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Advice for a Business

Make your website really a blog.  That looks like a website. Update often. Give back. Create affordable, easy websites.  I have always thought the ‘big guys’ are charging way too much.  And doing those static kind of things.  You know, putting up information and expecting people to come see it.  But there’s no reason for…

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Collections

Need someone to come pick up that old washing machine?  How about that TV that weighs a ton? We’ll do it! The Geneva United Methodist Church is having a fund raising Collection Event. Only this time there’s not a collection plate going around – it’s a fella named Tom and his crew in their vehicle. …

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How toMake Your Life a Drama-Free Zone

Every so often  Christine Kane writes something that speaks directly to me.  Thank God she agrees to let me put it on my blog!  I’m on a roller coaster ride in my personal life, and it’s pretty easy to be a drama queen.  Here’s some great advice on how to take the crown off. One…

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State of the Country

The pickers are running.  It’s early this year.  Temperatures at night are in the 50’s and in the 60’s and 70’s during the day.  Saturday we pick grapes.  The geese are still here, for now.  Catepillars are fat and fuzzy – means a cold winter.  Could it be the soybeans will be picked by early…

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140 Character Conference

140 Character Conference Just what is the 140 Character Conference?  Why would I want to go?  How does the day roll out?  How can I be a speaker?  These are all questions I’ve received in the past couple of weeks.  Let’s answer them! What is the 140 Character Conference? The 140 Characters Conference at the…

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Attitude Defines You

Attitude can make or break you.  In work, in play, in life. I knew a man who was negative all the time.  Things were never good enough.  People were always out to get him.  He expected the very worst to happen.  In actuality, he had a sound business idea, good staff and access to the…

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Default Mindset

I’m the daughter of a school teacher.  For 18 years growing up I thought September was really the beginning of the year.  And it was in our house.  That’s when we went back to school. I’ve been thinking ………. what if I went back to my default and considered September the beginning of the year?…

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1:1 Initiative

Last night the Hampton Dumont High School handed out Mac laptops to their students.  Free. Parents came along and spent 2 hours learning new things like safety and care of the computer, what local businesses provide for their children in terms of computer needs and things the kids can and cannot do on the computer. …

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Chicken List

Who’s on your list? You’ve talked to your friends and family.  They support you – some of them.  Some you’ll drip on and keep sending them information. Who have you NOT called? That’s your chicken list. Your old boss, your pastor, that crotchety neighbor, fellow business owners in town, the banker.  Those are just a…

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Randomness

Women’s World says “use 12 point Verdana as your font.  A Microsoft engineer designed Verdana to be easy on the eyes for computer screens!” www.ecofreek.com type in what you want and the site looks at over 45 different websites – Craigslist, Facebook, Freecyle are just a few – you take it from there! The power…

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