tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9433456415256211412024-03-12T21:12:45.126-07:00Pink BlogPink Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17288212497517438914noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943345641525621141.post-6275981867816988012014-05-17T19:48:00.000-07:002014-05-17T19:48:07.365-07:00<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Do you know
that feeling you get when your pillow is so just right that when you lay your head
down you don’t want to move.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">That is the
kind of feeling you should have when you partner with someone, whether it be an
individual or a business team, to work with you to market your business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Relaxed and comfortable, a good fit that
makes you not want to move.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">That is the
kind of comfort I want you to feel when dealing with Pinksky, whether it be
marketing objectives including internet and traditional, or Web design,
development and maintenance.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">It can
often be a difficult decision to make deciding who you are comfortable with. I have
been operating my own business for almost fifteen years and have had some great
clients, that being said, on occasion when meeting with a prospective client
the chemistry is not there.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Luckily I
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someone who might be a better fit.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">J </span></div>
Pink Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17288212497517438914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943345641525621141.post-86447402363096728702013-05-27T06:41:00.000-07:002013-05-27T06:41:07.974-07:00<br />
How much time do you spend online? How much time do you spend marketing your business online. It is a lot of work and can be seriously time consuming and at times can take you away from your primary reason for being in business. <br />
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When you reach that point it is then that you should start to think about hiring a professional person to help with your online marketing plan. That one person or company that spends all of their time making sure they understand all of the ways and proper channels that will promote your business in the most effective manner. There are literally hundreds of avenues each business could follow to promote what it is they have to offer online. Not all of them will work for all businesses. It is important to know what direction you want to take. <br />
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A doctor is not going to market the same way a film company might and so it goes for each business the importance of directing your marketing towards the audience you are trying to reach. And knowing who that audience is will be a good start to putting together your marketing plan.<br />
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Another thing to keep in mind when hiring an internet marketer is to check their credentials and history. Internet Social Media Marketing companies are popping up everywhere but are they actual marketers. Anyone with a little internet or technological savvy can put up a website with a little glitz and glam, but what is there experience, education, knowledge, background.<br />
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A little bit of research should help you make an informed decision. Pink Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17288212497517438914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943345641525621141.post-68594100205929159762013-05-07T04:41:00.003-07:002013-05-14T18:25:10.261-07:00<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I admit it; I am a Technological Junkie and have
been for more years than I can remember. It started when I took my
first computer course in D.O.S in 1983. From that moment I was
hooked. I learned WordPerfect and Lotus (in DOS). I kept working on
computers and reading as much as I could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most places I worked at back then still had typewriters but were
starting to incorporate computers into the mix.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sometime in 1986 I got my first Macintosh
computer, I cannot even remember the version but it was a clunker.
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m5HmMkUkqyw/UYjn7GPliFI/AAAAAAAAAC8/SZAwRly6sX0/s1600/macold.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m5HmMkUkqyw/UYjn7GPliFI/AAAAAAAAAC8/SZAwRly6sX0/s200/macold.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I taught myself Excel and my way around a mac and I did have my first computer crash without sufficient backup,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lost everything and had to start again. It
was a good lesson in more ways than one, good practice as well as teaching me
the importance of backing up data.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I learned to play very rustic computer games; I was
given a book on fourth ( I vaguely remember the basic concept, a
computer programming language that at the time was a little lost on me but I
will admit I wish I had taken it a little more seriously).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Let’s fast forward to late nineties, after 2
years studying for my MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer), it occurred to me
I loved the learning but I was also starting to realize my addiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I</span>t was (and is) an expensive proposition based on
the fact that Microsoft continues to change operating systems and we have
to go with that ...therefore updating is constant and not cheap. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">At that time calls started coming, from friends,
family and strangers; can you fix my computer? That's when I started
Sandcastle Management Services which later evolved into Pinksky Productions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">How serious is this obsession you might ask?
I have lost count when it comes to the computers I have purchased <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I have four on hand at the moment, 3 working
one not, have given away about two and a few just went to the computer
graveyard in the sky. (When I dispose of a computer I always remove the
hard drive so have a few of those on hand also)), Oh and then there is
the Mac I have in the basement that I forget about most of the time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My obsession is not limited to computers but
extends to software and books. I have enough books on computers, software
and programming to fill at least one isle in the library. Finding a
home for them is sometimes difficult because as much as I try to clear things
and give things away; the books I have a hard time parting with. I am
convinced the minute that I get rid of one I will find myself in a situation
where I will need to answer a question and the answer is in that book. And
of course now my book collection is expanding to Social Media and Search Engine
Optimization etc. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I feel the same about my software, I know some of
the discs I have I will never use and I am a little better at disposing of
older software than I am of the books. I wish I could find the right place
to donate old books and software that would allow those who have not been as
lucky as I have to live and learn computer technology could benefit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone know of a place like that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The problem with my obsession well first it is not
going to end….I am constantly filled with an urge to keep learning more (I have
a standing subscription with Trainsimpleonline an Adobe Certified Software
Training site) and secondly it is an expensive hobby (obsession). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">On the plus side, I learn a lot, am very up to date
on new technology, html, what works and doesn’t on the web and changes in all
things internet, so I can<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>answer most
questions thrown at me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In the meantime I think I will research; there must
be a way to get the information and technology to those who need it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Pink Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17288212497517438914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943345641525621141.post-36792998261300715312011-03-14T06:51:00.000-07:002011-03-14T06:51:27.086-07:00Good Monday Morning<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Although I have been doing Virtual Administration for about fifteen years now, it isn’t something I have really promoted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been busy making websites which is what I <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>like doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, many of my customers <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>continue to ask me to do other tasks for them and of course I do.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">So after many conversations with some of my colleagues I have decided to expand the Virtual Administration side of my business,because I still like to help my fellow entrepreneurs develop their businesses and websites and I would also like to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>create more work for some of my fellow administrators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Additionally, in my continuous quest to learn more I will be starting online lessons this week in SEO Techniques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I already have a basic knowledge and I also have on my team some expert SEO members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those of you that know me and have worked with me,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you know I am a hands on kind of person and even though I might not do all of the tasks myself,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I certainly need to know I can if necessary.