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Questers

I belong to Questers and yesterday we went to Jan’s house. Here is a video of the garden and her home. Simply amazing. By the way, Questers are collectors of antiques, collectibles and history. Thanks for visiting Debworks! Got a minute? Know anyone who is looking to workshift? I’m interviewing! Visit http://www.debrareneebrown.com

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Hawaii and Facebook

Okay, so I went to Hawaii for three months to work – a couple of years ago. Loved it, took lots of pictures, figured I could live there. I posted my pics on my personal facebook account and wrote about how I miss it. And that it’s a good thing I work from home because…

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TownsEnd Winery

Townsend Winery is now open for business. Vern and Judy Harper have put over ten years into building their winery and harvesting the grapes. They are located at 2138 160th St in Hansell Iowa. www.townsendwinery.com 641-456-2836 townsendwinery@wbfrec.com You are invited to join them for a wine tasting at your convenience on Friday evening, Saturday or…

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Developing Relationships – Good Marketing

Image by Geir Halvorsen via Flickr I work closely with my local chamber of commerce and local newspapers. I joined the Chamber and attend as many activities as I can. I also interviewed the editor of Hampton’s paper and posted it here. I made friends with Rick at the Iowa Falls paper and he now…

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Social Media: A Way To Use The Internet To Market Your Business

Session One: Free Introductory Class September 15 5:30 to 6:30 pm with questions after It’s virtually impossible to ignore. Everywhere you look, people are talking about Social Networking and Social Media. Facebook, twitter, YouTube, Linked In – just for starters. Facebook has 200 million members.You Tube visitors are viewing 13 billion videos a month.Linked In…

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Are You An Evangelist?

This past week my computer was in the hospital. She’s feeling better now. I’m finally recovering too. It’s hard to be without my lifeline! This week I did a presentation for the Historical Society’s annual meeting. It was pretty cool – we showed a video of a man acting as Leander Reeve, the man who…

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Preserving Our Past, Creating Our Future

I am giving a presentation to the town on the Old Stone House. We advertised it as a multi media event. The Franklin County Historical Society has it’s annual meeting and always has a program and its open to the public. This year we are doing some new things and change can be a scary…

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Why not just use bleach?

Image via Wikipedia Author: Kevin Hensey Chlorine bleach has been used as a general germicide for many years. In fact, some state health departments still recommend it as a sanitizer and disinfectant. Chlorine bleach is also much cheaper per gallon than hospital-grade disinfectant cleaners. With all this going for it, why doesn’t everyone use it?…

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Why oh why can’t I?

Image by Tony the Misfit via Flickr I’m a network marketer. One of the first things you learn in any network marketing business is that you have to have a why. Why are you doing this? Why do you want to earn an income this way? Most of us have written out our why and…

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Us or Them

You’re either one of us or one of them. Here’s a true story that happened to me. Erin, Bill and I went to breakfast at IHOP in Orlando. The restaurant was attached to the hotel we were staying in. We love IHOP in Chicago. They pride themselves on quick, efficient service and brilliant waitstaff. I…

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