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: Table of contents:
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: 1: mewsings from
the food bowl (editorial)
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: 2: Kitten Kabootle's Kubbyhole (catly
writings) (in loving memory
: of Kitten Kabootle, now living at Rainbow
Bridge)
:
: 3: kibble nibble (where the treats are!)
:
: 4:
biz-catskills (home-business, motivational or general biz
:
articles)
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: 5: look what the cats dragged in (jokes, quotes, very
brief
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: 1: mewsings from the food
bowl (editorial)
:
: Hi, all you cat-loving home-business
PURRSons,
:
: Congratulations to all of us here at CATLINES and to all of
our
: catly readers! This is issue 12. We've made it a
year! Our
: first issue of Volume 2 will be published March 15, (the
Ides of
: March) 2003, in a mood of celebration, confidence, and a sense
of
: honor. We thank you all for hanging in with us in spite of
some
: first-year "lessons," and, with your help, CATLINES will be among
:
the best-known and most-loved ezines on the crowded Internet.
:
: We began
with 51 subscribers and now are upwards of 600, at this
: writing. Yes,
there are many on the Internet who will say that
: an online newsletter isn't
worth anything unless it has thousands
: and thousands of
subscribers.
:
: If making money is all one is about, there may be
some
: mathematical factuality in this. However, since our
PURRpose
: encompasses more than simply making money, we're happy to have
a
: few loyal subscribers who actually read our ezine and follow
: through
on some of it's info. At CATLINES, we're not into just
: collecting
names so that the numbers look good. In other words,
: here at
CATLINES, quality is more important than quantity.
:
: Several encouraging
changes have come about with CATLINES since
: it's kitten-hood, besides
bringing on more subscribers. There
: are editor/publishers out there
who appreciate our ezine; there
: are folks out there who are quite
well-known and bringing in
: green stuff daily who have endorsed CatLINES and
it's concept of
: bringing a favorite passion (cats) with home-business,
which can
: improve the quality of life for cats and their humans.
This
: support is so much appreciated, contrasted by some who might
:
consider our ezine a "silly little club." Yes, one who
: subscribed
from us was so out of touch with what we have here
: they will now miss out
on more than they'll ever know. Our
: "silly little club" is going to
be the most informed group of
: cat-loving home-business PURRSons the
Internet has to offer.
: Please help make this happen.
:
: For
starters, a very simple thing each one of you can do is to
: bring on just
one subscriber; we'd double in size and thought.
: Come on, let's do
it!
:
: Lauren Merryfield,
: Editor/Publisher!
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: 2: Kitten Kabootle's Kubbyhole
(catly writings)
:
: Cats *Everywhere* Cats
: by Lauren
Merryfield
:
: I have been a member of the Cat Writers' Association for
several
: years now, but had never attended one of it's annual
conferences.
:
: Further, I've been to local cat shows, but never to
the
: International Cat Show sponsored by the Cat Fanciers'
:
Association.
:
: Upon discovering that both of these catly events would
be
: happening in Houston, Texas, in November of 2002, I had a talk
: with
my husband, Jim, about Christmas gifts--wouldn't attending
: these two
special events make a PURRfect gift for both of
: us--from both of us?
He agreed, and, off we went!
:
: We were too late for reservations at the
main hotel, however, an
: alternative hotel was able to accommodate us at the
Cat Fanciers'
: rate.
:
: Very soon during our stay, we discovered, by
the sounds of "meow"
: emanating from cat carriers in hallways, in the lobby,
in the
: elevator, on rides to and from the hotel, that some members of
:
the Cat Fanciers' Association were our hotel-mates.
:
: Following are just
some of my responses to my first time at these
: conferences.
:
: I've
been a CWA member for two years and this was my first
: conference!
:
:
Names of some of our members were familiar to me, but I can't
: say
that I *knew* anyone. Introductions around the room at the
: beginning
of the conference might have helped, though most of the
: people in
attendance already knew each other--A little daunting
: for a
first-timer.
:
: I felt a stressful sense of ambiguity and even some guilt
in not
: attending all of the seminars. Reasons for such
delinquency:
: 1: Two seminars happening simultaneously.
