- Hey, welcome to Coffee Coffee Coffee,
your place for average Joe coffee reviews.
Today's coffee is good in theory, but how about in practice?
(intro music)
- Today we are reviewing Peet's Big Bang,
which we originally had at a friend's house
and it was really good,
and then actually somebody asked us about it.
I think recently, right?
And then we said,
"Okay, we're definitely gonna try to find it."
- We'll be sure to let them know that we've done it.
- Right, yeah.
So, it is a medium roast from Peet's.
It's supposed to have a vibrant blast of tropical fruit
in a smooth-
(gun sounds)
- Banana, mango!
I don't know, what else?
(laughs)
Comes out at ya.
- Smoothed at medium style.
- Oh, vibrant blast.
Not violent blast.
(laughs)
- I thought, blast, yeah, but anyway.
- Blast sounds more like pew, pew.
- Right, there you go.
- Blaster on Star Wars.
- Right, so I love Peet's.
I'm definitely a Peetnik.
You're kind of-
- Yeah, I'm here and there.
- He's Peetnik-ish, I would say.
- Sometimes it's a little too coffee for me.
Know what I mean?
- There's no such thing.
- Well, people have different flavor profiles.
- That's true, yeah.
- But we're pretty close.
- Right, I'm a darker.
You are pretty dark but
I like Peet's because it tends to be really dark
and roasty and delicious.
- You'll notice I'm kind of leaning over.
- 'Cause you love me.
- Yes.
Well, I always do that.
Also I'm sitting on the couch funny.
- Did we talk about the price?
- No, the price, I think, was originally $9 for the bag.
And I paid $6.99.
- That was a good deal.
- Which is pretty close to $7.
- Mmhmm.
But Peet's does tend to be on the higher side
but I always think it's worth it.
Even not on sale I would buy it.
- So one thing that I'm tasting in here is
it does mention the tropical fruit.
I get a little bit of fruitiness in my coffee.
- Yeah, I don't get any, and I'm wondering,
is that because there's cream in my cup.
- The capsaicin.
- What?
That is not-
- It cancels out
the tropical blast.
- No, that's peppers.
- Violent blast.
- Anyway, the point is-
- Killers of capsaicin.
- I don't taste that but I do taste...
It is smooth.
I think it is smooth.
It doesn't have that bitterness that Peet's
sometimes does have,
so I think this is one of those,
if you normally think,
"Oh Peet's is good but it's a little too bitter,"
this is probably a good one for you to try.
- Check it out.
- Yeah.
It is really good, I think.
Did you have any other flavor notes?
(sniffs)
- No, I don't think so.
I don't think so.
- Yeah, it's really good.
Even though I would say it is balanced or whatever,
it's got good flavor.
It's not bland, it's got good flavor.
- You can taste different things in it,
other than just a, I don't really know,
- It is roosty.
Did I say roosty?
Roasty, yeah.
I like it.
- What do you think for a donut rating on this one?
Four?
- Four big ones.
- I couldn't see your hand.
- Oh.
- I mean, I could see your hand but just the side of it.
(laughs)
Can you tell how many...
Actually you can because you see my thumb back here.
Hey little thumb...
I don't know, that's probably a kid song.
- Where is Thumbkin?
- That's what it is.
- That's a fun song.
Anyway.
I remember Ezra used to sing that, anyway.
- He's our oldest.
- Yeah, he's 12, or almost 12 now.
He would not even remember that probably.
- But he still would probably sing it if we talked to him.
- He probably would.
- Well, thanks for joining us.
If you've had any Peet's Coffee before
or you got this one that you really like,
just like somebody recommended the Big Bang...
I'm sorry I don't have their name written down here.
It was on YouTube and they recommended it.
- Shout-out to Mark Kaufman,
he's the one that originally introduced us to Big Bang.
- That's right, at his house.
But, if you've had any or you've got another Peet's
that you'd like us to try, let us know in the comments below
and until next time-
- Keep grindin'.
- [J.R.] Hey, thanks for watching our reviews.
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Thermopile Thermogenerator-- working off a coffee maker !! - Duration: 3:20.
Okay, here's something real fun
I did more research on these thermal piles that they use in water heaters and our places and
Furnaces, and I've learned a lot about what's going on here. This is acting like a felt a basically
the thermocouple
in the
thermoelectric generator basically
It's just similar metals that get heated up on one end and these are just long on a felt a you know they're real
smoosh thin
with a whole bunch of them, and you have to
Differential this one here because they superheat one end in the air temperature
But from this right here is enough of a differential
To to make the thing work, but when I learned that I thought well you know what I can possibly
work this like a
felt a where you get it hot on one end and you cool down one end and I'm using evaporation on a paper towel and
just the
Coffee maker and I made the I gotta call this mister thermal pile instead of mr.. Coffee
It's very very small amount of energy coming out of that thing
Look at what it does
And the reason that works is these things put out amperage. Just like the felt a modules the Tigs and stuff
They don't have a lot of voltage, but they have amperage and that's what you get out of this is I've got like
30 40 50 milliamps coming out of that thing and on a small pulse motor
That's all you need to make an electromagnet do its thing
and that's why they use these on the water heaters and furnaces stuff because that thing there's enough to make an
electromagnet
Open and close the gas valve and like I say for an application like this
We try to make a little pulse motor run. It's perfect
And like I say I've tried this with solar and here again. You'd have to differentiate the
two ends of it, and you'd have to track the Sun as a
Heat source right there
And then keep this cool on the other end if you get it all hot the things not going to work
So I can say it's it's just like a felt a or a tag or any other thermoelectric generator
You really need a differential
But because it's long and you got all this stuff taken away the heat you get away with it, but anyway
This is what I'm calling mr.. Thermo-pile
and
There's another interesting thing about this. It's this thing will speed up and slow down
And I'm thinking what's wrong with that thing in my lubrication long
Or you know there's something wrong with the thing itself and what's happening was the?
