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It’s amazing how quickly things can change.  It’s been a whirlwind week here in our household.  As I write this, my hubby (Jack)  is in the hospital due to high spike in kidney number.  Considering numbers should be 1.6 or lower and his was 6 required immediate attention resulting in hospitalization!

Jack is my rock, my friend, and my husband of 36 years.  There have been ups and downs and ins and outs…but through it all, he’s my rock!  To see him in a hospital gown (he looks very cute in it by the way ) lying there, and not in control of things….breaks my heart!  But he’s been such a trooper about it all!! 

Over the years the hard physical work he’s done has taken it’s toll on his body,  He’s diabetic has high blood pressure and now the problem with his kidneys.  He’s worked hard to keep his numbers down…and if you have diabetes OR high blood pressure you know you are limited in your choices of food.  But for those of you, like him, who have BOTH…you are extremely limited and always fighting the numbers.

Although his numbers are extremely good on the diabetic side, try as hard as he could, he could not get the BP down.  It was registering around 190 – 205 over 100 105!  Horrible numbers. 

He entered the hospital Wednesday and since that time, it’s been blood work, monitoring, scans, IV’s and numerous other tests.  As a result, it’s been determined the kidneys have not been making the red blood cells need and has caused him to be anemic!  Scans revealed no blockage in kidneys and functioning good…thankfully! When they told him yesterday his BP was 137 / 81 he actually cried he was so relieved!

They have hopes the kidneys can recover some of it’s function and with medication he’ will not have to have anything more serious than that.  Dr’s will do a biopsy next week and hopefully he will not have to have a kidney removed or go on dialysis.  So that is where we are at this point…and hoping he will be released from the hospital today!

Thank you to all of you who have been sending up prayers and well wished!  Please continue to keep him in your prayers!

The song “Thank You” sung by Ray Boltz  is one of my favorites and is the instrumental played in this video.  For an inspirational song, find and listen to the uplifting words of this beautiful song.

Relax…Unwind…and Enjoy!

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You’re on the Social Media platforms, you know…”If you build it, they will come”.   You have a Facebook profile and business page, a Twitter page, a LinkedIn page, and you’re on YouTube…life is grand! 

But wait a minute!  Do your viewers, clients, and patients know “where” you are on your social sites?  Do they have you “social address?”  

As most of you know, I’m a 30 year dental business office professional and certified Social Media Specialist.  This past weekend after speaking at a social media event, I had a “Wow, I could have had a V8″ moment!  Like at all events, we had our business cards out and we enchanged cards. 

That evening when I got home and was looking at the cards I had received I noticed a few of them had their actual addresses of their social media sites.  Mine on the other hand had my email address on it!!  What’s so bad about that you ask?? 

Did you notice above I mentioned I’m a social media specialist??  Well, I’m a social media specialist…without one single social site listed on my business card!  So, I remidied that….New business cards are ordered, they’re on their way, and you guessed it….all my social sites are listed on these cards! 

My whole point in saying the above is for you to make sure you have your social sites listed on everything you have printed that is sent to New Patients or existing patients.  Here’s a good example of how it can be fitted on a business card (I’m using my usiser name as examples)

• Twitter: /Livvie_Matthews
• Facebook: /copywritingand socialmedia
• LinkedIn: /in/livviematthews
• YouTube: /LivvieMatthews

OR you could use the social icons in place of the social site’s name followed by your “address”.  Either way works just fine and will tell viewers, patients, and clients where they can find you on all the sites.

In addition to your business cards having your social sites listed, they should also be listed on your letterhead, listed in any printed ads you may still have, links should be in your email signature to your social sites, and  included in any correspondence sent out from the office

Social media is about gaining more visibility, so the more people see where they can find you, the more viewers you will have that follow you!

What about your social sites…how are some of the way you use them for gaining visibility?

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The 2nd Annual All Women’s Social Media Summit just wrapped up.  It was a blast to share the panel with such energetic and insightful women.  We were asked to choose our favorite social networking site below is a link to the video of our answers.  (The second video from the top)

http://www.facebook.com/beverly.mahone/posts/166450833373957#!/copywritingandsocialmedia

What’s your favorite social site and why?

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Over the weekend, I was a panelist at the 2nd Annual All Women’s Social Media Summit.  But contrary to the title, there also was a Men’s Panel there for discussion, questions, and answers regarding women in business and social media.

They shared information from protecting your identity online to how our pictures (Avatars) are viewed.   

Points presented on protecting your Identify:

• Be careful about posting your children’s names
• Be careful not to post your address
• Do not post pictures of your home

I’d also like to add to be extrememly careful of posting where you are going to meet friends or family and the time to be there.  By posting this informatin you’re opening yourself to someone waiting in the shadows from you when you get there, when you return home, or possible burglary.  Posts with specific details are best left to personal messages. 

But the most pointed question was “In their opinions…What should women STOP doing?”  I think all of us in the room expected several answers to be given, however they all answered the same…”Stop apologizing!” 

We all were amazed and at the same time knew this was so true. For whatever reason, we women think we have to apologize for everything…even things that we didn’t do. 

When someone says they’ve had a bad day…I find myself saying, “I’m sorry”.  I didn’t cause them to have a bad day, so why should I apologize?  If I do feel the need to apologize, then what I should say is “I’m sorry that your day’s been difficult”. 

Another point brought up was the tone used with your voice.  A high pitched voice is equated to less experience or youthfullness.  But a medium to lower pitched voice projects more authority.

Something to be aware of is to NOT raise your voice at the end of your sentence as we were taught several years back to do, but rather keep your voice at the same level at the end of your sentence.  This is projecting trust. 

These where just a couple of the items discussed from a man’s point of view for a business woman, and were important factors to be shared. 

What about you…what do you think about these few items?  Do you have one to add?

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