Half Hour Huddle on ShermanHu.tv for 20090126

 

Saw 65+ audience on today’s Huddle. We had “thedvshow“, “CreativeOil” and “eldonletkeman” in attendance today, fabulous peeps involved in video. Also had “gesman” (developer of MemberWing WordPress plugin) in attendance.

We covered topics from blogging (WordPress, plugins, membership plugins), shopping carts, video (camcorders, live broadcasting platforms) and even homeschooling curriculum!

Watch the video, read the show notes below, and please share your feedback and comments below. Thanks.

Show Notes

 10:29 shermanlive : !moderateon

 10:29 shermanlive : !topic Half Hour Huddle with Sherman Hu for Jan 26, 2009

 10:29 shermanlive : hi Mike!!

 10:30 ustreamer-7098 : Sean

 10:31 shermanlive : U#7098 is Sean, wlcm 2 da party dood!

 10:31 shermanlive : Hiya Graphic Guy!

 10:31 ustreamer-7098 : ty looking forward to what we just looked at

 10:31 graphic_guy : Hey Sherman. Watching you from across the water in Victoria

 10:32 shermanlive : NICE!!!!

 10:32 shermanlive : you bet, Sean!

 10:34 ustreamer-76257 : live feed here work kinda like mine?

 10:34 shermanlive : u shld b seeing a replay of the last live broadcsat

 10:34 shermanlive : i’m going live in 10 secs

 10:34 ustreamer-76257 : what time your live  start?

 10:34 ustreamer-76257 : cool

 10:37 shermanlive : Hey Sandra!!

 10:38 graphic_guy : 10k race yesterday on the island

 10:38 sandraschubert : Hi guys.I am on a call but will go live w. you. I hope

 10:38 shermanlive : awesome!

 10:39 graphic_guy : Part of the Island Race Series – supports local running clubs

 10:39 graphic_guy : 44:13

 10:40 graphic_guy : 41:30

 10:40 ustreamer-54847 : Morining

 10:40 eldonletkeman : hey dude!

 10:41 SelfMadeCelo : =)

 10:41 graphic_guy : The super fast guys were 31 minutes!

 10:41 SelfMadeCelo : Hi Sherman

 10:41 eldonletkeman : My play opened this weekend, it was great!

 10:41 SelfMadeCelo : Hey Eldon how was the play?

 10:42 SelfMadeCelo : Everything go off without a hitch?

 10:42 eldonletkeman : Amazing, great response from everyone

 10:42 eldonletkeman : yeah, pretty much

 10:42 SelfMadeCelo : Awesome, congrats 

 10:43 eldonletkeman : thanks, now seven more performances

 10:43 eldonletkeman : www.gallery7theatre.com

 10:43 eldonletkeman : Houise of James

 10:46 TCTC : Afternoon all

 10:47 james_harmon : i am all signed up

 10:48 colmcgunnigle : internet connection is *hideous* here in Florida … keep getting dropped … but just wanted to pop by and say hey! Supporting u Sherman! 

 10:48 colmcgunnigle : Really I wanted to come by and dance

 10:49 ustreamer-24996 : wassup peeps keep the music spinnin

 10:49 colmcgunnigle : Will be good to be back in NY this week … back to normalcy! Although I do love the sun!

 10:49 thedvshow : <— knows how you perfected that white background

 10:50 thedvshow : wasssssup!

 10:50 thedvshow : its ok to say nerd

 10:51 eldonletkeman : yeah, I answer to nerd

 10:51 eldonletkeman : geek just means you’re bragging

 10:51 eldonletkeman : Yeah, cuz I’m humble!

 10:52 RobNelson : I did and U?

 10:52 james_harmon : geek is more of a pocket protecter guy

 10:53 RobNelson : Looked like U had a fun weekend!

 10:53 ustreamer-47476 : Hi Sherman! : )

 10:53 ustreamer-47476 : It’s me Shama-watching 1st time live.

 10:54 ustreamer-47476 : hiiiii! : ) thanks! 

