Sentimental over Facebook

how wonderful it is to reconnect with old friends and chat with them in quick snippets almost like you are running into them in the halls of university or workplaces from the past! Facebook warms my heart and reminds me of all the good people I have know! Okay a little mushy still the way I feel is the way I feel!!

The first tip for Online Marketing Survival in 2009

Marketing equals sales!

To sell you need customers, to reach customers you need marketing. Marketing can be expensive. Expenses are often cut when sales dip. To keep selling you need to keep marketing but it needs to be affordable. Traditional marketing in the form of print, direct mail, TV and radio ads are enormously costly and are not producing the desired returns. This is a serious problem that will affect every business which needs to keep marketing if they want to keep selling. The good news is that now more than ever before in the history of the world there are marketing options that are more affordable and effective thanks to the Internet, the Web and online social communications. So, if you want to survive in 2009 and definitely beyond, you'll want to make a note of some of these simple online marketing survival strategies.
First, learn to do it yourself! If you are going to survive in the new marketing industry you will need to learn how to implement online marketing and use the many tools the Internet offers. There are thousands of companies and website that offer their services but do you know what you are looking for? Do you know which marketing tools are best for your company? Before you hire anyone or buy anything, know what to expect by taking an affordable online marketing training that will give you an overview and help you build a marketing strategy that will work for your company. Visit www.powerstrategies.TV for Internet, Web and online social communications training series. Take the 5-part audio, video and downloadable guide training that will give you a crash course on marketing survival and have you strategically selling online. Get your FREE Small Business Marketing Survival Terms just for taking the time to visit.
Additionally, while building your company marketing strategy learn how listening and buying online in the same location makes Internet talk radio the perfect venue to advertise any online product. Learn to make your product and website dynamic and give it validation. Messages couched in an informative third-party validation style, easily familiar to listeners used to receiving content from a network aggregator like NBC or FOX, makes listeners comfortable and open to the host’s message.
This is just the tip of the iceberg on how you can survive in online marketing. Honestly, if your company is going to survive in 2009 you will need to learn about the latest online marketing trends and implement them. Remember, education is the first step to effective marketing and selling online!

Kim Power Stilson ponders life

What makes the difference between a successful business and one that you pour years, your money, your soul and your family's soul into only to become another business failure statistic in 2-5 years? Why do some people work like we do, out of the garage, basement or dining room, and end up a "million billionaires", while you end up losing your house?

Why? My company had its shining moments, we had a good product/service and, in fact, the first four or so years showed we were headed for success. So, what happened? As much as I hate to ask why and less like to face the answers, I discovered the answer, the secret, the key to success while face down in the mud.

It was the day after we had to close the business and my world was dark. Winter was turning slowly to spring and by that I mean the 8 foot wall of grey ice next to our driveway was finally beginning to melt. I had read every "power of positive thinking" book out there and some twice while trying to convince myself that there was a silver lining. I kept asking myself why I had failed. All comparisons to Edison's 6,000+ light bulb tries failed to cheer me up. I was supposed to be successful. I had watched others succeed and had confidentially joked with them that I would invite them to my castle in Ireland someday. Now, my hopes for someday seemed to be "never-ever day." What had I missed? The answer would not come and the pain of failure was sharp making it difficult to even breathe.

I did what a lot of people do when they need to think. I decided to go for a walk. After all, I had no business to claim my time and nothing else to do. I walked along seeing the beauty of the mountains forcing myself to be grateful. Look at the positive side; I said to myself, finally after years of working 70 hours a week now at least I had time to take a walk.

Suddenly, as if the world dropped off in front of my feet I fell, face down into a pool of post-thaw snow mud. I just lied there in the mud and wondered why I should get up. When I was finished feeling sorry for myself and grieving my lost business I suddenly knew why I had failed. It hit me right there in the mud exactly what the one strategy of success we had neglected which had caused the lack of success, the failure. It was embarrassing. We had a good product/service but it all had come down not doing this one thing. I had gotten so busy that I had forgotten, put off, not placed the importance into "marketing" my product/service. How many years had I wasted in doing the efforts of business only to find at the end that my product/service was worthless when not sold into the hands of consumers? If consumers did not know about my product then I wasn't selling and if my product wasn't selling than I did not have a business. Like me, I thought, as I started extricating myself from the tear and snow laden mud, with no business.

How I Became a WAHM!

I am guest blogging for Power Strategies today. Enjoy! - Debbie

I was reading a recent post on twitter which said SAHM wanting to be a WAHM. I thought those were the strangest acronyms and quickly googled them to see what they meant. I guess SAHM means Stay at Home Mom and WAHM is Work at Home Mom. Having just gone through the program created on www.powerstrategies.tv I have now become a WAHM. Amazing that finding one program, a program that actually supports being a SAHM and will discount their program becuase they see value in who I am, can change my life. I know you have heard this a million times, but Kim Power Stilson is the real thing and she really wants Women, Small Businesses, and Stay at Home Parents to become successful and accomplish their dreams. So about the business I have…

I owned this site since 2005 called Links for Learning, www.links-for-learning.com and this was a great site for parents to come to and educate themselves and their children. Yet, I was missing a great aspect of online marketing that I knew I needed but was unable to figure out. Having just graduated with social media certification, I am able to take my company to the next level and truly support my family from the home. I think this is every mothers dream. So now I guess I am both, a SAHM and a WAHM… what more in life could I ask for? Maybe a dog.

