Your Partner In Success Radio Show Welcomes Author and Career Expert Ford R. Myers

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

Please join me as I interview author and career coach Ford Myers. Given the current state of the economy and the job market, this is going to be a very important interview.

Ford will share the number one secret to job search success and what the first five things that someone should do immediately after being laid off from their job.

Ford Myers says that every company is hiring all the time. How do you approach a company about a job when they’re not advertising any openings? And whom do you call? You CAN find a job in a bad economy – but not with conventional search strategies. To win a job now, you need a recession-proof plan. Ford’s new book “Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring” explains why your chances are better than you think, and gives you the strategies to land your dream job.

These skills and techniques are well-known to those inside the career coaching field, but little known to most job hunters. This practical book includes insider secrets and powerful job-search tactics that readers won’t find anywhere else!

When: Friday May 29, 2009

Where: Blog Talk Radio – Denise Griffitts. “Your Partner in Success”

Time: 9 am PST / 10 am MST / 11 am CST / 12 pm EST

Call In Telephone Number: 347-843-4988

Please join us in the chat room during the call if you have questions for Ford. Time permitting, we will open up the line for questions and answers.

We look forward to “seeing” you!

Ask Coach Frank Dolan Your Health and Fitness Questions – May 22

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One thing Virtual Assistants, Web Developers, Online Business Coaches and other people who work largely in front of a computer screen all have in common is that we work largely in front of a computer screen! This means that we can quickly become tired, experience eye strain and back aches, weight gain and just generally begin to feel run down and cranky if we don’t take control of our lives and incorporate physical activities into our work day.

One thing that we all share with the rest of the world right now is what I term “news driven economy stress”. No matter what your industry, whether you are self-employed or employed outside of the home, economy concerns seem to be driving stress levels to very high levels which can affect your health, your mental acuity, and your relationships.

Did you know that recent research indicates certain forms of exercise requiring a fairly consistent repetitive motion can alter one’s state of consciousness? Described by some as moving meditation, the physiological effects of regular participation in these activities is very similar to what happens when one practices meditation.  Breathing and movement, act as a mantra and may in part be responsible for the feelings of calmness and tranquility claimed by some in response to exercise. 

Coach Frank Dolan will talk about easy and effective ways to manage stress with physical activity. He will talk about how working non-stop can actually hurt your productivity and why you should take regularly scheduled quick exercise breaks during the day. This call is your opportunity to ask a world class fitness expert questions that will help you positively impact your physical and mental well-being.

Submit your questions for Coach Frank Dolan here and be on the call or in the chat room to have your questions answered. You can also find Frank at All 4 Sports and Fitness Club in Long Island, NY.

We look forward to “seeing” you!

When: Friday May 22, 2009

Where: Blog Talk Radio – Denise Griffitts. “Your Partner in Success”

Time: 9 am PST / 10 am MST / 11 am CST / 12 pm EST

Call In Telephone Number: 347-843-4988

“Early risers are happier, healthier, and more productive at work. They stay in better shape, earn more money, and report that they are more satisfied with their lives. Get up early and seize the day!” – Michael Masterson

Your Partner In Success Radio Show Welcomes Back Ben Cope

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Yesterday I interviewed Ben Cope, “The Internet Genius” for the second time on my BlogTalkRadio show. The response was tremendous and as usual, we simply did not have enough time to cover even a fraction of the information that we wanted to impart to our audience about WordPress. If you didn’t have an opportunity to listen to the interviews live you can hear and download them here:

Ben Cope Interview, May 1, 2009

Ben Cope Interview May 15, 2009

Ben referenced several things in the call that I have been asked to post here. One of them is the permalink code that you need in order to create tidy page url’s for your blog. The detailed instructions for inserting this code will vary depending on your what version of WordPress you are running. However, it is a simple matter to navigate in your control panel to “Settings”  and then to “Permalinks”. Choose the Custom Structures option and type the following code snippet: /%postname%/. (Without the period, of course).

Ben also shared his Del.icio.us bookmarks where you will find a wealth of information about WordPress.  He also offered to share an excellent video about installing WordPress on a GoDaddy Hosting account.

 Ben Cope’s Top 5 Recommended Plugins for WordPress

1. All in One SEO Pack – Anybody who knows what they are doing with their WordPress blog will have this plugin installed! This is by far the most popular plugin for optimizing WordPress blogs for the search engines. This plugin allows you to add the ability to create unique title tags and descriptive URLs. Though Wordpress is optimized for the search engines, there is no easy way to add meta data to posts and pages in the CMS. All in one SEO pack adds a field where Title, description and keywords can be placed. This should be the absolute first plugin you download and install.
2. Google XML Sitemaps – Another plugin that will help you with search engine visibility! It helps Google keep tabs on your valuable content. The XML file that is generated will automatically be updated every time you post and give search engines a single place to look for new content. Once you’ve enabled this plugin you’ll want to make sure you register your sitemap with all of the major search engines using their various webmaster registration tools so that when they crawl your site, they can utilize your XML sitemap for new indexable content.
   1. http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools
   2. http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/
   3. http://webmaster.live.com/
3. Akismet – Absolutely essential to have this plugin activated! It comes preinstalled whenever you setup a new WordPress site. All you have to do is register for a new wordpress.com account to get your API key. It rarely takes more than a couple of weeks before spam-comments starts to drop in. Comments filled with scattered text and links to bad websites. When WordPress has little to protect your blog against this kind of spam, Akismet is a must. It automatically detects spam-comments, placing them in an archive for you to moderate.
4. Sociable – Adds RSS feeds and social bookmarking links to your posts. Digg, Technorati, Del.icio.us and several other bookmarking sites. A good-looking, professional feature that enables the reader to directly credit your post.
5. WP-DB Backup – Most people who have experience of Wordpress can understand the delicacy and dependency of connecting databases. Vital data is stored there, fetched every time a post or page is loaded in a web browser. If your databases crash, data closely connected to your website’s content will be gone forever. Backup is important for any site and so even for a WordPress blog. With WP-DB-Backup you can make database backups to just some or all variables directly from the admin. You can then choose to store the backup on the server or on your own computer.

Additional Plugins Worth Installing:

1. Feedburner Feedsmith Plugin
2. pageMash
3. Related Posts
4. cForms II

Enjoy and be sure to connect with us on Facebook if you have any questions!

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Your Partner In Success Radio Shows Welcomes Back Ben Cope

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Do you want to chat with a WordPress Platform expert? You can tomorrow!

Ben Cope, “The Internet Genuis” will be re-joining me on BlogTalkRadio tomorrow as we continue to delve into WordPress and the business benefits of using Wordpress as a CMS (Content Management System) to power your static html website.

Ben will explain why you don’t have to have web development or html experience to use Wordpress as your website or blog. These days most hosting companies provide the ability to install Wordpress on your website with a single click of the mouse and we will furnish you with a link to a step-by-step Godaddy installation video after the interview. WordPress is an Open Source software which allows it to be used free of cost and you can use it on any kind of personal or commercial website.

We will also discuss the top five essential WordPress plugins that you must have running on your blog. Do you know what permalinks are and why they are important? Ben will tell you about them.

Please join us tomorrow for this expert call!

When: Friday May 15, 2009

Where: Blog Talk Radio – Denise Griffitts. “Your Partner in Success”

Time: 9 am PST / 10 am MST / 11 am CST / 12 pm EST

Call In Telephone Number: 347-843-4988

We look forward to “seeing” you on the call. Be sure to join us in the chat room (or the Green Room as Judy Peebles, “The Journaling Jenius” terms it) Ask as many questions as you have. We are here to help!