Thriving Out Loud
April 2008 TMH Newsletter
Hi!
Have you enjoyed to gentle transition from winter into spring? We sure have!
Likely you have noticed that Wayne, Mary K and I have been a bit scarce in The Magic Happens Community the last couple of weeks. We’ve been working hard at getting the Spring 2008 Edition of The Magic Happens Magazine completed and ready for everyone to enjoy. The final touches were completed during the Evening of April 1st and the magazine is now ready for visitors.
We would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to those who kept the party going while we were occupied. The community is important to us and we are forever grateful to everyone’s contributions. You guys rock!!
Pop by and enjoy our latest creation! The Magic Happens Magazine. Spring 2008 Edition. http://themagichappens.com
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In This Issue
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1. News
2. Changes At Ning
3. Learning to Use Ning
4. What’s Coming at TMH
5. Members
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1. News
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Early in March, The Magic Happens, both the community and the Magazine, were accepted into the ‘Hay House’ affiliate program. We are all very excited about this as there is a screening process and Hay House is very strict about who they accept into the program.
If you are planning to buy any books or programs from Hay House, we would appreciate it very much if you would consider buying them through our links. Any link with Hay House on it will get you to their website and no matter what you buy, The Magic Happens will get a small percentage of the sale.
It won’t cost you anything extra; however a small portion of the money you pay for Hay House products will help us with the costs of running (servers, programs, people) the magazine and the community. It is our intention to keep The Magic Happens free so it can contribute to everyone and your purchase through our Hay House link will help us to do that. :-)
Also, we have placed a ‘digg it’ and a ‘delicious’ button on the right hand column of the community. If you use any of these systems, please give us a hand and recommend us. We are also listed on ‘Stumble Upon’ if you use that social bookmarking system.
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2. Changes At Ning
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Yes, you can believe your eyes; there have been some wonderful changes at Ning and some things are definitely easier to do.
Originally, any time a new discussion was created in a group, no one would know about it. Now any and every new discussion shows up in the ‘recent activity’ box so everyone’s conversations are likely to get more readers and contributors.
Ning has also switched the friends list and the profile module on your personal pages. YAY!! You can now find your friends list right below your own picture on your personal page. The profile module (the questions that you are asked when you sign up) is now in the middle of the page, giving you far more space to tell us about yourself.
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3. Learning to Use Ning
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Creating Your Personal Page
Directly below the profile module with the preset questions, you will find a box that up in the left hand corner says ‘my The Magic Happens box.’ This box is there so that you can share whatever you want to share about yourself.
We highly recommend that you use this space to tell us who you are and to post links or banners to whatever your on line business ventures might be. Over the years we have seen that without a doubt, this form of passive marketing works when coupled with an authentic expression of who you are. If you post some authentic information about yourself many people will begin to feel like they know, like and trust you. People will generally buy products or join programs with people they know, like and trust. :-)
Using Tags: How and Why
At the end of each new discussion screen, you are invited to add what are called Tags. Tags are like keywords and they work the same as keywords in search engines. By using tags, you are more likely to have your conversation found through someone searching the engines.
Tags also give other people another way of finding your discussion within the community. Let’s say I am reading a discussion with the tag ‘consciousness.’ When I am done reading that post, if I click on the tag ‘consciousness’ I will get a list of other discussions that are also tagged with ‘consciousness.’ If your discussion is tagged with ‘consciousness,’ it too will appear on that list. This is a great way of finding like minded conversations and people.
You can place multiple tags per discussion; however, it is important to keep the tags relevant to discussion. Tags in Ning are separated with a comma. If you want to make a multiple word tag, surround your tag in quotes.
For example here is a 3 tag list: consciousness, “like minded”, “law of attraction”
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4. Up and Coming at TMH
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Over the next couple of weeks, we will finally be launching The Magic Happens Store where you will be able to purchase TMH t-shirts, mugs and much more. We will be starting with a few basic designs with the intention of creating more as we go, including ‘law of attraction’ and ‘higher consciousness’ products.
