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How to make an email Hyperlink – Easy as Pie?

Did you ever want to have a hyperlink that emailed to you? Did you ever want an email hyperlink in your Wordpress post or page?

If you did you’ve come to the right place. This need came up during the Social Media Marketing class. Our Chief Blogger studied it and found an even easier way (Rita was on the right track). So rather than make detailed intstructions, he went to the cyber-wigwam and made a video. He’s not starring in it but it’s a screen capture video so you can play it and replay it as many times as you like. It is REALLY, QUITE EASY!!! Check out the video or click on the Chief. By the way, in the meantime we’ve added a VIDEO tab to the main navigation so you can visit often for other short tutorials.

How to make an email Hyperlink – Easy?

Did you ever want to have a hyperlink that emailed to you? Did you ever want an email hyperlink in your Wordpress post or page?

Gravatar, Oh Gravatar

A what did you say?

The Globally Recognized Avatar or Gravatar is a universal logo supported by all the bloggers in the WWW universe. A gigantic catalog of icons or logos that is keyed to your email helps identify you as you blog or comment on other people’s blogs. You can easily set up your Gravatar in the settings page of a wordpress.com blog. Or, you can go directly to gravatar.com. Canadian Christine McIvor has a neat little YouTube video that describes the process – Click Here. She doesn’t get into a lot of detail about uploading the image but if you need help you can contact chiefblogger@tpmtech.biz. She does have an extensive series of video tutorials on a wide range of topics including blogging and social media. Check out Christine’s site here.

Just released! Social Media Industry Report

Want to see what businesses are planning for Social Media for 2010?

Michael Stelzner, from the Social Media Examiner, has just published a colorful and insightful report on what’s happening with Social Media and what businesses are planning to do to utilize it. You can download the full report from the site. Micheal also has a short video clip reviewing the highlights of the report. You can visit the Social Media Examiner site and download the report here. The report also validates the framework that Lept Like A Blog clients are using is sound practice at the leading edge of Social Media.

What’s a Virtual Assistant?

Looking for someone to free you of the minutia that keeps you from attacking the really big stuff?

Consider a Virtual Assistant or VA. Wikipedia estimates there may be as many as 35,000 VA’s worldwide. See their definition here. We are lucky to have a service right here in the Chicagoland area. Laura Witlox has established The Persistent Assistant to take care of your every minutia need. Her staff is experienced in “Just get ‘er done” and all are ready to attack your growing TO-DO list. You can read about The Persistent Assistant services and client experiences at the Blog, Facebook, Twitter, or web-site. Not sure if they can help you? Feel free to call Laura and she will tell you whether they can be of assistance!

Mayo Clinic 20th Century health pioneer, 21st Century SM pioneer!

One of my favorite organizations, the Mayo Clinic has shown us all up. They experimented and embraced Social Media early. They epitomize a real leader in their industry. Long respected in the 20th century for paving the way for more effective health care structures they have continued that tradition in the 21st century with social media. You can see an unbelieivable blog site by clicking here. Another article from the Jacksonville Business Journal reviews the history of their social media endeavors. Read it here. My favorite quote from this article is:

“Having a company Web site is so five years ago. Social media — the umbrella term for blogs, social networks, photo video and podcasts, and other user-generated mediums — is the new era. And the possibilities are seemingly endless.”

Mass Marketing De-massing?

Interesting perspective on mass marketing. Social media is garnering a lot of lip service about its potential to replace traditional advertising. WordPress, Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin are making in-roads to changing the face of consumerism. Here is an interesting perspective. Watch the video by clicking here.

Head Shots – Adding pizazz to your social media

In social media having a good headshot helps you look professional. Even though you see everything under the sun on Facebook and Twitter, that doesn’t mean you cannot have something very appealing representing you. Local photographer Jim Spelman realizes there are many head shot challenged looks out there in social media. He has set up a day just to concentrate on head shots. Here is your chance to get a professional photograph specifically for a head shot at a reasonable price. The special day is April 28. With 30 minute slots you can be in and out and have your professional looking head shot for social media. Click here for all the details.

Where & WhenDate: Wed April 28th, 2010

Time: 30 minute time slots

Location: Jim Spelman Studios

4001 N Perryville Road

Loves Park IL

(NE corner of Riverside & Perryville)

Twitter passes 105 million users

Get the full story here.

Brains, Golfing, and Earth Day-Are they connected?

Follow the exploits of local water expert Laurie from LTM Water as she expounds on why you want to buy a filter instead of be a filter! She has done a nice job in setting up her blog and is posting about how water is connected to Earth Day, Golf and Brains. See her blog by clicking here. You can also read what NGM has to say about water by clicking on the cover.