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TNNWC Update Bulletin! Developments at 10.04.2010

GROWING PAINS AT 10.04.2010

Dear Members, Colleagues, Readers and Eavesdroppers (if you’re looking over someone’s shoulder):

Version .002 of TNNWC Group’s fully-featured, product- and service-loaded website was supposed to be up and running on October 1^st. Well, it was supposed to be. Then again, my retirement fund was supposed to be worth millions, too, but that is taking somewhat longer than expected…

As it turns out, we are still in the process of finalizing some of the service details, adding some last-minute copy, and dealing with hosting and posting (H&P!) technologies that seem to be feuding with each other. For example: our graphics, logo and button providers (CoolText and Automotivator), Google/Blogger/Feedburner, Windows Live Spaces, MailChimp, and Yahoo! (and of course, the infamous Internet Explorer 8, which has everyone coughing up bile) are taking turns malfunctioning – at any given moment, one of these things will not be working properly.

Pursuant to Murphy’s Law, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, Mercury in retrograde, and other immutable laws of real life, as soon as we fix one problem, another glitch rears its ugly head. It’s like playing a high-stakes game of Whack-A-Mole, or doing that trick where you have to juggle spinning plates on top of long sticks while they play that irritating music in the background.

The good news is that Membership is absolutely exploding – the bad news is that our servers are approaching critical mass, and are acting up.

The Bottom Line: Please bear with us, and try to be patient while we fix all of our glitches and get all of our moving parts to be working in synergistic harmony. In the meanwhile, expect an occasional bit of chaos. We expect to be out of the womb (out of the gate, out of the chute, out of the barn, etcetera) by [cue drum roll]…October 15^th.

Thank you for your patience, for being a part of our Community, and for your support and valuable input. You are appreciated indeed!

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle,

CEO and Co-Chairman

Douglas Castle
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SAMPLE: OUR URGENT MESSAGE TO COOLTEXT

Subject: Immediate Priority - Our CoolText Buttons and Logos are Not Properly Functioning. Problem Is Intermittent.

Dear Cool Text Mavens:

Your service, which has always been reliable and excellent (and which we have recommended to many others) is not hosting our logos and buttons at certain intervals. Is your server temporarily malfunctioning? When do you expect to be back up again? My colleagues and I count on you for a great deal of our graphics creation and hosting, and much of this material is linked to in a host of publications which go out to our ever-increasing subscriber membership.

Please advise us at your soonest.

We have many blogs and several websites wherein we use CoolText.

You can find a listing of some of them at http://beta.blogger.com/profile/00521679449074072919 , or by going to http://aboutdouglascastle.blogspot.com .

Thank you very much for providing an excellent service, and for your anticipated swift response.

Yours,

Douglas Castle

Co-Chairman, TNNWC Group, LLC

douglas@TNNWC.com

douglas.castle@yahoo.com

p.s. Here’s how we sing your praises on many of our blogs (ahem):

TNNWC Group, LLC™, Global Edge Technologies Group LLC™ and author Douglas Castle unconditionally recommend Cool Text as a fabulous graphics resource and host for all webmasters and bloggers. [This is an unpaid endorsement.] Visit Cool Text – They host many of our buttons and logos.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT AND LEGAL NOTICE

Mr. Jason Lampa does not have any affiliation with TNNWC Group, LLC or with any of its related companies or businesses. Mr. Lampa was formerly a Featured Columnist for The National Networker Weekly Newsletter™, and had expressed an interest in promoting TNNWC’s Emerging Markets Venture Capital Program™. Mr. Lampa does not have any authority to speak for or to otherwise represent TNNWC Group, LLC, regarding any of aspect of its business or programs. Mr. Lampa is not an officer of or advisor to TNNWC Group, LLC. Any representation to the contrary is untrue, unauthorized and fraudulent.

NEWS RELEASE, PUBLICITY & PR SERVICES

Welcome, Mr. Kent Martin!

