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While many want to use social media, they let their fears of technology stop them from using this wonderful marketing tool. Watch this 3-minute video as I share with you the #1 way people sabotage their social media success and how you can replace your fears with opposite beliefs.

Leesa Barnes - Social Media Marketing Expert

Named as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Social Media, Leesa Barnes is an award winning blogger, social media expert and author of Podcasting for Profit. She is President of Caprica Interactive Marketing, a training and development company that teaches businesses how to get active with social media in 3 easy steps using the Marketing Fit system.

I heard a definition of an expert several years ago that still has powerful meaning today: An expert is a person who applies the lessons learned from the many, many mistakes he/she has made in a particular area. In other words, through the process of trial and error, education, training, experience and more - an expert has achieved a certain level of mastery. I just love that!

The Group Mastery Experts are truly experts who have achieved mastery in focused areas of business.  Each of these outstanding professionals are well-equipped to lend their expertise to support our community of learners:

• Regina Baker - Ecommerce Solutions (Shopping Cart, Online Marketing)
• Leesa Barnes - Social Media Marketing
• Kristen Beireis - Marketing Implementation
• Lou Bortone - Online Video Production (DIY Tech Talk)
• Shannon Cherry - Publicity/Media
• Carol Deckert - Netweaving
• Charly Leetham - Blog Customization (DIY Tech Talk)
• Joselin Mane - Internet Strategy (DIY Tech Talk)
• Allison Nazarian - Copywriting
• Kathie Thomas - Blogging

Via the 90 Minute Mastery Webinar program, the monthly marketing mastermind calls, DIY Tech Talks, technology sessions, blog posts, TV and special community events, the Group Mastery Experts help our group coaches learn easy, fun and profitable ways to create, market and deliver a successful group coaching program.  Now, that's REAL learning!!

I first signed up for Twitter in March or April of 2008.  I didn't know what it was about but I kept seeing my Facebook friends talking about Twitter so I decided to try it out.  A couple of times each week I would receive an email saying someone was following me.  I didn't know why they would follow me because I just didn't understand what Twitter was all about — at that time.

Fast forward to present day and I'm totally a Twitterholic!!  I start my day saying hello to Tweople and connecting online and offline in between my many activities.  While that's totally fun, I gotta tell you about how I used Twitter to OVERSELL my group coaching program, Group Coaching in 33 Minutes.  How kewl is that?!

I've also been invited to Orlando in February to serve as a panelist at JV Alert Live.  To my surprise, the invitation has wonderful perks.  I love that!

Would you like to find out how I used Twitter to achieve these results? Well, you're in luck.

I'm going to share my techniques at the 2009 Social Media Telesummit, an 8 day virtual event taking place entirely over the phone from January 21-30, 2009.  This content-packed event is hosted and produced by Leesa Barnes.  If you don't know Leesa, she's definitely someone to watch.

Here's what you'll learn from my session:

- The top seven Twitter tools you must use to grow your list of followers

- Discover the type of tweets that work to fill your groups (and avoid the ones that don't)

- How to map out a Twitter strategy that boosts your marketing strategy

- How to use Twitter to attract all the potential clients you can handle

My session is on the "Build Traffic" track.  Other presenters who will teach you how to build traffic using social media are Deborah Micek, Sherman Hu, Jeff Herring and Maria Reyes-McDavis.

Want to learn how to build traffic using social media? Register your spot for the 2009 Social Media Telesummit

There's only 247 spots available, so grab yours before they're all scooped up.

Ain't no stoppin' us now, right?! Are you joining me at the 2009 Social Media Telesummit?