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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Techno Granny Show, Ten Things to Know About Webcasting and Webcasting Softwa





Mark Call, Author "The Book on Webcasting"

Mark Call is a Best Selling Author, Speaker and Marketing Consultant. Mark came from an entrepreneurial background based around traditional brick and mortar business. He launched on the internet about 10 years ago and failed forward. Starting his first "info" site (InternetAudioPro.com), Mark grew his first list right before AUDIO was popular on-line. The natural progression grew towards VIDEO and eventually Live Broadcasting! Mark has logged more than 3000 hours webcasting and training on-line. He wrote "The Book on Webcasting" and most recently co-authored "Webinar Recruiting Made Easy" with Internet Mulit-Millionaire, Daegan Smith. Mark now teaches Home Business Owners how to train and attain prospects for their Home Business through the Power of Webinars and Webcasting. You can follow Mark by subscribing to his blog at http://MarkCall.com or Follow him on Facebook at http://MarkCall.com/fan 

Talking Points

1. Just Do It

2. Do not OVERPAY for your Webcasting Software

3. The TOOLS of The Trade (what equipment Mark uses)

4. NEVER SELL on a Webinar ... WHAT!

5. Find YOURSELF and be YOU

6. It's Technology - Expect the un-expected

7. You...  a ROCK STAR

8. Practice, Practice, Practice

9. Why Webinars

10. Track the Stats


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                        (we give out some pretty cool things to our fans)
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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Techno Granny Show, Effective Detective, "List in a Box"



Techno Granny Show, Effective Detective, "List in a Box"
Time: 09/12/2011 
Episode Notes: If I had an easy software that would create a list for you no matter how small or how large. If it would make your life easier for soccer calling or marketing and sales, would you want to know about it? If it was free would you buy it? Gotcha!

Whether you are a party planner, fundraiser, business owner or just someone planning a wedding you need a list. Most of the time you probably have to gather all of your address books, old yearbooks, invoices or perhaps you just don't know where to look.

Well, Matt Tomsho, The Effective Detective has the solution. He has an easy software that a pre-teen could learn to use and he's GIVING IT AWAY.

 Well, you know the TechnoGranny fans mantra is: "If it's free, it's for me, we'll take three." Listen in to find out how to use, how it will help you and HOW TO GET IT FOR FREE!


Effective Detective, List in a Box

If I had an easy software that would create a list for you no matter how small or how large. If it would make your life easier for soccer calling or marketing and sales, would you want to know about it? If it was free would you buy it? Gotcha! .........................................................Whether you are a party planner, fundraiser, business owner or just someone planning a wedding you need a list. Most of the time you probably have to gather all of your address books, old yearbooks, invoices or perhaps you just don't know where to look. ........................................................Well, Matt Tomsho, The Effective Detective has the solution. He has an easy software that a pre-teen could learn to use and he's GIVING IT AWAY. ........................................................Well, you know the TechnoGranny fans mantra is: "If it's free, it's for me, we'll take three." Listen in to find out how to use, how it will help you and HOW TO GET IT FOR FREE!

Short Bio
Matt Tomsho has been involved in the Information Technology world for over 30 years. His background has ranged from programming, systems analysis, database design, customer service, IT Management, marketing, and sales. For the last few years he has specialized in database design for small businesses. His current venture as The Effective Detective is to show businesses and the people involved in them how to become more effective in what they are doing. In particular, how to utilize software so that it becomes the boon to their business it was meant to be, rather than the bane that it often becomes.


Listen to archived show HERE:


Talking Points
1.      I don’t want people and businesses to be more productive or efficient; I want them to be more effective.
2.      Effectiveness is not the same as efficiency or Productivity.
3.      Effectiveness is doing the right things the way that works best for you.
4.      You don’t want to work harder or smarter; you want to work right. That is from James Malinchak, a speaker and coach I really admire.
5.      Technology, really software, has been one of the greatest boons to business in the last 100 years. Unfortunately, software has started to get too complicated. This is because the only way a software company can get you to upgrade, and thus keep making money is to add new features that you may or may not need.
6.      Software today tends to overwhelm people – all the features tend to obscure the ones that are most important for them. This is really obvious in three business areas: sales, marketing, and support.
7.      This is one of the reasons I’m releasing List in a Box.  I wanted to give people something extremely simple, yet something that could actually do a job that a lot of businesses need to do but aren’t doing right now: reach out on a regular basis to their existing customers. It is so much easier to sell to an existing customer, but so many businesses get caught up in the trap of constantly trying to find new customers, they can’t give much thought to people or businesses that have already bought from them. This software gives them an extremely simple and easy way to organize their customer list and actually market to it!
8.      I decided List in a Box should be free so people don’t have to think about whether to make another investment in software, but just get something done!
9.      Using List in a Box a business owner can create a mailing list, segment it, and quickly and easily create sales letters, envelopes, and mailing labels. In fact, I give away templates to do those things too.
10.  Because the list is stored on their computer and it is in Microsoft Excel, if they decide to get some other software package later, or they want to transfer their list to something like SendOut cards, it is a simple matter to export the data. Some packages will even take Excel directly.
11.  I send out several instructional videos that walk you through using the software, and how you can segment your list, and what makes sense when you do that.
12.  Right now it is only available for PCs.
13.  People need to recognize that computers and software are just tools. They don’t solve a problem by themselves – they need you. You have to know what you want to accomplish and then look at what tool and the features of the tool will get you there. You can use a claw hammer to pull out a screw, but wouldn’t it be easier on you and the wood if you used a screwdriver?  


