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Find A Professional…Market Your Business Card 2 for FREE at DottiBerry.com
Find A Professional…Market Your Business Card 2 for FREE at DottiBerry.com
That’s right. You can drop your digital business card on my blog for FREE! Don’t you love the opportunity to market your brand…your services…on my blog…for FREE?
Have you ever “dropped your business card” into a fishbowl many times throughout the years, whether that be a the local Chamber of Commerce meeting, at your favorite restaurant, or during a raffle.
Well..no more! That was yesterday. BusinessCard2 is today! This digital web container allows you to have all of your professional and social identities docked in one place, as well as have links to your videos, websites, slidshares, and powerpoint presentations.
Your digital business card can be easily shared on Facebook with a link that shows up as “Expand my card,” allowing your web container (like mine at the end of this post) to open right there inside of Facebook! You can take your personal brand all over the internet, yet makes changes in only one spot!
This is an amazing personal branding tool that enables YOU to share YOUR story. Who, besides you, knows it better?
You can visit my BusinessCard2 at Ask Coach Berry.
To market yourself for FREE, all it takes is two easy steps.
- Go to Brand You First and set up your FREE BusinessCard2. The only commitment on our part is is a time one in setting up your details.
- “Drop it” by clicking on the side side of my blog, where it says, “Find a Professional.” Once you have your own BusinessCard2, you can drop it at multiple locations!
“Find a Professional” is a new BusinessCard2 feature I recently added. And guess what? This feature is also FREE! Just when you think it can’t get any better, it does!
If you like this and want to connect with me via mobile, just text “CoachB” to 90210. You will be able to upload all of my contact info directly into your phone and/or address book connected to your email program. You will also be able to receive more cutting edge information about new school marketing tools and systems that can help you brand yourself, explode your business and take it to the next level!
You can also Sign up one time & receive reminders for a weekly “Ask Coach Berry” Training2Transform webinar that I offer FREE! You will discover cutting edge information each week. Why do I say that? I will bet you were not aware about BusinessCard2. I like finding the golden nuggets and bringing them to you! Join us!
3rd Annual Still Waters Music Festival with Angie Foster and Marcia Kester!
3rd Annual Still Waters Music Festival –
It doesn’t matter whether it’s business or pleasure…it’s all about connecting and engaging and a sense of community! It’s what we value the most! As we approach the last Saturday in July, keep this in mind.
Yes, it’s that time again! There is indeed a season and a time for everything! Instead of Eat, Pray, Love...this is Eat, Dance, Pay for Tickets!
It’s all happening down by the still waters at 4451 Masterson Road; Blaine, WA 98230 on Saturday July 31, 2010!
Here’s the general outline for the evening. Pay Pal button is at the end of this post!
5:00 p.m. – Arrive for beginning of potluck – Bring whatever food you like…it always seems to work out! We will be grilling some chicken.
5:30-5:45 p.m. – Roby’s cousin, Kyle Carlson, may join us again this year to play a few Beatles’ songs as potluck begins
6:00-6:30 p.m. – Marcia Kester – experience a little of Marcia during dinner and get your dancing shoes ready for later!
Marcia can be found singing and playing around Western Washington as a Solo Singer/Guitarist or with her band, A FEW GOOD MEN.Her voice tells the whole story: the heat, the honey and a bit of Delta hardscrabble. A savory vocal texture that falls somewhere between Patsy Cline and Bonnie Raitt and on towards the Shania Twain zone. Her arrangements add a modern flavor to classic songs… A taste of rock in the country tunes and a dash of country in the rock.
6:30-7;00 p.m. - BREAK – a chance to mingle and talk before two sets by Angie Foster. Angie says, “I’m a Portland-based, singer/songwriter/pianist. with a Sarah McLachlan meets Sara Bareilles vibe. Or so I’ve been told. (I know I should act cool, but wow, that comparison tickles the hell out of me!)”
7:00-7:45 p.m. – Angie Foster/1st set - Awesome upcoming blues singer & more! Check out her new cd released in June, 2010.
A contemporary pop songstress who creates as much magic on the keys as with her voice, Angie Foster will shake you to your shoes with soaring melodies and brilliant lyrics that seem to speak directly to you and you alone. And then, when you’re least expecting it, she’ll blast out a wicked tune smacking of sex and fun – and suddenly all is extraordinarily right with the world. Give yourself a special present today … and buy this glorious work!–Kimberly Gadette
8:45-9:00 p.m.- Break 9-11 p.m. - Marcia plays dance music (11 p.m. is official Ranch Quiet Time, so the music will stop, but conversations usually continue around the fire pit)
REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS!
