Review of Ad Blaster by Mega Promoter
In 2005, I was a new and inexperienced internet marketer looking for ways to drive traffic to my web site. I came across the Adblaster by MegaPromoter, the site promised to instantly and effectivelysubmit my websites to over 2,500,000 internet advertising sites and search engines.It sounded very promising to me, so much so, that I immediately whipped out my credit card and purchased Adblaster. Basically, all I needed to do was enter my website address and hit submit, and I could see a little bar going across the computer screen as if it was indeed sending my websites to the 2,500,000 sites and search engines. This piece of software did not even bring 1% of the traffic that it promised me and it was a complete waste of my time and money. I felt that I had been taken and lied to and

One-A-Day Branding
I know it’s asking a lot but you need to set aside a minimum of 15 minutes a day to build your brand. You can do many things in 15 minutes a day that will help build visibility credibility and a strong personal portfolio.Here's a short list to get you thinking about your "packaging" your brand.• Refine your "elevator" pitch. The best ones simply don't happen overnight. They come from refining and condensing the message down to its core elements. Spend time every week tweaking yours. If you want, send it to me and I'll give you my impression. (Serious branders only, please.)• Update your resume. This can be done in increments. List your best, most recent accomplishments and put them into sound bytes that can be inserted into any resume or personal self-promotion. Rem

How To Handle A Bad Boss Situation
In our climb up the corporate ladder, sooner or later, most of us encounter a bad boss. Bosses, of course, are only human and can have bad days, money problems or family crises, just like the rest of us. Or they might be dealing with a bad boss themselves. Often, though, unfortunately, they’re just someone who’s landed in the wrong position for his or her personality and experience.A little prevention goes a long way in helping you deal with a bad boss: Manage the situation, rather than allowing it to manage you. Abstain from displaying negative behavior, and keep focused on building your own career. Don’t let someone who’s less on the ball than you are drive you away from a job that you love and are good at.Below are five typical bad-boss personality types, plus strategies for dealing with each one.e practice with your local public or commercial radio stations before you approach the mainstream media.

As a radio show host I am always on the look out for a great guest who I can invite time and again to share their expertise and opinion and of course entertain my audience – remember, all radio shows measure their success by audience numbers, which for commercial radio stations can be translated into advertising revenues

Here are the five keys building your personal brand as a great radio show guest and increase your chance of being asked back again onto a radio show as a guest expert.

1. Be Easily Accessible

Make it easy to do business with you – that includes the very basics in terms of returning phone calls or emails from the radio show researcher or producer.

Yes I know this may sound very basic, but usually when a radio show researcher contacts you it’s to ask you to appear on the show that day or the next day.

One radio station I am on the panel of experts for calls me the evening before the show. Their protocol is that once the radio show for the day has finished they end up in a team meeting to determine the areas that will be covered the next day, often as a result of the breaking news in the papers, then they ring their network contacts of experts aligning with the areas they will be covering.

So if you are positioning yourself as an expert and resource to your radio station, don’t turn off your mobile phone. A radio show researcher is unlikely to call you a second time if they can not reach you.

2. Understand The Radio Show’s Objectives

Be sure to research the radio show you are planning to approach so that you discover the tone of the show and the style of the radio show host.

Remember the show host will guide the discussion – after all, they are concerned about their reputation with their listeners.

When you are approached by the radio show to be a guest, don’t be mislead by the phone conversation with the researcher –

t and increase your chance of being asked back again onto a radio show as a guest expert.

1. Be Easily Accessible

Make it easy to do business with you – that includes the very basics in terms of returning phone calls or emails from the radio show researcher or producer.

Yes I know this may sound very basic, but usually when a radio show researcher contacts you it’s to ask you to appear on the show that day or the next day.

One radio station I am on the panel of experts for calls me the evening before the show. Their protocol is that once the radio show for the day has finished they end up in a team meeting to determine the areas that will be covered the next day, often as a result of the breaking news in the papers, then they ring their network contacts of experts aligning with the areas they will be covering.

So if you are positioning yourself as an expert and resource to your radio station, don’t turn off your mobile phone. A radio show researcher is unlikely to call you a second time if they can not reach you.

2. Understand The Radio Show’s Objectives

Be sure to research the radio show you are planning to approach so that you discover the tone of the show and the style of the radio show host.

Remember the show host will guide the discussion – after all, they are concerned about their reputation with their listeners.

When you are approached by the radio show to be a guest, don’t be mislead by the phone conversation with the researcher –

calls me the evening before the show. Their protocol is that once the radio show for the day has finished they end up in a team meeting to determine the areas that will be covered the next day, often as a result of the breaking news in the papers, then they ring their network contacts of experts aligning with the areas they will be covering.

So if you are positioning yourself as an expert and resource to your radio station, don’t turn off your mobile phone. A radio show researcher is unlikely to call you a second time if they can not reach you.

2. Understand The Radio Show’s Objectives

Be sure to research the radio show you are planning to approach so that you discover the tone of the show and the style of the radio show host.

Remember the show host will guide the discussion – after all, they are concerned about their reputation with their listeners.

When you are approached by the radio show to be a guest, don’t be mislead by the phone conversation with the researcher –

a second time if they can not reach you.

2. Understand The Radio Show’s Objectives

Be sure to research the radio show you are planning to approach so that you discover the tone of the show and the style of the radio show host.

Remember the show host will guide the discussion – after all, they are concerned about their reputation with their listeners.

When you are approached by the radio show to be a guest, don’t be mislead by the phone conversation with the researcher – they are pre-screening you to see if you would be someone who will be compelling and interesting for their guests to listen to.

Practice your listening skills so that you can tune into the areas they want to discuss on the show, take notes of the areas they are going to cover on the show and keep your verbal replies in the pre-show interview succinct and relevant so that you get confirmed as a guest for the radio show.

3. Make The Radio Show Host’s Life Easy

All too often I notice that when someone has a new book that they would like to promote, when they do get the opportunity to speak on radio, they expect the radio show to send them a list of questions to answer.

In fact, the team on the radio show do not have time to read your book from cover to cover and compile a list of questions.

You need to compile your own list of the top 10 questions that would be of relevance to the listeners of the show relating to your book, your product or service.

Structure this into a media release with a short bio about you and have that ready at all times to provide to media contacts.

They may change the questions they ask you in the interview which is where it pays to invest in developing your skills as an interviewee. It makes it so much easier for the radio show researcher or show host to structure the interview and they will certainly remember that you are easy to do business with which will mean you leave them with a favourable impression so that they will put you on a list of the people to invite back to future shows.

4. Be Interesting And Entertaining

Remember, the radio show host and the producer of the show are keen to ensure that their listener numbers are ever increasing.

They are therefore looking for guests that will provide information and entertain their audience.

I always recommend to my guests to practice being interviewed and record themselves - you listen for the ums, errs and aah’s.

Write down the key points you want to cover