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WALDO Social influencer panel brings in highest viewership online

thebillionairegirl — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:51:41 +0000

Influencers are the people who create compelling content to others. Their feedback shapes others’ opinion on a product, service, and so on. - How do you find them? This takes time. Use sites such as Google Blog. When looking at potential Influencers, you have to evaluate factors such as number of subscribers, number of followers, friends, and content of whatever social media platform they use (FB, Twitter, Youtube, Blogs, etc.). You also cannot forgot those “Hidden Influencers”, who might not come as Influencers at first because they run a smaller blog or have fewer followers, but actually provides content to quality people that have a larger network of “friends”, “followers”, “subscribers”, etc. Basically they act as connectors to bigger Influencers.

Connect external monitors to new Mac Book

thebillionairegirl — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:45:12 +0000

This week I wanted to connect my external VGA monitor to my new Mac Book. I googled what cord I needed and quickly found it was called Mini DVI. Perfect right. So I went to the APPLE store. Dealt with finding a parking spot in busy LA, ran into the store before closing time, grabbed [...]

Search Engine Marketing Video Tutorials – great find after Blog World Expo

thebillionairegirl — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:15:30 +0000

Up late working and if you are reading this straight away obviously you must be up working late too. Thought I’d pass on this Search Engine Marketing goodie I stumbled across. Has beginning, intermediate and advanced search engine optimization tips. I happen to learn a lot faster with videos so I’m pretty excited I found [...]

F Fear – Defeat your self image and take action, Thank you Alex Maroko

thebillionairegirl — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:39:53 +0000

Fear is built to prevent us from being HURT. But IRONICALLY, it's our FEAR of that actually HURTS US, while ACTUALLY acting (or taking action) HELPS US.

Women in Action Sports to get $100,000 in grant from AMEX and NBC

thebillionairegirl — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:42:38 +0000

Would be amazing if you could vote for Women in Action Sports tonight before 11:30pm EST, 8:30pm PST We could get a grant for $100,000 provided by AMEX and NBC! Very cool. You do need to create an account, just use a your designated newsletter email address. Please follow these steps sometime before 8:30pm tonight PST (Sunday). 1) First [...]

$100,000 Grant for your Small Business apply by September 13th

thebillionairegirl — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:19:50 +0000

Money Money Money… I see no lack in this “recession”. Its all about connectivity and knowing what opportunities are out there. I am still in disbelief I missed Ford’s Fiesta Movement for a free car, fuel included! But have no fear new doors of opportunity are always opening. AMEX and NBC partnered to give [...]

Submit “The Perfect Pitch” = Present to investors in front of Sir Richard Branson = Get Funded

thebillionairegirl — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:18:44 +0000

Register here on The Perfect Pitch submission page in order to qualify for a chance to present your company to high level investors and potentially get funded. (Deadline September 8th) Judging takes place at The Perfect Pitch 2009 Entrepreneur & Investor Conference with Richard Branson of Virgin. Just the chance to win a free trip to Los Angeles, stay at the Ritz Carlson, VIP to the conference and present to Sir Richard Branson himself is worth a quick submission.

The Secret Sauce at Zappos made public #Zapposlive

thebillionairegirl — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:15:05 +0000

Zappos, a billion dollar online commerce destination, is known for their leadership in customer service. Insights was created as an educational forum to guide entrepreneurs to successfully attain milestones. It was a privilege to be a part of their LIVE event, a revolution in leadership and corporate happiness. One of the speakers at the event, social media maven Brian Solis, said it perfectly, "In the end we're measured by our actions, not our words."

Notes from Richard Branson … “Interested in creating things I can be proud of”

thebillionairegirl — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:04:39 +0000

A few years ago I snuck into an event in Miami, Florida where Jane Pauley was interviewing Sir Richard Branson. Amidst my work today I found the notes I took in 2005 and felt inspired. I thought I’d share them with you. By the way, he’ll be in LA October 26th thanks to Dan and Luis [...]

New program could reduce student loan payments as of this month

thebillionairegirl — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:46:42 +0000

Testimonial from a friend today… “This program is awesome! I heard about it last week. It’s going to save my butt when I finish school!” Courtesy of Kathleen Pender from SFGate written on June 25th 2009. Starting July 1, many people having trouble repaying their federally guaranteed student loans might be able to choose [...]