In an interesting turn of events, the Securities and Exchange Commission may start allowing companies to fulfill their public disclosure requirements for financial announcements through their corporate blogs. From Brian Solis:

For several years, Sun CEO, Jonathan Schwartz has lobbied the SEC to allow disclosure of financial information through corporate blogs. In a landmark announcement, it seems that Mr. Schwartz may indeed get his wish, and with it, a historical decision that could break the age-old shackles that bound businesses to traditional media and distribution channels in order to satisfy full disclosure.

If you’re a corporate blogger, this may make your life easier. See the recent TechCrunch article SEC To Recognize Corporate Blogs as Public Disclosure. Can We Now Kill the Press Release?

Read this full article on Thrilling Heroics Consulting here: SEC Okays Financial Disclosure Through Corporate Blogs

Update: The guys just sent out a message that the program has been filled to capacity a day and a half early! So disregard this post. If you’re interested in this awesome training course, you’ll have to wait until early 2009 when they open their doors to new members again, with more, updated content. I’ll keep you updated. ;)

Brian Clark, the successful writer behind Copyblogger (with over 40K subscribers!), along with Tony Clark of Success From the Nest, have been running a fantastic training program for online marketers and content producers for the last several months. Many of the world’s top bloggers, from Australian Problogger Darren Rowse to Maki of DoshDosh have been raving about the Teaching Sells program ever since it started up in October 2007, calling it the best program for kick-starting your online content marketing and creating awesome paid-content membership sites.

Teaching Sells is a multiple-course educational program that encourages internet entrepreneurs like you and me to “Teach and Grow Rich.” Brian and Tony will walk you through all the specific strategies that online marketing gurus are using right now to make a fortune from setting up members-only multimedia learning environments online and sharing their expertise with others. If you’re a coach or consultant, this program is the perfect fit—and if you’re a blogger or online publisher, these guys will show you how to leverage the authority and exposure you’ve built with your online presence and funnel it into paid-content and create additional revenue streams for your online business.

Click here to learn more about and enroll in the Teaching Sells program.

Teaching Sells has nearly 1000 Charter members already and they will be closing their doors to new members Thursday night, July 31, so I finally bit the bullet and joined the program. I’ve worked through the first course and the program looks really well put together—the subscription cost is just $97/month, but it certainly looks well worth it. Access to the members’ area includes tons of great articles in easily-digestible chunks, audio and video files, interactive assignments, helpful user discussion boards, and even a library of valuable private label rights content that you can republish and repurpose to fit your needs.

The program currently includes over ten detailed courses (and more to come!):

1. How to Create Content That Sells
2. How to Effectively Market Membership Sites
3. How to Create Killer Multimedia Content with Quick and Easy Tools
4. Seven Profitable Business Models for Interactive Content Developers
5. Your Blueprint for Building Membership Sites with Open Source and Low-Cost Software
6. “Under the Radar” Marketing: Persuasive Educational Content That Sparks the Buying Process
7. Quick, Easy, and Inexpensive Niche-Focused Membership Sites
8. Explosive Content: Delivering Your Message Payload with Multimedia Storytelling
9. The Winning Difference: Advanced Positioning and Creative Adaptation Strategies
10. Launch Strategies for Membership Sites and Training Programs
11. The “Entreproducer” Model for Online Business Success
12. Under the Radar Affiliate Marketing
13. Quick and Easy Content Strategies
14. How to Explode Profits with Seminars and Workshops

Teaching Sells even has a 30-day money-back guarantee if you’re not totally impressed with the material, and you can opt to discontinue your membership anytime you choose.

At the time of printing, there are currently 36 seats left, and when Teaching Sells re-opens its doors to new members several months down the line, the subscription cost will increase at least threefold as they continue to roll out new material. Just like I did though, you can still get in before they close on Thursday, and take advantage of all the new features and benefits they have planned at a much lower price. To learn more about the program and the curriculum, check out their free report first.

Read this full article on Thrilling Heroics Consulting here: Learn How to Build Membership Sites That Sell! Read This Quick—Offer Expires Thursday