I am delighted to welcome back to the show Jack Humphrey who is a blog marketing expert and author of one of my favorite blogs — Friday Traffic Report.
Jack is the author of a staple in my entrepreneurial library called The Authority Black Book which is 67 pages of resources for social marketing domination, buzz generation, higher rankings and endless traffic. It is also a FREE download.
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Your Partner In Success Radio Show
When: Friday, September 3, 2010
Time: 9 am PST, 10 am MST, 11 am CST, 12 pm EST
Where: Your home office telephone or computer.
Website: Your Partner In Success Radio Show
Call-in Number: 347-843-4988
We look forward to “seeing” you!
We all know that Google rewards ‘relevance’, but did you know that RECENCY is becoming just as important too?
That means that the sites that are updated the most often (like news sites, blogs, and active forums) get the most attention and get preference in the rankings.
And that makes sense doesn’t it? I mean, think about it from a searcher’s perspective… you want the most recent, relevant information when YOU do a search, right?
So keep this in mind for your own website or blog …
The more often you publish new content, the more recent AND relevant you are… and the better your site ranks in Google.
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Consider using these excellent and very affordable resources to ensure that your blog or website is updated with fresh, compelling content.
You are very likely getting a lot of “Join my network on LinkedIn” whether you are a LinkedIn member or not. With a little due diligence you can determine whether this is a true message from LinkedIn or a phishing email designed to separate you from your account credentials and thereby hijack your account.
It used to be fairly easy (and often entertaining!) to spot SPAM or Phishing attempts. In many cases English was clearly not the criminals’ first language. The sentence structures were terrible and there were spelling errors throughout the e-mail. Unfortunately, that’s not the case any more. The e-mails are written well enough to pass as legitimate correspondence from reputable companies such as LinkedIn. In the case of the email below, it is formatted exactly like a legitimate message but the URL is formatted to go to imperialcraftsman.com/x.html
Despite improving their spelling and grammar, there are still dead giveaways if you pay attention. Here are some things to look for to help spot a fraudulent e-mail. By hovering your mouse over any links in the email you will be able to determine which is authentic and what is not. Notice that all hyperlinks lead to a page that is clearly not on the LinkedIn domain.

I encourage you to get in the habit of deleteing messages from MySpace, LinkedIn, FaceBook, Paypal or other sites that you may be active on and just make it a point to login from the URL of the site in question when you need to check on your account activity, approve friend requests or respond to invitations.
If you think you have clicked on any of these emails be sure to go in and change your password immediately. In fact, this would be a good time to update your passwords on all of your networking sites just to be safe.
This week I welcome brand strategist and award-winning BrandU co-creator Kim Castle as she shares the real definition of “conscious business” and why developing your brand is imperative for a thriving business.
Kim Castle, co-founder of Intention Products, is a business visionary, author, and entrepreneur, and has been working alongside Fortune 500 companies and guiding small business owners for almost two decades. She has indelibly touched thousands of small business owners and entrepreneurs throughout the world with her brilliantly insightful message and powerful entrepreneurial curriculum that she and partner W. Vito Montone developed into “BrandU.” The BrandU Business Profit System is a process-based results-driven, three stage approach to business development, created especially for creative entrepreneurs to grow beyond the confusion of possibility to the power of extreme clarity—from idea, to brand, to sales in the market.
Kim has worked tirelessly to empower business owners to gain more freedom, more money-making expression, and more life. Documented in her best selling programs, Clearing the Path, Power Path, Brand Power and Market Power, Kim Castle proves that there is a reliable path to grow a business while giving customers what they want today—a deeply personal touch. These three programs tangibly give entrepreneurs the power to prove that they have what it takes to build a flourishing, innovative, and whole sustainable business.She has spoken alongside today’s greatest business minds including: T. Harv Eker, Mark Victor Hansen, Joe Sugarman, Jay Abraham, Wally Amos and many others and was nominated for the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Woman Making a Difference Award. Her Conscious Entrepreneur Experience show is about to be released as an interactive 2-DVD set.
We will be talking about:
Please join us in the chat room or on the phone during the interview if you would like to ask questions of Kim.
Your Partner In Success Radio Show
When: Friday, August 13, 2010
Time: 9 am PST, 10 am MST, 11 am CST, 12 pm EST
Where: Your home office telephone or computer.
Website: Your Partner In Success Radio Show
Call-in Number: 347-843-4988
We look forward to “seeing” you!