A lot of you have asked about social media training.

We’re still trying to figure it out ourselves, and keeping our own social media profile low until we figure out how to do it right…

In the meantime, we can recommend Linnea Blair at Advisors on Target as an excellent source of social media advice and training.

She has been helping us figure out the right social media mix, and how to integrate the various platforms. Now if we could just find the time to implement…

Mario Guertin of Painting in Partnership has received several inquiries form his newly re-designed website.

And now he has another backlink. See how easy that was?

I like this theme.

It’s designed for affiliate marketers, but any small business can use it to set up a very professional looking Wordpress-based website in minutes.

Affiliate Theme from Unique Blog Designs on Vimeo.

It’s $197 for the “pro” version – unlimited use, lifetime upgrades, 30 pre-made header graphics and ten new headers graphics every month. I’ve spent a lot more for premium Wordpress themes that offered a lot less. At this price it’s a no-brainer. Check it out here.

Animoto is a very cool web-based tool for creating video content – music video style slideshows of your own images.  It’s simple to use.  You upload your photos and your music to the Animoto site and just a few minutes later you download a video ready to post to your own website, blog or newsletter.  You can upload your video to YouTube directly from the Animoto site, and you can also download a high resolution version of your video – ready to burn to a DVD.

Animoto’s pricing is as reasonable as it gets – a basic account is free.  The basic account allows you to create unlimited 30-second videos.  A $30/year personal account allows you to create full length (up to 10 minute) videos, and opens up a few more features.

A $250 per year business account gives you unlimited videos and high resolution downloads, along with access to Animoto’s library of commercially licensed music tracks.  You can also create a “call to action” button at the end of your video that links to anywhere you choose.  If you have ever created your own video content or paid to have it done you’ll recognize what a bargain the business account is.

Visit the Animoto site for details, examples and business use case studies.  And check this example by a Strategy Lab client.  Animoto claims to be “the end of slide shows.”  I don’t know if that will turn out to be true, but I wouldn’t bet against it.