Just a tip!,

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Permalink Reply by Ian Donaldson on November 28, 2008 at 7:32am

Hi Linda

Thanks for the reminder, it is easy to forget that in business people buy from people, if you make any communication not personal then it is unlikely to achieve the desired effect no matter how brilliant the copy. Even worse they may say brilliant idea, I wonder what their competitors offer.

Best Regards
Ian

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Permalink Reply by Linda Marie on November 28, 2008 at 7:44am

I did make a turkey yesterday but, spent most of my time on the phone with my team or people who are joining my team. I have people from all over the world so for me there are no holidays. That is not a bad thing it just means I have not had the chance to sit down and have a hot meal for months.

Blessings

Linda Marie

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Permalink Reply by Elladine Jackson on November 28, 2008 at 7:42am

Hi Linda,
Thank you for the tip, I have a bad habit of addressing group emails as such. I took it in the manner it was sent forth. Be blessed.

Peace and Blessings,
Elladine

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Permalink Reply by Donna on November 28, 2008 at 7:58am

Hi Linda,

Excellent idea. I am in the process of sending out some emails to market to my brides and wedding planners. I will certainly keep this in mind.

Respectfully,

Donna
www.greisonselegance.com
The Perfect Idea For Any Occasion!

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Permalink Reply by Allen Sentance on November 28, 2008 at 8:43am

Hello Linda Marie, I have been following your activity online and find you are a very inspirational person and would like to share some thing with you, that means a lot to me personally. I read your tips about replying to ya all. I feel exactly the same as you do, so many folks in the world of internet just continually hit forward and send multiple articles or emails on without even puting some thing personal on them........In the bin immediately for me. While I have your attention Linda Marie I would like to take this oppotunity to invite you to check out my new social site I have set up for all my special friends that I meet on line while networking. It is a breath of fresh air where we all share our positive outlook on life & I called it Life Is Good. This is my personal invitation to join us Linda and I would be honoured.
http://www.lifeisgoodsocialnetwork.ning.com

Here is what I would like to share with you Linda

The right to be happy

I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making
my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60 &70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will.

I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set.
They, too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful.
But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers,
or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and
compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face.
So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their
hair could turn silver.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore.
I've even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever,
but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day(if I feel like it).

MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!

MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE A RAINBOW OF SMILES ON YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR HEART FOREVER AND EVER! FRIENDS FOREVER!

hey......life is good........

Allen Sentance
FISHERMAN & his wife SANDRA My Blog www.allensentance.blogspot.com

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Permalink Reply by STRAIGHTALK --> www.151years.com on November 28, 2008 at 9:45am

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Nice very nice indeed, I like to see when folks give some constructive Ideas.. and even better when the thought has come from a past learning experience.. These are the hardest ones to teach but with your explanation I think most of the crowd will start to do some minor changes to their formatting those E-mails.. Super Duper great work & Ideas best of wishes to You, Your growing Group, and to those love ones..

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STRAIGHTALK Norman Flecha

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Permalink Reply by Catherine Mascrès on November 28, 2008 at 12:54pm

I entirely agree with you, Linda Marie! When I entered the net...I thought some messages were personal when with a clic they were reaching so many, I know better now and yes, it does stop my effusions when I see the message is not personal at all...It is real people, I'm trying to reach, real people with real emotions. Thank you for all your sharing. Ami. Cath

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Permalink Reply by Lila on November 28, 2008 at 1:32pm

You are absolutly correct. How does one make the time when you have hundreds of people to reach?

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Permalink Reply by Linda Marie on November 28, 2008 at 3:48pm

All you have to do it the same thing you would do if you were addressing your letter to one person only don't put a name.

I start my letters with I have something I just wanted to share. Or I really love this. and then I just talk to people in the first person.

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Permalink Reply by David Harper on November 28, 2008 at 7:06pm

That is so true.

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