        Matt Tomsho, The Effective Detective, Finding The Hidden Profits In Your Business
Web site (free software): http://TheEffectiveDetective.com
Web Site (business): http://mjtomsho.com










Monday, November 28, 2011

Keeping in Touch Technology, Send Out Cards for Personal or Business Use

Title: Techno Granny, Online Help to Keep in Touch for Business, Family, Friends
Time: 11/28/2011 10:00 AM EST
Episode Notes: Send Out Card Senior Manager, Fran 
Treloar will give tips for saving time and money and keeping in touch, creating memories for family and also building customer loyalty and relationships. Want grandma to see the baby walk, Fran of SendOutCards will tell you how to do that in your greeting card with QR codes.
Listen to archive of this show at:  
Fran Treloar on Keeping in Touch with SendOutCards for Business and Personal


Send Out Cards was founded in 2004, it is an online greeting card and gift company with over 50 million cards sent, making SendOutCards the largest first-class mailing company in the U.S. SOC helps people send personalized, printed greeting cards and gifts as a way to make a difference in the lives of others.
Fran Trelar has been an independent distributor with a little over 2 years she loves helping people keep in touch both personally and for business.  She has a team of people who work with her.  Her main goal is to help small business owners build a long trusting- relationship with their customers or clients.
Fran can teach how SendoutCards can be a piece of their marketing along with social media.  

Through SendOutCards she teaches customers how to take a YouTube video and generate a QR code that can be inserted into a card that relays a specific message.  SendOutCards has post cards, 2 panel, 3 panel cards (which some business use as a brochure)and oversize cards.
BUT Send Out Cards is not a mass mailing company….SendOutCards makes sure that your cards are very personalized.


Points for individuals:


  • ·         Save time and $$$.
  • ·         On line (don’t have to go to the store, or post office)  From a post card to a big 8-1/2 x 11 card)
  • ·         Cost between $1.00  - $2.00 (including postage) (as opposed to 3-5 at Hallmark)
  • ·         Never forget a birthday or anniversary
  • ·         Reminder system for everyone in the families birthdays/anniversaries
  • ·         Can create the cards a head of time & post-date  - have people doing their  holiday cards in Nov & post-dating for Dec.
  • ·         Can personalize With multiple pictures, designs, borders,
  • ·         Can include a QR code which is a video of someone, how cool would it be for a grandma to get a card & see her grandchild taking their first step
  • ·         Can have own handwriting & signatures
  • ·         Selection of thousands of cards—no standing in card store opening thirty or more cards and then wondering which one you liked the best, shop in your pajamas and at any time of day
  • ·         Have an address book that you can update and never lose because it’s saved on the SOC system.
  • ·         We now have Picture Books, Calendars, canvas prints & posters

Points for businesses

Keep in touch with your customers/clients – start building relationships, maintain loyalty.
Only ½ of emails are opened, 99% of our cards ARE opened.
Brand Your Business with Cards. Integrate your current promotional theme with your card mailings. Include graphics, headlines and copy that reflects your business, and stay on the minds of all your best customers!
Add a professional touch by adding your logo or business card

Build Customer Relationships with Advance Card CampaignsManage your ever-growing list of contacts in our database, categorize by "campaign name" groupings and mail out at regularly timed intervals that you determine in advance.  For exm.  Seasonal cards, birthday.  It’s like having your own administrative assistant to remind you of your client’s special days to remember.

Build up your team or your employees  Use Send Out Cards to send out congratulations and “atta girl” messages for jobs well done.

Send gifts or gift cards as rewards to employees or customers

Send out Post Card Announcements for Sales
You can do the same when
·         you add new services
·         hire a new employee
·         open up a new location
·         Send a post card press release

Fran Treloar
412-897-3922
SendOutCards
Wild West Online Productions