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Do you have a Fanpage? Don’t know whether you need one or not?
I have the pleasure of empowering women in their personal, spiritual and business growth. One area that I’ve extended my reach to is Woman Entrepreneur Empowerment. This is not a brand new area, however, I’ve committed a greater percentage of my reach to this particular group.

One thing that is apparent is that women are identifying the need to become equipped to use Social Media effectively without wasting time or money.
If your niche (who you serve) or audience can be found on Facebook thank you need to Power up your Social Media endeavors with a Facebook Fanpage.

A Facebook fan page is more than just another way to connect with prospects and customers online. Your Facebook fan page can:
• Build your email list
• Drive more traffic to your website or Blog
• Announce special offers and promotions
• Provide value to your prospects and customers
• Share photos and videos
• Get feedback from clients and prospects
• Improve your relationships with your prospects and customers
• Improve Search Engine Optimization

Additionally:
• Facebook fan pages are public
• You can communicate directly with your “fans”.
• When a person joins your fan page, it’s published in their News feed – this gives a viral quality to your fan page.
• You have access to more than 500 million active users who log onto Facebook regularly and spend an average of 55 minutes per day on the site.
• Facebook is now the 2nd most visited site in the world after Google
• And Facebook fan pages are free!

Plain and simple, Facebook offers a huge potential to profit and grow your business.
Here is one of the steps needed as you’re setting up your fanpage……

Step #1 Define Your Facebook Page’s Goals and Purpose
It’s a simple question. “What do you want to accomplish with your Facebook page?”
Yet the answer isn’t always so simple. Ultimately you likely want to use your Facebook page to make more money and grow your business. But there are many ways to accomplish that and may directions to take. Perhaps a better question is, “How do you want to use your Facebook page to grow your business?”
Don’t worry, you’re not expected to know the answer right now. However, before you begin creating your fan page it’s important to have a direction – to have goals.

There are a few more steps to take, however, I will save those for my FREE Social Media Mastery Tele-training.

If you want to explode your business marketing results and be empowered to attract 1000’s of lucrative relationships online, then want to join other dynamic women and I for my FREE Social Media Mastery Teleclass  ”Get results and increase profits using Social Media!”
Get started now. Go here now to access Get results and increase profits using Social Media! 

Why you should listen to Robin:
Robin Tramble aka @empowermentdiva was recently named as 1 of 25 urban entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter by Brand Maker News with a combined total of over 11,000 followers she is qualified to share with you how you too can rock on twitter “authentically!”

She has a nice following on Facebook and her likes to her fanpage are increasing by the week without much effort. She has plans to increase her efforts to greatly enhance the likes to her fanpage.

On this call I’m going to share the following
All About Facebook with Slides

Yummy tactics you can use to increase the likes to your Facebook Business page

One Mindset you need to activate your empowerment for increased empowering success

One Big mistake you’re probably making with your Facebook Page

And more!


When: Wednesday, November 9 at 1:00 pm PST, 4:00 pm EST
Can’t make the call? The audio replay will be available for a few to all registrants.

Power up Your Social Media Marketing!

Get started now… Register here to access my FREE Social Media Mastery Tele-training

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Students Seeking Education by Experiencing Academic America. (S.E.A.)
a Houston, Texas based mentoring program for high school students,
students at-risk, and college bound student, wanting to attend an
Historically Black College / University, (H.B.C.U.)

S.E.A will post a scholarship for minority students each day. If you are a high school, junior, senior or a transferring college student, these scholarships are for you!

FREE MONEY! We all know through life there is nothing Free;
you have to apply to receive this money.

Your cost is - time!
The time it takes to fill out the scholarship application.
Look for the S.E.A. blog each day, highlighting a new scholarship listing 2011/2012

SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY
11-6-2011

UNCF General Scholarship

The UNCF General Scholarship

is available to undergraduate and graduate students attending a UNCF member college.

You must have a minimum 2.5 GPA to be eligible for this award.

Scholarship/Grant Amount: $5,000

Deadline:May 18, 2012

Majors Targeted: Scholarship/Grant
Sponsor:United Negro College Fund

Award Type: Scholarship Money

Scholarship/Grant Site:

http://www.uncf.org/forstudents/scholarship.asp

Visit S.E.A. Website: WWW.SSEEAA.COM

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Greetings,

Wanted to share something alittle different. I know how important it is that we take the time to support our youth especially with there growth in all areas. Emmanuel Pelzer has an opportunity to represent his family, community, and peers. Emmanual is more than just an athlete.

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7 surefire ways that will show you how to get internet traffic to your website:

So what is the key in answering the question on how to get internet traffic?

Self-Confidence is the Secret to Success 

Everyone wishes to succeed or achieve success. Why is it that some people seem to attract success like a magnet while others work hard all their lives and rarely achieve any success? Well, there is plenty of advice going around about ways to achieve success. Your ultimate ability to achieve success begins with you. How much self-confidence do you have in yourself and your abilities? People who are successful are confident in their abilities. They possess a very positive attitude about life and any event that life throws their way. They inspire confidence in others. Self-confidence is also usually based on life time achievements.

