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Are you getting the Facebook results you hoped for?

Have you heard the buzz about Facebook Success Summit 2011—the web’s largest online Facebook marketing conference?

Michael Stelzner shares how Facebook can benefit your business

Before I tell you how this virtual summit will help your business attract great customers and prospects, gain a unique competitive advantage, and measure your Facebook marketing results, let me share a story with you.

PROOF FACEBOOK MARKETING WORKS…

About a year a half ago Michael Stelzner (founder of Social Media Examiner) started a Facebook page for his blog that targeted marketers and small business owners. He also integrated core Facebook functionality into his website. Almost overnight, a large and loyal community emerged on his Facebook page.

He was skeptical at first. But now he has more than 50,000 active Facebook fans. And Facebook is the number two source of traffic to his website. Facebook was instrumental in generating 1.7 million dollars in sales for his business last year.

Michael’s story is not unique. More than 10,000 websites are integrating Facebook functionality every day! With 750 million active users, Facebook offers an incredible opportunity for marketers.

Your customers (and prospects) are using Facebook every day. It’s a new marketing frontier because Facebook bypasses all the costly middlemen and allows you to engage directly with your customers and prospects! AND this presents an enormous opportunity for you.

SO WHAT’S THIS ABOUT?

Michael (and his team) have been working for months to bring the best minds in social media together in a fully online event called Facebook Success Summit 2011 [link to event and change URL in image].

A significant 2,900 marketers and business owners from around the world attended his last Success Summit. Businesses were transformed. In fact, 96% of attendees said they’d attend again.

This summit’s focus is to empower you to implement successful Facebook marketing tactics, track and measure your Facebook ROI, and see how successful Facebook campaigns were executed. Nineteen of the world’s leading Facebook superstars will be summit instructors.

Presenters include Guy Kawasaki (author, Enchantment), Mari Smith (co-author, Facebook Marketing), Dave Kerpen (author, Likeable Social Media), Paul Dunay (co-author, Facebook Marketing for Dummies), Jesse Stay (author, Facebook Application Development for Dummies), Robert Scoble (co-author, Naked Conversations), Michael Stelzner (founder, Social Media Examiner), and experts from Intuit, PETCO, Applebees and Intel.

Plus join Jay Baer (co-author, The Now Revolution), Chris Treadaway (co-author, Facebook Marketing), Amy Porterfield (co-author, Facebook Marketing All-In-One for Dummies), and Andrea Vahl (co-author, Facebook Marketing All-In-One for Dummies)–just to name a few.

Attendees at our last summit included well-known organizations such as General Mills, American Express, Intel, San Francisco Giants, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Intuit, Harvard Business School, 3M, Kellogg, Staples, General Electric, MetLife, HP, Fox TV, LexisNexis, and the U.S. Army. But you don’t need to be a big business to benefit!

This is the world’s largest online Facebook event designed to empower marketers and business owners to master Facebook marketing. And the great news is it’s a live online conference you can attend from your home or office.

Go here now to learn more: Facebook Success Summit Page

Here’s to your success!

Mark Firehammer

P.S. Nineteen of the most successful Facebook marketing pros will show you how to use Facebook to market and grow your business. Remember, the experts teach the sessions live (and it’s all online). So you don’t need to leave your home or office! Go here to see how this works: Facebook Success Summit Page

P.P.S. As a way of saying “thanks” for checking out the summit, there’s a gift just for marketers called “Facebook News Feed Optimization: How to Dramatically Increase Your Visibility and Engagement” by Mari Smith (valued at $59) waiting for you. Go get it here: Facebook Success Summit Page

Larry Page Live-Google+’s His Own Earnings Call

Early success of Google + has Google CEO Larry Page giddy at yesterdays earnings call. Check out this articke fromn TechCrunch. 9  Billion first quarter revenue! 10 Million Google + users! 1  Billion items being shared!! Impressive.

Today, during the earnings call about Google’s great Q2 2011 results, CEO Larry Page kicked things off. While this was technically his first full quarter as CEO, he got some flak during the last earnings call for only saying a few sentences. This time, he went much further, even sticking around for the Q&A session. He also did something really cool: as he was on the call, he posted all of his opening remarks to Google+. Yes, he live-Google+’d his own call. Talk about eating your own dog food. Awesome.We’ve already posted on some of the key numbers Page shared: the financials, Android activations & numbers, and Google+ numbers. But there were a few other interesting tidbits in his remarks. Namely, he’s clearly enjoying the early success Google+ is seeing. He also believes his re-organization of the company is already paying off though we can’t see all of the benefits of it yet. And he wants to make it very clear that his leadership of Google will be fiscally responsible.

via TechCrunch.

Can you imagine losing your itunes library?

If you’ve ever had your hardrive crash and needed to restore your library from your IPod or Iphone, you know it can be very difficult! I use this nifty software tool called TuneAid from the folks over at DigiDNA.

There’s a free trial and it’s priced under $20 before the 10% discount and that includes 2 years of free upgrades too. Check it out!

