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21
Feb
Why Bother To RT?
Denyse

First of all if you are not a member of the Twitterverse you may not even know what a RT is.  When you send out a message you send a tweet which must be composed of 140 characters or less.  When you read messages from people you follow you might find one that really touches you in some way.

You might find that it is very interesting, funny, informative, inspiring.  There is a vast amount of ways that a tweet can affect you.  You might read it and it means nothing at all to you.  The tweets that really are profound are the ones that you would like to share with others.  So you click a button that is on your screen that says ReTweet.  That makes it so that everyone in your own personal stream can read it.  At the same time it gives credit to the original author of the tweet as well as your name as the person that RTed it.

It is a pretty easy thing to do, but Why Bother To RT?

First of all, if you found this information useful then it is most likely that someone else that reads your tweets will as well.  Or if you were inspired by a quote, it may be profound and it might have had an impact on your day.  So pass it on so that it can impact others.

The biggest reason why you should RT is that it is the greatest complement that you can give to someone that you are following!  It shows the person that you have RT that you do read their tweets and that you think that they have something to say that is worthwhile.

There is no greater praise to a tweeter to know that you have been to their blog and read it and then you elect to pass it on to other tweeter.

Myself, I am very touched when people take the time out of their busy day and RT one of my quotes or articles that I have written.  We are all so busy today, so one of the most valuable things that we have is time.  We can make more money, and buy new things, but we cannot make or buy time.

So when someone gives up that precious treasure and is willing to share part of it with me, it is a very high complement indeed.  For me, it makes me value the friendship of that person even more and I want to be sure to look for tweets of theirs that I can share with others.

I do spend a lot of time looking for things to inspire others.  I also use these same tools to motivate myself.  There are times when we all need help in getting through a day that is not going as you want it to.  So when someone RTs one of these Quotes it really is uplifting as I know it has helped them and they are sharing it with others.

So why bother to RT?  Do it because it will make you feel good, do it because it is passing valuable information on.  DO NOT do it just for the sake of wanting to have a tweet in your stream.  Do it because what you are RT will help someone.

You can even RT just list of people’s names that others have recommended to you.  However, if you do this, you should also be following these people as well.  It seems silly to recommend someone who you do not even follow yourself.

When some one does RT you, please try to thank them.  I know on Follow Friday this is close to impossible if you have a large following.  It is the right thing to do though.

Looking forward to RTing you in the future!~

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07
Dec
What Can Be Said In 140 Or Less
Denyse

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.  The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.  ~Henri Nouwen

This is a small thank you to those of you that have touched me through my Twitter stream.  Today I reached 50,000 followers.  It is with a very humble heart that I share this with you.  13 months ago when I started writing my profile and signing up on Twitter I thought, who is going to follow me and what will I ever say to them?  What I have found in Twitter can only be understood if you connect to others on Twitter yourself.

Who would think that someone you do not even know, that might even live a world apart from you, would ever have really touch you in any way that really mattered.  The followers in my stream on Twitter do that each and every day.  There is never a day that goes by that someone does not ask me how I am doing, and really is waiting for a genuine answer.  They are not saying that just because they need something to tweet.  They are saying it because we have connected!

Within 140 characters we connect in such a way that I never would have thought possible.  We have shared the joys and pains of our lives.  We have cheered at achievements and listened when an ear is all that we can give.  We have reached across the miles, across borders, stretching into countries we will never see, and we have connected in such a way that lives have actually been changed just by tweeting.

I saw the love and caring working at it’s fullest in Twitter when I lost my mother this past summer.  People from my stream that I had never connected with followed her health progress with me.  They prayed and told others and people that were not even following me were praying.  It is not only your followers that touch you, but they ReTweet to people following them, and some of those people in turn also reach out to you to offer you hope and comfort.

When Mom passed on, many of my followers listened to me and offered me love and comfort and encouragement.  Some even shared loss of their own parents with me.  It was a process of healing and these people helped so much.  As in the quote above these people chose to share my pain with me and reached out and touched me with the viral hand of 140 characters.  Often they only gave me a place to share my grief, but they were always there.

Besides, the sorrow they also share in the joy!  Many connect and ask how business is going, how the projects are going, and are interested in what is going on in our lives.  Yes, we even laugh and joke and play tricks on each other, make fun of our funny hats, or dance in the rain, or a number of crazy other things like the week we had a virtual pillow fight!

My Twitter stream is filled with new friends.  A year ago these people were strangers to me.  Today, right now, I could send out a tweet and someone would be there to answer a question or smile with me, or share a moment of my day.  Twitter changes daily, so people will come and go, but the spirit of the people of my Twitter stream will be always with me.  Many people have touched my life just by connecting.

When you follow someone, you actually do yourself a great disservice to not try to connect.  You just never know what kind spirit you may find that will touch your lives as so many have touched mine.

To my followers, I thank you for the wonderful opportunity you have given me to connect with you, to learn from you, to laugh with you and to share moments of our lives.

