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Re: How To Pronounce Deliberately Offputting British Place Names

virtuallin — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 09:06:57 -0000

Thanks to Doctor Who and Donna, I know that Chiswich is really pronounced Chis-ick! <grin>

Re: http://blog.pinterest.com/post/16092993213

virtuallin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:24:26 -0000

I have a suggestion that would give much more traction to your Facebook plugin. When you paste a link direct into FB, you get a nice size photo and you can add your comment. If your FB plugin acted similarly; posting a larger photo that linked to the pin and added the pins description, it would be much more integrated and effective. Most of my FB friends turn off Pinterest because you only see a tiny photo and 'pinned to such and such board' - there's not enough to engage friends! Pinterist is visual, thus is should be more visual and visible on Facebook. Thanks!

Re: Thoughts Thought at 41

virtuallin — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:04:54 -0000

What makes you important to people and why we follow you is this; your ambition is NOT rooted at trying to prove how awesome you are, how smart you are and how important you are. Your ambition is rooted in getting better and helping us to realize that we, too can get better. We have no set capacity, no set limit and the autonomy to choose our direction.

I realize this even more after reading a fantastic book; Success: How We Can Reach Our Goals by Heidi Grant Halverson. She's a research psychologist and her book is probably already on your shelf. She includes countless studies that back up her findings and the book details how to improve goal setting, how you think and how to improve across the board.

Happy Birthday! I just want to say thank you for all that you do. I have seen concrete, measurable results in my life and business by absorbing all that you share here. I've followed you for the last four years and I'm confident you've barely touched the surface of your potential to engage and change lives and you'll reach many, many more in the many years to come!

Re: What Has Your Attention

virtuallin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:10:12 -0000

Ugh, Seesmic Web and Feedly! So true, it's so easy to procrastinate and read just one more tweet or just one more great blog post! Do I have my process maps done yet? No! Grr, but at least I have you to kick me in the tail and snap me out of it! Thanks, Chris!

Re: Our Choice: The Funniest April Fools’ Jokes

virtuallin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:19:17 -0000

Joomla folks will absolutely adore this one! I'm going to use this hot new theme on ALL my Joomla sites. ;) http://www.yootheme.com/dem...

Re: Protected: Mike Ferry Gets Desperate – Bites the hand that feeds & attacks 90,000 Agents

virtuallin — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:11:51 -0000

Wow, great post Maya! I watched the video and I'm just shocked at how condescending Mike was! How can he not see that you have to go where your potential customers are? I'm not an agent, but I have friends (Facebook friends, Twitter friends) that ask me all the time if I know a good local agent. I have a strong presence online and these friends know I work with agents. I get this at least once per month, I swear! Why would you want to throw away all of that potential to cold call or send postcards that just end up in the trash? Just mind-boggling to me IMHO.

Re: In which I explain my decision to retire the stripes

virtuallin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:15:05 -0000

Daniel, you're amazing! Terrific letter, hear hear! So glad, too to hear your Mom is doing better.

If you like, I'd love to volunteer to help you with a new logo and any theme customization you might need, no charge. I, for one, can't wait to see where you can go from here and I'm still going to be sporting my zebra stripes tomorrow in Seattle! I know it must have been a wrenching decision, but as others have said you needn't worry as we all stand behind you.

Re: Focus on the Core

virtuallin — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:38:40 -0000

Great advice, Shawna and thank you so much! Yes, it's time to have a 'mind-dump' on paper and nail things down.

Re: Focus on the Core

virtuallin — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:58:14 -0000

I like this line; "distinguish between what you can control and what you can merely try to influence."

Thank you!

Re: Focus on the Core

virtuallin — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:52:53 -0000

Yes, that part of the book resonated with me as well. So, now I have all this down pat intellectually but how do I implement it physically when it seems there's some block in the way? My head says, "Get to work" while my body ends up checking email, checking Facebook, sharing in Feedly.

Re: Focus on the Core

virtuallin — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:49:13 -0000

I know I've said it before, but come on! It's like you know me (arrogant, right?) LOL Great post that I needed at just the right time.

I have a question, perhaps the brilliant commentors can answer; What if, over time, you realize that you're subconsciously avoiding one of your cores rather consistently (say, writing or phone calls or returning email). What do you do? How do you whip yourself into shape, especially if you're a one-person business?

Re: Map it Out

virtuallin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:59:35 -0000

Hi Chris,

I so very needed this today, you mind reader!

The only thing I could add would be perhaps to somehow add reporting, a reminder to go review the maps/frames and determine if they're creating the right results.

Fantastic post! Thanks again.

