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Buy a secret Santa subscription for another small business website or blog

September 2, 2010 By Megan 1 Comment

A wonderful and generous idea to immediately pay small business support forward is to purchase a secret Santa subscription for another business.

Secret Santa Little Dun Pony, Julie, contacted the small business people in her family and told them she would pay their yearly subscription if they wanted to have and be a secret Santa to small business websites.

Julie’s sister, Sharon took her up on the offer because she loves the idea of paying it forward to fellow small business website owners and spreading business goodwill all year long.

Julie had the thick skin by making the offer but Sharon has the Nu Skin, because….that is her business.

Contact me if you would like to pay it forward by buying a subscription (Aust $3.00 a year or Aust$1.50 from July to Dec) for a fellow website owner. If you give me their business website/blog url I will contact and explain the system and your offer to pay.

Should you want to join up yourself, get the benefits here: Sign up for secret Santa small business goodwill all year long.

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I got bitten by a snake!

September 1, 2010 By Megan 9 Comments

Would you believe it…….I got bitten by a snake! A snake got into the three tier flash fella mouse house. After the snake’s mouse dinner (ate nine mice) it couldn’t then get out!!!!!! Big brave Megan came to the rescue. I retrieved the snake from the mouse house and am now sporting a snake bite among my list of high achievements. I really amaze myself sometimes!!!!

This reminded me of a story around codependency and how codependents do some really silly things some times.

A man found a snake. Although it was frozen, he recognised it as a poisonous snake. He picked the poor thing up and took it home to revive it. He placed the snake in front of the fire to thaw. Once thawed, he bent down to give it a nice little saucer of milk. The snake lifted its head and bit the good man.

As the man lay dying he asked the snake, “How could you do this to me after all I have done for you?”

As the snake slid out the door, it turned to the good man and said, “Stop your whinging. You knew I was a poisonous snake when you picked me up. What else did you expect me to do?!”  (Respect, Aug 1996)

If you are wondering why you do silly things, especially in relationships with those who bite you, then you may like to have a read of this short article on codependency.

In the interests of child safety, your own relationship with your adult partner needs to be healthy and a replica of what you want for your own child. Do you need to perhaps do some work on your relationship for the sake of your children’s future? Have a read of this: Co and Counter Dependent Relationships – Which one will your child choose?

And….DO NOT PICK UP SNAKES. They will always bite because that is what they are instinctively programmed to do.

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Karaoke Machines for hire in Sydney, with or without a secret Santa

August 31, 2010 By Megan 1 Comment

I am enthralled with the diversity of small business we are attracting to our year round secret Santa system.

Meet Paul Shaw, owner of Sydney Karaoke Machine Hire. His weekend business, Paul spends his Saturdays and Sundays delivering Karaoke machines (free delivery and pick up, people in Sydney) and MC’ing parties (this is an add on service) to encourage people to be brave and bold and step up to the microphone.

With one of Sydney Karaoke Machines, you select a song from their massive song list included with every karaoke machine rental, then step into the spotlight! A karaoke monitor displays the lyrics while you sing your favourite song! More than 2,400 popular songs are included with the karaoke machine rentals and singing along is easy.

Let’s get it started in here…by combining your Karaoke fun with a frozen cocktail machine hire from Sydney Karaoke Machine Hire. That’s sure to loosen the vocal chords and turn everyone into the Black Eyed Peas.

  • Perfect for Birthday parties, cocktail parties, 21st, Engagements, Weddings, Corporate Events, Fetes Sporting Events and Fund Raiser’s.
  • Choose different flavours from margarita, dacquiries or just have some ice cold slushies for your children.
  • Guests can help themselves, which means no bartender required, no mixing required and best of all no mess. Your frozen cocktail machine will be delivered, set up and picked up after your party. The double bowl machines allow for you to choose two different flavoured cocktails or one batch for the party and the other for your alcohol free friends or children.
  • All machines are less than 6 months old.
  • So now all you have to do is look at the cocktail list and choose which cocktails take your fancy. All the cocktails are fruit based (they tell you what alcohol to buy) but if you so wish they will make non-alcoholic cocktails. Choose from their delicious recipes or create your own.

