San Diego Business Showcase

March 10th, 2010 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Events | 1 Comment

The San Diego Business Showcase is being held Thursday, March 11, 2010 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The event is sponsored by several of the local Chamber of Commerces and Business Associations in San Diego County.
I spoke with Scott Ashton, Oceanside Chamber of Commerce and Colm Kelly, Smarter Small Business about the expo on North [...]

Coach Ken Offers A Strong Communication Tip

February 17th, 2010 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Sales | 2 Comments

Ask Open-Ended & Clarifying Questions
Don’t work so hard on your next presentation, client meeting, or employee conversation. Certainly come prepared. But start by asking open-ended questions to target the needs of your listener or audience. It allows for multiple responses in the listeners owns language.
Repeat back what you heard using similar words [...]

Twitter For Business

February 3rd, 2010 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Webinars | 1 Comment

Have you taken a class on Twitter somewhere and still don’t understand how to use it, let alone how to set it up?
Let Debra Simpson, Syndicating Your Content, help you. This “hands on” workshop is just for you. You will actually be working on your Twitter account. Don’t wait any longer, get the “hands on” [...]

Review of Score Women’s Networking Breakfast in San Diego

January 25th, 2010 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Score | 9 Comments

The Score Women’s Networking breakfast was held Friday, January 22, 2010 at Morgan Run Country Club.  If you follow me on Twitter, you probably saw the tweets from the breakfast.
I’ve been attending the Score Women’s Networking Breakfasts, each month, since 2004. When I started networking at the breakfast, there were two breakfasts each month, one [...]

Build A Blog In 90 Minutes Webinar

January 14th, 2010 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Webinars | 3 Comments

Creating Your Blog In 90 Minutes Or Less
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
10am to 12pm Pacific Time
1pm to 3pm Eastern Time
What You’ll Learn Blog Orientation

What is a post
What is a page
What is the sidebar
What is the content area

Dashboard Orientation

What are the settings and what do they mean

How To Create and Manage A Post/Page

Adding [...]

Twitter For Business Webinar, January 13, 2010

January 7th, 2010 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Webinars | 1 Comment

Have you taken a class on Twitter and you’re still as confused about it as you were before you took the class? I know the feeling.
On Wednesday, January 13, 2010 that changes!
This webinar is different! First, I’m limiting the number of attendees to five (5). Why? Because I’ve found that many people need [...]

Interview with Nicole Matthews, The Henley Company, LLC

January 7th, 2010 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Online Radio Show | 1 Comment

North San Diego Business At Large
Show Notes: January 8, 2010

I interviewed Nicole Matthews, Principal and Founder of The Henley Company, LLC on today’s episode of North San Diego Business At Large.
Nicole has produced a long list of distinguished events for notable organizations such as: Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, The University of San Diego, [...]

Red Fire Branding For Your Business, Interview With Liz Goodgold

December 4th, 2009 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Online Radio Show | 3 Comments

North San Diego Business @Large Show Notes
December 4, 2009, 3pm PT

My guest this week was speaker and author Liz Goodgold, a fiery redhead with over 25 years of experience in marketing and branding. She is the author of RED FIRE BRANDING: Create a Hot Personal Brand and Have Customers for Life and DUH! Marketing.
Liz has [...]

Social Media Q & A, Your Business Vision

November 23rd, 2009 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Online Radio Show | 2 Comments

North San Diego Business At Large
Show Notes: November 20, 2009

For the first 30 minutes I shared some of the common questions I get about Facebook, Twitter, Blogs and Blogging, and syndicating your content.
Barbara Eldridge, Mind Masters Entrepreneur Association, joined me for the second half where we discussed creating a vision for your business. A vision [...]

Mind Masters Entrepreneur Association

November 15th, 2009 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Online Radio Show | 4 Comments

North San Diego Business Show Notes for November 13, 2009, Give Your New Business A Solid Foundation

With all the news about the extended unemployment, and unemployment being around 12% here in California, you may be thinking of starting your own business, charting your own course.
In today’s episode I spoke with Debbie Lousberg, Lousberg Unlimited, and [...]

Leadership Skills In Tough Times, Tech Talk For Home Offices

November 7th, 2009 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Online Radio Show | 3 Comments

North San Diego Business At Large Show Notes

This espisode featured Mike Adams, Emerald Business Services, who will be speaking to the Vista Chamber Sunrise Breakfast on November 18th.
I also interviewed Richard Peat-Hanna, Creata Computer Network, about small business IT needs. He offered several names of virus protection, spyware and other anti-virus software and some tips [...]

Reprint From The Business Resource, “The Roundtable”

October 13th, 2009 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: The Business Resource | 2 Comments

Most everyone who knows me, locally, knows I published a small business newspaper in the early 90s, The Business Resource (formerly known as Networks). I’ve always been passionate about the homebased business community, now known affectionately as, solopreneurs.
I watched an Adam Urbanski video the other day, 3 Ways To Stay Motivated,  about staying positive during [...]

Is Social Networking REALLY A Viable Small Business Marketing Tool?

September 11th, 2009 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Social Networking | No Comments

When I speak to small business groups about social networking, or using social media / web 2.0 tools to market their business, I usually get the same reaction…”where am I going to find time to do this too?” You know what, you may not have a choice. Your market may already be there….and if you [...]

Ken Foster, Ask And You Will Succeed

August 21st, 2009 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Interviews | 2 Comments

I had the opportunity to interview Ken Foster, author of Ask and You Will Succeed. He used social media as a marketing tool when he launched the book in July.
He share some insight on asking questions that will help business owners create a business that is successful and prosperous. These are thought provoking questions, actually [...]

Four Chamber Mixer at Tri City Wellness in Carlsbad

June 18th, 2009 | Posted by Debra Simpson | Category: Chambers | 2 Comments

Are you building your million dollar database? Tonight is the once a year, four Chamber mixer at Tri City Wellness, located at 6250 El Camino Real (just south of Palomar Airport Road). The festivities begin at 4pm, complete with a tropical theme. Aloha shirts anyone?
There is a $20 charge, but there are plenty of hors [...]