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Presentations, Presentations and More Presentations.

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:10:01 +0000

I have a busy few months ahead, with lots of public speaking engagements planned. Here is a short list of where you will be able to find me:

March 30 - Rainmaker’s Main Event
April 14 - Introduction to Business Planning
April 16 – 17 – Marketing by the Numbers, New Orleans
April 22 – Marketing Segmentation - Hullabaloo
April 27 - All Things Marketing Seminar
May 5 - Improve Your Website ROI
May 6 - From Random Strangers to Raving Fans
May 12 - Introduction to Business Planning

I Blog, and Blog, and Blog!

admin — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:59:22 +0000

I’m not your typical blogger. I write on a variety of subjects for different readers and I don’t believe all the information belongs in one place. As a result, I have multiple blogs. Well to be perfectly honest I have one blog, this one, (www.lorraineball.com) and several sites built on a Wordpress platform, where I write and post content for specific niche groups.

My comments, ramblings, and rants can be found at:

www.indy-biz.com – This is a local news site. It’s a place where we (the team at Roundpeg) post press releases and articles about friends and clients. I write about what’s happening in Indy, link to local news stories and a local networking event calendar. Readers for this site tend to be folks based in the local community.

www.866mynubiz.com- is a site I created jointly my friend, and favorite attorney, Chuck Roach. The blog is part of a much larger resource site for new business owners. The blog features content from a variety of consultants and business experts. I am always looking for additional content.

Next is Business Notes from Roundpeg – This is actually a part of my primary business website, roundpeg.biz. The blog, provides marketing tips and ideas for small business owners, short videos and the occasional bit of self promotion. Much of the content from this site is simply links to great content I have found elsewhere. There are so many talented people writing on the net today about marketing I would be foolish not to tap into them occasionally: Seth Godin, Walt Goshert

And finally, www.lorraineball.com – I am not sure what the audience is for this site, and I am not sure if I really care. It is where I express myself, writing about whatever pops in to my head. Could I merge all of these blogs into one? I don’t see how, without alienating groups of readers who come for very specific content.

So for now, I manage the multiple blogs, plus an active presence on Smaller Indiana, LetsMakeitRain, and MyWomanOwnedBusiness.com

With all my writing, I hope you find something you like, and if you do, please feel free to comment, and come back!

Not Talked Out

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:05:11 +0000

I am heading out to give my fourth presentation this week. I should be feeling a bit talked out, but I am not. Each presentation this week was different.

Tuesday- Rainmaker Update at the Main event. We had about 275 in the room, it was hot, but the program rocked.

Wednesday – Web 2.0 for Everyone – at Confluence – For a first time this event drew quite a crowd

Thursday – Freshman Orienteation for RM – How to make the most of your membership. With the support of a great Advisory board, this was fun.

Friday – I am off to Decater Indiana, for a Woman’s conference. i am going to talk about Branding for Small Business.

Never too Small for Social Media

admin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:15:53 +0000

Sure all the “big guys” are using social media more and more (generally, social media can be blogs, RSS feeds, podcasts, email marketing, social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Plaxo … all the the “new ways” of marketing using the internet).

But how does a small business use social media in their marketing strategy? Read on to find out!

Want to learn more about how to do this? Check out my upcoming presentation: What is Web 2.0 and why do I care!