Re: Twitter Followers You Love to Hate

virtuallin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:04:28 -0000

How crazy, I was just thinking of blogging in a similar vein! The ones that drive me crazy are the 'social media gurus' who try and sell all day and never engage. If I see a profile like this: "Teaches PaSSionate Entrepreneurs HowToMake Money & Attract TONS of New Clients & Followers DAILY. i UnLock GREATNESS & Explode" I can't get away fast enough, I wish they WOULD explode. <grin>

Re: Differences between Joomla 1.5 and 1.6 templates | joomla-blog | Compass Design

virtuallin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:09:19 -0000

Thanks for putting this together! It's super helpful.

Re: Another 10 Creative Uses of the New Facebook Profile [PICS]

virtuallin — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:46:33 -0000

I thought I'd give it a go; here's mine: http://www.facebook.com/Vir... Big thanks to Till's comment below, I used his Picscatter.com which made it very easy.

Re: Joomla Freelance Web Designer Giveaway | joomla-blog | Compass Design

virtuallin — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 07:49:46 -0000

Terrific idea! Sounds wonderful, count me in! Joomla for President!

Re: The Social Web’s Say on the State of the Union [STATS]

virtuallin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:06:22 -0000

What these stats don't convey is that most everyone was wondering why Obama was so Orange, how Boehner was about to cry, why Ryan's eyes were so red and why Bachmann was looking off camera the whole time. It was all jokes and puns! LOL

Re: Joomla 1.6 Offers New Features for Designers & Admins

virtuallin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:13:42 -0000

I adore Joomla and have for many years. I first picked it out for my own website when it was still Mambo and never looked back. I've designed over 100 websites in Joomla over the last several years and it's a fantastic system. While WordPress is more popular, Joomla is just so much more powerful and scalable. It goes to eleven! Joomla has a robust community of contributers that offer help at their forums and extensions to accomplish anything you can think of; galleries, real estate listings, social networks, forums, etc. This new iteration will just launch Joomla into the stratosphere and allow them to capture more loyal followers. Hurray!

Re: Five Ways To Improve Online Influence Measures

virtuallin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 06:33:27 -0000

Wow, just discovered you and really enjoyed this post. I hope to see your ideas made reality! Thank you.

Re: Get Ready for Quests!

virtuallin — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:51:47 -0000

Hi, Mikeeb99 - Yes, that's the way it's supposed to work. However, in my game when I click on the '3 heads' button, I have zero friends listed. If I try to add a new friend with the plus, it adds okay. If I try to add a second friend, the game crashes to desktop. It's been this way for me, for months and I know many others have the same problem. I tried re-installing the game and I've tried installing We Rule Gold and Red to no avail. We Farm is nearly the same - I edit friends and remove them but they just come right back onto my list. It's enormously frustrating.

Re: Looking for We Rule friends?

virtuallin — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:46:23 -0000

Hello folks! I've already added many of you who have posted to this page and I've written down your handles as my game will NOT let me add or remove friends (it's so very frustrating!) What I do each day is manually type folks in and visit but once I close the game, you're off my list again. So, if you could add me - then you'll possibly stick on my 'followers' tab and I won't have to type in your handle every day.

My username is: Portia86 - I'm level 33 and I have a good mix of buildings. I play throughout the day, every day and always deliver my orders quickly. Thanks!

I'm also on We Farm as Portia86 - I'm level 33 and I have several goats, horses and I splurged on 6 of the UFO crash deals that give 1150 xp! I deliver orders there several times a day as well.

Let's be friends! <grin>

Re: Get Ready for Quests!

virtuallin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:21:45 -0000

Sounds great... if only I could add or remove friends, then you'd have a game. It's so very irritating that I can't remove inactive gamers from my social tab nor add new friends. It's been an issue for months and you've totally ignored it!

Re: How Google Reader and RSS beat Twitter in some cases

virtuallin — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 02:16:04 -0000

I totally agree with you. Once you reach a certain threshold of friends, your stream becomes a torrent and too often you miss the good stuff. If you're anything like me, you like to curate and share the best tidbits of the day with your sphere. Google Reader is the best instrument to do this. I'm enjoying the Reader plugin for Seesmic 2, but my first love is Feedly and especially the 'Latest' tab as I can often be the first in my circle to share the best stuff. <grin>

Thanks, Loic for Seesmic 2 and you're steady dedication to providing the most spectacular tools. Other folks might have given up, but you're a total inspiration! Genius! ;)

Re: Make Your Own Business Cards

virtuallin — Thu, 27 May 2010 09:37:55 -0000

Back in the dotbomb heyday, I once got a biz card from a guy... it was a coconut. Seriously, a big coconut with his logo and name and everything! It worked, I still remember it. <grin>

Re: Make Your Own Business Cards

virtuallin — Thu, 27 May 2010 09:34:47 -0000

But, you have to ask yourself if you'd want to do business with any company that "judged" you thus and balance that against the brand recognition you establish with a photo. The guy you gave your card to (that has your photo) will be sorting through the tons on his desk, see your photo and go,"Right, I met him at xyz" and decide to keep it. My current card has a large photo of me that matches both my site and my Twitter background, the reverse has limited contact info and room for notes.