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Re: Incorporating Real-time PR and Marketing Into Your Business | The Digital Exec

Carolyn Winter — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:16:21 -0000

Coincidentally, learning to think 'real time' is not only beneficial for marketing plans but is also integral to spiritual enlightenment (living in the present moment). The path for either is a huge challenge for most.

Re: Mitch Joel: Rebooting Business

Carolyn Winter — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 19:56:02 -0000

I am part way through the book Control Alt Delete and came across this video interview with the author Mitch Joel. Life goes on day after day. We do what we do with phones, tablets, TV etc without thinking too much about how our lives are changing. Mitch Joel's book and this interview can really stop you in your tracks and logically see the big picture and think about some next steps. While anyone with a business that needs marketing will find his work helpful, I find his perspectives useful for anyone looking at where they are in the world today.

Re: Ep 69 Thoughts on Boston

Carolyn Winter — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:09:47 -0000

Author, Dan Tapscott talks about the fact in this digital age, we move together as a networked intelligence. How each of us reacts to an event like Boston, uploads that intelligence to the hologram of the whole. How we react is our contribution to that whole I agree with you Chris that we need to be conscious and aware of our thoughts. One finger pointing out is displaying 4 more pointing back at our selves.

Events like this can often trigger our own unresolved patterns. Taking the opportunity to examine our own feelings and doing something constructive for ourselves makes a differences to the network.

I admire companies that can sensitively reflect the emotional barometer of the networked whole and still carry on and be a healthy part of that networked whole. To 'keep calm and carry on' as the Brits say, is the only way to expand the hologram for stability, strength, consciousness especially during a crisis otherwise we risk living in perpetual crisis,. Business as usual with sensitivity contributes to our own sense of security.

What each of us does personally today - how we react, what we pray for, the quality of our prayers, makes a difference to the immediate situation in Boston AND for every act of violence that has occurred and we hold in our network - world wide.

With light and love
Carolyn Winter

Re: A Scary Admission

Carolyn Winter — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:01:58 -0000

Where does the negative voice come from? If you still resonate with the negative voices, visualization of the positive is only changing the suitcase, the baggage is the still the same. The law of attraction is that you are what you seek or you resonate with what you are intending.

By getting in touch with the negative's for example - "I am not good enough" and turning it into something more postiive like "I am more than enough." will help. Take it further and get in touch with the unmet life needs, or negative earlier experiences that resulted in the negative beliefs and turning those statements into positives such as "I forgive____ for what they did" etc. or 'my need for being heard is met' and the inevitable Law of Attraction wall will be more than surmountable.

Just saying...

Re: A Scary Admission

Carolyn Winter — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:19:32 -0000

So glad to hear you are a believer!

To add to the teachings of "The Secret" author Wayne Dyer says "we attract what we are not what we want" (paraphrased). My own thought is that in addition to making intentions we need to identify and list the top 10 things we need to 'clear' or deal with or that blocks our ability to stay in the feeling and the flow of moments that are present
to our intentions.

All the best to you Chris! Hope your new year is filled with your desires manifesting and laced with delightful unexpected surprises!

Carolyn

Re: Push Past the Defeat Feeling

Carolyn Winter — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:48:28 -0000

Thanks for writing about this Chris,- a very timely topic for me as well. I get lots of positive feedback from my group but when making changes or doing something new I have experienced very sour reactions and go to bed with a sinking feeling in my stomach.

Some would say we notice the negatives because we feel guility. Working through this problem, from that aspect, I used Family Constellation work to clear this type of guilt for myself.

What I have come to understand is that there are 3 kinds of guilt. Neurotic guilt that does not allow for growth. Real guilt- where you do something wrong and make amends, and systemic guilt which requires us to be less innocent in a group or network while breaking the rules of the group (likely even the group or network we created) and adopt new rules or the rules of another group. The rules may be spoken or not. For example, it's okay for me to belong to my group as long as I don't get ahead of the group with new business, new success, new tools etc.

System guilt is the healthy price we pay for growth. It can't be avoided, but as you say "push through it". Once we have integrated the new level of growth the guilt encountered as a resulf of our detractors comments, fades away reappearing when we decide to grow again. By then we'll also experience a change in our network or group which will have grown as a result of our taking the risk to break the limits of the group and be different.

