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By: Kelly Erickson

Kelly Erickson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:47:19 +0000

You mean that wasn’t just to me, because you love me so much and wanted me to read your newsletter?

Hehehe. Good for you. I hoped it was a personal email campaign. I’m known to do that myself.

Later…

By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:04:44 +0000

@Kelly When I launched my newsletter, I went through my email contacts and emailed 15 people a day about it, adding some sort of personal note. It worked really well because even before the first issue went out, I already had as many people signed up as I'd had at the end of my previous organizing newsletter. Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome’s last blog post...Why cleaning is more interesting than writing

By: Kelly Erickson

Kelly Erickson — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:56:55 +0000

Friar,

Your province is so huge Graham just made Delaware sound close. I think that’s hysterical.

I was in New York and Vermont this weekend, and the skiiers were having a ball. Don’t know how long it’s gonna last, though… they only got one good snow while I was up there.

Alex,

Some folks collect real addresses and send real notes/ newsletters/ what-have-you through the mail… I’ve only gotten snail mail from someone I knew virtually twice, but I admit I was *very* impressed by it. For someone I might never meet, it is much more personal than any pixels on a page can be.

Though with the truly international nature of your business, that might be a difficult trick.

I’ll tell you what wows me and feels personal in the virtual world. Real email. Really addressed to and talking to me. Granted you can’t cover a couple of hundred businesses in a morning if you’re really writing to just one person, but writing to five or six a week might be a thought…

Hmm. Interesting question. Now I’ll be mulling it over all day.

Later,

Kelly

By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:46:53 +0000

Given the virtual nature of my business, I'm not sure how I would do something like Charlie does. I already blog comment and Tweet (just can't get into Stumbling and Digging no matter how much I try - just not my thing). I connect with my readers and I reach out to include them in the blog. A lot of that previously didn't feel natural but now totally does. I wonder what the equivalent of the menu-handing-out would be online... Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome’s last blog post...Get rid of your somedays: personalized help now available

By: Friar

Friar — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:22:08 +0000

@Graham Wouldn't surprise me if the van guy was selling Rolexes too. (and maybe even transplant organs). Friar’s last blog post...Enter Friar’s Contest and Win a Prize

By: Friar

Friar — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:21:10 +0000

@Brett I saw those Cheezi-Mart lobsters.....pathetic small little things. And they weren't cheap. I'd rather drive to the Big City (45 minutes away) and get something slightly bigger than a craw-dad. Friar’s last blog post...Enter Friar’s Contest and Win a Prize

By: Graham Strong

Graham Strong — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:18:24 +0000

@Friar – I bet nobody asked him what colour his parachute was…

Ooh, that’s gotta hurt.

As for McLobsters… I almost had one in Boston when I was there last (X number of decades ago…) But we got to a pub — Happy Hour was a whole lobster for $4.

So I took that instead.

Rule #1,874 from Rules for Better Living: Never buy Rolex watches or lobsters from the back of a van.

~Graham

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:12:29 +0000

@Friar,

That’s why if I went on Survivor, I’d eat the bugs. Hey, we eat *cows* and *pigs* – why not a bug? A bug would be cleaner.

I’m not sure about the Splat Creek lobster guy. I think it’s a front. I think there’s no lobsters in there at all. I think the ice chest is like the trunk of the Malibu in Repo Man.

Whatever you do, don’t open it.

A few years ago the Cheezy Mart got some lobster in – everyone was so excited about it.

Well, it was terrible. No way did it compare to eating it in Eastern Canada.

Brett Legree’s last blog post…viking fridays – the mind and the heart.