Free Webinar Wednesdays

The New eLearning Techniques & Tools To Attract New Clients & Accelerate Your Marketing ROI.

Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 @ 1 pm Eastern Time

This week on Free Webinar Wednesdays Eric and Jeff are excited to welcome "The Business Fox", Nancy Fox, to the show to talk about ways technology has changed the way we learn (and how you can leverage it to grow your business. As you may already know, "knowledge is power" and by positioning yourself (and your business) as the expert you can begin to stand out from the rest of your competition and get people to do business with you because of what you know and how you are helping them make more intelligent, well-informed decisions. She'll also share with us a five-step process that will hellp lead to a successful eLearning program.

Nancy is the founder and president of The Business Fox, a business coaching and training company that specializes in helping service-focused businesses and professionals with high-level client attraction, and business and marketing strategy. With over two decades as a marketing executive, she's brought her business development and marketing expertise to companies around the country. She's been featured in Business Week, The Journal News, Accounting Today, has appeared on numerous radio shows and is the author of two books - "Making it Rain Without the Pain" and "THE SIXTY-SECOND COACH: Transform Yourself Into an Outstanding Coach and Transform Your Life."

Now she can add Free Webinar Wednesdays to her impressive resume of appearances and feature coverage! We can't wait to hear what she has to share with us... 

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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.

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!

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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.

Digital Marketing Trends - What's Hot in the Online World

Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011

We're back LIVE this week, woot!!!!

One of the reasons for Eric's absence during these past Free Webinar Wednesdays was due to his attending WSI's Global Excellence & Innovation Convention this year in Las Vegas. As an industry leader in the "digital and online marketing" space, WSI (We Simplify the Internet) holds E&I conferences every year to ensure its consultants are aware of the trends and technology to help their customers succeed in an online world. With over 1,000 consultants in about 90 countries around the globe, one of the best parts about the WSI network is all the networking and learning that takes place...

This year's conference had some great speakers, excellent presentations and tons of information that talked about the direction of online marketing and digital strategy. For this week's session, one of Eric's colleagues from "across the pond" will be joining us from the UK. Tracy Spence will be joining Eric and Jeff in this week's session to provide a recap of some of the high-points from the conference and will be digging "deep" into some of the mobile strategies that she's working on with her clients.

It's no secret the mobile device is playing a MAJOR role in the digital strategies of businesses across the world. More people have cell phones than Internet access. Text messages are read in four (4) minutes or less and by 2013 Gartner predicts the mobile device will be the #1 tool used for accessing the Web.

If you're interested in what direction to be pointing your marketing efforts for 2012, you'll want to reserve time to make this session. Eric and Jeff are excited to be back LIVE for this weeks webinar and look forward to seeing you online!

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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.

Time To Catch-Up With Jeff And Eric - Recap And Observations Of Past Shows

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

Archive Problem - Sorry!

Unfortunately, we had some "technical issues" with the video recording of this week's webinar and it's unavailable for replay (but you can download an audio recording of the session if you wish. Just right-click and Save As to download to your computer.) Sorry about no video, but thanks to those who attended and all the great feedback. Below is a summary of just some of the things we talked about during the show as a reference.

• How Eric is using LinkedIn Maps to better organize and reach out to connections that can help to enhance his network. He also talked about how Job Change Notifier can be used as both a "defensive" and "offensive" strategy when one of your connections makes a career change.
• We went back and talked about Kathy Roche-Wallace's presentation and her FACE concept for success. It's amazing how there are so many similarities with athletic discipline and succeeding in business.
• We also talked about some free Apps for the iPad that make it easier to "consume content" and keep educated. These included Flipboard, Zite and Editions. Give 'em a try if you've got an iPad!

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This week on Free Webinar Wednesdays, co-founders Eric Cook and Jeff Simpkins are reserving the hour to "catch up" and review some of the key points from our past episodes and what's coming along in future episodes of FWW. We've had some great sessions over the past several weeks and a lot of information has been shared with our viewers.