Coffeemaker is cycling on and off the thermostat and the coffeemaker comes on and goes off and comes on it goes off
And this will go down in the 70s, then it'll go back up in the 80s
And this is millivolts, and you see how small this is but you've got amperage, and it's the amperage
That makes an electromagnet do its thing
So anyway, I hope somebody else gets a hold of one of these things
And can replicate this this was a real fun little project
Thanks for watching
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DIY Coffee and Honey Face Scrub for Glowing Skin | Best Face Scrub Ever| in 2018 - Duration: 3:42.
Hi guys this is Meenakshi and you're watching my channel health beauty and life
exfoliation is a very important part of our skincare routine but it's
but you don't need to spend much on this.
we only need two ingredients - coffee and honey Do you know Coffee is not only good in taste but
it is also very beneficial for skin and honey which needs no introduction
you all know honey has anti-fungal, anti- bacterial or anti-aging properties
which helps in keeping our skin youthful and glowing
So, lets go without wasting time
I will tell you how to make this scrub and use it. How you can make it and apply this scrub
Lets get Started !
For making this scrub we need one tblspoon of coffee
and one tblspoon of honey
Now we have to mix this properly
If you have dry skin you can add 1 tblspoon of olive oil or coconut oil.
now our scrub is ready to use.
Now I will let you know on how to apply it on your skin
so let's get started
apply this gently on skin this is a very mild scrub and will not get harshed on skin
Honey contains number of anti-oxidants
including polyphenols and flavonoids and coffee contains anti-oxidants like
chlorogenic acid and caffeine
and these prevents from pollution and free redicals damage caused by UV radiations
as a result it removes fine lines and slows down the ageing process
and you have to do this for 4-5 minutes
but if you have sensitive skin then please do it for 2-3 minutes only
now you can wash your face with clean water then pat dry your face with the clean towel
yes this scrub will remove dead
it also brightens your skin
now you can easily see the difference in my skin
So this is our Coffee a and Honey scrub. Please try it
and for sure you see the difference in your skin
and you can do it twice a week but once is enough for sensitibve skin
so guys I hope you would have liked my video
so plesae like my video, share it and please don't forget to subscribe my channel
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Coffee With Mike - Hiding Our Defects - Duration: 1:32.
I'm a big Ohio State fan, but that's not the real reason I'm wearing this hat
I'm currently being treated for some skin cancer on my head
and the treatment has caused some discoloration and scabbing
We all have a fear of what people will think
and a natural inclination to try to hide our defects
In my case, I wear a hat to try to cover what I don't want anyone to see
I realize that this is illustrative of a far bigger issue that we all face
We all have failures and scars and defects in our life
that we desperately work to hide
but the resault is shallow relationships
since we never let the other people see the real me
This is often worse in the church because many churches
present themselves as a place for healthy people who have no problems
but the hard fact is there are no healthy people who have no problems
and therefore these churches are actually just places
where there's pressure for everyone to pretend to be healthy
and to hide the real problems
The reality is the church should be the one place
where we should be safe to take off our masks
to be honest about our failures, scars, and struggles
What unites us as followers of Christ
is that we all come to Him as sinners whose only hope
is forgiveness by God's grace
Once we really understand that
we learn that there is no need for pretext because we're all scarred
and we learn to love eachother as we really are, scars and all
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Coffee on Cloud Nine - Episode 4 - Duration: 14:14.
Hi again, my name is Holly Vanderwal this is the 4th episode of Coffee on Cloud Nine.
I'm the founder of Cloud Nine Marketing and I'm really happy to have my friend and colleague
Joan Aldrich here.
She is the founder of Junction Creative Studio and does web design and development.
So I'm going to give her the chance to talk a little bit about what she does.
Alright well thanks for having me Holly, my name is Joan Aldrich like she said and I am
the owner of Junction Creative Studio which is a small digital marketing and web design
agency here in Greenville.
We specialize in building beautiful and affordable WordPress websites for small and medium sized
businesses.
And we also offer a variety of supplemental services like SEO and social media marketing
consulting to help people find the website once we've built it.
That's great.
So she is full of information about web development and web design so I have a few questions for
you.
The first question that I would love to have you answer is what is the difference between
a web developer and a web designer?
