SitePoint is having a Christmas Countdown sale, with a new featured special every day. Today they have an excellent marketing bundle up for sale, which includes my book, Online Marketing Inside Out, The SEO Business Guide, and SitePoint’s new Facebook Ads 101 course – all for only $99!

First, Online Marketing Inside Out is an introduction to online marketing, covering topics from planning your marketing strategy, email marketing, website optimization, pay per click marketing, and much more. The SEO Business Guide has everything you need to optimize your website for search engines, and was just updated in October 2010 with the newest information.

Facebook Ads 101 is a brand new course which starts on December 16. You’ll participate in a structured online video course with lessons
and tutorials, as well as have access to a private Q&A system. Once you purchase this deal, we’ll email you a link to enroll. Click on
the link, enroll, and you can start your lessons anytime.

Normally all these products would cost almost $275, so this is a huge discount. If you’ve got a website but need help getting to the next step, or are thinking of starting one, this bundle is for you. Head on over to SitePoint’s Christmas Countdown for more information.

Upcoming Speaking Schedule

After a couple months off, I’m getting back into a regular speaking schedule. I’m excited to be speaking several times this fall all over the country:

• Tips Bloggers Can Learn from Online Marketers
  September 18-19 – WordCamp Birmingham (Birmingham, AL)
• Free and Open Source Tools for Business
  October 1-2 – ConvergeSouth (Greensboro, NC)
• 5 Strategies Bloggers Can Learn from Online Marketers
  Panel with Scott Stratten, Scott Fox, Shayne Tilley and myself
  October 14-16 – BlogWorld & New Media Expo (Las Vegas, NV)
• Ethics and Social Media Marketing
  Panel with Patrick O’Keefe, Jeremy Wright, Jay Baer and myself
  October 14-16 – BlogWorld & New Media Expo (Las Vegas, NV)
• Effective Networking for Freelancers & Independent Contractors
  November 13 – IndieConf (Raleigh, NC)

I am interested in new speaking opportunities as well. If you need a speaker for your conference or event, get in touch. You can see my entire speaking schedule on the Online Marketing Speaker page.

Email Marketing Live

I’m working with SitePoint on an online learning course teaching the fundamentals of successful email marketing. It will start with the absolute basics, and cover everything from determining what emails should be about to building a subscriber list to designing effective newsletters and testing them to increase conversions.

The course will start this fall and will include lots of one-on-one time with me in a private chat area where I’ll be available to answer questions, review campaigns, etc. I’ll post more information as it becomes available.

Upcoming Books

I was asked to coauthor a book, but with my current schedule and the proposed deadline by the publisher, I had to decline. I did agree to be the technical editor and as an advisor of sorts on the content. I’m very excited about working on the project, though, even if in a lesser capacity. The book is about the business of web design and should be out early next year.

I’m also working on a third book, which I can’t be too specific about just yet. I’m working with a colleague on a book proposal that we’ll soon pitch to a few publishers. I’m pretty excited about the subject matter and that there aren’t any marketing books published in the last 5 years that really cover it.

Blogging

I’ve been blogging much more lately on the Online Marketing Inside Out blog, and here. I’m trying to get into a regular schedule of posting (typically Monday, Wednesday and Friday but this week was a long holiday weekend). It’s going to be a little difficult to keep up the pace with everything else I have going on, so I may have some guest posts, contests, and other fun topics.

Tribune Newsletter

I’m still writing alternating issues of the SitePoint Tribune email newsletter, that reaches over 200,000 web professionals every week. My next issue comes out this Thursday. Subscribe now to be sure to get it.

• The Changing Face of Marketing
• Using your Website to Generate Income
• Using Social Media to Promote Your Website
• Getting Others to Sell Your Products for You
• Spreading your Message through Online Advertising

The seminar is hosted by Kapital Medya and MediaCat Communications Institute. Last year, David Meerman Scott, author of “The New Rules of Marketing & PR” and “World Wide Rave” was one of the seminar presenters.

I’m excited about the seminar and look forward to seeing some of Istanbul while I’m there!

3 Ways to Dramatically Increase Your Conversion Rate

• Online Marketing Inside Out ($29.95 value)
• Darren Rowse’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog eBook ($19.95 value)
• The Web Site Revenue Maximizer Kit ($197 value)

At a value of $226.95, it’s a great deal at only $99.95 + shipping. The only downside is it’s only good today, December 4, 2009. You can order the bundle here.

(Disclaimer: NOT an affiliate link but it does include my book so I am a little biased)

The presentation is open to the public, but there is limited seating and only about 15 spots left. It’s free to attend, or $10 if you would like to eat lunch. RSVP at the IPSA website. It will be hosted at Innovation Depot by CommonThread.

Thank you to everyone who came by and congratulated me, it really meant a lot. Special thanks to cousins David & Christi Burroughs and Scot & Debra McEwen who drove down from north of Atlanta to be there. And thank you to our good friends Rick & Donna Beauford who came down from just south of Atlanta.

Thank you Charles and Chase Hudson of C’sons for all you did to help make the book signing a success. The hors d’oeuvres were delicious, and the service was excellent. Some family and friends stayed with us after the book signing for dinner and they were all extremely impressed both with the quality of food and the service.

Below are some photos my wife Tracy took at the book signing.

Back in February I mentioned that I was writing a book about Online Marketing with Shayne Tilley. I’m excited to announce that the book, now titled Online Marketing Inside Out, has been released and is now available for purchase on SitePoint.

If you have a web site and you want to promote it but are unsure where to start, this book is for you. It covers all aspects of Online Marketing including press releases, search engine optimization, pay-per-click, social media, email marketing, and more.

Special Bonus from Darren Rowse of ProBlogger

As a special bonus, if you order from SitePoint direct you’ll also get ProBlogger Darren Rowse’s “31 Days to Build a Better Blog” workbook FREE (a $20 value). Darren’s workbook is packed with valuable content from his recent “31 Days” series on ProBlogger.net, plus over 6,000 words of new content in a professionally designed ebook. Hear what Darren had to say about Online Marketing Inside Out:

It is a great resource for those wanting to market products or services on the Web. This book shows you how to reach customers through podcasting, blogs, social networks, video, email, and contextual advertising and much more.

You’ll also get the satisfaction of knowing you helped me feed my family… SitePoint giving me a generous commission on books sold through the links on my site.

Here’s a peek at the Table of Contents:

1. The Changing Face of Marketing
2. 21st Century Public Relations and Media
3. Turn Page Views into Profit
4. Search Engine Optimization
5. Social Media
6. Email Marketing
7. Affiliate Marketing
8. Online Advertising
9. Tying It All Together

So what are you still doing here? Go over to SitePoint and buy Online Marketing Inside Out today!

Still with me? Okay, if you’re still not convinced, check out this awesome shot of the book after it arrived at SitePoint headquarters earlier today, fresh off the presses…

To go straight to my interview, hit play below then move the progress bar to 10:30.