Today Eric and Jeff "go back" and review some of the key points that stood out as "nuggets of wisdom" and are looking forward to YOUR feedback and input on what elements may have stood out with you. We're hoping this week's session will be quite conversational, with lots of audience participation. We're interested in what topics resonated most with you, and what areas you'd like to hear more about.

So, grab a cup of coffee (or that bottle of water) and pull up a chair for this week's session and catch-up with Eric and Jeff. Bring your ideas and share your thoughts. We're looking forward to the conversation.

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.

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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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.

Digging in with LinkedIn - New Ways to Leverage the Business-Focused Social Network

Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 @ 1 pm Eastern

UPDATE: Check out the MindMeister map of today's session. Video coming soon...

This week Eric and Jeff will be joined by Gregg Towsley, one of Eric's fellow WSI Internet consultants from sunny California. Gregg has been a guest of ours on the FWW show before and shared some of his insights on ways to leverage the power of LinkedIn for business professionals interested in using it as a lead-generation and prospecting tool.

Since our last visit, LinkedIn has made available some new and exciting features that we'll take a look at, plus review some of the "tried and true" strategies that you may be overlooking. For example, did you know that you can actually "see" a graphical representation of your LinkedIn network? Or, there is a tool you can use to identify when someone in your network makes an update to their position or job title?

If you're using LinkedIn now and looking to get more out of it or thinking about jumping in, this session will give you with loads of great information. With almost 120 million members worldwide, LinkedIn is certainly a network worth your consideration and effort, so be sure to mark your calendars and join us for this week's session!

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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.

Producing Great Content to Establish Yourself as a Subject-Matter Expert

Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 @ 1 pm Eastern

In today's hyper-competitive business environment, everyone is looking for that extra "edge" to tip the scales in their favor when consumers are getting ready to make a buying decision. Gone are the days when you can compete on price alone and there needs to be something you can bring to the table to differentiate yourself from the competition and increase the odds that YOU will be selected as the vendor of choice.

In the mortgage industry there are a variety of options for today's homeowner, but one company has embraced a new approach to becoming the subject matter expert in "all things mortgage related" and is helping to educate consumers about the mortgage process. Located in South-West Michigan, AmeriFirst Home Mortgage has been in business for over 25 years helping people realize the dream of owning their own home. Recently, their marketing efforts have shifted with the development of Resource Library on their site, a blog, two YouTube channels (Home Mortgage and Renters Nightmare), a Facebook page, LinkedIn company page and a Twitter account.

This week we'll be joined by AmeriFirst's Dan Moyle, their Multimedia Marketing and Communications Specialist to talk about their shift from "selling" mortgages to "educating" customers in the process and what that's done for their business. The observations and results Dan will share with the FWW audience will be easily transferred to virtually any industry, so if you are looking for a way to separate yourself from your competition and be seen as a trusted advisor instead of just another vendor, this is an episode you won't want to miss.

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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.

Turning Prospect Resistance into Engagement and Being Remembered for It

Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 1 pm Eastern

Note: Not sure what's going on with our friends at Vimeo.com, but the video thumbnail when this was originally embedded did not generate automatically. However, the video appears to be working fine, so press play and enjoy.

This week during Free Webinar Wednesdays Eric and Jeff welcome Neal Lappe, president of Web Strategies, Inc., to talk about the continual struggle that exists between the "sales person" and the customer. Many of us, although it can be said that everyone is in sales if they are in business, resist the urge to be referred to as a sales person. Ever wonder what the reason for that is?

Here’s a typical scenario…you need to buy something at a clothing store. When you walk in the first thing someone usually asks is, “How can I help you?” Most people’s typical response is “I’m just looking.” So, you want to buy something and you are refusing to let someone help you.

Why?  There are two reasons: 1) buyers are usually in a mode of resistance and 2) salespeople are among the least respected occupations out there. How then does one get beyond the typical mode of resistance and into a state of engagement with you as the salesperson?  We’ll talk about how to move a prospect from a mode of resistance to a state of engagement when you can talk about your product and service.

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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.

Rules of Engagement – A Conversation & Invitation to Move Prospects Beyond Social Media.

Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 @ 1 pm EDT

This week on Free Webinar Wednesdays, Eric and Jeff uncover the "rules of engagement" with Business Coach and Mentor, Louise Crooks (Keys to Clarity), as she shares what it takes to create engagement on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and online radio (Blogtalkradio). As you seek to build quality relationships online, engagement really means taking it beyond just becoming ‘friends’ or ‘fans’ and takes it to a whole new level of interaction that turns prospects into clients.

She’ll share tips on how to engage, how to build a relationship with a prospective client on these mediums and how to invite them to move beyond that initial interaction so ultimately they become a paying client. As you know, we all prefer to do busienss with we know, like and trust... and this week's session will help to share some ways to make that happen online.

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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.

Update:

Don't forget to stop over to Faebook and search for the group "How to Grow Your Conscious Business on Facebook" (just type it in to the search box). This is a private group, but Louise has offered to accept FWW folks, so be sure to mention that in your request. You can also "fan" her page at www.facebook.com/keystoclarity. 

 

 

How to Capture & Awaken More Minds & Sales in a Time of Great Economic Change!

Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 @ 1 pm Eastern

With today's tough economic climate, many organizations are wondering what they can do to remain competitive and "top of mind" in their customers' eyes. One thing is for sure, if you are not experiencing success with your current strategies, it's time for a change and this week's guest may have just the ticket!

This week Eric and Jeff welcome author and speaker Tony Rubleski, president of Mind Capture Group, to share with us his message designed to help people "Capture" more minds (and profits in the process). His second book in the Mind Capture series titled Mind Capture: How You Can Stand Out In The Age of Advertising Deficit Disorder went #1 in three different business categories with Amazon.com and received stunning reviews from a wide range of leaders in marketing, sales, psychology to academia, entrepreneurs and multiple New York Times bestselling authors. In late January of 2011 he released his third book in the series titled, Mind Capture: How to Awaken Your Entrepreneurial Genius in a Time of Great Economic Change! - which will be the topic of today's session.

Among Other Things, You'll Learn...

• What is MIND CAPTURE?
• Who are the BEST salespeople in the world and why?
• Why is creativity so essential in sales?
• Understand the secret to getting people to return your phone calls and e-mail messages.
• What the #1 mistake 99% businesses and organizations are making in their marketing (and should be avoided at ALL costs)!
• Plus, much more...

His work has been featured in various media outlets ranging from Bottom Line Magazine, The Detroit Free Press, the FOX TV network, to CNN Radio, NPR and Entrepreneur Magazine Radio. In 2009, NWA in-flight magazine, World Traveler, featured Mind Capture as the Business Pages selection of the month.

He writes regularly for several magazines, blogs and trade publications on sales,  marketing, and motivation related topics. He’s also a faculty member at the US Chamber of Commerce where he teaches in the target areas of marketing and technology topics for chamber and association executives.  In addition, he’s the editor and creator of A Captured Mind monthly newsletter which also features audio interviews with top authors, business leaders, and other well known newsmakers.

What Some Are Saying About His New Book

“Tony has nailed it with this book. In a busy, fast-paced world, a positive attitude and the right skills to match are essential for success as we head into the new decade. Mind Capture gives you the crucial tools to continue achieving higher and higher levels of success and prosperity-this is a must read!”
-Ivan Misner, NY Times Bestselling author
Founder of BNI and the Referral Institute

“Foundational or personal development training is critical to long-term success in business. If you build a house on a sandy foundation it will eventually fall. Tony is now taking us on a course that shows us how to prepare our foundation. This is the book that makes his other books work even better.”
-Kody Bateman, author “Promptings”
CEO and Founder of SendOutCards

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.

Update

We have the Mind Capture slide presentation used for today's session available for download in PDF format. Also, Tony made available a special offer for our FWW audience. If you visit his site at www.MIndCaptureBook.com and purchase the latest release through his Amazon.com link, send your receipt to tony@MindCaptureGroup.com and he will send you (for FREE) a PDF copy of his first book. That's two-for-one folks!