One of my biggest mistakes was letting a doctor put me on antidepressants without doing research. Guess what I found out after my girlfriends and daughter celebrated one night with me? While having a great, hours-long dinner at my favorite restaurant, we had two glasses of wine and an after dinner fancy coffee drink. When we left, they were fine, but I was acting crazy drunk.
Maria asked, “What are you on?” I said “Nothing…wait, you mean Wellbutrin (bupropion)?”
We realized I had been acting strange for quite some time. Years.
From the many bupropion side effects I found listed online, I experienced these: confusion, trouble concentrating, unusual thoughts and behaviors, distress, dizziness, tinnitus (ringing in my ears), sleep abnormalities and impaired sleep quality, decreased memory, forgetfulness (I had trouble remembering Maria’s last name!), shortness of breath, shaking or trembling hands, dropping objects, and spilling drinks. There are many more side effects, including seizures, which I didn’t have. I was afraid I had early onset Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. Not being able to keep thoughts straight feels incapacitating.
I feel sorry for my friends who only knew me while taking this medication. Within a few days of weaning the antidepressant, the ringing in my ears left one ear and decreased significantly in the other. After just a few days without Wellbutrin, I started writing again. Today, I’m working on two new books and loving life. I’m much happier than I was taking the medicine. I don’t drink nearly as often and when I do, I’m not out of control.
How many people taking antidepressants are misdiagnosed with Alzheimer’s, dementia, or attention deficit disorders?
Besides taking my doctor’s advice on medicines, I allowed my friends to counsel me and I paid a coach to teach me internet marketing–all wrong. I also witnessed many of my friends paying “coaches” who gave them bad advice.
Take responsibility for your actions. Make your own decisions. Too many people let their friends and others claiming to be life coaches, who aren’t licensed counselors or trained professionals, tell them what to do. If you’re a life coach, please guide and encourage clients to their own inspired conclusions.
We’ve all been told to stop dwelling on the past and on things that make us unhappy. You don’t need to be a New Thought or Oprah Unity follower to see the positive vibrations emanating outward from Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and even the more business-directed Linkedin. I love this exciting, uplifting, spiritual energy!
But, what do you do when sadness wells up and you feel like crying? I’ve been in the depths of darkness with my broken heart hurting so badly I had trouble breathing. I wanted my heart to burst so I would die. After all, it felt like a real heart attack. Why not let it kill me and put me out of misery? You may not have lost a child and a husband, but you most likely have lived through a broken heart.
Besides tragedies, everyday hardships cause endless suffering. When we pull ourselves up by leaning on each other and concentrating on the goodness surrounding us, we feel happiness. You get what you concentrate on, so why not think about the flowers, birds, and loving friends? Perhaps you desire so many things that you concentrate on your personal material goals and wonder why you’re still not happy.
Positive Psychology in Reverse
Try this easy, quick (only three questions) exercise without cheating yourself and reading ahead. Get a piece of paper or open a new screen. If you take the extra seconds to write down each question by long hand, your brain helps you fill in the answers.
Dwell for a moment on your discontent.
1. What makes me feel discontented? Write down a few things that make you restless, unhappy. Don’t over-think. Just jot.
2. What do I desire to ease the discontent? Next, write down what you long for to replace your discontent.
3. What are my decisions to take action to change? Base your decisions on what’s your highest sense of good for others, for you, for your life, for your business.
Your decisions form your destiny! Some days, it pays to let your unhappiness help you change your life. Discontent shapes desire. Desire sparks decisions. Decisions structure destiny. It’s your life. Chose joy!
Join us for a fun day of self-discovery at my home and celebrate. Click on the photo below after you share–>
What did you learn about yourself?
Please share your thoughts below in the comment section. It’s also Sweet to Share on Twitter, Facebook…Thank YOU!
Click on the postcard and experience my new book fun day retreat with chocolate & champagne…
How to Have Better Sex, Lose Weight, Make Millions, and Eat Chocolate.com. My late husband Brian inspired the title.
Detroit charity turns blight into gardens, parks, and homes
Motor City Blight Busters is fighting to bring Detroit back one abandoned building and one vacant lot at a time. The nonprofit demolishes abandoned buildings that are beyond repair, renovates homes, and cleans up parks and illegal dump sites….
