Networking 101 Sept 17, 2008
Topic: Open Forum
[12:32:45 PM] Ginger Marks says: Hello and welcome again to Networking 101
[12:34:46 PM] Joe Cheray says: good morning Ginger
[12:34:59 PM] Ginger Marks says: Good morning to you too Joe
[12:35:35 PM] Joe Cheray says: you caught me as I was wrapping up publishing my page on RSS
[12:35:37 PM] Xarah says: hello and good morning (coffee)
[12:35:39 PM] Ginger Marks says: I have a question mark next to your name. Are we not friends yet?
[12:35:47 PM] Ginger Marks says: How exciting!
[12:36:24 PM] Joe Cheray says: there is a ? next you on my end as well
[12:36:45 PM] Ginger Marks says: Did you learn that from our wonderful Miss Charley
[12:36:46 PM] Xarah says: click on your names so you can open a pm and see if you can add each other
[12:37:05 PM] Joe Cheray says: what RSS
[12:37:13 PM] Ginger Marks says: :D That's better!
[12:37:22 PM] Ginger Marks says: yes, RSS and blogging
[12:37:34 PM] Ginger Marks says: she has been speaking on that very topic
[12:37:37 PM] Ginger Marks says: Hi Xarah
[12:37:45 PM] Joe Cheray says: No actually I learned about RSS through Yaro Starak and Ed Dale
[12:38:00 PM] Ginger Marks says: ahhh
[12:38:04 PM] Joe Cheray says: as well as my own independant research
[12:39:05 PM] Ginger Marks says: I should have known ... you are speaking on blogging in about a month. :D
[12:39:22 PM] Joe Cheray says: I am actually planning on including that in my speach on the 8th of Oct
[12:39:35 PM] Joe Cheray says: speech
[12:39:36 PM] Joe Cheray says: grrr
[12:39:44 PM] Ginger Marks says: lolol
[12:40:14 PM] Ginger Marks says: I actually just added Rebekah Jones to the sched for next week.
[12:40:20 PM] Joe Cheray says: but that is the only tidbit I am revealing lol
[12:41:31 PM] Ginger Marks says: in WBO Magazine for Oct. Sherry Simoes has an article on Blogging
[12:41:39 PM] Larissa Glück says: Hello, I am a bit lonly with so many techs in a room.
[12:41:44 PM] Ginger Marks says: Hi Larrisa
[12:41:47 PM] Ginger Marks says: welcome
[12:41:53 PM] Ginger Marks says: :D
[12:42:15 PM] Ginger Marks says: Joe, you should right for WBO too.
[12:42:28 PM] Ginger Marks says: Blogging is a terrific topic
[12:42:43 PM] Ginger Marks says: Don't get left in the dust!
[12:42:56 PM] Joe Cheray says: what is it I would love to
[12:43:09 PM] Joe Cheray says: oh can I share a link or two please
[12:43:56 PM] Larissa Glück says: what about?
[12:43:58 PM] Xarah says: Larissa, after doing the 30DC videos, you'll be a tech geak as well
[12:44:07 PM] Ginger Marks says: :D
[12:44:18 PM] Ginger Marks says: yes, let's all do bust-a-link!
[12:44:18 PM] Xarah says: listening to Michelle Waters
[12:44:22 PM] Ginger Marks says: go for it!
[12:44:26 PM] Ginger Marks says: :D
[12:44:27 PM] Xarah says: what's a bust-a-link?
[12:44:36 PM] Joe Cheray says: http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2008/09/16/texture-tuesday-5/
[12:44:45 PM] Ginger Marks says: http://www.DocUmeantDesigns.com
[12:44:53 PM] Ginger Marks says: http://www.DocUmeant.net
[12:44:59 PM] Xarah says: www.xarahrecommends.com
[12:45:04 PM] Joe Cheray says: that is my weekly guest post for my colleauge Karen out of Australia
[12:45:11 PM] Ginger Marks says: http://www.WINningSisters.org
[12:45:40 PM] Ginger Marks says: very cool!
[12:46:00 PM] Ginger Marks says: WBO Magazine is an online magazine that I am the production coordinator
[12:47:37 PM] Joe Cheray says: is it published monthly or weekly
[12:48:10 PM] Ginger Marks says: you can sign up for it http://www.womenbizowners.org/
[12:48:14 PM] Ginger Marks says: monthly
[12:48:24 PM] Ginger Marks says: I couldn't keep up with weekly! Whew!
