Comments for Lisa's Virtual Ramblings http://lisa-weinberger.com Online Marketing Consultant Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:56:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on I Make People Laugh and Smile by Paul http://lisa-weinberger.com/i-make-people-laugh-and-smile/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Paul Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:32:44 +0000 http://lisa-weinberger.com/?p=76#comment-60 You DO make people laugh & smile! Yeah Lisa! You DO make people laugh & smile! Yeah Lisa!

]]> Comment on Assumptions and Social Media by Bryan http://lisa-weinberger.com/assumptions-and-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Bryan Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:53:09 +0000 http://lisa-weinberger.com/?p=62#comment-41 Hi Lisa, I'm a new reader and like your content and style. I agree with your sentiments here, but I believe that the good outweighs the bad. I'll put up with those who make incorrect assumptions and some rudeness, for the benefit of sometimes restarting an old friendship, or becoming better friend with an interesting person, who was only an acquaintance. Hi Lisa, I’m a new reader and like your content and style.

I agree with your sentiments here, but I believe that the good outweighs the bad. I’ll put up with those who make incorrect assumptions and some rudeness, for the benefit of sometimes restarting an old friendship, or becoming better friend with an interesting person, who was only an acquaintance.

]]> Comment on Assumptions and Social Media by Lisa http://lisa-weinberger.com/assumptions-and-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Lisa Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:08:36 +0000 http://lisa-weinberger.com/?p=62#comment-38 Shauna and Ophelia, WOW! Thank you for sharing your experiences! It is something I never thought about till recently and wanted to see if what others have experienced in their social media lives. :) Shauna and Ophelia,

WOW! Thank you for sharing your experiences! It is something I never thought about till recently and wanted to see if what others have experienced in their social media lives. :)

]]> Comment on Assumptions and Social Media by Ophelia http://lisa-weinberger.com/assumptions-and-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Ophelia Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:01:40 +0000 http://lisa-weinberger.com/?p=62#comment-37 I believe that everyone assumes you have changed as much as they have. Some not as much, some 180˚. We may have a memory of you from 14 years ago, but we equate it with the person we were 14 years ago as well. I don't assume anyone I've come back into contact with as unchanged. I just remember them as they were before, but I know they have moved forward in their life and I want to know all about it, which is why I probably contacted them. If I didn't want to know, I would've left that memory intact. As for social media etiquette, share only what you would like your mother to know. :O) I believe that everyone assumes you have changed as much as they have. Some not as much, some 180˚. We may have a memory of you from 14 years ago, but we equate it with the person we were 14 years ago as well. I don’t assume anyone I’ve come back into contact with as unchanged. I just remember them as they were before, but I know they have moved forward in their life and I want to know all about it, which is why I probably contacted them. If I didn’t want to know, I would’ve left that memory intact.

As for social media etiquette, share only what you would like your mother to know. :O)

]]> Comment on Assumptions and Social Media by Shauna http://lisa-weinberger.com/assumptions-and-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Shauna Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:00:17 +0000 http://lisa-weinberger.com/?p=62#comment-36 I run into this on many levels. First there's the high school friends who associate me with the rest of my family (that I'm pretty far removed from at this point), then there's the rowdy party crowd in the local music scene, and finally the conservative professional crowd from my before-self-employed days. All have their assumptions and even judgments about who I am and what I do. It's frustrating to face and makes it difficult to continue nurturing these "friendships". At the end of the day I usually sit back, do my best to be accessible and transparent, and those that don't like what I put forth, can move along. I'm blessed to have a few people in my life who see and accept all sides of me and celebrate my success. I run into this on many levels. First there’s the high school friends who associate me with the rest of my family (that I’m pretty far removed from at this point), then there’s the rowdy party crowd in the local music scene, and finally the conservative professional crowd from my before-self-employed days. All have their assumptions and even judgments about who I am and what I do. It’s frustrating to face and makes it difficult to continue nurturing these “friendships”. At the end of the day I usually sit back, do my best to be accessible and transparent, and those that don’t like what I put forth, can move along. I’m blessed to have a few people in my life who see and accept all sides of me and celebrate my success.