Motor City Blight Busters reminded me of people I call “Change Agents” in Detroit. I met Myrtle and Wayne Curtis, founders of “Feedom Freedom” organization in Detroit, Michigan. I wondered how they were doing after all this time, so I looked them up on Facebook and found their organization thriving. I’m thrilled for them and for Detroit.
One of the reasons I waited so long to purchase a new car is I loved my Mustang GT convertible. I really loved this car.
Imagine driving a car for over 110,000 miles with no breakdowns, no repairs, no hastles. Just plain FUN, dependability, and JOY.
Goodbye Hug
Hello Valentine Cadillac
Paradise Cadillac was exceptional to work with. I had visited other dealers who were just as nice, but they offered me half price of what Paradise Cadillac & Chevrolet gave me for my awesome Mustang GT convertible. I drove a few easy to drive BMWs. But, my mother didn’t like the high SUVs and I needed All Wheel Drive for our muddy hilly roads. The Cadillac XRS’s hip-high seat height makes it the easiest car to get in and out. Plus, my payments for the XRS are half as much as the BMW because it cost less and the interest rate is lower. My WWII Navy Veteran dad would be happy I bought a car imported from Detroit.
The main thing about my Valentine Cadillac is it’s not only safe for my grandkids, it’s super fun to drive. The Cadillac may not be quite as fun shifting into 5th gear at 80 like the racy Mustang, but it has all the new techie features: heated seats and steering wheel, back up camera, and seats that buzz your bottom if you get out of line!
#TweetMeRight Charity Road Tip 2013, here we come… Where should we go? Do you have a favorite charity you think should be promoted?
I remember cruising Sunset Blvd as a teenager and seeing all the strange, hip, outrageous people standing around the cool clubs. People and scenes in front of Whiskey A Go Go and The Comedy Store drew me like a flower attracts a bee. I was sure the laughing pretty girls got to marry the rich cute boys and live happily ever after. Later, as a young married mother, I lived not far from The Sunset Strip and avoided the traffic and weirdos. I never expected it would take me forty years to come back to see my first comedy show.
Tony’s first visit to a comedy show
I didn’t know what to expect at The Comedy Store on West Sunset. The evening surprised, shocked, and sickened me–as well as entertained me. The first comic was really funny, except he made fun of himself as being a retard. Even though he may have cerebral palsy, he is not stupid and “retarded” offends me. But still, I can be offended without being shocked or grossed out, and laugh at funny redneck trailer-trash stories. All in all, he was funny.
Several more comics entertained us with varying degrees of sexual stories and black jokes. Black male comics garnered many laughs about Black History Month and about dating white women. That was funny. Few people know I graduated from Bethune Cookman College and understand southern black culture.
Brando Murphy, Eddie Murphy’s son (Was it just me or did everyone else get the connection?) was fun and funny. Brando naturally has timing and charisma. He surprised me later by standing at the exit passing out cards to another show. I thought he was paid to stand there and hand out cards. I had no idea he was the comic star we saw earlier, let alone the son of a super star. He impresses me because he works so hard.
About Brando Murphy: A Natural Born Headliner
After Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy, only 4 new comedians have emerged with the breakout talent to fill the comedy gap: Dave Chappelle, Kat Williams, Robin Harris, and Sam Kinnison. The comedy scene has awaited the entry of another “next-level” talent with Superstar appeal. BRANDO MURPHY has arrived on the scene with great buzz and excitement. One look or one laugh and you know that this charismatic kid has that it factor currently missing in comedy (a stand-up & comedic actor who: sings, dances does impressions and sketch work). Brando Murphy is also being shopped around Hollywood to star in a biopic on the life of comedy icon Eddie Murphy, entitled Eddie (See footage link below). Brando has played the major LA comedy venues (i.e. Comedy Store, HAHA Café, Improv, etc.) and recently headlined at the Historic ROXY Theater in Hollywood (for VH-1’s SAVE THE MUSIC benefit concert). He also recently headlined the sold-out SONS OF COMEDY show in Studio City, CA where Mason Pryor (Richard Pryor’s son) opened for him. See Brando’s Comedy footage – See Brando’s Acting footage- Sonsofcomedy.comThunderhousemedia.com
Join us February 23
More about my first visit to The Comedy Store (or any comedy club)
The only woman comic embarrassed me. She was more foul mouthed and sexually explicit than the men. Sorry, I just didn’t appreciate that humor.
