Lisa Hendrickson is the owner of Call That Girl. She is an Outlook Expert and Microsoft 365 Consultant.
WOW, I’m all unpacked! WOO! ok, sorta….stuff is shoved in closets, but the boxes are gone. I finally feel like I can live again and enjoy my new ‘hood. Been out a bit and walking the dog alot more. Spring is almost here! I can’t believe I made it through another winter on the road.
Memory lane here…..
Looking back 13 years ago, March 10th was the day I started my ‘new life’ back at Winona State. I remember that day so well, it’s the day that changed my entire life. I packed up my old 77 Dodge pick up and drove to Winona at 8:30 in the morning. I parked right next to Somsen Hall and went in the building, registered for all my classes (mind you, my stuff is still just hanging out in the back of my truck for the entire campus to see) and then asked “Where is the computer lab”
After I got my stuff unloaded to my dorm, I went to my first class and bee lined it straight to Somsen Computer lab. Stayed there until I had a 6:00 Media class. Remember, the only reason why I changed schools from Rochester Community College to Winona State….was because I could have email. LOL. 1995, you couldn’t have emal at RCC unless you needed it for a class! How stupid!
For the next 4 years, I lived in that computer lab. I couldn’t get enough of it. The first year I about killed myself learning what “downloading” was. I wanted to download something so bad! I After my first year, I bugged/begged the manager of the lab to hire me, mostly because I was tired of helping so many people for free. I worked in Somsen for 3 of the years and my final year was in the new Library, that rocked!! I loved that job too.
That’s my story of how I got into computers and feel in love with what I do.
ugh…very tired. Moved all weekend, still moving stuff in! When does it end? My truck has been packed full of junk, half going to the office, half going to the new pad…some going with my dog! It’s a calgon moment today for me….or tonight rather. I’m beat up.
On a good note…I have a mini-vacation this weekend, playing in a pool tournament down at Canterbury. I have been shooting decent in the past few weeks so I hope to kick some booty! And do some light “man shopping” teehee.
I will be working though this weekend even though it’s a small vaca…we don’t shoot for hours in between many times, so the laptop and me will be working furiously in the lounge area. I wish I could sit around and play poker, drink beers and mingle, but that has to take a backburner for some of the time. Being an entrepreneur some days can be hard, but it’s a life I love and am trying really hard to continue to have. But I will enjoy some downtime no matter what, and get in some BlackJack.
Working today in the office, taking Frankie to the dog sitter and then working on unpacking again…exciting stuff today! woo!
★Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace, Twitter…what’s the dif?
I get asked often about these four…and there are many more “social media” sites up and coming. I am a LinkedIn maniac, but it’s because I have spent the last year living in and out of it for my business. Now I have made LinkedIn part of my personal consulting because I’m so good at it. But I suck at Twitter. I know how to Tweet and Dweet and Twit That…but I really don’t know it well enough to get others excited about using it. I am also “ok” at Facebook, but don’t know it enough for business use. I know how to use it for personal and I’ve made my site private so only my friends can see what I’m doing there. I love facebook right now, but have decided to keep my personal site private and therefore, I started a business facebook account that is open. But it never gets any love because I’m on my personal one! Argh!! (I’m confused too).
Myspace is so 2006 for me and I never log in anymore.
Here is my description of the four top sites…If you’re interested in getting into one of the sites, see my descriptions and see what suits you best as a person. Not everyone is at the same speed socially.
LinkedIn/Business networking directory/Suit crowd
Facebook/Casual fun place to goof off/dockers crowd
Myspace/for the rockers, kids, socialite types/bikini and boots crowd
Twitter/for people who want to stay connected online/pajama crowd
★Why should should have a 2nd email account
I am doing a lot online, everything from ebay to facebook to internet dating to craigslist, etc. If you are doing any type of dating online, I HIGHLY recommend you have a 2nd email account that does not have your name in the email address. I have a 2nd account that does not have my personal information on it. Why is that? Because I don’t want anyone online I am “interested in” to know my last name until I have met them in person. Now why is that? Because it’s for my personal safety. I know most guys or gals won’t stalk or get their creep on, but you never know I guess. I had a friend doing eharmony emailing from her gmail account that had full first and last name on it. I was like “girl, you need a dating email account!”…
★Call That Girl is now seeking cross-promoters!
I have changed the format of the CTG newsletters and with that, comes a new surprise that all the Jimmy’s crowd will enjoy (I hope!). If you are a small business that has a newsletter you send out and would be interested in cross promotions, email me and let’s see if we can help each other out. I have 4 folks lined up now so it seems to be a great idea!
Many topics of discusssion for today folks! First off, it’s a nice quiet morning in the apt. It hasn’t been quiet for sometime as I have been packing like a mad woman and trying to get some order to my chaos…
Secondly, I am moving next Sunday and am very excited for this move! I got a faboo apt in Uptown and am ready to challenge myself to a new life over there. Currently I live in South Mpls and it’s ok here, just not my cup of tea for neighborly fun.
Business is moving along well…I need to update my current client count here soon. I am at around 200 I would guess, I really should know exactly because I celebrate those moments! 100 clients was a big deal for me but then I did the numbers wrong and couldn’t count in the pro bono work, even though those folks were technicially clients. Owell!
I have a new intern on board, Hassan. He’s a student at St. Thomas and a great idea guy and fast learner. We are working on a few things to market the business. Some old ideas are coming back to life with some new avenues, spring should be an exciting time for Call That Girl. Watch for the new format of the newsletter…it’s going to rock! I’m so excited for it I really can’t wait. (ok, that is kinda dorky to say, but true!)
This week I also helped form a new LinkedIn group for singles in the Cities, I think it will be a good group to banter with. If you would like to join, search groups for “Twin Cities Singles”.
Alrighty, I’m outtie! Have a good day 🙂
Lisa
Home day for me. I have Sears coming over at 1:00 to finally fix the hunk of junk I bought from them 2 years ago. All I have to say is thank god I bought that extended warranty! One more visit and I get a replacement.
It’s nice to have a day off though, I haven’t had a Saturday off in many weeks and today I am going to pack up the house. I’m moving in 2 weeks, so I do need to get going.
Last week was a good week for CTG, my new intern and I are working on many new plans. He’s got good vision already, he’s given me many great ideas to add to my ideas. Watch for our creativity to start peeking out this next week!
It’s Valentine’s day, nothing special for me. I will probably take my dog to the park and hang out with the other single women who will no doubt be there LOL.
Happy Valentine’s!
Lisa
Hello everyone! Quick update on the Project! We have so far helped over 250 people learn to use LinkedIn to get leads and opportunities for their job search! We are moving to the next level and moving on to other cities, Milwaukee and Kansas City are our next test markets.
Currently I have 8 pro bono assistants on board and we are looking for more. In the next week I will be blasting out the open positions and seeing if we can get some more pro bono folks on with us to help. Just a reminder, if you or someone you know is looking for work and is on LinkedIn, they may qualify to take the workshop.
Please send them to: https://callthatgirl.biz/projectlinkitforward.html
Thanks again everyone for your support, this is a great Project and I am thrilled for it’s success! We are still scheduling for Minneapolis/St. Paul!