]]> Comment on Remembering 9-11-01 by Nancy Sutherland http://lisa-weinberger.com/remembering-9-11-01/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Nancy Sutherland Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:32:09 +0000 http://lisa-weinberger.com/?p=55#comment-31 Has it really been seven years? None of us will ever forget that day. Living in Pennsylvania, we found ourselves in the middle of it all. Actually, we discontinued cable and the Dishnetwork people were coming for an install on the 12th, so basically we had no cable! The phone rang constantly with people checking in about loved ones who were in NY, the Pentagon and on that flight that fell over PA. One of my consultants had a husband working in the Pentagon. At the time of the attack, he was out of his office in a meeting in another part of the building. (his office was demolished and it took all day to find out that he was okay) One of my husband's college roommates lost his wife that day who was a flight attendent on 93. Everyone was in shock. We weren't sure what was going to happen next. And we got to see it on a computer screen since we had no television. ( actually they replayed it so many times when we did get the television the next day that I don't think that we missed anything.) My husband was working in NJ and he could see it all across the river as it burned. I think that those days immediately following the attacks many people started to pray that never did before. Many churches lost huge parts of their congregation in NY while others sent church members into the city to help the survivors and pray with them. I don't think that we should ever forget the unity that our country exhibited after that fateful day that changed history for us. I know that I won't. Has it really been seven years? None of us will ever forget that day. Living in Pennsylvania, we found ourselves in the middle of it all. Actually, we discontinued cable and the Dishnetwork people were coming for an install on the 12th, so basically we had no cable! The phone rang constantly with people checking in about loved ones who were in NY, the Pentagon and on that flight that fell over PA. One of my consultants had a husband working in the Pentagon. At the time of the attack, he was out of his office in a meeting in another part of the building. (his office was demolished and it took all day to find out that he was okay) One of my husband’s college roommates lost his wife that day who was a flight attendent on 93. Everyone was in shock. We weren’t sure what was going to happen next. And we got to see it on a computer screen since we had no television. ( actually they replayed it so many times when we did get the television the next day that I don’t think that we missed anything.) My husband was working in NJ and he could see it all across the river as it burned.
I think that those days immediately following the attacks many people started to pray that never did before. Many churches lost huge parts of their congregation in NY while others sent church members into the city to help the survivors and pray with them.
I don’t think that we should ever forget the unity that our country exhibited after that fateful day that changed history for us. I know that I won’t.

]]> Comment on Remembering 9-11-01 by Matt - mmWine http://lisa-weinberger.com/remembering-9-11-01/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Matt - mmWine Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:28:11 +0000 http://lisa-weinberger.com/?p=55#comment-30 Lisa- Thanks for sharing your memories of this day. It's 7 years ago that this happened, and today was the first day that <a href="http://babblingaboutnothing.com/?p=79" rel="nofollow">I wrote down my memories</a>. I've always had feelings and thoughts about them, but today I shared them with "the world". It was difficult because as you can read on my site, I lost a friend. We actually lost more than 1 acquaintance, but this was someone who was a dear, dear friend and the purest soul and nicest person ever. It's sad that tragic events help people connect, but this connecting helps us deal with tragic events. Thanks for sharing your memories. -Matt Lisa-
Thanks for sharing your memories of this day. It’s 7 years ago that this happened, and today was the first day that I wrote down my memories. I’ve always had feelings and thoughts about them, but today I shared them with “the world”. It was difficult because as you can read on my site, I lost a friend. We actually lost more than 1 acquaintance, but this was someone who was a dear, dear friend and the purest soul and nicest person ever.