We are delighted to announce that Mr. Kent Martin, an extraordinarily gifted and experienced corporate communications and multi-media publicity professional (his experience ranges from writing, to radio broadcasting, to television announcing… Kent’s Linked In Profile will provide you with the incredible spectrum of Kent’s professional expertise and experience – just have a look at http://www.linkedin.com/in/kentmartin ) has joined TNNWC Group, LLC as the Client Services Executive and Divisional President of its News Release, Publicity and Public Relations Services.

Kent will also be playing a Senior Advisory Role to our world-famous TNNW BUZZWORKS™ Team.

INTRODUCING NEW MEMBERS OF THE BUZZWORKS™ TEAM

TNNWC Group, LLC is pleased to announce the selection of three new Members (we call them “Buzzards,” but never in public…) to broaden the power base, capabilities, areas of expertise and market penetration potency of our TNNW BUZZWORKS™ TEAM:

We invite you to learn more about these brave new soldiers in the war for Buzz-To-Brand™ media domination for our Clients:

Mr. Jared DiCarmine

An expert personal trainer, internet entrepreneur, and representative of the new wave of media-launched entrepreneurs, we are delighted to Have Jared on the Team.

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jared-dicarmine/23/4ba/704

http://www.blowtorchbellyfat.com/

http://twitter.com/jareddicarmine

Master Soke Joseph Droual

Soke Joseph Droual has been a successful martial arts practitioner, teacher and private instructor for more than 36 years. He has been inducted into the US Martial Arts Hall of Fame, and is an acknowledged and certified master in four different martial arts styles. He is involved in organizing, advising and teaching public safety programs for building self-confidence in children and women throughout Long Island New York. As a side note, Soke was Douglas Castle’s (Sensei) personal teacher in Chowa-Ryu style jiu jitsu.

http://www.newyorkmartialartshombu.com/

http://books.google.com/books?id=DtIDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA64&ots=jD1TpyWslF&dq=soke%20joseph%20droual&pg=PA64#v=onepage&q=soke%20joseph%20droual&f=false

http://www.dragondoor.com/rkc_praise_sept2005.html

http://www.k12academics.com/national-directories/after-school-program/new-york-martial-arts

Mr. Robert Edward Fay

Robert is a remarkable individual with a vast knowledge (some of it through study, much of through intuitive “knowing”) of arcane subjects running the spectrum from personality typing to the most sophisticated teachings of world-renowned theosophists, philosophers and scientific initiators. He has a wonderfully open-minded entrepreneurial spirit. You will be learning a great deal about Robert, and from Robert, during the course of the weeks to come.

In the meantime, if you are impatient (and intrigued) you are advised to contact Robert telepathically – remember, he’s a new friend, so don’t send him any thoughts “collect.” If you try to contact Robert via a mind to mind connection and you get a busy signal, please try again. His mind is quite busy, but when you connect, there will be nothing quite like it.

BONNIE ROSS-PARKER: BOOKS & BUSINESS

Read about the book that Bonnie Ross-Parker of our Cooperative Business Community™ (Bonnie’s websites are http://www.TheJoyOfConnecting.com and http://www.TheLatinaJoyOfConnecting.com) contributed to, and the 150 free gifts included with this book purchase on her Joy Of Connecting Website -- http://www.thejoyofconnecting.com/

Now, more than ever, women are experiencing an awakening of the soul, a call to remove the masks that they wear, to step through their fears, to claim their authentic selves and to fully live the life they are meant to live.


In the new book, A Juicy, Joyful Life, you’ll meet 41 extraordinary women (including Bonnie Ross-Parker), from housewives to radio hosts; from coaches to healers to entrepreneurs – women who have stepped forward to share their inspirational and heart-felt stories and authentic truth with the collective intention of encouraging ALL women to embrace the axiom that “where you’ve been does not define where you will go. You CAN create a new personal story filled with love, hope and purpose.” Please visit the site for the book at http://www.JuicyJoyfulLife.com .

And there’s more about Bonnie: She was recently featured in a fabulous article in People You Need to Know Women’s Magazine.

The article, titled “Bonnie Ross-Parker: Up-Close – Author, Speaker, Supporter of Women in Business” can be found by clicking on http://www.sparkplugpeople.com/business/the-joy-of-connecting/. If you a woman in business are not already a JOC Licensee, there’s no time like the present.

