Roving Robin Report – First Week of July – Challenge Prequel Edition!

Hey, there, #CustomerLove-rs!

A short post today, folks. Celebrating my own Independence Day. 😀

Just two more days until the next Challenge starts!

I’m so excited; I can hardly wait to jump in on all the CustomerLoving goodness!

What about you? What are you doing to leave your customers having no doubts whatsoever that they are loved?

Share the news in the comments! (And make sure you tell LaVonne too in the comments to this post. There are some neat & nifty prizes to be won! )

The Challenge

LaVonneEllis -When you start to doubt yourself, think, “What do I need to hear right now?” And say that to your people. They need it too. #customerlove

The Qs from Sunday’s Tweetchat, placed for your perusal.

Topic: Planning your July challenge!

• Q1. What do you expect to result from the challenge?
• Q2. What are you looking forward to?
• Q3. What are you worried about for this challenge?
• Q3a. For those who are having trouble thinking up what to do for the challenge, got any suggestions?
• Q4. How will you not let #3 (what you’re worried about) stop you?
• Q5. What’s your next step for preparing for the challenge?

The Qs from Tuesday’s Tweetchat, provided for your pondering.

Today’s topic:Let’s brainstorm your July challenge!

• Q1. Who are some people you think are pretty awesome online? What makes them awesome?
• Q2. When was the last time you thought “that person completely made my day!”? What did they do?
• Q3. If you had a chance to do something nice for your people, with as much time and budget as you needed, what would you do?
• Q4. What businesses do you feel fiercely loyal towards? What do they do that inspires your loyalty?
• Q5. Why are you friends with your friends?
• Q5b. Can you do some of that for your customers?
• Q6. What skills do you have that you know other people lack? (even basic skills) Can you teach them to others?
• Q6a. I should have said share instead of teach. How can you share your skills as part of the challenge? Today’s topic: Planning your July challenge!

Support

• The CustomerLoveDirectory is out! :> Many thanks to Christie Halmick of “Jewels Branch Creative” for the fantabulous design. :> Go and sign up here to be included in the next edition!

• SilverMagpies, being the awesome person that she is, is compiling a list of guest posting opportunities for and from people in CustomerLove. Contact her with your #CustomerLove related guestposting opportunities and she will add you to the list. Looking for places to write? Go here to take a look at the list so far.

• Ryah Albatros is looking for short pieces about information management to include in “Erudition“, part of “Information Junkies Anonymous”. “Erudition” is a fantastic mini-mag that comes out once a week. Here’s this week’s issue.

• Lisa Valuyskaya & Colin Beveridge are offering to help #CustomerLove participants in any way that they can. If you’d like to join in the helping goodness, add your name and skills into the comments and I’ll add your name in the list next time. :>

• Deva Coaching’s Sandi Amorim is looking for peeps for her #FF spotlights. Shoot her a message on Twitter to find out more and to volunteer to be spotlighted.

• Peggie Arvidson is offering free-for-publishing-rights hand readings which can help you get in right with your biz & your life. Go here for the details, requirements, and to sign up.

Chats

Free chats hosted by #CustomerLove peeps:

• Caffeinated Business Chat – Rachel Acklin (NEW LINK! :>) (every Monday at 3p Eastern, 8p London time)
• #CustomerLove Skype Chat – LaVonne Ellis and Ryah Albatros
• #CustomerLove TweetChat – LaVonne Ellis (every Sunday at 2p Eastern, 7p London time) and every Tuesday at 6p Eastern, 11p London time)
• #emmit chat – Tori Deaux (every Monday at 2p Eastern, 7p London time)
• #handchat – Peggie Arvidson (every Friday at 4p Eastern, 1p Pacific, 9p London time)
• Living A Creative Life Coaching Call – Melissa Dinwiddie

The Blog

Summing up the wondrous wisdom provided by you awesome customer-love-rs, you! 😀

Announcements! And a Contest! :> LaVonne shares some wondrous news, including who our next wondrous co-host will be, and also announces a contest with some nifty neat-o prizes! 🙂

Get Your (Blog) Shit Together

The wondrous LaVonne Ellis is helping us to get our blogs in shape this summer with “Get Your (Blog) Shit Togther”, a post and series designed to help us do just that.

The latest:

• Blog Basics: How to Set Up a Mailing List & Where to Put Opt-ins to Build Your List

Previous Editions:

Colin Beveridge, the man behind the test site ‘Adorable Geek’ joins the blog polishing team with a vid on how to add a new page in WordPress.

• Blog Basics: How to Add a New Page in WordPress

• 7 Ways to Get Your (Blog) Shit Together and Why They’re Important

• Blog Basics: How to Set Up a Domain and Install WordPress

• Blog Basics: How to Set Up a WordPress Theme

Flying Away (but not for long!)

That’s it for this time.
I’ll catch you on the wing!

If you have anything you’d like me to add to my next report, here’s how to contact me:

• In the comments (see below! :-D)
• Twitter: @EncouragingBird
• Skype: Birdy.Diamond
• E-mail: Birdy at-the-fantabulous-site-known-as Crow Tarot Tours dot-com-baby! (Edit accordingly. ;-D)

Help me help you spread that #customerlovin’ goodness!

Yours in #CustomerLove & BACON,
Birdy Diamond, Roving Robin & Paranormal Diva! :>