Welcome to the Know How Cafe Preview!

If you’re here because you recently saw Roxanne and/or Shane speak at a conference, and want to sign up to be notified when the Cafe officially opens, click here for the email list signup form and be sure to use the Promo Code we mentioned.

If you’re here because you were invited by a friend or business colleague, because they thought you would like to learn about how the Social Web and New Media tools could help grow your business while connection with people and other businesses around the world, then please read on.

Here’s a quick preview of the KnowHow Cafe site design as it will look to the general public.


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Have you, or someone you know, ever asked any of the following questions:

These are all valid questions and ones that we hear from all our clients and at every conference at which we speak. We’ll answer these and hundreds more at the Know How Cafe.

Based on over a decade of experience with building large Content Management Systems for corporate clients and State agencies around the country, and over 30 years experience in coaching and training around the world, we realized it would be easier to reach more people and businesses by creating KnowHow Cafe. A centralized, members-only, online community where we could provide all our experience in technology, development, training, coaching, and consulting in one place.

There are a lot of powerful and free new media tools on the Internet right now. But learning how to use them can be costly in terms of your time and mistakes can do damage to your, or your client’s brand.

You can spend days or months figuring it out for yourself, but do you really have that much extra time available right now?

You can pay an experienced new media consultant and expert, like Bare Feet Studios, $250 an hour to teach you privately.

Or, you can join other successful business people who recognize the value of their time and understand the critical speed at which the internet is changing how we do business by joining KnowHow Cafe. For less than half the cost of one hour with an experienced coach or developer, you can have access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to case studies, tutorials, screencasts, webinars, teleconferences, and discussion forums covering numerous New and Social Media tracks and providing clear, step-by-step examples on how Web 2.0 works and best to use it to your strategic business advantage.

You will be able to answer “Yes” to all these questions and hundreds more if you join the community at Know How Cafe. Not only will you learn from experienced professionals working every day in the New Media trenches, you’ll also have the opportunity to learn from other business owners entrepreneurs just like you via large group conference calls, forums, wikis, podcasts, and direct contact via private comments, discussions and email lists.

You’ll learn how to make the Social Web work for your business:

You’ll learn about the newest micro-blogging tools like Twitter:

You’ll learn about Blogging from the ground up:

You’ll learn about Internet Radio and TV:

You’ll learn about Social Media and how Online Communities Work:

Most of all you will leave your competition in the dust!

Each Know How Cafe tutorial and track is completely self-paced. You decide how much, how fast, and what you’re interested in learning about. Jump in at any level, any conversation, any track, at any time.

And you’ll be able to do it in the privacy and security of of our members-only cafe. The Internet is loud and crowded. There is a lot of “noise.” We’ll show you how to detect the signals that are relevant to you and your business. In fact, you’ve just been introduced to one of the concepts of the Internet; the signal to noise ratio. We’ll show you how to both detect and create the right mix of signal and noise to make your business even more successful!

Did you know that free tools exist now that are perfect for smaller companies or for work groups within large companies that previously cost tens of thousands of dollars and required a full IT department to setup and manage? You can now compete on a global field like never before! Finding the right free tools is not easy – but don’t worry. That’s the hard part we do for you! Trying to learn how to use them all on your own? Why bother wasting so much time and frustration when you can just follow our step-by-step instructions and ask any question you like.

No matter what your preferred learning style, we have the shortcuts and appropriate media for you. And if we haven’t covered a particular topic or service? Just ask and we’ll add it to the Upcoming Track List!

We also have periodic rewards and gifts for those of you who are active in the cafe:

Want more? No problem! We still haven’t told you about our global network of experts that you’ll get access to as well. We’re on a first name basis with Industry and Thought Leaders (yet another concept you’ll learn about and how to leverage for your own business) and we’ll bring them to the Cafe for special privatel events, teleconferences, and webinars. We’ll make introductions for you and help you find just the right consultant to hire if you’re planning something larger than your current knowledge, experience or time requires.

Ready to join us at the Know How Cafe?

As we mentioned above, Bare Feet Studios (the owner of the Know How Cafe) currently charges as much as $250.00 per hour for private consultations and in-person coaching sessions and technical training. 24/7/365 access to the Know How Cafe private member community is only $97 per month! An entire year’s membership at Know How Cafe will cost less than spending a single afternoon in a private coaching session with the team at Bare Feet Studios. And after that afternoon you wouldn’t leave with access to downloadable tutorials, eBooks, screencasts, forum discussions, or ongoing training to help you navigate all the new Social and New Media tools that keep popping up each week.

We are putting the last coats of paint on the walls and getting ready to open the doors. We’re estimating a mid-September, 2008, Grand Opening. Until we officially unlock the doors, we’re accepting pre-registration email addresses from those people that would like to be notified first. There’s no obligation and you can remove yourself from the email list at any time with a single mouse click.

Be sure to use your special Promo Code if you have one. Depending on your Promo Code, you’ll receive steep discounts on Charter Memberships and qualify for Life Time Membership deals and other surprise gifts and bonuses.

So, just enter your email address below, along with your Promo Code, and we’ll notify you first in a few weeks just before we throw open the doors on the Know How Cafe.