That's a really good question and the oversimplified answer is that a designer focuses on the front
end of your website.
They are concerned with the big picture aesthetics like topography and the color palette and
the layout - everything that the end user sees on a website.
Whereas a developer specializes in all of the backend parts all of the code that makes
the website function properly.
And to be honest there is a huge overlap between the two.
Many designers do have a working knowledge of code like HTML and CSS and there are many
developers who have an eye for design and do a little of both as well.
So if you are a very large business, maybe you need a large Ecommerce website like an
Anthropologie or somebody like that.
Or you need a membership site like WeightWatchers or a booking website like Air BnB, you're
likely going to work with both types of people and you need somebody that's highly specialized
so you'll either hire both parties or you'll work with an agency that has a team of people
that has a variety of skillsets.
But most of us on the small and medium sized business scale, just need a basic website
to market our services.
Maybe you just need a handful of pages that talk a little bit more about what your business
is about - what you offer.
You need a contact form, you need a blog, you want to sell a couple products, that sort
of thing.
You're likely going to work with one person who has a little bit of both skills.
So a website designer who has a working knowledge of some code and works with a CNS like WordPress
of SquareSpace, and uses a template and has the knowledge to tweak said template for your
needs.
And that's a much more affordable option for most of us.
The added bonus of that also is that if they are working with a cns like WordPress or SquareSpace,
the end result is going to leave you with a back-end that is very user friendly.
So you'll either have the capacity if you are interested in making edits as needed yourself
or there are a lot of people out there who know those platforms and its very affordable
to get someone to help you.
Whereas a large scale custom website is much more costly and you are going to be dependent
on those specialized people to make basic edits for you.
So you mentioned WordPress and I know you work a lot in WordPress, can you just explain
a little bit for people who have never heard of custom vs. WordPress what the difference
would be.
Absolutely.
A CMS is a contact management system so a lot of people really love SquareSpace, a lot
of people use Wix to build their website themselves.
And WordPress is just another one of those.
I started working in WordPress a really long time ago even in just my digital marketing
days because there are so many SEO capabilities of WordPress, that other platforms don't offer.
And its incredibly robust.
And I mentioned the user-friendliness so because it is so common there are all these different
plug-ins and tools that are available that make it affordable to you to make these customizations
to your website.
Like maybe you need an event calendar or you needed to have very specific social sharing
options, you know that little pin hover button on your blog and that sort of thing.
Those are all plugins that are available for WordPress that are very affordable or no cost
at all which is a really great option for small businesses especially.
So what are 2-3 characteristics of a solid web developer?
I guess the first one would be somebody who is a really good listener.
Somebody who asks really great questions.
Having a website built is probably a really major investment for you as a small business
owner.
So, you want somebody who has your goals and best interest at heart.
A creative person may hit the ground running to create something really beautiful, but
if they don't have a long interview with you at the beginning, or provide you with a questionnaire
and ask the right questions about what you want this website to be and what you want
to accomplish, that's kind of a red flag because you want to make sure that the design is being
created to accomodate those needs.
SO another thing to look for that kind of goes along with that is some body who makes
suggestions because there's a good chance that you don't know exactly what you want
and that's why you've hired a professional in the first place.
So not only will they ask you those questions but they also will make proactive suggestions
about things you should consider that maybe you hadn't considered otherwise.
Another characteristic that I would look for is somebody with an eye for design and detail.
So if you are dealing with somebody who is a developer specifically, and I see this happen
a lot with people who reach out to a friend or a family member that they know is their
tech savvy friend, but they don't really know what they can do.
But oh they built their blog I bet they can build mine I bet I could throw a couple hundred
dollars at them and I bet they will take care of it.
That's fine but they're likely not going to necessarily have a diverse skill set, so for
example, back when I was doing digital marketing, I had several people that I work with who
are really savvy coders.
They were wizards with programming and if I threw any technical problem to them with
the website they could take care of it no problem.
But then the end result is always kind of a little janky and ugly so I had to do a lot
of hand holding and give them really specific feedback.
About Hey let's change this font or this isn't really lining up.
And if you're dealing with a developer or somebody who can code who also has a design
eye, they're going to look out for that stuff on the front end and so you're not going to
have to do all that back and forth trying to get those problems vindicated after the
fact, which is really helpful.
The attention to detail side of that is someone who is going to be willing to not just put
the website together and give it to you but also test to make sure its compatible with
all different website browsers and all different devices and that sort of thing.
You know and test your contact form, test your links to make sure nothing breaks after
launch.
The third characteristic that I would suggest looking for is somebody who has a diverse
knowledge base as well.
So somebody with a marketing brain who is a little bit more strategic because if you
are just starting out for example, you probably don't have an internal marketing team.
And if you're not very marketing brained yourself, you are probably looking for some help with
that and you may not have the resources to hire that out.
So if you hire somebody who is a designer/developer or both who has sort of a marketing brain
and approach to their design, then you're going to get a lot of advice and expertise
that you might not have otherwise gotten you know that.