Click on the button below to purchase your ticket PRIOR to the event…will just make it easier as people arrive! We will have a list at the door of everyone who has paid! Use the drop down box to make your selection if it is more than one ticket. The price is:
- $15 for one ticket
- $25 for two tickets
Come, bring a friend and have a great time!
Happy Mother’s Day! Thank you Anna Jarvis, Mother of Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day! Thank you Anna Jarvis
Rylee Joy celebrates Mama Rob…and Mama Lu (Grandmother Marilu, my mother) and Aunt Becky (my sister)…both great mothers too!
Thank you Anna Jarvis, the mother of “Mother’s Day” for creating the first Mother’s Day in 1907.
Anna was only 12 years old when she first became inspired for what would become her life journey.
Her mother, Mrs Jarvis, said a class prayer in the presence of her daughter. To conclude the lesson on ‘Mothers of the Bible’, Mrs Jarvis said a small prayer,
“I hope that someone, sometime will found a memorial mothers day commemorating her for the matchless service she renders to humanity in every field of life. She is entitled to it.”
Young Anna never forgot that, and though never a mother herself, she proves that you don’t have to be one to honor one. She dedicated her life to fulfill her mother’s dream of the recognition of a day for honoring mothers.
USA Today and David Pogue Rave About Toktumi Line 2 Utilizing Wi Fi Cloud
USA Today and David Pogue Rave About Toktumi Line 2 Utilizing Wi Fi Cloud. Toktumi Line2 will make you forget A& & T. Consider this too… it will make you forget Vontage…forget Google phone… forget Skype…forget conferencing calling. What? Yes, it may be just the solution for which you’ve been searching.
Toktumi Line 2 (pronounced “Talk to Me”…clever, huh?), is not a cell phone but an add-on product, giving you an additional line through wi-fi technology. It’s like the perfect widget for your blog, except that it’s the perfect tool for creating a professional phone system for your small or home-based business.
Wi-Fi clouds are already over major U.S. cities and will soon blanket the U.S. Bye-Bye cell phone towers…they will become obsolete, so DO NOT SIGN any two-year “special deal” you’re going to see cell phone companies offering if you buy a new phone any time soon. They’ll be hoping you’re in the dark.
Toktumi is the only one with this technology…they literally have no competition. Imagine you, the small business or home-based business owner, setting up a professional phone service in minutes with a FREE 30-day trial that allows you to try it with no strings attached. That’s right…one phone…2 lines (one for personal…one for business)…Free for 30 Days. What’s not to like about that? You can’t lose. If you don’t like it, drop it. If it works for you, you’ll join USA Today and David Pogue in the raving.
Toktumi lets small businesses set up a professional phone service in minutes.” - eWeek
Leander Kahney (cultofmac.com) says…
The app is true dual mode (VoIP/Cellular) for both inbound and outbound calling. That means it rings and makes calls wherever you have any kind of reception, making it very useful for people who live or work in dead cell zones. One of the reasons I got the landline for the office was because AT&T’s cell connection was dodgy in the building. But when there’s no cell, Line2 automatically switches to Wi-Fi — you don’t have to think about it.
Line2 rings the phone as normal whether the app is up and running or not. This is the big deal breaker for other VoIP apps like Skype, which have to be running to announce incoming calls. Line2 is also the first VoIP app that doesn’t quit if a regular iPhone call comes in. You just dismiss the incoming call and continue your conversation.
Pick up your phone right now, dial 877-883-8401 and listen to a short Toktumi Line2 Demo. I know you’ll then finish reading every word of this post. You won’t be able to help yourself! Why? You’ll want to make sure you get your FREE 30-day trial to check out Toktumi Line2 with no strings attached.
Note: If you cannot attend tonight’s webinar, here’s a recorded webinar from April 1 with Peter.
Also…keep reading…I embedded videos of Peter demonstrating the product in an interview and David Pogue demonstrating on CNBC.
Ok…back to A T & T cell reception. Yes…I have a problem. › Continue reading
Gadgets, Gizmos, the iPad & Line 2 with the Smart Phone Revolution
I have loved gadgets & gizmos since the first digital watch came out! Ok, I realize I am dating myself as a woman a certain age, but it was truly amazing at the time. Now you can have a watch with a video camera and media player at a price almost $100 less than I purchased that first digital watch! I just wonder what the gadgets & gizmos will be 50 years from now.
