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In this episode you will learn some actionable tips on how to be a better public speaker.

This episode was live on Blog Talk Radio on 1/26/2012.

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The two things you should know if you own or are responsible for any wireless access points are:

1. There is no practical universal solution to the problem.
2. You may have to use the hacking tools themselves to be 100% certain you are not vulnerable.

If you feel you have anything someone might want to steal, the smartest thing might be to just disconnect the wireless access point or turn it off. Then live without it until the manufacturer has clear information on your make and model of wireless device. Of course if your wireless access point is also your Internet Router this could be problematic.

There are more questions than answers right now and while you can’t tell with certainty if you are not vulnerable a list is being compiled of devices that have been confirmed to be vulnerable. You can access the WPS Vulnerability Testing Document to find devices that have been confirmed.

Known and potential solutions

Solutions to this issue will be updated here as they become available

Belkin (Does not note if this fully disables WPS!)

Netgear (Home Routers)

Additional Resources

Vulnerability Note VU#723755 (US-Cert)

Special thanks to @Shonali for sharing the Bart Simpson Chalkboard Generator.

This article originally appeared on my business blog on 1/6/2012.

“Who’s to blame for Washington gridlock? Rebublicans, Democrats or Both?” -Gerri Willis

This was a hot button issue for me so I quickly responded to Carol to invite her to discuss it on my podcast today.

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My answer to this question was that we are all to blame. We’re not coming together to work on what we agree on and we’re being manipulated based on interests. Carol had quite a bit of perspective to share on the issue, listen in to learn about how we can simplify this process.

Quotable

“People are blaming the symptoms instead of looking at the disease” – Carol Roth

This episode was live on Blog Talk Radio on 12/21/2011.

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• See at a glance based on where you are now what it would cost to fly to different locations.
• Check alternative source and destination routes.
• Filter down by pricing and flight time.

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Our discussion while somewhat broad overall was generally focused on:

• Google+
• Facebook
• the bay area tech scene

This episode was live on Blog Talk Radio on 12/7/2011.

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In this episode you will learn about developing content for your blog and other social networks. One of the key aspects discussed is the importance of creating original content and avoiding the pitfall of providing un-original thoughts and ideas. You may also want to review this article written by Tim Otis, it was mentioned during the podcast.

See also:

Episode 1: “Getting Started”

Episode 2: “Building Community”

This episode was live on Blog Talk Radio on 11/30/2011.

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On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving I connected with a excellent panel to discuss content marketing. The three panelists brought a breadth of knowledge about content marketing:

• Steve Farnesworth - Jolt Social Media
• Lou Hoffman - The Hoffman Agency
• Lisa Gerber - Chief Content Officer – Spinsucks

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The three experienced content marketers in this panel helped explain what content marketing is. You can also expect to learn about:

• The importance of compelling content.
• The importance of being conversational.
• What branded journalism is and why people use this method.
• Re-purposing your content.
• Creative ways to produce content from non-bloggers/writers.

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“Compelling content is like porn, you know it when you see it.” – Steve Farnesworth

This episode was live on Blog Talk Radio on 11/23/2011.

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A Glass Conversation

Earlier this week I received an invite from Danny Brown to join him on Glass. Being perpetually curious about tech and web applications I headed over and signed up. The last few days the application has really piqued my interest because it creates a new community layer over the internet unlike anything that has been available previously. It achieves this by combining side-wiki like features with a virtual social network. It also allows comments and conversations to occur on any website but privately with the connections of your choice or publicly with any Glass users. It caps all that off with a community streaming function bringing your Glass, Facebook and Twitter content that contain links into one place.

Reasons Glass is usefull

• Transcends the boundaries of social networks and websites
• Allows private or public conversations about any site or page
• Creates a community stream of your Glass, Facebook and Twitter
• Potential to integrate any social network, blog comment systems
• Enables you to share any website or page via Twitter, Facebook and Email

How about a video?

This video that takes a tour of the features and describes in more detail what you can do with Glass and why it may be a helpful tool for you.

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• Megan Berry - Marketing Manager of Klout
• Danny Brown - Director of Social Media at Jugnoo, Inc.
• Kirsten Wright - of Social5150

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We covered a lot of questions, concerns and comments about privacy, influence and some of the recent situations with Klout.

This episode was live on Blog Talk Radio on 11/16/2011.

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Sean brought technical knowledge and a practical approach to being found and marketing your brand, website or content while making it easier to be found by the search engines. You can anticipate to learn:

• basic background on the evolution of SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
• how some concepts in the legal industry play a role in how Search Engines rank content.
• what the link economy and link rings are.
• an introduction to the concept of Author Rank.
• the value of quality content above all other factors.

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“A search engine cares about bringing to the user the best possible answer as quickly as possible.” – Sean McGinnis

This episode was live on Blog Talk Radio on 11/9/2011.

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