Free Webinars for Creatives and Small Business Owners to Gain Vital Visibility

Posted on April 30, 2012 by itees

I’ve created an online webinar series with the intention of attracting creatives and small business owners who are not seeing the web traffic and social media audience they desire for gaining new opportunities, clients and more importantly, sales.

In Hoboken and Jersey City we have a stimulating, thriving artist community, but most creatives are struggling for a number of reasons, and most definitely because they don’t use the web to their advantage. Some still have no website. Some build a simple website presence and leave it, thinking it’ll now do all the work for them. And some don’t like or use social media.

Wake up people, with a little help from your friend here, you could see some dramatic changes.

So, I’m writing this post to outline how these webinars will directly effect YOUR business.

1- If you are not expanding your mind everyday, and learning new things, you are moving backward, not forward.

2- These webinars are currently FREE. Once aired and recorded, in replay mode.

3- The topics I have chosen are critical and power-packed with actionable tips. Topics include Facebook Timeline branding and marketing must haves, Ultimate Marketing Tips, How to Create Effective Marketing Videos, Print vs Web for Gaining New Clients and Doing Business, Writing Rich SEO Content for Websites and Blogs, Alliance and Social Networking, and Work and Life, Finding the “Me” Time. (The Fall has totally different online classes and speakers.)

4 – The guest speakers have brilliant expertise and were chosen by me.

5- When you implement what you have learned, it WILL change your business.

Trust me when I say that I am giving you the information you need to propel your craft, visibility and the world is waiting to hear from you.

What do you have to lose? Tune in, watch a few and I know you will be back from more. Check out these testimonials:

Visit: http://broadcastlouder.com/classes/creativity-abundance-2-0/

John Ruddy – Oculus Deus at Paul Vincent Gallery in Hoboken

Posted on May 21, 2011 by itees

Last Sunday I attended the wonderful opening reception of local artist, John Ruddy, at the Paul Vincent Gallery in Hoboken. The gallery gives an artist the space to spread their art out into multiple rooms, and during the afternoon we all moved into one of the rooms for a special musical performance by Cris Nyne. It’s wonderful to see the artists community come out and support one another and the place was hopping! Different types of artists crowded the rooms, painters, photographers, actors, etc…

John Ruddy’s art was quite original. What I loved was that he treated the frame and the wall surrounding the picture as part of the piece. The frames were decorated, the walls were decorated… it made me think where does the art begin and where does it end? It makes me realize art is not just a picture on a wall, (not that I thought this, but it’s a nice reminder) but everything surrounding the piece and me as well.

Have a look at some of the folks who attended and John Ruddy’s work.

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Hoboken Arts & Music Festival, Hot Day For Us Frog Ladies!

Posted on May 3, 2010 by itees

Sunday, May 2 felt more like August 2! It was 90+ degrees, humid and as I walked around, seeing friends, listening to musicians and handing out postcards for Frogs Are Green, the day was exhausting, but great as usual.

It was great seeing so many friends who’re also artists, among them were, Anna (Art by Anna, I have quite a few pieces of hers already!), Beth (Baublettes, have some rings and earrings), Florence (Hudson Theatre Ensemble, who was out there with my latest poster for “the 3 Little Pigs” advertising that next production which is coming in June). I didn’t get a chance to say howdy to Sissi (Face Capades) because the line sure was long with kids, (Hi Sissi!)

For the last few festivals, Mother Nature hasn’t been too kind, rain outs and wind, but when it’s a nice day, thousands of people flock to Washington St. I’m not sure how well the sales were given the economy, but they couldn’t have a bigger turnout, so hopefully everyone did well.

I met up with Mary Jo, my business partner for FROGS ARE GREEN, and off we went wearing our matching company t-shirts to alert all of Hoboken about our cause. We walked down Washington St. looking left and right to see the booths and handing out postcards as we walked. Once we got down to Newark St. we decided we needed to find a shady (and cooler) spot with good foot traffic.

Red-Eyed Tree Frog poster and postcard

Slightly around the corner from Starbucks was perfect! People coming from the PATH and people leaving to get to the PATH. What was quite interesting was the different types of people walking back and forth, and who was interested in what we were doing and who snubbed us. Older people, and families stopped and when kids saw our graphic with the lovely red-eyed tree frog, they’d squeal, ooooooooohhhh!

However, they don’t call it the “me” generation for no reason. I’ve never seen so many self-absorbed young adults in my life. They’d walk past ignoring us, texting into their phones or shooting dirty looks. Geez, I hate to tell you young people this, but this planet you’re living on—is yours too… so you better look around at what’s happening.

Anyway, we did hand out hundreds of cards, and hopefully each person at least read the card, even if they then trashed it. That’s our goal. To enlighten. We don’t care if they hang the card up, just that they are now aware of the crisis frogs and other amphibians face.

Later in the afternoon, I walked over to listen to Freedy Johnston (click to see Gallery shots). He’s awesome and wowed the crowd. If you haven’t yet heard him, check him out!