iPhone Giveaway!

Give Us Your Conference Call Blooper and Win an iPhone 3G from Packetel!

Have you ever said the wrong thing to a client?

Have you ever been caught not paying attention on the line?

Have your kids screamed something crazy during a call...

If so - Packetel wants to hear about it!

If not - try out Packetel's Web Conferencing services FREE for 30-days and tell us about your experience!

Packetel Turbo Meeting makes web conferencing simple and easy to do. Here are just a few of their web conferencing features:

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  Share screens/desktops with multiple participants
• Assign and acknowledge meeting roles of presenter and controller of keyboard/mouse
• Allow an unlimited number of users to host a web conference
• Schedule meetings and webinars
• Hold ad hoc meetings and webinars and use verbal meeting invitations without resorting to e-mail
• Integrate with Outlook for sending e-mail invitations
• Optimized for different internet connection speeds ranging from broadband to 28KB dial-up
• Annotation over the entire screen/desktop
• Whiteboard and chat functionalities
  

Win an iPhone for my misdeed on a conference call? Yes! Here's how you can win:
1. Fill out the form through the link below, including your blooper story
OR
2. Try out Packetel's Web Conferencing Service for FREE for 30 days, fill out the form including your experience with the server

Entry form: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102633090353&s=78&e=001AUH17nTkWEfFwf9Igd9GGIrPIIJUavzS5c6e6zWe8jiW5MkW2-bGUP2TXbKovZZ_oeUdlyFtui8ztZm5qKI1zOP1FbBlz7brwjotilQBNsg=

Bonus Entries! After you've completed 1 or 2 above and filled out the form you can also...

- Blog about Packetel's Online Fax Service and link the text "packetel's web conference service" to: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102633090353&s=78&e=001AUH17nTkWEdN7Monbi36ujqhaFYC0jVGApM-zA-z7VluXhNhs7_fJQ88MCVGB_no9bbDOAOEPNZGc25nRugVGSF-4xwD3AUORo5InNwmJdC35IB-aPFHwerAr-Wq5DwwSQfqUhve1s58nbJTzjjWKO0SkarPHiN6

- Become a Fan of Packetel at their Brand New Facebook Fan Page here: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102633090353&s=78&e=001AUH17nTkWEemRozUugXHg5x432WZ8FnhULUAl-uEspy68MglDjUBeEl3-NIAHo8PkWL65f7hLEdmWZaKWutjZVKYsjuKhU9MFmCQ35UQzQiPDDEghODsODf9httauwIdUfUFs7sXfoaIjwgV0HVzfg==#

Contest ends 7/31/09 at 11:59 AM ET. This contest brought to you courtesy of the Momfluence network.

I need your help

I am at a crossroads and need to make na important decision regarding this blog.

I have been doing Pay Per Posts (They are the ones with the sponsor tag at the end of them) and have earned a little bit of money from doing them (only about $10 so far). I have been very particular in the posts that I will accept. I don't want to write about anything that I can not make pertain to me or my family. I have about 75 subscribers right now, but honestly I still write mostly for my family. I love that I get comments on those posts, it shows that I have done what I set out to do and that you are accepting of it.

I also have an advertising network. The BlogHer ad network has decided that because I have done Pay Per Post (PPP), they are suspending my account. BlogHer is a fabulous netwrok of amazing women (and some men), but I can still be a part of the BlogHer family at large without being a member of their ad network. I have only received about $25 from those ads, in the past year. In order to continue with BlogHer Ads, I would have to remove my previous PPP's and agree to do no more.

Emotionally, I would love to continue with BlogHer Ads, but fiscally, it really doesn't make sense. Granted, I am not planning on making a living on this blog, my writing does not warrant that. I am ok with that. However, I enjoy the PPP's and I think that I would be doing myself a financial disservice to just throw away the PPP option.

What do you think? Does the fact that I do sponsored posts belittle my credibility with you?

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Social Media

I mention Twitter and my online community often and some of you may not be aware of what they are or what they entail. It is the world of Social Media. It is a way of communicating with the world in real time. It is also becoming a way for big business to start communicating with the world. through Twitter and Facebook and FriendFeed, I have been involved with Ford, GM, Motrin, HP and countless other companies providing feedback, reviews and general interaction.

Gary Vaynerchuk, is a wine connosieur (or whatever you call it, I don't drink, sorry, Gary). He also is a Soial Media expert. The video below (which I first saw on Technosailor.com) helps to explain how the old age of business can bring itself into the new age of social media. Enjoy.