Rebecca's Biztalk posts

Anyone familiar with the Corel graphic program

I need help with something!

Twitter Twacking and Twemes...Im confused

I recently started Twittering and as was mentioned to me you can also (somehow) track using key words for specific content.

I dont see a way to do this via my Twitter controls so I went to twemes.com but am unclear on what to do next.

How do I track for specific key words so those Twittering about said subjects show up?

Yo..Motorcycle Riders.....

Anyone check out King5tv's weather report for NEXT weekend?

Could it possibly get up to 75+?

Did you remember it's the Snohomish Motorcycle show on Sunday? (http://www.snohomishbikeshow.org/)

Woot! Harley ride in the works! Hubs and I will be there but at this moment I have no idea what time!

Just look for us.... We will be dressed in black (leather that is-smile!) Listen for the 'potato potato'!

Need printing/printer help

Disclaimer: I dont do well with technical difficulties and get major frustrated from the get go.

I have several labels that were created for me and are in a pdf format. They are all created in the very same way with only the text changing from sheet to sheet... so by theory when printing they should all print the same.

They do not.

Most are ok but Im having difficulty with 3. It appears that too much ink is being put onto the paper making some of the text blurry or nonreadable. The ink bleeds into the white areas. I can tell when it comes out of the printer (inkjet) that on the colored area its very wet...more so than normal.

One label I was able to use a different print/paper setting and got it to work but Im still having trouble with one other. No matter what print/paper setting I do there still seems to be too much ink being released. I have done every paper/print combination there is to no avail.

Why is this happening? If you have 12 labels all created the very same way in the very same program shouldnt they all print the same? Why is ink being dumped on some yet on others it has a normal ink flow?

What am I overlooking? I know it must have something to do with my printer settings but what? I am at a loss at what to check next.

ps. I have already cleaned the printheads so that is not it. pss. ALL the labels print FINE on PLAIN paper. Its just when printing on a special waterproof paper that Im having trouble.

Data Feed???

Ive been asked this several times and yet again today so I figure I had better find out what/how to do this!

I have a few good people who I dropship for (which means they sell our products on their website and I ship it out).

They want an easy way to download our products via either date feed (no clue what that is) or ftp (do I really want to give someone access to my cpanel/ftp???)

Also instead of right-clicking a picture then saving it to their own computer to upload on their website is there an easier way other than sending them an entire photo file (which would take forever to send)?

Anyone have any 'how to's'?

Issuu....This looks interesting

http://issuu.com/

I'm still investigating but this website looks interesting... and its free. Anyone use anything like this?

Members/Needs section

Under the Members section there is a tab for Needs. How can I post in the Needs catagory?

Bouncing Autoresponders...

In order to let customers know that their email made it into our 'in box' I have set up an autoresponder letting them know that their email has been received and we will reply asap. I personally like auto reponders as it at least lets me know my email is not floating around in cyberspace somewhere.

This is the first time I have had this particular issue:

I sent off an email. Their autoresponder replied/my autoresponder replied/their autoresponder replied/etc....to a total of 12 responses.

I use is there anything I can do either in Outlook or in in my cpanel that will prevent bouncing autoresponses??

Help! Someone is spamming me/outlook express help

The last couple of days Ive been receiving spam email from this one company/person....having to do with gold (eyes rolling)... I just delete it. Now it appears this same person/website is spamming me with my own product!

I dont really want to post publicly what the email says in case it contains sensitive material (that more spammers can use!)

Im using outlook express... how do I block them from reaching my inbox???

Name Secure - How in the h*ll do you transfer domain?

Ive been very frustrated with Name Secure for over a week.

They have no contact information (that I can find) whatsoever on their website other than a form to fill out. It takes them well over 48 hours to get back to you and the reply is a 'form' reply...not a personal one.

As of today, they still have not answered my question!

I sold a domain name so I went into my account and changed the contact information etc to reflect the new owner. I did not change the server info because at the moment I dont know what hers is (this url is going to be a redirect).

Im assuming she will now have to create a Name Secure account but how do I actually get this domain out of my account and into hers????

Money has been paid so I feel responsible to get this taken care of asap.

