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Wed, October 6th in Richmond - Make Sure You're There!

Plan to Attend

“Caring Conversations”

Wed., October 6, 2010
The Scottish Rite Temple
4204

Hermitage Road
Richmond, Va 23227

This is an all day Symposium in two sessions targeted to Senior’s, Adult Care Givers and Professional Care Givers. Flu Shots will be offered by Maxim Health Care Services. HCA Health Drive will be on site for Health Screenings, We are providing gift bags to attendees.

The morning session will be directed to the community. Residents of Independent and Assisted Living communities, as well as their adult caregivers are welcome.

The afternoon session will be presented to healthcare professionals and their guest.

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8:00 AM    Doors Open / Registration

9:00 AM   Baxter Perkinson DDS – “Dental Health and Quality of Life for Seniors”

9:30 AM   Richard Tate, MD / Anthony Spensieri, MD – “What to Expect From Your Physician When Hospitalized”

10:00   AM   Coleen Kenny, RN, MS

Adult Nurse Practitioner; VCU Health

“Setting aside the Fear Factor: Myths and Realities of the Nursing Home Transition”

10:30 AM Break

11:00 – 11:45 AM     Panel of HealthCare Experts

“Transitions in HealthCare – What to Expect from Aging”

Afternoon Registration 12:00 – 1:00 PM

Host – Greg McQuade,  CBS 6 *

1:00 PM   Lynn Beattie, PT, MPT,

MHA National Council on Aging

“Preventing Falls: “Whose Role Is IT?”

2:00 PM   Thomas Garthwaite, MD - HCA

“Tips on Navigating Your Healthcare Journey”

2:45 PM   Invited Guest - Maureen McDonnell – First Lady of Virginia **

3:00 PM    Break

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM   Peter Boling MD - MCV

“New Opportunities to Improve Geriatric Care”

Please talk to your community event planner to arrange your participation.

Everyone must register 804-320-3627

Personalized Chocolate Candies - Special thru 9/30/10

They are the best sellers and they are your favorites from WAY back.  Personalize these candies with your photo, logo and text.  You can even personalize with your own corporate colors!

Chip Clips - Special thru 9/30/10

These clips are always a great marketing tool!  Your customers will use them over and over again and see your name every time.

Bottled Water - Special thru 8/31/10

Try a refreshing bottle of water with YOUR company full color logo.  Check out this special:

Ice Cream Scoop - Special thru 8/31/10

Beat the heat this summer with this great special on imprinted ice cream scoops.  Great for any company marketing to homeowners:  real estate agents, mortgage companies, pizza shops, restaurants, landscapers, home improvement firms, and the list goes on and on!

Grocery Bag with Coupon Pouch - Special thru 7/31/10

Check out this SPECIAL on a grocery bag with t-shirt style handles:

Squiggles - Special thru 8/31/10

If you are around kids at all, you have seen and experienced the silly shaped rubber band craze.  Now we have them!  This special offer is good through 8/31/10.

Get Niche Quick!

Get Niche Quick! The Definite Guide to Marketing Your Business on the Internet is a book written by Sherice Jacob.  She graduated with an MA in Media Studies from West Virginia State University, runs a web design and consultancy business and has created many successful web businesses.

Her book is a clear and straightforward guide to online technology.  You will learn about niche marketing in great detail and the importance of using key words.  The author describes on how to use Word Tracker, an important tool for finding which key words are used the most.  Learn to read up on your competitor’s websites, how to find affiliate programs and how to decide which affiliate products or info products to choose.

The author also teaches you how to write your own info products, such as ezines and ebooks together with basic web design.  Other topics include how to register a domain name, how to write and use effective headlines, how to use blogs and RSS feeds and lots more.

Get Niche Quick! is a very valuable resource which shouldn’t be absent from your bookshelf if you want to start making money online .

For more information, go to Amazon.

TV Spot

Learn more about Promo Girl Marketing!  We did this local TV Spot to promote our company:
 

Real You Incorporated: 8 Essentials for Women Entrepreneurs

Real You Incorporated: 8 Essentials for Women Entrepreneurs is a book from a woman entrepreneur written for other women.  The author, Kaira Sturdivant Rouda, explains that there are 8 essentials that every women entrepreneur should know and understand, if they want to run a business where both the women and the company can thrive.

In her book she talks about the most important elements of a thriving business: You and your passions, brand, positioning, culture, customers, and gifts.  Firstly, you need to identify who you are, and how to build an honest and real brand.  She then explains how to bring yourself and the brand into your company. She gives readers reflective questions to think about, action steps to take and suggested reading.  The book also benefits from her own personal stories and also those of other successful business women for inspiration and motivation.

The book is divided into two parts, the first being “Find the company in you” and the second part is entitled “Make the company successful by developing a competitive advantage within it."  It is a fantastic book full of insight and advice.

For more information on this great read, go to Amazon.

Toshiba Pocket PC

The Toshiba PD750 U-0001Q e750 Pocket PC is a very powerful, high performance, wireless Pocket PC with a multitude of features.  It comes with 64MB RAM, 32 MB ROM plus 32MB Flash disk memory.  It has an integrated Wi-Fi wireless connectivity.