Follow me on twitter if you don’t already

http://www.twitter.com/denyseduhaime


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31
Oct
Who Is Denyse?
Denyse

To my Twitter friends I am a dancing spirit that rushing through their stream daily.  People ask me what my avatar stand for, and I tell them it is the spirit within me.  The words in the background read live, work, play.

To crafters in the Art Rubber Stamp world I am a stamp designer, a rubber stamp artist, and a manufacture of rubber stamps and the co-owner, with my daughter, Laura, of  Lasting Impressions with Panache, an art rubber stamp company.

To my Internet friends I am co-owner of Dela Marketplace, a niche marketer with various websites, an article writer, co-owner of Nothing But Deals 4 U, co-owner of Dela Reviews and well as Dela’s Best Pics, often  found brainstorming with other Web Owners, and my twitter friends about the latest trends and marketing products.

To my family I am wife, mother, and friend.

But who is Denyse?  I was born in a small town in New Hampshire, the middle child.  I have two other siblings.  My family is very important to me. both my immediate family as well as my extended family.

This was taken in 1952

This was taken in 1952

I looked up to my older brother and helped in the care of my little sister. This picture was found last year when we were trying to put together a book for my father’s 90th birthday. As soon as I saw this picture it really brought me back to my childhood. I remembered getting that doll for Christmas. She was a walking doll and it was a very special gift, later at Easter the Easter bunny left me roller skates for her in my basket. I was wide-eyed and so happy. It was just what I had wanted!

As an adult, I have now realized that those early years have played a big part in the person that I am today. Ideals that you learn as a young child are cultivated and used as foundations to your whole belief system. My parents were very strong Christians and taught me
values and the need for integrity in my every day life.

Each day I learn more and more about myself. I have learned that I do not compromise my beliefs. I have learned the value of those that love you. My parents have always been the thread that held my extended family together. With both of my parents passing this year, my siblings and I have had the opportunity to renew many of the memories that we have cherished.

As I progress through this journal, I will be sharing more bits and pieces of who Denyse really is. She is more than that dancing spirit that you see in your twitter stream. If you are not following me on twitter, please do add me to your followers.  She is more than an Internet Marketer and more than a person who loves crafts and designing art rubber stamps.  Let us discover together, who I am and where I am going.

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27
Oct
Yes, What Is It All About?
Denyse

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.  ~e.e. cummings, 1955

This wonderful Quote by e.e. cummings was spoken when I was only nine years old.  I never read it then, and did not come across it for many years.  I am sure I never would have understood it then as I was far more concerned with the hula hoop, my new poodle skirt, my wonderful cat eye marbles, my Jill doll, and Girl Scouts.  That summer was my first year at sleep-away camp and it was a very exciting time in my life.  I would not have given a second thought to such a deep and meaningful quote.

I had important things to do that year, it was the first time I had a lay teacher and I did not care for her one single bit.  I could not wait to pass into the next grade and have the comfort of the nuns again.  And as I said, I was going to sleep-away camp.  That meant a new sleeping bag, a brand new mess kit, my very own flash light, and a real adventure away from home.  Maybe that summer was the very first time that I was able to be “nobody but yourself”.  I was away from my family, and the only person I knew at camp was my very best friend, Gloria.  I was away from the watchful eyes of my Parents and my Memere who also lived with us. I was out on my own.  I was left to see who I was and what I felt.  The transformation was a wonderment in itself.  You are challenged to be all that you can be, yet you are still allowed to be just who you are.  It was a magical time, and maybe it laid some of the cornerstones of my life.

This blog, is me exploring new things and sharing along the way things I discover.  I am learning each day new things about myself, who I am, where I am going and what it is like on the way.  I am also learning new things about Internet Marketing and Social Media and lots of other exciting areas.  I will be sharing both the good and the bad.  Things that work, and things that just did not pan out as I expected.  Promises made, that are not spoken truths and others that are more than I ever expected.

The beginning of this year I declared it a year of change.  I talked a lot about it on Twitter in Jan and Feb and I had intended to start this blog then.  Life got in the way, and I put it off.  I have discovered that there is no perfect time…that time is now, that time is tonight as I share my first posting with you.  The main thing I planned to change this year was my attitude.  It is a big undertaking, as I often listen to others and forget that it is more important to be who I am and to feel what I feel and to express it openly, in other words to be real.  In the past I have listened to negative people, and I found that you can easily start to hear those negative thoughts in your own mind.  So change in attitude.

Part of the change is developing a new business and knowing it will be a struggle, and having to start to let go of one that means a lot to me.

I did not know that there was to be a bigger change in my life this year with the passing of both of my parents within 13 months of each other.  This is a significant change in my life and a big one to adjust to.

So I hope that you will follow along with me as I journal about lots of things going on in my day to day life.  This might range from the fun things to the not so delightful events.  I will be talking about my twitter friends and all that they have given to me.  I will explore products that excite and ones that fall flat.  I really look forward now that I have gotten my feet wet, to explore Denyse, the real person she is, her weight struggles, her business adventures, the friendships she makes along the way and the things that she values that makes up the person she is.  Come take the road with me, I seem to follow my favorite poet Robert Frost and take the road less traveled.



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