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Blogger Jeff Hopeck Interviewed by Denise Wakeman - video

Gotta love the Internet, blogging, social media and my dentist, Dr. Ramsey Amin. Today I met a fellow blogger at a micro tweet up - just the two of us at a popular cafe near my home office. Jeff Hopeck is the brother-in-law of my dentist who connected us through blogging and twitter. The last couple of times I got my teeth cleaned and checked, Dr. Amin was telling me how his brother-in-law blogged and that I should look him up.

Can't remember the sequence of events, but through blogging and twitter we chit-chatted a bit. This week Jeff is in town from Atlanta so we met up for a coffee. We talked blogging and social marketing for nearly 2 hours!

Jeff Hopeck is a former secret service veteran, publisher of HealthyHabitsBlog, a speaker, fitness coach and author of a brand new book Stop Killing Yourself. Pretty dramatic title. It's all about learning to understand how to read food labels so you can make better, healthier choices when dining out, grocery shopping and cooking at home. Before we parted company, I asked Jeff to share a tip for bloggers in a quick video interview...

Michael Stelzner Interviews Denise Wakeman

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting my colleague and King of White Papers, Michael Stelzner. I was in the San Diego area meeting with colleagues and attended a tweet-up with a 100 twitter friends. On my way back to L.A. I stopped in Poway to have a chat with Michael. 

Michael is the brilliant mastermind and organizer of the Social Media Success Summit with which I've been associated, promoting and presenting at for the past four weeks. Wednesday is the final day of the amazing online event (you can still register and get access to all the video presentations, audio, transcripts, bonuses and private forum). My presentation on business blogging concludes the series.

But I digress. Michael grabbed his Flip HD Mino and we did a short interview about blogging. Mike's first question was: is it too late to start blogging for your business?

Got your own questions about business blogging? Submit them here and blog on!

Tony Laidig Reveals How to Create Expert Content for Your Blog

My interview with public domain expert Tony Laidig struck a chord. Even after the event was over, people have been registering so they can get the audio replay (497 so far!). Tony over-delivered, as I knew he would, when he shared a successful case study and step by step details about how he uses an overlooked source to fill his niche blogs with content (and it's totally legal!).

Whether you have an authority blog for your business or niche blogs for your hobbies, Tony Laidig's system for generating content can help you with the never-ending quest to publish consistent blog posts.

I've received so many requests for the replay, that I'm making it available to everyone because content creation is a universal problem for bloggers (and you can apply this information to articles, ebooks, mini courses, videos, etc., etc.).  Here's the link to the replay on how to create expert content for your blog...

 

Blog Poll: Do you read blogs on your phone?

I've been prepping for an interview I'm doing with Kim Dushinski, author of The Mobile Marketing Handbook. Kim's expertise is in mobile marketing and we're going to focus the interview on what bloggers need to know and do to "mobilize" their blogs.

Thinking about that, I began to wonder how many people actually read blogs on their mobile phone. So, I'm running a poll...

If you have comments or questions about blogging and mobile marketing, submit them in the comments section below and register for the free program with Kim Dushinski on April 9.

The Blog Squad Rocked on User Friendly Thinking Show

On Friday, Patsi and I were guests on Bizzuka's User Friendly Thinking show, hosted by our good friend Paul Chaney and John Munsell, CEO of Bizzuka. We had a rockin' one hour conversation ranging from blogging for business to social media to PR and where to find and how to use simple, inexpensive tools to market your business.  Here's the show...

Money-making Blog Tips from Experts on CDs

Are there any business bloggers out there who want to learn a few money-making tricks? At the risk of sounding like Fast Eddy, have we got a deal for you! Come on down...

This is a quick commercial about a 61% discount on CDs. For the few remaining days of January 09, you can find out what the experts like Tom Antion, Joan Stewart, and ourselves, The Blog Squad, do to boost business with blogs, viral campaigns, book blogs, and other tips.

Learn about key marketing tactics with these programs:

=> Blog Your Book: The Easy Way to Write and Market Your Book

=> How to Lure Prospects with Words: Using White Papers to Attract New Clients

=> Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights

=> How to Pitch the Best Bloggers and Create a Publicity Explosion

=> 32,000 Readers and a 2-Book Deal: How to Launch & Profit from a Viral Blogging Campaign

=>Packaging is Everything! How the Right Words Can Sell Your Book or Product in 15 Seconds or Less

=> Blogging to Gain Expert Status

Blogging Prediction for 2009

Yesterday I was interviewed by Scott Paton (@ScottPaton on twitter) for Blogger and Podcaster Magazine. Scott wanted to know my prediction for blogs in 2009. While my prediction isn't new or revolutionary, I think it's relevant nonetheless! You'll have to listen to the 11 minute interview to find out what it is!

After you listen, click on the comments link to let us know what you think the future of blogging is in 2009.

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2009: The Year of the Personality?

Denise Wakeman Interviewed at BlogWorld Expo 08

It's amazing what you find on YouTube when you do a search on your name! I was looking for an interview I did at BlogWorld for Investor Village and I stumbled on a couple other interviews I had done as well and totally forgotten about.  Here's one I did for Sparkcast:

Related Post:
Starting a Blog? What to do BEFORE you begin.

Related Video Interviews from BlogWorld 08.

Starting a Blog? What to do BEFORE you begin.

Today I had the pleasure of listening to David Meerman Scott, one of my favorite marketing "gurus" being interviewed by Larina Kase as part of the launch of her new book The Confident Leader.

David Meerman Scott is author of the bestselling book, The New Rules of Marketing and PR. It's just been released in paperback and it's #1 in Web Marketing on Amazon.com.

Larina Kase asked David about blogging and of course my ears perked up even more...she asked what his advice was for businesses starting a blog...

We're in total sync with David.  Here are his 3 steps you must do BEFORE you start a blog...

Andy Wibbels Shows off Blogs.com

At BlogWorld Expo I had a chance to talk with Andy Wibbels, currently working at Six Apart. Andy told us about his latest project at Six Apart - blogs.com - a human edited "best of blogs" site. Currently they have over 1100 handpicked blogs.Check it out. And be sure to submit your blog if you think it's one of the best in your niche!