Topic: Open Forum
[12:30:35 PM] Ginger Marks: Welcome back to WINning Sisters Networking 101
[12:31:47 PM] Sue Dent: Hello, everyone
[12:32:50 PM] Ginger Marks: Welcome Sue! Glad you made it today.
[12:33:19 PM] Ginger Marks: Xarah should be here. She showed up 2 hours early. ;)
[12:34:12 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: I'm here now :)
[12:34:28 PM] Ginger Marks: Patryisha!
[12:34:31 PM] Ginger Marks: Welcome!
[12:34:33 PM] Sue Dent: Hi Patrysha
[12:34:45 PM] Ginger Marks: So what is on your minds today?
[12:34:54 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: (wave)
[12:35:08 PM] Sue Dent: I just applied for a college course to become a life coach
[12:35:24 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: my sore legs...lol..that's what is on my mind today...
[12:35:55 PM] Ginger Marks: lolol
[12:35:58 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: i'm a bit sore too, done Wii for the first time yesterday
[12:36:03 PM] Ginger Marks: Congrats Sue!
[12:36:19 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: and i'm not gonna tell you gals what's on my mind (blush)
[12:36:29 PM] Ginger Marks: lololol, Xarah!
[12:36:31 PM] Sue Dent: I'm sore too - trimmed a large hedge and chopped a load of logs!
[12:36:39 PM] Sue Dent: Xarah!!
[12:36:49 PM] Ginger Marks: I'm not sore. :D
[12:36:49 PM] Sue Dent: I know what's on your mind - I think!
[12:36:58 PM] Ginger Marks: Hunkered down trying to stay warm
[12:37:12 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: I have had to walk way more than I have been used to plus doing more housework than ever - my body is saying "help me"....
[12:37:47 PM] Ginger Marks: ya, Spring cleaning is just around the corner.
[12:37:49 PM] Sue Dent: me too Ginger
[12:38:18 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: I am lucky enough to live in a town where I can walk to the essentials, but ugh! I need more clients, more presentations, more business!! So I can buy a new car...
[12:38:23 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: life coach, hu? cool ... what does a life coach do?
[12:38:27 PM] Sue Dent: I'll bet Xarah's basking in the warmth of AZ
[12:38:35 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: oops
[12:38:56 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: the heater is coming on and off and on and off
[12:39:04 PM] Ginger Marks: lol
[12:39:31 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: it's not warm here yet, no sun so far
[12:39:32 PM] Ginger Marks: our heating bill doubled this month!
[12:39:58 PM] Ginger Marks: Do we have any writers in our group?
[12:40:06 PM] Ginger Marks: WBO is asking for articles
[12:40:13 PM] Ginger Marks: Women Biz Owners
[12:40:22 PM] Ginger Marks: www.womenbizowners.org
[12:40:28 PM] Sue Dent: not me, but I'm good at editing
[12:40:41 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Yes I write :)
[12:41:12 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: i'm writing right now
[12:41:21 PM] Ginger Marks: We need articles each month through June and then July we are going quarterly with sectional topics
[12:41:26 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: mostly in chats
[12:41:48 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: :D
[12:42:01 PM] Ginger Marks: Style, Relationships, Biz, Health & Lifestyle, Food, Entertainment, Travel, etc.
[12:42:07 PM] Ginger Marks: lots of cool topics
[12:42:21 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Are the targets primarily online business owners?
[12:42:32 PM] Ginger Marks: yes- women
[12:42:40 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Oh that sounds like women's general interest articles..
[12:43:07 PM] Ginger Marks: March - Soar to New Heights in Your Business
April - Personal Growth Issue
May - Plant New Seeds for Business Growth
June - Home and Family Issue
[12:43:56 PM] Ginger Marks: Those are the main topics, but you can write on anything. We don't want to have all the articles in these issues be the same, just reworded. If you know what I mean.
[12:44:03 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: i'd rather read about those topics and write
[12:44:12 PM] Ginger Marks: lol
[12:45:33 PM] Ginger Marks: Patrysha, if you want to write for WBO I'll be happy to help you get your first article submitted.
[12:46:51 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: I am trying to figure out in my mind whether I can put out another unique article each month for exposure.
