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July 2009, 126th Edition |
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This newsletter is dedicated to the
memory of Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett
and Michael Jackson.
Their
memory will live in our hearts
forever. |
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NEWS from Triangle Concierge ... |
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TRIANGLE CONCIERGE will be
closed for vacation from June 28 to July 6
- Since we haven't
taken a vacation in over a year, Ron and I have
decided to practice what we preach and take a
little time off. We'll be monitoring our email
and telephone messages while we're away, and all
book orders placed next week will be shipped out
on the 7th of July. Have a great week
everyone!
Our next
Concierge WebinarTM
is July 16-17
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Why travel to a seminar when you can attend
one in the comfort of your own home or
office? Plus you will still get the benefit
of a group seminar!
The Concierge WebinarTM
offers exceptional convenience and
is cost-effective as it
is done via your individual
computers in the comfort of your home or office.
Attention Triangle Grads!!! Earlena
"Cookie" Morris has started a group on LinkedIn
for Triangle Graduates.
LinkedIn is a professional social networking
tool, and a great way to display your
recommendations from your clients and colleagues
regarding your services. Just click here
to join:
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/1957608/eml-grp-sub/
Katharine will be in LAS VEGAS in
September! Hope to see you all
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NEWS from ICEA |
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ICEA's annual membership drive!
ICEA is about to launch it's annual
membership drive. If you are an ICEA member, for
every person that signs up for membership under
your name, you'll receive 5 ICEA dollars to use
towards your dues, an item in the ICEA bookstore
or the upcoming conference. Make sure that your
referral puts your name on the on-line form
under "referred by" so that we can make sure you
get the credit!
If you used to
be an ICEA member and just can't afford to
re-new your dues, it's our pleasure to
offer the same program to you. For every person
you refer, you'll receive 5 ICEA dollars that
will go towards your dues. Refer 20 people to us
and your dues are free!
ICEA
has a new
Certified Concierge Specialist program -
The certification program has been designed
to recognize those individuals who understand
professionalism is more than joining an
association. In order to attain and retain the
CCS designation, there is some specific
criteria that you must meet. Just visit ICEA
website for more information. The application
can be found in the members-only section.
2009 ICEA Annual
Conference,
October 21 -
24, 2009,
Glasgow, Scotland ---
HURRY AND
REGISTER!! Earlybird deadline is June 30th!
Click here for more information
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The Coaches Corner
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The Coaches Corner with Katharine Giovanni
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The world experienced three great
losses this month ...
Ed McMahon - who brought us the gift
of laughter
Farrah Fawcett - who brought us
beauty and grace
Michael Jackson - who brought us the
gift of music
Three incredible icons who taught us
to never lose your ability to laugh
and play. We learned to always keep
laughing, keep dreaming and keep
reaching for the stars.
The world is in an interesting place
right now. Companies are falling,
economies are crumbling and people
are leaving.
It is not the end.
It is the beginning.
We are on the precipice of change.
Light always overshadows darkness
and wins the day.
Peace comes out of chaos.
Keep your chin up and allow faith
and hope to carry you through. A new
world is being born. A world filled
with hope, peace and prosperity.
Keep your eye on your dreams and
don't look back.
Stay the course and never give up
your dream. Stay strong.
And when the world beats you down?
Remember the laughter.
Remember the beauty.
Remember the music.
You are all a gift to the world and
your contribution to it is
priceless.
In peace,
Katharine
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Quote of the Month ... |
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Feature Article - 1 |
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Social Networking - Market to the
Whole World and Watch Your Revenue
Skyrocket
By Kimberly Reddington
With the advent of Web 2.0 came the
ability to communicate with people
from all over the world in more ways
than anyone ever thought possible.
It is absolutely amazing how anyone
can now connect with anyone else on
the internet. Your Average Joe is
connecting and communicating with
famous people and millionaires. Have
you ever wanted to ask George Bush a
question? The internet makes it so
easy.
One of my husband's close friends is
two connections away from Hillary
Clinton and John McCain in his
LinkedIn account. Would you like an
introduction? One of my role models
that I follow intensely is Anthony
Robbins. He recently launched a blog
and created a Twitter account. I can
now ask him anything, or tell him
anything. He reads his blog comments
himself and posts tweets to his
twitter account personally. If I'm
lucky he may even send me an answer.
As far as marketing goes, I was
speaking to a good friend of mine
the other day about how she markets
her distribution company. Her
business markets offline and online.
90% of their online marketing is
free and 80% of her business comes
from online efforts. Her business
grossed $1.3 million last year.
I was reading an article the other
day about a company that was doing
really well with their offline
marketing efforts. It took a few
years for them to be convinced that
adding online marketing could boost
their business. They finally took
the plunge. Their business
skyrocketed by 40% in just a few
months. They are now putting a new
marketing plan in place that will
turn some of their offline marketing
efforts into online. They have found
their online marketing to be more
effective. They can market online to
more people for less money.
