Tech Coach For Coaches

HDFC Member’s “End of the Year e-Party”

2008-11-20T02:27:11Z

For HelpDeskForCoaches.com member’s only.

Put your party hat on, grab a glass (or mug) of your favourite beverage and get on the
teleconference as we get together, virtually, to celebrate 2008 and welcome 2009. We
will play a few games including ice breakers and a round of what I call “the end of the
year game”.

Date: Thursday December 18th
Time: 4pm Eastern

To join us on the call sign up for your membership at http://www.helpdeskforcoaches.com/signup.htm

Members log in to get the phone number and access code: http://www.helpdeskforcoaches.com/members/

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HDFC Member’s “Technology Anger Management” Open Tech Q&A Call

2008-11-20T02:25:32Z

For HelpDeskForCoaches.com member’s only.

Join this open call to get your technology, marketing and business building questions
answered (and let out your frustrations!). If you don’t have any questions join the call
and soak up new tips, tricks and tools.

Date: Tuesday December 9th
Time: 4pm Eastern

To join us on the call sign up for your membership at http://www.helpdeskforcoaches.com/signup.htm

Members log in to get the phone number and access code: http://www.helpdeskforcoaches.com/members/

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HDFC Member’s Twitter Me Teleclass

2008-11-20T02:23:43Z

For HelpDeskForCoaches.com member’s only.

The top 10 ways to use Twitter to attract clients, new joint venture
partners, speaking gigs and anything else your business needs.

Date: Thursday December 4th
Time: 12pm Eastern

To join us on the call sign up for your membership at http://www.helpdeskforcoaches.com/signup.htm

Members log in to get the phone number and access code: http://www.helpdeskforcoaches.com/members/

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HDFC Member’s Creating and Publishing Camtasia Videos

2008-11-20T02:22:05Z

For HelpDeskForCoaches.com member’s only.

If you are ready or even thinking about creating training videos then you must
be on the call. We will be demonstrating the creation of a video, editing it and
publishing it on your site and other sites.

Date: Wednesday November 26th
Time: 12pm Eastern

To join us on the call sign up for your membership at http://www.helpdeskforcoaches.com/signup.htm

Members log in to get the phone number and access code: http://www.helpdeskforcoaches.com/members/

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Create a Membership Site and More on your WordPress Blogsite

2008-11-19T00:36:06Z

Many entrepreneurs ask me how they can create a membership site and how they can sell information on their blogsites. Well now you can. A brand new WordPress plugin makes it all possible.
With the WishList Member plugin you can:

Protect all or some of your content i.e. pages, categories, parts of posts or pages etc.
Create as many membership levels as you wish i.e. silver, gold, lifetime, trial etc.
Create educational modules and give members access to a new module each week. I.E. A new member is given access to module 1 the first week, module 2 the second week, etc. Where older members may already be on module 7.
Integrate it with 1ShoppingCart or any other shopping cart that allows you to specify a “thank you” page.
Works with a new or existing WordPress blogsite.

Check it out and see if WishList Member is for you. We can help you integrate it too. Packages coming soon.
Do you want to know more? Join me November 25th at 3pm eastern as I interview Stu McLaren, one of the masterminds behind this awesome resource! Sign up below.

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‘Elf Yourself’ with more options this Christmas

2008-11-19T15:24:56Z

Last year the hilarious website www.ElfYourself.com allowed you to upload pictures of your friends, family and yourself and turn them into dancing Elves. Well this year your elves can do much more than just dance to one song as there are now 4 dance options: classic, country, charleston and disco!

You can also order gifts with your elves faces on it! So why not create a video of you and your family or co-workers and get each elf in your life a mug with their cute face on it! Greeting cards, photographs, ornaments and mouse pads are also available!

Of course you can share your video via email, social networks or even downloading your video to your computer or DVD (for a small fee).

So visit www.ElfYourself.com and go elf yourself!

