This weeks Warrior-Preneur facebook fan truly gets the art of engagement. Still building her personal brand and blog she has for weeks now participated in Blogger Monday just by commenting, engaged on our biz pages on Facebook AND tweets with many people. She’s figured out who to “make friends” and is a go-giver of the most selfless kind. EVERYONE should want to know a woman like that! Meet Louise Edington this weeks Warrior-Preneur facebook fan!

(oh and did I mention that she’s a Brit- witty with a great accent!)

Here are some amazing things about her and what she’s looking for – see if you can be a go-giver and connect!

1 – one thing that makes you – not your biz unique: I think it has to be my love of learning in all aspects of life. The older I get the more I want to learn in fact. My first ski instructor, when I had my first lesson the week before my 49th birthday, told me that I’m very teachable and I love that compliment. I like to keep my mind and body active and learning new things does that for me.
2 – who are your power partners (not clients): My family, you (Ann), all kinds of books, my fellow childcare coordinators and the other wonderful staff at my company, mainly other women entrepreneurs who inspire me to succeed.
3- links to your blog and biz website if different: http://louiseedington.wordpress.com

http://ledington.aupairnews.com/

Twitter @LouiseEdington
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/louise.edington
Linked In http://www.linkedin.com/in/louiseedington
4- your favorite thing about running your own biz: I love that I can make it fit around my family and my other interests, being a mum has always been my most important job so my work has to fit in.
5- what you do: I am a Childcare Coordinator for Cultural Care Au Pair. I work as an independent contractor and the role is very varied. I market to find new families and have to figure out new and inventive ways of doing that – hence my loving Ann’s training, I interview new families, I hold monthly Au Pair meetings so I can get my Au Pairs together and see that they are doing okay, I conduct mediation’s and transitions when the host family/Au Pair relationship isn’t working out and I hold orientations for new host families and Au Pairs.

6- who would you most like to meet ( type of person) that would help you get to the next level: I would like to continue to meet more female entrepreneurs who have, like me, emerged like a butterfly from motherhood and who continue to learn and grow and who are successful.

I hope you will take the time to get to know Louise! You can listen to the WarriorPreneur audio interview (with completely different questions) here.

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On August 18, 2009 I had Owen JJ Stone AKA @Ohdoctah speak on “Video Marketing”. Video online is here to stay (Ask Owen), and even I am motivated to do more video! Yes, I have done some, but not as much as Owen, and what it’s done for his business, wow!

Here are some amazing tips (some from Owen, yes even I learned a few things! Some are mine, tips as a networking and sales strategist for small business owners)
1. Get over it! Stop worrying about how perfect you look or if you stumble over a word. Owens reason- IT’S REAL. It shows you’re human. It builds likability. My reason: if you delete and record a 3 minute video 14 times and it takes you an hour to complete you won’t keep doing them!
2. Use key words on all your videos. Owens logic- use keywords that are logical, things that everyday people look up! Ann’s Logic: use keywords that fit finding you, your name, your Twitter name, your biz name, what you do.
3. Upload to more than YouTube! Owen says use Tube Mogul (I am working through some kinks with it, but overall it is increasing my exposure and decreasing my uploading time to several sites one at a time!) And load to YouTube, Viddler, Blip.TV, Daily Motion, Metacafe and Vimeo ( yes you will need to first create accounts on those sites.) Tube Mogul allows you to combine and track ALL Stats! Very cool! I say: take the time to create those accounts and complete your profiles as necessary. Use your name not your business for your account name.
4. Be creative! Owen does “Friend Up” videos (the link takes you to an interview with me!) that engage others! The possibilities are endless!
Thank you Owen for sharing with my group out here in the bay. You are truly a wizard at what you do. Not all of us can be a dynamic as you are, but we can be authentic and share with a wider audience of potential customers!

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Now  I am published: “The Power of Leadership: Producing Results” was released April 2009! I actually managed to write an entire chapter!  Since the release, amazing things are happening.    I am now:

• Getting more speaking engagements;
• Generating a small passive income;
• Featured as an expert author with more amazing people, like Dr. Ivan Misner of BNI;
• Writing future chapters for more books in a series;
• Have a video on the published web page http://www.power-of-leadership-books.com

So what’s the point I am trying to make?   Well, here is what I learned that I wish someone had taught me years ago:

• Be relevant online- the publisher found me on LinkedIn which has been around for years.
• Be a relationship builder not a sales-pitcher. Even if you have a book concept or chapter publishers are people too! My taking the time to get to know them has made a huge difference in the support they have shown me.
• Be willing to market yourself and you will find additional support. Carrying my video camera everywhere has paid off! You might think, why record my signing books? Well, that video helped me gain status for more opportunity with the publisher!
• Know that one chapter at a time is the key! Writing the first made me realize I can write more!

You to have the potential to be a published author, take the first step you will be amazed!

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