Copy your iPod music to your computer with a single click!
TuneAid transfers back all tracks and videos back from iPod, iPhone or iPad straight into iTunes or anywhere else you would like -works with Mac OS X or Windows PC!
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Copy your iPhone music to your computer with TuneAid now!

Never Forget A Password Again

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Listen up peeps! LastPass is a secure password vault that eliminates the need for you to remember any passwords except one. The one that gets you in the vault. I’ve been using for a months and can find no reason for anyone not to use it.

I helped more than 200 clients remotely and the overwhelming majority of them spend a significant amount of time just getting logged into their various accounts. Sometimes people can’t figure out their password at all and have to go through a long process of regaining control of their various accounts. That’s frustrating, a waste of time and definitely not Tech Effective!

Stop struggling with passwords now. LastPass is a browser plug-in compatible with every browser and operating system including the mobile ones. Your passwords are synchronized across all devices that you install LastPass on. What does that look like in practice? Simple, I have it installed on my desktop, my laptop and my iPhone. On each of those devices I login to last pass with my secure master password.  I instantly have access to every site and every password that I have saved.  It remembers them for me and I never again have to type them out.

Trust me on this! Get LastPass now. Yes, there is a $12 dollar annual cost. BEST $12 bucks you;ll ever spend! Watch this quick demonstration from Lastpass.

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Network Storage and Media Streaming

Ready NAS (2007-0038 046)

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My favorite device right now for network storage that allows streaming of media content to multiple devices and platforms on your network is the Ready NAS Duo from Netgear. It’s RAID ready which means safer more reliable storage, so be sure to buy an additional drive for the 2nd available bay to get the best safety and performance.

You can use it as a backup destination for all your Mac and PC computers and it’s even Time Machine ready for you Mac users. Heres’ some more details.

  • Network attached storage device offers 1 TB of storage with GigaBit Ethernet for fast data transfer
  • Stream music, photos and video to network media players without a computer
  • Access files from anywhere via Internet connection; host your personal Web page to share with friends and family
  • Support for extra hard drive, allowing X-RAID data protection
  • Measures 4.0 x 5.6 x 8.7 inches (WxHxD); 5-year warranty


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Gmail – Priority Inbox

If you’re using Gmail or Google apps you’ll want to check out priority Inbox feature. It’ll help you get through your email faster.

From Google: Email is great, except when there’s too much of it. Priority Inbox automatically identifies your important email and separates it out from everything else, so you can focus on what really matters.

via Gmail – Priority Inbox.

Apple iPad 2: Who should buy and who should pass | TechRepublic

Thinking about buying the new IPad? If you want a clear opinion on whether to get it this article from the folks at TechRepublic is useful.

Takeaway: A lot of people are attracted to the Apple iPad 2, but not all them should get it. Here’s a look at the top candidates for the iPad 2, as well as those who should stick with iPad 1 or get a different device.

Nobody in the technology business does a better job than Apple of convincing people that they need to buy the next shiny new thing. However, despite the product magnetism of Steve Jobs and company, not everyone who thinks they need or want the new iPad 2 should actually buy it.

In order to help some of those folks save some money and to help others decide whether or not they are a good candidate for iPad 2, I’ve put together a quick first take on the iPad 2 question.

Read the whole article at  Apple iPad 2: Who should buy and who should pass | TechRepublic.

Social Media Success Summit 2011: The Web’s Largest Social Media Conference!

I'm attending Social Media Success Summit 2011If you are interested in making social media a part of your success strategy then this event is one you will get the most for your time and money. Presented by SocialMediaExaminar.com, the best resources and personalities in the social media field are going to be presenting during this event!

Fast-track your social media marketing success.

Discover how to use social media to attract and engage quality customers, and quickly grow your business.

Social Media Success Summit 2011: The Web’s Largest Online Social Media Conference

via Social Media Success Summit 2011: The Web’s Largest Social Media Conference!.

Best GPS for the IPhone

This week I got an offer from At&t for their new GPS IPhone app available for $10 a month. Every month! What? I said no thanks At&t, I did my homework and already have a superior choice for GPS on my IPhone and for a small fraction of the cost!

I use MotionX GPS Drive which cost .99 at the App store and then I spend $20 per year to have the door to door Voice directions subscription.

Compared to the At&t app that’s a savings of $99 and you get more features like being the first GPS to have Wikipedia and Facebook Place check ins integrated right in the app. Check out this video, it’s an impressive App and an amazing value. I use it everyday!

My favorite features:

  • No need to enter addresses MotionX GPS looks them up from my Contacts.
  • Lots of Map choices including an aerial satellite view.
  • Points of interest directory  from the Internet so it’s always up to date.
  • Route preferences
  • Real time traffic updates that route you around accidents and construction.
  • Integrated IPod controls, plus

Your going to want a styling car mount for your Iphone once you start using it as a GPS device. This is the one to get. Luxa2 H5