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Web 2.0 Election 2008 History In The Making

Jeffrey Alexander Brathwaite — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:34:36 +0000

Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post, the number one blog on the Internet declared her winner for the 2008 Presidential Election.

Twitter, a micro blogging service has real time conversations with its Election 2008 custom website.

You can then go to TwitVote and vote in a mock opinion-poll for voting for Election 2008.

Facebook will help you find your polling place and for those who don’t know you can still register and vote If you live in Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, or Wyoming.

CNN has an Interactive Map of the United States for updates on the Presidential election as well as customizing that page to show all the different races in every state.

Here is the Barack Obama’s website and YouTube Channel John McCcain’s website and Youtube Channel

Last but not least there was even a social media marketing case study created by Social CRM Expert Brent Leary and Internet Marketing Expert David Bullock. Barack20.com

This study helps small businesses understand how Barack Obama used social media to market himself. Brent and David used their blog to give

audio lesson on how small businesses can use social media to further their business as well.

We first reported on this study when it was just a webinar but has now grown into so much more.

Brent and David were recently featured in the November issue of Black Enterprise and are in the midst of launching their first

seminar in a local city near you. We will keep you posted on what happens next for Barack20 after the election.

The main thing that everyone should understand is that the 2008 Elections has used Web 2.0 technology and made the Internet better for us all.
We are so much more informed and knowledgeable about our local and national candidates. This can only help us make the best choices for the leadership of our country.

So if you have not done so yet. Please get out and Vote!

All the best

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Webinar: Barack Obama, Social Media and Your Business

Jeffrey Alexander Brathwaite — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:32:32 +0000

My good friend and CRM expert Brent Leary is hosting a Free Webinar with SEO Rainmaker and business development expert David Bullock. The Webinar is on Barack Obama’s social media lesson to small businesses.

Brent and David attended the University of Delaware, and recently ran technology workshops during Black Enterprise’s annual entrepreneur’s conference this past May.

Brent recently wrote about Barack Obama in his weekly article on Blackenterprise.com. Brent talked about how Mr. Obama used social media to help him win the democratic nomination. Based on reader feedback, and conversations Brent and David had on the subject, they both felt a case study detailing Barack Obama’s use of social media could serve as a great lesson to small business people trying to figure out how they can use the web to build meaningful business relationships.

Brent will be covering this story from the Social Media Side and David will be covering this story from the Online Business Development perspective. This will be an awesome opportunity for small business and solopreneurs alike to get some first hand knowledge about social marketing from these two experts.

Brent Leary (Inc Magazine and Black Enterprise Writer / Radio Host)
David Bullock (Business Owner / Online Business Development Specialist)

Topic: Barack Obama’s Social Media Lesson to Small Business

Host: Brent Leary

Date and Time: July 9, 2008
12:00 pm , Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -04:00, New York)
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To register for the online event
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1. Go to https://demo3.webex.com/demo3/onstage/g.php?d=695278719
2. Click “Register”.
3. On the registration form, enter your information and then click “Submit”.
Once the host approves your registration, you will receive a confirmation
email message with instructions on how to join the event.

All the best

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The Facebook Insider’s Guide to Viral Marketing is a Solopreneurs Dream Come True

Jeffrey Alexander Brathwaite — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:16:36 +0000

I have been a member of Facebook for alomst 3 months now and I am hooked. I have already amassed about 380 friends and countng at the time of this posting. I have all but abandoned the myspace.com page I once had and I suggest that all Solopreneurs and Small Business persons do the same.

My good friend Brent Leary a CRM Analyst turned me onto Facebook but I really never took it seriously until I saw how many professional people were on Facebook. I, like everyone esle on the planet thought myspace.com would be the answer to helping me promote my business online. All I got from myspace.com was a bunch of junk advertising and requests from internet porn spammers to be my friend.

Facebook has changed my way of thinking when it comes to online social networking. I have met some of the most positive and productive people on the planet within Facebook pages. My favorite Facebook application has got to be “Events” where you can post your upcoming event for thousands if not millions of fellow professionals and Solopreneurs to see. I have been invited to some of the best teleseminars, webnars and networking events through this Facebook application.

As quoted in the Facebook Pages The Insider’s Guide to Viral Marketing.

“Businesses now have the ability to expand their revenue base and acquire new customers through free Facebook Pages. Pages enable customers to interact, learn, purchase, and spread the word about your business to their friends”

“Every day, most of Facebook’s 70 million active users log on to Facebook to learn about their friends and share information about their interests and activities. This regular interaction gives businesses the opportunity to connect with existing and new customers as effectively as a face-to-face meeting”

Here are the four Keys to using Facebook

1) Make business personal.

2) Update your Facebook Page frequently.

3) Harness the power of News Feed.

4) Choose the applications that are best for your business.

I have also posted the complete guide below. My suggestion is that you quickly download it, Read it and then take action on all that is has to offer.

All The Best

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