I have once again emailed Name Secure but its going to take them until early next week to get back to me.... something I find totally irritating.... I would prefer a phone number so they can talk me through the process!!!

Any suggestions?

Do REAL men use......lotion???

My company caters mostly to women.... although we do have a collection that is great for men also(Umoja) as it is unisex in fragrance (soap/cream).

In order to have more 'man stuff' Im in the process of developing another collection that will be scented specifically for men (no frilly froo froo scents here)....

Soap is a definate but Im in a quandry whether to add lotion or not.... My husband loves the creams in the Umoja collection but I dont see him very often using lotion...

is lotion not a manly thing? is a smaller (2 oz.) cream better? does it depend on the scent? does it depend on the packaging (the more manly the better????) do men have no interest in anything other than soap?

I have no problem just offering soap (will be three of them) but if men really do use lotion or even cream then maybe I should offer that too?

Feds drop interest rates again...how will this affect.....

Hubby and I are planning a MAJOR remodel come Jan 2009....hence my watchfull eye on the interest rates.

Last night the Feds dropped it 3/4 of a percent with more to come...... Im keeping my fingers crossed that the interest rates will stay low long enough so we can obtain a construction loan at a good rate...(we would like to start construction in the spring 2009)

Anyone have any insight/guesses on the economy/interest rates and just how long before they start to go up again??

Ship Green...need opinions

www.shipgreen.net

SEEMS like a good deal...

anyone want to comment whether it actually makes a difference or not???

Looking to network/cross promote with eco-friendly..

I was not quite sure where to post this question. If it needs to be moved please feel free!

Im looking for anyone who offers/makes any type of eco-friendly product to network or cross promote with....perferrably something/or service that is spa related.

clothing towels service??? suggestions?

Rebecca

Outlook Express-How do I insert my logo?

I use outlook express for email. I have added text for my signature but would like to also have my logo show up without having to insert it each time I send out an email.

How (or can I?) have my logo in all of my emails automatically?

Link Exchange/SEO/I've had it!

Is having a link exchange on your website REALLY that important to search engines???? Will I never be found if I dont have links on my website???

Over the last month or so I have been bombarded with spam link submissions. Each link needs to be manually approved by me before its active.

I have to go into my site at least three times a day and manually delete these crap links.... I also get email notifications when a link is submitted.... Emails telling me that the email used is bogus...

So in addition to having to delete at least 150 spam link submissions a day I have to also delete massive crap in my email 'in box' due to none of these links/emails being valid.

Im this close (picture thumb/forefinger very, VERY close together) to just deleting/deactivating my whole link exchange thing.

In looking at the click throughs of the links on my website it is apparent that NO ONE is even looking at them.... so what is a person to do?

Speaking of Christmas Music....Do you know who.....

This has been driving me nuts for the last week....

I heard part of what I think is a Christmas song...but have no idea who sings it or what its called or even if its a Christmas song!

Im thinking this person is in the Jimmy Durante (thought it was him but I dont think so) era...sort of a raspy voice and for some reason I think the guy is black (or whatever socially acceptable term we are supposed to be using now)....

just a few words of the song:

eyes are green

sorry thats all I have to go on... I would dearly love to figure out who sings this and get the cd

If you had an open checkbook.....

If you had an open checkbook what would you use the money for to better your business??

Me: #1 Hire a photographer (i have one in the wings just no extra $$ to pay her!) #2 Hire a marketing/pr manager #3 Upgrade our wholesale and dropship website (the one you see now is our retail site) #4 Finish rebranding the rest of our products

Im sure there is more but those are the top 4.

Blog Question

I started our blog in December of 2005...it is now almost December of 2007....

Question.... how many months/years of blogging do you leave in your archives? 1 year? 2 years? 5 years?

Widgets - Desktop?

For fun I just created a widget from my blog on www.widgetbox.com I installed it on our myspace page. (dont really need it there but what the hey..) I can also install it on our website but I have a direct link to our blog already so I dont think thats necessary...

Now.... In using widgetbox.com it doesnt look like they have a way to put the blog/widget directly on a persons desktop and in looking at www.desktop.google.com/plugins it looks like they have ready-made desktop widgets but none that you can customize as your own.

Any suggestions on where to make a custom/company/blog widget that people can have on their desktop?