in and using our time as effectively as possible. Podcasts, readers, RSS feeds, newsletters... all of these have a way to make the "information processing process" easier and more enjoyable.

Be sure to bring YOUR ideas and suggestions, as we're excited to hear what sources YOU have found useful too. What sites to you visit, what books have you read, what magazines or blogs do you follow? The more we share, the more information we'll all have at the end of our time together!

Image: Perry McKenna

Session Notes:

Below are some of the resources that we talked about during today's session. Thanks for to everyone for their great questions and comments.

• Wikipedia - 
• NPR podcasts
• Google Wonder Wheel - Visit Google, conduct a search, then click on the "More Search Tools" to the left and you can turn on the Wonder Wheel
• eMarketer - Excellent source for statistics, graphs information related to 
• SmartBrief
• Mashable
• Docs To Go (iPad app) for Box.net and DropBox
• Flipboard (iPad app)
• Carbonite - Online backup of all your important documents.
• Box.net & Dropbox - Cloud-based document and file storage solutions.
• iTunes - Be sure to check out the Podcasts. Just search in iTunes for the topic you want to learn more about and enjoy. Don't forget to check out iTunes U too, for course material on a variety of different subjects.

Register Today:

If you are not yet registered for the Free Webinar Wednesdays series, click here to register. We look forward to seeing you online!

About Free Webinar Wednesdays:

Free Webinar Wednesdays was created as a community building tool to bring professionals together to share pertinent business development information, provide subject matter experts with a platform to open a learning dialog, and inspire small business owners to reach their professional goals.

Free Webinar Wednesdays is sponsored by Community Bank Consulting, Inc. and WSI Internet Consulting.

Selling by leveraging the power of the Internet - Part 2

Date:  Wednesday, December 8, 2010 @ 1 pm Eastern

Does your business have an effectively converting marketing funnel that seamlessly turns leads into sales and happy paying customers on auto-pilot?

If not, you may want to join us for this upcoming webinar where Scott Bradley, who specializes in building effectively converting marketing funnels, using simple internet technology, will be sharing his secrets on how to structure your internet marketing funnel to achieve the greatest success possible.

Even if you are an offline business, what Scott will be sharing will directly apply to you as well.

He will be going over and showing you…

*How to set up your marketing funnel (graphics, descriptions, and step by step instruction)

*The special types of technology you need to build an effective marketing funnel (When you see how easy this is, you are going to kick yourself for not setting your marketing funnel up sooner)

*Go over specific traffic driving and positioning strategies to help you build a responsive house list from day one (The best part is you don’t need a lot of money to drive high quality traffic)

*How to effectively treat your house list over the long run to yield sales and an loyal following (this part of the session will pay you thousands of dollars over the lifetime of your business, if you implement just one thing Scott shares in this section)

You definitely won’t want to miss out on this info-packed webinar that will have a massively positive effect on your business and entrepreneurial career.

More about Scott Bradley

Scott Bradley is a rapid results marketer, speaker and social media strategist who has worked with New York Times best selling authors, personal brands and manufacturers to help them quickly increase their loyal paying customers. In helping specific personal brands, companies and authors he has mastered the art in creating compellingly high converting marketing funnels that create loyal paying customers on autopilot. Scott is extremely passionate about marketing and serving his clients, and is someone who is always learning and fine-tuning his skill to deliver the highest value to the clients that he works with. If you would like to learn more about Scott and his services please visit his website at http://www.ScottBradley.name.

Register Today:

If you are not yet registered for the Free Webinar Wednesdays series, click here to register. We look forward to seeing you online!

About Free Webinar Wednesdays:

Free Webinar Wednesdays was created as a community building tool to bring professionals together to share pertinent business development information, provide subject matter experts with a platform to open a learning dialog, and inspire small business owners to reach their professional goals.

Free Webinar Wednesdays is sponsored by Community Bank Consulting, Inc. and WSI Internet Consulting.

Lessons From the Mouse: Applying Disney World’s Secrets of Success to Your Organization

Date: Wednesday, December 1 @ 1 pm Eastern

For this week's Free Webinar Wednesday, Eric and Jeff welcome author, speaker and "all around great guy" Dennis Snow, president of Snow & Associates, Inc. Crossing paths recently at a banking conference in Nebraska, Eric and Dennis got to chatting after his session on providing world-class customer service and thought his message would be an excellent topic for our FWW audience (plus, Eric is a HUGE Disney fan, so that's also a big plus).

