I’m Writing, I’m Writing, I’m Writing!
It’s Labor Day Weekend, and Veronica scheduled five precious days off on my calendar. No appointments from Thursday morning until Tuesday morning. Five days to write!
I woke up yesterday at 4:57, without the alarm, and set to work, in the dark. (My screen is lit, I know where the keys are.) Fourteen hours later, a solid foundation. More than half of the first third of the book is laid down. Now the troweling, sanding, smoothing . . . but before that
If you would like to play, [1] Download this first draft. (I can’t tell you how long it will be up here, but you’re welcome to forward this link to friends while it is.) Exceptional Networking: Get In Touch – Draft 1
[2] Read. (as much, or as little as you would like)
[3] Comment – (right here, for God and country to see) - there is a restriction: Please give me comments in these three arenas
[First Approved Comment Arena]
Tell me what information was, in the words of my nephew Michael,
“Zoinks. Everybody knows that.”
[Second Approved Comment Arena]
Tell me where you had to re-read a sentence, or a paragraph,
because the meaning wasn’t initially clear.
(Please reference by page number)
[Third Approved Comment Arena]
Tell me what questions you still have,
that weren’t answered by the material.
{you’ll see *** where there will be appendices,
but I haven’t written those yet,
so go ahead and list every question now.}
“And what”, you might ask, “do I get in return?”
I need some real life examples in the book.
If you comment you’ll get press; I’ll promote your business!
Gratefully, and with no small amount of trepidation, W!
So, as always the information is great. Here’s where you lost me. On the triangle chart for referrals (that’s really laid out in boxes right now), I didn’t know where to begin. It took me a minute to find 1. and then to go to 2. etc.
Also, while the dialogue format is innovative, parts of it are a little distracting. Visually, people don’t like to read italics, so I’d go with different fonts or colors, but not italics. I’m not fond of the word “duh,” it’s very 1985. Also–part of me wants our right side not to be quite so ignorant. It seems like they might have an idea or two that the Wendy side could say, “Exactly, and that fits in this cabinet in this drawer.”
Speaking of drawers . . . I still don’t get which association goes with which kind of drawer. For example, PowerCore would go in my referral drawer. But would AMA Atlanta go in my GateOpener drawer, since Marketing Directors are definitely a target for me? Would the local Chamber of Commerce be in my Advertising drawer? Just not clear how that works.
And with the drawer concept, I’d like to see the little cabinet next to it, with the drawer we’re talking about open, and the specific color-coded file out with the appropriate tab. It’s almost like that concept was introduced so quickly, the reasoning behind it didn’t sink in. I felt that way at InfoMinute Seminar, too. Visualizing the room with the cabinets, a little cabinet background, a little more why cabinet would be good for me.
Maybe not everyone wants to know the why of something, but I am someone who will Google why words like salmon are pronounced with no L sound. (Latin word for fish is Salmo–old english word has no L–at some point the dictionary people saw fit to Latinize words with Latin roots.) So why cabinets?
Wonderful Ellie! Thank you so much! This is just what I needed.
Back to Word.
Gratefully, W!
Wendy,
It’s terrific so far! You have a great and funny sense of humor. Thank you for sharing part of you with us. Cindy
Thanks, Cindy.
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