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140 – Tweetie Pie

 It is always best to get your message out there with the least amount of words, placing too much text into a webpage can dilute your message.

It’s Valentine’s Day and you don’t know where to start – Tweetie Pie – should you go with a self-penned ode to my love munchkin,’ a handwritten Shakespearean sonnet, or a dirty limerick? Tweetie Pie brings together 140 creative ways to tell your special someone how much you love them. All short enough to tweet yet more than long enough to say I love you’ (twelve times over, in fact). From the poignant and affectionate to the quirky and amusing to the flirtatious and titillating for your lover’s eyes only, every shade of love is here. Tweetie Pie

Creativity = Suicide?

Creativity is something we are all born with to greater or lesser degrees. It is a vital part of our physiological make up and development. We learn to play and fantasize as children, skills we carry forward into our adulthood. However, if creativity takes hold of your entire existence then it becomes a disease that is parasitic, eating away at your whole world. It might sound melodramatic but creativity can become a cancer of the body or the trigger for psychotic episodes.
How many writers, musicians, search engine optimizers and business people who have either committed suicide or completely lost a grip on reality, reached their ultimate demise because they were unable to control their creative disease?

Slipper Camp

I have precisely ten days to get fit for an unexpected trip to LA – not only will everyone be lissome and lithe but because it will be warm I need to get back into my summer clothes, having already put on a bit of extra podge to keep me insulated through the winter. Panic stations!

I was initially tempted to sign up for a daily boot camp run by a marine at the local airbase. But on reflection I realised it was going to be a) expensive b) time comsuming c) exhausting and d) hideous. Chances are that I would bail out after a few days, finding any excuse not to turn up and be forced through a series of lunges, squats and boxing moves that would make me want to throw up. I would end up broke, demoralised and still overweight.

So I’ve devised my own Slipper Camp – a ten day plan that involves luxury foods and gentle but enjoyable exercise that will fit into my life. Not torture or deprivation, but a healthy eating regime and lots of fun. I’ve stuffed the fridge with superfoods that I really like – salmon, sweet potatoes, turkey, avocado, broccoli, blueberries, yoghurt – and I can eat as much of them as I want, supplemented by lentils, chickpeas, pumpkin seeds, porridge oats and almonds. No weighing or calorie counting or wierd scientific rules to follow. I am trying to avoid the obvious villains – bread, biscuits, cake, crisps, white wine – but I am allowed dark chocolate and red wine.

To go with that I have planned out some form of physical exercise every day – not a sweat-inducing boxercise class or a gruelling run, but something enjoyable, like a long walk on the beach, a bike ride with the kids, or a trip to the swimming pool. I’ve even booked a ride over Exmoor, and this morning the boys and I are going to do the Ministry of Sound workout DVD in the living room.

It’s day three and already I feel fitter and more toned and my clothes feel a little less snug. I know I’m not going to have a dramatic ten pound weight loss like some draconian diets promise, but at least I am having fun and I won’t give up. Not only that, but the weight I do lose will probably stay off, and I am more likely to stick to my ‘Slipper Camp’ regime afterwards.

Slowly does it!

Purple Eve – Russian Federation

 

Frantic last minute packing for our trip to St.Petersburg (Russian Federation) tonight so thought I would search for some Russian music to get me in the mood. Didn’t fancy any balalaika nonsense but found ‘Purple Eve’. I know absolutely nothing about them except I think they appeared around 2008 and they are a mixed up combination of punk, folk and psychedelia mixed in with a load of other stuff – fantastic tracks on their MySpace player (click on the image to go there).

More Social Networking SEO Tips

Your Profile – First impressions mean everything and presenting a positive profile is the top priority, you need to divulge as much information about yourself as you can to make your ‘friends’ feel comfortable – as though they know you in real life, use your first name and a real profile picture.

Positivity is better than Negativity –  Be positive about yourself and your brand. Bring new, interesting  and accurate information to blogs and discussion groups. Give quality feedback and try to be helpful to other users – always try to be positive and upbeat.

Be There – Get noticed. Join all popular networks like facebook, twitter, blogger etc. – creating as many different connections as you can is the key to online success. Search through interests to build your social media marketing network.

Brand Image? –  Every word you write affects your brand, followers and ‘quoters’ will dump you if you make a mistake. This strategy might not sell your products but you will come out of the experience as a ‘nice guy’ and you never know you might make a small amount of cash out of it.

Don’t Bother –  There are millions of people out there trying to make a fortune from networking sites – this could be another dead end.