[12:48:26 PM] Ginger Marks says: lol
[12:48:45 PM] Joe Cheray says: lol
[12:50:24 PM] Ginger Marks says: I have some exciting news
[12:50:55 PM] Ginger Marks says: I am speaking locally at a seminar, on my book covers. Practice session online today at Michelle Water's Vendor Fair
[12:50:57 PM] Larissa Glück says: Yes, you speek on 2.30 pm ESt.
[12:51:01 PM] Ginger Marks says: :D
[12:51:13 PM] Joe Cheray says: whooo hoooooo
[12:51:34 PM] Ginger Marks says: The person who asked me is a NYT best selling author
[12:51:36 PM] Ginger Marks says: !!!
[12:51:43 PM] Joe Cheray says: (dance)(ninja)
[12:51:55 PM] Larissa Glück says: Who had asked you?
[12:52:03 PM] Ginger Marks says: Also! One of my covers was featured on an NBC News interview!
[12:52:14 PM] Joe Cheray says: wow you go girl
[12:52:20 PM] Ginger Marks says: I'll be sharing the link to the video of it today during my presentation!
[12:52:21 PM] Ginger Marks says: :D
[12:52:34 PM] Ginger Marks says: Things are busting loose all over
[12:52:36 PM] Larissa Glück says: great.
[12:52:41 PM] Joe Cheray says: (y)(y)'s up way up
[12:53:01 PM] Ginger Marks says: Joe, tell us about the link you shared.
[12:53:38 PM] Joe Cheray says: Go Ginger Go Ginger it your birthday Go GInger :D
[12:53:58 PM] Ginger Marks says: LOLOL - It's my NON-Birthday!
[12:54:01 PM] Ginger Marks says: ;)
[12:54:03 PM] Joe Cheray says: he he he
[12:54:10 PM] Joe Cheray says: I am silly
[12:54:55 PM] Larissa Glück says: It is a great opportunity.
[12:55:47 PM] Larissa Glück says: It is a prechristmaspresent.
[12:56:07 PM] Ginger Marks says: coolio
[12:56:13 PM] Joe Cheray says: ok so anyway through my time going through the Blog Mastermind Program I met Karen aka Karooch out of Australia who runs a scrap booking blog and I began to follow her blog
[12:57:19 PM] Joe Cheray says: as time went on I began to think that we had similar ideas albiet different niches in the respect she is all things scrap booking and I am well for the most part all things design related
[12:57:48 PM] Joe Cheray says: so I approached her about doing a monthly texture post
[12:57:57 PM] Xarah says: Kelly will be on soon
[12:58:19 PM] Xarah says: Ginger, I think i can be there after all, since it's only Wednesday, no choir practise :)
[12:58:20 PM] Larissa Glück says: Who is kelly?
[1:00:14 PM] Joe Cheray says: I then began shortly after I approached her and now I am doing a weekly slot titled Texture Tuesday with Wildheart over at Scraps of Mind
[1:00:44 PM] Ginger Marks says: Whoohoo!
[1:00:46 PM] Larissa Glück says: Wow, great
[1:01:01 PM] Ginger Marks says: Yes, design rules apply in all mediums
[1:01:12 PM] Ginger Marks says: why not mix scrapbooking with web design?
[1:01:23 PM] Larissa Glück says: What is scrapbook?
[1:01:32 PM] Joe Cheray says: now I wont lie and say it has been easy trying to come up with material for it every week there are times when I really have to wrack my brain for something
[1:01:55 PM] Larissa Glück says: :D
[1:02:13 PM] Joe Cheray says: but thankfully there is enough information out there that finding inspiration isnt hard
[1:02:48 PM] Ginger Marks says: Larissa knows about finding inspiration!
[1:02:50 PM] Joe Cheray says: Larrisa scrap booking is like dressing up a photo album
[1:02:58 PM] Ginger Marks says: She's busily designing her own logo
[1:03:24 PM] Larissa Glück says: Yes, Ginger you are right.
[1:03:41 PM] Larissa Glück says: thanks joe
[1:03:58 PM] Joe Cheray says: except you create unique pages for special memories you want to capture
[1:04:12 PM] Larissa Glück says: Inspirations are on each corner.
