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A Glowing Review on the Blog Book

Build a Better Blog Book Review

Just have to tell you this...I just read a review by T.L. Pakii-Pierce, of our book, Build a Better Blog System and it is glowing.  T.L. is a bonafide expert and A-list blogger and to get such a great review from someone who knows blogs and blogging inside and out really made Denise and I feel great.  You can read the review here.

Thanks very much, Thomas!

Conversations with Experts: Thomas is our featured expert next Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. ET on the series of teleseminars on How to Build Your Business On and Offline. This is completely free, you just need to sign up to get the conference call number, here.

To see the line-up of great experts scheduled to share their knowledge with you, go here.

I'm off to Asia where I can get away from computers and email and crawl up with a few good business books on the beach.

I promise to deliver several reviews to you when I get back. Who knows, I may just find a cyber cafe and blog from half-way around the world. Why not!

Patsi, your bizbook worm...and co-author!

Conversations with Experts Kicks Off!

I am such a book worm and introvert, it takes a lot for me to get out to a conference. I was at a super one last week in Newport Beach, CA, the PCMA annual conference. That is the Professional Coaches and Mentor's Association, one of the most active networking groups for Californians. It starred Marshall Goldsmith, but there were many other fabulous speakers and inspiring sessions.

Now I'm ready to curl up with a few new books. I've just finished reading about 7 books on career issues, but before I share on those, let me explain that I'll have to put the books on hold for a few days.

Why? Because I want to tell you about a new teleseminar series starting Wednesday evenings at 8:30 p.m. ET, and they are free. You won't want to miss signing up for these phone calls, Conversations with Experts, Building Your Business On- and Off-line. Denise Wakeman and I are interviewing all the really great bloggers we encountered while writing our ebook The Build a Better Blog System. The people we interviewed for the book had so much more to say, we were able to convince them to share their wisdom and knowledge with us.

Conversations with Experts kicks off Wed. April 13 with Paul Chaney, of Radiant Marketing. Paul has a lot to share about the evolution of blogs and how they can be important to you in growing your business.

To read more about the Conversations series, go here.

To sign up for the calls and get the phone number, go here.

To read more about the ebook The Build a Better Blog System, go here.

So, I hope to 'see' you on the call; if not, please stay tuned for more biz books.

Patsi, your BizBook Worm

P.S. Hold the phone! What am I saying? I am going on vacation to Singapore and Thailand next week. I'll try to post to this blog before I go, but then again, I may have too much real work to do...sigh. Then again, you may have to carry on reading without me.

P.S.S. I'm taking some really good books with me to read. After all, it's an 18 hour flight, yikes!

Build a Better Blog System Is Published

You can learn everything you need to know to set up and run a successful professional business blog with our new ebook, The Build a Better Blog System.

Friday, April 1, the full version of this informative manual was born. Both Denise Wakeman and I are very proud. To celebrate, we are hosting a series of teleseminars featuring some of the more famous blog experts that we interviewed for the book, a series called Conversations with Experts.

Paul Chaney, of Radiant Marketing, has agreed to be our first expert. You can benefit from his marketing and blog expertise by registering for the free call next Wednesday, April 13 at 8:30 p.m. ET.

Here's the info:

Conversations with Experts:
How to Build Your Business On and Off-line

Hosted by Denise Wakeman and Patsi Krakoff of Build a Better Blog System
Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. ET

April 13, 2005, 8:30 p.m. ET - FREE

Guest Expert:  Paul Chaney of Radiant Marketing Group, featured in the Build a Better Blog System

The Evolution of Blogs as Business and Marketing Tools

We will discuss the evolution of blogging from its nascency to the current day and beyond. Where has blogging come from and where is it going, and how is business making use of it at present and in the future. Our discussion will cover the various types of blogs that exist currently.

We will discuss “old school” thinking as it applies to blogging versus the new school of thought that blogs can be used as one component of a strategic marketing plan.  Other topics will include the advantages of using blogs as marcom [marketing communication] tools, and the benefits businesses can accrue by virtue of using this medium, as well as the business of blogging and how people are actually accruing income via blogs. In what ways blogging is progressing as a profession or career path.

Paul Chaney is Principal of Radiant Marketing Group, a leading business blog consultancy.  He is President of Professional Bloggers Association,  a professional contract blogger for Weblogs Inc and Creative-Weblogging Network.  Paul is Technical Editor and contributing writer for Buzz Marketing with Blogs For Dummies.  Prior to beginning Radiant Marketing Group, he was Director of Online Communications for a leading non-profit association. Paul has over nine years of internet marketing experience, and has been a blogger since January 2004.

Registration:  click here to get the telephone number to call in for free April 13.