The headliner played a satirical guitar medley and sang funny lyrics. I didn’t know I was going to blog about this night, so I didn’t take notes on names. If anyone knows names, I’ll add them.
Comic Eric DeLuca performing at The Comedy Store
We went to see Maria Parkinson’s friend Eric DeLuca. He was likable, funny, and nice. You care about him and his funny family situation. It was unfortunate that he was cut short and Potty Mouth Woman took over repeating her harassing the pretty young women talk.
Will I return to The Comedy Store? Perhaps. I plan to go see Brando and Eric again and I’d love to see some of the other comics too. Laughter is good for us. Watered down drinks and gross jokes make it hard to sit through waiting for the good stuff.
A good belly laugh can make it all worthwhile. Please, make me laugh.
(No worries…I don’t try to bait and switch to sign you up!)
Sugar-coat Multi Level Marketing (MLM) and label this sales system Network Marketing to create the aura of a new attitude towards MLM all you want, but upline and downline direct marketing ruins friendships, consumes lives, and oversells expensive products. Let me explain the four main reasons why I won’t listen to your “once in a lifetime opportunity” sales pitch.
1. You lose friends.
As soon as you say yes to your friend touting the new product, they become your upline and demand access to all your friends. Your friend becomes a sales maniac encouraging you to have parties where she keeps pushing, pushing your friends to spend money they don’t have on expensive products they never knew about and don’t want, especially in massive quantities automatically billed monthly. Furthermore, at the end of the month, you get massive amounts of phone calls, emails, and texts demanding you get just a few more sales so your former friend can meet sales bonuses.
2. You lose your life.
If you buy into the dream like I did (I once had a downline of 33,000 people.) you become obsessed. Every moment of your life becomes about how to get more people signed up. Every party, dinner, visit, phone call, and chance encounter becomes about Your Wonderful Opportunity. You find your life consumed by MLM–missing out on normal social functions, relaxation, family, friends, and fun.
Stop and Smell the Roses
3. The products are overpriced.
Even though the company says they save advertising dollars, your upline makes an inordinate amount of commission and bonuses. The last product I bought into had beautiful packaging. Once dropped, it broke open to disclose an inner, less than half-size inner bottle. Besides being deceitful, as an environmentally conscious person, the extra wasted plastic aggravated me.
4. Autoship
Be wary of autoship. I was told I would get billed at the end of the month. The date went from the 30th to the 26th to the 20th. Also, I suddenly started getting a third charge for $29 for which I still have no explanation.
Do you think I’m being too harsh? I realize people need to make money today more than ever. What do you think?
We’re having so much fun getting ready for the premiere of Joy Film Events!
“Modern art is a con. I am the world’s greatest con artist.”“Fame is love; I need love.”
“Da Vinci and Michelangelo: I can see the dandruff on their heads as I look from above down on them,” said Mark Kostabi in “Con Artist,” Michael Sladek’s entertaining documentary portrait of one of the art world’s most outrageous provocateurs. After growing up in Whittier, California Mr. Kostabi made a fortune, lost it, and reinvented himself.
Joy Film Event November 3Enjoy an evening of lively conversations, fun food, and fine film.
By invitation only, Joy TV presents New Yorker Film screenings. Watch a great movie “Cinema Paradiso” style in a private garden overlooking the sunset, twinkling lights, and distant mountain silhouettes.
If you’re into marketing, love creative people, and are curious about how a “con” artist promoted himself to stardom, you won’t want to miss this film.
Food
Gourmet movie hot dogs
Lydia’s Popcorn & Cookies for sale
Big Train Coffee Delights
Temecula Wine Tasting
Imagine networking in this setting
Bring your warm layers for fall weather, any special drink or diet food, and your sassy, friendly attitude.
