Greetings All,
I apologize for missing a weekly wrap-up last weekend. The swine flu finally caught up with my family and we were down and out for the count. But here we are again, with another weekend upon us!

This week I would like to talk about Twitter. I find that most folks on the internet either love or totally dismiss Twitter. I have to admit that I was one to totally dismiss it. I certainly saw the value of it, both personally and in my business, but I felt like I just didn’t have the time to “twitter away” my day. After finally jumping on board, I have found how truly fun and valuable Twitter can be.

One post that I came across that I really loved was Steve Wakefield’s blog article called, “My Top 10 Twitter Tools and Then Some.” If you are new to twitter, or not, you will find his list really compelling.

Of the ten tools that Steve lists, I have to say that I liked Twitter Packs the best. Twitter Packs, according to Steve, is a “useful directory of twitter users sorted into specific categories so that you can find people who are interested in the same things as you. You can also add yourself to the directory so that people can find and follow you.” Take a moment to read Steve’s blog post. If you love twitter, you will be glad that you did.

As happens quite often in the world of the internet, once you find a product that you love, another comes along to rival it. Such was the case with me this week. I literally stumbled upon Sokule (pronounced So Cool).
Sokule is a free product, or you can upgrade to obtain more features. You’ll find all the applications you need to make your business hum in one convenient location. You can even choose the applications you want. Applications like Adding your Bio, Edit Posts, Live Profile Links, Auto Welcome, Scheduled Posts, Video Ads, Autoresponder Messages, ClickBank plugin, Sokwall, and lots more.

One of the things that makes Sokule so cool is that when you post on Sokule, your post will automatically show up on Twitter just like magic. Sokule’s website states that they will soon be adding 40 other social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace, Giblink, Friend Feed and many more.

Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/nbroyton or on sokule at http://www.sokule.com/postit/Norene My sokule page is just beginning to be built — hopefully by the end of this week there will be more to show.

Until next time,

~Norene

Greetings!  When you go to a doctor it is quite common to seek a second opinion, especially in serious cases of illness.

Whether our business is just taking off, or has been established for years, how great would it be to not only get a second opinion, but a third , forth….up to 53 opinions….for FREE!

That is what Rich Schefren and Jay Abraham have created in the League of Extraordinary Minds.  Their goal is to help every entrepreneur and business owner become successful, and it is completely free.
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Last week marked a huge milestone for me. I created my first ecourse! It is   called  Joint Venture Secrets.

It is a *FREE* e-course that is delivered over a five-day period.

* What a JV Partnership is and how it can benefit your business;

* How to find JV Partners

* The different types of JV Partners and how to determine what is right for you and your business;

* How to approach JV Partners;

as well as providing additional resources and information to help you in your JV partnership.

To obtain the course, simply fill in your name and email at the box to the upper right, and Day One of the course will be sent to immediately.

Once you have finished the five days, please post below and let me know if you found it valuable or not.

Thank you!

Until next time,

~Norene

Today I came across a great tool to make my blog even more user friendly. It was easy to install — up and running within 10 minutes, perhaps even less. And of course, best of all, it is completely free.

This tool is called Odiogo and you may have noticed it as something new added to my blog. Odiogo’s motto is “Give your text content a voice…and legs!” Once installed as a wordpress plugin (can also be used with RSS feeds, Blogger, Typepad and Overblog), Odiogo appears as a small “listen now” icon under your blog post title and before the content. By clicking on this icon, your readership can listen to your post or they can download it to listen on their ipod, iphone or MP3 player. This convenience can expand your readership into listenership very quickly. The quality of the reading is pretty good…click on the listen button on any of my blog posts and check it out yourself!
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I am grateful for all of those who so positively commented on my Are We Having Fun Yet blog. It was evident that posting other blog posts that I found useful was also helpful to others. How wonderful! So I decided to post a Weekly Wrap-Up blog every weekend sharing blogs that I found over the past week that were fun, helpful or inspiring.

Inspiration
I think we all need inspiration to keep us going when we are feeling down or lost and even when we are feeling like all is going well. A pick-me-up can do wonders to propel us forward. In Rod MacBeth’s blog post The Mayonnaise Jar and Two Cups of Coffee, he shares a wonderful story about setting priorities and remembering what is most important in your life.

Fabulous Tools/Resources
This week I came across two blogs that shared tools that I found helpful. The first is from Adam Sicinski who posted an amazing mindmap and blog post about Twitter called How to Twitter: A Beginner’s Guide. It is so complete it could have easily been an ebook. For those of you who twitter and/or market with twitter, you don’t want to miss Adam’s post.

Paul Hooper blogs about a free Squeeze Page Generator in his post called Create a Squeeze Page Using Instant Squeeze Page Generator. This is a great post if you are looking for an easy and free way to create squeeze pages.
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