Free Webinar Wednesdays

E-Mail Marketing Demonstration - Sign Up Through Campaign Launch

Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 1 pm EDT

Have you ever wondered just how to go about setting up an e-mail newsletter for your business? What vendor should you use? What's the sign-up process like? Do you have to be a technical genius to make the newsletter look good (and get people to read it)? What's the benefit of using an e-mail marketing service compared to simply putting a bunch of names in the "BCC" of your Outlook and clicking sent? So many questions...

In this week's Free Webinar Wednesdays, Eric Cook of WSI Internet Consulting will take you through the entire process of signing up for an account, updating your settings, creating a newsletter and and getting it ready to launch. While there certainly are a lot of companies out there than provide e-mail marketing solutions, we'll focus on Constant Contact, one of WSI's corporate partners and the service Eric uses for his monthly e-mail newsletter called The Internet Minute.

So, whether you've never sent an e-mail newsletter before or just getting started, this session will provide you with some excellent basics and reveal that it's not as difficult (or expensive) as you might think. In fact, you can sign up for a free 60-day trial (affiliate link) and use the service for two months and see how you like it. By using this link, you'll be registered under Eric's WSI program, so if you need help along the way he'll be able to provide assistance.

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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.

The "Digitization" of Business - An Online Evolution

Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 1 pm Eastern

The "Digitization" of Business Online from Eric Cook on Vimeo.

How has business changed over the years with the advent (and growing popularity) of the Internet? Has social media had an impact on how people approach any sort of purchase these days - You bet it has! What about the "old school" ways of advertising or enhancing customer loyalty? Yup, that's all changed too...

In this session of Free Webinar Wednesdays, Eric and Jeff will be joined by the Chief Distribution Officer, Nathan Hanks and Manager of Strategic Partnerships, Lindsay Brown, of Reach Local. In fact, Eric has had the pleasure of meeting both Nathan and Lindsay in person at their corporate offices in Dallas, TX and under the WSI Local AdWorks brand, WSI consultants across the nation are helping businesses in their own online evolution get more customers and be more successful.

We'll discuss the ways that businesses...

1. Manage their digital presence
2. Advertising their products and services
3. Retain customers and keep them coming back

Nathan packs a punch with his presentations and attendees will certainly get their "money's worth" in this session. Be sure to bring lots of paper and have your caffeine intake ramped up, because you'll need it for this session. You'll likely come away with many ideas that will change the way you'll run your business moving forward.

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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.

Business Email with Google Apps - Same Time, Save Money

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Date: Wednesday, April 7 @ 1 pm Eastern

Join our resident Google Apps expert, Jeff Simpkins, as he discusses using Google Apps to host your business email.

When most people think of Google and email, they think of personal Gmail addresses.  Google Apps actually offers email hosting using your unique business domain name with their Gmail application in Google Apps.  Gmail in Google Apps is a very feature rich offering at a bargain basement price.

Jeff will share some tips on adding automation to your Google Apps Gmail to increase efficiency, reduce errors, and make retention of data effortless.

Jeff Simpkins is President and CEO of Community Bank Consulting, Inc., one of the sponsors of FreeWebsinarWednesdays.

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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.

Continuing the Google "Love Fest": More Discussion on Google Apps

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

While last week's session on analytics didn't necessarily focus on Google, their Google Analytics system is one of the market dominators and a great way for businesses to start getting an idea of what's happening with with visitors online. In a past episode of Free Webinar Wednesdays we also started the conversation about the online suite of services called Google Apps.

In today's episode of Free Webinar Wednesdays Eric and Jeff will expand the conversation on Google Apps as a viable alternative (or enhancement) to many of the office productivity suites. Many don't realize that you can use word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, calendar, mail and even online chat with one online system. This makes it easy to collaborate over the web and get more done.

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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.

iPhone and Droid Apps To Make Your Life Easy (and FUN)

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Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1 pm Eastern Time

With the growing popularity of mobile devices making it easier than ever to keep in touch (with each other, the web, music, you name it) the 100-pound gorilla in the mobile device market is Apple's iPhone. However, for people that just don't want to tolerate the poor service quality in their area that comes along with the iPhone from AT&T, Motorola has recently come out with a formidable opponent on the Verizon network called the Droid, running on Google's Android software platform.

In this weeks' Free Webinar Wednesdays Jeff and Eric will share thoughts on these two devices and what apps they are using that have helped to make their lves easier (and yes, more fun). Jeff has been using the iPhone for just over a year now and recently switched over to a Mac for his primary computer, so he's loving life. Eric, on the other hand, has been on a Mac for over two  years as his primary computer but has been through "several" phones in search of a device that will sync data easily that doesn't run on the AT&T network. Good news, Santa brought him a Droid for Christmas and he's dug in and is using Google Apps along with his phone and Mac to make live much easier.

If you are an iPhone or Droid user, bring your list of favorite apps to share with the rest of the FWW crowd. With thousands of apps for the iPhone and over 20,000 (and growing) Droid apps now available, chances are there are some good ones out there yet to be discovered!

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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.

Get Noticed With Text Message Marketing

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 Let's set the stage. Here are some stats that you may not realize...

• Text Messaging is the primary form of communication for people ages 13-34
• 86% of the population 13 and up has a cell phone
• 95% of existing cell phone contracts have TXT/SMS built into the agreement
• Over 90% of text messages are opened and read (compared to less tahn 40% of all e-mail solicitations)
• There were 95.4 BILLION text messages sent by U.S. mobile users in 2008

Given these statistics and the short attention span of today's consumer (and the number of advertising messages we get on a daily basis), text message marketing stands to become the next wave of future marketing. It's affordable, efficient and so far has been working effectively in a variety of different industries.