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With Great Things to Come,

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CONTROL = APPLICATION OF INFORMATION: Don't Become a "Mark" - 07.04.2010

Don't Become a "Mark"

Dear Colleagues, Members and Readers:

If you are in a young and growing business, you will undoubtedly solicit advice from other "respected" sources. If they have the time and the inclination, they will generally be happy to talk about everything that is wrong with your business, your plan, your product, your presentation, your website and your choice of partners of personnel. Don't be offended -- this is strictly a function of Human Nature.

When you ask someone for advice, you have opened yourself up as an object of criticism, and the invariable barrage of negative comments you receive come from three types of behaviors:

1. It is easier to find fault than to find what's good, and pay any compliments. There are far more critics than artists. Most people are trained to find fault, to place blame (wherever possible) and walk away, satisfied that they have given you the unvarnished, occasionally tactless truth. Even if you've inititated the dialogue by asking, "Could you point out the strengths and weaknesses of...?" you can bet that the negatives will by far outweight the positives. It is also easier for most people to point out problems than to pose solutions;

2. The old saying that "misery loves company," is quite true. Most people who are willing to offer their solicited or unsolicited criticisms will put you down to elevate themselves above their own failures. They have an emotionally vested interest in your failure. These folks are balloon-prickers. Their self-appointed duty is to be certain that you don't get "false hopes," and inadvertantly succeed where they themselves have failed;

3. Consultants often sell their services by pointing out why you will fail. When you ask them (innocently) for a course of action or recommentation, they will not repond with a concrete solution...they will reply in generalities, talk about how they possess the knowledge and genius to help you, and start talking about "retainer." In these situations you have made yourself a "mark" and an unwitting victim to an individual who understands (very well) about how most persons in a position of weakness will jump at an offer of a cure from a seemingly self-assured, experienced "consultant" or "coach". Complicating matters, some of these persons are truly valuable, while others are opportunistic parasites. Knowing the difference is very important,

In soliciting opinions from third parties about your business, what you divulge, how you ask, and how you proceed are critical factors in the process of refining your business plan, products, presentation and policies. Here are some guidelines:
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1. Frame your request properly. For example, "Would you take a look at our website, and list, in your opinion, the strongest points and the weakest points, so that we can discuss them together? We value your opinion, and we are very open to suggestion." Be proud, be brave -- but don't be cocky or seem unreceptive.

2. Give the third party as little information as possible. Do not share what you have heard from other parties. Do not sound negative or "bad-mouth" your own work effort or product. Don't set yourself or your business up to be the target of a multi-person assault or a pre-mature and unintended focus group.

3. Never, ever open up with a desperate phrase like "we need your help." Or, "a lot of people have been complaining that they just don't get our message..." and the like.

4. Listen carefully, and take notes (on both the praise and the criticism). Don't interrupt and insert your view, or discuss what others have said. Listen and take notes. When the process is finished, be thankful and simply ask, "What would you suggest that we do in order to strengthen our weak points?" You'll get some good infomation. Be gracious and keep taking notes. Then promise to get back in touch with the third party after you've made some changes. Follow-up judiciously, graciously and professionally.

5. If the feedback is largely negative, and you are dealing with an opportunistic coach, consultant or other professional service provider, respond with: "That sounds interesting. It's worth thinking about. Would you be kind enough to give us a written proposal with your suggestions and fee structure so that I can discuss it with my partners?" Hint: If no proposal appears within a few days, go no further, and simply move on. If a proposal does appear, take a good look at what is offered, and determine if it is something that you really need.

An important last comment is in order. You will get many suggestions and criticisms from each of the individuals whose opinions you solicit. Look for the common themes (both compliments and criticisms) that emerge through the process. The ones which occur most frequently are the ones that are most likely to need to be addressed, and as soon as possible. All of the other comments, both positive and negative, that are not duplicated in any second party's assessment should not be completely ignored, but they should be treat more as issues of taste, preference and opinion, than as matters of actionable fact.

Part of management is collecting data, analyzing it, weighing it and applying it when, as and if appropriate.

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle

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