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Archive for May, 2009

Giving A Good Speech

Giving A Good Speech

Crissy Herron | May 27, 2009 | 0 Comments

You’ve probably heard that most people’s biggest fear is public speaking.  It’s enough to make some people ill and others tremble in fear.  However, giving a good speech can actually be quite fun.  Here’s how to give a good speech, and maybe enjoy doing it. Step One: Make sure you’re comfortable with your topic.  Ideally, [...]

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Giving a Good PowerPoint Presentation

Giving a Good PowerPoint Presentation

Crissy Herron | May 27, 2009 | 0 Comments

When PowerPoint, a software product developed by Microsoft, was released in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s it was a huge boon to a presentation.  Suddenly dull office meetings were interesting again.  Because PowerPoint has now been around for several years, it’s still a great presentation tool however in order to have an impact it [...]

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Using Visuals to Market Your Business and Your Products

Using Visuals to Market Your Business and Your Products

Crissy Herron | May 27, 2009 | 1 Comment

We’re visual people and we often make purchasing decisions based on an image alone.  Our vision is our primary sense and we rely on it to make quick assumptions about people and products.  This means image can play a strong role in both the branding of your business as well as your profitability.  Here are [...]

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Show Me Your Swag!

Show Me Your Swag!

Crissy Herron | May 26, 2009 | 5 Comments

Swag is a term that describes the promotional items that businesses give away. Swag is a great marketing tool for your business. (You can read about how you can partner with others on JV Swag give-a-ways in a post I wrote for CraftBoom! here) Not sure what kind of Swag to be giving away? Here [...]

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My Thoughts On “Blogola” And Mommy Bloggers

My Thoughts On “Blogola” And Mommy Bloggers

Crissy Herron | May 26, 2009 | 8 Comments

You may have heard about the piece in last week’s BusinessWeek titled “Blogola: The FTC Takes On Paid Posts.” In this article, the magazine used the term “blogola” to describe the act of a blogger receiving compensation in exchange for blogging about a product or service. This term makes reference to “payola” which is where [...]

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Special Tuesday Sale!

Special Tuesday Sale!

Crissy Herron | May 19, 2009 | 0 Comments

It’s Tuesday – and I am offering a special sale on TWO great products! If you would like to get featured in the press, but aren’t sure where to start, you will LOVE this combo! For today only, you can grab my workbook + video combo How To Get Great Press and my pack of [...]

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Sydney Gavan Needs You To Write Oprah. Wanna Help?

Sydney Gavan Needs You To Write Oprah. Wanna Help?

Crissy Herron | May 17, 2009 | 5 Comments

Sydney Gavan is a cute and happy five year old little girl, who happens to be suffering from Biphenotypic Leukemia (both AML & ALL types) which accounts for only 5% of all Leukemia cases. Sydney has undergone chemo but her blast percentage has gone up to 10% so she is no longer in remission. Sydney [...]

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Stuff I’m Into….

Stuff I’m Into….

Crissy Herron | May 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

If you’re on Twitter, then you know that Friday is the day to give shout-outs to the people you think are cool, noteworthy, or worth following. This is done by tweeting their Twitter handle and the hashtag #followfriday. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, it means that you post something like this [...]

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Announcing The Summer Biz Sessions

Announcing The Summer Biz Sessions

Crissy Herron | May 14, 2009 | 3 Comments

I’m sure you’ve heard of musicians having “jam sessions.” According to Wikipedia, a jam session is “used to develop new material, find suitable arrangements, or simply as a social gathering and communal practice session.” Well, I had so much fun with the Indie Biz Chicks Conference, that I decided to keep it going throughout the [...]

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A Big Proper “THANK YOU!!!”

A Big Proper “THANK YOU!!!”

Crissy Herron | May 11, 2009 | 0 Comments

I just wanted to take a moment to say “Thanks” to everyone who helped make The Indie Biz Chicks Conference a success! First of all, a big “Thank You” goes out to everyone who listened to a session. Without you, there is no reason to be holding the conference! Our speakers all did a wonderful [...]

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