As a Web Intern, you will participate in a variety of marketing projects in a creative and self-driven environment. Working directly with the marketing team the intern will be given a unique opportunity to learn hands-on transferable skills within a diverse array of website, marketing and sales disciplines.

List of Duties:

1. Write/ prepare/ distribute press releases, articles and marketing pieces including blog posts.

2. Implementation of Social Media Marketing (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube) and Search Engine Optimization.

3. Making minor edits to websites and blogs (HTML/CSS skills appreciated, but not required).

4. Building relationships with prospective clients and generating leads for “free consultations” which will require your marketing expertise. You will be driving marketing and new business for the company, and will have the chance to participate in the launching of a new product/branch of the company.

The benefits of this position are:
-Chance to earn income during unpaid internship through lead generation and sales activities. Commission is 15% of new client service packages.
-Resume builder: You will be able show success through the process of creating and implementing a marketing plan, and increasing business sales.
-Potential future career opportunities, either part-time while in school, or full-time.
-Flexible hours: You will have a hand in making your own schedule. The work week would be 10 – 20 hours per week
-Credits, at some schools.

Schedule: 10 – 20 hours per week.

Feel free to explore this site – it gives you a very good sense of the types of services we provide to our clients, and the types of skills we’d really like to see in our intern. If you feel you are, or could be, a very good fit (i.e. savvy with the internet and social media, understand the development and implementation of a marketing plan, and will be passionate about the power of online marketing while speaking with potential leads on the phone), we’d love to hear from you! Please email careers@marketinggeeksintl.com with your school and career experience, and reasons for wanting this internship opportunity.

Then, if you want a little more help, my colleague Michele DeKinder-Smith just started a full course called Demonstrate My Results, which helps you make sure your testimonials and marketing stay within the guidelines. You can access a free call at www.DemonstrateMyResults.com, then decide if you want to join in the class. Don’t risk being in compliance – figure out the new guidelines now!

Whether you admit it or not, the word resolution goes hand in hand with the start of a new year.  Whether you make your resolutions in the form of business goals and priorities, or actual resolutions …. By mid to late January, you’re likely tired of forcing yourself to follow-through on what you set out just a few weeks ago.

In comes Terri Z at Solo-E, a virtual learning resource for solo entrepreneurs, with the Post Resolution Hangover Giveaway. This isn’t your typical giveaway…each item is a true gift, not available anywhere else for free! The value of each item is the price at which it sells today. How cool is that?! And I’m so honored to be a part of the giveaway!

The gifts include ebooks, audios, home-study packages and more, on topics including: 101 Ways to Attract Clients, 7 Things You Must Do to Get More Clients, The Facebook Fan Page Intensive, The Online Video Playbook, 5 Psychological Triggers to Turn Prospects Into Clients, Abundance in Business, The Finding Time Quick-Start Guide, and my very own, brand new Social Media Content Creation Kit!

Solo-E has partnered with me and 19 other solo-entrepreneur experts to offer these incredible resources for online based business owners.  For 12 days only – January 25 to February 5, you can download all these gifts at absolutely no cost (and no strings). That’s right…you don’t even have to give up your email address!

There’s an incredible group of Experts participating in the Post Resolution Hangover Giveaway, including:

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Take a few minutes to see what all the fuss is about, and cure your Resolution Hangover! You’ll get access to fantastic resources that you can download and review at your convenience.  Visit http://www.solo-e.com/PostHolidayHangoverRemedy

So having an RSS Feed Reader set up that is always pulling new blog content from other industry experts makes it really easy to always have content to share, as well as content to build upon for your own blog posts, to keep yourself up to date on industry changes, and generate ideas for articles. There are many different Feed Readers out there, but I recommend either Google Reader (since you already have a Google account for your Analytics) or Netvibes, because it’s a little more sleek than Google Reader. Here is a simple video on how to set up a new Google Reader account, and start pulling in RSS Feeds.

Programs: (used at least daily, usually)

• Firefox
• GimpShop – open-source version of Photoshop. Takes a bit of use to become familiar, but they do have fantastic forums
• KompoZer - open-source version of Dreamweaver. If anything, it’s much easier to use and figure out and has a more intuitive WYSIWYG editor.
• Skype - use for chatting with other team members, subcontractors, clients, etc. Also use for free Skype-to-Skype calls anywhere in the world!
• Digsby - fantastic tool that aggregates webmail like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and AOL, your IM (except Skype, unfortunately), and all your social networking sites. I love it!
• Core FTP – free ftp tool, never used another. Never needed another.
• Jing - I love this little ball of sunshine that sits at the top of my desktop! It lets me quickly and easily take screenshots images or quick screencast videos and save, share or embed.
• Roboform - saves password so I don’t have to remember them, and don’t have to depend on my browsers’ cookies

Other good ones:

• Audacity - good open-source audio editor for podcasts, audio welcomes, etc.
• Camtasia - while Jing is great for short 5-minute or less videos, Camtasia is the best option out there for taking and editing screencasts. Trust me, I’ve looked!
• BoxShot3D - create rendering program to create ebook covers and more
• CommentHut - tool for speeding up the process of locating blogs to comment on.

These are just the programs I use daily. Later this week, I’ll cover (most) all of the online tools I use daily. After all, we provide internet marketing support!

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