Join us as we discuss how confidence, resiliency and failure can lead to social media success.

Using social media the right way is simple, but it’s not easy. It requires time, energy and an intricate knowledge of the appropriate resources. It’s the perfect inexpensive resource to use in a recession.

Learn how to use social media to help build your business at my complimentary teleseminar on Dec. 9. Your 10-second registration is here.

Update:  Here’s the link to download the teleseminar audio: http://www.box.net/shared/hdbfrfic9g

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The evening marks a celebration of entrepreneurial women and the community that supports their ventures.

The honorees include Maggie Wilderotter, chairman and CEO, Frontier Communications Corp., and Geraldine B. Laybourne, founder and former Cchairman and CEO, Oxygen Media.

And if that’s not sexy enough, guess who the special guest of the evening is? None other than Project Runway’s own Tim Gunn. Carry on, designers. Make it work.

Grab a ticket and get the deets here.

I’m pleasantly surprised to see that the folks at PBWiki are addressing areas of concern for today’s businesses.

If you’ve ever wondered about wikis . . . what the heck they are, what they can do for your business and how they can help improve productivity, this webinar is for you.

The shindig goes down on Tuesday, October 21, at 1 p.m. EST–that’s tomorrow–and the best part is, you don’t have to go anywhere: Everything will be available online.  So saddle up your computers and prepare to learn.  Register for free today.

It was love at first sight for me and for them.

They just interviewed me about social media, and I’ll be keynoting their private retreat in September.

I say some smart stuff about social media and offer some great advice. Check it out!

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If you attend, please come back and comment to let me know how it was.

Here they are. Don’t say I never gave you anything (opens in PPT)

I think the results are interesting and telling. I love how the larger a company is, the more it thinks podcasting isn’t useful for its branding. Nope, bigger companies think RSS feeds are all the rage for branding. (Are they serious?)

However, the scrappy small businesses know that online video is where it’s at. For all the small business owners reading this, don’t feel bad–you “get it” more than corporate at this point. Good on ya’!

And of all the respondents, a full 89 percent of companies think their social media adoption is below average or average. Whooty whoot! That means more business for my company!

What are your thoughts about the results?

I was also able to snatch a few quick audio interviews with Gables, host of the Black Enterprise Business Report; Judy Spires of Acme Markets; and a downright shameful interview with Amazon.com’s Tom Furphy — who was absolutely gracious when I made a bit of a complete fool of myself. (I won’t be posting that audio!)

Click here to hear Shon Gables talk about the challenges that leaders have trying to manage people using virtual tools. (4:32)

Click here to learn what leadership in a virtual means to Judy Spires and Acme. (2:24)

Acme Markets. Judy Spires says that if you’re having a problem with adoption, the technology isn’t as great as you think it is. Adoption isn’t really your problem.

Deloitte. Robin Matza helps those who are comfortable with technology to engage those who aren’t.

And we’re at the end of the event. Post-event follow-up later.

2. Digitally siloing yourself.

3. Not making the most of face time when you have it.