Promotion - Flyer #1

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I guess its no secret that for a while now, this blog(TIWWWB) and me been somewaht down in the dulldrum's. I don't know what it is. Is it the weather. Or are failure in Iraq (at acheiving the goals of the wrong war was) being now officially complete( see recently Friedman columN). Or Katie Holmes(KATIE COME BACK TO US) or waht.

All I know is. Something messed up/bit of a slump. I decided maybe it was the environment(had to get out of the house- Phung drive me crazy with his house music) so last night I went to the Thai/Lao place (not my favorite-which is 45 mins away-but this one good too). I took my labtop and parked myself there all evening(she doesn't mind and her husband- stay's back in kitchen so he'll never know) and just started poring my heart out(Private journal- I don't share that one with you guy's (Not for public consumbtion). It's was ``string of conscienceness`` method of writing. Where you dont care about form/accurecy ect just to GET IT OUT THERE. (An exercise I like to use only sparingly but can be fruitful at time's like this)

Anyway so there I was just minding my busijness over some nice Pad thai nad Sweet Hot Ginger brought by the main one. But then there was some other Waitress thats when I realized that the daughter was working that day too (Tuesdays/Thursdays). Owners daughters- they work sometime's in the evening as waitresses(To get a good experience- I totally approve of this) and they do their homework's between customers in the back. (I know this because I helped them once with Amreican history).

Anyway wehn I asked her to refresh my tea (pot) I noticed something not quite right(Not her usual chipper/perky self) and asked whats wrong. At first she didn't want to tell me(just want to go get the tea, Be right back) but I insisted. Because here we were two soul's down in the dumphs why not commissertate? WEll it turns out her boyfriend is moving to Topeka so you can understand. I told her tried to explain about how I'm in a similer situaiton(depressing wise) with my blog and I'm pretty certain she was understand what I'm saying(many timesx nod her head) but then her mother told her something snappy(angry sense) in their Language and I guess she had to go help other customers. (Nice flares- billowing as she skitted away)

I started to ponder all this and thougth "Maybe I'm going out this all wrong" Because my approach (till now) has been- If my blog sinking/stagate it's must be doing something I"M doing wrong. That was my mind set. (I know its crazy- I have problem's with self confidents sometimes so bare with me) But the daughter made me see. Sometime's things just out of your control- you get dragged away by other endevors/obligations.

And it hit me. Thats whats happen to my readerships.

Because seriously LOL how can it be the content of my blog? The content is remains topnotch/ stellar(if you ask me). Not to brag but (fact). Some of my bESt work - also recent too.

So long(story short) I came up with a plan. The plan is a DIFFERENT ATTITUDE(positive/uplift) because waht I understood at the Thai/Lao(mostly Thai IRRC) is this. All the blog need's is some promotion. Thats it.

This called to mind some work one of my reader's had kindly (TIWWWB readers- THE BEST) done for me. At the time I dismissed "I dopn't need this stuff" but I went back to my file's and dug them up and HOW STUPID I WAS. I should of listened to him!

Basically what this reader (let's call Anonymous) was said was just waht it took me 3 cups of Sweet Hot Ginger to same realization: I need to work on promoting my blog. To this effort, Anonymous(kindly/generaous) whipped up a few graphics images. For me. These images are varying/styles formats and Anonymous said Here you go, you could use these for flyers.

I think they are much more then that. But yes, they could be flyers too.

So I think(after long last) it's time to unveil the Anonymous contributer's masterworks. I'll do this not all the once but from time to time. Again these will be graphics for flyers. Please share with friend's/ mix and match/ use them at my blessing. Some ideas you could:

• Print it out- tkae to Kinko's and make like 100 copies- leave them as flyer's around town (Grass roots)
  
• Use them for online T-shirt vendors to make a T-shirt from them
  
• Use them as desktop background(your own)
  
• Send to friend's(eye catchingt - will make them more likely to click on your tip to check out TIWWB
  
• Use as the "button" on you're blogroll. (Like say you're blogroll link's TIWWWB. Instead of just text, now use one of these images as the link)
  
• The possibilities are endless.
  

So without further the do. I givce you above, the first EVER TIWWWB promotion graphic, courtesy some artistically inclined(I think he's work in Graphical Artists) who's wish to remain Anonymous. Enjoy! And PLEASE, help spread the word about TIWWWB! Print out these flyer, spread/hand it out and fell free to post tell us how it went!