Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.

Jayne ,'The Message'


Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


WindSparrow - Dec 16, 2013 6:41:56 am PST #7245 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Ouchies, Nora! Heal quickly!

IOworkN, I just got voluntold (thanks whoever came up with that word, sorry I cannot remember which spicy brain it came from) to accompany one of the individuals to Hooters for his birthday. For weeks he had been saying he wanted to go to a strip club, but his dad suggested Hooters for dinner instead. Good thinking, dad, cuz a strip club would be even more more awkward for the women who work the PM shift to pull off. Somebody else has a funeral to go to this week, can't I do that instead?


beekaytee - Dec 16, 2013 6:46:19 am PST #7246 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant

Andi, do you mean, "The web show about the things you still need to talk about"?

I have a confession. This marketing language is the thing that stops me every time I have an idea for how to move forward. Honestly, it is the thing that has blocked my success for the last 13 years.

It makes me want to curl up in a ball.

I've never gotten it right.

I have so much to do...I'm teetering on the ragged edge of disaster right now, on several levels...and THIS is what keeps me from...well, everything.

I'd love to put a cheerful face on it...but just don't have one.


WindSparrow - Dec 16, 2013 6:54:30 am PST #7247 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Sorry bonny, I mean the whole "web show where we talk about the things you just don't want to talk about...but still need to."

ETA: The marketing language is something that can be easily enough out-sourced - if not for free here in the B.org hivemind then it is worth investing the money in the fees. Which I know is tough for you, because you operate on a shoestring budget, but perhaps there is a way to crowdfund it, or offer work in trade for the marketing expertise you need.


beekaytee - Dec 16, 2013 7:04:05 am PST #7248 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant

I just reached out to someone from the March who markets for a living. It seems rather brash, considering we haven't seen each other in umpty years, but I'm feeling desperate.

I truly do not have the money to pay right now, which is the incredibly exasperating thing about this whole thing.

Without the resources to reach farther, I can't make enough money to reach farther. "Can't make money without money."

Argh.


beekaytee - Dec 16, 2013 7:22:51 am PST #7249 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant

In the less whiny portion of the program, I figured out how to add 'lower thirds' to my videos...those scrolling text boxes you see at the bottom of a news screen, for instance. And I have a snappy new 'outro' that is clean and cool.

I'm actually pretty proud of my mastery...heh, no really, ::stumbling acquisition::...of the tech stuff.


NoiseDesign - Dec 16, 2013 7:44:12 am PST #7250 of 30002
Our wings are not tired

The web show where we talk about the things in life that are hard to face, and even harder to talk about.

How about, "A Webshow about tackling life's hardest moments."


Ginger - Dec 16, 2013 7:59:53 am PST #7251 of 30002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I'm sitting right next to you on the paralyzed by marketing bench, Bonny.

My current tagline is: A web show where we talk about the things you just don't want to talk about...but should.

The web show where we talk about the things in life that are hard to face, and even harder to talk about.

Neither of these gives me a good idea about how this would benefit me. Do you just talk about those things? Do you tell me how to talk about them? What is the take-away for the audience? ND's suggestion is more on the mark to me.


beekaytee - Dec 16, 2013 8:12:19 am PST #7252 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant

I like it, ND.

Ginger, more often than not, I help people figure out how to talk about things. We change the "Life Script."

I get calls from people, years later, telling me that they faced something successfully because they heard my voice in their heads. The tools are pithy 'thought replacements' that bring a more balances perspective into any given moment.

It isn't JUST about dealing with crisis though...it's about finding the language to make a good relationship better...finding the right livelihood, no matter where you are on the career path...letting go of family burdens...learning the truth about yourself and loving it.

eta: OH. And what sets me apart is that I'm NOT like many therapists or coaches who follow a set program and hope you fit into it, or who let you wander all over the track, hoping you will eventually stumble on the answer.

We TRY stuff that is specific to your situation and come to grips with what is underneath what you say too and about yourself.

I am not for people who don't want to be confronted (in a warm and compassionate way always!) or who can't get past 'yes/but'.

My stuff works fast and deeply. Thus, the more upfront "We Need To Talk."

It's not, 'hey do you think you might want to consider feeling better?' Lots of people need that, but they are not my clients.


Liese S. - Dec 16, 2013 8:16:03 am PST #7253 of 30002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Changing Your Life Script: a webshow that tackles life's tough stuff.


Ginger - Dec 16, 2013 8:26:21 am PST #7254 of 30002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

We Need to Talk: a webshow to help you change your life