 10:54 ustreamer-47476 : lol. okay will do1

 10:54 gesman : hello Sherman

 10:54 gesman : Gleb Esman, thank you man

 10:55 TheSecretFog : Hello to you…Mo

 10:55 ustreamer-66426 : this is Bizartist99 – ur BIT buddy

 10:55 gesman : (im the author of MemberWing – in case anyone has live question about this wordpress membership site plugin)

 10:56 ustreamer-80507 : Hi Sherman

 10:56 thedvshow : hey gesman

 10:56 thedvshow : I have memberwing and love it

 10:56 ustreamer-59838 : jeetkundo here how do you sign in

 10:56 ustreamer-66426 : ur going to be crystal clear on HD this week – we will rock

 10:56 gesman : thedvshow, thanks, man. Update is in works 

 10:56 thedvshow : bring it on

 10:56 SelfMadeCelo : MemberWing eh? URL?

 10:56 RobNelson : Can gesman give us a link?

 10:57 gesman : Sherman, could you give a link to memberwing?

 10:57 SelfMadeCelo : I’ve been setting up a membership site with aMember..and I hate it

 10:57 gesman : ok: thanks – it’s www.memberwing.com

 10:57 thedvshow : http://www.memberwing.com/

 10:57 SelfMadeCelo : Thanks will check it out

 10:57 shamahyder : : ) all signed in. music is great.

 10:57 RobNelson : Thanks for the link

 10:58 gesman : Rob, my pleasure. feel free to send me email in case of any Q’s…

 10:58 gesman : Thanks Sherman again….

 10:58 gesman : are you in Montreal?

 10:59 gesman : Ottawa here, -20 degrees here !

 10:59 SelfMadeCelo : Sherman whats your favorite shopping car tin terms of being able to customize and functionality?

 10:59 RobNelson : Sherm wearing your kevlar today? scary event there lately!

 10:59 gesman : Lovely – marriage conference? wow

 10:59 CreativeOil : Hi, Sherman!

 11:00 RobNelson : shooting by the keg

 11:00 CreativeOil : Hope youwave when you fly over Toronto!

 11:00 gesman : CreativeOil, how’s weather in To ?  So chilly in Ottawa. Only my standard poodles enjoy it – they’re too furry

 11:01 shamahyder : Sherman, remind us of your favorite video camera (HD) for online video?

 11:01 ustreamer-80926 : hi Sherman

 11:01 shamahyder : actually-open to all suggestions for a video HD camera for the net!

 11:01 shamahyder : woo-hoo! highest rated show.

 11:02 thedvshow : i’m dancing right now

 11:02 jeetkundo12 : het everyone

 11:02 lenapple : Hey Sherman

 11:02 CreativeOil : Crossing Delancy was a great movie!!

 11:03 eldonletkeman : The play is even better!

 11:03 gesman : lots of video / graphics guys here!

 11:03 acemaker : Good afternoon from NH

 11:03 eldonletkeman : but I’m kinda biased

 11:03 RobNelson : eldon kid friendly show?

 11:03 Tom_M : hey Sherman

 11:03 ustreamer-21684 : Hi from London

 11:03 shamahyder : the 2nd one

 11:03 shamahyder :

 11:03 shamahyder : Sha-mah.

 11:04 gesman : Sherman, how many simul. viewers ustram can handle per channel?

 11:04 shamahyder : yea!

 11:04 gesman : 5k – not bad.

 11:04 colmcgunnigle : So sorry I’m not gonna be able to interact, the video is cutting out way too much I only hear 1/10 of what you say … dang! I’ll connect again when I’m back in NY. 

 11:04 colmcgunnigle : Luv u guys! 

 11:04 Tom_M : Sherman, dropped my static site and went all SemPro this past week, converted the whole site…thanks!!!

 11:04 aishaladon : hey sherman my iphone is stuck, trying to stream you with ustream app

 11:05 reslynn : hi sherman dude…new haircut/hairdo?

11:05 solidmastery : Is ustream the only freely avaible video streaming site?

 11:05 colmcgunnigle : Great hair, right?