If there is something specific you would like to see in TMH Store, please let us know. We would be happy to do our best to provide whatever we can.
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5. Members
***************************************
Featured Members Program
In an effort to find ways of rewarding our members who contribute the most, for the next 3 months, we will be testing a ‘Featured Members’ program.
5 members will be chosen to be featured approximately once per week. A featured member will be chosen based on how often they post to forums, groups, videos, pictures and blogs. The more days a person is seen on the site contributing something, the more likely that person will be chosen as a featured member.
The Featured Members Program will never be an exact science – we simply don’t have the time to sit and count posts everyday - however, we do monitor the community daily so the five people whose mug we see the most frequently will be the featured members. If you feel that you have been contributing a lot but have been missed by the program please keep in mind that this is a ‘best guess’ game and not personal to you.
Benefits Of Being Featured
The featured members can be found by clicking on the members tab across the top of the page and they will be the first 5 members listed on the page. The benefit to being featured is the extra visibility; if you are looking to sell a product, promote a business or simply want to be really popular, being a featured member will accomplish that for you.
The members presently featured are: WolfeagleNetwork, David Franklin Farkas, Christine, Mary K Weinhagen and Bob. :-) Good job guys!!
Well that’s it for today. :-)
Don’t forget to drop in and see the Spring Edition of The Magic Happens Magazine and also, please visit our Hay House link. They have the very best spiritual evolution books and products ever.
In Gratitude
Kat (on behalf of The Magic Happens Crew)
http://themagichappens.com
P.S. Regular Magic Happens contributor Jennifer Burrows and co creator Kat McCarthy will be releasing their free mini ebook, ‘The Decompression Chamber. Stress: An Overview,’ on April 10th. Drop by The Decompression Chamber Group to get your free copy.
Have you enjoyed to gentle transition from winter into spring? We sure have!
Likely you have noticed that Wayne, Mary K and I have been a bit scarce in The Magic Happens Community the last couple of weeks. We’ve been working hard at getting the Spring 2008 Edition of The Magic Happens Magazine completed and ready for everyone to enjoy. The final touches were completed during the Evening of April 1st and the magazine is now ready for visitors.
We would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to those who kept the party going while we were occupied. The community is important to us and we are forever grateful to everyone’s contributions. You guys rock!!
Pop by and enjoy our latest creation! The Magic Happens Magazine. Spring 2008 Edition. http://themagichappens.com
***************************************
In This Issue
***************************************
1. News
2. Changes At Ning
3. Learning to Use Ning
4. What’s Coming at TMH
5. Members
***************************************
1. News
***************************************
Early in March, The Magic Happens, both the community and the Magazine, were accepted into the ‘Hay House’ affiliate program. We are all very excited about this as there is a screening process and Hay House is very strict about who they accept into the program.
If you are planning to buy any books or programs from Hay House, we would appreciate it very much if you would consider buying them through our links. Any link with Hay House on it will get you to their website and no matter what you buy, The Magic Happens will get a small percentage of the sale.
It won’t cost you anything extra; however a small portion of the money you pay for Hay House products will help us with the costs of running (servers, programs, people) the magazine and the community. It is our intention to keep The Magic Happens free so it can contribute to everyone and your purchase through our Hay House link will help us to do that. :-)
Also, we have placed a ‘digg it’ and a ‘delicious’ button on the right hand column of the community. If you use any of these systems, please give us a hand and recommend us. We are also listed on ‘Stumble Upon’ if you use that social bookmarking system.
***************************************
2. Changes At Ning
***************************************
Yes, you can believe your eyes; there have been some wonderful changes at Ning and some things are definitely easier to do.
Originally, any time a new discussion was created in a group, no one would know about it. Now any and every new discussion shows up in the ‘recent activity’ box so everyone’s conversations are likely to get more readers and contributors.
