Free Webinar Wednesdays

The Power of E-Mail Marketing: Connect, Inform and Grow Your Connections Online

Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @ 1 pm Eastern

You can also download a PDF version of today's slides if you'd like to have them handy (lots of great ideas and tips). 

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While the lure of social media has certainly taken front stage for many small business owners these past couple of years, the reality is that much of what we do in the "social channels" would not even be possible without our trusted friend (and sometimes cursed enemy), e-mail.

Think about it, when you join a network, you have to enter an e-mail address to get your account started. Everyone has an e-mail address, and while some rely on it less than others, the fact remains that it's still a very viable way to keep connected with friends, colleagues, customers and to reach out to prospects and help them better understand what you do (and how you can help).

This week Eric and Jeff are excited to be joined by Anna Maria Soriano, Account Manager for the Solution Provider Program for Constant Contact. As one of the worlds most popular e-mail marketing systems, Constant Contact provides e-mail services for countless businesses throughout the world. Anna Maria has been with them for over five years and works directly with their small business program to assist business owners in creating and sending effective e-mail campaigns. Also, if you've ever called Constant Contact or listened to a recorded tutorial, chances are you've heard her voice!

Don't let e-mail marketing slip by you as an un-tapped opportunity to get better acquainted with your customers and prospects. This session will help to explore some of the ways that you can turn this "good 'ole fashioned" marketing tool into a useful tactic worthy of your consideration.

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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 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.

Using Your e-Mail to Help Keep You Organized? Introducing Nudgemail...

Date: January 26, 2011 @ 1 pm Eastern

If you're like most of us, e-mail is a love-hate relationship and depending on the day, you can either really LOVE or HATE it. Just think about your return from a vacation and the daunting task of opening your Inbox, only to find the hundreds (or more) of messages waiting for you. Sure, in today's business world you cannot get away without using e-mail ever day, but for most of us it has become more of a necessary evil than a productivity tool... until now.

Just imagine if you could use your Inbox as not just a way to communicate with colleagues, friends and customers, but as a way to actually help keep you organized and remember important things. Well, imagine no more. This week on Free Webinar Wednesdays Eric and Jeff will be joined by Jeremy Toeman, founder of Nudgemail.com, a revolutionary new service that can help you turn your Inbox into a powerful organization tool, without having to remember another username or password. Oh yeah, it's also FREE (way cool).

In addtion to Nudgemail, Jeremy is also the founder of Stage Two, a consumer lifestyle technology firm focused on creating amazing product experiences. He's also involved in another site called Legacy Locker and blogs on a regular basis on LiveDigitally.com. So, in case you haven't figure it out yet, Jeremy is somewhat of an Internet-entrepreneur kind of guy, so chances are the conversation will take more than a couple of turns and who knows just where we'll end up. All we know is the journey will likely be filled with great information and lots of ideas. So join us for the ride, buckle up and hang on!

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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 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.

2010 Year In Review - Highlights From Free Webinar Wednesdays

Date: Wednesday, December 22nd @ 1 pm Eastern

Jeff and Eric will be taking the last Wednesday of the year "off", making this week's session the final episode of Free Webinar Wednesdays for 2010. This week we'll offer up a recap of the past eipsodes and revisit some of the sessions that seemed to make an impact on the both of us.

We'd like to also hear from YOU, our FWW audience, and what some of the key takeaways were for you over the past year. We've certainly covered a lot of ground over the past 12 months and it would be great to hear what tools, ideas and tips you found most beneficial in your daily lives. We look forward to hearing from you and hopefully getting some great ideas for 2011 as we look towards another year of FWW.

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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.

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.

Google Apps - A Lot Has Changed (For the Better)!

Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 @ 1 pm Eastern

It has been nearly six months since we looked at Google Apps in depth on FreeWebinarWednesdays.  A lot has changed in those six months!  Google Apps seems to get better almost weekly as new features and enhancements are added.

Join our resident Google Apps expert, Jeff Simpkins, as he discusses using Google Apps in your business  and outlines some of the changes and improvements that have been added since we last looked at the product.

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.  And Gmail is just the tip of the iceburg when it comes to features and functiuonality in Google Apps.

Jeff will share some tips on adding automation to your Google Apps to increase efficiency, reduce errors, and make retention of data effortless.  We will look at offerings from the Google Apps Marketplace.

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

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.

Time Saving Tech Tips - Get More Done In Less Time

Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 1 pm Eastern

Free Webinar Wednesdays - Winning Hours Back Every Day from Eric Cook on Vimeo.

I'm not sure about you, but when technology came around I thought the promise was that it would make everyone's life easier. The efficiencies created by all the gadgets and gizmos were supposed to help us get more done in less time. But what appears to be the case with many of today's business people, we are pulled in so many directions with voice mail, SMS text messages, social networking alerts, "helpful" reminders from every which way and we cannot forget the love-hate relationship we all have with e-mail.

In this week's FWW, Eric and Jeff are joined by Jared Goralnick, Founder & CEO of AwayFind and author of the blog Technotheory. Jared's mission is to help people to benefit from technology without getting overwhelmed by email and information overload.  He recently sold his 8-year old productivity training business, SET Consulting, to focus on AwayFind, a web application that helps people to check their email less frequently but stay notified of urgent messages.

On today's show, you'll learn numerous time-saving tips relating to both technology and life balance.  Eric invited Jared as he and Jeff have both installed the service in their Google Apps accounts and fans of AwayFind, which you might hear about as well...

Winning Back Hours Every Day (with AwayFind & Free Webinar Wednesdays)

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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 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 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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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.

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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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 - Save 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.

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.

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.