The people who have the intelligence to be "clever critics" as Carl Natale points out in comments, have a vested interested in putting you down because they don't want the group to grow and leave them behind. When they show up take it as a sign that you are doing something very well - unless of course, you did do something wrong and in need of at least an apology.

Re: Burn it All Down

Carolyn Winter — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:07:55 -0000

You know 10 years ago that question would have left me in fear and panic. Today however, I would say (except for people getting physically hurt and an initial OMG) a fire would bring renewal and creative new starts. While I still have a filing cabinet filled with paper and a hard drive with files not online, your question made me realize for the first time 90% of the essentials needed to keep going is actually stored somewhere online or in my head.

I might need a few more back up plans.

Loved your talk and presence today at the Inbound Marketing Conference.

Carolyn

Re: Motivation Vs Committed Habit

Carolyn Winter — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:34:40 -0000

I agree, - if travelling this is an extra challenge to setting a new habit. The airport choices for sure are limited. (food industry opportunity there!) .

But I wonder about enrolling the folks organizing for you to recommend restaurants that feature local grown/organic food as this now seems like a trend throughout North America and Europe.

Still I do not envy you. Constant travel must wreck havoc with lots of good habits.

Re: Motivation Vs Committed Habit

Carolyn Winter — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 09:32:22 -0000

I bought an aroma oil called "Motivation" but the trouble is you need to be motivated to use it! LOL.

My very conscious habit since reading Michael Pollan's Book "In Defense of Food" is to as much as possible put real food in the shopping cart when grocery shopping, avoid using convenience food, and cook things from scratch. I no longer buy catsup (I make my own), have tried making my own soda drinks (more like beer but still...its real), and try to not buy a food product that my great grandmother would not recognize. After 18 months of this conscious effort, it has to be a very good restaurant for me to not notice when food served was made en masse at a plant and honestly I'd rather eat in than endure it. I am also noticing how my energy can be zapped by eating food I can only describe as not real.

You commitment to positive change is inspiring.

best

carolyn

Re: Why Does Chris Brogan Refer To Himself In the Third Person ?

Carolyn Winter — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 14:54:20 -0000

Chris ...this is soooo helpful. Now when you get a minute could you explain exactly what a "trackback" is or a pingback? I blindly fill in the boxes at my wordpress.com blog but I don't actually 'get it'

Thanks so much

Carolyn

Re: So A Blogger Walks Into A Bar…

Carolyn Winter — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:18:11 -0000

wow... I thought perhaps this was a plot description for another Facebook movie. On the lighter side, you might expand this post into a screenplay!

Sorry to hear about your friends.

Re: Silence as a Business Edge

Carolyn Winter — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:48:02 -0000

I agree, silence is a total businsess edge. Energetically, the energy center for perspective (brow chakra), that gives us the ability to see objectively, envision possibilities as though already manifested, and make good use of the symbols in our life like dreams or synchronicities is basically fed by silence and witnessing.

Lately, I have started to notice in the classic stories like Sherlock Holmes, how the brilliant detective basically solves a problem by going into a space set apart from the rest of the world. Few people understand, most can't stand it because seemingly it is unproductive, however, that is the space where brilliant solutions appear as if by magic. So it is a technology of sorts that has been known for centuries, but few in the population groom or use to advantage.

My favorite time of the day is first thing in the morning. I love listening to the silence and then the sound of the world waking up. In that space I spend a few minutes envisioning my day. Not that it always turns out... but mostly. :)

Carolyn :)

Re: Your Avatar on the Web

Carolyn Winter — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:11:02 -0000

Perhaps it's situational. I always recognize a new Chris Brogan picture and when I do I find myself thinking..."oh? what's new over there?" where as Guy Kowasaki changed his over the summer and I thought he'd dropped off the planet. I kept wondering when did I start following scuba divers?"

Chris - this is a fabulously helpful post. Thanks soooo much!

Carolyn

Re: Friday on the NewsHour: Sting Gets Strings For New Orchestral Album

Carolyn Winter — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:10:35 -0000

Jeffrey - really enjoyed your interview with Sting. It reminds me that we are all capable of growing and changing despite the norms of society. One norm for bands like the Police etc, would be to get defined as a certain type of pop artist, develop a 'brand' around that and then stick to the knitting come what may. They cease to be artists instead they are products for consumers to buy.

