Spring

I’m spending more time outside this month.  Last month seemed to require an extra-intensive amount of screen-time.  Now, getting out, the weather invites it. The clients are fun to connect and plan with.  The garden demands it.  Also looking at new things to use online and evaluating what is benefit and what is cute but useless.  Almost like weeding.

I was invited to beta http://www.breadpro.com/howitworks.  Spent all of one minute looking at it and walked away.  Haven’t we moved beyond the interruption ad days of television?  ’Excuse me while I flash this disruption in front of your face for 20 seconds.  We know you didn’t ask for it but hey, maybe what we want to show you is more important than what you clicked to see.’  It doesn’t seem respectful.

Word Clouds.  http://www.wordle.net/ Fun.  Copy/Paste a bunch of text from your blog, your FB newsfeed, your website… and see what rises to the top.  

Storage space online?  Back-up place? Docs repository? https://drive.google.com offers 5GB for free, to start. Nice.

We’re building more http://wordpress.org websites than ever.  So apparently, is the rest of the world.  Rapidly becoming ‘expert’.  

Please join me outside your normal routine.  We’ll both be more balanced and the people we work and live with will probably benefit collaterally as well!  What have you done this month that is new, for you?

Photo: stephaniemcmillan.org

MyTherapyBar.com

This interesting little project began with a taste.  After enjoying the chocolate bar that we purchased in Vancouver’s Whole Foods Market I called Shadi Javadi, the owner of Deliss Chocolate Inc, we met and began I working with her on this great little WordPress project.  I wanted to meet her because I thought the marketing concept was brilliant and her story fascinating!

This website enables Shadi to update the website content on her own.  She is a tireless promoter who uses Facebook and Twitter well so we integrated these two social media right into the website.  Every time she updates on Twitter or Facebook it appears on her website pages as a live feed.  Google Search loves this inbound traffic and it will affect the website’s search engine ranking.  

A simple Google Maps embed enables the retail location mashup to help potential customers find My Therapy Bar.  If your local upscale, socially conscious food market is not carrying this bar, there is a Wholesale application provided for them to open an account.  An interested Japanese client prompted Shadi to include a Japanese ‘about’ page with consultation and translation provided by Yuya Kato at GPE.  

A recent update: Save On Foods,  major food retailer in British Columbia, Canada is carrying the bar across their chain in the next few months.  Congratulations Shadi!