I started my first blog back in 1996 back when Angelfire.com launched and gave people the opportunity to create individual html pages. I started out by editing my index.html page on a daily basis until I felt the page was simply too long. I decided to break down my posts by month and calling each of those pages something like 1996-10.html. Each time I created an html page for a new month, I would manually add a link to it in a file called archive.html. When people would come to my index.html page, they would see the link, on the side of my site, linking them to the archives.
Back then, I was calling it an “online journal.” About a year later, I adopted the term “web log.” Before I knew it, people started calling them blogs and tools like “Blogger” came along and made all this stuff so much easier. Today, I am using WordPress, my blogging/site platform of choice.
When I discovered podcasting, I feel in love with the concept of sharing my thoughts in audio form and have since created well over 2,700 episodes of audio podcast content. However, I still try to find time to occasionally blog between podcast episodes here on my Podcast Answer Man blog and my gspn.tv Community Blog.
Do you have a message that you want to get out to the world? Do you want to take your brand exposure to the next level? In this short video, I share four reasons why creating an audio podcast is the best investment you can make to stand out in our online world!
Check out the full details of my Podcasting A to Z course.
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As a member of the Podcast Mastermind I have had the privilege of watching, first hand, as Cesar Abeid effectively integrates the marketing of his business within the Construction Industry Podcast.
What I love most about Cesar’s approach to integrated marketing is that he has not turned his niche podcast into full out commercial for his business. While at New Media Expo, Cesar was interviewed by Amanda Coolong of TechZulu. I encourage you to watch the following video and allow it to inspire you on how you can promote your business with a podcast without directly trying to sell anything.
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Over the past two years, I have made a decision to put a great deal of focus on getting more involved in public speaking. In a short amount of time, I have made it to the place where I am being paid to speak at events. I have already given my first Keynote address, where I was the very first speaker that was given the opportunity to set the tone for an entire conference. As a result of my initial success, the opportunities for me to speak publicly have increased exponentially.
You would think that this is wonderful news right? It would be, except for one major issue. Until this past week, I have had no confidence in my technical skills of communicating in a public speaking setting. Don’t get me wrong, I was confident that I would “do well” with my talks. However, I could never quite get the hang of how to start a talk powerfully, how to properly prepare for a talk, and I certainly had no clue what to do with my hands, or the rest of my body, when I was up on the stage.
For me, what I lacked in technical skills related to public speaking, I compensated with passion and the powerful stories from the life that I’ve been blessed to live. I knew that it was time for me to take my public speaking to “the next level.” This is why I chose to attend the SCORRE CONFERENCE.
Rather than writing about what I learned, the following video, alone, will demonstrate just how much of an impact the SCORRE Conference has had on my ability to communicate.
Do you desire to communicate more effectively?
Do you desire to have such a focus on what you are communicating that people will remember the points of your talks weeks later?
Would you benefit by having a simple outline that would assist you in the preparation of any message that you need to communicate?
Do you wish to become more intentional and at ease with your stage presence when speaking in front of others?
Would you like to become more confident in your ability to communicate in front of others?
Then you should sight up for the SCORRE Conference today!
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GSPN Community Disney Dream Cruise: Please click play above to listen to the informational call that will give you the full details of our upcoming GSPN Community Disney Dream Cruise.
You are invited to join the online community experience of a lifetime. In February of 2011 Stephanie and I took our family on the No More Mondays Cruise with Dan Miller and the 48 Days community. After that amazing experience, we knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that we wanted to host a cruise event for the gspn.tv community.
If you have been following Stephanie and I for any amount of time, you know that we are both huge fans of the “Disney Experience.” Since we had not yet been on a Disney Cruise, it seemed like this would be the perfect opportunity to make that happen and we are inviting the gspn.tv community to join us!
We have chosen the 4-Night Bahamian Cruise on board the Disney Dream Cruise Ship.
Date:
June 23rd through June 27th 2013.
Itinerary:
Day 1 – Leave Port Canaveral Florida
Day 2 – Ashore in Nassau Bahamas 9:30am to 6pm
Day 3 – Private Castaway Cay 8:30am to 4:30pm
Day 4 – At Sea
Day 5 – Return to Port Canaveral Florida 7:30am
Note: This itinerary is subject to change without notice.
Booking Through Us:
We are planing to make this a magical community event of a lifetime. To make sure everyone is included in any of the special community events/excursions that we host and in order to sit with the community for meals, you must book your reservations through Randy Crane, our travel consultant (Details provided below). This is the only way that we will be able to account for you in our planning.
Exciting Features of the Cruise!
- The Interior Staterooms have “Magical Portholes” – Flat screens designed to look like portholes above the beds, which project a real-time view outside the ship by means of high-def cameras and a live video feed. Watch the screen for long enough (or at just the right time), and you may catch a special surprise!
- “Enchanted Art” – Some of the art pieces that adorn the walls of the hallways and come to life as you admire them. Kids (and adults) can also pick up a packet at the Mid-ship Detective Agency and use the digital works to solve mysteries.
- The AquaDuck – the world’s first onboard water coaster. It’s a waterslide and more! I know people who have taken cruises on this ship almost exclusively because this is on it!
- No casino. – Save any money you would have spent in the casino and make a voluntary contribution to support the work of gspn.tv instead – LOL.
- Fireworks from the ship
- Private island (Castaway Cay)
- Disney style & quality shows (all with Disney characters in them).
- Rotational dining – There are 3 main dining rooms. You, your dining companions, and your wait-staff rotate from one to the next each night. So, for example, you might eat at Animator’s Palate the first night, the Enchanted Garden the second night, Royal Palace the third night, and so on. The change of environment and the uniqueness of each dining room, while getting to keep your tablemates & wait staff, is a huge benefit.
- All soda included
- Larger staterooms. It’s amazing how much of a difference a few square feet can make.
- Even though this is definitely the most family-oriented choice, there is quite a bit for adults to do as well.
- The “Disney Difference”.
Book Your Spot On the Community Dream Cruise Today!
Randy Crane has been a long time member, and supporter, of the gspn.tv community. Randy is our travel consultant, for our special Community Dream Cruise and has extensive experience in helping others plan dream Disney Vacations. With Randy’s help, we truly hope to give you a magical community cruise experience that you’ll never want to forget!
I’m excited to announce that everything is now set up and you can officially book your spot on the cruise today! To do, please contact Randy Crane by calling 714-697-6755 (Toll Free: 855-638-7263) or my emailing him at RandyC@cruisingco.com.
Cliff
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