Ning has also switched the friends list and the profile module on your personal pages. YAY!! You can now find your friends list right below your own picture on your personal page. The profile module (the questions that you are asked when you sign up) is now in the middle of the page, giving you far more space to tell us about yourself.
***************************************
3. Learning to Use Ning
***************************************
Creating Your Personal Page
Directly below the profile module with the preset questions, you will find a box that up in the left hand corner says ‘my The Magic Happens box.’ This box is there so that you can share whatever you want to share about yourself.
We highly recommend that you use this space to tell us who you are and to post links or banners to whatever your on line business ventures might be. Over the years we have seen that without a doubt, this form of passive marketing works when coupled with an authentic expression of who you are. If you post some authentic information about yourself many people will begin to feel like they know, like and trust you. People will generally buy products or join programs with people they know, like and trust. :-)
Using Tags: How and Why
At the end of each new discussion screen, you are invited to add what are called Tags. Tags are like keywords and they work the same as keywords in search engines. By using tags, you are more likely to have your conversation found through someone searching the engines.
Tags also give other people another way of finding your discussion within the community. Let’s say I am reading a discussion with the tag ‘consciousness.’ When I am done reading that post, if I click on the tag ‘consciousness’ I will get a list of other discussions that are also tagged with ‘consciousness.’ If your discussion is tagged with ‘consciousness,’ it too will appear on that list. This is a great way of finding like minded conversations and people.
You can place multiple tags per discussion; however, it is important to keep the tags relevant to discussion. Tags in Ning are separated with a comma. If you want to make a multiple word tag, surround your tag in quotes.
For example here is a 3 tag list: consciousness, “like minded”, “law of attraction”
***************************************
4. Up and Coming at TMH
***************************************
Over the next couple of weeks, we will finally be launching The Magic Happens Store where you will be able to purchase TMH t-shirts, mugs and much more. We will be starting with a few basic designs with the intention of creating more as we go, including ‘law of attraction’ and ‘higher consciousness’ products.
If there is something specific you would like to see in TMH Store, please let us know. We would be happy to do our best to provide whatever we can.
***************************************
5. Members
***************************************
Featured Members Program
In an effort to find ways of rewarding our members who contribute the most, for the next 3 months, we will be testing a ‘Featured Members’ program.
5 members will be chosen to be featured approximately once per week. A featured member will be chosen based on how often they post to forums, groups, videos, pictures and blogs. The more days a person is seen on the site contributing something, the more likely that person will be chosen as a featured member.
The Featured Members Program will never be an exact science – we simply don’t have the time to sit and count posts everyday - however, we do monitor the community daily so the five people whose mug we see the most frequently will be the featured members. If you feel that you have been contributing a lot but have been missed by the program please keep in mind that this is a ‘best guess’ game and not personal to you.
Benefits Of Being Featured
The featured members can be found by clicking on the members tab across the top of the page and they will be the first 5 members listed on the page. The benefit to being featured is the extra visibility; if you are looking to sell a product, promote a business or simply want to be really popular, being a featured member will accomplish that for you.
The members presently featured are: WolfeagleNetwork, David Franklin Farkas, Christine, Mary K Weinhagen and Bob. :-) Good job guys!!
Well that’s it for today. :-)
Don’t forget to drop in and see the Spring Edition of The Magic Happens Magazine and also, please visit our Hay House link. They have the very best spiritual evolution books and products ever.
In Gratitude
Kat (on behalf of The Magic Happens Crew)
http://themagichappens.com
P.S. Regular Magic Happens contributor Jennifer Burrows and co creator Kat McCarthy will be releasing their free mini ebook, ‘The Decompression Chamber. Stress: An Overview,’ on April 10th. Drop by The Decompression Chamber Group to get your free copy.
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Hey Gang:
It just gets better and better with each issue. The magic truly truly happens. I feel very fortunate to be a very, very small part of this production. And for that I am humbled and grateful. Kudos to the production team of superstars - Wayne, Kat, Mary K - your stars shine bright. thanks for allowing me to share my adventures with you guys.
Bob
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