Somebody who is going to make recommendations about how you put your content together, the
calls to action you use or where you should put buttons and where your contact form should
be placed and you get the leads that you want.
So someone who asks lots of questions, someone who can provide suggestions, and somebody
with a marketing brain and a process.
And I would add something to that actually, I think that one of the things that I am really
impressed about you with your work is how you think long-term.
So someone who has a plan.
When you build a website, its not just building the website and leaving it.
Its an active, living entity really if its a good one.
So being able to update it every quarter or whatever or how ever long it takes - I'm not
a designer so I don't know - but having someone who can think long term and towards the future
instead of lets build it and if it breaks we will deal with that later.
Absolutely that's a really good point.
Alright so when a company is ready to build a website, what should they look for when
they start searching for a web developer and/or designer and how do you even begin?
That's a good question, I know that's kind of an intimidating process and one I've gone
through myself back in the day before I was offering the service on my own.
If you just do a quick Google search for website development you're going to get a whole bunch
of stuff and not know where to start, so I would recommend asking around.
There's a good likelihood that you have other friends who has started businesses, who've
maybe have to had website built or maybe your friend who works on the marketing team or
technical team for a bigger company and was involved in their website development and
ask them.
They likely have a pretty strong opinion about their experience with whoever they work with
whether that be positive or negative.
Like yes I'd absolutely work with that person again, or no I didn't really have a good experience
but I've talked to this person who did have a great experience and figure it out that
way.
And if you don't have anyone to ask and you feel really stuck, I've found that if you
do some poking around online and find a bunch of different websites and they don't necessarily
need to be in your industry, if you find a website that you really like the look and
feel of, and you feel like its really professional, then often times the web developer or designer
will be listed in the footer and you can just click through their website and see what kind
of services they offer.
You don't need to be limited necessarily to somebody that's local.
Because we're in a time where any time you have wifi you can kind of do that job.
Certainly you want to have the opportunity to interact with that person, whether its
over a video conference call sort of like we're doing now but you aren't limited to
just the person around the corner and you definitely don't want to just pick up the
phone and call the one person you know that has technical expertise because they'll probably
say yeah I can put your website together for you and you know it will take me a couple
weeks but - and maybe it would be pretty cheap for you to do that.
But if you don't start with a good foundation, then you will kind of just have to redo it
down the road and adds costs so you're not saving much.
So what types of questions should people think about before you can design a website for
them?
I would recommend making sure you should know what this website is for.
A lot of people think okay I have a business or I want to start a business so I need a
website.
But they haven't given thought to what that website should accomplish.
It should be more than just sort of a digital business card.
It should have a goal.
So maybe your goal is to attract leads.
Maybe you convert those leads into selling product.
Maybe you just want to inform a group of people or entertain them but you need to know on
the front end what those goals are or what action you think the users should take.
If you want that action to be that they fill out the contact form then the website needs
to funnel people to that goal.
Something else that you should consider is your audience.
Certainly you want to like your website but you also want your audience to like the website.
You're not just designing it for yourself.
So think about who that audience is.
Think about somebody very specific and narrow it down and make a list of what that person
might be looking for or what sort of perception you want your website to give that person.
Make a list of your likes and dislikes.
Maybe you're not a design person and you really have no idea what you're looking for.
Again I would just kind of poke around and find websites that you think are really compelling
and write down why you think they're compelling.
Even if you don't give your designer any direction, if you give them a list of 5 websites and
say I really like these, they're likely going to put together okay I see that all of these
websites have a little white space and all of these websites use a serif font.
And all of them have a full-width slider on the home page.
So they can kind of make those comparisons and then after they can ask you okay do you
like this because of this and you can say yes or no.
So that gives them some direction.
Otherwise they're kind of approaching it blind and you don't know what you're going to end
up with.
So giving them specific direction and that way will help them get it right the first
time so they don't have to start over.
Lastly I would say how much time do you have to devote to the project?
I think a lot of people get ready to and are like oh I need a website and I need it now
so they hire someone to just take care of it for them and they probably have a couple
weeks and that's not always possible.
People book way in advance for website development and they need it to be an open dialogue so
preferably if you have the availability to A. give them feedback throughout the process
so that they know they they are on the right path and the project happens in a timely manner
and also just supply them with things like content.
So maybe you're hiring them to come up with the content for you but you or someone on
your team will probably still need to be available to be interviewed and ask questions so that
they know they they are on the right track.
So there have been times where I have built a website for somebody and was basically just
guessing and then was given all of the content much after the fact and things had to be changes.
Where as if they had had the content prepared ahead of time that would have been a much
faster process.
Although I know it is very challenging to know what content you need to come up with
so a good designer will probably give you at least sort of a basic structure to work
with.
Say alright this is sort of the mock up of a design that I think would be good for your
needs, and here's some blocks that I would need to fill in with content.
Maybe here's some pieces of content that you should consider.
So what is the timeline process?
I think to give yourself at least a month expect about a month for a website.
It may only take the person a couple weeks to do it but leaving that little bit of buffer
room like maybe you go on vacation or take a long weekend or you change your mind about
the direction you want to go.
