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| BigSkyMarketing YahooGroup BigSkyMarketing Group is a YahooGroup I founded and moderate designed to bring musicians, artists, performers, comics, actors, booking agents, and professionals who offer opportunities or services for people in entertainment industry together to meet their respective goals. It's free. Join today! BigSky e-Commerce Portal An online store with merchandise made especially for folks in the entertainment industry. You can find some great gifts there for your favorite musician, actor, comic, sound person, or friend. Pinki Mojo Mart Pinki Mojo Mart is an online store for the pop band "Pinki Mojo". Check it out... we have some very cool merchandise! Batik Store Yet another online shopping experience but for the Akron, Ohio jazz group "Batik" West Akron Recording and Sound Link to site of very talented sound engineer Mike Johnson who I worked with in Cairo, Egypt... and then I married him. |
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| Have any of you explored broadcasting your own Podcast? Most of the information available of the web is presented with the assumption that you understand terms like server, upload, downIoad, ipod, MP3, streaming, and some other jargon you will stumble accross. In looking at the specifics of creating a file that can be broadcast, it seems that recording a Podcast is quite simple- that is if you understand basic recording and you want to keep things real simple. (It's not all that different than recording a radio show.) Marketing a Podcast doesn't seem too terribly different from marketing a website, group, or blog. For me, things get a little fuzzy is when you want to upload your Podcast to a server, knowing what amount of memory will be required, and how much that part of it will cost. I suppose this Podcast thing seems a little complicated but with all of the Blogs, websites, and groups on the web that have become so widly popular, there is some reason for all the work. I can see an incredible opportunity to reach very large audiences and the ability to generate advertising dollars as you build traffic from a pretty specific world wide audience that you can easily keep track of- and that is probably why people are getting involved with Podcasting. It seems sort of like radio with a kick. We will all be eager to hear from those of you that have crossed into the realm of the Podcast. Post your feedback in the guestbook. Julie Johnson- AH HAH! |
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| PODCASTS: WHAT DO YOU KNOW? |
| "It is intelligent to have a plan; it is neurotic to fall in love with it." |
| "Everything you "have" to have owns you." |
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| PUSHING BUTTONS |
| The wascally wabbit leaves the cockpit of the space ship. He pleads with the co-pilot, "Whatever you do, DON'T PUSH THIS BUTTON!". As the bunny walks away, the button is pushed. Alarms and sirens ring out. The bunny and co-pilot are thrust against the wall of the ship as it spirals toward Earth. some thoughts about buttons... -It is tempting to push a button. -Some buttons are more tempting than others. -Sometimes you don't know what will happen when you push a button. -Whenever you are uncomfortable, there is a button somewhere nearby to tempt you. -Some people are better at pushing buttons than others. -There is usually a consequence for pushing a button. -It is tempting to deny you pushed the button. -The more familiar you are with a person, the more buttons seem to appear. -Some buttons are off limits. -Pushing buttons can make you feel temporarily powerful. -Once in a great while, buttons are bumped instead of pushed. -We usually have some sort of warning right before we are about to push a button -Sometimes you can't repair the damage pushing a button can cause. -It's easy to lose your cool when the button is pushed. |
| 1. Don't take yourself too seriously. If you can't laugh at yourself, you are NOT a cool cat. Self-importance is not a cool cat trait. 2. Don't be possessive. If you are possessive of people, their attention, things you own, things you might own- you will chase them away- it's a life law. Cool cats are NOT emotionally immature or self-centered. 3. Don't dwell on negative things. The things you think about become your reality and you will attract the things you think about- maybe more of what you don't want. Cool cats practice looking for the good in life. 4. Don't be afraid of being wrong. You can't take risks if you are afraid of making a mistake.( It also makes it IMPOSSIBLE to resolve conflicts.) 5. Don't act like you are God. Cool cats are not perpectually disappointed and do not believe that their expectations in a given situation will somehow magically unfold. Cool cats are flexible, they adapt, and expect nothing. 6. Don't hold grudges. Cool cats are not bitter or constantly offended. Cool cats do not believe that every action in the universe is directed toward them. CHALLENGE: Take each "don't" statement and make it a "do" statement. Write the statements down on paper. You will have to really think. EXAMPLE: ( 5) I only have control over my own behavior. I will make plans but I will not expect the circumstances to unfold in any particular way or place conditions on my happiness. I will roll with the punches when things are not as I expect they should be. I will never be disappointed. Sometimes it's hard to be a cool cat. Try concentrating on just one statement each week. I find it helpful to keep the statement I'm focused on in plain site as I make my way through my normal day. Try taping an index to your desk or work area, to the dash of your car, or to your bathroom mirror. If you're not a cool cat all the time, don't sweat it. It's something to work toward. Just remember, cool cats are happy cats! |
| SOME DON'TS THAT CAN MAKE YOU A "COOL CAT" |
| If you are in sales or customer service, listening may be one of the toughest things you have to do. We learn to ask really great questions, but we aren't quiet long enough to even get an answer. So, after asking a question, what should we do? The answer is BE QUIET. Resist the urge to jump in with another question or talk about your product. Most people take time to think before they speak, some take longer than others. Many people speak at a slower pace so anticipate a few seconds of silence when you ask a question. The next time you interact with a customer practice silently counting to two after you ask a question. After you feel they have finished answering your question, count to two again. You can assure they are done speaking and they may even offer more information. |
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