Social networking seems to be the
biggest hype of all. Most online
social networking efforts are free
to very inexpensive. A few popular
sites that are considered part of
social networking are twitter,
Facebook, LinkedIn, ning.com, blogs,
podcasts, YouTube, and more. It
takes a little effort to get some
payoff with social networking, but
when you are consistent with your
efforts it can go a long way to
driving traffic to your website,
increasing your exposure and
establishing yourself as an expert
in your field of business.
Not only can social networks bring
you closer to your customers and
offer them a way to learn to trust
you, but it can be fun, too!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kimberly
Reddington, Moms in Business
Thoughtleader for CereusWomen.com,
teaches moms how to turn their
skills and talents into a successful
home-based service business and to
find a balance between their
business and their family. Discover
Kim's popular special report by
visiting [http://www.cereuswomen.com/]http://www.CereusWomen.com;
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kimberly_Reddington
http://EzineArticles.com/?Social-Networking---Market-to-the-Whole-World-and-Watch-Your-Revenue-Skyrocket&id=2211501 |
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Ron's Rants
and Raves with Ron Giovanni |
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Ron is always ranting about something. Sometimes he rants because something irritated him, other times he offers a life or business tip to help people out.
From politics to family life to sensitive issues, you can bet that Ron will rant about it. He understands that not everyone will agree with him! He's not trying to change opinions, he's just ranting.
Here are Ron’s
thoughts for the week …
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Hello
everyone,
I need
to vent about my hard drive.
Now I know
what you are all thinking
... why do
I want to read about your hard
drive? How boring is that?
Actually, I'm not
talking about the hard drive on
my computer, I'm talking about the hard drive
in my brain.
The other
night at 3:54 AM, my hard
drive (my brain) decided it wanted to
run, and run it did. In fact, it
ran until I
decided to get up and turn on
the TV at 5:15 AM. I then moved onto
coffee at 6:15 AM.
We've all
had the experience of sitting at our desk and all of sudden
our computers, for no apparent
reason, starts it hard drive and
runs a program. Since you did not
click on anything, you wonder
what caused it to start. Well my brain decided it
was going to do exactly that
and it started going through the
many different files I have
stored up there. I thought about
business, worried about
my two sons, thought about
our vacation, and on and on
it went. My brain's hard drive
pulled and processed all sorts
of files! It just kept jumping from
one file to another, from one
idea to another. Unfortunately,
unlike my computer, I did not
have buttons to click that could
potentially stop it. I cannot understand
why this happens to me. Everyone else
in the house was sleeping soundly.
Not me! I have a hard drive
that needs to run these programs
back to back to
back. It drove me crazy.
Here's the
difference between my brain's
hard drive and my computer's ... my computer has
the
control-alt-delete function so I can shut
the programs down. I can't do
this with my brain, although I
wish I could at 3:54 AM. I
know that I am constantly thinking about things.
In fact, Katharine often tells me that I
need to stop thinking as I'm going
to hurt myself or
burnout.
J I am always trying to find ways to do things differently,
to make things better, and to
find solutions to problems. I
just don't want to do it at 3:54
AM. Now if your control-alt-delete does not work and
your computer hard drive keeps
running, you can shut down the
computer. I can't do the
same to my brain because there
is no off button! So I
just lie there, rolling
over and over, again and again.
At least I have a remote control
that will take my brain in another
direction. Maybe just maybe
it will stop running those annoying files so that it can
absorb something new. In my
sleep deprived state, I was
the perfect candidate to buy
something that I don't need.
Eventually I decided that falling back
asleep was not a good idea, so I
proceeded to the coffee pot,
which takes me on another ride
...
a ride fuel by caffeine. But
that is another story for
another day.
Do you all
know that for $39.95, you can
buy a magic program and become a
millionaire? Wow! Amazing that
I could become a millionaire by
buying a program for $39.95. Oh
boy, a prescription for my hard
drive problems, and it is right
there when my hard drive is
running! If I only slept with my
credit card then I too could be
a millionaire ... for
only $39.95. I guess if there are a
million others whose hard drives
are running like mine, and they
kept their credit cards next to
them, I guess there will be a
millionaire made. I'm just not sure
it will be me, not for $39.95.
Have a
wonderful and safe 4th
of July. I hope you have a nice quiet, restful nights of
slumber. Remember to never
keep your credit card near you in
the middle of the night, or you
might be making someone a
millionaire, and odds are it is
not you.
Warmest
regards,
Ron
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Feature Article - 2 |
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Funny Questions About Life
By Hal Eisenberg
Those Funny Questions About Life
Keep On Coming.
Ever had one of those funny
questions about life? Then please
read on.
When it comes to funny questions and
thoughts about life, every time
think I've seen them all I find one
I've never seen before or come up
with more of my own. The following
are some of the ones I've discovered
or written however, I know there's
more because thats, well... life.
So, if you find while reading these
funny questions and thoughts about
life make you smile, pass them
along. All right, let's get started!
Humorous questions - Group 1 Why
does Hawaiian pizza also contain
Canadian Bacon? Grape Nuts cereal.
