Free Webinar Wednesdays

Eric and Jeff's Share Their "Top Picks" from FWW's Past Shows

Date: September 17, 2014 @ 1 pm Eastern

On a recent show one of our regular attendees asked during one of the Q&A sessions: "What are your top three favorite shows were and why?" We thought that was a GREAT question, but decided right then and there it was too "big" of a topic for the time we had left. "What a great idea for a show" we thought...

Well, that show is happening this week as Eric and Jeff will be talking a stroll back memory lane and reviewing all of the shows we've had and share some of the top ones that stand out in our mind. Hard to believe FWW's first show was April 1, 2009 and has been going for over FIVE YEARS now! We've got our loyal fans to thank for keeping us going that long, as well as all the amazing guests we've had on the show.

So join us this week as Eric and Jeff take a look back and share their favorite shows. If you're looking for some webinars to put on your "watch list" this episode promises to give you some great ones to consider. 

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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.

Hubicle Makes it Possible for Small Business Owners to Focus on Business

Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 @ 1 pm Eastern

Update: Submit your business question here for free: http://workforcematters.hubicle.com/ask

With over 11.5 million Small Businesses in the USA, they truly are the back bone of our economy. Interview, ask or ping any SMB owner what their largest "pain point is" and you’ll hear a variety of arghhh's that have the same theme - the back office.  “I hate book keeping.... HR is a pain... Seriously if I knew how much our administration was going to tax and regulate I never would have started this business,” are all some of the common responses you’re likely to hear. The reality is that every employee hired costs over $8,000 in regulatory overhead..... that’s right, $8,000!

Hubicle is a web-based service that offloads many of the headaches of the day-to-day "stuff" that small business owners have to deal with. Hubicle’s was created by small business owners seeking a solution to these back-office frustrations. The owners stopped complaining and started problem solving ways to make regulations, compliance, payroll, HR and legal issues run smoothly for the small business owner.  The mantra at Hubicle is "knowledge into action".

The idea: Tell hubicle.com about your business in a minute or less. Upload or send a few documents that are important to your business (state, county or the feds) and they will identify the relevant issues and concerns in a straight forward and easy to understand format. You’ll then be able to read it over and make a decision to help your business efforts. This frees up time, resources and dollars to enable your business to focus creating, marketing and selling... or just leave the office early every once in awhile.

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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.

 

The Secrets to Online Radio as a Powerful Medium to Grow Your Business

Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 1 pm Eastern

Are you looking for a new and unique way to rise above the "chatter" when it comes to delivering your message? With e-mail, social networks and various other ways to get the message out, many people are overlooking the power of online radio as a viable business tool.

Louise Crooks, business coach, author and online radio expert, shares the secrets to online radio with us today. Louise has run her own successful online radio show for the last 4 years, interviewing fabulous industry leaders on amazing topics, attracting over 40,000 listens to her shows.  You'll learn how a platform like this can grow your business, you'll learn the basics to get started, and you'll find out if this medium is the perfect match for you and your business.

If you want credibility, respect and amazing opportunities as a leader in your business, you'll want to be on this webinar with us 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 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.

OMG - We Have To Postpone AGAIN!!! Sorry... No FWW This Week.

Date: June 22, 2011

Well, things certainly have not slowed for Jeff and myself and this summer has been keeping both of us hopping. Granted, as business owners ourselves, it's nice to be busy and we're both thankful for everyone that has come along and asked us to help. But, when both Jeff and I are out on Wednesday afternoons, it tends to be a bit of a challenge to hold our FWW sessions.

But, as with any problem in business, we're thinking about ways to overcome future issues when both of us are going to be gone and unable to attend. If you've got some suggestions on ways that you'd overcome a similar problem, let us know in the comments section below. Until then, is one idea that we've come up with, so let us know if you think this would be a viable option.