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Coffee on Cloud Nine - The Art of Networking - Duration: 11:08.
Hi, and welcome to Coffee on Cloud Nine Episode 1.
My name is Holly Vanderwal and I'm the Founder of Cloud Nine Marketing.
And I started this series to talk to other freelancers and business professionals to
get their insight and anecdotes on the professional world.
Today, unfortunately my guest couldn't be with me, but that's okay because we're going
to talk about the art of networking.
I used to be on the sector of the board for the NYC local chapter of the National Association
of Professional Women.
So I went to a lot of networking events, hosting a lot of them, helped plan them, so I know
a lot about how to network effectively.
As I am talking, I have some questions that I was going to ask my guest but I'll just
talk about the answers to those.
Please feel free to ask any questions that you may have and I'll try to answer them as
we go.
Question #1: Why network?
Network is a form of marketing.
You are generating brand awareness for yourself, your service, your product, your company.
So getting out into the community and talking about that product is a great way to spread
awareness.
Now I think its really important to clarify that its a form of marketing, not selling.
Even though you may be generating leads in contacts, you don't want to be in sales mode
the entire time.
So there's a really important distinction there.
But there are lots of reasons that you would want to network, as well so one of the things
that Iike to do is perfect my elevator pitch.
So when you go out and especially when you are starting up a new company or a new brand
you don't always know how to explain it in a way that people understand.
Sometimes you are so entrenched in what's going on and the product itself that you don't
necessarily know how to translate that you people who aren't as entrenched in the creation
process.
So you get out there are you talk and people say "What do you do?"
Well that's a perfect opportunity to practice your messaging and see how people respond.
What terms they are most likely to respond positively to, what they might not understand.
And that way as you go along and you continue practicing explaining it to people, you are
crafting your message.
It's also a great way to make connections, not just for selling, but maybe you're a freelancer
and you design websites but you're not great at creating content than actual words.
So when you go out and make connections, that way you can always recommend people and have
someone in your rolodex that you can contact incase you need to recommend someone for a
job.
Also maybe down the line you'll need help for your own business and your own product
and so having that network and developing those relationships early will make finding
those business connections later much easier.
It's also a great way to stay up on the latest trends so if you go to a user group such as
Wordpress or Hubspot, you're always going to know what the latest technology is or what
terms people are using and that will make you more available as a business professional.
Question #2: What advice do you have when going to a networking event?
When you go to a networking event, it can be really intimidating.
And I think its important to know that most people going to these networking events are
equally as intimidated.
So you might be a shy person and thats okay, there's actually probably a lot of other shy
people there too.
And the nice thing about networking events is that people are going specifically to meet
people.
There not going to a bar with their friends, where its hard to get into that group, they
are really going to meet you, so they are much more receptive to talking to you if you
go and introduce yourself.
I would also say that it's a great exercise in going outside of your comfort zone.
So most people who go network, it's not always the most comfortable thing to go up and introduce
yourself to a complete stranger but you get better at it as you do it, so I would say
that practice makes perfect.
Although I would say that there is not such thing as a perfect networking, but there is
a more natural authentic networker and you're only going to get better the more you do it.
Question #3: What is your number 1 networking strategy?So my secret when I go to networking
events, when I get really nervous, is I always go by myself.
And I always do a scan of the room and I look for the other person that's standing by themselves
and so its much easier to approach that person who is standing alone than approaching an
entire group that you don't know.
That person will be so appreciative that you made the effort to go and say hi and they
will feel so much less awkward having someone to talk to as opposed to standing by themselves.
If there is no one standing alone, another thing you could do is look for the host or
hostess so if its not an individual, its usually a representative of an organization or the
company thats putting on the networking event.
So if you go talk to the hostess and thank them for hosting, that is one way of starting
the night with a purpose and then that hostess or host might be able to introduce you to
someone else they know who is attending.
So those are great ways to start mixing and mingling and getting into those conversations
that are really important.
Question #4: What not to do.
As I said before, its really important not to be in sales mode the entire time.
When you are going to a networking event, even if your main goal is to generate leads
and contacts which is great people are going to meet you but they aren't ready to buy anything
so if you go into sales mode, you're going to turn them off and they're probably not
going to buy your product or service in the future anyway.
It's better to warm them up, introduce yourself, introduce your product, but then talk about
other things don't try and make the hard sell in that moment.
I think its also really important not to forget to ask questions.
You've all probably been in a conversation where you have been listening to the other
person talk and they never give you a chance to weigh in, give your opinion, or they ask
you questions about what you do.
And that's just not a pleasant conversation to be apart of, so it is very important to
remember to ask questions.
I live by the motto that to be interesting, you have to be interested.
That means that people will be more likely to relate to you if they think that you are
interested in what they are saying.
And its important to be interested in what they are saying because they might have the
knowledge or point of view that you don't have and so they'll share that will you if
you ask the right questions and then maybe you can go share that with someone else later
on.
Its a great way to share information and really get to know what other people are in the industry
and what people are looking for and what they do.
I think its a great process so remember to be interested and ask questions.
