Email signatures are a great way to easily share your social media information with people you know and new contacts. I have a few different signatures I use depending on the company and the situation around the email. This is a great way for people to quickly learn more about you, your company and your products or services.

There is a great service called WiseStamp that is available for those that use web based mail (Gmail, Yahoo, Windows Live and AOL). You can embed recent updates from your social media sites, recent blog posts or podcasts. This is a great free plugin! It works with firefox or flock browsers, internet explorer is not supported at this time. Want to see some sample social media signatures that have been created by others?

For Outlook users you can use images and links with HTML to share your networks. I have not found an easy way to integrate live feeds into a signature with Outlook. But the images and a compelling statement will get people clicking on your links!

What do you use for your email signatures?

Whether you’re a website owner, small business, coach or author getting professional, online copywriting training is an absolute must if you want to succeed. But how do you get expert training without spending a fortune?

You can enroll at Online Copywriting 101 for free.

This telesummit gives you access to 10 sessions that will run at absolutely no cost for 24 hours each. With your free pass, you can listen to them all for $0.00.

You’ll learn from the best copywriters and content creators on the Web today including:

* Kevin Hogan on the Science of Persuasion
* Michel Fortin on Sales Letters 2.0
* Lynn Terry on Blogging
* Jeff Herring on Article Writing
* Shannon Cherry on Press Release Writing
* Brian Massey on Landing Page Creation

and

* Karon Thackston on Knowing Your Target Audience, Basics of Online Copywriting, Headline Creation and SEO Copywriting

It all takes place September 1 – 10, 2010.

Get your free pass today!

I have singed up and can’t wait to listen to these calls. I actually upgraded to the gold level because I want all the physical materials for my home office. I am a highlighting queen, I must admit!

As many of you know I love VAclassroom and all they do for online businesses. This summer they are running a very special summer skills camp. These skills can be used by you for your business or for your clients.

I have a special coupon to share with you, get $50 off with this code: CAMP2010 There is also early bird pricing until June 30th, so you can save $150! Awesome isn’t it.

I will be presenting on one of the classes! Simple Blueprint for Building a Profitable In-Demand Facebook Page Service. I’m super excited and hope to see all of you there.

Here’s what skills you’ll be building:

• Success Strategies for Crafting and Delivering a Winning Social Media Presentation for Your Clients and Community.
• Easy-To-Implement System for Designing and Building a Winning WordPress Blog Site.
• WordPress Plugin Central – Implementing the Right WordPress Plugins to Ignite Traffic and Results for Your Blog.
• Leveraging the Power of Free Information Products to Attract and Win New Clients.
• Simple Blueprint for Building a Profitable In-Demand Facebook Page Service
• Social Network Management Bliss – Mastering a Proven System for Seamlessly Organizing Your Social Networking Activities.
• Developing a Winning Squeeze Page / Landing Page That Converts!
• Discover an User-Friendly System for Writing Articles and Press Releases that Produce Results.
• Effective Tactics for Creating a Winning Online Newsletter/ Ezine for You or Your Clients.
• Success Strategies for Effectively Measuring Your Client’s Internet Marketing Results and Return on Investment (ROI).

Don’t miss this summer special to add all these great skills to your tool belt. See you there!

So many businesses are seeing success with targeted Facebook ads. Facebook ads offer businesses flexibility and optimization of their ads. You can chose dates and budgets for your ads, as well as who you want to target.

What’s in an Ad?

The Title
No longer than 25 characters, is the bold blue headline. A strong title can include your business name, the name of a product, a call to action, or a target audience’s interest.
The Destination URL
Every Facebook ad must have a destination URL that is directly tied to the ad, so this may not be your home page. This is key to getting your ad approved. If your link is not revert to the ad you are likely to get rejected. If you want to promote something on Facebook (event, page, application or group) then you will need to chose the option “I want to advertise something I have on Facebook”
Image
It is highly recommended to add an image to your ad to make it more appealing to the eye. The ad system will resize any image you add to 110 by 80 pixels.
Body Text
This will appear just below your image and has 135 characters available. It should include details to your offer, product, service or event.

