Resources from the Techno Granny

Resources from the Techno Granny

2009 U.S. Small Business Administration
National Journalist of the Year
Joanne Quinn-Smith, CEO
Dreamweaver Marketing Associates,
Publisher: PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com
P.O. Box 1155 Pittsburgh, Pa. 15230
412-444-5197
E-Mail: infoattechnogrannyshowdotcom

Joanne Quinn-Smith, owner and CEO, Creative Energy Officer, of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates, a successful Pittsburgh-based marketing company, mother and grandmother, s an unlikely trendsetter for online journalism. But better known as Techno Granny to her thousands of online listeners worldwide, Joanne has created a revolutionary online social media platform in Internet broadcasting, blogging and other social media participation that represents the new second generation of World Wide Web development and design, known in technology circles as Web 2.0.

A seasoned small business owner and active member of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Joanne has used her PositivelyPittsburghLive™ Talk Radio broadcasts to focus largely on small business topics. She also hosts the Techno Granny Show™, where her expert guests advise baby boomers on navigating the new world of Web 2.0. Between the two shows she has interviewed over 1800 guests, mostly small business owners. Not satisfied with just interviewing she has turned her talents to offering 15 minute marketing tips every Monday on Monday Morning Marketeer™. These are tips to jump start your business with just your time or for under $100.00. Joanne also teaches her social media platform building to small businesses in a client personalized training, Web2.0 Gorilla Branding Training™. Below is just one of many things you can learn in the training. Joanne is also the editor and publisher of PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagaqzine.com, Pittsburgh’s First Internet Radio and TV Network which last year enjoyed 2.25 million hits and 662,000 unique page views.

10 EASY STEPS TO START A TALK CAST ON TALK SHOE

1. Purchase microphone and head phones
2. Create Account at www.talkshoe.com
3. Create editorial calendar
4. Do a Test Call to check out how your sound will be and get familiar
5. Schedule Your First Episode
6. Invite and promote ( People join via phone, pc or listen on computer later)
7. Be prepared for commitment
8. Start a blog of the same name for your show notes and any additional blogs
9. Always plan your show
10. When you schedule a show, be sure to observe your start time and BE THERE!

Helpful Hints: 

• Check out my show blog for ideas: www.technogrannyshow.blogspot.com 
• You can also change this to a domain name that does not use BlogSpot in it. Mine is http://technogrannyshow.com 
• Make sure that you add a widget from Talk Shoe for people who discover your blog and want to listen to your show. Instructions on the site. 
• You can also use: BlogtalkRadio which is also free.
• After you have some following, probably about twenty shows, start your own social network for your loyal listeners. This will give them an opportunity to comment on your show.

List on as many pod cast hosting sites as possible:
Here’s a list of popular Pod cast Directories:
iTunes, Podcast Pickle, Podcast Alley, Digg, Podcasting News, Pod-Planet, Zencast, Zimbio
Many Helpful Hints In “Host Lounge” on Talk Shoe, also you will receive periodic



Check out current Internet Radio and TV channels for JQS Talkcasts at:
www.positivelypittsburghlivemagazine.com or www.talkshoe.comTechno Granny's Shows (Sorry the first two are in progress on this search list--always starting new things)

Watch for these shows by JQS: TechnoGrannyShow™, MondayMorningMarketeer™, ProfessionalswithImpact™, PositivelyPittsburghLive™,
Author, Author Shine Out Loud™

You can also use Blogtalk Radio. Both Blogtalk and TalkShoe are free.

Eight Social Media Tips from the Techno Granny

1. Traditiional Media is not the be all end all it used to be. Millions of gen x and gen y and gen now turn to the interntet for their news. So do court New Media people like bloggers and podcasters and on line networkers if they are in your niche. If you have anything to do with technology or if you have a profession business or organization in Pittsburgh, you should be my best buddy and Tracy Certo Because I am a New Media Representative for technology and for Pittsburgh. 2. If you are blogging, it can be absolutely wonderful but if no one reads it, it’s no good to your prospective reader or you. You have got to promote your blog. Add it to your other social media by all means but you should be on Digg, Technorati, Type of Viral Advertising: Some are bookmarking sites, some are news aggregators, some are on line magazines, some are blog exchanges.

Blogging: Where to promote Your Blog,
http://technorati.com
http://blogcatalog.com http://mybloglog.com http://blogengage.com http://digitalpoint.com http://bloggeries.com/forum http://bloglines.com
http://zimbio.com
http://blogclicker.com
http://blogexplosion.com
http://bloglinker.com
http://facebook.com/notes.php
http://merchantcircle.com

3. Article Marketing

Article marketing is a great way to promote a product, service, website or blog. The name says it all: article marketing means marketing yourself.
http://www.isnare.com/ ) submitting to multiple article directories at ONCE! For only $2, iSnare exposes your content to over 270 sites and thousands of readers and opt-in publishers—what a bargain! Think about your return on investment.

4. Online Radio and TV

You Tube LiveStream
Radio—Free,
http://BlogtalkRadio.com
http://TalkShoe.com Live Stream

5. Online Networks

Ning, Create your own network
http://positivepittsburghers.com
http://ning.com to set up your own network of fans

6. Free Tools to Check Your Social Media Activity,

http://SocialOomph.com
http://trackle.com (STILL IN BETA, NOT SURE OF THE STATUS OF THIS BUT REALLY COOL—hope it works out, much better even than Google Alerts)
Google Alerts-need Gmail account and is hidden in the bottom but this is where you track all of your stuff for your name, company, book, etc. Set up as many as you need, it’s free

7. Landing Pages to Capture Social Media Activity—Capture emails so you can market to them

“Landing Page Bible”
Cisco Adler
cisco@adlerinteractive.com E-mail for a free copy first three chapters of book, tell him Techno Granny sent you.

