www.techgirlz.com, blog.techgirlz.com

Written by Siotha on March 2, 2008 – 3:37 pm -

There’s a new project about women who are changing the creative world in one space or another, and I’ve been proudly selected as one of the profiled women! i’m so excited! These are world class women, such as Ijustine, Cali Lewis, Shellie Hall, Alexandra Gebhardt, and many more! You have to check out these amazing women and find out more about the project at techgirlz.


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Geeks are Sexy…. Photoshop, Computer, IT, nerds, programmers, coders, hackers, slackers, internet surfers, graphic artists, you know the type…

Written by Siotha on November 20, 2007 – 11:42 pm -

Ah… Yes… Geeks are sexy!

Have you seen our Guru’s on Youtube?

iJustine does a great job of describing the age old question…. Why Are Geeks Sexy? What is a geek? And you know you are a geek when….

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxeNqVW3ZSg]

There are 10 total in the series… so keep watching or check out the xTrain youtube channel

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Online Training: Online Marketing- Media, SEO, Social Media, Podcasting

Written by Siotha on November 15, 2007 – 8:27 am -

Do you want to learn more about:

  • Online Marketing?

  • Pay Per Click Advertising?

  • Social Media Advertising & Marketing?

  • Podcasting?

  • Search Engine Optimization (Not just website metatags)?

  • Online PR?

Then I have the solution for you! Online courses designed specifically for you to learn any of the above topics. Our courses, all facilitated by industry experts, social media guru’s, online marketing engineers are the best “secrets” of the industry! And -I have to say, that I’m proud to boast that as Director of Training @ www.xTrain.com, you’re reading my blog which I learned everything I know about blogs from Giovanni Gallucci and Justine Ezerak – our gurus!

What xTrain’s Online Marketing courses about?

SEO aka Search Engine Optimization

course by Tony Wright

For web designers, Search Engine Optimization is a required tool of the trade. Problem is, most of the time, a designer is thinking only about meta tags in the code. This course is designed to educate marketing professionals and designers on the importance of creating web sites that major search engines will crawl. Google, Ask.com, yahoo.com all have very specific needs and rules regarding how pages can be indexed – Tony covers all the insider tips. To prove it, watch a free class on SEO.

Social Media course

by social media consultant Giovanni Gallucci

Do you know what social media is? Have you harnessed the power of using the internet as a new marketing and advertising tool – viral advertising? Do you twitter? This course is designed to uncover the mystry of the buzzing online life now known to be Social Media. As a marketing expert, you will learn what are the top websites for Social Media, viral marketing, texting, blogging, video marketing, online community marketing, etc.

Secrets of Podcasting course

by social media consultant Giovanni Gallucci

Have you developed your audience yet? Why not? Get on the fast track to Podcasting expertise with this very thorough course on audio & video podcasting. Wanna learn how to develop easy processes for podcast production? This is the course for you.


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Online Training: Online Learning Community Active!

Written by Siotha on October 19, 2007 – 2:46 am -

Hi Guys,

So recently we’ve been promoting the Active learners with the Online Community. Some folks have been puzzled by the automated emails for friendship requests. So I just wanted to take a second and explain what the friendship requests are.

When you get the email from friends@xTain.com, stating that someone has requested to be your friend, ADD them! They want to be your learning buddy! They want to review and comment and share their learning experiences through the community.

This is not spam, it’s really someone who is becoming active in the community and making friends by adding you. Think of it as a MySpace feature – you’re networking with creative professionals, newbies, and hey maybe potential clients. Allow them to be your friend. Allow them to experience xTrain with you. Add them now before they get too cool for you.

In the mean time, add me as a learning buddy! I can’t wait to meet you!

You know – I recently saw iJustine adding friends to her list… Are you one of her buddies?
If not – add her to your list. Enjoy!


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Posted in Digital Photography, Graphic Design, Online Training, Professional Learning Community, Web Design, creative training, experts, iJustine, work, xPert, xTrain News, xTrain Spokeswoman, xtrain | No Comments »

iJustine & Cali Lewis, in our control room

Written by Siotha on October 9, 2007 – 10:42 am -

Hey.. check out this pic of iJustine in the Studio.

Gracias to Cali of Geekbrief.tv for visiting and posting these pics last week!

