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Re: http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/7903703883

Lynette Young — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:11:39 -0000

The day after the honeymoon is over is a huge shock for a lot of these women. Same thing for when the initial 'hit' is over on social media for businesses.

Re: Women of Google+ : Molly Howard

Lynette Young — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:07:47 -0000

Thanks for the link. People are entitled to use Google+ as they see fit, Molly included. Individuals that use their accounts for illegal or illicit activities won't be listed here (I have received a few for inclusion - which I have not). Strong opinions or language is not a reason for me to 'ban' a profile here. It is up to each person viewing these Women of Google+ profiles to make the decision on their own if they find value in what's listed here.

I do very much appreciate your comment and am glad that we have 'eyes on the street' so to speak! Thank you very much John! I hope you find value in what you find here.

Re: The Secret Formula for Getting Business From Speeches

Lynette Young — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:23:29 -0000

Knowing the audience you are about to speak to, in my opinion, shows your respect for what they do. If you can't show interest in them, there is no way they are going to care about what comes out of your mouth. I speak /train at a lot of non-social media conferences and make it a point to understand their lingo. Do they have employees or partners, customers or clients, how long is their sales cycle, am I talking to worker bees or c-suite, etc. It's because of their business I am standing in front of them earning a buck and speaking. I just did a talk this past weekend for an insurance industry conference, and emptied a box of business cards into the hands of attendees afterwards. Why? Because I spoke to their level of understanding because I did my research and spent 3/4 of the time answering questions and helping. I also booked 4 more speaking gigs right then and there.

Care about your audience, don't pitch to them. It works.

Re: Google Makes Gender a Privacy Setting

Lynette Young — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:25:59 -0000

Wesley, I'm glad you brought this up! I think that people should feel free to put whatever gender they identify with in this setting and make it public/private as they see fit. Thank you!

Re: How-To : Hide your friend / follower count in Google+

Lynette Young — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:24:18 -0000

Charmaine, thanks for your interest in being featured! There is a link in the menu above (http://www.womenofgplus.com... that will lead you to a Google Doc form to fill out, hope that helps!

Re: Rest in Peace, Social Media Ninjas

Lynette Young — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:04:48 -0000

I'm a technology specialist and have been for over 20 years, but for the last 7 have focused on social technologies. I love when people list themselves as experts and have Home Depot cashier as the position they held last. Not so much.

Re: Writing For Now A Little Later or The Long Haul

Lynette Young — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:02:05 -0000

Chris has an awesome subscription newsletter he sends out weekly with tons of ideas for blogging. I'm sure the link is around this site someplace!

Re: Writing For Now A Little Later or The Long Haul

Lynette Young — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:55:16 -0000

After 20+ years in 'the business' and blogging for 14 years, I became numb to feedback, because it was given so infrequently (in person and online). Now that I'm finally getting feedback (new project - WomenOfGPlus.com) it honestly feels a bit weird to me. I'm very used to giving and not really great at accepting praise or anything. My gut reaction is to turn the focus back on everyone else because I am fearful of being seen as greedy and self-centered. At the same time I crave the (positive) notoriety because I've been working my *ass* off for decades and always seem to disappear behind the scenes.

Re: Writing Your Own Unique Content

Lynette Young — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:54:52 -0000

Thanks everyone! After writing this, I got to thinking about the short fiction story that I've had in my head for some time now, but never get around to writing. I also have several proposals for business books but never seem to get the courage to submit them - as there are already books in print with similar topics by A-Listers. I should really take my own advice!

Re: How-To : Hide your friend / follower count in Google+

Lynette Young — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:22:40 -0000

I'm sure each person's reasons for wanting to hide their counts are different. If you take a look at http://socialstatistics.com, you will see that many of the top followed have zero 'friends'. In their case this might be done to protect the identity of the people *they* follow (could very well be family, etc.)

Re: Why You Should Feed the Guppies in Google+

Lynette Young — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:04:07 -0000

My account is LynetteRadio for Google/Gmail but I do use my 'legal name' Lynette Young in my G+ profile. I have been known to sign credit card receipts with Lynette Radio, and my blog is named the same. I'm sure the guidelines are hazy on purpose, but hopefully I don't qualify for a pseudonym.

(PS - Nice to see you again Prok <grin>)

Re: Why You Should Feed the Guppies in Google+

Lynette Young — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:01:29 -0000

Scoble will at least interact with his followers, as much as he can, but folks like Kutcher use it as a megaphone. I guess I can't blame them because the 'noise' coming in must be stifling. Still, there will be people in G+ (and especially Twitter) that 'follow-only' just to be in the loop with the celebrities - internet or otherwise.

Re: Why You Should Feed the Guppies in Google+

Lynette Young — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:56:07 -0000

Please feel free to submit a guest posting at http://www.womenofgplus.com... if you'd like to be featured on GoT+ - it may take a day or two for the post to show, but I'm trying to highlight as many women as I can (but it's all self-submitted)

Re: Why are only 10% of Google+ users women?