It’s sad that tragic events help people connect, but this connecting helps us deal with tragic events. Thanks for sharing your memories.
-Matt

]]> Comment on Remembering 9-11-01 by Kris Czerwan http://lisa-weinberger.com/remembering-9-11-01/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Kris Czerwan Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:13:11 +0000 http://lisa-weinberger.com/?p=55#comment-29 Thank you Lisa for sharing that with us. I am glad to know that your family was fortunate enough to be out of harms way that day. As I don't want to take up to much space on your blog, visit <a href="http://www.kczerwan.com/?p=254" rel="nofollow">this page</a> on my blog to hear my memories. Thank you Lisa for sharing that with us. I am glad to know that your family was fortunate enough to be out of harms way that day.

As I don’t want to take up to much space on your blog, visit this page on my blog to hear my memories.

]]> Comment on Remembering 9-11-01 by Pacwp http://lisa-weinberger.com/remembering-9-11-01/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Pacwp Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:53:09 +0000 http://lisa-weinberger.com/?p=55#comment-28 I remember all my children had the day off from school. Usually when they had a holiday like that the rules about TV are relaxed and they were down stairs watching cartoons. I was listening to the radio in the bedroom when I heard the news of the attack. I remember feeling numb, so shocked. I didn't let the children watch TV or listen to the radio at all that day and for days after, at the time they were far too young to understand and it would have too overwhelming for them to comprehended. I remember when my eldest was in Kindergarten during the first gulf war, we had a Kindergarten teacher who was so into Social Justice that she never edited her thoughts and told the children that they Arabs were going to kill us because of how we treated them. My son hide under his bed for weeks after that, and now this! I did not tell my children about what happened until many months and for my youngest who were only six at the time, not until years later. I remember all my children had the day off from school. Usually when they had a holiday like that the rules about TV are relaxed and they were down stairs watching cartoons. I was listening to the radio in the bedroom when I heard the news of the attack. I remember feeling numb, so shocked. I didn’t let the children watch TV or listen to the radio at all that day and for days after, at the time they were far too young to understand and it would have too overwhelming for them to comprehended. I remember when my eldest was in Kindergarten during the first gulf war, we had a Kindergarten teacher who was so into Social Justice that she never edited her thoughts and told the children that they Arabs were going to kill us because of how we treated them. My son hide under his bed for weeks after that, and now this!

I did not tell my children about what happened until many months and for my youngest who were only six at the time, not until years later.

]]> Comment on Online Branding… by Temple Stark http://lisa-weinberger.com/online-branding/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Temple Stark Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:02:07 +0000 http://lisa-weinberger.com/?p=32#comment-21 What more personal connection can there be than a face? What can sell better than a personal connection? Well something good to sell, of course, but first impressions on certain products and services come through that personal connection. People need more faces of themselves and their employees on their Web sites and other materials, not less. I create logos and other graphics - and would like to do more - and on paper or other materials logos look great, with a complete package of branding etc. They get people started in the right direction of knowing what a company is about. But really, they don't sell anything in and of the themselves. They can inspire a certain sense of confidence or give a hint of the character of the company - whimsical, straight-laced etc etc. But I'm not sure many people can sit up and think, "boy great logo, gotta buy something from them." Not even Apple. Taking great portrait photos is ALL about making a person feel comfortable. How people do that is different. if they are comfortable they will look comfortable or they will feel comfortable enough to look anyway they need to / want to be. Comfortable can turn into sexy, into silly, into relaxed, into intense etc. etc. What more personal connection can there be than a face? What can sell better than a personal connection? Well something good to sell, of course, but first impressions on certain products and services come through that personal connection. People need more faces of themselves and their employees on their Web sites and other materials, not less.

I create logos and other graphics - and would like to do more - and on paper or other materials logos look great, with a complete package of branding etc. They get people started in the right direction of knowing what a company is about. But really, they don’t sell anything in and of the themselves. They can inspire a certain sense of confidence or give a hint of the character of the company - whimsical, straight-laced etc etc. But I’m not sure many people can sit up and think, “boy great logo, gotta buy something from them.” Not even Apple.

Taking great portrait photos is ALL about making a person feel comfortable. How people do that is different. if they are comfortable they will look comfortable or they will feel comfortable enough to look anyway they need to / want to be. Comfortable can turn into sexy, into silly, into relaxed, into intense etc. etc.

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