His customer service abilities were honed over 20 years with the Walt Disney World Company. There, he developed his passion for service excellence and the experience he brings to the worldwide speaking and consulting he does today.

Beginning his Disney career in 1979 as a front-line attractions operator, he advanced through the company and managed various operating areas throughout the park, learning and applying the skills it takes to run a world-class, service-driven organization. Dennis launched a division of the Disney Institute responsible for consulting with some of the world’s largest companies including ExxonMobil, AT&T, and Coca Cola - and will be sharing his insights with our FWW audience. We can't wait!

Check out his full bio...

Articles  |  Books  |  Blog 

What can you learn from a mouse?
When that mouse has been delighting hundreds of millions of people for decades, it turns out that there some lessons that can be applied by any organization as well as any individual within the organization. This presentation pulls back the curtain and reveals the core values Disney World expects each of their fifty-five thousand “cast members” to live every day.

In this session you will learn:

• Why a question like “What time is the three o’clock parade?” is not a stupid question. – Understanding the customer’s perspective.
• How to keep routine tasks from appearing robotic or impersonal to customers – Ensuring that service is animated, not automated.
• What every team member can do to deliver on the promise of the organization’s brand.
• How to exceed customer expectations and keep them coming back.
• How to differentiate your organization by eliminating typical customer frustrations.

If you're interested in taking your organization's service capabilities to the "next level" in the year ahead, this is a session you cannot afford to miss!

Register Today:

If you are not yet registered for the Free Webinar Wednesdays series, click here to register.  We look forward to seeing you online!

About Free Webinar Wednesdays:

Free Webinar Wednesdays was created as a community building tool to bring professionals together to share pertinent business development information, provide subject matter experts with a platform to open a learning dialog, and inspire small business owners to reach their professional goals.

Free Webinar Wednesdays is sponsored by Community Bank Consulting, Inc. and WSI Internet Consulting.

Online Customer Reviews: What Are People Saying About YOU Online?

Date: November 17, 2010 @ 1 pm Eastern

With sites like Google Places, Yahoo Local, Yelp and others allowing consumers to rank businesses (you've seen the "stars") and provide feedback almost instantly with today's smart phones and mobile devices. Businesses are taking more interest in what people are saying about them online, but have YOU visited these review sites to see what's being said about you and your business. Do people really pay attention to these ratings? Are they more influential in certain types of industries? So many questions...

To help answer these (and more) questions and put some perspective on the concept of user-created reviews, we'll be joined by Ted Paff, President of CustomerLobby.com. Their service specializes in helping businesses promote and collect reviews online. If your business is one that cares about what people are saying about it online (and don't we all), you'll want to make sure to attend this weeks FWW session.

Register Today:

If you are not yet registered for the Free Webinar Wednesdays series, click here to register.  We look forward to seeing you online!

About Free Webinar Wednesdays:

Free Webinar Wednesdays was created as a community building tool to bring professionals together to share pertinent business development information, provide subject matter experts with a platform to open a learning dialog, and inspire small business owners to reach their professional goals.

Free Webinar Wednesdays is sponsored by Community Bank Consulting, Inc. and WSI Internet Consulting.

LinkedIn: Success Stories From The Trenches

Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2010 @ 1 pm Eastern

This weeks FreeWebinarWednesdays is going to highlight success stories from business people that are using LinkedIn.

Jeff Simpkins will interview Jeannette Paladino of WriteSpeakSell.com and Patricia Weber, Business Coach for Introverts.

Jeannette has been using LinkedIn as a way to network with prospects and potential collaboration  partners for several years.  Jeannette will share some strategies with us that have proven successful for her.

Pat Weber and Jeannette met through LinkedIn and have collaborated on professional projects.  They will share stories on how they used LinkedIn to connect with high quality professionals.

 

 

Register Today:

If you are not yet registered for the Free Webinar Wednesdays series, click here to register.  We look forward to seeing you online!

About Free Webinar Wednesdays:

Free Webinar Wednesdays was created as a community building tool to bring professionals together to share pertinent business development information, provide subject matter experts with a platform to open a learning dialog, and inspire small business owners to reach their professional goals.

Free Webinar Wednesdays is sponsored by Community Bank Consulting, Inc. and WSI Internet Consulting.