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Tom Antion Reveals The Secrets of HIS Success to The Blog Squad

A 3-Prong Approach to Business Success: Tom Antion Reveals His Secrets to The Blog Squad

What are the three keys that must be mastered for business success in today’s highly competitive small business world? According to Tom Antion, speaker and Internet millionaire, you must master professional speaking, Internet marketing, and timeless success principles.

And he should know. Antion is in the top 1 percent of the world’s most highly paid speakers. He has made millions in Internet sales. He mentors other e-millionaires at his training center The Great Internet Marketing Retreat Center in Virginia Beach, VA.

Business blogging experts, The Blog Squad will interview Tom Antion on Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 5 p.m. ET on a teleseminar so everyone can learn Antion’s new Fusion concept.

Antion has mastered the art and science of business success and now teaches others how they can get the same results he does, consistently making $75,000 to $220,000 a month.

Fusion is a concept in which a small business owner masters professional speaking, Internet marketing and success factors in order to achieve multi-million dollar results. Antion is teaching the Fusion principles on the teleseminar as a preview to 3-day live event coming this October in Los Angeles.

Among the topics to be covered are:
• Some of the reasons people don’t take advantage of the Internet
• Some of the biggest mistakes people make on their websites
• How to spot pie in the sky get rich quick scams
• How the Internet helps a speaking career

This event is free, but registration to get the call-in number is required. Click for more information and registration.

The Blog Squad on Power Up Radio

Our second interview on May 8 was with Sharon Capehart on her Power Up radio show.  Lots of blogging power yesterday! Sharon has a lot of energy and enthusiasm as you'll hear when you listen to the interview.  Again, this is a call-in show and we got a lot of great questions from the audience.

Feel free to post your comments and questions by clicking on the comment link below. Blog on!

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The Blog Squad on Powerfull Living Radio

The Blog Squad on Powerfull Living Radio

Yesterday we had the pleasure of being interviewed twice on Internet radio programs. The first was on Lorraine Cohen's Powerfull Living Radio. Naturally, we talked business blogging. Since listeners can call in with their questions, this isn't our standard interview.

For your listening pleasure, here's the audio from the show:

Have questions or comments? Use the comment link to submit them and we'll do our best to answer. Blog on!

P.S. If you listen to the interview, you'll hear an announcement for a brand new report on business blogging that we haven't officially released yet. Be the first on your block!

Wall Street Journal Features Comments by The Blog Squad

How to pitch bloggers is once again a hot topic. Today's online version of The Wall Street Journal has an article called Attention, Bloggers. And for a little shameless self promotion...I was interviewed for the article! Whoo hoo.

NOTE: If you are not a WSJ subscriber you'll be asked to subscribe. I created a pdf of the article you can download instead. Download Attention Bloggers

There are good case studies of successful blogger pitches including one I submitted from Becky Sciullo about how she and her father, artist Robert Yonke, pitched bluegrass music blogs to promote his paintings of bluegrass musicians.

When I asked Shelly Banjo, the WSJ reporter, how she found me, her response: "Google, of course!"

Denise Wakeman on Houston Business Show

Back in November 2007 I was a guest on the Houston Business Show.  I had great conversation with host Kevin Price on two segments of the show.  At long last I have the link to the audio for that program.

Listen to Denise Wakeman talk about blogging. What else?!

Blog Squad in the News

Kelly Heyboer of Jersey Blogs picked up on a story about the blog critique we did for Sue Lanza's Dementia Caregiver's Toolbox, and invited Patsi to do an interview: Q&A: Pimp My Blog.

Patsi answers questions about how The Blog Squad got started, common blogging mistakes, and the future of the blogosphere.

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Dementia Caregiver's Toolbox Blog Wins Award
Dementia Caregivers Blog Gets Home Improvement Plan from California Blog Squad
Hey, Blog Squad, Can You Fix My Blog?