In the mean time, are you looking for your iJustine updates? Keep an eye out on xTrain.com as we’ll be posting new videos from Justine any day now.

And here’s a fun one taken with Cali & Justine in Sept…
you know, before the Mac store incident (wink, wink).


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iJustine: Training with xTrain.com on her Skateboard

Written by Siotha on October 5, 2007 – 3:43 pm -

HI Guys!

This blog is live from the xTrain control room!
Justine is doing training from atop of her skateboard!

Here’s a recent pose just for fun:

ijustine skateboard

Check out our Tour page for more great iJustine videos!

And just in case you haven’t heard. If you’d like to learn more about skateboard deck design, Ron Lemen does a great class with xTrain for creating skateboard decks in Photoshop!

Ron Lemen Skateboard Design in Photoshop


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Posted in Art, Classes, Illustration, Photoshop CS3 extended, Ron Lemen, Skateboard Deck Design Photoshop, Tutuorials, creative training, iJustine, ijustine skateboarding, internet skateboard, photoshop, photoshop CS3, skateboard, video skateboarding, xPert, xPert Training, xTrain News, xTrain Spokeswoman, xtrain | 1 Comment »

Meet Me in NYC: PhotoPlus, Digital Photography Conference

Written by Siotha on October 3, 2007 – 11:33 am -

Ok. So We’re going to The Photoplus Conference for Digital Photographers. Wanna meet someone cooler than me? How about our spokeswoman and some of our Creative Gurus?! Yes, I’ll be there, but please forgive me as I will be up to my eyeballs in giving out our famous Dr. Brown’s Photoshop Laboratory. And I’m not nearly as much fun to meet at iJustine!

Dr. Brown's Photoshop Laboratory xTrain

Our booth, once again will be packed full of Trainings, Digital Photographers, Photoshop Enthusuasts, iJustine Fans and xTrain staff answering everything you could ever want to know about xTrain, Digital Photography, Graphic Design, Digital Arts and Online Marketing…

Psst.. and you know what my favorite part of this is? I get to meet all of our fans!!! Ok – so here’s the thing – I want to hear your comments, your feedback and what you want to learn. My favorite part of going to conferences is coming home and going – wow – we’re going to do more classes on XYZ because that’s what everyone is asking about. So as you see our team giving out the Dr. Brown DVDs and free classes for xTrain don’t hesitate to let us know what you want to see from xTrain and let us know what your favorite courses are!


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Posted in Adobe, Adobe CS3, Art, Classes, Digital Photography, Digital Photography Training, Easy Digital Photography, Easy Photos, Online Training, Photoshop CS3 extended, Photoshop Laboratory, Photoshop Model Retouching, creative training, iJustine, photoshop CS3, xPert, xPert Training, xTrain News, xTrain Spokeswoman, xtrain | 1 Comment »

Online PR… The good, the bad… and Did I miss the point?

Written by Siotha on September 22, 2007 – 5:00 pm -

Let’s talk PR.

I’m very thankful for the PR’s and the buzz about our company and our spokeswoman, but I went to an article today about iJustine and found that the article was not about the headline. I felt disappointed and yet confused.

I read the headline here, wich says “Personal safety a problem in ‘lifecasting’ – iJustine interview” – TGdaily.com Then I thought – oh my there must be something I hadn’t heard about. Is Justine ok? Has she had any problems? Oh my – I want details – she’s spilling it to a reporter and I’m so nosey I want to know now.

I read the article. And felt like one qoute and an article about being a lifecaster for 3 months was not the “scoop” the headline promised.

So here is my Online Marketing Rant, Rave and PR/Journalism spill…

Make your headlines interesting and realistic! I can think of about four more headlines that would have been just as eye catching, while allowing the reader to walk away… feeling…. informed.. satisfied after reading about 2 paragraphs of the actual article.

This is online publishing: put the real info in the first paragraph not some fluff. Or you will lose your reader in 2.2 seconds. As we only have 4 seconds for an online user to actually absorb a page in this online world.


Posted in Blogroll, Journalism, News writing, Online Marketing, advertorial writing, copy editing, creative training, creative writing professionals, headline writing, iJustine, lifecasting, online PR, self publishing articls, xPert, xTrain Spokeswoman, xtrain | No Comments »