Targeting
The targeting options need to directly match your advertising goals. You can set a number of filters to assist you in reaching the best audience for your ad. Options include; Location, Language, Demographic, Education and Work, Likes and Interests, and Connection Targeting. As you edit each of these areas Facebook will update you on your estimate reach alone the right hand side.

The Like button on ads
Many ads will have the well known like button. This allows users to express their liking over ad. Their friends will also see this action on their version of the ad. There is an “X” in the top right corner where users can close the ad. These actions assist Facebook advertising improve their system.

Reporting
Once you run an ad you will have access to reports from Facebook on how you ad is doing. These reports include standard metrics like Impressions (the number of times your ad was shown) and Clicks (the number of times your ad was clicked on), and Conversion metrics. You will be able to view demographic and profile information on those that have clicked your ads, for example; age, gender, location, interests, books, etc.

Facebook has a webinar recording available to you on “How to harness the full potential of Facebook Ads and Insights”. Great information to those who want to run ads on Facebook.

If you would like more information on Facebook ads here is the resource center from Facebook.

A quick post to let everyone know that Facebook is making a change to size of your fan pages soon. If you have any customizations on your page you should get them updated as soon as possible.

The width of the pages are been shorten to 520 pixels, that’s down 240 pixels. You will more than likely need to do some redesigning to fit this new width. You or your fan page manager should make these changes right away.

For more specific information visit: http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Roadmap_Profile

Please let me know if you have any questions.

There has been a lot of talk on the Aweber blog about the new web form creator and it is now available to all members. This new feature is great for business that are new to HTML coding because it is point and click, with a little typing in between. Check out this short view with a preview of the new web form builder.

Now it’s easier then ever to get your newsletter on your website. Check out all of Aweber’s great features.

I was turned on to Flock some time ago and I have loved it ever since. It not only helps my social media but it also helps me in the work I do for my clients. I put together this short screen cast of the basic features available on Flock. From blogging, to “Twittering” and “Facebooking” right in the browser no need to go to the actual website.

What do you think of Flock the social media browser? Any questions?

Short post today. I had to share this awesome offer you guys!

StomperNet is giving you access to free tutorials, software and training from their huge library. This is an incredible offer you can’t miss. Check out all the details at: http://stomper999.com/

You are essentially taking a test drive of their wonderful program. These guys are wonderful check it out.

Many small businesses and entrepreneurs find themselves working on the marketing and public relations during these pressing times. It is very important to be using tools that improve your efforts and make them run smoothly. Just as important you need to stay up to date on the new trends, resources and anything to help you stay on top.

During the month of June there is a a wonderful DIY marketing giveaway happening at Understanding Marketing. Every week they are giving away a different prize to help you and your marketing efforts. Here is an overview of their giveaway. You will have to enter every week for your chance to win that week’s prize.

June 1st through the 7th they are giving away 5 copies of the Public Relations Toolkit written by John Sternal. The Public Relations Toolkit is packed with detailed information and easy to follow tips for entrepreneurs. This will help businesses increase their exposure through the media.

June 8th through the 14th will be an American Express Gift Card. Sign up during this second week and you can use this gift card to purchase educational books, PPC advertising and more to help you with your marketing efforts.

June 15th through the 21st is a free press release with a PR Toolkit. You are entering to win a 60 minute mindmapping session with John Sternal to discuss the goals of your business. A 400 word press release will be written on a topic that will promote the winners company. Plus the PR Toolkit will teach you effective techniques to generate ongoing media exposure for your business.

June 22nd to the 30th is a marketing makeover plan AND SEO software. This great combination will take your marketing to the next level. Chrisanne Sternal will be providing an hour consultation to discuss marketing goals and objectives for your business. You will then be able to implement this strategy on your own without the aid of any angencies. Plus you will also receive 6 months of LotusJump DIY SEO software Pro Edition. This software covers many topics in an easy to understand manner. From content and link building, directory and article submitting, backlinking and more. Two additional winners will also receive the SEO Pro software!

Good luck everyone! Again here is the link to this great giveaway.