Genbook: Great Online Appointment Manager

I have to say that the one thing about being a consultant that can get tricky for me is booking appointments. At one time, I had someone do this for me, and it became a bit of a nightmare.

So, I am here to let you know about a FABULOUS online appointment manager: Genbook. You can sign up for a free version or if you want to gain access to your customers’ information and profile (which I recommend,) the service is only $15.00 per month. I have to say that I have already saved about 3 hours this past week just in appointment scheduling.

Tweetbeep Sent in by Mari Smith

Another great Twitter tool sent in by Mari Smith: (Like Google Alerts for Twitter): http://tweetbeep.com.

Thanks Mari!

Twitkit Sent in by Gary Patton

Gary Patton sent in a great Twitter tool today: Twitkit

It is an add-on for Firefox to allow you to follow your friends and a few other cool add-ons.

Thanks Gary for sending this in!

Bea

Learn How to Write a Great E-Book: Desperate Buyers Only

I had a look at a great e-book book today: Desperate Buyers Only.

The author (Alexis Dawes) gives some great insight into how to write e-books and articles to help desperate people out of a bind such as:

• People who want to make it through a financial crisis
• People who want to lose weight
• People who want to train a dog

And so on…

Dawes gives some great tips (she does quite well writing small reports and e-books that offer great information…and I know you can do this too!)

So, check out the book here.

October 2008 Newsletter

Bea Fields Companies, Inc.October 2008 Newsletter

I hope you are all having a wonderful fall.

For those of you who are interested in the latest on business development, we now have a new blog which focuses strictly on business development and tools to help enhance your business and hopefully make life a bit easier. Please check back often for updates.

Article:

Is The Business Development Plan Dead? Try Focusing on Building Great Partnerships!

I have been asking this question a great deal lately, because I am just wondering if the time, energy and often headaches that come from writing a business development plan are worth it considering all that is going on in our world and economy. You go to bed with a plan in mind, and you wake up the next morning only to discover that your biz development plan has become obsolete.

Read the full post here

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Article:

Top Ten Strategies for Marketing Your Blog

There are many ways to market your blog, but I have found the following ten to be my most successful strategies of all times

My Blog Log

1. Join http://mybloglog.com. Once you join, you will be given a small amount of code to paste in your blog which will help you track your visitors. Once you are a member of My Blog Log, begin visiting the members’ area of the website and start adding contacts to your account. If you don’t actually know the member, when prompted by the service to find out how you know the person, simply choose “I am a fan of this person”.

Read the full post here

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Podcasts

I have had the pleasure to inteview some of the top Generation Y Business Leaders over the last few weeks. Two of those were with Ryan Allis of i-Contact and Mike Michalowicz, Author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur.

Get the podcasts here

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Upcoming Classes

Monday, October 20 at 1:00 p.m.

Call with Kevin Allen, Marketing Director for iLearningGlobalTV

If you are a speaker, coach, consultant or personal development advisor, the new iLearningGlobalTV community may be a perfect fit for you. Join me on Monday, October 20 at 1:00 p.m. to talk with iLearningGlobal Marketing Director Kevin Allen on the following 3 topics:

1) How to use iLearningGlobalTV as a way to educate and add value to your current client base

2) How you can become a speaker for iLearningGlobal

3) How you can build a business using the iLearningGlobal platform

Register here for the call

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Earn Passive Income Through The Power Of Audio

Register Here for the Call

Date: Tuesday, October 28

Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m. Eastern

(Both Audio Telecall and Webinar AND recordings from the call)

Faciliator: Carol Dickson-Carr

Cost: $19.00

Description:

If you’re feeling leery of the prospect of sharing your wares with the world or have no idea where to start with creating intellectual property, you can now rest easy. Audio Guru, Carol Dickson-Carr will take you by the hand and give you a quick guide to creating your content, so you can show off your expertise and leverage it to create your article, e-course and audio! It’s easier than you think!

We will explore ways to create different types of intellectual property with emphasis placed on how you can create a professional quality audio product inexpensively, thereby increasing your exposure and credibility as a result!

During this webinar, you will learn:

1. Why you can’t afford not to create intellectual property

2. The multiple benefits of creating an audio product

3. The various uses of an audio product (and there are several!)

4. A step by step guide to creating intellectual property you can leverage into a stream of passive income, starting with an article or an audio

5. How to find and use the technology you need to create your audio

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BLOGGING! The 2.0 Way

Register Here for the Call

Date: Tuesday, November 4

Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m. Eastern

Facilitator: Bea Fields

Cost: $19.00

(Both Audio Telecall and Webinar AND recordings from the call!)

So, you have a blog? That’s great, but is anyone reading it?

If you are someone who already has an existing blog, and you are ready to get more readers to your blog, this class will teach you how to get your blog connected to Facebook, Twitter, Mashable, Ping.fm and 15 other social networking sites to maximize your visibility and your network.

This class is not for blogging beginners. It is for those of you who currently have a blog and you are ready to learn how to use a great list of keywords and the top online social networks to drive eager readers to your blog. We will also be teaching you how to move your blog readers to IM and the telephone so that you expand your reach and fill your pipeline with prospects for your business. If you are a beginner with blogging, we would like to recommend the Become a Blogging Maniac e-book. It will walk you through the following subjects:

Register Here for BLOGGING! The 2.0 Way