[1:04:57 PM] Ginger Marks says: So, speaking about inspiration... where DO you look?
[1:05:06 PM] Joe Cheray says: there are people here in the states that have founded profitable businesses off of scrap booking
[1:05:33 PM] Larissa Glück says: Do you have a link, so that I can look at it?
[1:05:51 PM] Joe Cheray says: http://scrapsofmind.com
[1:06:00 PM] Larissa Glück says: I am always open, so the inspiration comes to me.
[1:06:02 PM] Ginger Marks says: Larissa came in late so can't scroll to earlier link, joe
[1:06:04 PM] Larissa Glück says: thanks.
[1:06:26 PM] Joe Cheray says: you can trust Karen she really knows her stuff
[1:06:52 PM] Larissa Glück says: ok, thanks.
[1:07:07 PM] Ginger Marks says: http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2008/09/16/texture-tuesday-5/
[1:07:22 PM] Larissa Glück says: I know how I come out of a stuck situation without any ideas.
[1:07:33 PM] Ginger Marks says: How?
[1:08:58 PM] Larissa Glück says: Mostly moving outside. Moving gets the brain into action and it helps to get rid of negativ feelings.
[1:09:25 PM] Larissa Glück says: Sometimes drawing or painting is good.
[1:09:35 PM] Larissa Glück says: Or playing music.#
[1:09:59 PM] Joe Cheray says: yes I have to do that the moving thing it is when I am in motion that ideas seem to come more readily
[1:10:16 PM] Larissa Glück says: All things I am doing with my whole body.
[1:11:27 PM] Ginger Marks says: Yes, fresh air is a must!
[1:11:59 PM] Ginger Marks says: Sometimes your batteries just run down and a bite to eat is a good thing.
[1:12:39 PM] Larissa Glück says: yes, the wrong nutrition leads to run out earlier.
[1:12:52 PM] Ginger Marks says: absolutely!
[1:13:07 PM] Ginger Marks says: an apple, or some nuts even Kashi
[1:13:31 PM] Larissa Glück says: If you eat the right food you have more energy in general.
[1:13:33 PM] Ginger Marks says: but oh... let me not forget the number 1 brain food!
[1:13:35 PM] Ginger Marks says: ....
[1:13:37 PM] Ginger Marks says: ....
[1:13:38 PM] Ginger Marks says: ....
[1:13:42 PM] Ginger Marks says: CHOCOLATE! :D
[1:14:12 PM] Joe Cheray says: chocolate lol
[1:14:16 PM] Larissa Glück says: Well, sweet chocolat let you run out earlier.
[1:14:43 PM] Larissa Glück says: nuts are brainfood.
[1:14:53 PM] Ginger Marks says: I have been sharing my WWOOF Switzerland adventure on my blog
[1:15:06 PM] Ginger Marks says: I have a story to tell about Swiss Peanut butter
[1:15:20 PM] Larissa Glück says: Yes, is there a new post?
[1:15:23 PM] Ginger Marks says: however, that doesn't come until a bit down the road
[1:15:26 PM] Larissa Glück says: tell
[1:15:30 PM] Ginger Marks says: I am posting almost every day.
[1:15:59 PM] Ginger Marks says: I will Larissa, I may have already told you when we met in person, I don't remember.
[1:16:11 PM] Ginger Marks says: But I am saving it for a blog post, so stay tuned.
[1:16:26 PM] Ginger Marks says: http://gmarks.wordpress.com/
[1:17:52 PM] Ginger Marks says: Back to inspirational sources...
[1:18:16 PM] Ginger Marks says: Most of us market our businesses with article writing...right?
[1:18:37 PM] Ginger Marks says: where can a person go for inspiration when the blank paper is staring you in the face?
[1:19:26 PM] Joe Cheray says: I would say for me get out and go to places like book stores , coffee shops, the library
[1:19:41 PM] Larissa Glück says: www.helpareporter.com
[1:19:50 PM] Joe Cheray says: when I get really hung up I go to Barnes and Noble
[1:19:51 PM] Ginger Marks says: library?
[1:20:00 PM] Joe Cheray says: yes your local library
[1:20:06 PM] Ginger Marks says: I didn't think people went to them anymore. LOL
[1:20:10 PM] Larissa Glück says: there you can join a list and get 3 mails per day with reporterquerries.