Sting is a great example of someone has mastered the spiritual challenge of being in the present moment and does not limit himself to who he used to be or what he used to compose. He just keeps growing and re-inventing himself with creative abandon. He is a true artist whose audience either shares his direction for growth or falls away as new audiences arrive. It is just fascinating and inspiring to watch someone so iconic being willing to explore new ways of doing his original music in classical musc style.

Re: How Not to Write a Book

Carolyn Winter — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:14:58 -0000

Energetically, inspired writing requires us to be in a place of new beginnings, (Ether chakra energy center), where we must be comfortable being in the void with no particular structure. If we attain comfort with the void, we can become a channel for creative self-expression and ideas that seem to come from nowhere. It is the kind of energy that gets a book written in a weekend.

However, most of us can't stand being in the void. We are far more earthy and seek a structure (Earth Chakra) for our day, our work, our vacation etc. We want to know what to do next. We want to keep busy doing the busy things of life and then have something to show for it. That's when our ego will also show up for a book title, credit and domain name. The earthy energies block the more etheral higher chakra energies where inspiration can turn to perspiration and a book. To disengage from your ' how not to write a book list' and get writing we also have to learn how to bungy jump into the unbounded void - at least a few hours here and there to write.

Happy writing!
Carolyn

Re: Families Run on Facebook

Carolyn Winter — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:02:36 -0000

Chris - here the link to what I thought was a wonderful graphic that explains the privacy issue at Facebook and how it has changed over time. Facebook for families would be wonderful except for the changing rules on privacy. http://mattmckeon.com/faceb... . My concern is for those not aware enough to use them or that you now have a part time job keeping your personal stuff private.

I agree with some of the others that FB for business would be a good place for content but I feel very leary about building a business there. It seems to me that you could put in a lot of time, money and effort into building your business through FB and get something very worthwhile going, and then - poof, if it suits FB they will take it away from you - just like they did with default privacy settings.

Re: Blogs as Loss Leaders

Carolyn Winter — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:02:54 -0000

Chris - I have certainly changed my mind about blogging in the last 1 year after following this blog and a few others. I finally 'get it' about how they are working and what they can do.

Clients don't always have time for my newsletters, but when they do read one, they tell me that they look for what else they had missed. The blog is priceless in that regard because the content with some planning can as you say be repackaged and used again. I found that using categories and putting links to them in a blogcast template is a great way to customize the content for my various groups. Now they have an easier way to access past content that they missed as I have category links in their blogcast newsletter. Any one newsletter will take them to all of their content interests.

ROI? - I am still not up on how all the statistics and back links work, or analyzing tools, but I have noticed that when I make a blog post folks are emailing me and get in touch about other things. So to that end I would say it is helping my business.

Re: 3dcart Brings eCommerce to Facebook with SocialCommerce

Carolyn Winter — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:59:25 -0000

Will this be included in our 3dcart fee or an extra charge? How does this differ from FB's Market place?

Re: New Logo

Carolyn Winter — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:12:42 -0000

Chris - while I liked the other logo better, for aesthetic reasons, I just love your thought process. If I just landed on your site today, this logo would do exactly what you want me to do... STOP and take a look at the tabs. The other logo got me subtly thinking I should say something here but then what? I am lost in the conversation and don't know what you are selling.

Sorry to say in all this social media discussion about building relationships etc.... I still go to a great website for the first time, and the first thing I want to do is go shopping! What is the cheapest thing I can get to sample this site and what costs the most? What can I afford. Then... whenI get into the conversation, I get educated on true value and what CAN'T I afford not to buy.

Just an observation. Energetically - red for earth chakra stability and grounding, and dark blue for brow chakra vision and manifestation, grey to attract conservative business types. Yes I think this will work.

Wishing your logo great success!

Carolyn

Re: How Do You Push the Hard Message Through

Carolyn Winter — Wed, 26 May 2010 09:12:30 -0000

On a sort of woo woo zen/spiritual level, I would check on the intentions of the manufacturer, and the 'field of intelligence' they are creating with their marketing campaign. I would also look for any counter intentions that may contribute to the cancelling of any benefit possbile from the postiive campaign intentions. The mass consciousness tunes into this field whether they know it or not.

A public intention "drink responsibly' could be cancelled out by an unspoken corporate intention - drink more than ever so our profit margin goes up.

A person with undeveloped social skills, or unmet life needs will tune into the field of intelligence for support. What is that field of intelligence advising them to do?