 11:05 colmcgunnigle : (Sherman’s hair is always a hot topic

 11:06 shermanlive : Shopp Plugin

 11:06 technorev : TechnoRev is in the house

 11:06 colmcgunnigle : Hey Techno

 11:06 thedvshow : that is a great plugin choice sherman

 11:06 shermanlive : www.Interspire.com

 11:06 lenapple : I’m gonna throw in Zen Cart. You can drop a wordpress blog into the cart. But I do them separately.

 11:07 shamahyder : for a VERY simple cart- ejunkie.com does a decent job right.

 11:07 SelfMadeCelo : Magento?

 11:07 jeetkundo12 : what’s going on with the wordpresstut membership site

 11:07 ustreamer-85086 : 1 shopping cart

 11:07 gesman : SelfMade, Magento is sweet, but it’s not like it’s a plugin

 11:07 SelfMadeCelo : I’ve been looking into X-Cart as well. That one is pretty widely used

 11:07 colmcgunnigle : I use zencart too … anybody know any super-knowledgeable zen guys who I can hire out?

 11:08 shermanlive : camcorderinfo.net

 11:08 colmcgunnigle : I usually do it myself but am getting too busy

 11:08 shamahyder : thank you

 11:08 lenapple : I exclusively use Zen Cart

 11:08 ustreamer-85086 : 1 shopping cart makes it easy for affiliates, credit cards and auto responders

 11:08 colmcgunnigle : (guys or gals, that is

 11:08 lenapple : I can do a lot of customization…

 11:09 IanStuart : Is there a plugin/widget to insert 125×125 ads in WP or do you have to use a theme that already supports them?

 11:09 SelfMadeCelo : 1ShoppingCart is okay, but I’m looking for something I can host myself

 11:09 colmcgunnigle : if interested in extra work, drop me your contact info

 11:09 sandraschubert : Hello everyone off my call…

 11:09 SelfMadeCelo : I’ll check out Zen Cart as well. SO many choices lol

 11:09 realsource : I have seen 15k during the Obama acceptance speech

 11:10 lenapple : difference between 1 shopping cart (which is great) and zen cart would fall in product numbers. I have a cart online that has 5000+ products. This would not be pratical w/ 1 shopping cart…

 11:10 ustreamer-9875 : My zencart has 7000 products and is working great!

 11:10 realsource :  I have seen 15k simultaneous users on Ustream during the Obama acceptance speech

 11:10 reslynn : from my experience when it comes to videocam. esp. in HD, windows/mac compatible, ext. mic/headset capable,..if possible webcam capable too…im using canon hg 10 w/c is HD and also great doing static pictures

 11:10 thedvshow : cams I recommend http://cli.gs/SM6sYm

 11:10 SelfMadeCelo : How’s the support with ZenCart? Noticed it was a free solution

 11:11 sandraschubert : Does Sherman have a cold? Sherman?

 11:11 shamahyder : looks good!

 11:11 aishaladon : Im not sure if this is a geeky tech question, but what method of homeshcooling do you do. Unschooling or what?

 11:11 ustreamer-9875 : Zencart Forums have helped me through 4 years of hickups and coding

 11:11 seabix : http://www.nowlive.com/

 11:11 ustreamer-77636 : Have you heard about youtube rejecting duplicate video submissions? What is your best way to get video ranked?

 11:11 TheSecretFog : I used 1 shopping cart for a year…they refuse to delete any member/affiliate who are inactive..total waste of space and you can get better for less.

 11:11 colmcgunnigle : there are always tech peeps on the zencart forums and they respond pretty quickly

 11:11 realsource : @Selfmadecelo – I use cubecart and oscommerce

 11:11 SelfMadeCelo : okay cool, thanks colmcgunnigle

 11:11 lenapple : Great forum support. 1000′s of knowlegable users http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/

 11:12 SelfMadeCelo : thanks realsource, i’ll check it out

 11:12 ustreamer-77636 : Have you heard about youtube rejecting duplicate video submissions? What is your best way to get video ranked?