5:00 PM Networking, photo op, social media fun
5:30 Sunset Serenade by Marissa Wendt, Lydia Jayne, and Katie Fisher
6:00 Con Artist movie 84 minutes
7:30 Round Table Discussion of the film and controversy
(Share your opinion, thoughts, and comments. We will be filming you. Photos and videos will have links to your website, Twitter or Facebook page. Let us know which link you prefer. If you don’t want to be filmed, please don’t participate in the Round Table discussion or converse in the area.
Normally, I praise companies and forgive little irritations.
After agonizing about my recent Target experience all night, I decided it was more loving to share with consumers the truth about the company who says “Expect more pay less with Target..”
If you live in Sun City or Lake Elsinore, you pay less for umbrellas and other products than if you shop nearby in Murrieta.
Target does not honor advertisements from their own stores even when they have signs posted in customer service that promise to honor sale prices for two weeks.
I purchased four umbrellas at the Lake Elsinore Target to shade my patio for an upcoming wedding. I needed one more for the other side of the pool where there now sits an empty umbrella stand in front of the primary table for eight.
My mother and I drove to Menifee’s new Super Target. After parking in the hot sun and walking through the immense parking lot into the store which is organized differently than regular Targets, I finally found the umbrellas. They had only striped ones in stock. Half an hour later, we then stopped at the Super Target in Murrieta at Clinton Keith and the 215. Since I hurt my hip and was in pain, I asked for help at the service counter. They had a young man bring the umbrella. I was so happy to see it was exactly the one I wanted. Imagine my surprise when he told me it was TWICE as much as I payed for the umbrellas I already purchased at Lake Elsinore Target!
I asked them to honor the sale price or to send the umbrella to Lake Elsinore. NO!
Guess what? The Smith & Hawkins Umbrellas online at Target cost EVEN more! Plus shipping! The website says this umbrella is not sold in stores. It is the same one I purchased but in brown, not beige.
Solution? Searched 9′ Patio Umbrella w/Crank & Tilt. Found one at http://shade-usa.com for $49.95 plus $10.92 shipping. All under two minutes to search, find, buy. No driving, walking in the heat, walking endless aisles, waiting in lines, or feeling cheated.
I love shopping online! Target’s problem: I have frequent huge parties, tweetups, meetups, live music, weddings, workshops and seminars at my home. When someone says, “Hey that umbrella doesn’t match…”
The Jeanette Joy Show with Dave Stech from Joy TV.
Jeanette Joy interviews real estate investor Dave Stech whose controversial methods inspire, outrage, and entertain. Filmed on location in San Diego by Ted Setla.
We had a fun party celebrating the Solar Eclipse. During the festivities, a lizard came out to watch the children making shadows around the reflection of the eclipse. Baby chicks went crazy in the strange lighting. Besides the wildlife and kids behaving differently, the adults seemed to take time off and enjoy nature too. I didn’t event bring my laptop to the party! Imagine that, no tweeting, Facebook time, or email.
In case you missed the solar eclipse, mark your calendar for the next TOTAL solar eclipse Monday, August 21, 2017. A rare total solar eclipse happens when the Moon appears larger than the Sun, blocking sunlight, and turning the sky dark. Total darkness occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth. A partial solar eclipse will be visible over a region thousands of miles wide.
You will see the best viewing in 2017 in Christian County, Kentucky. Other areas to enjoy the total eclipse include Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, northeastern Kansas, Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, Tennessee, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and South Carolina. Los Angeles will see over 60% of the sun’s diameter covered up by the moon.
Oct. 23, 2014 gives you an opportunity to see a partial eclipse from western Canada, Alaska, and the northern edge of the U.S. border between Washington state to Wisconsin where more than 60% of the sun’s diameter will be blocked by the moon’s shadow. California and the U.S. Southwest should see more than 40% of the sun’s diameter covered.
Future solar eclipse dates include 2023, 2071 (better than the one we just saw), and 2121, a complete “ring of fire” eclipse.
Do you want to know an easy way to be happier?
Think about where you live in your thoughts.
Do you dwell in your past thinking about what you should have, could have, or would have done differently?
Living in the past brings sadness. Constantly reliving sad events or things that turned out badly only makes you depressed. Take your life lessons, remember the ways you can do things differently next time, and forget the misery.
