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Buffista Business Talk: I wanted simple, I wanted in-and-out, I wanted easy money.

A virtual watercooler where Buffistas in business can talk, share, exchange, bemoan, exult and assorted other power verbs associated with all areas of running/starting up a business. For existing or potential Buffista business owners of all types. Spamming is NOT ON. A list of our Buffista owned businesses is on our links page.


Strix - Jun 21, 2011 6:03:42 am PDT #96 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

The affiliate links -- that's a good idea, even if I make no money off of it.

I plan on using my blog to occasionally review books I like, and it'll be nice to have a link so peeps can purchase if they are interested.


Atropa - Jun 21, 2011 10:10:59 am PDT #97 of 1416
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I'm going to be starting a vampire / horror genre recommendations section of GCS, because I get a LOT of mail asking me for recs for "good" vampire books. Having the affiliate links couldn't hurt.


Toddson - Jun 21, 2011 10:14:26 am PDT #98 of 1416
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

You might also have a "so bad they're good" list.


Vortex - Jun 21, 2011 11:07:08 am PDT #99 of 1416
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Oh, that would be great!


Ginger - Jun 21, 2011 11:24:27 am PDT #100 of 1416
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Also a "so bad you should only touch them with tongs" list.


Volans - Jun 21, 2011 4:48:13 pm PDT #101 of 1416
move out and draw fire

Also a "so bad you should only touch them with tongs" list.

Or "so bad you should only touch them with a wooden stake"


Pix - Jun 22, 2011 4:41:55 pm PDT #102 of 1416
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

So bad you should STAB them with a wooden stake!


Typo Boy - Jun 22, 2011 9:15:17 pm PDT #103 of 1416
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

So bad you should make them into furniture. (I always kind of wince when someone does that with good or ok books. Furniture made from books is kinda of cool looking, but I'm only OK with it if it is made from really bad books.)


Strix - Jun 23, 2011 9:02:22 am PDT #104 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Dear god, promoting myself is making my brain hurt.

It's good; I'm getting a lot of help, but I feel like someone beat me upside the head all morning!

I'm also trying to conquer the asking for people to say nice shit about me squick, and the telling the world how awesome I am squick.

Whew. I need a shower and food. And to get up off my ass for the first time since 8 am. This is like running a marathon, and I still need to write about 10 pages today. Good thing I have tea.


NoiseDesign - Jun 23, 2011 9:06:29 am PDT #105 of 1416
Our wings are not tired

Doing the promotion and the networking can be very exhausting. One thing I've found is that the passive promotion isn't as strong in getting new clients as the active networking. Talking directly to people, getting a card into their hands, or having a current client recommend in person is golden. Always make sure your happy clients have a handful of your business cards so that they can hand one to a new interested party when they are busy talking about the great job you've done.