There is a major drawback with this business. It’s in Sydney and I’m in Cairns. Mango and lime dacquiries are my precious :) and I love Karaoke (even without the dacquaries).

Welcome to the secret Santa team Paul.

If you want to get your small business website or blog a secret Santa who will perpetrate random acts of kindness on you ALL YEAR LONG, then sign up below. For just $1.50 (until December), I match you with another website, somewhere in the world, and mentor you through extending the Christmas spirit way past Christmas time. This is a fun and exciting new small business marketing technique to increase online traffic, custom and goodwill.

Wondering how to enact your corporate social responsibility? Become a year round secret Santa for small business websites.

 

 

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Sex in the City for this dancing secret Santa

August 30, 2010 By Megan 1 Comment

Welcome to movement medicine dispenser and sex counsellor, Velvet Eldred from Ecsta-She. Velvet became a secret Santa because she believes in helping others and paying it forward….plus, a little help with her own site was a great calling card for Velvet.

Ecsta-She offers movement medicine and counselling. For women who want to dance with other women, Ecsta-She offers a sacred and healing space to restore the ecstatic feminine and create the modern goddess. For women and men who seek sex counselling, Velvet is an expressive therapist that helps lead couples to the divine sex that they seek.

I had never met a sex counsellor before so I was curious to meet with Velvet and discuss her small business plans. Her counselling and dance business is currently part time because Velvet is also a community theatre worker and is involved in cabaret and street theatre.  She is so creative and colourful, spending time with Velvet saw my creativity spike and my bravery for change increase three fold.

Sex counselling for couples or singles is by appointment. Please make contact with Velvet Eldred via her contact page. Ecsta-She Dance is held in Cairns every Wednesday night, 8 – 10 pm at the Body Mind and Breath Yoga Studio, 55 Spence St, Cairns.

Velvet is waiting to be matched as a secret Santa. No matter where you are in the world, a secret Santa will perpetrate random acts of kindness on your small business website (all year long) and increase traffic, sales conversion and goodwill. What a wonderful way to make the Christmas spirit last throughout the year. Interested in being matched? Read more here.

Fancy having a sex counsellor as your secret Santa. I wonder what sort of little presents she would send? Given her background in the community arts they are bound to be colourful.

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Back from San Fran full of Guts N’ Glory AND wearing a secret Santa hat

August 29, 2010 By Megan Leave a Comment

Yes sir, Cairns based Marion Heyeres from Guts N’ Glory is back from her passion test training in San Fransisco. The shingle is on her door and she is open for business. If you expect personal miracles then go see the miracle worker: Marion Heyeres at Guts N’ Glory

I throughly recommend Marion as a Passion Test facilitator and I have first hand experience of her service from a consumers point of view: Passion Test Thumb Up. After my session with Marion it was like I was marinating in Christmas spirit. She pushed my passion button and helped me work out exactly where I needed to focus my innate passions. Thank you, Marion.

As soon as Marion came home from San Fran, she joined up as a secret Santa and began playing along. I can see her stats rising daily so her secret Santa is doing their job and helping to profile and positively market Marion’s small business website. Similarly, Marion is pushing her website buddy’s website with all the Guts N’ Glory in the world. Best thing is, neither website buddy knows who their secret Santas are :) hehe….I love a bit of suspense and magic – it makes the rest of the year feel like Christmas.

I am passionate about our ALL YEAR LONG secret Santa system for small business websites and blogs. Come and join our fun: it is anonymous (like a secret Santa) and fully supportive of positively supporting another small business website somewhere in the world. By helping others, you cannot go wrong. You join and you get a secret Santa. Easy peasy.

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