Learning to let go of my sad moments took a new way of thinking about the past. Instead of remembering my precious daughter’s pain and hospital stays, I set those terrifying memories aside and, instead of ignoring Sara, I replace the excruciating memories with happy moments. Now, when I remember Sara, I think about times like the morning she took off flying in her power wheelchair giggling, with her braids in the air, as she headed for the St Johns River. Her game meant I had to run and turn her chair before she landed in the water. Or, going even further back in time, the day she won a swimming race at her Huntington Beach school by kicking harder than the other kids, even though she couldn’t walk. I learned to remember the joy of her living. These memories make me happy. The only way I could think about her was to slowly replace all the bad memories by concentrating on the good moments.
Perhaps you can learn to concentrate on today instead of your sad past by turning every painful memory aside and thinking about happy things instead.
Do you fret and feel anxious about what is going to happen to you?
Living in the future causes worry. Living in anxiety makes you feel terrified, scared, and leads to insomnia, which causes a viscous cycle of worry and depression.
Like many people, I would wake up terrified and worry about what could happen next in my life. After losing my daughter and husband, I would wake up in the middle of the night wondering what evil thing lurked around the corner. Living in fear (False Evidence Appearing Real) is no way to live. Dwelling on some mysterious future doesn’t do anyone any good. I learned to replace worry thoughts with prayers, meditations, music, uplifting spiritual books like Raymond Charles Barker’s The Power of Decision, and happy thoughts of visions I would like to see come into my experience. The old saying, “What you think is what you get” means more to me than ever. My terrifying fears did not come to pass. Thank God. Now, when I begin to be afraid of the future, I give thanks for my many blessings and think about something good I want to experience.
When you catch yourself worrying about the future, turn your focus to things that make you happy in the present moment. Replace the untrue painful visions of the unknown future with daydreams of what you want to have. Without dreams, nothing happens. Makes sure your dreams are good ones! And, make an action-step plan of what you can do today to improve your life. Don’t worry. Be happy!
Living in the present gives peaceful joy. The only time you really live is right now. What happened is over; what’s coming is future. You live your life in the middle. Become aware of the joyful, precious moments surrounding you this instant. Give thanks for your good. Feel the joy of living in every breath you take.
When you were a child, did you love Twinkies? I did. Some of my lucky friends got them in their lunch boxes. Perhaps because my mother made cakes from “scratch,” we were rarely treated a tasty Twinkie. And, “oh boy!” Twinkies were a big treat.
Later, as a health conscious mom, I occasionally spoiled my children with Twinkies and my preferred chocolate Ding Dongs. My tastes evolved to See’s chocolate truffles and I hadn’t enjoyed a Twinkie for years and years. Last week, I saw a box in my daughter’s pantry and helped myself. The Twinkie was kinda of pasty tasting and not worth the calories.
But wait, now that Hostess may be going out of business, suddenly I want Twinkies! Don’t they look yummy? Not pasty…rather creamy and lush…? And, guess what, they are not raw fake food after all.
Don’t worry, be happy… you can bake your own Twinkies! Here’s a video with the ingedients as my grandson Finn says. (I asked Finn if he made something from scratch and he said, “No, from ingredients.”)
What will YOU do?
Stock up just in case, bake your own, or forget about Twinkies?
Please comment below.
One thing about traveling, you always find an unexpected view.
Suspended almost 1,000 feet above the city of Melbourne in Australia is a glass cube which sticks out almost ten feet from the skyscraper. “The Edge” has glass walls and a glass floor.
This last photo was taken from a boat on the river.
The exotic places photos on Pinterest almost make me want to travel again. After I came home from New Orleans and Austin, it’s been so hard to catch up with my self-imposed work. I keep reminding myself that I said no more traveling!
If we had instant travel, I’d work on Anegada Island in the British Virgin Islands today. There are many lobster places with shade and shelter form the showers on the sand. And, the air temperature is perfect.
Someone took my name on Pinterest! So, instead, I joined uQast and will build a new social site that makes money for my charities. Today is the big launch! Join me, preserve your brand, and have fun making money for yourself.
Imagine being in love by Valentine’s Day…. Not only is it possible, with this new course from my friend Gail Lynne Goodwin, it’s probable!