Those who have experienced positive results in attaining their goals develop self-confidence. Those who've faced road blocks along the road to success commonly battle with a lack of self-confidence. Those who are deficient in self-confidence are holding themselves back from attaining success. They let failures in the past cloud their vision for the future. In order to achieve success they must let go of those failures and start to focus on their positive qualities. Stop listening to the negative voice inside that distracts them from reaching their goals. Replace it with a positive voice. That says yes, I can achieve any goal. Start setting small goals.

Plan the steps to achieving those small goals. Pat yourself on the back once you've attained that goal. This is the basis for building self-confidence and achieving success.  Learn how the Women’s Connection Network can help you achieve your goals www.womenconnection.net

Thanks for your time,

Patricia

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Available to students in the U.S.

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Make time to "Like Us" on Facebook

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Blessings!!!!!

(New scholarships posted everyday)

Students Seeking Education by Experiencing Academic America. (S.E.A.)
a Houston, Texas based mentoring program for high school students,
students at-risk, and college bound student, wanting to attend an
Historically Black College / University, (H.B.C.U.)

S.E.A will post a scholarship for minority students each day. If you are a high school, junior, senior or a transferring college student, these scholarships are for you!

FREE MONEY! We all know through life there is nothing Free;
you have to apply to receive this money.

Your cost is - time!
The time it takes to fill out the scholarship application.
Look for the S.E.A. blog each day, highlighting a new scholarship listing 2011/2012

SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY
11-03-2011

Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship Program

The Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship is
open to ninth through twelfth grade high school students, college students, and graduate students who are legal U.S. residents. Students not currently in school must plan to enroll in a higher education program within 12 months. You must submit a 250 - word personal statement to be considered for this award. The award may be used for tuition, room and board, books, or any related educationalexpense. You will be directed to the scholarship provider's website. There, you can begin your application for this scholarship.

Type of Award: Scholarship

Deadline: December 31, 2011

Applicable Majors: All Fields of Study

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I want to ask you what do you know about the following sites – FaceBook, Twitter, Linkedin, MySpace, Youtube ?

While you might know the URL for the sites in question, did you know that you could use these Social sites to drive qualified leads to your business?

For small business owners running a business and making a profit is more difficult day by day. Very few business owners have enough clients. Paying for leads, advertising in the Yellow Pages, running ad’s on radio and television are all expensive, and without any guarantee of getting the results you need.

I don’t want to sound negative, but that is the reality.

Social Media Marketing is affordably, and more importantly it is guaranteed to work. We are a local business who specialise in delivering results for small businesses in the Sacramento area and Globally via the internet.

Social Media Marketing is really a very simple concept. 

The fact that you have heard about FaceBook, Twitter, Linkedin, MySpace and Youtube should give you some confidence, because your customers have too. They use their computers just about every day – so getting your message in front of them is not going to take long.

Want to discover how to get results and increase profits using Social Media? Don’t miss my 2 Part Tele-training! Go here to register for my Social Media Training. It’s absolutely free to you this time.

Empowering you!

Robin aka The Empowerment Diva

Believe it or not, cold calling is still an effective sales tactic. If done properly, you can get the business attention you've been craving. Unfortunately, most of us would rather sit in the dentist chair listening to the smooth sounds of the drill extracting the cavity in the back of our mouth! Cold calling should not make you feel THIS ill. The following 8 tips will help you realize how effective good cold calling can be for your business and maybe ease some of your fears.

Cold Calling Tip #1: Research your target market. 
Make sure you research the market you are interested in calling. Do market research (or google it! Save yourself some time and see what others have done already.) Find out as much as you can about the types of people or companies you're trying to reach. Will there be secretaries or employees answering the phone? Does the phone call go directly to the owner? What do these companies need that you can offer them?

Cold Calling Tip #2: Always have a script.
I know you want to be yourself when you call, as to not have it seem "scripted" or "planned" that you were calling this company. But believe me. If you don't have written down all the details you want to share in the call, you will fumble over the words and get hung up on! Make sure you have a step-by-step script written in advance so you know how to lead the conversation.

 Cold Calling Tip #4: Keep in mind, the gatekeeper is your friend!
The "gatekeeper" is better known as the secretary, employee, receptionist, or relative that keeps the "riff-raff" away. They are there for a reason so you should appreciate them. Get them on your side! A great way to do that is to say, "Maybe you can help me...". Make sure you always get their name and refer to it several times in the conversation.  

Cold Calling Tip #5: Focus on your goals and reward yourself.
Make goals for yourself, like if you are calling huge corporations, you will talk to at least 6 owners within the week. Or, if you're contacting small businesses you will get 2 new clients. Remember that cold calling isn't ALL about getting a sale, but a chance to make a sale. If you're able to make some appointments or share what you do with a few people, then you've had a great week. After you have reached your cold calling goals, reward yourself! Have that massage, go to that fav restaurant, get that long-awaited mani/pedi, whatever. But do something to get yourself motivated to keep going!