Pre-Recorded Webinars

While one of the great things that we LOVE about FWW is the engagement and interaction of the audience. We've built our list to over 1,000 subscirbers and have 50 or more people join us live during our webinars. One option that Jeff and I have thought about would be to hold our webinar earlier in the week and record it as usual, but then post it here for you to view in lieu of our live webinar. Sure, you wouldn't be able to ask questions or interact with us, but you'd still get to hear what's on our minds as we share new ideas, explore technology and feature guests that provide great advice and tips. Don't worry, we're not planning on doing this full-time and look forward to being back with you all next week, but down the road this may be an option for us.

With over two years of weekly webinars (yes, that's over 100 shows and we've only missed ONE so far), I'd say Jeff and I are doing pretty good keeping things rolling. We are not planning on slowing down and have several great guests lined up (some new and some coming back for a repeat performance), so thanks for your understanding and support.

Enjoy This myBrainshark...

One of the other tools that you may find useful is a cool site called myBrainshark.com. This site gives you the ability to upload a presentation, record audio and do all sorts of cool stuff with it. Below is a quick presentation that I did (under 15 minutes) to give you an example of just how easy it can be. Enjoy!

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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.

A Conversation With Stephen Gibson - Author, Entrepreneur and More...

Date: March 2, 2011 @ 1 pm EST

Free Webinar Wednesdays - Conversation witih Steve Gibson from Eric Cook on Vimeo.
Note:  Sorry, but the audio for this recording had some problems.

With Jeff gone for this week's session, Eric will be joined by Stephen L. Gibson - a successful entrepreneur, corporate pilot, consultant, and long-time elected servant in his small community. In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, however, his natural fascination with belief—epistemology—grew into a journey of introspection and inquiry that has periodically been both invigorating, and painful. Steve’s first book Truth-Driven Thinking was an examination of human emotion-driven thinking and its impact on everyday life.

His most recent was a well-received and well-reviewed novel called A Secret of the Universe: A Story of Love, Loss, and the Discovery of an Eternal Truth. It is an epic story about diverse human beliefs—in God, sexual ethics, morals, medicine, and political ideologies—told through two friends’ struggle to make sense of life’s triumphs and tragedies. Gibson uses that story to bring to life and critically examine the mental constructs and myths that too often exacerbate conflict and stifle human wellbeing, while overshadowing the metaphorical truths about the human condition that various mythologies can illuminate.

Thousands of people have also come to know of Steve’s journey through his self-disclosing blog posts, DVDs, and a popular podcast program, Truth-Driven Thinking. While Eric's original intent of bringing Steve on the show was to discuss perspectives around the concpet of online privacy (or, the lack thereof), sounds like the conversation could take take an number of different turns before we are through.

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.

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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.

"Open Mic" At Free Webinar Wednesdays - What's On Your Mind?

Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 @ 1 pm Eastern

Free Webinar Wednesdays - Open Mic and Customer Questions from Eric Cook on Vimeo.

This week on Free Webinar Wednesdays Jeff and Eric are stepping away from a formal presentation and opening up the mic to see what's on YOUR mind. While PowerPoint slides are cool and we've had some great presentations recently, we want to hear from YOU, our valued listeners.

Did something strike a chord recently and you want to talk more about it? Have some questions from a past presentation and interested in digging "deep" into a specific topic? This week's your chance to bend our ears and who knows, we may just get some good ideas for future presentations down the road.

So, bring your questions, comments and ideas to this week's session and let us know what's on your mind. Of course, we'll have a few things lined up to chat about to get the conversation started, but we are looking forward to your participation and making this session a real community effort.

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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.

Using Content For Results In Search Engines And In Business

Date: Wednesday, March 31 @ 1 pm Eastern

In past episodes of Free Webinar Wednesdays, we've talked about the value of having great content on your website and what that can do for your online presence. The power of the blog makes it possible for anyone to become an author and tell the world what's on their mind. Last week, we discussed the importance of high-quality content for your site, that not only can be used for blogging, but for your product/service pages, press releases and website in general.