No grapes - no nuts. Huh? What's the
difference between regular ketchup
and fancy ketchup? Do Dutch people
always split the bill? If you use
Miracle Whip on Wonder Bread, do you
have to use Heavenly Ham?
Wacky Questions about life - Group 2
Is there ever a day that mattresses
aren't on sale? They make bullet
proof vests, why not bullet proof
pants? Why are oriental rug stores
always going out of business? Is
there any difference between partly
cloudy and partly sunny?
Mildly amusing Questions about life
- Group 3 If it only takes one match
to start a forrest fire, why on
earth does it take me a whole box of
matches and a can of lighter fluid
to light my grill? When they ship
those styrofoam peanuts, what do
they pack them in? How do you know
when pickles or sour cream has gone
bad?
Zany Questions about life - Group 4
How does one know when their
bagpipes need tuning? Allstate
Insurance has a disclaimer that
reads: not available in all states.
What? If Donkey Kong's main
character is a monkey, why isn't it
called Monkey Kong? Why does the
word lisp have an "s" in it?
Questions about life - Group 5 How
come you never read the headline,
"Psychic Wins Lottery"? The next
time someone says, "Now I've seen
everything", ask them if they've
ever seen a UPS truck parked in a
parking space. Has anyone ever
really seen a Jolly Rancher? If you
get a club soda stain, how do you
remove it?
Funny Questions about life - Group 6
Has anyone (besides Donald Trump's
wife) ever been fooled by a comb
over? Is it really possible to
change the direction of a bowling
ball by waving your hands? There's
senior citizens, so why aren't there
junior citizens?
Funny Questions about life - Group 7
They say laughter is the best
medicine - so who came up with the
phrase, "I died laughing"? Why do
doctors leave the room when your
getting dressed? After all, they've
already seen you naked. What's wrong
with the United States? They only
have two choices for President, but
fifty for Miss America. Any reason
they nail down the lid of a coffin?
When butterflies get upset or
nervous, what do they get in their
stomachs?
Funny Questions about life - Group 8
Where do they put price stickers on
non-stick pans? If it's called
lipstick, why is it always coming
off? When they sing, "Take me out to
the ball game" they're already
there. Why? Who's idea was it to
make the word abbreviation so long?
Yes, these are just a few of the
Funny Questions about life that try
men's - and women's souls. And
there's a ton more funny questions
about life not listed here. Some of
them come to me during the course of
a day. For example, why does every
shampoo bottle say, lather, rinse,
repeat? I'm sorry, did I miss my
head entirely the first time or do
you just want to sell more shampoo?
If you have or have thought up any
funny questions of life yourself,
feel free to send them along and
thanks for wasting a few minutes of
your life pondering these funny
questions of life. Now get out there
and do something good. Like figuring
out what people in China call their
good plates.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Hal
Eisenberg is a freelance writer and
author. He is also the proud
co-owner of kiddiekort.com If you'd
like to get in touch, you can reach
him at
http://funny-questions.blogspot.com;
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Hal_Eisenberg
http://EzineArticles.com/?Funny-Questions-About-Life&id=2252084
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Calendar of Industry Events
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JULY 2009 |
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July 16-17 The Concierge Webinar TM
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information |
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The webinar you conducted was fantastic!
This is great for people that cannot attend your class in person.
The information was very insightful and easy to understand. I have
been wanting to start a concierge service for a while but did not know
how to do it. You gave me a plan that I can implement today.
Thanks to you, my dream is manifesting right before my eyes.
God Bless You and Ron.
Renee Harp, Luxury Lifestyle Managers, LLC, Detroit, Michigan
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SEPTEMBER 2009 |
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Katharine is coming to Las Vegas! September
24-25
The Concierge Masters
Seminar TM
The Canyon Gate Country
Club
Las Vegas, NV
Click here
for more information
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Thoroughly enjoyed your workshop and the
group of people involved. The staff at the Club were truly
amazing. What a wonderful bunch. It was well worth the trip
from Toronto. Lots of information to present and cover but the
nice thing about a group workshop is the learning from each other.
Everyone has something to bring to the table. You did a great job of
keeping it interesting and keeping it moving. I now have a better
understanding of what I need to do next and have been doing so since my
return from Raleigh. Thanks again and I'm sure we'll be in touch.
Diane Goldsmith, Mississauga, Ontario,
Canada Click here to read some comments from our clients |
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OCTOBER - ICEA CONFERENCE!!! |
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2009 ICEA Annual
Conference
October 21 -
24, 2009
Swallow
Hotel Glasgow
517 Paisley
Road West
Glasgow, Scotland
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for more information
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The Concierge Directory |
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is that you link back to us on your website.
If you are a graduate of
the Triangle Masters Academy, don't forget
to email us your listing for the directory!
All our grads get a special logo next to
their name as well as a detailed listing.
Here's the link to check it out ...
http://www.triangleconcierge.com/concierge_directory.htm
If you would like to exchange links with us and get your company listed in our free directory, then please visit our website for the details at
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