8. Free Press Release Sites (as we speak some of these may have gone to pay, last one I know is still free as I use it.

24-7PressRelease.com - Free release distribution with ad-support
1888PressRelease.com - Free distribution, paid services gives you better placement and permanent archiving.
ClickPress.com - Distributes to sites like Google News and Topix.net, Gold level will also get you to sites like LexisNexis.
EcommWire.com - Focuses on ecommerce and requires you include an image, 3 keywords and links.
Express-Press-Release.com - Free Distribution Company with offices in 12 states.
Free-Press-Release.com - Easy press release distribution for free, more features for paid accounts.

Links to Techno Granny sites and blogs:
PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com http://pplmag.com--
All Techno Granny Radio Shows All Techno Granny Shows
TechnoGrannyShow Blog 
MondayMorningMarketeer blog articles 
MondayMorningMarketeer Free Marketing seminars:

For additional info and Web 2.0 Gorilla Branding Training™
Contact: Joanne Quinn-Smith

Additional info on Joanne Quinn-Smith on LinkedIn Profile at: http://joannequinnsmith.com
412-444-5197
© Joanne Quinn-Smith, 2009-2012

TechnoGrannyShow, 7 Rules Regarding Spam

Listen to live show Here

Techno Granny, 7 Rules Regarding Spam, CAN SPAM Act

Time: 07/30/2012 11:00 AM EDT Episode Notes: Over the week-end I spent a considerable amount of time on two of my sites deleting spam including my LinkedIn Group, only to wake up to a message from a member on one of my networking sites that I had a spammer emailing all of my members. So I postponed the show this morning to do a little research on SPAM. As a business owner what I came up with would have been a little scary if I did not already have some safeguards in place. For the spammer, it should be really scary. Information today straight from the FTC website. Any one could look it up but how many people do? The information for this show was all culled from several websites: Resources follow:

CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business [PDF]

http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus61-can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business/

If you are doing business internationally

http://spamlinks.net/legal-laws.htm

Text message

http://www.fcc.gov/guides/spam-unwanted-text-messages-and-email

Protect yourself from being accused of spam

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Fight-Back-BEFORE-Youre-Falsely-Accused-of-Spam&id=23248

TechnoGrannyShowNotes: What is DNS Changer Malware, Why is July 9 Important

Listen to archive of this show, but you can also get all of the information by going to the Links.
All of the information I provided on this segment is directly from the various links listed in this blog.

Techno Granny, What is the DNS Changer Malware? Why July 9 Important

DNS Changer Malware, July 9, Why is It Important? You have probably read this stuff all over the internet and are wondering what it's all about, so TG decided to do a little intel today of what I have been able to find out and sites you can visit to make sure your computer is ... 

What is the DNS Changer Malware?

On November 8, the FBI, the NASA-OIG and Estonian police arrested several cyber criminals in “Operation Ghost Click”. The criminals operated under the company name “Rove Digital”, and distributed DNS changing viruses, variously known as TDSS, Alureon, TidServ and TDL4 viruses. You can read more about the arrest of the Rove Digital principals here, and in the FBI Press Release.

What does the DNS Changer Malware do?

The botnet operated by Rove Digital altered user DNS settings, pointing victims to malicious DNS in data centers in Estonia, New York, and Chicago. The malicious DNS servers would give fake, malicious answers, altering user searches, and promoting fake and dangerous products. Because every web search starts with DNS, the malware showed users an altered version of the Internet.

Under a court order, expiring July 9, the Internet Systems Consortium is operating replacement DNS servers for the Rove Digital network. This will allow affected networks time to identify infected hosts, and avoid sudden disruption of services to victim machines.

How Can I Protect Myself?

This page describes how you can determine if you are infected, and how you can clean infected machines. To check if you’re infected, Click Here. If you believe you are infected, here are instructions on how to clean your computer.

Here is a simple You Tube Video done by Albert Torasco to show you how to find out if you are infected and fix it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK8SNkDYsPc&feature=youtu.be

These are the links to go to: 

http://www.dcwg.org/detect/

http://www.dcwg.org/fix

http://www.dns-ok.us/ 

 If your computer is okay you will get a green screen with this logo on it.  But pay attention to the message below.

All of this is copied directly from  http://www.dcwg.org/detect/ when I checked my computer.

DNS Resolution = GREEN  Your computer appears to be looking up IP addresses correctly! Had your computer been infected with DNS changer malware you would have seen a red background.  Pay attention to this:  Please note, however, that if your ISP is redirecting DNS traffic for its customers you would have reached this site even though you are infected. For additional information regarding the DNS changer malware, please visit the FBI's website at:

·     For you tecchies out there who are a bit more advanced here's a manaul way from CNet

How to detect and fix a machine infected with DNSChanger

The FBI will be closing the DNSChanger network on Monday, after which thousands worldwide are expected to no longer be able to access the Internet.

by Topher Kessler

  July 7, 2012 4:00 AM PDT

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57467580-263/how-to-detect-and-fix-a-machine-infected-with-dnschanger/