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">So while <a href="http://www.pinkskyproductions.ca/">Pinksky Productions</a> will continue to make beautiful websites we will also continue to make beautiful documents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">I am looking forward to the growth of <a href="http://pinkoffice.ca/">Pinkoffice.ca</a> and am sure it is going to be a welcome partner to <a href="http://www.pinkskyproductions.ca/">Pinksky Productions</a> and sharing what I will be learning with you in the upcoming weeks and months.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Joan Culbert</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><a href="http://www.pinkskyproductions.ca/">Pinksky Productions</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><a href="http://www.pinkoffice.ca/">Pink Office</a></span></div>Pink Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17288212497517438914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943345641525621141.post-69104384922489221812011-02-27T14:00:00.000-08:002011-02-27T14:00:37.838-08:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have been on face book for a very long time now. It has become second nature, a natural part of my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I stay in touch with friends and family which is all so good, but lately I have had the chance to experience the wonderfulness of face book.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A couple o f months ago I hooked up with a close friend of over 25 years who I had lost touch with,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not sure who friended who but since then we have had a chance to catch up, get together & remember.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now, just this week I had a friend request from another friend I knew & worked with<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(again) over 25 years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first I had no idea who was sending the request until I read the message.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had married and her name had changed, but with a short reminder and a couple of emails later it all came back in a wonderful flood of memories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew her mom, she knew mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly and coincidentally we both lost our mothers three years ago.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We are catching up now.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I still have friends who refuse to join the fb movement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To them I say you are missing out on endless opportunity<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to contact and reconnect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And for my other friends who have yet to embrace the internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me know when you are ready and I will be there to help you get started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Because some of these moments are too good to miss, too good to forget and wonderful to be reminded of.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Joan Culbert<br />
Pinksky Productions</span></div>Pink Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17288212497517438914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943345641525621141.post-3619613611903849352011-02-26T08:50:00.000-08:002011-02-26T08:50:07.303-08:00Cooking<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US">It is a well known fact that I love to work,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but I do have hobbies and interests and passions outside of work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of those passions is cooking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love to cook and especially love cooking for other people.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Lately cooking in my kitchen has become an even more welcome break at the end of the day , <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>there is a new ingredient, that would be Peter Guo my friend from China who has taught me a whole new way to cook, not only ingredient wise, but socially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am learning to cook Chinese, not American Chinese but actual true Chinese cooking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a entire culture that involves so much more than the actual cooking part.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US">It is Friday night and a couple <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>friends drop- in…we all make a dish…in the kitchen together we glide like a well oiled machine…olive oil and sesame oil….</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US">We chop for each other, we get ingredients…dishes and vegetables are being passed around.wine is poured…languages are translated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peter is from Henan, (source of river, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is the meaning)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>because the yellow river crosses through his province, the mother river <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>near middle <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>China….and as he is explaining to me now about where his province is we have an English lesson…Henan has .01 billion population</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US">It’s so wonderful to live in this new culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every word has a meaning and so I need to learn it all as we work to understand each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did I already say it is so wonderful to live in this new culture.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Every <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>meal<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>conversation ends in a geography lesson, the atlas comes out, laptops are always on hand (one in Chinese) I am watching cooking shows in china and learning to cook based on sight <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>not words,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and one in English because of course I do not yet read Chinese and still like to cheat occassionaly.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US">In China each person makes a dish,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so tonight I am trying a new dish Crispy baked Basa, (Vietnamese Catfish)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peter is making something that he cannot tell us what it is (it is his invention), ground pork made with hoisin sauce,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and wrapped in tofu noodle with fresh red pepper and cucumbers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Susanne,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>rice pilaf,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sauté dry brown golden pasta,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>tbsp butter,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>melt, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>chopped onion, sauté a couple minutes,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>add 1 cup long grain rice and pinch of sea salt stir and add one and a half cups chicken broth, Boil,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the simmer for fifteen minutes, then sit for five (I write this down mostly so I will remember).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are already planning tomorrow’s trip to the market to get our ingredients for fresh Sushi.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US">It’s good</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Joan Culbert<br />
Pinksky Productions</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div></span></div></div>Pink Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17288212497517438914noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943345641525621141.post-57755964134773618112010-12-03T08:26:00.000-08:002010-12-03T08:56:44.958-08:00Beware Internet Dangers (Part 1)February this year my website was hacked. I found out through a colleague, it was very disappointing. Not knowing why or how I began to do research. After several days of telephone conversations with go daddy, who at that time hosted my account, what I was able to find out was the "hackers" do it for no other reason than they can & that my only option was to delete the site & upload a safe version from back up. <br />
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Sadly I lost a years worth of blogs, (blogging is really about as it happens) & the momentum I had built over the past year came to a stop.<br />
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I continued my research, reading everything I could find. A couple of helpful sites were <a href="http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/">http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/</a><br />
and <br />
<a href="http://www.stopbadware.org/">stopbadware.org</a><br />
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I was able to find the malware located in my website and remove it, as well I reported the villains to Google. I also learned updates are extremely important, especially when working with Word press and PHP, in avoiding Malware. Also it really pays to find a hosting provider that takes security seriously.<br />
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I have been wary about venturing back into the world of blogging, but am doing so now cautiously and with the hope that I will be more successful and that my new found diligence will prevent any further attacks.Pink Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17288212497517438914noreply@blogger.com0