Find out what the new Facebook changes mean – Expanded Answers from the #SMManners Twitter Chat

I really enjoy a good Twitter chat. And last night was another example of a great community built through the Twitter stream using hashtags to create a real-time “chat”. When people talk about Twitter going out of style, I always remind them of the power of the Twitter Chat. Look at these stats [...]
Sep 28, 2011 | Categories: Business, Facebook, Marketing, Social Media, Twitter | Tags: Facebook, how-to, Marketing, Social Media, social media marketing, tips, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies Twitter Party
TONIGHT — Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 at 8pm ET Andrea Vahl, Amy Porterfield and Phyllis Khare (that would be me) are throwing a Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies Twitter Party to help you leverage your Facebook account to increase sales and authority in your niche. The Party is hosted by Karl Staib of Party Biz Connect — who is [...]
Aug 24, 2011 | Categories: Social Media | Tags: Business, entrepreneur, event, Facebook, Marketing, marketing tool, Social Media, social media marketing, tips, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
Empire Avenue is stressing me out!

{EAV_BLOG_VER:3b4bff5b06394af4} <–wondering what that is? It is a crazy attempt to raise my stock price at Empire Avenue. And as they say on their site, “Empire Avenue is the Social Media Exchange, where you can invest in any social media profile by buying their shares, meet new people, unlock Achievement badges, and earn boatloads of [...]
Jun 13, 2011 | Categories: Facebook, Marketing, Social Media, Technology, Twitter | Tags: Empire Avenue, Social Media, virtual cash | Leave A Comment »
VYou Video Tour and Tutorial
One of the most exciting things I’ve seen online is VYou.com. If you love video as much as I do, this will be fun, too. the gist is – people type in a question – and you answer it by video. You can see that in action on my own VYou Channel http://vyou.com/phyllis Watch the [...]
Jun 10, 2011 | Categories: Marketing, Social Media, Technology, Video Tutorials | Tags: conversational video, Q&A site, Social Media, VYou | Leave A Comment »
Social Media Revolution 2011 by Socialnomics09
I have always enjoyed these visual factual powerhouses! One of the very first things I posted on this blog was his original video Social Media Revolution which currently has close to 3 million views! I hope you enjoy this. If it is too fast for you — pause it — and take it all in. [...]
Jun 08, 2011 | Categories: 3Headed, Business, Facebook, Marketing, Recommended, Social Media, Technology, Twitter | Tags: Business, Facebook, linkedin, Marketing, Social Media, Twitter, video, youtube | Leave A Comment »
Are you a member of your local Chamber of Commerce?

This is the background image for my new set of marketing materials. I think it perfectly captures my 30+ years of entertainment experience with my innovative teaching and curriculum design work. My agent is gearing up to start contacting Chamber of Commerce event directors to schedule 2 day immersive training workshops to help their members [...]
Jun 02, 2011 | Categories: Business, Facebook, Marketing, Promotions, Social Media | Tags: Chamber of Commerce, Facebook, Social Media, social media marketing, tips | Leave A Comment »
12 Awesome Facebook Stats, Charts & Graphs by Hubspot
12 Awesome Facebook Stats, Charts & Graphs View more presentations from HubSpot Internet Marketing
Jun 02, 2011 | Categories: Business, Facebook, Marketing, Social Media, Technology | Tags: Facebook, FaceBook Charts, FaceBook Graphs, FaceBook stats, Social Media, social networking site | Leave A Comment »
3 Part: YouTube Tutorial – Descriptions, Tags and Annotations Part 3
This is a very short tutorial I created for a friend who is doing-it-herself on YouTube. In Part 1, I talk about – and show her – the importance of the Description and Tag areas. In Part 2 and 3 I show her how to create simple annotations. Here’s Part 3:
May 23, 2011 | Categories: 3Headed, Business, Marketing, Social Media, Technology, Video Tutorials | Tags: how-to create annotations, Social Media, video tutorials, VYou tutorial, YouTube tutorial | Leave A Comment »
3 Part: YouTube Tutorial – Descriptions, Tags and Annotations Part 2
This is a very short tutorial I created for a friend who is doing-it-herself on YouTube. In Part 1, I talk about – and show her – the importance of the Description and Tag areas. In Part 2 and 3 I show her how to create simple annotations. Here’s Part 2:
May 23, 2011 | Categories: Marketing, SEO, Social Media, Technology, Video Tutorials | Tags: how-to create annotations, Social Media, video tutorials, VYou tutorial, YouTube tutorial | Leave A Comment »
3 Part: YouTube Tutorial – Descriptions, Tags and Annotations Part 1
This is a very short tutorial I created for a friend who is doing-it-herself on YouTube. In Part 1, I talk about – and show her – the importance of the Description and Tag areas. In Part 2 and 3 I show her how to create simple annotations. Here’s Part 1:
May 23, 2011 | Categories: Marketing, SEO, Social Media, Technology, Video Tutorials | Tags: how-to create descriptions, how-to create tags, Social Media, video tutorials, VYou tutorial, YouTube tutorial | Leave A Comment »
New Info up on my Facebook Page –
Let the Sharing Begin!
When I help people and businesses get set up with a Facebook Business Page, I always make sure they realize which fields on the Info Tab will show up when someone uses the Facebook Share link. The field that is used to auto-populate the Share Invitation is slightly different depending on the Type and Category [...]
Feb 09, 2011 | Categories: Business, Facebook, Marketing, Social Media, Technology | Tags: Facebook, Marketing, Social Media | Leave A Comment »
Social Commerce by Clo Willaerts
What is Social commerce? Social Commerce View more presentations from Clo Willaerts.
Feb 01, 2011 | Categories: Facebook, Marketing, Social Media, Technology | Tags: Business, Facebook, Marketing, marketing tool, Social Media | Leave A Comment »
Keynote: Social Business Forecast: 2011 The Year of Integration by Jeremiah Owyang
Keynote: Social Business Forecast: 2011 The Year of Integration View more presentations from Jeremiah Owyang.
Jan 22, 2011 | Categories: Marketing, SEO, Social Media, Technology | Tags: Social Business Forecast, Social Media, social media marketing | 1 Comment »
Good Bye 2010 — Hello 2011 #AIM2011