Cold Calling Tip #6: Be specific.
If you are setting up appointments or call backs, make sure you specify when you will meet. INSTEAD of asking when's good for the customer, say something like, "it would be great to meet up, how would this Thursday at 4pm work for you? No? Well what about Friday at 4pm?"...be specific all the time, so people feel even worse if they bail on you :), that's just reality.

Cold Calling Tip #7: Know the facts.
According to AllBusiness.com, "Eighty percent of new sales are made after the fifth contact, yet the majority of sales people give up after the second call". So don't be that person that thinks, "it's not working". You have to build relationships and work people up to where you want them.

Cold Calling Tip #8: Outsource it!
These calls are not the most fun thing to do with your time. Most of us have other things we need to worry about within our business, that cold calling takes a backseat. So, why not outsource it? Have someone else do it for you! I know what you're saying though, "it's too expensive to hire a professional to make these calls!" But I have news, now it isn't!

Busy925©  is in its beta stages, helping small businesses grow one cold call at a time. Busy925© makes the calls you're 2 busy 2 make! Any cold calling, marketing surveys, customers you need to follow-up with and see if they're interested in more products or services, post expo calls, Busy925© will call them too! If you have constant leads, follow ups, or reorders  that need to be made monthly, Busy925© has affordable monthly plans that take the responsibility of your cold calls right out of your hands! Let them worry about it and tell you how it goes. Right now, Busy925© has a Grand Opening special. Get 30 calls made  for only $20! Don't miss out on this opportunity. Only available until 11/11/11!

Cold calling is the new black. The thing to do to build a successful business, the thing to do to find new customers. Believe it or not there are people out there that need your business! Find them or let Busy925© do it for you! Check them out here... Busy925.com

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If you are a woman in business, you need to incorporate online videos into your social media marketing strategy. By doing so, increases brand awareness and creates viewer action leading to more inquiries and sales. In fact, according to Online Video Marketing Statistics, adding video to small business profiles:

• Increases number of business profile views more than 100%
• Increases number of profile clicks more than 30%
• Increases number of calls generated by more than 18%

For the past several months, I’ve had creating a welcome video for my blog and online community on my ‘to do’ list but have avoided it like the plague. Why? Well, just the sheer thought of having a video of myself floating out there in cyber space is nerving. After reading such staggering statistics on the importance of video marketing to small businesses… AND knowing that Google loves VIDEOS, that is, Forrester Research has reported that websites with video are 50 times more likely to gain an organic first page ranking, I realized that it’s time to stop procrastinating and get down to the business of video marketing.

While researching, I found several inexpensive ways to create professional videos and handy tools to help you in the process:  read more...





Could your mindset be holding you back from realized Social Media Success?

Any level of Woman Entrepreneur Empowerment requires continued personal, spiritual and business development endeavors.

Social media is playing a BIG role in business development. Believe or not your mindset also plays a BIG role in weather you are successful or not successful.

Your mind is a powerful thing and although there are many contributing factors the wrong mindset can hold you back from realizing the results you desire.

Here are three mindsets that will stop you every time.

1. Scarcity mindset. When you operate from a mindset of scarcity you see everything from a perspective of lack. You may resist trying to learn new tactics or even attempt to apply what you’ve learned because you feel there are already so many people out there in your field so why try? Truth be told there are many individuals out there who need your expertise and are waiting for you to step up and out so that they can resolve some of their problems with your solutions, however, how will they know if you never get out there. Also you may choose not to invest in additional resources that will empower your results but your scarcity mindset kicks in again causing you to hold on to every penny because there may not be enough for something else.

2. Inferiority mindset
Here you always size yourself up with others who are miles ahead of you. Stop! When you do this you will end up giving up and this is fuel for low self esteem. Instead tap into your brilliance. What makes you unique? What are you bringing to the table that gives you a competitive edge? It’s important that you take the time to discover this. Once you are clear on the value that you offer you will no longer practice the activity of comparison,however, you will arise and shine for all the world to see!

3. It’s too late for me mindset
Sure things may not have happened the way you want them to happen, however, as long as you have breath in your body there’s hope. Take inventory of why things are not working. Don’t be a victim of time. There are many who started in there latter years and actually realized more in their latter years than their earlier years. Spend your time discovering new ideas, strategies and resources. Determine who it is you are here to serve. Develop an appropriate brand and make sure you have an online visibility plan that works.
Where are you in your Social Media Marketing endeavors? Do you recognize yourself in any of the mindsets mentioned? There are many more. Take inventory of some of the negative chatter that happens when you attempt to move forward with Social Media.

Effectively using Social Media can dramatically increase your visibility, bottom line and position you as an authority in your industry.

I’d like to offer you an opportunity to do something positively different to POWER up your
Social Media endeavors.

You’re invited to join me for my 2 part Social Media Tele-series. Get Results, Profits using Social Media. I’ll be sharing insights specifically towards Facebook and Twitter. 

Click here to secure your seat now for this empowering Tele-class for your Social Media Empowerment now!