 11:12 thedvshow : youtube is supposed to have a live option soon

 11:12 jeetkundo12 : what is the best wordpress plug in for seo

 11:12 colmcgunnigle : I have a client who used to use 1shoppingcart and recommended “stay away!” … Myself I’ve always used others

 11:13 gesman : e-junkie is alovely cheap digital goods delivery service. Only from $5/mo

 11:13 thedvshow : and its in your software gesman

 11:13 gesman : i use it and like them

 11:13 Tom_M : gotta say Denis @ SemPro was pretty helpful with SemPro.  Very responsive, it took one day.  My experience @ Elance, guru and Craigs was not so hot (for this) looking for help on the conversion of the static site to SemPro   

 11:13 lenapple : @jeetkundo12 – I use “metatags” simple and very simple, quick to use. Get great SE results

 11:14 gesman : yes, thats why i can safely recommend it 

 11:14 graphic_guy : Sherman,  any suggestions for managing passwords online or Mac app

 11:14 Tom_M : Sherman, am I the only one who’s having a tough time getting used to the new dashboard in WP ????

 11:14 gesman : my wife uses 1ShoppingCart, so I’ll have an extra vote for it

 11:14 IanStuart : sidebar

 11:15 shermanlive : Who Sees Ads

 11:15 ustreamer-94355 : @Sherman It’s Chinese New Year today – you should taken a day off -!! Kung Hey Fatt C!hoy

 11:16 gesman : senate.gov crashed during Obama speech, lol… CNN.com was holding well

 11:16 solidmastery : What are the current business models for making a living with web content. How much can the average salary a high-quality blogger can expect to make. 

 11:17 sandraschubert : Did he say if you are here Nude?

 11:17 solidmastery : ^what is the average salary a high-quality freelance blogger can expect to make.

 11:17 thedvshow : it takes a few years and lots of dedication solidmastery

 11:17 gesman : solidmastery, it’s like a standard data entry job. Lots depends on your creativity and how other people feels about it

 11:18 gesman : (it’s *not* )

 11:19 ustreamer-28727 : 1password = great password manager on MAC

 11:19 sandraschubert : Ok get some water we don’t want a live passout to happen

 11:19 gesman : sticky pad on a side of a monitor – makes password recovery easy. For everyone

 11:19 solidmastery : @thedvshow it comes primarily from advertisments or products sold to membership after developing a “name” for oneself

 11:19 thedvshow : lol gesman

 11:19 thedvshow : I write it on my hand

 11:20 realsource : What is the best software for ripping dvd’s 

 11:21 aishaladon : where do you see technology an education in the future? Using blogging, podcasting, virtual worlds like second life. 

 11:21 realsource : got kicked off of vimeo – using tubemogul

 11:21 Sean_w : pg1search.com award winning video marketing site!!!!

 11:21 lenapple : with the url on youtube and other sites remember to use the “http://”

 11:22 eldonletkeman : realsource – PC or Mac?

 11:22 brandrider : Hi Sherman.  What’s the 4 part of the 10/10/4?

 11:22 realsource : @eldonletkeman – I have both – I use my PC the most

 11:22 lenapple : no one will copy and paste your url…

 11:22 eldonletkeman : Xilisoft for PC is great

 11:22 gesman : custom permalinks – the best non-plugin for WordPress SEO: /%category%/%postname%/

 11:23 lenapple : @gesman permalinks are the only way to start!

 11:23 gesman : Sherman – sure., would be happy too. i’m on Facebook and on Twitter (‘gesman’)

 11:23 jeetkundo12 : how can you split test adsense vs banners on wordpress and track it 

 11:24 realsource : @eldonletkeman thanks i am getting more and more clients sending dvd’s to rip for their websites

 11:24 eldonletkeman : @realsource – no problem

 11:24 gesman : lenapple, i found custom permalinks gives me 5/95 results

 11:24 Weltonian : Happy New Year Sherman! Kung Hee Fat Choy!

 11:25 gesman : lenapple, with just permalinks I got on first page of Google in 32,000,000 competing pages only 5 months after registering domain

 11:25 aishaladon : Sherman is this what you do full time, or do you have a day gig, what is the title of your consulting stuff?