My friend, Gail, is best known as the founder of InspireMeToday.com. Five years ago she met her husband on-line, using a very logical process, that she’s now sharing with others. Gail and her husband fell in love, he moved in three weeks later, and they married on the anniversary of their first date. It’s been almost five years and they are still blissfully in love.
Using Gail’s formula, you can manifest Love In 21 Days in your life too! Valentine’s Day is just around the corner so I invite you to listen now http://www.lovein21dayscom/dap/a/?a=13 TODAY. Join us to hear how she did it, talk about gratitude, intention, vision, and learn the daily steps to manifest the love you’re looking for- now.
I know Gail and her adorable pilot husband. I’d like to get to know you and your new mate too!
My son and I had a fabulous mini vacation last year. Much of the video was taken from the Sheraton Falls Hotel in Canada. Watch for the tour boats… it’s funny!
Joy TV presents Jeanette Joy Fisher and Canada’s mascot for the most tweeted about event in 2010.
Meet Captain Kindness, head cheerleader for “Spreading Kindness – Random Act of Kindness Day.”
The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation improves the quality by building community endowment, addressing needs through grant making, and providing leadership on key community issues.
Tweet Me Right Charity Road Trip in Canada filmed on location in Waterloo by Simone Blum for Joy TV.
”Cead Mile Failte” and enjoy a bit of old Ireland in our authentic Irish pub. Open since 1986, Kitty’s is as close as you’ll come to the Emerald Isle featuring Irish fare like fish & chips, shepard’s pie, just to name a few delights. Irish spirits and live Irish entertainment.
Join us from 6 to 9 PM tonight, September 8. Please let Jean AKA @TektiteGroup know you’re coming.
We’ll be interviewing tomorrow for Tweet Me Nice and Tweet Me Right videos. Tweet Me Nice features you and your Twitter account. Tweet Me Right magnifies the good news about volunteers and charities helping their communities.
Do you wake up too early when you know you have a morning flight?
A week ago, I flew JetBlue to Portland. My flight was at 6 AM. I woke up at 1:00 AM. With three alarms to wake me, my internal clock wouldn’t let me sleep.
This morning, I woke up at 3:00. You’e think this was an improvement, but my flight isn’t until 10:00.
The irony? With hundreds of trips, I have not once missed a flight.
What do you do when you’re to tired to write and can’t sleep?
I believe Twitter has changed the way I think, improved my writing skills, and influences my speech patterns. I find myself leaving out words in speaking and blog posts, writing incomplete sentences, misspelling, and assuming the reader knows what I’m talking about as if we were in a tweet conversation.
I asked this question on Twitter: Does Twitter make you think and speak in short, incomplete sentences?
My responses were as different as my tweethearts. Oh yes. Twitter words invade my conversations and writings.
This is what my followers had to say.
Loly_ru Lola
No, it makes me rethink what I want to write. If anything I am better at summarizing.
utravelwithus Five Star Travel
it does its horrible… when im on facebook i write something and its very short and i have to think and rewrite
M_Gagnier Marissa Gagnier
It actually makes my thoughts and convo more precise. I’ve learned to get to the point.
darlatierney Darla Tierney
No, but I find myself speaking with hashtags in emails! 😉
pampositive Pamela Allen
LOL! Yes ~RT @JeanetteJoy: Does Twitter make you think and speak in short, incomplete sentences.
AutoRevo AutoRevo
yes. yes. (ha ha, see what we did there?)
KFPhotographs Knight Finley Photo
I often say, “OMG, that was . . .” When I shockingly realize that I’ve just spoken in text speak, I forget what I was saying.
StorageMart
It makes us realize Prince was seeing the future when he gave his songs short-hand titles. #twitterspeak #textese
ProsePowr ProsePower!
Yes! & then when I have 2 write something the long way, be it FB or an email, I’m still abbrevating. Curse u Twitter!! lol
PhoneBoy no. I had problems speaking long before Twitter 🙂
Please add your comments below with your thoughts about the way Twitter has changed your thinking, writing, and speaking. I will quote you in my upcoming book. Leave your website if you would like it listed with your name and Twitter profile.
