Welcoming the Waves

From Authenticity to Online Education, WordPress to Facebook, the "hits" just keep on happening...

Welcome to another set of new media "waves" as we do our best to keep you up-to-date with Internet marketing insights, new courses at NewMarU.com, Leland's keynote adventures, WordPress enhancements, the latest on Facebook marketing and more. Please scroll down and we hope you all are enjoying the ride while keeping your head above water. ;)

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Our New Video Features Authenticity: The True Essence of Effective Marketing

January's launch of NewMarU.com brought us back to basics by reinforcing the paramount importance of building your brand in a personal and engaging way through the conscious practice of authenticity. 

Our first "Full Meal" webinar conversation between Authenticity Accelerator author, Robert Rabbin and "Dean," Jon Leland lead to a ComBridges blog post and a ten-minute video edit of webinar highlights, as well as a special video commentary on "Humanizing Your Brand" via TheTVNews.tv.

All of this uplifting, inspiring and, dare we say, critically important content is available via Jon's blog post, "New Video: On the Paramount Importance of Authenticity in Online Marketing." Please enjoy and we look forward to your comments, Tweets, and Likes etc. ;)

Next Up @ NewMarU: Marketing Love & Low Cost Promos

NewMarU's March webinars are coming up fast! Each has a FREE 15-minute "Appetizer" and a one-hour "Full Meal." Free Registration will get you access to the Appetizers, and Subscribing Members get access to the complete library including all recordings. Please visit NewMarU's Courses page for more detailed descriptions.

• "The Marketing You Love is the Marketing You'll Do & the Marketing That Works!" with Christy Strauch
  Christy Strauch helps business owners and executives to create Internet marketing programs that are congruent with their business personality and work style. Guess what? That leads to more fun and productivity. Learn how.
  -> FREE 15-minute "Appetizer,"
  Friday, March 18, 2011 at 11AM PT / 2PM ET
  -> One-hour "Main Meal,"
  Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 11AM PT / 2PM ET
  This program is for Members Only: Become a Member Now 
   
• "Online PR: Twelve Low-Cost Ways to Promote Your Business" with Karen Leland
  Learn 12 relatively low-cost and easily accessible opportunities for marketing and promotion including free media coverage, connecting with reporters, and how to get blogs to write about you. Karen's a world-class presenter and her content is also top notch. Don't miss this.
  -> FREE 15-minute "Appetizer,"
  Monday, March 28, 2011 at 2PM PT / 5PM ET
  -> One-hour "Main Meal,"
  Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 11AM PT / 2PM ET
  This program is for Members Only: Become a Member Now   

Please register at the Free Level in order to receive updates, reminders and more detailed program descriptions.

Leland's Next Keynote: April in New Zealand

It looks like the Asia-Pacific Region is calling again. Following November's presentations in Hong Kong, Jon Leland is set to deliver a new keynote, "How to Best Amplify Your Social Media Presence" at the MediaSense "Making Social Media Marketing Work for You" conference in beautiful Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Jon hopes to meet all you Kiwis down under!

For everyone else, we have to ask: Does your organization need uplifting insights on how to more effectively engage the social web or how to more successfully implement a Internet marketing campaign? If so, please contact Jon via the ComBridges contact form and let him help you make your next event (or campaign) a rousing success!

Is Your WordPress Website Up to Par?

We all know that "if you build it," they won't necessarily come. But beyond the obvious "audience attraction" techniques of SEO (search engine optimization) and SMM (social media marketing), there's more. In today's Web world, Dylan's old "The Times They Are A'Changin'" is an understatement. For example:

• Making it Mobile
  One of the delightful aspects of managing WordPress sites for clients is the ability to enhance the site with the powerful array of WordPress plug-ins. Given that the world is going mobile in a big way, more and more of your prospective customers are accessing your website via mobile devices from iPads to smartphones. We've got WordPress plug-ins that accelerate the process of offering a separate, mobile-optimized version of WordPress websites. Please let us know if you need help with either a WordPress migration or a mobile version of your WordPress site.
• Keeping It Safe and Stable
  WordPress recently released version 3.1 which is a highly recommended upgrade in order to keep your WordPress installation malware free. We've seen hacker attacks at ComBridges.com as well as at client sites. Staying current is one of the best ways we know (amongst other best practices) to stay one step ahead of these kinds of hassles. Again, we're happy to help. Just let us know.

And There's More! Facebook & Video News

We LOVE sharing useful information, so here's more "news you can use":

• Three Ways Facebook's Redesign Should Be Changing Your Marketing Strategy
  Facebook Pages are becoming essential to successful social media marketing campaigns. But it's something of a moving target as the Facebook Page format is being updated this week. (via AdAgeDigital)
• Are We Too Obsessed with Facebook?
  Fascinating InfoGraphic that underscores the way that Facebook leads the rapidly morphing social media scene. (from Mashable.com)
• Jon's Personal CES TV & ‘Video Web’ Wrap Up
  Video and TV-related insights with 'bonus' links from the media barrage that the Consumer Electronics Show generated. (a ComBridges blog post)

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