Blog Ping Pod Social Media Education is ready to go!

Today, after a week of trauma, puppy deaths, kids out for summer, on and on, I accomplished something I am proud of. Many of my friends, my family, my clients needed to know something they didn't know, and I helped them with that. The news is below, but I am so happy to have accomplished something grand despite all the demands and tools life takes of us. I hope this Internet, Web and Online Social Communications Guide will help people successfully compete online. I know it helped me, and I know I needed to know what I did not!

 

The world is out there filled with people who like to define us as humans, I can only really attempt to define myself. I needed to know this and know I know what I know but there is more to learn, more to know, more to come. I hope someone out there agrees but you know it does not really matter. As long as I am happy and those I care about our happy.

 

To the ten friends so far who have learned something, and love it, thank you! This is a landmark day for me, one I hope my kids, my dogs, birds, cats, siblings and friends will smile about. Kim Power Stilson

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Blog? Ping? Pod?

Kim Power Stilson, A mom with 4 dogs, 3 kids, 2 birds and a cat

& Debbie Cluff, a zany little lady from Pasadena help Momprenuers

Unlock the mystery to the Internet, the Web and Social Media Tools with Power Strategies Education!

 

 

June 17, 2008, 2008— Pasadena, CA & Salt Lake City, UT – Kim Power Stilson and Debbie Cluff partner with Planetary Streams and today announce the release of:

Get online and Blog, Ping, Pod, Stream, Bookmark, Blast, Release,

Wiki, Widget, Web, Link, Avatar, Tag & Twitter!

What is it and how do I do it?

An Education Guide to the Internet, the World Wide Web

and Online Social Media Communications!

This guide is available online and in a social media education training package on www.planetarystreams.com and www.powerstrategies.TV.

 

Two work-at-home moms, both with hectic lives, decided life would be easier if they figured out how to succeed online like the Pro-bloggers and other online businesses. They made two discoveries. First, there was a lot they did not know, like what is a Wiki and Twitter. Second, they realized it wasn't as intimidating as it sounded. They shared the information with their friends and other entrepreneurs who all insisted they needed it all down in a guidebook. So, Kim collaborated with Debbie to research, write and present: Get online and Blog, Ping, Pod, Stream, Bookmark, Blast, Release, Wiki, Widget, Web, Link, Avatar, Tag & Twitter! What is it and how do I do it? An Education Guide to the Internet, the World Wide Web and Online Social Media Communications!

 

According to Kim Power Stilson, marketing strategist, the guide combined with her new 24 Hours to Zero Down Marketing Strategy Guide & Workbook is the culmination of 17 years of hard work, marketing while raising kids, dogs, etc. She believes the Internet and World Wide Web are a tremendous convenience for working moms, single parents and small businesses.

 

"Life online is easier! I'm positive they invented the Internet and World Wide Web for busy women," says Kim. "Everything I need to do, purchase, sell and find is all online! How convenient is that? I wanted everyone to know how to use the offerings and tool available online!"

 

According to Debbie Cluff, mother of three and master educator, founder of Links for Learning, having an online tutoring business inspired her to help women and parents find a comfortable way to use online tools to their advantage. She sees that working, playing and learning online brings convenience and success and most moms, parents and people need that benefit.

 

"We could totally see us on the Ellen Show helping all the women in the world learn how to blog, ping, pod, etc., and we loved the idea of women using this knowledge to get better jobs, work from home, and succeed online," said Debbie. "As an educator I thought it would be fun to teach something everyone wants and needs to learn!"

 

The Guide, Get online and Blog, Ping, Pod, Stream, Bookmark, Blast, Release, Wiki, Widget, Web, Link, Avatar, Tag & Twitter! What is it and how do I do it? An Education Guide to the Internet, the World Wide Web and Online Social Media Communications! is offered in an online PDF version, as well as, a robust video, audio, Internet, Web, Social Media & Marketing certified education course. (Prices range from $240 - $2400 with certification. Huge Discounts for women, single parents and small businesses. Get your guide at www.planetarystreams.com and www.powerstrategies.TV) For Free Media trial contact: Jack Brian or Anne Roberts Jack@powerstrategies.TV or anne@powerstrategies.com or 801-473-9174.

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About Kim Power Stilson:

Founder of Power Strategies, Inc., Kim Power Stilson, is the author of Women Buy Everything (Fall 2008) 24 Hours to Zero Down Marketing Strategy Guide and Workbook and Get online Blog, Ping, Pod, Stream, Bookmark, Blast, Release, Wiki, Widget, Web, Link, Avatar, Tag and Twitter!  What is it and how do I do it?

