Newsletters

Volume 49 – 01Feb12

• Getting the Most out of a Free 30-Minute Consultation
• Putting the + in Google+
• 5 Myths About Being a Home-Based Business

Volume 48 – 15Jan12

• My advice on professional profile photos
• The most questionable product launches of the year
• 5 Exceedingly simple ways to to get more traffic to your website

Volume 47 – 01Jan12

• Do you know about the Secret School of Business?
• 7 Tools to Manage Social Media Content
• 6 Ways to Get More Real Twitter Followers

Volume 46 – 15Dec11

• Des Moines Holiday Gift Ideas
• Lessons in Leadership from Andy Bernard of the Office
• Networking Tips from the Inc. 5000

Volume 45 – 01Dec11

• Cross Post your Google+ Posts to your WordPress Bog
• Make Daily Deal Sites Pay Off: 4 Steps
• Join the Young Variety of Des Moines!

Volume 44 – 15Nov11

• Book Review: improv wisdom
• Forget Facebook: Four Reasons Your Company Needs a Google+ Page
• Free Workshop: How to Supersize your LinkedIn profile and put it to good use in your job search

Volume 43 – 01Nov11

• MailChimp Tip: Test Send
• The 2011 Crossroads Entertainment Conference
• 7 Examples of Content Creation

Volume 42 – 15Oct11

• Book Review: Rework
• Use Email Marketing and Social Media as Part of an Integrated Marketing Strategy
• Should We Have Multiple Company Bloggers?

Volume 41 – 01Oct11

• Book Review: Toy Box Leadership
• 7 Ways to Make a Mini-Marketing Campaign
• 8 Simple Tools to Manage and Analyze your Twitter Efforts

Volume 40 – 15Sep11

• When do you Quit?
• Nielsen 3Q 2011 Social Media Report is Out

Volume 39 – 01Sep11

• Meyvn Group Business Book Club Kicks off Fall Schedule
• 5 Questions to ask in a Big Idea Meeting
• The A to Z of Blog Post Idea Generation

Volume 38 – 15Aug11

• Iowa Summit for Women Entrepreneurs
• 7 Tips for Writing Emails that Won’t Get Deleted
• Add Downloadable Files to your LinkedIn Profile

Volume 37 – 01Aug11

• My Take on Google+…So Far
• 3 Reasons Why Your Small Business Needs a Mobile Strategy
• Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Volume 36 – 15Jul11

• Is your organization new to social media? Get familiar with the Now Revolution
• What’s the Buzz about Google+
• The Key Element Your LinkedIn Profile is Probably Missing

Volume 35 – 01Jul11

• Is there a five-second rule online?
• Don’t like how your LinkedIn profile is organized?

Volume 34 – 15Jun11

• Using Facebook as your Business’ Fan Page
• Use Google Calendar to Manage Appointment Slots
• 6 Easy Ways to Reward your Twitter Followers

Volume 33 – 01Jun11

• Is Klout your Twitter’s Credit Score?
• 8 Words that Should Never Appear in your Twitter Bio

Volume 32 – 15May11

• #140confDM Debrief
• Facebook launches question-and-answer feature
• 10 Time Management Tips that Work

Volume 31 – 01May11

• The Financial Hurdle in Pursuit of your Passion
• 5 Common Website Blunders Designed to Infuriorate your Customers
• The Social Media Examiner’s 2011 Social Media Marketing Industry Report is out!

Volume 30 – 15Apr11

• Book Review: Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
• 10 Word that Should Never Appear on Your Website
• 5 Steps to Going Viral on Twitter

Volume 29 – 01Apr11

• Did You Remember the Milk?
• If You Get It, Share It
• LinkedIn Info Nugget

Volume 28 – 15Mar11

• What are Office Hours?
• How to Use Facebook’s New Fan Page Features
• Author Jay Baer to visit Des Moines

Volume 27 – 01Mar11

• Facebook to Transition to iFrames for Custom Tabs
• Using Foursquare? Here are 5 Ideas to Fuel your Brand

Volume 26 – 15Feb11

• How To: Permission Marketing
• The Straight Dope on Facebook, Twitter and SEO
• Should I Work For Free?

Volume 25 – 01Feb11

• How To: Drip Marketing
• Is Groupon Right for your Business?
• What I’m reading? How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael J. Gelb

Volume 24 – 15Jan11

• How I Generate Blog Ideas
• ContactMe
• What I’m reading? The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber

Volume 23 – 01Jan11

• Do you Dwolla?
• 7 Steps for Creating a Social Media Marketing Plan

Volume 22 – 15Dec10

• We’ll Get Back to You After the First of the Year…
• Non-Profit Spotlight: Culture Inc.
• Control your Web Time with Minutes Please

Volume 21 – 01Dec10

• New Networking Opportunity and Small Business Resource
• Determine your Facebook Page’s Value

Volume 20 – 15Nov10

• What’s a Favicon and how do I get one?
• What can you give away for free?
• Ten Reasons to Blog – Even if Nobody Reads It

Volume 19 – 01Nov10

• What’s “Bounce Rate”
• FreelanceCamp Des Moines Debrief

Volume 18 – 15Oct10

• Being Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
• The 7 Deadly Fears of Blogging and How to Overcome Them

Volume 17 – 01Oct10

• What is Social Networking?
• 10 Tips for Polishing up Your Blogs

Volume 16 – 15Sep10

• Does Your Business Have a Tagline?
• Have you discovered Kurrently?

Volume 15 – 01Sep10

• Beware of Facebook Places
• 20 Social Media Ratings You Should Be Monitoring

Volume 14 – 15Aug10

• How To: Check Your Privacy Settings
• Cool Tool: reader2twitter

Volume 13 – 01Aug10

• Have you ever turned down a prospect?
• An Oldie, but a Goodie

Volume 12 – 15Jul10

• Women of Worth (WoW) – Great Networking for Women
• The Social Media Club of Des Moines – “If you Get It, Share It”
• 10 Things Customers Want on a Website

Volume 11 – 01Jul10

• How to Supersize your LinkedIn Profile
• Adding a Newsletter Subscribe Form to your Facebook Fan Page – MailChimp

Volume 10 – 15Jun10

• Why I Love Being a Free Agent
• Ever Heard of Backtweets?

Volume 9 – 01Jun10

• The First Six Months in Review
• What’s New in TweetDeck v0.34 (now v0.34.1)

Volume 8 – 15May10

• Training for the Hy-Vee Triathlon Has Taught Me…
• TIP: Before you hit “Send” reread and proofread your content
• TIP: The CMO’s Guide to the Social Media Landscape from CMO.com

Volume 7 – 01May10

• TIP: Have your content stored in multiple locations
• TIP: Boesen Florist Case Study presented by Doug Mitchell at createWOWmedia

Volume 6 – 15Apr10

• What’s Your Perfect Number of Clients?
• TIP: Age of Conversation III: It’s Time to Get Busy!
• TIP: 4 Easy Ways to Engage Your Facebook Fans

Volume 5 – 01Apr10

• Social Media for Small Business Workshop Overview

Volume 4 – 15Mar10

• On the Similarities between a Prospective Client Meeting and a Job Interview
• TIP: A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, by Daniel Pink
• TIP: Social Media Stats Cheat Sheet 2010

Volume 3 – 01Mar10

• How To: Google Alert
• TIP: From The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann
• TIP: Twitter Grader

Volume 2 – 15Feb10

• How Are You Perceived?
• TIPS: From the 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
• TIP: How NOT to Suck at Facebook for Business

Volume 1 – 01Feb10

• Does your business have soul?
• TIP: Product Launch Event
• TIP: How to Suck at Facebook