A SPECIAL THANK U TO CHRIS-VAL-OLAERS & MANY MORE

OK folks listen up this is important...

As I did not have the time to do so on the show I wanted to say a public THANK YOU to EVERYONE who is here and to show just how truly GRATEFUL and AWESTRUCK.....SUPPORTED and so many other words I can come up with
Here are some of my many quotes I have found along the way to express my DEEPEST APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU!!!!

OLA has become my family over the years and many more to come.

“When we become more fully aware that our success is due in large measure to the loyalty, helpfulness, and encouragement we have received from others, our desire grows to pass on similar gifts. Gratitude spurs us on to prove ourselves worthy of what others have done for us. The spirit of gratitude is a powerful energizer.” — Wilferd A. Peterson

This I try to do everyday -

“Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level. We need to literally “count our blessings,” give thanks for them, allow ourselves to enjoy them, and relish the experience of prosperity we already have.” — Shakti Gawain

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” — William Arthur Ward

(and OLA is anything but an ordinary job it is a joy for many many of us and we all appreciate you Oregonites)

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” — Thornton Wilder

(and because of OLA--Chris and Val... I like others here have many treasures across the United States and they are each called FAMILY. )

Expand your mind by dreaming bigger.Don't settle for less.

In due time, you will regain your power and plow through your
obstacles.

Go for it!

That my dear friends is Chris and Val they dared to dream BIG and because of that we are here and ......

OLA WILL CONTINUE TO ROCK AND ROLL AND GROW!!!

Let's all help Chris's dream by dreaming bigger ourselves going into the New Year and beyond!!!!
Thank you for reading and listening and being there for each other.

yogibear

 

On a side note, YogiBear66 is relocating and is temporarily closed. The store will be back up and running as quickly as possible, better than ever!!

Positive Dealing With Negative People

I signed on today and was checking the chats when I saw someone had posted a message in "wanted to buy". I guess I should have not looked at it because it made me kind of angry. And yes I had to speak my mind.

This person was complaining about being here for many more years than I have been here and this person has hardly had any sales and was leaving OLA and making negative remarks about our site http://ola.com/ and it got me to thinking.

I left a reply to the post about how you need to promote yourself and how so much help is available to her and all she has to do is come to the chats and read some of the articles about promoting, listing, SEO. He/she was saying their items never show up in the SEO's.

After letting him/her know how much help is here for them I ask why I had not seen them in the chats before. Also ask how they promote their store, self and items. I did not get a reply to my question which I did not expect one anyway.

This has me thinking how well we did in November when Cindy challenged each of us to blog one a day for the month. People were really happy to see how we moved up in the search engines. Curio even found my blog about blogging on the first page days after it was done. So if this person was really watching the google searches he/she should have seen the speed we moved at to get there.

Now I want to go back to that chat and say "Where were you in November?"  How were you promoting your store, your items other members of OLA and OLA itself. However, I will not do that as I think I have said enough in my earlier response. They have to know they cannot just list an item and somehow magically buyers find you first thing. If they have been selling for years like they said they should know you cannot sit on your duff and expect miracles without helping them to happen. Maybe that is why they are negative. I would rather like to think that they did not know how to get help, but we will see as I was not the only one to leave information for them.

We are here to help each other, help oursleves and help people to get very familiar with OLA.COM If we follow what advise is there we can get it done. Left this person with my favorite which is OLA ROCKS. I wish them well but I hope if they ever leave another post please keep it positive and thank you. Maybe they need a copy of  the book Cathy just got published about being positive. It can be found at Amazon.com or get in touch with her at her store at the following here http://ola.com/store/yogibear66

Keep it positive and it will happen eventually. Thanks for reading my blog and please comment as it means something to me.

FUND RAISER FOR JEN aka DT

We have one more day to make a donation for our Jen. I was not aware we could do it through wepay using a credit card until last night. That made it easier for me to donate.

So this morning I got my donation in and there is only one more day for you to get yours in. The way I see it we only need $75.00 more to make the $1,000.00 mark Yogi set. The ending date is 12/17/11. I know we can do it.

Ola people are so good at helping each other in any way they can and this is a great way to make that dream for Yogi to raise that much money for Jen come true.

I am posting this just in case someone else did not know you could do it by using a charge card or your checking account for this cause. If you want to make this dream come true just go to https://www.wepay.com/donations/129710 and donate. Does not matter how much, every dollar counts and if we all do it we will get it done. If you want to get in touch with Yogi who is running this auction you can go to her auction site and chat with her there at http://ola.com/store/yogibear66

I love Jen. She was the first one who called me to help me with my site and I never forgot that. She is so supportive to all and such a positive person. I will be so happy when she is back on OLA raising cain again with her funny antics.

Please consider doing this for one of our own and taking a load off her mind while she heals. Thank you for reading this and considering donating.

God bless and Merry Christmas to everyone. Ola family is true family