I’d like to take a break from all the technology posts to reflect on what I’m grateful for in 2010 and what I’m looking forward to in 2011. The first part is easy. 2010 was an amazing year — Through the grace of friendship (@efinkelstein) I received (through an amazing set of circumstances) a contract [...]
Dec 31, 2010 | Categories: Social Media, Technology | Tags: New year, Social Media | Leave A Comment »
Twitter’s Official Analytics Product
How do I get on the A list to try this out? lol OK someone has to tell us all about it. Amplify’d from mashable.com Twitter’s Official Analytics Product Has Arrived Social Media Twitter has started inviting a select group of users to test a new analytics product, Mashable has learned. Such a product has [...]
Nov 17, 2010 | Categories: Social Media | Tags: mashable, Social Media, social networking, Twitter, twitter analytics | Leave A Comment »
Looking for Connections for Two-Day Facebook Marketing Training
I’m looking for contacts with Chambers, Women’s organizations, Business Service Clubs, etc.. to set up my Facebook Marketing two-day training workshops. I’m one of the co-writers for *Facebook Marketing for Dummies All-In-One Guide*, publish date May 2011, by Wiley Publishing (yes, I’m a Dummies writer…) Talk to me! I have a great revenue sharing model!! [...]
Nov 17, 2010 | Categories: Facebook, Promotions, Social Media | Tags: FaceBook Marketing, Social Media, social media marketing, training | Leave A Comment »
Social Media Examiner TV with Mari Smith
Subjects covered: Flipbooks app, Facebook and FourSquare I have enjoyed everything coming from Mari Smith and Mike Stelzner. But I mostly enjoy how Mari continues to integrate the “inner” aspects of marketing – as so beautifully conveyed with this quote from her blog. When you have clarity on something that you want to create (the “What”) and [...]
Aug 07, 2010 | Categories: Facebook, Marketing, Social Media, Technology | Tags: Facebook, mari smith, Marketing, Social Media, video | 1 Comment »
My Recommended Book List
This is a small collection of some of the best books you can read on the new ways of doing business. null
Aug 04, 2010 | Categories: Recommended | Tags: Business, Facebook, Marketing, Social Media, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
Let’s go to BlogWorldExpo 2011!

Last year I attended this – through the eyes (live streaming) and typing (Twitter) of people actually there. I watched and listened as they landed at the airport, walked into the hall, and tried to find their friends! Two years ago I also got – pretty much word-for word – the keynote address from Chris [...]
Jul 15, 2010 | Categories: Recommended, Technology | Tags: BlogWorld Expo, Marketing, Social Media, video | Leave A Comment »
Socialnomics Newly Revised video – by Erik Qualman (@equalman)

Erik Qualman (@equalman) has a brand NEW version of his wildly popular viral video -with updated stats and jaw-dropping information. I’m a huge Socialnomics and Eric Qualman fan! If you aren’t using social media in your business yet, click play and hold on! His book shows how Brands can now be strengthened or destroyed by [...]
May 06, 2010 | Categories: Technology | Tags: Erik Qualman, Marketing, Social Media, social media marketing, Socialnomics, video | Leave A Comment »
The Care and Feeding of Twitter
(and yes – cleaning the twitter-litter, too) You can listen to this post here –> Care and Feeding of Twitter I taught several New to Twitter Workshops last year. Small business owners mostly, ranging from solopreneuers, to mid-size nationally reaching publishing companies. Everyone is always so excited to finally be taking flight in the Twitterverse [...]
Mar 07, 2010 | Categories: Social Media, Twitter | Tags: Marketing, Social Media, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
Pulling a Rabbit out of My (social media) Hat

Listen to this post – here –> MagicTricks Asking the question: Why do I have to do magic tricks to get a client? You would think by now, with all the main-stream media around the marketing power of Twitter and Facebook, that I wouldn’t have to resort to magic tricks to get a new clients, [...]
Mar 03, 2010 | Categories: Business, Marketing, Social Media | Tags: Marketing, online marketing, Social Media, social media marketing, Twitter | 2 Comments »
State of the Internet by Jesse

JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo. JESS3 designed and animated this for the JESS3 lecture at AIGA Baltimore in Feb 2010.
Mar 02, 2010 | Categories: Facebook, Marketing, Social Media, Technology | Tags: Facebook, internet, internet marketing, Marketing, Social Media, Twitter, video | Leave A Comment »
Social Media as Only Bill (billtvmacon) Can Do
I love Bill. He is my touchstone for sanity. I turn to him on YouTube almost daily. In this episode he discusses social media and old people – two of my favorite subjects (being I’m paid by it and am one…). Here you go.
Feb 26, 2010 | Categories: Facebook, Social Media, Twitter | Tags: Facebook, Social Media, Twitter, video | Leave A Comment »