Okay Question #5: How to find out about networking events near you.
There are, especially in bigger cities, a ton of networking events.
You can start by asking your organization or your colleagues about what networking events
that they are attending.
Alot of times depending on the industry, they really encourage you to go network anyways.
So if you are a realtor or you are in banking, os whatever they usually have a list of recommendations
for you to attend and they might even, if there is a fee, pay the way for you to go
network which is really awesome.
You might also want to check out the city's Chamber of Commerce, their website will always
have a bunch of networking events that they are hosting or either that they suggest that
you attend.
Facebook is a great way to look for events in your area you can filter them by networking
or business professionals, lunch and learns, by looking for those search terms in the event
pages, you'll have lots of suggestions that come up.
And once you say that you're interested in a certain type of event, Facebook will register
that and start recommending more events like that as they come up so you won't have to
search as often.
Other places you can go are websites like Event Bright and Meet Up.
Again, you do a search for lunch and learn, business professionals, networking, those
types of things, or even a software that you use like Hubspot or Wordpress like I mentioned
earlier, those usually have user groups that will have meet up pages.
So you do a search there and there will be a lot of options to choose from.
Okay, Question #6: How often should you network?
That is a really tough question, it might depend on who you are or what you're offering.
As a marketing consultant, my rule of thumb is to go to two networking events a month.
I think its really important to me especially as a transplant to the Greenville community.
I'm newer here, I don't have those established roots yet, its really great for me to go out
and meet people in the community and understand the strengths that Greenville has and the
niches that might need to be filled and the other professionals out here in the area,
so I say rule of thumb: two a month.
But usually there's one or two that pop up that sound really interesting so I usually
go to three or four.
So those are the 6 questions that I was going to ask my guest.
I hope that you found some insight from my answers and if you have any questions about
networking, or are looking for recommendations in the Greenville area, please drop me a line.
If you follow my Facebook page to Cloud Nine Marketing of episodes coming up where I will
interview other freelancers and professionals.
Next week I'll be interviewing Rebecca Cale and Jeff White from the Wheelhouse Group and
they'll share some of their insight from their years of agency experience.
Make sure to check us out next Thursday at 9:30am.
See you then, Bye.
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Coffee on Cloud Nine - Episode 3 - Duration: 10:30.
Hi and welcome to Episode 3 of Coffee on Cloud Nine my name is Holly Vanderwal founder of
Cloud Nine Marketing.
And I'm here today with Karen Jenette from KJ Strategy.
Hello.
Thank you so much for talking with us today.
Well thank you for having me here.
Karen is the founder of KJ Strategy.
Did you want to talk a little bit about your expertise?
Sure, I have a consulting company called KJ Strategy and I work with entrepreneurs and
visionaries to help them with their strategies whether its funding plans or whether its brand
strategy or promotional strategy I help their business go to the next level.
Now I saw Karen give a presentation a few weeks ago about logos and brand identity.
So I have a few questions for you.
Okay.
So we're going to get started on those.
The first question is when we think of a company the first thing we think about if we've done
our job well is their logo.
But its more than just a visual icon.
Right absolutely.
A logo, or a brand in an of itself a logo is really just comes across that it should
be that recognizing image that gives people feeling about your business.
If you've done branding right, whenever they see the logo, whenever anyone sees that logo
they are going to get that feeling that recognition that the image is about.
So how important are colors in the logo?
Colors are, people connect psychologically with colors whether its blues that make you
feel calmer, or purples that make you feel more luxurious, or a red thats inspirational
and invokes passion, and encouraging that kind of thing, so whenever you're designing
logos, you really want to think about how your colors are going to integrate with your
clients and with the people you are trying to attract.
Its really important to think about colors from the beginning and the message that you
want to get across to your ideal clients and to the people who you are looking to do business
with.
Do you think there is a limit to how many colors someone should use?
I'm with the camp of less colors is better monochromatic, simple, that kind of thing.
Integrate maybe one or two different corresponding colors that work well together but it really
is up to simplicity goes a long way with people and making that connection and that type of
attraction with people you are trying to reach.
Yeah I think back to before I had my logo, and I was thinking more colors more colors.
I know, its interesting, people want to have this full color, it makes it less expensive
printing too, which is just a side note, but I really do think that keeping logos simple
is the way to go.
So theres some really simple logos out there like Nike and Apple, and some more complex
logos like Starbucks and Mozilla Firefox, so what would you recommend for small companies?
To keep it simple, or is it okay to go a little more complex?
Again, the biggest brand in the world is Apple, and they kept it simple.
They had a really complicated logo out of the gate and they had a person really early
on take over the brand and when they did that, they took the complex logo which was a tree,
I think it was, I forget who was sitting under the tree, I think it was Einstein or something,
and there was an apple in the tree and so when they redesigned, when they came up with
their new logo, they just made it an apple and they've stuck with that logo throughout
and its simple and people recognize it, its an icon.
People recognize it and I always say take really great cues from people who are the
biggest brands in the world you know people like Apple and they all have those simple
logos.