[12:47:25 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: I am at 9 articles a month so far over 3 sites...
[12:47:55 PM] Ginger Marks: ya, only until the July issue. In the mean time we are looking to build the reserve for the quarterly that will come out, hopefully, in July.
[12:48:10 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: the ever elusive search for balance :)
[12:48:19 PM] Ginger Marks: I hear ya!
[12:48:21 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: this kezboard has all mixed up letters
[12:48:40 PM] Ginger Marks: ???
[12:49:06 PM] Sue Dent: I think Xarah's having challenges getting used to a USA keyboard
[12:49:20 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: the y and z are not where they are supposed to be, same with !?_"
[12:49:21 PM] Ginger Marks: shouldn't be any different.
[12:49:31 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: it's way different
[12:49:37 PM] Ginger Marks: very strange
[12:49:49 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: you guys need the y more so it
[12:49:52 PM] Ginger Marks: our keyboards don't have the umlouts
[12:50:00 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: it's in the middle, we need the z more
[12:50:15 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: right, they are missing too
[12:50:30 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: brb
[12:51:19 PM] Ginger Marks: so how is the buddy system working? Are those participating staying on track
[12:52:58 PM] Ginger Marks: Is there anyone else, other than my WBO group that needs something we might help with? Inforwise?
[12:53:19 PM] Ginger Marks: If not I would like to chat about gift certificates.
[12:53:56 PM] Ginger Marks: Is that a no?
[12:54:45 PM] Ginger Marks: brb
[12:55:15 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: sure gc's are a great topic
[12:57:36 PM] Ginger Marks: do you use them?
[12:58:09 PM] Joe Cheray: howdie howdy
[12:58:13 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: I have in the past...
[12:58:21 PM] Ginger Marks: Hi there Joe!
[12:58:51 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Hi Joe!
[12:59:04 PM] Sue Dent: Hi Joe
[12:59:06 PM] Joe Cheray: hows folks today
[12:59:15 PM] Ginger Marks: do u use digital or print ones?
[12:59:18 PM] Joe Cheray: Happy Hump Day
[12:59:43 PM] Ginger Marks: Thanks Joe
[1:00:38 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: both :) Depends on whether the customer is local (they would get paper) or online...if I get a CCC program going locally then I will switch to plastic :)
[1:01:45 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: i dont use gc, i just give a sample of chocolate LOL
[1:02:00 PM] Ginger Marks: how do you track which company gives out more of your certificates when they are downloaded digitally?
[1:02:43 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Oh I think I got confused between coupons and gift certificates there...
[1:03:12 PM] Ginger Marks: Say you want to sell a gift certificate good only at one company but you only want to give the customer only one pay now button
[1:03:16 PM] Joe Cheray: since your talking about analytics here is an article I read today http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/25894.asp##
[1:03:28 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Gift Certificates are paid for in advance (unless I am giving them as a prize donation), coupons are different...
[1:03:28 PM] Joe Cheray: has some good information
[1:03:51 PM] Ginger Marks: we're talking about analyitics?
[1:04:20 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Huh? I thought we were talking about gift certificates for our own business...
[1:04:30 PM] Ginger Marks: me three. LOL
[1:04:55 PM] Ginger Marks: maybe Joe is multitasking and typed in the wrong window. LOL
[1:05:21 PM] Joe Cheray: oh sorry I misread that
[1:05:28 PM] Joe Cheray: but still
[1:05:35 PM] Joe Cheray: it is very informative
[1:05:37 PM] Ginger Marks: lol, that's ok, I am sure it's still good info!
[1:06:06 PM] Ginger Marks: hee hee, great minds, Joe
[1:06:19 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: in my business i don't see how to use gift certs
[1:06:22 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Ginger, I'm confused by your question about the GC's and the pay now button...
[1:07:13 PM] Ginger Marks: OK, you want to sell gift certificates on the web. You are charging one price but want folks to be able to use them a different locations.
[1:07:25 PM] Ginger Marks: See, you are partnering with these other locations.
[1:07:46 PM] Ginger Marks: I am big on JVs
[1:07:52 PM] Ginger Marks: Joint Ventures
[1:07:54 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: okay...I can totally see doing that with the CCC program :)
[1:08:05 PM] Ginger Marks: what's CCC?
