Lisa Hendrickson is the owner of Call That Girl. She is an Outlook Expert and Microsoft 365 Consultant.
Seems I have been on the road way too many days in the past few weeks…enough that it’s time I start blogging about the road and the funny things I encounter. If you don’t or haven’t worked “on the road”…it’s quite a life I tell you. Some days I just zip to a clients house, most days though I am back to backing appointments. Trying to book everyone in the same area on the same day isn’t easy either, but I am making it happen!
Yesterday I had to go down to the office and finish doing a data move and pick up a client machine for drop off in Bloomington. Then off to Oak City in Bloomington for a LinkedMinnesota meeting. Almost 70 people were there and it was quite an event. Lots and lots of networking! I even had strangers asking me what was going on…it was pretty cool. And 3 folks told me that they read my blog. I can’t even being to tell you how cool that is….all three brought up 3 different topics too!
Then after Oak City, off to give the client back her computer and off to Macy’s at Southdale to look for fun sunglasses. No joy. I didn’t like any of them. Back on the road to a clients house and that computer….just would not play nice. I had to reschedule for Wed. Off to another client and headed home around 6:15.
Thought about stopping at Subway in SLP for a sammie, but as I was turning in the lot, a lady was waiting for a spot. She just sat there forever and I’m thinking “good gravy lady, the lot is half empty! move it!”….and then another spot opened up a bit closer to Subway so she took that one! ARGH!!! I had to wait for nothing. I was so mad I didn’t even go to Subway and just went home and cooked dinner.
Probably a better idea anyway:) That was my day yesterday, enjoy your Tuesday!
It’s time for a Call That Girl spring fling! Out with the old, in with the new! I’m very excited to move ahead with a few new ideas I have been working on for the past 2 months. I know how I am…I get bored when things get too blah. I need fresh!
As many of you know, I change up my tag line every so often. My new tagline is “the next fresh thing”. My friend Mary Chapa has been helping me with the taglines as she has been following my entrepreneurship and listening to all my stories since fall of 2008. She knows me and the business, where I have been and knows where I want to be. Being the next fresh thing has meaning. For me, it’s starting to let go of the past things and finding new fresh things to do with my life and business. As much as I love and adore the social media and all of that, there is more to advertising and marketing online than just Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter. As part of my entrepreneurism, it also excites me to find the new fresh things so follow along with the adventures!
With that said, my blog will now have some new entries. I will continue to give “tips and tricks”…but in addition, I will have a category for “On the road with Lisa”. I will start blogging about my crazy days on the road in the Twin Cities area. I have a friend who is also going to help me eat healthy on the road (seems I eat at Holiday Gas Station too much)…so she will be coming up with a new “on the road diet” for me too. This will be a challenge for her because she is coming up with all the healthy choices from all the fast food places and Holiday Gas Stations. I laughed when we thought of the idea, but it makes sense if you are on the road as much as I am. Funyons is far from healthy, but easy to eat in my truck.
On to other things…I had to work yesterday and am now working today too. No time off for this girl. I have one computer in the shop that crashed and the client hadn’t backed up any of the family pictures. I have the computer on the backup recovery cd and so far have found 6000+ pictures, so he will be a happy guy. Today I have 2 clients in Bloomington and oddly…they are neighbors. Seriously too, like right across the street from each other. Then I will go and spend some money at Target. As much as I hate Target, I need some stuff and Walmart in Bloomington is closed for now. Then off to Petco to get my dog washed and clipped. Then to close my Sunday, I will go to my fitness center and walk 2 miles. It’s much easier for me to walk 2 miles on the treadmill than actually walk 2 miles on the streets.
That’s it, today’s blog is done. Enjoy your Sunday folks!
Today I have worked pretty much non stop since 7am. I went to a BNI visitor day for the Fireside group in Minnetonka with my buddy John Eichten from Escape Key. The group was interesting and the format was pretty cool. I haven’t been to a BNI group before (well, not since 5 years ago anyway)…and thought it was time I checked it out. Everyone got their time to speak and then they has some presentations and the visitors got a minute to chat, etc. I gave a carpet cleaning company a referral to come clean our parking garage where I live, there is gross sand everywhere!
Then I was on the road after that. I conducted a private LinkedIn session to a small group of 12 in Eden Prairie, they seemed to have enjoyed it and appeared they learned a bit about how to network. Then off to a clients house in Plymouth to fix her printer and docking station. Then off to another client in Plymouth who just needed to learn a few things since she upgraded her technology…then off to buy a card scanner from a guy off craigslist in Hopkins!
Score! Turns out he is on LinkedIn and works in the computer industry….talk about networking via craigslist, I rule yo.
Then down to south Bloomington to fix up some old computers from another client and she is getting a new computer, yay for her! I love it when clients buy new. It’s like buying a new toy.
Then home. Well, a short detour to SuperAmerica for food and stuff.
Now I am home, about to pass out, but must blog! My blog hits are higher than my website at this point, so I will blog for the cause!
Up and at ’em at my normal time I guess. I was supposed to be at a networking event, but I just couldn’t get out of bed to be there at 7am. I tried though, my alarm snooze went off 8 times. I had a feeling around 5:46 that I was doomed to miss it. So I will have to meet a big group of folks another way I guess.
I have a busy day, going to a client’s house in Eagan and then doing a tour of a business down in Eagan to see if we can do business together. I love finding good partnerships! I have an announcement this Friday that is super exciting btw…so watch for that!
Then it’s off to the office to do mad phone support calls. I have 3 booked today and my intern Hassan is coming in to work on a few marketing ideas we have brewing. Then I believe it’s a good night to take my pup to the dog park. I hope I don’t run into the crazy lady again.
