Bucket of Awesome
Bucket of Awesome
Last modified on 2010-08-03 19:06:31 GMT. 4 comments. Top.
I know I haven’t done a Bucket of Awesome in a while, but, hey life is busy. Sue me. But this one is about business cards. Now you know I LOVE my poken, but til the rest of you get hip and get one, I have to give you my info the old-fashioned way- with the business card. My first social media event, people were handing out these small cards. They got my attention, and it wasn’t long until I had ordered my own. They come from a company called Moo. Get these cards, you won’t be sorry. They ALWAYS, ALWAYS prompt a conversation. People remember them, and the paper and graphics can’t be beat.
For my next Bucket of Awesome, I give you: Moo Cards.
These are mine, the cat hair in the middle of the picture isn’t mine, and doesn’t come with the cards. It’s extra.
Bucket of Awesome
Last modified on 2010-06-13 13:55:43 GMT. 3 comments. Top.
It’s time for conferences, specifically blog conferences. I am attending two big ones- BlogHer ad Blog World. I also attend lots of various professional lunches, social media events, and plain old get-togethers. When you meet someone you like or find interesting, you want to get their info. Where do they blog, what is their twitter handle, website, email? All of this usually held in a business card, but if you represent several organizations, you can potentially carry around several business cards- I carry around 3 different ones at the moment. A friend of mine introduced to me to a much easier way to get someone’s information- a Poken.
Here is the poken website, so you can get the official spiel (and here’s a site where you can buy it in the U.S.). But basically, it’s like an electronic business card. You fill in your poken with all of your info (including TONS of social media info, if you want), and when you ‘high four’ to someone else, you each trade information. Then when you plug your poken back in your computer, all of you new contacts show up in a handy dandy time line. You can make one for each type of ‘card’ that you want.
Right now, I have the fox:
Hoping soon to get the ninja soon.
I still carry around cards, and for my next bucket of awesome I am going to show you the best cards out there at the moment- the Moo Cards. But for now, get yourself a Poken, and let’s High Four! (they make a couple of lines, but the “Poken Spark” is the best IMHO).
Bucket of Awesome
Last modified on 2010-05-05 14:42:01 GMT. 6 comments. Top.
Today’s bucket of awesome is a lesson in how social media can take away your customers. I follow a blogger call @hushamanda who has a blog here. A couple of months ago, she started mentioning that she was working with the hosting company twenty70.com (here is Kelly from twenty70 twitter url). I wasn’t looking for a new hosting company, but I am always looking for interesting people to follow, so we started tweeting back and forth. Now, here’s part one of the lesson. Most companies when they get on social media only tweet about products or specials, or whatever. BORRRIINNGG. It’s rare to find a brand that is actually engaging it’s followers like Twenty70 hosting.
One thing my hosting company doesn’t do is allow for domain transfers. And I have domains ALL over the place. Twenty70 offered to consolidate them all, AND on top of all that gave me GREAT deal on hosting per month. So lesson two, be better than your competitors. You don’t have to be a LOT better, just a little, a little tweak to reel in your customers.
Well, I took the bait and I couldn’t be happier. I am now with Twenty70 hosting for ALL my blogs. The transfers went smooth-ish (I, uh, confused her when I was moving something over, so really it’s my fault. Go ahead show me your shocked face.)
For my next Bucket of Awesome I give you Twenty70 Hosting. (and psst….she has an awesome deal for bloggers, see it here)
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Bucket Of Awesome-Old Tom Foolery
Last modified on 2010-03-20 19:05:39 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
I love paper, paper craft, and cards. Not the kind of cards that you find at Hallmark, the Wal-Mart of Paper, but cards that are original and well crafted. I have found a handful of these sites on the internet (and I try to make it to Crane’s each time I am Tyson’s Corner), and today I am going to share one of my favorites with you. If you are part of my family- SPOILER ALERT! You will probably be getting one of these cards sometime this year. So look away NOW if you don’t want to know what your impossibly witty card is going to say.
Old TomFoolery caught my eye several months ago, and I just got a new batch in:
Aren’t they awesome?! No sappy sayings, no stock photos with fuzzy focus, just Hey! you are special today- here’s your damn card. You can find Old Tom Foolery’s website here. The cards are expensive when compared to something you would pick up at Target, but, they are, Oh, so much better.
My current favorite is the one that states “Friend Forgets Friend’s Birthday.” It’s like I have accepted that someone this year is going to be forgotten, but all will be forgiven when I give them this AWESOME card. It’s a pre-emptive save to my inevietable FAIL!
Bucket of Awesome
Last modified on 2010-03-03 00:31:15 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
It’s time for another edition of the ‘Bucket of Awesome’.
One of my favorite things to do on Sunday is go through my Google reader and look for what is know as ‘Sunday Secrets.’ Sunday Secrets are the weekly posting of the PostSecret blog, one of THE best blogs out there. Here is their official description:
“PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard.”
The way Frank Warren tells the story is that this started out as a small project that has blown up into massive mail each day, four books, live events, and even museum exhibitions. These secrets are fun, naughty, heart wrenching, cute, sad but every one is a truth- a truth someone wants to share, a truth that is normally hidden from their friends and families.
Another great part of this project is that it deals frankly with suicide. Many of the postcards speak of hopelessness, fear, and isolation. By highlighting this problem in his blog (and books), Mr. Warren does a great service for the awareness of suicide and suicide prevention: he even partners with the Hopeline to raise money.
The next drop in the Bucket of Awesome- PostSecret.
Bucket of Awesome
Last modified on 2010-02-09 15:45:17 GMT. 0 comments. Top.
When I started my Bucket of Awesome page, I thought long and hard about what should go up there. I knew I wanted to share things I really loved, but what should be the FIRST post. The post that lets my readers know, that, yes, this list will truly be awesome. Well, I found that first thing- a podcast.
Now before you go all…a podcast, seriously? I have to say that THIS podcast is the best that I have ever listened to. I subscribe to a lot of podcasts, but often unheard (or unseen) episodes will build up as I get busier and busier. EXCEPT for this one. This one I look forward to every week, and I will inevitably listen to it on my way home from work during the week. That often results in me sitting in the car for 5 or 10 minutes after I get home just so I can listen to end of the story. Because that’s what these podcasts are…stories. We know that everyone has a story, but let’s face it, sometimes their stories are boring. Not these, they pull you in, make you cry, make you laugh, make you gasp, and definitely make you want more.
So without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, my first entry into the bucket of awesome, I give you- The Moth.