[1:08:08 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Me too on the JV's
[1:08:17 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Community Connected Commerce :)
[1:08:25 PM] Ginger Marks: What's that?
[1:09:08 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: The joint marketing program I invented/created...
[1:09:20 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: My big dream :D
[1:09:50 PM] Ginger Marks: Good dream
[1:10:30 PM] Ginger Marks: I guess I need to wrap my mind around it tighter to know what I need first.
[1:10:38 PM] Ginger Marks: Then I can try to figure out how to do it.
[1:10:54 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: i thought you give GC's away?
[1:10:56 PM] Ginger Marks: I just know digital gift certificates are getting big. So too with digital coupons
[1:11:30 PM] Ginger Marks: No, Xarah, like a restaurant wants to sell gift certificates to you at Christmas to give as gifts.
[1:11:42 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Not the way I think about Gift Certificates Xarah...to me gift certificates are bought by people to give as gifts
[1:11:52 PM] Ginger Marks: lol
[1:12:03 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: ah, i see *litebulb*
[1:12:03 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Great minds and all...
[1:12:05 PM] Ginger Marks: coupons you give away
[1:12:57 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: well, great concept, again not working for anything i do
[1:12:59 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: It really wouldn't be too hard to set up a joint gift certificate program...
[1:13:13 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: there must be online tips or even ebooks about that Ginger ;)
[1:13:33 PM] Ginger Marks: not if you are doing it with one company, but how do you track with multiple and a single pay button?
[1:13:38 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: You don't think some of your current customers would like to buy a gift certificate for chocolate for their friends and family?
[1:14:00 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Well the way I would do it is to have the consumer pay and then the payments go out when they are redeemed...
[1:14:14 PM] Ginger Marks: you can't send them to a download page and let them have the link to all the certificates? You would have to limit their ability by the amount they paid, somehow.
[1:14:48 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: so the money goes into a centralized system area until the GC's are redeemed then the business would submit them and the centralized system would pay out in the amount redeemed
[1:15:02 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: if i lived here and could retail, maybe, but then, why don't just buy the chocolate and give it their families?
[1:15:38 PM] Ginger Marks: Don't you have multiple chocolate products for them to choose from?
[1:16:04 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: yes, we do
[1:16:12 PM] Ginger Marks: There you have it.
[1:16:42 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: hm
[1:17:07 PM] Ginger Marks: The family purchasing the certificate give an amount of money to you, then the recipient picks what they want.
[1:17:16 PM | Edited 1:18:24 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: well, as i don't live here and cannot retail, but it's an itneresting idea i can pass on to my growing team
[1:17:44 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: i have another question, totally unrelated and non/business if i may ask it if not it's ok too
[1:17:58 PM] Ginger Marks: you need to remove the word "soon" and just say "my growing team" lol
[1:18:19 PM] Ginger Marks: that's what the sisters are for. Ask away.
[1:18:31 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: hehehe
[1:19:34 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: ok, if you are the host of a foreigner person, do you make sure they are set up with the sleeping arrangement, towels, dinner and all? or do you consider them as family members and everybody does what they want to do?
[1:20:07 PM] Sue Dent: depends on the relationship with that person
[1:20:49 PM] Ginger Marks: That needs to be understood before you go.
[1:20:52 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Yeah totally dependent on the relationship and circumstances
[1:20:57 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: friends, seen each other before
[1:21:10 PM] Ginger Marks: Like with the WWOOF program we know before we go we get room & board.
[1:21:22 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: oh, no, that's not the problem
[1:21:23 PM] Sue Dent: in that case, I would treat them as one of the family and tell them mi casa su casa. Treat it as home
[1:21:44 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: a minute before my host turned in she mentioned i could either crash on the sofa or sleep in her bed
[1:22:06 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: another friend was left totally alone with all the meals and all and then suddenly thrown out
[1:22:29 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: i had to find my own towel and had to shower with cold water because i could not figure out the warm water
[1:22:49 PM] Sue Dent: sounds like your friend could use a lesson in how to welcome a guest!