I remember purchasing my first little hand-held computer for inputting my addresses/phone numbers long before the iPhone & Blackberry hit the scene. Remember the pens that could record your voice for 20 seconds? You had to have your “to do” list concise for that! Now you can purchase pens that take video!
When I was a kid and we were taking vacations and had maps practically blocking any view from the back out the front window, I never imagined Zelda would be speaking directions to me on a journey criss-crossing America in 2005/06. Don’t know who Zelda is? Zelda was on the TV show Doby Gillis when I was growing up.
We named the voice on our GPS “Zelda,” and I am grateful that she guided us. Don’t know what we would have done without her. By the way, Zelda is now a California senator. Her name is Sheila James-Kuehl. We were supposed to be on her radio show when we were speaking in California back in 2006, but our schedules got crossed and we missed that opportunity.
The iPad is HOT! It can’t truly be classified as a gadget or a gizmo, but there is something intriguing about it that gives me the same type of feeling of “wanting it” that each of my gadgets and gizmos from the past gave me. If you are considering an iPad purchase and are interested in seeing how your blog or website would look on it, now is your opportunity! Just don’t purchase one and try to go to Israel. They’ve been banned there.
Ok…now to the latest and greatest. The Smart Phone Revolution is here, and it’s Line 2 for both the iphone and the Blackberry. The Droid? Well…sorry folks. You lost out here.
Toktumi and Line 2 is also useful — and potentially revolutionary — for iPhone owners who want to cut down on their monthly voice minutes by allowing them to place calls over Wi-Fi as well as over 3G Voice Over IP (VOIP).
Check out David Pogue’s review from the NY Times and CNBC. Below is a short video about this Smart Phone Revolution!
Now for the cool part…you can get a FREE Toktumi (Talk To Me… Get it!) 30 day trial. Once there, click where you see
Nothing like the opportunity to test out the app for the revolution.
One more thing. In checking out some sites recently, I found one called Coolest Gadgets. It’s more than just about electronics. If you are a dog lover, you’ll love this one. There’s no doubt, I will be purchasing one of these for Rylee Joy. She will need one for our sailboat! Can’t you just see Rylee Joy in this?
Go for NO…NOW…TODAY
I say to people “I wake up every day and hope I hear ‘NO!’ “ People reply, “Are you nuts?” Well..perhaps. But..I say to them, “I know that if I am willing to hear ‘NO,’ I will reach my destination and hear ‘YES!’
My friend, Cathy Buchanan, sent me the link to this 3 minute video called Go For NO 3 minute video. Now, the way I figure it, people can’t really drag me around very easily and say, “Dotti…Tell folks what you say about ‘NO.’
I don’t reinvent the wheel. I look for wheels to upgrade my vehicle. I found it with a dynamic, three-minute video called “Go for No!” It is the ultimate strategy for failing your way to success! Yes is the destination, while “Go for NO” is the fuel for my vehicle.
This little video allows me to pursue my commitment to and passion for the United First Financial Money Merge Account system, setting people free from their debt prison. So…I have continued my long-life strategy and incorporated Andrea’s short video, leading me to ask everyone I see “Is your home paid for?” If they say “no” I know I can help them! How great is it to have a solution for 97% of Americans? It is the only financial gps they will ever need!
If they say “no” after their complimentary, no obligation analysis qualifies them, I say “next.” I keep “Go for NO” as my daily mantra, knowing there are people in America and Canada today who are looking for a solution to their debt situation. They want to be debt-free, so that they be be financially free, creating flexibility and options for their lives. UFirst and the MMA provides that financial freedom even if people have only debt through credit cards, school loans, etc. and don’t have a mortgage.
I twittered and put it on facebook when I first discovered this powerful video. Then, I get this facebook note from Andrea, saying “Who are you? Thanks for promoting my video. Do you have my book?” I replied, “No…didn’t know you have one…just had a link to your video!” Anyway, she said, “Well, give me your address…I am mailing you one!” She did, and two days later I received a signed copy of her book.
Andrea recently called me and asked, “Will you do a 2 minute video for me for our documentary?” I said, “Sure…would love to do that for you.”
So…here’s my short video for her.
I am talking to an agent on our team, Mike Renville, who recently purchased Andrea’s “Go for NO” CD’s.
