Beware of LinkedIn Phishing Emails

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.

Your Partner In Success Welcomes Kim Castle

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

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:

• What’s really going on in the tumultuous world of business today, and how it affects your bottom line today AND for several years to come.
• The global shift that is having a profound impact on business today and how you can build a thriving business by getting ahead of it.
• The biggest problem facing entrepreneurs today and how to remove it permanently.
• The truth of what a brand really is.
• The biggest brand-killing mistakes small business owners make without even realizing it.
• Where the most powerful source of knowledge is to build your brand.

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!

Recommended Resource – MP4 Converter

Weekly Recommended Resources

This week we are talking about a quick and very affordable affordable tool to  help you convert file formats.

When I needed to convert videos for a client who has over 40 fitness videos so we could upload them to ClickBank and offer them as a digital product this is the tool I used.

Leawo DVD to MP4 Converter is a powerful and easy-to-use DVD tool that can perfectly convert DVD to MP4 video. This DVD to MP4 Converter also can convert DVD to iPod, DVD to iPhone, DVD to Apple TV, DVD to PSP, DVD to PS3 compatible MP4 video file. Then together with the fast conversion speed and excellent output quality, this DVD to MP4 Converter allows you easily and freely enjoy the DVD movie playback on iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3 and other more MP3 players on the go.

KEY FEATURES of Leawo DVD to MP4 Converter:

1. User-friendly and easiest-to-use interface;
2. Powerful functions;
3. Convert DVD to MP4 video file with excellent quality;
4. Convert DVD to iPod compatible MP4 video file;
5. Convert DVD to iPhone and DVD to Apple TV compatible MP4 video file;
6. Convert DVD to PSP and DVD to PS3 compatible MP4 video file;
7. Supported the generated MP4 file playback on iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3 palyers;
8. Convert DVD to MP3, AAC, M4A, WMA, WAV, AC3 audio file;
9. Set the visual effect by specifying video brightness, contrast, volume;
10. Trim any duration of DVD movie for conversion;
11. Support DVD Specific Features: Subtitle, Audio Track, and Angles;
12. Crop any parts of the video image and extract the black edge;
13. Custom output file by specifying video bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, audio bit rate and etc;
14. Merge multiple chapters or titles into one file for converting to entire movie and split DVD chapters;
15. Get thumbnail screenshot with one click to enrich picture base;
16. All encoders/decoders embedded in;
17. Support batch process and convert multiple DVD to MP4 file at a time;
18. Fast conversion speed and excellent quality.

Leawo also offers a variety of other converter type products on their site, ranging from DVD, video, powerpoint, and Mac compatible tools. A good number of them are free (limited capabilities) or offer free trials.

Click here to order this product. (This is an affliate link.)

Your Partner In Success Welcomes Loren Fogleman and Nan Akasha

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

This week I will be interviewing two very interesting guests who have teamed up to bring a cutting edge process to create real breakthroughs in money and increase your business.

Nan Akasha, CHT is a hypnotherapist, a Spiritual Money Attraction & Wealth Creation Mentor and Wealth Esteem expert. A #1 bestselling Author of Already Rich! Secrets to Master Your Money Mind.

Loren Fogelman. Since 1984, Loren has provided support through therapy, focusing on the mindset to help her clients reach their peak potential. Loren is a masters level therapist passionately devoted to helping her clients reach their peak potential. She is also a certified advanced Emotional Freedom Techniques Practitioner.

Nan and Loren are going to share with you the 5 key areas people and entrepreneurs get stuck in creating more income, attracting money, and building a business and a life aligned with purpose and passion. Together, these ladies have created a new program called Wealthy You: Creating Breakthroughs in Money which will be available in early August, 2010.

We will be talking about:

• How we have breakdowns in our lives right before  big change.
• How to transform breakdowns into breakthroughs, and why now it is so vital to do this.
• Why your mindset is so important in transforming and in attracting the life, business model and income that you desire and deserve.
• Why people tend to focus on lack rather than abundance and how we can create breakthroughs that change how we think and what we attract.
• Shifting mindset beliefs centered around emotions, business, marketing strategies, confidence and self esteem.
• Client attraction.

Please join us in the chatroom or on the phone during the interview if you would like to ask questions of Nan and Loren.

Your Partner In Success Radio Show

When: Friday, July 30, 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!