And so the Apple logo, in your presentation, it showed how it changed so the apple image
stayed but the colors changed slightly.
Yes the colors changed just a little bit.
And I think its okay you know because we all get bored, I mean women with our hair, we
all get bored and change it up.
We all get bored as business owners, sometimes you think ugh its just stagnant!
I've had this for so long, you know and then you want to make a change and do something
different.
But in branding, you know, minimal minimal changes is what, because consistency is what
keeps people right next to you.
So maybe every couple of years, just like you said, just a slight change.
Right and if you look at Google.
// Hi and welcome back, we had some technical difficulties in our previous video.
Technology errors, I know.
So we are going to continue the conversation because Karen has so much wisdom to impart.
So we left off talking about how often Google changes their logo and what we can learn from
their example.
Right if you take a look at the history of the Google logo, they've kept the colors all
the same, on the different letters, and they may change the angle of it or change the font
a little bit, but for the most part, it's been super consistent from day 1.
Its been the same, and you know we were saying before sometimes we feel like we want to make
some sort of a change.
As an entrepreneur, the logos been stale or stagnant and really consistency is what drives
in your branding.
It drives home the image that people you know they recognize you so if you're thinking about
making a change, it should be really small and insignificant.
It should be something that might polish it up a little bit, and make it a little bit
more relevant for now.
If its been around for a little while.
Adding some shading or just polishing up just a little bit with some different jiation but
keeping it the same.
So what advice would you give your clients when they are ready to create a logo and they
are looking for a brand designer, what advice would you give them?
I think its really important when you're considering graphic designers to make sure you find someone
that vibes with you.
There are so many different styles, or there are so many different designers that have
different styles.
So the first thing that you should do is take a look at their portfolio and make sure that
their graphic design speaks to you that it looks along the lines, that they have some
sort of designs in their portfolio that make you feel confident that they are going to
be able to translate whats in your head.
Its really tough to speak it or to write it out and to have somebody translate it into
a design and so you go back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and if you
finds someone that really vibes with you that really gets you and understands you, and understands
your goals and what you're trying to do whenever you're wanting to reach your audience, then
its easier in the design process.
So find that person who vibes with you and don't be afraid to change designers if you're
not getting the results that you want, find another designer you know.
You can show them where you are if you're sort of happy with it.
But you may want to just give them a new crack at designing.
Don't settle.
Don't settle for a design that you don't like.
You've got to love your logo because that's a representation of your company so if you
don't love it, you're not going to shout it proudly from the mountaintops.
Yeah and it's on everything.
Right exactly and for the long run, being consistent, you've got to love - you've got
to love your logo.
Well thank you again for being here today - thank you for having me!
This was fun - yea she's such a good sport with technology difficulties and everything.
It always happens, always.
Is there anything else you'd like to share?
Around logo designs, being consistent and having a logo that you love, that identity
that represents your company so I think the most important thing with logo and brand identity
is to make sure its something you love.
So if you have any other questions for Karen, her company name is KJ Strategy.
Its in the comment section here so you can always reach out.
And next week I will be doing another episode talking about web design and what you need
to know before designing your website.
So hope to see you next Thursday.
Bye.
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Coffee on Cloud Nine - Episode 2 - Duration: 10:38.
Welcome to Episode 2 of Coffee on Cloud Nine, I'm Holly Vanderwal, the founder of Cloud
Nine Marketing and I'm really excited today to have my guests with me, Rebecca Cale and
Jeff White from the Wheelhouse Group.
Thanks for being here guys.
So they are here to talk to us today about the office space, the co-working space that
they run.
So if you want to introduce yourself a little bit before we start talking about the questions.
Sure, so the wheelhouse is a co-work space that also operates as a marketing agency.
So everyone here in our space is connected to marketing to some degree.
Or some supporting industry of marketing.
And then we all function together as an agency on larger clients as well.
I of course am partial to the Wheelhouse because I chose to work here.
It's a great space and I think that creating an office space can be very intimidating to
a lot of people so a lot of freelancers work from home and they are trying to figure out
their space set up or they are new business owners who are trying to set up a space for
their place and so I have a few questions about how you chose to set up your space.
So we'll start right in on that.
Once you knew you wanted to create a co-working space for marketing professionals specifically,
what was the first step you took to accomplish that goal?We really started with just doing
a giant brain dump on paper and just wrote every one of our ideas down.
And a lot of it didn't make sense and we just got it out there and then went back and tried
to put it in an organized manner and then what we ended up doing was putting it in a
presentation format and then we asked a lot of different people to meet with us and presenting
our ideas to them and then asked for their feedback.
And these were different people as far as small business owners, family friends, and
then we also tried to meet with different personalities too just to make sure the concept
was designed for all different personalities.
Outgoing, introverted, every body would be comfortable in the environment.
Most of them worked in another co-working space and had that sort of experience before.
I think its a great idea to get advice from outside people because you have a vision but
its always good to have all that input to help you format that.
What was the number 1 aspect of a space that you most wanted to incorporate into your design?
I think the number 1 thing was really the atmosphere for us.
