Ha, Jesse!
And Liese, who knows? That approach could just well work wonders!
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Strix - Jul 16, 2011 10:32:38 pm PDT #193 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Jesse - Jul 18, 2011 7:54:22 am PDT #194 of 1416
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've found that shaking children generally results in, at best, loose change, which doesn't go very far toward paying the bills. Just my professional opinion....
Connie Neil - Jul 18, 2011 7:59:48 am PDT #195 of 1416
brillig
I've found that shaking children generally results in, at best, loose change
Because barf pays no one's bills.
Liese S. - Jul 18, 2011 8:16:33 am PDT #196 of 1416
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Just my professional opinion....
Okay, fine. Instead we told a goofy story and a moving one. And lots of the money from previous fundraising efforts has started to come in, so I'm no longer feeling so wroth.
I don't know how an introvert ended up in a career where the only break from talking to students is when you start talking to adults about the students. Isn't there some nice quiet paperwork somewhere that needs doing? Oh, right, that's me too!
Strix - Jul 19, 2011 7:27:24 am PDT #197 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Guys, I sent out my first invoice! And I have a business banking account, and a biz debit card, and a merchant PayPal with an invoicing system set up!
WOO HOO!
I'm drafting contacts right now; posted a Press about it, if anyone has advice on THAT sticky wicket. I wanna cover my ass as much as possible in regards to legal issues and money.
Liese S. - Jul 19, 2011 8:26:38 am PDT #198 of 1416
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I don't know how to say this without coming off like a jerk, so I'm just going to say it and please know, Erin, I don't intend to be brusque. Of course the Buffista lawyers on here are free to offer whatever services they wish, but doing stuff like that is, in fact, stuff that people get paid for. You might offer to pay even a small stipend for their work. Otherwise it's like people asking you for free editing, and people asking techs for free computer services. You know? Of course people are friends, and may be perfectly happy to give you their opinion, but they are also professionals with value to their labor.
Strix - Jul 19, 2011 8:42:49 am PDT #199 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, no, no, Liese, I didn't mean it that way at all!
If anyone was inclined to, they could; I am, in fact, offering a discounted service to someone who's looking at it, but the more eyes, the better.
But you are right, I have been asking an AWFUL lot of questions lately, and people have been absolutely wonderful, and I shouldn't take advantage.
I am SO SORRY if anyone else feels this way, and I am so grateful for any and all help that any Buffistas, including you, have offered me.
I will go and edit it to make it clear that I would be happy to do a quid-pro-quo.
Thanks for speaking up, Liese!
Liese S. - Jul 19, 2011 9:09:48 am PDT #200 of 1416
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Good, Erin, I didn't think so! I know I'm only hyperaware of it because of the vast dollars worth of services that have been donated to me. I once pressured my graphic designer into invoicing me so I could receipt her as gifts in kind, and I was shocked to discover the total I'd run up (and she did it conservatively). So since then I've been much better about at least being aware of what I'm being given, even if the people in question are still happy to give it.
So good! Yay for collaboration!
beekaytee - Jul 21, 2011 7:12:22 am PDT #201 of 1416
Compassionately intolerant
Here is my latest quick blog post that features one of the most important question s we can ask ourselves to 'keep cool.' (see what I did there?)
Plus, it includes a summer deal.
Here is the same post in blast email form.
This is my question. How can I make these emails more attractive?
My list isn't huge...a bit more than 300. And, lately, my open rates have been down.
I've read what seems like reams of advice on this sort of thing, but I'm just not feeling successful.
I'm beating my head against that marketing wall until I bleed. What should I be doing differently?!
Strix - Jul 21, 2011 11:30:46 am PDT #202 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Bonny, I am working on this same thing.
Are you on Twitter? Have you offered a giveaway or a promo coupon?
I'm using MailChimp for my email/newsletter subscribe list, and (since I've been using it, you know, 6 DAYS) there's a lot of stuff I'm still working out.
But they have lots of templates. And I've seen some nice, nice stuff sent out on it; plus, it's free until you get like, 5000 followers and send out over 150 (or some other ridic #) "campaigns" a month.
LinkedIn groups? Is there a coaching/counseling equivalent of Publisher's Marketplace?
Do you comment on other people's blogs?
Understand, this is just stuff I have picked up in my, um, weeks of experience. But these seem to be the things that are hit over and over, unless you get into analytics and SEO and Adsense, and all that other stuff I'm totally still educating myself on slowly, and know jack about.
ETA: Oh, and I think your blast e-mail looks quite nice, actually.