Kim is the weekly Internet talk radio host of "My Best Friends are Dogs and Bloggers" and "Women Buy Everything" radio shows on Planetary Streams (Log on and listen at www.planetarystreams.com )  and the founder of the Bluebird Sisterhood.  She really does have 4 dogs, 3 kids, 2 birds and 1 cat and a very patient husband. She loves to watercolor, play tennis, snow ski and be near the sea. She divides her time between California, Utah & Ireland. She blogs at www.bluebirdsisterhood.blogspot.com & www.twitter.com, www.mybestfriendsaredogsandbloggers.wordpress.com.

 

About Debbie Cluff:

Debbie Cluff is the CEO of Links for Learning, Online Coaching and Instant Homework Help. She was born and raised in South Pasadena, California, USA. Debbie has taught in both the home and the classroom and has her Masters in Reading and Writing at the Elementary School Level. She is a reading specialist and an author. She has written over a dozen articles for online publications and has been a contributing author to such online companies as, earticle.com and ezine.com. Her first book 7 Easy Ways to Help Your Student Succeed: How Ordinary Parents can Make Extraordinary Students, can be purchased or downloaded free directly from her website, www.links-for-learning.com.

Debbie hosts two weekly talk radio shows on Planetary Streams called "The Debbie Cluff Show" and "Women Buy Everything" you can listen by logging on to www.planetarystreams.com.

Debbie loves to read any books. Her favorite books are anything by Mary Higgins Clark and Jane Austin. Debbie resides in South Pasadena, California with her husband and three children. She would LOVE to hear from you and your personal educational stories, please contact her directly at debbie@links-for-learning.com.

 

ABOUT PLANETARY STREAMS:

Planetary Streams International, a Social Media Communications Company, provides internet Radio & TV communications solutions for companies and individuals around the globe. Launched February 2008 to meet the growing demands of audio and visual delivery on the internet, PSI operates globally from the "Broadcast Barn" in Woodland Hills using proprietary technology connects to deliver marketing messages from individuals and companies. Please visit www.planetarystreams.com, or call Chad Stilson at chad@planetarystreams.com or contact Jack at 801-473-9174.

Using the Online World to Our Advantage!

The Internet and World Wide Web give us so many opportunities to communicate and connect to people previously unreachable at all ends of the earth. Communication on the Internet and World Wide Web is essential in everything we do from the social aspects to promoting a successful business. Why would anyone ever put off learning something so essential just because it's new and unknown? Even more than the knowing how to use the microwave, which I feel was fairly essential to eating regularly in college, 'getting the hang of" the Internet and the World Wide Web gives amazing, informative, and lucrative opportunities for those who embrace it.

Most of us are not educated in how to use the Online World to our personal and professional advantage. People who are able to successfully navigate online will not easily give away the secrets to how this is done. Yet, I have always felt the first step in becoming a great, is to gain education in all areas of what you want to achieve. In order to connect to the online world, you are going to have to educate yourself, as Debbie would say, in the 5 W's which are Who, Where, What, When, and Why of this Internet and World Wide Web.

This guide was written from the perspective of a journey of how my grandma and I would have figured out this together. It's not technical and it may not be perfectly accurate yet because I wanted to learn enough to successful on the Internet and World Wide Web and leave the blank stares behind me forever, it works. So, even though I can't build a website I do know what to ask for and expect when I contract with someone to build one for me. I don't know as much as a "Problogger" (a professional blogger who makes money through the site he/she blogs) but I can talk intelligently with one. Probloggers seem to have the world by a string, but I have not read a Problogger yet who could have out blogged my grandma had she been around to blog today. From Kim Power Stilson as seen on www.powerstrategies.TV and www.planetarystreams.com

Path to Social Media

I could blame being an overwhelmed hard-working mother of 4 dogs, 3 kids, 2 birds and a cat for one of the reasons I wasn't up on terms like Social Media, Live Web, and Widgets but there are a few women with the same description above perhaps with a few less pets who make millions of dollars every year knowing all the above. That's right millions.

The Internet and the World Wide Web are not some deep dark mysterious secret that you need a key or a brilliant brain to unlock, though some of the articles you have seen may seem to be written in another language, it's simply a lot of new information and new information when you already have a lot on your plate can be overwhelming.

If you secretly wonder what a blog is then you are not alone. My good friend Kristen Lamb, co-founder of Planetary Streams International, a Social Media and Marketing company likes to say, "You don't know what you don't know!" Like my grandma and the microwave, her grandma and the TV and me and my iPod, we won't know until we ask for help. People brave enough to admit they have no idea what a blog or ping or any of the above in the title are the ones who get to reap the rewards.

I wanted the answers and needed the resources so I started asking questions. I discovered that some people understood it all and some understood it very little. The ones who knew it all often lacked the patience or the time to explain in a way I could understand. Overall, I gave and got more blank stares than an entire class room of Algebra students before I finally just decided to figure it out myself. That's when I decided to talk to the best teacher I know, Debbie Cluff. She is truly a "zany" little lady and a master educator, born and raised in Pasadena, California, who seems to have a knack for turning the complex into an elementary