[1:20:18 PM] Joe Cheray says: oh goodness ours is busy
[1:20:22 PM] Ginger Marks says: :D
[1:20:22 PM] Joe Cheray says: all the time
[1:20:46 PM] Ginger Marks says: Larissa, and that gives you inspiration to write articles?
[1:20:48 PM] Larissa Glück says: No local libery close to me.
[1:20:58 PM] Larissa Glück says: Yes.
[1:21:07 PM] Ginger Marks says: How so?
[1:21:15 PM] Larissa Glück says: I mostly find querries which fits.
[1:21:44 PM] Ginger Marks says: Joe, how do you use the library for inspiration?
[1:22:11 PM] Larissa Glück says: And I see the current topics and than think I want to know more, surf and find something.#
[1:22:20 PM] Joe Cheray says: I go to the art gallery there
[1:22:38 PM] Joe Cheray says: and see what is new and what artists are doing
[1:22:48 PM] Larissa Glück says: Or newsletters, the querries of customers or people I meet....
[1:22:53 PM] Ginger Marks says: so look in your medium for books on the subject?
[1:23:58 PM] Larissa Glück says: Reading books or joining events aside my business helps too.
[1:24:12 PM] Larissa Glück says: Yes.
[1:24:17 PM] Ginger Marks says: Another question... Should you, as a business owner, Twitter? Is it worth it? and if so How so?
[1:24:20 PM] Joe Cheray says: yes and I also get out now and look for textures out in the world and committ some that strike out at me to memory
[1:24:56 PM] Joe Cheray says: then come home and see how close I can replicate them digitally
[1:25:12 PM] Larissa Glück says: Sometimes I just go to a big bookstore, stroling the shelvs and look for interesting covers. then I am looking for a chair and read.
[1:25:24 PM] Ginger Marks says: do you ever use a camera to capture something you want to reproduce?
[1:25:37 PM] Larissa Glück says: Yes.
[1:25:53 PM] Joe Cheray says: oh I had a nice camera just for that but one of my cats had other ideas
[1:26:11 PM] Ginger Marks says: ooops! I remember reading about your camera string episode. :(
[1:26:17 PM] Joe Cheray says: lol
[1:26:36 PM] Larissa Glück says: (rofl), you should take photos of your cat than she will appreciate it.
[1:26:52 PM] Joe Cheray says: lol ya onery stinker
[1:26:59 PM] Ginger Marks says: lol
[1:27:20 PM] Ginger Marks says: Another question... Should you, as a business owner, Twitter? Is it worth it? and if so How so?
[1:27:58 PM] Joe Cheray says: I actually have had better luck with Entrecard as a way to promote myself then twitter
[1:28:02 PM] Larissa Glück says: I am finding out now.
[1:28:23 PM] Larissa Glück says: What is entrecard Joe?
[1:28:29 PM] Ginger Marks says: What did you discover about Twitter that made you switch?
[1:28:55 PM] Joe Cheray says: entrecard.com
[1:29:01 PM] Larissa Glück says: Switch from what to twitter?
[1:29:22 PM] Ginger Marks says: no, Larissa, from Twitter to Entrecard.
[1:29:29 PM] Joe Cheray says: I havent switched per se I still use both but with entrecard I can use credits for advertising rather than cash
[1:30:04 PM] Ginger Marks says: ahh, so there is a compensation that was your button?
[1:30:26 PM] Ginger Marks says: How can Twitter/Entrecard enhance your business?
[1:30:33 PM] Joe Cheray says: it is like adowrds but without the actual cash investment
[1:31:28 PM] Larissa Glück says: We have to switch to the NBC soon.
[1:31:40 PM] Ginger Marks says: NBC?
[1:31:52 PM] Larissa Glück says: Non birthday challenge
[1:32:32 PM] Ginger Marks says: oh, yes. Our time is up. Let's continue this Twitter chat on Oct 1
[1:32:41 PM] Joe Cheray says: okeed dokee
[1:32:42 PM] Ginger Marks says: The time really flew!
[1:32:45 PM] Ginger Marks says: Thank you all for coming
[1:32:57 PM] Ginger Marks says: See you on the boards.
[1:33:18 PM] Larissa Glück says: Always the end is there when we are in the middle of a discussion.
[1:33:25 PM] Ginger Marks says: ;)
[1:33:45 PM] Ginger Marks says: Have a WINning week!