Most people spend more waking hours in their working environment than they do in their
own home but they don't give nearly enough thought to making it comfortable and making
it their own so probably the biggest thing we wanted to do was make sure it was a comfortable
environment where people could be themselves where its not stiff and sterile.
So everything that went into the design was to make it comfortable and professional at
the same time.
Frequently, people will walk in and talk with us or whatever and they say wow feels so comfortable
in here.
Not very many suits & ties or anything like that in here - occasionally.
But its just a comfortable - and bare feet too - yes bare feet are common.
But yeah so that was probably the biggest thing and then of course creating an environment
where its easy to collaborate.
So even everything from the loft with beanbags and arm chairs and a hammock or whatever to
the open layout of the place, everything is designed for comfortable collaboration.
I think that was probably the biggest thing.
Yeah and I think they definitely accomplished that.
Something that I don't think I've told you before actually, one of the things that I
really like about coming to work here is that every morning that I come in, its an open
space and Jeff sits on the other side of the door that I walk in and it doesn't matter
what time of day it is, he'll be like "Hello Holly!"
And its so nice to come in and have someone welcome you right away.
You can't sneak in.
Yeah you can't.
And so that's really great, I think you've accomplished that.
So your space is meant for collaboration between marketing professionals.
What part of the design was intentional to encourage that collaboration?
Really all of it, we spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to encourage collaboration.
That was to me, I think you would agree, the biggest, the most important part of this space
was just encouraging collaboration.
Because not only is co-working obviously a community effort but especially with the agencies
that are in the business and us wanting to work with people, building relationships and
encouraging interactions is really important to do that.
So, the whole space is very open, even the cube walls are really low.
And then even the communal areas are designed, they are a little more formal because that
what clients tend to see, but they are more informal for people just to gather and meet
or talk or watch tv or whatever you want to do.
And we've even used some of those for causal client meetings and it just kind of changes
the whole tone.
It's not just the standard stuff in conversations where you can kind of just it back on the
couch and have conversation so its been good!
You receive a lot of compliments about the Wheelhouse and
you mentioned that a lot of people say how comfortable they feel when they walk in.
Are there any other features that people will talk about and compliment you on in your space?
I would say the biggest thing that people like is the agency part of the co-working
space where we share work with each.
That was Jeff's and my whole initial purpose was to share business from our clients with
people in this space.
But we've actually started seeing them share business with each other which is really exciting.
And then like you were saying just instantly getting that network of freelancers whenever
you move in and having a arsenal of people you can recommend to your clients if a need
comes up that is not within your wheelhouse.
So, that and then the Swamp Rabbit Trail, and the loft are probably the biggest things
that people - everybody likes the desks too, just the wood finish is kind of a rough natural
wood finish.
Everybody really comments on that too.
Yeah I think you also have a variety of desks too because I like that you have the standing
desks as well and not a lot of people have that and its becoming more and more popular.
Yep.
Yeah.
So if you were to design another space in the future, is there a part of the process
that you would do differently?
I don't know, you know Rebecca and I were just talking about this question and there
are things that we get asked about a lot and I think one of the main things is if we have
closed offices, you know where people can rent individual offices.
That was a conscious decision on our part to not do that.
Because we wanted to have the open collaboration and when we talked with folks from other co-working
spaces, and visited other co-working spaces, and theres certainly a place for that, you
know not knocking that at all, but we didn't want to have everybody separated into their
own space.
Usually when that happens, from the feedback that we receive, people just don't interact
as much.
So we chose not to have closed offices, you know and obviously we lose some business because
of that.
So I don't know I don't know if we would change that or not.
It will kind of - time will tell on whether that is a feature that's helpful and still
fits with our mission and our philosophy or not.
But that is one thing that comes up a lot that people ask about so you know, maybe it
does make sense, maybe it doesn't.
But other than that, honestly I can't think of anything that we would do differently at
this point.
Well thank you so much for sharing your insight.
Its really interesting.
Thank you for joining us and watching the second episode of Coffee on Cloud Nine, and
if you are local in Greenville, I think that there is an open work day next week, right?
That's right, next Wednesday.
Which just means that if you want to come in and work with us for the day, you're welcome
to come crash with us.
And we have awesome breakfast goodies.
Yes, we've got some breakfast treats so you can come say hi to all of us in person.
That's next Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 at the Wheelhouse off of Swamp Rabbit Trail.
And I think that you are offering something special in September, is that right?
Yeah so, we do have a special running through the month of September for new members, for
new full time members, we're offering an $85 a month discount which means that full time
memberships would start at $300 a month and that includes everything here.
So, that'll just be through the month September.
So, if you're trying to decide if it might be for you or not, now would be a good time
to try it out.
See if it makes sense.
Yeah I think that's really great because when I was looking for co-working spaces in the
area, all of them require at least a year lease and if you're not really sure if you
want to commit to a full year, having that month by month option is really helpful.
Great, well thank you again guys and make sure to follow my Facebook page Cloud Nine
Marketing and we'll have another episode of Coffee on Cloud Nine next Thursday at 9:30.
Hope to see you then!
Bye!
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