In this Free Webinar Wednesday session we'll be joined by the CEO of KaOoga! Mobile, Dave Everett. Prior to founding KaOoga! Mobile, Dave was the CEO for a company called AdsOnFeet, a wearable flat-screen TV, which he sold in 2008 and then started KaOoga! Mobile. Dave will share with us some of the insights to mobile text message marketing, some of the details of how it works and share examples from clients that have been successful in getting their message across to consumers when other means had failed.

If you are looking for a new and innovative way to reach your customers in 2010, this session will present you with some excellent ideas. We look forward to having you join us!

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.

Google Apps... A Powerhouse of Business Tools

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Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 1 pm EDT

Google Apps is a set of powerful business tools that make collaboration with other located anywhere in the world with high speed internet access easy.

Google Apps includes Gmail for business, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites and Postini.

Jeff Simpkins of Community Bank Consulting, Inc. and co-sponsor of FreeWebinarWednesdays.com has been using Google Apps very successfully in his business for more than a year.

In this edition of FreeWebianrWednesdays, Jeff will demonstrate and discuss many of the features of Google Apps.  He will also discuss advantages and disadvantages to be considered when evaluating a move to Google Apps.

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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.

E-Mail Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses: Get the Word Out!

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Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 @ 1 pm EDT

You either love it or you hate it. That's right, we're talking about e-mail. As one of the top three activities on the Internet (with Search being #1 and e-mail and social networking in the #2/#3 spot, depending on which report you read), it's evident that this form of communication isn't going away anytime soon.

But, how can businesses use e-mail more effectively to get their message across to customers and prospects? Did you know that businesses using e-mail effectively are experiencing some of the biggest ROIs for their investment dollars (and time) with e-mail campaigns compared to other forms of advertising, especially when it comes to direct mail? If you're not using e-mail in your business right now, it may be time for you to reconsider your strategy.

Join us for this webinar session where WSI Internet Consultant Eric Cook, one of Free Webinar Wednesdays co-founders, recaps one of the key presentations on e-mail marketing strategeis from WSI's recent Excellence & Innovation conference. You'll learn some of the do's (and don'ts) of e-mail marketing and discover how using an e-mail marketing system can not only increase the chances your e-mail will get delivered, but read by the recipient (and what statistics you'll have at your disposal to effectively follow-up and cultivate the "warm leads" that will result).

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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.

Video:

Below is the video that we talked about in today's webinar that we were not able to show in the GoToWebinar session. I wanted to share this as a way to convey the message that it's important that we are reaching people in a relevant way to get our message across. This uses the example of a text message to generate an in-bound e-mail message (subscription) that is then easily sent to all her friends. Give you any ideas???

Be sure to check the Comments section of this entry for additional links and information from today's session. Thanks for attending!

Social Media 101: How to Manage Your Online Life and Business By Tapping Into a Social Media Manager

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Date: July 1, 2009 @ 1 PM EDT

Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, Linked-In!  HELP!  There are thousands of social media sites popping up every day, and most business leaders are saying they are truly living in overwhelm about how to manage these sites, the things their employees say online,  their privacy and how to protect their products and services.  The answer?  A Social Media Manager.   While social media skills will eventually become a main part of our resumes, for the current time being, social media specialists are needed to help companies manage their online conversations and duties which are foreign to most marketers.  During this presentation, Bea Fields, Generation Y author and Chief Principal of Become a Blogging Maniac will provide you with both the profile and the guidelines needed to bring this very specialized individual to your team.

Bea Fields Biography:
Learn more about Bea Fields, her work, her websites and her blogs.  Click here to view Bea Fields biography.

Register Today:
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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 dialogue, and inspire small business owners to reach their professional goals.

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

Managing Electronic Communications in the Digital Age - Are You Prepared?

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Date: Wednesday, June 24th @ 1:00 pm EDT

With e-mail being the second most popular activity on the Internet (surpassed only by "search"), the volume of electronic communication continues to grow. But many companies are underestimating the importance of how to manage the "back end" and what goes on behind the scenes with all the correspondence that is being created. Messages sit on users computers, or possibly on a corporate mail server, but has your organization adopted any sort of a retention or archival policy? What if you receive a subpoena for a message "thread" that took place three years ago between employees in your organization as part of a wrongful termination dispute? Have you explored all the potential risks that are associated with doing business in the "digital age"?

Questions Answered:

• Do you have a handle on the costs associated with email storage and storage?
  
• Does your organization prepared to support current e-mail archiving requirements?
• What's the most economical and efficient way to store and retrieve email messages for your organization?

Join us as we host industry-leading MX Logic as we explore industry best-practices on how to keep your organization protected and properly managing the volumes of electronic communication that are created in today's busy business environment. We'll discuss the importance of having a system in place to properly manage e-mail messages, how they should be archived and some of the legal requirements that you may want to be aware of "just in case" you need to be prepared in the future. With the increasing volume (and importance) of e-mail and electronic communication in today's business world, this is a session you cannot afford to miss

This presentation will also describe some key components of a successful archiving solution including:

• The importance of search functionality
• User interface
• Storage requirements
• Establishing appropriate retention periods
• Ongoing administration

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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.