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2008-09-19T09:40:00.000-05:00

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Grapevine - Interactive, Webisode Driven Site for Women

2007-12-17T15:35:00.000-06:00

I was just introduced to a new website www.Grapevine.com in BETA; Grapevine is an interactive, Webisode-driven site for women, which centers around the lives of four strong professional women in Chicago, including their careers, tastes, fashion sense and travels. Their closets are open to view; and everything on the site is immediately accessible for purchase. Kudus to developer, Carol Meinhardt, who created this concept and runs this business.

Do you want to start an online business today?

2007-08-23T08:04:00.000-05:00

Yesterday, I was talking to my friend Carol Gino, best-seller author of "The Nurses Story." She was telling me that she has loved our women in business community at FoDreams.Com since it began. At first I was "full of myself" thinking how great it was that she loved it. However, in our conversation a few things popped up that really caused me concern. One was that she was explaining to me that she had forgotten the baby steps it took for her to learn before she started to write her first book. The reason this subject was even being discussed was that she had decided to REALLY "learn the internet." Over the years she had employed website designers and other professionals to put her on the internet. Today, she feels it is necessary to really learn the technology because it has evolved into everyday communication. She stated, "I realized there was a time when I didn't know the difference between a website or a webpage and that hosting was something I had to have once I figured out I first had to purchase a domain name!"

That one, simple statement opened my eyes to what might occur if someone decided to start a business online. She also said, "Deb, when I was looking at the possibility of adding online revenue sources to my own website, I realized I didn't know enough about it. So, I went to FoDreams and clicked on First Base thinking you would have all the "start-up" information for me there."

Wow, what an eye-opener! So, I quickly went to the First Base of our "Field" of Dreams women in business website and began reorganizing it to help those who actually needed to start from scratch in an online business venture.

When we develop websites, or when we start a new business, we look closely for all the "right things" and "must do things" on a clean slate. After awhile, the business owner advances to step 2, step 3 and so on. What must always be kept in mind, at any point of business development is to remember where you started in the beginning!

So, the very first thing I'd like to tell you to do, in order to continue in a forward progression is to stop, take a deep breath and return to the beginning stages of your business. Ask yourself, what did I do in the beginning. Go over those first steps. Simply understand your ideas, remember the motivation and what caused the motivation, research the technical aspects of the creation itself and get back to the original business plan. Take the temperature of your business. Is it still healthy and strong?

Carol went on to further state, "a friend of mine asked me why she had to have a "hosting service," after she signed on to a new affiliate program. The affiliate program told her to buy their promotional product and be in business within 48 hours." The new business owner later found she had to have a website host and felt she had been ripped off. Carol thought a moment and said, "well, if you buy a new car, the car dealership will assume you have a place to park it."

That simple explanation is what all new ventures are based upon. Things that seem to be insignificant to me, can be obstacles to someone else. I am taking some re-evaluating time and will be tweaking the fodreams.com business resources over the next few months. Just because I live and work the internet does not mean everyone else does. So, if any of you have any suggestions, needs or comments on this new and improved (coming again!) women in business community, please let me hear from you.

Business Women "Share Our Success"

2007-08-21T10:38:00.000-05:00

Well, I've finally finished the new FoDreams.Com Business Opportunity "Share Our Success" affiliate program. It is available to join now. I hope all FoDreams.Com members begin promoting the "Share Our Success" program. Any women who have been seeking online biz opportunities can actually start into business today. To start your online business today, go to http://www.fodreams.com/Affilliates/mega.php

We also set up a message board at http://www.wholewomen.com/ for all the affiliates to ask questions and mentor each other. This is to be our "help" area for all affiliate questions and answers.

FoDreams.Com Starts Affiliate Program

2007-08-16T09:12:00.001-05:00

Many of our members have asked us if there was any way they could make money supporting and promoting our community. So, FoDreams.Com began its own membership affiliate program. Visit to sign up as one of our affiliates for free. When you become an affiliate for FoDreams.Com, you help FoDreams.Com grow and you also insure it will continue to assist women in business with support, resources and promotional capabilities. We also hope this new program will generate you a lot of money.

Idea Tango

2007-08-08T00:49:00.000-05:00

In my constant search for women in business start-ups, I recently landed on this great website called "IdeaTango.Com." This is worthy of your time to visit and sign-up. Right now it is free for basic and premier membership... so what are you waiting for...go there now. Here is a little clip about their focus. Happy Blogg'n ....Deb Nyberg:

How Did We Begin?
Like many of our members, our founder is an inventor. Because he was disappointed with all the invention companies that rarely had the inventor's best interest in mind, he created this website to help inventors publicize their ideas, connect inventors with others who could help take the ideas to market, and help both parties profit through collaboration.
IdeaTango was also created to harness the collaborative power of the internet to provide businesses with innovative, outside-the-box ideas for growth and competitive advantage.
Who Are Our Users?
Our numerous members come from all backgrounds
Product design & manufacturing companies looking to find the next big "thing"
Serial entrepreneurs looking for a great idea to run with
Experienced repeat inventors trying to get their products more exposure
Novice inventors looking for help in bringing their invention to market
Read testimonials from users, inventors, business owners, and entrepreneurs
How to Use IdeaTango.com?
Inventors can post inventions into a database that is search-able by idea-seekers (companies, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, etc.)
Seekers can request specific innovative ideas/solutions and inventive members can respond with the potential for a licensing agreement or cash
Seekers can host product idea contests (aka challenges) where members compete for the prize money by submitting their creative, practical, and original ideas
All of our collaborative forums use our proprietary feedback system to ensure all users have the best experience possible. Posting and Requesting Product Ideas is FREE for a limited time, so take advantage today!