Sugar Shock Blog Gets Blog Makeover on Video from California Blog Squad

"Patsi and Denise really helped me to focus more on my goals and vision for the SUGAR SHOCK! Blog, and I'm already seeing a really positive response," Bennett says. "For instance, the SUGAR SHOCK! Blog is now receiving more comments from readers so they're relating to it much more now. I have Patsi and Denise to thank for giving me great ideas on how to make the blog cleaner looking, more focused and friendly."

Sugar Shock Blog Gets Blog Makeover on Video from California Blog Squad

(San Diego, CA) July 26, 2007 - Connie Bennett is the author of the book Sugar Shock that helps people get off sugar and lead healthier lives. Recently, she called in The Blog Squad, a team of blogging experts in California, to offer guidance on how to make the SUGAR SHOCK! Blog more welcoming, popular and reader friendly.

The Blog Squad is a team of blogging experts in California, Denise Wakeman and Patsi Krakoff, Psy.D. They delivered their blogging advice via screen cast video to Ms. Bennett who made suggested improvements.

"Although the SUGAR SHOCK! Blog is already popular with thousands of sugar addicts, hypoglycemics, diabetics and health-minded readers around the world, I decided that it was time to make it more of a welcoming, helpful destination for my target audience," Bennett says. She started her blog two years ago.

Dementia Caregiver's Toolbox Blog Wins Award

We love getting good news from our blogging clients. This week we received an email from Susan Lanza, author of The Dementia Caregiver's Toolbox, letting us know her blog had won HealthCentral.com's Top Site Award for Alzheimer sites.

These sites include small Web sites and individual blogs and were chosen based on their candid and informative content.

Susan Lanza recently hired The Blog Squad to do a blog critique and she cites this as part of her success:

If I hadn't reached out to both of you for a blog critique a while back, this certainly would not have happened.  I have implemented almost all of your suggestions, with the most important one being that I do post 2 or 3 times weekly and speak more from my head vs. rehashing news stories.

The award says this about Susan's blog: A great site for news snippits, caregiving tips and product reviews "for professional and family caregivers who want to keep up with the world of dementia care."

We are thrilled with Susan's success.

Franchise King Gets Blog Improvement Plan on Video from California Blog Squad

"The Blog Squad gals really helped me focus more on what I want this blog to do, and I recommend them to anyone who wants to be better at blogging, and gaining readership!"

Franchise King Gets Blog Improvement Plan on Video from California Blog Squad

(San Diego, CA) July 24, 2007 - Joel Libava is The Franchise King in Northern Ohio and he helps people find new business opportunities. His blog, however, TheFranchiseKing.com, wasn't doing its job of finding more clients for his business.

So he called in The Blog Squad for a blog critique. The Blog Squad is a team of blogging experts in California, Denise Wakeman and Patsi Krakoff, Psy.D. They delivered their blogging advice via screen cast video to Libava in Ohio who made the suggested improvements.

"I am the best known franchise consultant in Cleveland, and want to stay in front of the local audience," says Libava. "I started my blog to keep people up to date on issues relating to positive economic trends for Cleveland and Akron."

Besides driving more readers to the blog, his improvement plan includes less advertisement, less distractions, more relevant content, and more references to his own website, products and services.

Dementia Caregivers Blog Gets Home Improvement Plan from California Blog Squad

"I've already changed some of the blog post titles to take better advantage of keywords. The next thing I will do is make better linkage between my website and blog."

Dementia Caregivers Blog Gets Home Improvement Plan from California Blog Squad

(San Diego, CA) July 25, 2007 - Susan Lanza is a New Jersey nursing home administrator who helps families of dementia patients cope with challenges. She started a blog, TheDementiaCaregiver'sToolbox  where she shares her daily experiences as a professional caregiver in order to help families and others with long term care issues.

"I knew my blog needed improvement and I needed the experts to help me, so I turned to the Blog Squad," says Ms. Lanza.

So she called in The Blog Squad for a blog critique. The Blog Squad is a team of blogging experts in California, Denise Wakeman and Patsi Krakoff, Psy.D. They delivered their blogging advice via screen cast video to Ms. Lanza in New Jersey who is making suggested improvements.