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If you can't make the Biz2Biz Forum, Recession Proof Social Marketing, no problem.  You can watch it via live streaming video on Wednesday morning around 8:20am.  http://roanokebiz2biz.com/streamingvideo.php

Social Media experts will show you how to unlock the potential of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogs and more.

• Ira Kaufman - Turn on the power of Social Media Marketing
• Stuart Mease - Facebook
• Beth Deel and Wendy Schuyler - Twitter
• Eric Melniczek - LinkedIn
• Patsy Stewart - Blogs

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To learn about all of these social media tools watch our live streaming video or if you missed the live show we will have it backed up in our archives.  http://roanokebiz2biz.com/streamingvideo.php

Recently we saw an opportunity to include video technology into Online Advantage marketing and branding services.  We researched thoroughly and realized the impact video will have on marketing and branding strategies.  We have learned that the company whose platform we use will be in Lynchburg on April 4, at the James River Conference Center hosting a gathering where you can learn more about video technology and where it is going in the marketplace.  Call or email Patsy at 540-563-2249 to find out more about this event.

On-demand video is a very powerful and affordable multimedia web based platform.  We offer a product called VideoLinked.  You can view examples of how this technology has been used throughout various kinds of businesses.  Video email is very powerful as well as adding video streaming to your current website.  This allows you to use this technology to communicate directly with your clients in a active face to face venue.  Another example of how video is a powerful medium is through a Live Web Broadcast.  You can stream live video with the clarity of a TV station via the internet. How exciting is that?

For information on the Video Technology Meeting in Lynchburg call or email Patsy at 540-563-2249.

I was invited by the Carolinas Chapter of Institute of Management Consultants to introduce WEB2.0 technologies. There were 25 experienced business consultants from North Carolina and SW VA. In polling the audience I learned that only one person had blogged and two had sent a video email.  I introduced them to Blog- A Power Marketing Tool and how blogs are changing the landscape of business.  Business blogs are projected to be less than 5% of the blogs read. There is a real opportunity for businesses and consultants to brand themselves and educate their target market.

On-demand video was the other technology I introduced.  I shared a very powerful and affordable multimedia web based platform called videolinked.com.  The consultants experienced live demonstrations of video email and they realized how they could use this technology to communicate directly with clients in a active face to face venue.  We provided a Live Web Broadcast which allowed them to stream live (with the clarity of a TV station) via the internet. The audience could be anyone who is online or they could target the broadcast for selected clients like a webinar at a fraction of the cost. 

Many of the consultants were actively looking for more effcetive tools to market themselves and offer new options for their clients.  They were hungry for this information.  Blogs and video are new to Roanoke and the New River Valleys but there is a growing interest.  The early adopters of these technologies will gain a significant competitive advantage.  With VISTA and Internet 7 offering blog readers, small and mid size business will begin to actively use blogs. Video email is already a popular corporate marketing tool.  Both will come of age in the next two years in our region.  Are you ready for the Challenge?