Diane Merriam, The Internet Diva

Quick Update on the Rileys

@DianeMerriam — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:11:25 +0000

Thanks to your generous support. Abra was able to get Joseph home and buried where he wanted to be laid to rest. Once again, thank you.

They Always Helped Others, Now They Need Our Help

@DianeMerriam — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:55:18 +0000

I’d like to tell you about Joseph and Abra Riley

Joseph Riley was a lung cancer patient who gave everything he could to others, primarily through Kiva.

He and his wifa, Abra were in the US helping Abra’s mother who was very ill. In the middle of August, as they were getting reay [...]

One Of, If Not The, Greatest Motivational Video I’ve Ever Seen

@DianeMerriam — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:44:36 +0000

Earlier tonight at the SWAT conference James Holmes queued up this video. I’d seen it before but lost track of it. I wasn’t about to lose it again. Whenever you feel like you’ve done all you can do, watch it again and see how much farther you can go.

Let me know if you [...]

My Ultimate Email Contact Management System

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:32:22 +0000

Here would be my ultimate eMail contact service:

There are 3 types of mailings One time broadcast, like announicing a sale for this weekend Ongoing broadcasts, such as a newsletter (extra points for tieing it in with an RSS feed) Autoresponder, sending a pre-written series of emails over a given time schedule

Recipients. Whether you [...]

The Proper Care And Feeding Of A Mailing List

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:13:00 +0000

What to do with a mailing list once you have started building it

The first thing is to remember that you are writing to real people, people who are taking time out of their day to read what you have written. Make what you write worth their time.

This doesn’t mean that it has to [...]