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Due to “popular” demand, I have been asked to provide some insight as to how I do what I do and how did I eventually get listed in the search engines.

As a treat for Valentine’s month, I am providing a tidbid of advice.

For starters I’m sure that you have a favorite magazine, e-mail newsletter and/or blog that you read for business or for recreation.

Here are a few suggestions for having your voice heard as an expert:
1. What article(s), blogs, etc. have left you asking questions?
2. Or, do you have a different angle on an article, or a take that’ s an 180 degree spin?
3. Are you prepared to stand by what you said?
4. Are you aware where you are sending your comments to, and the policies for that particular publication? Most “letters to the editor” become the property of the publication upon submission.

For an example of this in action, please see my commentary to a MediaPost (an Media Industy website) at http://nextsteph.com/stephblog/?p=24.

Once you have answered those questions, then you can feel free to make your voice heard.

Please let me know if this tip is helpful.

If you can’t wait until the next tip comes out, please feel free to peruse the nextSTEPH Blog (http://www.nextsteph.com/stephblog/) for updates on articles and commentary about the practice of web design, development and online marketing.

Happy Valentine’s Month and thank you for allowing me to take your website to the nextSTEPH.

My Article, How to turn your resume or CV into a website, is featured in the Wild Women Entrepreneurs Newsletter, February 2006 newsletter.

The Wild Women Entrepreneurs Business Gone Wild Blog gets a face-lift. I had also applied the same template to the newly created Newsletter Archive at http://www.thewildwe.com/newsletter.

Who would of imagined that I could add “Award Winning Poet” to my resume. The Editors at Poetry.com have decided to give me the “Editor’s Choice Award” for my poem about the New York City Transit Strike in December.

A City Halt Calling
‘Twas the night before the strike
and all through the city
New Yorkers were in a fright
It was such a pity

It would never be the same
early in the morning
for the dawn came
a city halt was calling

Communters were scared
wondering how to get to and from
If the buses and train would not be there
they had to make some effort to come

Some had a plan
whether or not to brave a freezing day
While others took a stand
Most wish this nightmare would go away

Wild WE member celebrates Women’s History Month

New York, NY –February 22, 2006– Millions of Americans will be celebrating Women’s History Month during March. But one local resident is reminding everyone that each day Wild Women Entrepreneurs like her are making history and should be celebrated as well.
“It’s time to not only celebrate the women who made today’s opportunities possible but also celebrate the accomplishments that women are making every day,” says Stephanie M. Cockerl who owns and runs nextSTEPH in Inwood, New York City.
Cockerl points to recent Census Bureau statistics that show that women are creating businesses at twice the rate of men. “It’s obvious that women business owners are now critical to the financial stability of our country,” she says. “These are Wild Women Entrepreneurs who should be admired.”
Founded in 1997, nextSTEPH helps small businesses to take their websites to the nextSTEPH by web design, programming and online marketing. Principal and Web Consultant , Cockerl is a member of Wild Women Entrepreneurs (Wild WE).
“Women now own 9.1 million businesses in the United States. These businesses greatly contribute to the American economy by employing 27.5 million people and earning approximately $3.6 trillion dollars towards the nation’s market,” says Ja-Nae Duane, president and founder of Wild WE (www.thewildwe.com). “During Women’s History Month, we salute all Wild Women making history – from the stay-at-home mom trying to run a small business or a fast-paced woman climbing the corporate ladder.”

Wild Women Entrepreneurs is a membership-based organization that encourages women to reach their full potential in business and in life. Wild WE’s objective is to share the tools, networks and ideas women need to assume leadership. “More and more successful business women are turning to Wild Women Entrepreneurs to connect and promote themselves to other professional women,” says Duane. “Women of Wild WE take what they learn from each other to better promote themselves and their businesses in the competitive economy.”

For more information on Wild Women Entrepreneurs, go to www.thewildwe.com.

Contact:
Stephanie M. Cockerl
nextSTEPH
info@nextsteph.com

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I have been selected as a board member for Wild Women Entrepreneurs. See the press release.
Other links include:
http://www.prleap.com/pr/25192/
http://classof96.alumni.cornell.edu/Class_of_96/Websites/number5.html
http://thewildwe.blogspot.com/2006/02/wild-women-entrepreneurs-welcomes-its.html