 11:25 shanej : Hey Sherman – what would you recommend for live feeding 2 live audiences together – tried LiveVideo but latency was crap

 11:25 thedvshow : I use all of the above models sherman just mentioned

 11:26 Weltonian : How do you like Revolution2 compared with your old Sem Pro WP site?  Curious about your thoughts since the changeover…

 11:26 gesman : Revolution2 are adorable – i love their designs

 11:26 lenapple : @gesman keywords in url, title, blog content, tags, and metatags is the formula I use. Lots of relevant keyword density – this strategy works gret for me!

 11:26 gesman : I am soon probably will be switching memberwing.com to revolution2 

 11:27 realsource : I have revolution2 to be a little difficult to manuveur

 11:27 thedvshow : gesman what is your twitter

 11:27 technorev : www.twitter.com/technorev

 11:28 gesman : thedvshow, ‘gesman’

 11:28 thedvshow : tx

 11:30 Weltonian : Aloha!

 11:30 acemaker : I use Rev 2 Love it too.

 11:30 Weltonian : Thanks!

 11:30 realsource : http://www.twitter.com/realsource

 11:30 lenapple : Thanks Sherman!

 11:31 shermanlive : http://twitter.com/shermanhu

 11:31 acemaker : You are right but they hav egreat support

 11:31 RobNelson : http://twitter.com/RobGNelson

 11:31 eldonletkeman : www.twitter.com/eldonletkeman

 11:31 acemaker : @acemaker

 11:31 aishaladon : twitter.com/aishaladon

 11:31 technorev : www.twitter.com/battleforthefam

 11:31 gesman : http://twitter.com/gesman

 11:31 BiggiFraley : http://twitter.com/BiggiFraley

 11:31 sandraschubert : http://twitter.com/sandraschubert

 11:31 SelfMadeCelo : http://twitter.com/selfmadecelo

 11:31 CreativeOil : www.twitter.com/creativeoil

 11:31 technorev : www.twitter.com/technorev

 11:31 Sean_w : https://twitter.com/video_delivery

 11:31 lenapple : http://twitter.com/lenapple

 11:31 thedvshow : http://twitter.com/thedvshow

 11:31 ustreamer-34179 : http://twitter.com/JoAnne_S

 11:31 shanej : www.twitter.com/shanejohnston

 11:31 griff366 : www.twitter.com/jimgriff

 11:31 reslynn : http://www.twitter.com/reslynn

 11:31 ptnetwork : http://twitter.com/ptnetwork

 11:31 ustreamer-28727 : www.twitter.com/perry_droast

 11:31 graphic_guy : http://twitter.com/leighlundgren

 11:31 TCTC : http://twitter.com/JeradB    http://twitter.com/TCTC

 11:31 marions : http://www.twitter.com/marions

 11:31 EdShaz : Thanks Sherman! Always Accurate! 

 11:32 acemaker : http://twitter.com/acemaker

 11:32 james_harmon : : http://twitter.com/james_harmon

 11:32 FemmeFilmmaker : http://TwitterKathleen.com

 11:32 solidmastery : Thanks Sherman and thedvshow

 11:32 Weltonian : http://twitter.com/welton

 11:32 sandraschubert : *****

 11:32 jeetkundo12 : http://twitter.com/BobbyGordon

 11:33 IanStuart : http://twitter.com/IanStuart

 11:33 gesman : I want suggestions for full page flexible width WordPress theme for memberwing.com . Anyone? send me twits if you know good one

 11:33 SelfMadeCelo : =)

 11:33 ustreamer-83112 : Did I Miss the Show already?

 11:33 lenapple : @FemmeFilmmaker – love the url forward to your twitter!

 11:34 SelfMadeCelo : gesman i use Artisteer to create my own themes, works great

 11:34 focusbeyond : yeah baby

 11:34 FemmeFilmmaker :

 11:34 jeetkundo12 : can anyone help me with split testing on wordpress

 11:34 focusbeyond : home schooling ROCKS

 11:34 gesman : SelfMadeCelo, will note it – thanks

 11:34 CreativeOil : Hope to see you in Atlanta too!

