H. Court Young's Blog – June 2009 Archive (4)

Diana Burg, author of Dalliance, has developed a series of questions designed for book clubs and a list of terms she used in researching this very special pre-civil war novel. These questions and terms will add to your understanding after reading this historical novel. Dalliance is based on the true story of a divorce trial which kept the United States on the "edge of its seat" before and even during the civil war.



Dalliance, by Diana Burg,… Continue

Social media websites are a modern phenomenon. They have become a force in global marketing. Two sites, www.twitter.com and www.ning.com, are part of this revolution. They form an easy to implement, and use business model which you can use to market and sell your product or service.



There are three reasons to use the Twitter and Ning business model to promote and sell your product or service:



Inexpensive to setup – This model is completely free to setup and… Continue

Social media websites evolved from ideas developed in the mid 1990s. Classmate.com introduced the idea of friends on the internet in 1995. People organized and formed ad hoc discussion groups, which became blogs. In less than 10 years the number of blogs on the internet exploded into the hundreds of millions. People with similar ideas, communicating on the internet, are the basis for social networks and social media websites.



Social media is all about people sharing opinions and… Continue

The following comments from readers of my Secrets of Building a Profitable Business Using Twitter and Ning ebook.



"Hey Court, I opened a new Twitter account and started your book. Just what I needed. Great topic for Toastmasters!" Sunny Marie-Brad Hackman, Denver, Colorado



"It's excellent! Very informative." John Morgan, Small Business Owner and Consultant with SCORE



This ebook is excellent as an introduction to how small business… Continue