The Pocket PC features the power-saving Intel PXA225 processor, which gives you fast access to your files and programs (whether indoors or outdoors) while at the same time consuming less power.  The Pocket PC comes with a large and high-quality 3.8” diagonal transreflective color display for easy and clear viewing of images on the web.

With a touch of a finger, easy access to files and multimedia files can be obtained.  Your files can be stored in the generous memory storage.  Important files that are stored in NAND memory will stay intact even if the batteries are accidentally run down.

The Toshiba Pocket PC comes with an USB Cradle, 10W AC Adapter, 1 Soft Slip Case, QuickStart Card and Warranty Card.

For more information, go to Amazon.

Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media and Blogs, by authors Halligan and Shah describe how online technologies have changed the way customers and businesses communicate.  Customers use platforms such as blogs and social media to get as much information as possible to make informed decisions.

In their book, the authors provide you with successful marketing strategies and techniques.  They give an overview of what inbound marketing is and the impact it has.  They offer tips on how to be found online, how to improve your ranking in Google and how to build a successful blog for your business.  In addition, you will find ideas on how to stay ahead of your competitors, how to use LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook to your advantage.

The book also provides examples of how companies have used inbound marketing strategies to grow their businesses successfully.

The book would make a great read for anybody wanting to implement the tips, tricks and strategies offered by the authors Halligan and Shah to get found on the web by more and more prospective customers.

For more information, go to Amazon.

Secrets to Savvy Mompreneur Success

The Secrets to Savvy Mompreneur Success kit includes a workbook, transcripts and 27 audio CDs. It is a compilation of the success stories of 22 amazing Mompreneurs.  They pass on their useful techniques and strategies to pave the way to your business success.

They give tips and proven tactics on how to balance private life and work and the importance of personal time.  You will be inspired by the stories of Mompreneurs who managed to overcome many challenges to create a six or seven figure business while at the same time raising a family and finding time for themselves.

The Secrets to Savvy Mompreneur Success is for work at home mothers who can’t seem to get the balance right between family and work.  Those who feel guilty of wanting to grow their business while trying to raise a family. It is for working mothers who easily get overwhelmed with deadlines and To Do lists, both in their personal and professional lives.

The kit offers encouragement and strategies to help you create and grow the business the way you want to, while at the same time enjoying your family and spending quality time with them.

For more information on this product, go to Amazon.

9 Tips to Improve Your Website Credibility

As a business owner, nothing is more important than your credibility.  This is also true with your website.  All of the traffic in the world will mean nothing unless your credibility is intact.  Here are 9 ways to improve your website credibility:

1. Promote & endorse credible products, services and business partners.  Make sure everyone and everything you represent reflects the image you want to portray.
2. Reviews, endorsements and testimonials.  Get high quality testimonials and reviews from your clients.  How do you do this?  Sometimes they will offer them up, but many times you'll need to ASK.  Just pick up the phone or shoot out a quick email to customers who you know have had a positive experience.
3. Optimize your content by updating it frequently.  Updating your website with new content keeps the search engine spiders circulating through your site and will place you on Google searches.  Not sure what to add or how to update?  Add articles that will educate your customers or advertise specials of the week.  Keeping a frequent flow of content will help keep you current and credible.
4. Make your website look professional.  Simple aesthetics like easy to look at graphics and fonts are key.  Also make sure it's easy to navigate and looks and feels professional.
5. Organizational Involvement.  Join an association or win an award and make sure you place the affiliated logo on your site.  Visitors like to see those stamps of approval.
6. Get real...cut the hype.  Make sure claims and promises you make are backed up by testimonials, facts, raw data or reviews.  If you can't back it up, don't make the claim.
7. Instill a presence on your website.  About Us and Contact Us pages are very important.  People want to know there is a live person behind the website.
8. Read your own content - pay attention to detail.  Nothing is worse than typos, grammatical errors, misaligned formatting and broken links.  Clean it up - proofread your content and click through the links to make sure they forward properly.  Users like a nice, neat appearance.
9. Less is more.  Don't litter your website with banner ads and classified ads.  Advertising is expected on most websites, just don't let it be the main focus.

Marketing Phrase Book

The Marketing Phrase Book is designed for small businesses and other marketing professionals as a thesaurus for marketers.  It was written by Gail Hamilton, a very successful author and copywriter who has also adapted television series (The Road to Avonlea and Wind at my Back) into well-loved young adult fiction books.

Her book offers you a fantastic marketing resource of effective marketing phrases that, when used, will persuade and stick.  Whether you write sales letters, brochures, give presentations, ads or create your website, you will find 432 pages of powerful and effective marketing phrases and keywords to use.  The phrases can easily be adapted for your own needs.

Read up on important “trigger” words that trigger search engines and get noticed by potential clients.  Learn how to set up contests and sweepstakes using the right phrases and words.  Discover the high-speed language of the web and find out about lots of other possibilities and ideas.

Gail Hamilton’s book is a treasure trove of powerful and dynamic marketing phrases and words.  It is a must-have book for every business owner or marketer.

For more information, go to Amazon.