#Joy TV presents Jeanette Joy Fisher interviewing Julie Spira at a tweetup in Los Angeles, California. Julie talks about her Twitter experiences. Filmed and edited by Martin Glover.
WHY
To inspire loving and prosperous friendships leading to greater local community support. People want to help each other. Showcasing giving volunteers and charities gives other communities ideas about what and how to help their neighbors. Also, Tweet Me Nice videos promote people’s businesses and spur the economy.
WHO Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ Super Stars and Media Mavens Let us know if you want to join us.
WHAT Activities Interviews with Social Media Network friends who also share their photos, blogs, tweets, videos etc. Interviews with Volunteers who give time and ideas, nominated by tweets, Facebook and Google+ posts Interviews with nonprofit charity leaders in local communities who also share the videos, photos, and press.
Tweetups, meetups, parties, book signings for local authors. Bring small products and business promotional materials to share. This increases attendance, inspires joint ventures, and gives everyone more publicity.
Fun days promoting US landmarks and venues
Publicity Tweets: Massive amounts of photos, videos mentions of #JetBlue @JetBlue# Cadillac and other designated hashtags and accounts
Google+ huddles and posts
Flickr
Facebook Group
Articles (Jeanette Joy Fisher has almost 2,000,000 views of her articles on ONE article directory.)
Blogs
Press Releases
WHERE Tweet Me Right West via Jet Blue from Long Beach direct to the following cities:
From Chicago, we’ll pick up a GMC vehicle and drive to Kitchener, ONT, Canada and then down the East Coast.
WHEN
August to December 2011
RESULTS
1,000s of tweets, mentions, hashtag mentions for 3+ months
Photos on Facebook,Twitpic, Flickr, Picasa, Google+, kFrog, etc
Videos on YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Facebook, Google+, JoyTVnetwork, Media Super Star Blogs
Facebook posts
Google+ links and mentions
Local meetings and events draw locals to appreciate new venues, JetBlue, and GMC.
*** Published book recapping volunteer stories and road trip events with photos and accolades to volunteers, participants, charities and limited sponsors.
PARTICIPATE “Like Us! We Like YOU!” Tweet Me Right | Charity Road Trip Meet us along the way…
NOMINATE volunteers who deserve a spotlight!
RIDE Along and or MEETUP
My Twitter friends have changed over the years since 2007. Some have dropped off Twitter, a few have passed on, and others don’t tweet to me often anymore for whatever reason. This list has changed drastically since my first one.
I know I’ve forgotten a few who add to my love of Twitter. I compiled this list over a month. If you feel like I left you off, please let me know. One of the reasons I hesitated doing this was because it’s hard to remember everyone. Tweet Me Nice and I’ll add you to the upcoming Simply the Best Twitter Friends Part 3.
My personal Twitter following standards (there are no rules on Twitter) include a follow back. I am not a fan on Twitter. To me, it’s all about the conversation.
Most of these people I have met in person because of conversations on Twitter. I didn’t look at numbers, scores, or statistics. This list features loving, nice, and reciprocal conversationalists. Some of my friends I have yet to meet in person. I feel close to them after hundreds of engaging tweets. We email and talk on the phone. When we finally meet in person, there are no awkward moments, we immediately bond.
CyndeeHaydon a long time friendly tweetheart, knows how to tweet with style as she cross promotes your business.
DianeTate Inspired the #TweetMeRight Charity Road Trip; a classy, gorgeous lady who conquered adversity with grace
EdLovesSumo Ed Phillip gives and gives and gives. He’s simply the best.
Faith_Ford Down to Earth, friend, actor and Southern Belle tweetheart
HawaiiRealty Kelly, fun company to cruise the Caribbean and California coastlines and a great real estate expert!
HennArtOnline Henie Reisinger, artist extraordinaire with a generous heart
inspiremetoday Gail Goodwin, friend, full of life and love
JessicaNorthey Twitter’s favorite blonde bombshell; just as amazing in person
jbranigan Jane finds time to be a supportive friend on Twitter while she bakes delights and runs a Bed and Breakfast in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
janewmeade One of the best reasons to tweet… you meet people like Jane who comes to most of my events–drives through LA traffic and brings goodies too! We both have little grandsons named Finn.