To stretch this a little more, - these are earth and water chakra based energy field issues. The color red, with a cube shape balances this, as does orange with an icosahedron shape. Images in the trailer that focus on belonging, balanced control, control of feelings, and stability leverage the field of intelligence for this type of issue.

Great project!

Carolyn

Re: HOW TO: Spring Clean Your Twitter Account

Carolyn Winter — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:33:16 -0000

Very very helpful article!!!! Your catchy title really got to me and cleaning is now on the list!

Re: Minimalism versus Lessism

Carolyn Winter — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:37:58 -0000

Hi David - this is my first visit here (via a subscription from Leo) and really really enjoyed your post. I have a few thoughts to share. The minimalist thing can be a calling of the ego of sorts as to how folks use it. However, I think the key word here is LIFE NEED.

For the computer savvy learning all the tools, having all the tools and knowing what they can do provides those individuals with choices. However, if there are unmet social needs, and an ego is in the way there will either be a jump on the minimalist band wagon to look good in a social group or the complete opposite. All the bells and whistles will be on display if that is what makes an individual look good with the group they plug into for social acceptance, approval etc.

Unmet social needs in the Maslow hierarchy, is what the world of advertising and commercialism feeds on. Minimalism may be its reactionary counterpart. It is only when we have reached a place of inner peace – that choices will be based on true functionality that meets a need. It’s not even a conversation starter. In the meantime, I am thankful that we at least, at this point in history have so many choices. Competing with our social needs is a life need for taking the time to learn – a need not well responded to with marketing.

With choices at hand with every gizmo I buy, I do find that there is so much coming at me daily, that it is frequently tempting to get the gizmo and never ever learn half of the features. A toaster used to only just toast. Recently, I discovered my 8 year old toaster has a setting for bagels! I realized – I never took the time to read the instructions, or play with the toaster when it was new… I just launched into toast mode. What I realized is that I limited my choices, by not taking the time to learn what the tool can do. (and burnt many a bagel!) That was just the toaster… now I am wondering what else all my other appliances can do.

The life need for learning I think most affects people not born attached to a computer. All the bells and whistles on the screen are making it next to impossible for the older group to learn what the tool is. I can’t tell you how many people I have personally coach on the difference between a url address bar and the Google search box! Trying to help someone learn the functionality of their email account is next to impossible when they have a Yahoo tool bar installed by a well meaning ‘computer guy’. I wish it were possible to have a system installed where tools and features could be added one at a time at the pace of learning or need of the individual forcing an individual to ask “I would like to do____. What tool do I have that can do this?” In these cases – I would lobby heartily for minimalism!

Re: Forget Rockstars- Let’s Make Construction Sexy

Carolyn Winter — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:20:44 -0000

Perhaps 2010 will be the year that work becomes play and play is work, that our work aligns with our purpose and is a natural extension of who we are. That is my goal hopefully squeezing in a little quilting on the side.

All the best for a great year of construction and mail delivery!

Carolyn

Re: Revisit Your Site Carefully

Carolyn Winter — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:57:43 -0000

Hi Chris - very inspirational post! Will be re-doing my site over the holidays.

One piece of feedback for you - where can I find what you are selling and how much does it cost? I feel like I have to dig for it. For example, I am not sure - do you do websites with blogs? Would love to refer some of my colleagues your way but not sure you have the services they need.

Sometimes people arrive to your site already fully sold and ready to buy based on what someone else has said - but if they don't have the 'buy here' button, they could get a little lost. It's a problem I experience at my own site, where I figure visitors need to be thoroughly immersed in my product, the information, how it works etc. It's not always the case.

Good luck with your site re-design

Carolyn

Re: How Much Time Should I Spend On Social Media

Carolyn Winter — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:34:10 -0000

Dear Chris - this is very helpful. I have only actively been exploring blogs,Twitter and Facebook since the late spring. My hesitation had always been the time, followed by a complete fear of be being sucked into a vortex of interesting information and myself dissolving into some packet of data!

The demands of the day have typically created boundaries for my online activity, and I have noticed over time that how I engage is forming a pattern. Your guidelines give me more to go on in terms of effectiveness and I am going to try that formula out for a week.

Paul Chaney's comment on measuring has me wondering how/what are you measuring - I guess that would be numbers of followers, comments, emails, and sales? How do you know you have an engaged audience. What numbers do you track? - thanks!

Carolyn
(Who is now looking for her egg timer) :)