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Wow! Had one of the best calls on blogging in the series last night. People who are hardcore bloggers know who he is, but new people and people who have only started learning about the blogosphere probably haven’t heard the name “Ted Demopolous,” though he’s a long-time Netizen and well-respected consultant. He’s also written a couple of books on blogging, which is how I came to contact and meet him.

Anyway…

Ted was my special guest last night on the Blogging4Boomers.com teleseminar series and he gave an incredible amount of information to my members. He talked about positioning, writing content, social interaction and a whole lot more.

One thing that I found most interesting, and what not many people who blog for business remember is that you shouldn’t be selling from your blog. The way Ted put it, “I don’t make money from my blog. I make money because of my blog.” The idea being that when you write great content, people see you as the expert and they follow you and buy your products. But your blog can also get you offers — for consulting, for joint venturing, and so on. People “know” you by the way you write.

Very cool. And very true.

If you want to get in on the replay of Ted’s call, just go to Blogging4Boomers.com and sign up for the series. There is a replay page, but only for list members. Ted also gave a pretty sweet bonus.

I’ll be putting the call up this weekend. Sign up now so you’ll be able to check it out.

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Well, sort of.

I got Launch Formula Marketing for my membership site. $250. Easy to use, right?

Totally wrong.

It’s probably mostly my fault because I’m not a PHP programmer. I understand it ever so slightly and can do things like alter my blog template, for example.

But I can’t do anything with my membership site.

It’s working for members, which is what my main concern is. They’re great, and they make me feel good about what I’m doing almost every day. I have the best members in the universe. Really. They rock!

But…

I’m setting up this fabu teleseminar series. It’s got people like:

Tellman Knudson (of course) of The List Building Blog

Brian Edmondson (why definitely) from Blog with Brian He’s got an awesome customization. I’m jealous.

Mike Paetzold (a real WP kinda guy) from Mike Paetzold Recommends

Reed Floren, who’s amazing on Facebook. His JV group is really active and once I’m settled in with this membership site stuff, I’ll be getting in on some really great JVs, just from being a member.

Ken McArthur, who uses his JVAlert blog for some amazing bonding with his audience. JVAlertLive starts tomorrow!

Andy Duncan of Netslingers.com, who uses his blog for a niche audience.

Stephen Pierce–don’t you just wait for his dtAlpha Talkback emails each week? I know I do. I love to listen to this man talk. He’s very generous with his information and the way he gives it to you is totally charming and inspiring.

Ted Demopolous, who wrote Blogging for Business, and a few more books on the topic. Smart and very nice guy.

And lest I forget, one of my favorite people–Mike Morgan, or “Million Dollar” Mike Morgan. His copywriting skills are so STRONG that his sales letters have already pulled in a million bucks in a day. Wish I could afford him.

And there’s going to be a cool mystery guest, too.

So you can see why I’m desperate to get this working. I just contacted a programmer. In my heart of hearts, I hope he can fix this.

Or, I’m going insane.

Want to come?

Go sign up for the series at http://blogging4boomers.com It’s free!

And then, check out the membership site. I have tons of great stuff inside and add more every month. You don’t have to be a Boomer, but we’re the ones coming online, trying to eke out just a little extra to survive.

I hear you! I feel your pain! I’m a Boomer, too!

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