JetBlue My favorite business; great flight from Long Beach to Austin!
k8dt Kate Daven Thomas Sings! Fun, funny, makes you smile and giggle!
kaytcampbellcom A great listener who helps you remember who you are, Me, not Me author
kim tweets for peace, promotes the arts, and is a lot of fun sharing scary movies. She also is patient with blondes driving convertibles while filming in LA during protests.
LipServiceInk Thais` Mills sent me a sample of her fun and fabulous art. She’s also a great writer and I look forward to a real hug.
LizzStrass Brillant leader on Twitter and everywhere online and in person
LoisMarketing Lois Martin, Southern writer and sweetheart
SherylBreuker one of my first Twitter friends is even more fun in person.
SimoneBlum Simply the Best supportive, generous and gregarious traveling companion and tweetie!
soultravelers3 Follow a family around the world on an endless journey seeking truth, sharing love, and telling incredible stories,
StaceySoleil Friendly, inspiring, motivating, and a great mom!
squeakmouse73 Rainee Perdue, sees life more clearly than sighted people.
SuuperG Gina Stark, gorgeous Gina is down to Earth and nice too!
terrinakamura Terri knows how to be a friend when you need one. Tweets in True Twitter Spirit!
TomorrowKnight WIth over 220,000 followers, Sean Gardener remembers his tweet friends.
tkpleslie Leslie, a long time tweetie, knows how to make real connections and invites you to fabulous events.
TweetSmarter, On my first list of favorite tweethearts, Sarah has blossomed to be one-half of one of the most influential Twitter accounts: Knight Foundation and Shorty award, front cover of CNN’s technology section, profiled by the Huffington Post…
windycitysocial Hope encourages you to enjoy life while working smarter.
YogaArmy Sebastian St. George would be on my list just for his great name. He also gives me lots of support and shares good content. Besides, he grows organic vegetables.
WarrenWhitlock I’ve known Warren longer than Twitter’s been part of our lives. Twitter helps keep us connected.
yokoono Only on Twitter can you talk to a star like Yoko who I respect for her work towards Peace.
Long ago, in another life, I had a neighbor who became a great friend. Ruth Wiseman lived across the street (more like a pathway) in Valley of Enchantment. I think I want to move back just for the name and the trees that make a gentle quivering forest sound in the soft wind.
Ruth was one of the first shoppers on TV way back in the mid seventies. She loved to stock up on bargains. One night, Ruth slipped and fell into her glass coffee table. Her husband Jim came and yelled for my husband Brian to help. Brian, a former paramedic returned home crying. “She’s gone,” he said. I could not wrap my mind around what he meant.
A few days later, Ruth’s shopping order arrived. Jim brought me the package and said Ruth wanted me to have the nightgowns and enjoy them. 34 years later, I am wearing the blue lace one of the two I have left and wondering what happened to the tangerine silk.
The blue and the mauve beaded gowns have been though pregnancies, nursing babies, losing our daughter Sara, losing Brian, and more. Both gowns look like the day they arrived.
Do you still have things in your life you purchased years ago? Think about your purchases lasting a lifetime. Maybe even someone’s other than you.
It all started a long time ago in Twitterland with a tweet from Diane Tate about a virtual road trip party on Twitter.
After Katrina, we tweeted about the volunteers feeding the hungry in New Orleans. While tweeting my heart out for four years, I’ve met so many amazing people and traveled around the world. It’s time to give back.
Joy TV, a new website set up to showcase people making a difference to bring about peace through friendship and prosperity, is sponsoring the Tweet Me Right Charity Road Trip.
Who: Twitter friends will ride along in segments. Besides the Twitter Elite, we have folks who volunteer and also international Twitter connections flying in to share their stories.
What: Joy TV interviews charities and volunteers helping those in need in their communities.
Where: We’ll visit cities in the US with a stop in Canada.
Why: We hope to inspire others to help local people in need by see what others are doing.
When: Joy TV is interviewing volunteers in California in July and August. The road trip begins September 1 in Detroit, America’s Motor City.
During the road trip, we’ll host tweetups, meetups, showcase organizations and individuals for Joy TV Tweet Me Right videos.
Tweet Me Nice videos will also be filmed showcasing Twitter users.