Below is an example of the disco elves! Enjoy!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

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Great Gift ‘Choice’ for The Coach in Your Life

2008-11-18T17:09:52Z

The holiday season is definitely upon us. If you are like me then you may be thinking about what to buy the people on your list but you have no idea what to get them. Why not get the coach in your life (your coach, your business partner, your significant other or your favourite coach blogger) a gift that will last the whole year? I’m talking about Choice Magazine, the magazine for professional coaching.

This magazine is always jam packed with delicious content such as business tips, the impact coaching has on the world, corporate leadership and columns such as Choice Books, Coaching Tools and Industry News! It’s a great way to stay connected to the coaching world.

Choice Mag azine has over 2,500 subscribers in over 28 countries! Yes, the magazine is shipped around the globe, so if your coach is in Japan, New Zealand or Portugal they will receive the print magazine in their mailbox.

Why not get a subscription yourself? You deserve it and you don’t want to be left out of the conversation!

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How to Easily Edit your Audio Acrobat Audio Recording

2008-11-10T02:45:38Z

This question came in from a Twitter follower. Follow me at http://twitter.com/techcoach

Audio Acrobat is a popular audio recording service. You can record audio through your computer, a telephone or by uploading an existing audio.

Once you have recorded an audio you may want to edit it. The step by step process is below.

First we must download the audio file from our Audio Acrobat account.

Log into your Audio Acrobat account. If you do not have one you can sign up.
Click the blue “Audio” tab.
Click the title of the Audio you wish to edit.
Click “Download Audio” in the “Description” section.
Save the audio to your computer.
Stay logged into your Audio Acrobat account and do not move from this page. You will be returning here after you edit your audio to replace the existing audio with your new audio.

Next we must edit the audio in Audacity (works on MACs and PCs).

Download and install Audacity. Training documentation is available.
Start up Audacity.
Go to File -> open. Locate and open the audio file you downloaded above.
To remove audio clips from your audio, select/highlight the audio and click the scissor icon on the toolbar. You can use the zoom functionality in the view menu, to get more precise when editing. (For more instructions see the training documentation on how to edit the audio files.)
When your audio is complete go to File -> Export as MP3, and save the new mp3 file on your computer.

Next we must upload the file back to Audio Acrobat and publish it.

Go back to Audio Acrobat (see step 6 above).
Click the “Replace Audio” tab.
Scroll down to “By Uploading Audio Files” and click “Upload Audio Files”.
Upload your new audio by clicking the “browse” button.
Enter the title of your Audio.
Enter a description (optional).
Select the Streaming Speed. I always choose “Encode for slow broadband users” because not everyone has high speed internet access.
Click “Upload File”.
Audio Acrobat will now upload and encode your file. This could take a few minutes to 15 minutes depending on the size of your file. You can watch the progress on the “Account” -> “Media jobs” page.
When your audio file is ready it will appear in “Audio” -> “Show Audios”.
Click the title of the audio.
Click “Publish Audio” and choose your publishing preferences.
Copy and paste the publishing link or html to your site or email.

That was a long one! If you have questions you can always ask on the Help Desk Forum.

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Did you buy your .tv site yet?

2008-11-10T02:36:06Z

I just purchased the domain name www.SandraDeFreitas.tv. Why would I need a .tv domain name you ask? Here’s a few ways you can use it:

Forward your .tv domain name to your youtube.com user profile. This makes it really easy for your fans to remember where to find you on YouTube!
Foward your .tv domain name to your ustream.tv channel.
Buy it and keep it, so that no one else can use it!
Forward it to your main web or blogsite.
All the cool kids are buying .tv domain names, so why haven’t you?

Purchase your .tv domain names at www.techcoachsites.com

I haven’t done anything with my .tv domain name yet, but when I do I’ll let you know!

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3 Great Sites For Free Images

2008-11-04T01:33:54Z

You may want to spice up your blogsite, ebook, ezine or sales page with some new photos to attract your reader’s eyes. But you may not want to purchase stock photo for a number of reasons. So here are a few links to free stock images.

www.stockvault.net- my favourite! Really easy to download your photos!

www.everystockphoto.com

www.sxc.hu

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