Lynette Young — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:45:41 -0000

I have no idea! But there has been some flack to Google for requiring a gender to be selected (thankfully there is 'other'). A person can choose to hide their gender in their profile settings so even though they entered a gender, the public does not have access to it.

Re: Why are only 10% of Google+ users women?

Lynette Young — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:58:55 -0000

It was speculation from others on the total number of users active in Google+ right now. It just shows that no one really knows how many people are in there right now.

Re: Women of Google+ : Krista Harmsworth

Lynette Young — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:32:46 -0000

Wow, thanks for the interest! Be sure to check out the "Guest Posting" link in the menu to find out how to submit a post! THANK YOU! -- Lynette

Re: Google: Plus or Minus?

Lynette Young — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:45:34 -0000

It's been a few years since a big social network has been unleashed online (we seem to get one every few years at this point). G+ right now is for testing, beta, playing, and geeks. Once it settles down the public will figure out where it fits in to their life/work. Right now the people that should be in here are those hardcore early adopters that bang the junk out of the system to find its flaws and strengths.
Casual users of social media probably won't get any benefit out of it, and will wind up spinning their wheels sucking time away from established connections. If you can't figure out how you are 'supposed' to use G+ and feel it should be better designed for your use - you are exactly the type of user that should not be in a closed beta release. Just my geek opinion.

Re: Yes, I Want to Speak at Your Event

Lynette Young — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:05:18 -0000

I may have to borrow some of your wording ;) I am jumping up and down screaming THANK YOU for writing this. I've been told I was unrealistic and *greedy* to ask to have my travel covered or get a speaking stipend. To be truthful, I speak fairly often but am not an A-Lister (such as Gary V or Brogan) and have been told I should be thankful to be offered the opportunity to speak and to consider it exposure. Exposure doesn't feed my family, sorry.

PS - I love the picture you chose... It pretty much says "You want me to take money out of my own wallet to help you put some in yours? Yeah.. not so much..."

Re: The Stigma of Driving a Minivan

Lynette Young — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 08:59:21 -0000

We just bought a minivan yesterday (I edited the post to update on that) - and I fully intend on putting the "MiniVan" sticker in the back window. I may have to think about putting stick figures on my car as 'kills' as well - great idea! ;)

Re: MetaTags Return!

Lynette Young — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:48:57 -0000

Honestly, this is the worst show EVER (for listening to at the gym)! Every 4.25 minutes you say something that I need to go write down, research, check out, install or read. Very hard when you're trying to kill calories!

Re: Forkbombr — Guest Post: On Lion, the Mac App Store and the Future

Lynette Young — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:05:50 -0000

BRILLIANTLY said! One of the blessings (or curses...) of Apple products is that you really need to stay on top of the upgrades, but they are much fewer and far between that Windows products. Apple may be a *bit* elitist with this approach, but I have walked into far too many client locations to see Windows Vista or Windows 95 running. Hello... can you say over 1.5 decades out of date!!!

Re: Sidelined By Surgery

Lynette Young — Mon, 09 May 2011 07:50:14 -0000

Glad you are on the mend! Having to drastically alter your habits & rest is tough. PS - Laura completely *rocks*! :)

Re: A new kind of Social Media conference

Lynette Young — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:57:52 -0000

http://www.lynetteradio.com... has a bit of a brain dump in it, but I will email you info about the Podcasting Pavilion. I hope you are attending BWE this year! I always wind up meeting up with other locals outside of our own area!!

Re: A new kind of Social Media conference

Lynette Young — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:13:14 -0000

Those types of conferences are usually "Camps" - BarCamp, PodCamp, Social Media Camp, WordCamp, hell, even Cupcake Camp. Problem with this is that professionals that need to understand this space usually view Camps as amateur hour. They are NOT.

Big name conferences mostly appeal to the existing practitioners of social media and from the outside appear to be preaching to the choir. I personally decided to do something about it - and now am putting together the Podcasting Pavilion at BlogWorld Expo (presented by Social Media Club) this year in NYC (with hopes of LA as well). The goal of the Pavilion is to start exposing both 'hardcore' social media professionals and newbies to things that existed before Facebook and Twitter. This will start expanding people's education and understanding of what new / social media means and how they can use it. We are going back to the community, to discussions, and to learning. No formal presentations, the Pavilion is all about peer-to-peer conversations (facilitated by knowledgeable pros).

People that don't have knowledge of social media and podcasting are very unlikely to know about industry conferences (or un-conferences), so in my view it's up to US to help them find their way and show them the value of attending and *participating*.

Re: 3 Ways Companies Can Reach Generation Z

Lynette Young — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:26:28 -0000

I highly doubt the purchasing habits of my 3 or 9 year olds will carry through into their 30's. People in this now-coined Generation Z Don't have their own income (yet) or enough influence with the parental units to actively shape an entire generation -or lifetime - of consumer purchases. If that's the case I would still be making my clothing choices based on what had glitter, rainbows, unicorns or Luke Skywalker on them. I call bullshit.