What a fantastic call we just had!  My favorite part was connecting with all of you and helping you articulate your 2010 blogging promises.  It’s given me some fantastic ideas for our calls for next year.  So thank you for showing up and sharing.

**Recording**
Click here to listen to the 1 hour recording of our coaching call.  Remember that when you listen to this recording, you are agreeing to honor all participants (including yourself) with authentic, positive, and uplifting words.  You also agree to pass on judging, criticizing, or put-downs of any kind.  {Note: I did get dropped off the call for a minute right at the beginning.  But, no worries, because I jump right back on and share lots of yummy information.}

**Resources**
Here are all the resources I talked about on the call with a short description of how I use them:

SocialOomph.com
I use the free version of this tool to schedule the daily tweets for the Simply Fearless Twitter Stream

TweetDeck
I use this free tool to manage my Twitter accounts, see who’s tweeting about me, and update my Facebook status.

Networked Blogs Facebook Ap
I use this free tool to automatically import my blog posts to my Facebook profile & fan page.  In fact, I love it so much I blogged about it here.

Feedburner
I use the free version of this tool to offer free email updates for people who subscribe to my blogs.

Blackberry Phone
I have email & Facebook access through my phone and it makes it so easy to share on the go.

Google Analytics
I use this to watch the traffic on my blog, how people are finding me, and what keyword searches I come up in.

Wordpress.org
All of my blogs run off of wordpress.org.  It is free software to download and install.  It is for self-hosted blogs and is different than wordpress.com which is a free blogging platform that will host a blog for you.

Dreamhost
I use Dreamhost to host all of my websites.  It’s only dollars a month and I can host as many sites as I want for the same price.  I must tell you that recently we had some major unexpected outages as they moved servers.  But, other than that I am super happy hosting with them.  Disclosure: I am an affiliate with Dreamhost and I will earn money if you use the link above and sign up with them.

GoDaddy
This is for domain registration.  They also offer hosting too, but I found that Dreamhost is easier to use for installing blogs.

aWeber
This tool is for setting up autoresponders and email lists.  I use it for my eCourse and newsletter distribution.  Disclosure: I am an affiliate with aWeber and I will earn money if you use the link above and sign up with them.

NaBloPoMo
This on-line community is for those of you who are ready to take on daily blogging for a month at a time.

**Call Participants**
For those of you who were on the call, please leave a comment with a link to your website or blog so that we can check you out.

**Practice Assignment**
In your journal, answer the following questions:

What do you want people to do when they visit your website?
Do you have a clear, concise, and compelling invitation to do so?
What changes, if any, do you need to make to inspire your website visitors to take action?

Make a promise to yourself for your 2010 social media strategy.  Think about:

1. How often you will blog
2. How you will use Twitter
3. How you will use Facebook

Finish this sentence:

I am willing to promise to…

**My Promises**
On the call, I shared my promises and here they are:

I am willing to promise to:

1. Change CassandraRae.com into my professional speaker site
2. Launch the Simply Fearless Friday meme (AKA blog carnival) and blog once a week beginning 1/8/10
3. Launch the 7 Simple Ways to Connect with Your Ideal Client eCourse
4. Publish a video once a week beginning the week of 1/4/10

**Your Promises**
That would be so cool if you posted a comment below with your 2010 social media promise(s) especially those of you who created one on the call.

Related posts:

1. FREE Coaching Call: blogging, twitter & facebook
2. Free Call: 6 Questions Every Blogger Must Answer
3. The Best Way to Link Your Blog Posts to Facebook

Every 4th Monday of the month at 12noon Pacific I hold a free coaching call and I’m so excited to share with you that December’s call is all about:

BLOGGING, TWITTER & FACEBOOK!

Woohoo!  I can’t wait to share with you all of my strategies and best tips.  I’ll kick off the call with some content about how I use these super powerful tools in my coaching practice and then open it up for your questions.  So if you are new to social media or are wondering how to get the most out of it without going crazy, then you absolutely must join us for this call.   It’s so easy to participate.  All you have to do is call in:

What: FREE Simply Fearless Fempreneur Coaching Call
When: Monday, December 28, 2009 @ 12pm California time
Where: Over the phone {long distance charges may apply}
Led by: Coach Cassandra Rae

Our Promise to Each Other

This call will be recorded and available to listen to on SimplyFearless.com.  When you join us on the call or listen to the recording you promise to:

1. Make it a safe space to learn & grow in
2. Honor all participants with authentic, positive, and uplifting words
3. Pass on judging, criticizing, or put-downs of any kind
4. Hold yourself and others in compassionate honesty
5. Connect with an open heart and mind

Remember that you are also a participant and all of these promises apply to how you treat yourself.  This is a safe learning environment where we embrace one another right where we are, where it’s okay to not know, and where we see the beauty in each other.

