http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com About and FOR friends of Ruthe's Secret Roses Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:07:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Except for going to church on Saturday night for a fund-raiser and filling up on two kinds of trifle and cheese cakes, I had a rather quiet, normal weekend at home. March is going to be busy with weekend events to attend, so I'm focusing my February weekends on a ... http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com/2012/02/07/organizing-underneath/ Those "Like" buttons are working! It shows how many have clicked, and the aloe vera site is way ahead. :) There was also a comment left on the shopping guides site. Good to know I have loyal friends! Last week I was researching and studying up what steps to take next. ... http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com/2012/02/07/6-step-social-media-strategy/ In our emails we sometimes get a link to a site or video that really touches us or strikes us as especially worthy. I don't normally do a lot of passing on of these, because I need to focus on business correspondence first. However, there are times I try to ... http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com/2012/02/07/3-videos-worth-watching/ Okay, this didn't happen at my home, but at my office, and just yesterday. It stopped me right in my tracks. I've been spending my week-day afternoons here at the office, working on an assignment to get a grant application ready on behalf of Western Tract Mission. In November the Board ... http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com/2012/01/31/my-misunderstanding/ Yes! I have those Facebook LIKE and Comment buttons on my two SBI sites, and I think I can turn back to other things to improve and monetize those sites. What I really need now is some friends who have Facebook accounts to visit my sites, and find some of those ... http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com/2012/01/31/how-to-do-me-a-favour-if-you-wish/ Facebook has it's pros and cons. I'm trying hard to use it instead of letting it use me. But it has it's moments. The other week I discovered a message from an Italian friend I had back in London, Ontario, more than 30 years ago. She had got homesick and returned ... http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com/2012/01/31/how-to-find-me-on-facebook/ I think yesterday I caught on to creating the Facebook "LIKE" buttons. I've struggled for two weeks to get the hang of it the SBI way. On Friday I finally got one step right that I'd been missing, but they were still not showing up on my web pages. I'd ... http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com/2012/01/24/facebook-like-buttons/ I've just been preparing another order for supplements from my favourite supplier, Puritan's Pride. It occurs to me that I haven't mentioned this for a while, but you might want to know about them. They have this special offer on quite frequently, where you may buy 1 item, and get ... http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com/2012/01/24/my-favourite-place-to-order-supplements/ Winter has come after all! This morning I woke to hear Sheila Coles on CBC radio say, "You thought yesterday was cold?!" (Yesterday was not all fun for me!) They made a big fuss how yesterday's -29C was beat by this morning's -36C with a wind-chill factor making it feel ... http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com/2012/01/17/car-troubles-at-these-temperatures/ As part of my plan to learn how to use social media this year to promote my websites, I've been fussing with learning how to get the codes so I can put "Like" and "comment" buttons my sites. It is more involved than I'd thought. I'm hoping in another week ... http://blogs.ruthes-secretroses.com/2012/01/17/thursday-nights-and-in-the-meantime/