This week, we are going to continue the conversation about content and show you first-hand how great content (that's relevant, fresh and interesting to your readers) can not only get you great results in the search engines, but money in the bank - something all businesses are interested in doing. we're excited to be joined by Eric's WSI colleagues, Francois Muscat from South Africa. Francois has been a WSI Internet Marketing Consultant since 2004 and is currently the WSI area representative for South Africa. He is a member of the exclusive WSI President's Circle and the ICAC Council. Additionally, Francois has won several WSI awards and provides mentorship to WSI Consultants in his home country of South Africa and abroad.

Francois' comprehensive range of Internet Marketing services have a primary goal of helping you sell more online, improve your rapport with existing customers, generate leads, and increase your visibility on the major search engines like Google.

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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.

What Are You Reading? Eric And Jeff Share Their Reading Lists (and hear what you're reading)

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From What Are You Reading? Eric And Jeff Share Their Reading Lists (and hear what you're reading)

Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 @ 1 pm Eastern

One of the things about doing business these days (whether you are doing business on the Internet or not) is you simply cannot afford to stand still. The world is changing so quickly and from an intellectual perspective that means taking in new information and continuing to learn. Whether you are using magazines, blogs, podcasts or other means of getting information, staying current is an important factor to staying competitive in today's business environment.

In this issue of Free Webinar Wednesdays, Eric and Jeff will share their "reading lists" (which may not be limited to only books) and resources they have relied on for keeping on top of their industries in 2009. But, we want to hear from YOU and will be interested in resouces you've used, so feel free to participate and bring your ideas.

This also will be the last Free Webinar Wednesdays for 2009 as Eric and Jeff will be taking the rest of the year off to celebrate the holiday season with friends and family. We look forward to seeing  you this week and again in 2010. Thanks for all your support and we are now close to 400 registered users, so spread the word and let's tip 400 before the new year arrives!

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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.

So Why Tell Stories, rather than just blather on in plain ordinary language?

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Date:  Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 1 PM EDT / 10 AM PDT

Annie Hart, master communicator and story teller will be our guest in this edition of FreeWebinarWednesdays.com.

So why should we tell stories rather than speak in plain old ordinary language?  For many reasons.  First of all because telling stories is more fun and we should always have fun when we’re speaking.

Storytelling is the oldest and most powerful form of communication on the planet.  It completely bypasses the rational conscious mind and goes directly into our unconscious, which is the meaning maker of our mind.

This means that stories go in more easily and are more enduring than ordinary communication.  If you want to have power in your message, you really need to tell a story.

Words by themselves are completely boring.  They are just like flat pieces of cardboard with no color on them.  To make a mosaic out of them you need to create colorful images in your reader or listener’s minds eye.

So I went out on the street the other day and as stepped out the door, I smelled the taste of roses in my mind.

Now what does that mean?  Absolutely nothing.  But notice that it created clear images in your mind.  Your brain needed to visualize the step, the door, the smell, the taste and roses, all in one short sentence. This is the same way a great story is created, from inside of the memory banks of your mind.

We need to tell stories for many reasons but the most important of which is that you don’t want to be boring with your words.

Annie will give us more details on her top three reasons to tell stories:

1. tell stories so that people will listen to what you have to say
2. tell stories so that your message will be lasting
3. tell stories so that you don’t bore people with your words

Most of all tell stories because they are the most fun and enjoyable way to communicate on the planet.  That’s it, enough said.  Now go tell a story.

This is an excerpt from the blog of Annie Hart, access the full post at:  http://anniehart.com/2009/08/so-why-tell-stories-rather-than-just-blather-on-in-plain-ordinary-language/

Annie Hart – Master story teller, Book Yourself Solid Certified Coach and author of the blog Stories Change the World:  Inspiring change through story.  Visit her blog at http://anniehart.com/blog/.

Click here to read a biography of Annie Hart.

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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.