Phone Guidelines

• When you share, begin by saying your name so that we know who is talking.
• Do not speak when someone else is speaking.
• Share your thoughts when you feel safe and inspired to do so.
• Silence is okay.  This is probably one of the most challenging aspects of a telephone coaching call for new participants.  Know that in our coaching space we get to be silent and still with one another. Remember to speak when there is something you’d like to share that contributes to our learning.

Related posts:

1. Social Media Resources Plus Recording to the Latest Coaching Call
2. Free Call: 6 Questions Every Blogger Must Answer
3. Audio: Fempreneur Coaching Call

{okay, here is where it would be if the code didn’t mess up my blog}

Isn’t that cool? I freaking love this feature so I decided to create a badge and share it with you.  And guess what? You can create a badge for any of the pages you are a fan of!

While I was playing around with this feature I found this page that has all kinds of options listed in one place.  Damn…that’s hot!  Now, this might be old news for some of you, but it’s new to me and it’s so worth posting about to make sure that everyone knows about it.

Have fun and be sure to leave a comment with a link to your FB Fan Page so that I can check it out and if you’re cool enough I might just become a fan!

p.s. Wish Upon a Wedding is “America’s ONLY wedding wish granting organization, Wish Upon a Wedding grants weddings & civil union ceremonies at destinations across the US to couples facing life-threatening medical conditions, celebrating the courage & spirit of these couples.”  What a fabulous cause!

p.p.s. As you can see, I wasn’t able to publish the badge to my blog because it messed up my theme. But, I still think it’s a cool tool and the problem might be specific to my theme. Give it a whirl anyways and let me know how it works for you.

Related posts:

1. Want more Facebook Fans? Use this tool
2. The Best Way to Link Your Blog Posts to Facebook
3. Social Media Resources Plus Recording to the Latest Coaching Call

1. It doesn’t provide a link directly to the post on your blog
2. Videos do not show up

So what should you do instead? I’m so glad you asked because I’ve got an opinion!

The best way to automatically publish your blog posts to your Facebook profile is to use the FB application called Networked Blogs.  This application allows you to pick 3 categories for your blog and then your blog is also listed and searchable on their site under the categories you choose.  How cool is that?

Plus, when people click through the blog post from their newsfeed they are taken directly to the post on your blog.  Woohoo!  This encourages them to leave a comment on your blog, which in the blog-o-sphere is golden.

PLUS!  There is a FB toolbar across the top of the page so they can “like” your blog post on FB directly from your blog.

PLUS PLUS!! The app only publishes a teaser so when people click through to read the “full article” again they are taken directly to your blog.

Have I convinced you to stop importing notes and start using networked blogs?! I hope so.  Here is a link to their site:

http://www.networkedblogs.com/

Oh, and no I’m not an affiliate or anything like that.  I simply love the tool!  So go now and start using this fabulous app.

Related posts:

1. Social Bookmarking: Add Links to Your Blog Posts Automatically
2. Simple Instructions on Importing Your Blog into Facebook
3. Want more Facebook Fans? Use this tool

The Fan Box is “a Facebook Connect-enabled social widget that Page owners can add to their websites to allow users to fan and view the accompanying Facebook Page stream.”  Check out mine:

You can also add your news feed, but I took it out (it was easy – I just clicked a box and poof it was gone!) because it’s repetitive on my site.

It’s super easy to grab your own Fan Box. Just visit your own Fan Page and click on “Add Fan Box to your site” underneath your photo. For more details click here and be sure to post a comment with a link to your blog or website so that we can check it out and become a fan!

Related posts:

1. Simple Instructions on Importing Your Blog into Facebook
2. Super Cool Facebook Feature
3. The Best Way to Link Your Blog Posts to Facebook