 11:34 jeetkundo12 : I will write some freea rticles for you

 11:34 FemmeFilmmaker : thanks lenapple… makes it easier to share

 11:34 focusbeyond : great stuff, once aaain!

 11:34 SelfMadeCelo : gesman-definitely worth the 99 bucks, new version does Joomla and Drupal themes

 11:35 RobNelson : Have a Happy New Year Sherman!

 11:35 EdShaz : Thanks Sherm

 11:35 shanej : Thanks a ton Sherm

 11:35 CreativeOil : Thanks Sherman!

 11:35 sandraschubert : Thanks sherman

 11:35 shermanlive : Thanks peeps!

 11:35 jeetkundo12 : thanks for your time

 11:35 shermanlive : u r wlcm!

 11:35 gesman : SelfMadeCelo – interesting site – never heard of it – would love to check it for sure… Thanks!

 11:35 shermanlive : hope U had some good takeaways this Huddle

 11:35 eldonletkeman : Thanks Sherman

 11:36 shermanlive : Thx Eldon

 11:36 thedvshow : my cup is running over sherman

 11:36 james_harmon : Thanks Sherman

 11:36 ustreamer-83112 : did I get here too late Sherm? not seeing a video in the left column?

 11:36 eldonletkeman : thanks for the plug for the show as well

 11:36 sandraschubert : digging the music

 11:36 realsource : Selfmadecelo – i have looked at this software a few times – i will give it considerable look through this time around

 11:36 RobNelson : Let’s talk some more about VRE?

 11:36 RobNelson : Yes we will  it sounds great!

 11:36 IanStuart : Thanks Sherman

 11:36 jeetkundo12 : next huddle maybe we can discuss split testing rev streams on wordpress

 11:36 FemmeFilmmaker : thanks Sherman! Great info, as usual.

 11:37 RobNelson : post eldons link to the show!

 11:37 graphic_guy : Sherman, where are you speaking on the island?

 11:37 SelfMadeCelo : realsource – it’s really easy to use, i put up WP sites in no time with their own templates 

 11:37 griff366 : Sherman, great as always.

 11:37 FemmeFilmmaker : not sure yet… will do my best to get there

 11:37 SelfMadeCelo : realsource and gesman – theres a demo you can play with as well

 11:37 shermanlive : sounds good

 11:38 realsource : Anyone want split a business animoto account tweet me

 11:38 james_harmon : what show are you talking about? with filmmaker

 11:38 Weltonian : Thanks Sherman.  Will get up with you next week to work on our project.

 11:38 realsource : http://www.twitter.com/realsource

 11:38 eldonletkeman : http://www.gallery7theatre.com/content/view/126/1/  This is the direct link to the show

 11:38 realsource : thanks Sherman – going to try and start my own show this week

 11:38 james_harmon : cool thanks

 11:38 gesman : Sherman, good luck at Stompernet conf. I missed being there

 11:39 SelfMadeCelo : StomperNet Live is open to the public this time around? Huh..didn’t know

 11:39 SelfMadeCelo : Missed the last one =(

 11:40 realsource : @eldonletkeman – great joomla template

 11:40 DorothyBeach : ‘Got distracted – thanks for this!

 11:40 eldonletkeman : it’s not mine

 11:40 lenapple : bye all, awesome hanging with you! http://twitter.com/lenapple

 11:40 sandraschubert :  bye, bye Sherman. wonder who called hmmm

 11:40 eldonletkeman : but yes, it is great, that’s a show I’m directing right now

 11:42 realsource : looks like the show is great – wish i was closer

 11:43 gesman : Anyone interested to beta test new wordpress membership site plugin that allows gradual content delivery? (great for these autopilot membership sites / empires) send me email to: gleb@memberwing.com

 11:43 eldonletkeman : thanks, it is a charming show

 11:44 RobNelson : Thanks Sherman U always give sooo much great Advice!

 11:45 aishaladon : thanks for the suggestions sherman

 11:46 eldonletkeman : well, I’m off, cya later all.