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Free Live Teleseminar with E-myth author Michael Gerber!

On Wednesday, August 9 at 12pm Central, small biz marketing guru John Jantsch will be interviewing Michael Gerber, author of the E-myth books.

How exciting! You have to register in order to reserve a spot on the call, but the teleseminar is free. I can't wait--I actually teared up when I read certain parts of "The E-Myth Revisited" and "E-Myth Mastery". His stories about finding, losing, and reclaiming your entrepreneurial spirit just hit home with me. (I can so relate to Sarah the Pie Lady!) Both of these books are classics for small biz owners, so if you haven't read either of them yet, get on that! But certainly, take advantage of this opportunity to participate in a live interview with Michael Gerber.

5 Tips for Powerful Web Marketing

I have really been learning some great stuff at Jason Broadwater's blog about online branding. He specializes in helping small businesses create strong web marketing brands, and he says you can't build a powerful website unless you have a brand. If you want to have a great online brand, he says you need to:

Google Desktop--I'm loving this thing!

I recently downloaded Google Desktop, and I'm loving it! (You can find it here.) It's a free download that allows you to search your computer for emails, web history and files all from a little search box that appears on the task bar of your computer. You can also search your computer by doing an ordinary Google web search. Your personal desktop results appear at the top of the search results.

By far, my favorite part of Google desktop is the gadgets that appear in a sidebar of your desktop. Google gives you dozens of "gadgets" to choose from, from soduko puzzles, to dictionary search boxes, to customized news feeds, to fun things Pac Man and your daily horoscope.