[1:22:56 PM] Ginger Marks: Yes, you should be given towels.
[1:23:10 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: yesterday, my friend asked her daughter to cook, i set the table, then she asked her for a plate because she was stuck at the computer and i waited for the daughter to let me know dinner was ready and the rest of us would sit down to eat
[1:23:21 PM] Sue Dent: I would always give towels, show where everything is, how to work the shower etc
[1:23:47 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Oh see I do a run through of the house with all guests (or I would if I had any) show them where things are...even if things are going to be loosey goosey
[1:24:01 PM] Sue Dent: me too, PK
[1:24:03 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: well, my stay here is not as bad has the one a friend of mine had last week but i wondered if this is the american way
[1:24:12 PM] Ginger Marks: Yes, I even show them where to find glasses to drink from
[1:24:30 PM] Sue Dent: sounds like it's your friend's way!
[1:24:46 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: ah, ok, sounds like it
[1:24:51 PM] Ginger Marks: Definitely not the norm!
[1:24:59 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: i just went and made myself a plate
[1:25:07 PM] Sue Dent: you know already, if you come stay with me, it's in with me or on the sofa! LOL
[1:25:23 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: i stayed here before but it's like 20 years ago
[1:25:23 PM] Ginger Marks: Me too! I don't have a room.
[1:25:39 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: i have a choice? woohoo
[1:25:40 PM] Ginger Marks: but you would know that before you got here!
[1:25:51 PM] Sue Dent: absolutely
[1:25:52 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: she had a sleeping couch before
[1:26:07 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: i don't mind really, maybe it was better i had no time to go into panic mode
[1:26:15 PM] Ginger Marks: I used to have one of those! They can come in handy!
[1:26:28 PM] Sue Dent: maybe it's best you don't think about it too much and just go with the flow
[1:26:39 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: ok, thanks for the feedback, i guess i have to stop expecting things like i would do
[1:26:48 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: right
[1:26:49 PM] Sue Dent: there you have it!
[1:26:52 PM] Ginger Marks: everyone is different
[1:27:08 PM] Ginger Marks: but know that, THAT treatment is NOT the norm
[1:27:22 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: ok (whew)
[1:27:30 PM] Ginger Marks: ;)
[1:27:35 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: well, she took a day off so that was great
[1:27:51 PM] Ginger Marks: That's nice
[1:27:53 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: and when she gets home she has a tutor job, not much time for anything
[1:28:04 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: and tonight we are going to some concert
[1:28:17 PM] Ginger Marks: Well, we are close to our hour now. Would you like to do a bust-a-link?
[1:28:29 PM] Sue Dent: gives you plenty of time to go out and explore, talk to people, hand out your cards etc
[1:29:00 PM] Sue Dent: wow, that hour went quickly!
[1:29:00 PM] Ginger Marks: Sounds like fun Xarah!
[1:29:06 PM] Ginger Marks: Who are are going to see?
[1:29:06 PM] Sue Dent: no wonder my belly's growling at me!
[1:29:16 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: so is mine
[1:29:17 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: growling
[1:29:18 PM] Ginger Marks: Ya, it does go quickly when you are having fun!
[1:29:25 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: http://pkmarketingsolutions.com
[1:29:27 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: i am going to see health food stores and health clubs
[1:29:34 PM] Ginger Marks: http://www.DocUmeantDesigns.com
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http://www.theAuthorsADVANTAGE.com
http://www.NibrocMarketingSolutions.com
http://www.WINningSisters.org
[1:29:36 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: www.XarahsBlog.com
[1:29:51 PM] Ginger Marks: Thanks for coming and sharing! What a great conversation!
[1:30:05 PM] Sue Dent: have a great week everybody
[1:30:06 PM] Ginger Marks: Take care all! And have yourself a WINning Week!
[1:31:03 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: have a great week, cu hopefully next week
[1:31:41 PM] Patrysha Korchinski: Have an awesome week. Not sure if I will be able to make it next week as I have my electrolysis and waxing appt that day...
[1:42:27 PM] Sue Dent: me neither as I could be on a decorating job
[1:44:45 PM] Xarah Chocolat-erian: and i don' know if i'll have internet access