Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 08:34:12 -0400 From: richard seltzer Subject: [Cone-cal] Chat reminder -- email discussion groups and online/viral marketing with Shel Horowitz, Thursday April 10 BUSINESS ON THE WEB -- Where "word of keystroke" begins Please join us this Thursday, April 10 to talk with Shel Horowitz about how to find the right email discussion groups, how to market online without being flamed, and how to harness the viral power of the list to become seen as an expert, and more. To connect to our chat sessions, go to http://www.samizdat.com/chat-intro.html We're on from 12 noon to 1 PM Eastern Time (GMT -4). Shel has spoken on discussion group marketing to the Ragan Strategic Media Conference, to Publishers Marketing University, and through teleseminars and online chats for Annie Jennings PR, PR Leads, Loska.com, and Inc. Online, among other places. A marketing copywriter and consultant who gets many of his clients from Internet iscussion groups, he is the author of four books on marketing, including "Grassroots Marketing: Getting Noticed in a Noisy World" http://www.frugalmarketing.com. His newest book, "Principled Profit: Marketing That Puts People First", discusses how to succeed by marketing ethically and cooperatively. It will be available in the spring and can be previewed at http://www.principledprofit.com. His free monthly e-newsletters reach over 12,000 people each month. Please send me your suggestions for future topics and experts, seltzer@samizdat.com I'm looking for interesting and innovative business models, products, and services. To view past transcripts and the upcoming schedule, please go to http://www.samizdat.com/chat.html Best wishes. Richard Richard Seltzer, seltzer@samizdat.com, www.samizdat.com Internet marketing consultant www.samizdat.com/consult.html Books on CD. Give a life-time of reading. A library for the price of a book, http://store.yahoo.com/samizdat PS -- Remember, as an alternative method of sending out chat reminder messages, I have set up a Yahoo Group for businessonthewebchat It is an announcement only list. And I'll only be sending out one or two messages a week this way. If you already receive our messages, there is no need for you to switch to this variety; but you are welcome to if you like. You might also want to check this Yahoo Group for archived copies of messages, which will accumulate here. If you would like to receive email reminders of our chat sessions, simply send a blank email message to businessonthewebchats-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or go to http://groups.yahoo.com/businessonthewebchats and sign up there.