BraveHeart Women

2007-07-29T08:52:00.000-05:00

Toni Weel, one of our FoDreams.Com original members sent an email to me explaining her recent membership in the BraveHeart Women community. She invites all of our FoDreams.Com members to visit the BraveHeart Women community to see where some of the most dynamic and successful women in the home-based business industry have already joined this community and are taking steps to even greater prosperity in their business. You can also receive a free Affirmation CD for your child at http://www.braveheartwomen.com/toniweel/my-stance.html

A member of BraveHeart Women Community has resources such as:

• A web designer to either build or redo your website to attract more attention

• A web master to maintain the site and take care of all of the technical details

• A specialist in search engine optimization

• A specialist who knows how to use blogs for marketing

• A database expert who knows how to build and manage lists

• A marketing strategist who knows how to use the internet to position you and therefore your individual business

• A business coach to help you develop an overall marketing strategy, help you identify where to increase your skills and maybe help you with some time management issues

• A trainer that knows how to teach you marketing and leadership skills

The BraveHeart Women Global Community doesn’t just SCREAM FREEEEDOM!— It Lives It!

Are you a Woman Entrepreneur?

2007-07-26T09:14:00.000-05:00

WomenEntrepreneur.com is a online community where women business owners can connect with each other and interact with engaging content. Women will also find resources and support for growing their businesses from our expert columnists, bloggers, and message boards. From small business to large business', Women Entrepreneur has the answer to your question.

New Job Boards for Women

2007-07-26T09:10:00.000-05:00

Gretchen Glasscock who developed AdvancingWomen.Com has opened a great Jobs Forum area in her great community. If you are looking for a career move or freelance opportunities, this is the first place to register and participate!

New Again!

2007-07-26T09:00:00.000-05:00

Looks like Georgia at LADYBUGPRESS has developed another great service for writers, artists and photographers. This is what she sent to me about the new company:

The company is now called NewVoices, Inc. We are incorporated and are going carefully toward a definition of the new entity. LadybugPress still exists but is now owned by NewVoices, Inc. So, working on new definitions and ways to use all of the various resources, here we are :-)

People can still go to NewVoices.com and get right in to information about and listening to our audio, but they can also find (after registering because we think this is a service that requires a little better tracking) writers, artists and photographers to contract, articles and images to download, and newsletters to subscribe to. Much of that is not there yet, but if you have material (we will do sites for writers/artists and provide a subdomain to house it-this is the only thing we charge for there, btw) or already have a site or a blog to link to, we can add you to the list. The full terms are already up there.

Member Update/Maintenance

2007-03-07T11:11:00.000-06:00

Dear FoDreams.Com Member

We are manually updating our exclusive Women in Business Directory at this time. If you put your business name into a search engine, you will find your directory listing at FoDreams.Com is usually in the top 10 listed. This is very important for your business. We must have accurate information in the directory for it to continue working for you. Please email Deb for any changes/revisions needed to your directory listing. Email: 3605451 AT sbcglobal.net

To your continued success,

FoDreams.Com

Introducing WholeWomen.Com

2006-08-23T08:06:00.000-05:00

We're finally up and running at WholeWomen.Com

WholeWomen.Com has been developed as an interactive social network. We are committed to helping women use their power to achieve success both personally and professionally. Register and participate for FREE! We offer our members the opportunity to live their life purpose, passion and dreams. Once you register and begin joining the different networking groups, building new relationships and feeling the power of our numbers, you will see this community was designed with you in mind.

Why Join? Well. Here are several reasons:

Media Center: Upload and share photos, music videos and more. rate pictures.

MyBlog: Post and share your personal blog. Make it private or public.

PM: Send and receive private messages to anyone at anytime.

MyGames: Play many of the most popular online games and save them so you can play them later.

My Events: Post your events public or private. View public events.

ShareMyNews: Post and share and read news with the entire community.

Browse: Browse members and contact them anytime, anywhere.

Direct Friends: Find and add friends to your network of personal contacts.

MyDownloads: Post and share files with hundreds of other users.

MyAstrology: Get your daily reading fresh from the stars.

Tell all your friends, co-workers and business associates to visit WholeWomen.Com where they will find someone to share their lives, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year! Come on in...we are waiting for you to join us. Visit http://www.wholewomen.com today!

Marketing to Women Online Blog

2005-04-23T08:38:00.000-05:00

I've found a great Marketing to Women Online Blog! Go to Lip-Sticking at this url http://windsormedia.blogs.com/lipsticking/ and read some great information! I've bookmarked it and reference it often.

Want to Publish Your Article Here?

2005-03-26T07:51:00.000-06:00

Want to Publish Your Article Here?
If you want to share something you've written with us, simply post a comment and include your article in regular text. Do not use html in your posts. If you publish an article here, please be advised that in so doing you are giving Deb Nyberg the right to copy any article on this blog and publish it at fodreams.com.

Introduce Yourself

2004-12-11T13:51:00.000-06:00

Want to introduce yourself and start communicating with us? Great, simply respond to this post.

Welcome to Deb Nyberg's Blog

2004-12-11T12:33:00.000-06:00

Welcome to my blog. I'm jumping into the blogging industry to begin another online communication. I've been on line since 1992 when all we used were forums. I went on to establish the women in business community, FoDreams.Com.

Today, in beginning this blog, it is my hopes to develop a one-click opportunity for the members of fodreams.com to get quick and easy information in real time so you can make business happen.

Hopefully, the questions and remarks attached to this blog will get input from our other members to help it grow and become a great resource for all of us. Feel free to use this blog for personal interests as well. The only thing I ask is that all posts are made in a positive manner and never attack anyone's opinions, or them personally.

To new beginnings,

Deb Nyberg