Ask Marissa: How to send an email broadcast to an Autoresponder list in 1ShoppingCart

January 13, 2010 Ask Marissa

You got questions? I got answers.*
*and when I don’t have the answers, I either figure ‘em out or point you in the direction of someone else who might.
A note about multiple lists (or segmented lists) and 1ShoppingCart
One of the best features of 1ShoppingCart (aff. link) is its capacity for lots of separate lists. It handles [...]

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Monday Mashup #7: Six Fares

January 11, 2010 Monday Mashups

The Monday Mashup is an experiment, designed to get my creative juices flowing. I get a random word and a random number, and I write a list based on that mashup.
This week’s mashup: Six Fares
This photo is here not because it relates to fares but because I think it’s lovely.
1. Farmgirl Fare
A fun side-effect of [...]

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Showing up and letting go (plus eight others): My 10 Personal Commandments

January 5, 2010 Explorations

I’ve been reading (and enjoying) Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project blog for a few years… which means I’ve been thinking about crafting my own set of personal commandments for a few years as well. Over the past week, while I’ve been unplugged (mostly) and in a ponder-ful state (mostly), I created my list.
Each previous time I’ve [...]

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Field Trip Time! Guest Post at FreakRevolution.com

December 23, 2009 Conundrums

My post, An Ode to My Creative Spark: A Love Letter in Five Parts, is at the Freak Revolution blog.
Wait no longer! Run on over and check it out!

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Ketchup: The Best of 2009, December 1st through 9th

December 19, 2009 Behind The Monitor

Gwen Bell has a fantastic “Best of ‘09” project happening. Its hub is at her blog, but over 650 bloggers and Twitterers are participating, so it’s definitely far-reaching.
I’ve wanted to participate since its first day (December 1st), but, true to form, I kept putting off my blog-writing. And here we are at December 19th. I’m [...]

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The Seven Dwarves of Social Media

December 18, 2009 Life Online

Suppose Snow White’s produce-induced slumber lasted long enough to bring her from little-cottage-in-the-forest to profile-in-the-social-media-expanse. Accustomed as she is to identifying her companions by their most easily-recognizable traits, what floppy-hatted friends she might encounter in today’s online landscape?
1. Bizzy
Bizzy’s Tweets are usually about how much he has going on, and how he’s terribly overwhelmed [...]

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Monday Mashup #6: Ten Kings

November 30, 2009 Monday Mashups

The Monday Mashup is an experiment, designed to get my creative juices flowing. I get a random word and a random number, and I write a list based on that mashup. I’m not going to require myself to make the list perfect or expert–just requiring myself to do it consistently. At least for now.
This week’s [...]

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The Grateful-Fors: 50 things I’m grateful for today

November 26, 2009 Behind The Monitor

Inspired by (a) the fact that it’s American Thanksgiving today, (b) Havi Brooks’ brilliant take on The Lentil Game, and (c) my heart’s desire to acknowledge the happy amongst the hard right now, I present a list of 50 people, things, ideas, happenings, etc. for which I’m grateful in big and small ways.
This list is [...]

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