Andrea is a great lady…she and Richard Fenton have put together a great video and I am looking forward to their documentary. If you have never seen this dynamic three-minute video, just click below. It will take you to her website, and her 3 minute video link is on the right. Feel free to share her video with folks you know! 
What’s so Amazing about The Amazing Race?
What’s so amazing is the diversity of both the individuals and the teams. In a face paced episode 6 tonight, we watched as our friend, Mel White, and his son, Mike, moved back into 2nd place. Our plans are to enter the next one. Hey, we love those “once in a lifetime experiences.” Check out the gallery pics from tonight.
Amazing Race..Mel White…Mike White…YOU are some of my Favorite Things!
Some favorite things
Where do I begin? The items speak for themselves. The largest gig IPod…Flip Video Camera (quite frankly, just about the cheapest and easier way to video & upload to YouTube!). Just click on these items, and learn more about the nitty gritty details!!
Note: I actually came back in and edited this after discovering the new IPod shuffle. As they say, it is “jaw-droppingly small.” Indeed it is…and yet at only half the size of the previously generation, it has 4 GB of storage and holds up to 1,000 songs! Here’s the clincher…well, let me just say that “it speak for itself.” Literally! The VoiceOver2 feature gives this Ipod shuffle a voice! With the press of a button, it tells you what song is playing and who’s performing it. I can even tell you the names of your playlists, giving you a new way to navigate your music. Now, that moves it to my “Favorites List!”
But…the book…the books…just a few words!
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Mike Dillard had this to say about Dave Evans’ book, Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day: Catch Mike’s interview with Dave about his book! Go to http://xr.com/MikeDave
Social media can work for you and your business…Or it can utterly destroy you. The choice is yours. Dave Evans share with you his social media blueprint – “an hour a day“. The bottom line is it’s time to pick up your copy of Dave’s book. Mike calls it “the best bang for your social media buck!” Start generating leads with a social media marketing campaign today. There’s no time like the present moment.
- Lower Your Taxes Big Time by Sandy Botkin is a “must read” if you have a small or home-based business. Why? Taxes are the BIGGEST EXPENSE that you have! Most people think it is their mortgage (which is second) and don’t even consider their taxes as an expense which can be drastically reduced. One of the best ways to see understand why every person in North America should have a home-based business, even if you have a J-O-B, is to have a free analysis run with uDeduct, showing you exactly what you could save in taxes (thousands of dollars per year!). Visit BizProPlus and I will be happy to do that for you!
Sandy has also written an excellent article on How to Evaluate Any Network Marketing Opportunity if you are considering plunging into that industry. Mr. Botkin is not only an author, but was one of eight attorneys selected by the Internal Revenue Service to train all new attorneys to the Internal Revenue Service’s Corporate Tax Division. Bottom line is that Lower Your Taxes Big Time is one of the books listed in my “Favorite things.”
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Jeffrey’s Gitomer’s Little Red Book of Selling…simply the BEST for approaching sales and people! When I add a new person to my team, they have been receiving one. I think I am going to have to start sending them a group called “Dotti’s Favorites!” and include The One Decision, Go For NO!, for the mental part of life and business, and Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day and The Findabilitiy Formula: The Easy, Non-Technical Approach to Search Engine Marketing by Heather Lutze for the internet part.
- I can’t leave Mike Dillard’s courses out of my favorites things…
Go to MillionaireSelf and you can get ALL of the best from Mike, PLUS Tons of my FREE Videos & Training on Internet & Social Media Marketing.You will be able to check out Mike’s TOP Programs!- Building on a Budget; Magnetic Sponsoring; PPC Domination (don’t feel bad if you don’t know what that is…it’s “Pay Per Click”); MLM Traffic Formula; & Black Belt Recruiting. - Before you leave, visit Magnetic Marketing Diva. Each Wednesday night, I’ve got the BEST of the internet GURUS, bringing cutting-edge information on ATTRACTION MARKETING and Internet & Social Media Marketing…If you missed MIKE DILLARD on my most recent Wednesday night webinar, at least you have next Wednesday to look forward to. Keep checking back, and you will find out who our surprise guest will be next Wednesday… always bringing you the BEST through free LIVE WEBINARS each Wednesday evening at 9 EST through Magnetic Marketing Diva.AND, if you go to MillionaireSelf and simply spend JUST $1 and try out my totally customizable, self-branding SYSTEM for two weeks, you will be able to access the recorded MIKE DILLARD LIVE INTERIEW that you missed !



















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