: 2: Probably
really number one--cat show! cat show! cat show!
: 3: Met the family of an
epal of two years who has eleven cats;
: need I say more? Yes!
there's more! Meeting them Was wonderful!
: And, get this, they took us
to the Katz's Deli, for real!
: Excellent human food!
:
: I enjoyed the
banquet. I appreciated being present as deserving
: cat-writers
received commendation for their efforts. I further
: noticed that the
awards were spread around, except in a couple
: deserving cases!
:
:
Some brand new members were first-time winners! This gave me hope
: for the
future, being a relatively new member myself.
:
: Then there was that cat
show, beckoning me magnetically through
: the duration of my stay.
:
:
Since I personally feel a terrible internal conflict regarding
: Miss
America-type shows for humans, plus, considering myself to
: be a potential
Meowmmy to any cats--all cats--I refused to focus
: on the judging and some
of the well, catty remarks during bus
: rides which would be disparaging to
so many homeless cats and
: even my own dear ones!
:
: However, I loved
just being in a roomful of over 1 thousand cats!
: They were all so
beautiful, though some of the most overly-
: trained cats I've ever
met!
:
: Meeting some of them was such a privilege; for meeting any
:
cats--all cats--is a privilege to me!
:
: Being a 60's, non-conformist
type, I shy away from protocol in
: favor of spontaneity and
creativity. The cat show was far too
: orderly for me, though a remote
aspect of myself understands
: this necessity.
:
: In all honesty, I
was disappointed not to hear "Attention in ring
: seven! Cat out!" and a
scramble to see who could get all the
: doors closed soonest. The daydream of
that "cat out" coming to
: me, giving me the opportunity to snuggle and
smuggle him/her out
: to a life of freedom was fantastic, though short-lived,
as the
: "kittens in premiership, ready in ring 3," "Will cats 729
through
: 735 please be brought to ring nine, with the exception of
number
: 731," brought me back to cat show reality.
:
: "Kittens in
premiership? What does that mean?" I asked of a
: patient cat-shower
whose American wire-hair cat was being touch
: by me for the first
time.
:
: "Cats in championship are not neutered and most likely
bred,
: while cats in premiership have been spayed or neutered," I was
:
informed.
:
: Though I love any cats--all cats--it was enlightening
and
: entertaining to meet a hairless Sphinx cat, an American wire-hair
:
cat, and a prize-winning Balinese cat for the first time. Last
: Train
to Georgia, nicknamed Chooch, had been in the previous
: day's paper, so I
understood the ownee's pride. (They only think
: they own the cats,
right?)
:
: On the front burner of my mind, however, were the facts
that
: other papers throughout the world were reporting cruelty to cats,
:
homelessness of cats, euthanasia of cats for lack of room, and
: cats
becoming road-kill. The mixed feelings never escaped me!
:
:
Psychologically, I was able to bring my angst down a notch by
: PURRchasing a
shirt stating "Without pawprints in it, life is
: just not worth
living."
:
: The feeling, among cats, may not be mutual, but in many cases
in
: fact, they are reciprocal; we need cats as much as they need us
: to
enrich each others' lives.
:
: One embarrassing event occurred on my
second visit to the cat
: show. My husband, Jim, and I were snooping
down Meow Mall, the
: vendors' area, when suddenly I needed to sit, right
now! This is
: quite the norm for those of us with fibromyalgia/chronic
fatigue
: syndrome.
:
: We immediately scurried to ring 2 where I
nearly collapsed. I
: heard a woman with kids in tow say to them, "I
think she's having
: a seizure; we better go get help."
:
: I thought
this odd, having gone to school with kids who had
: seizures and there is
usually quite a lot of unusual commotion
: during such an event.
:
: As
I was dismissing the seemingly incongruous concern, I heard
: "Attention in
ring 2. There's a medical emergency in ring 2,"
: though stated
matter-of-factly, I felt the creepy-crawlies! I was
: in ring 2.
What was happening unbeknownst to me?
:
: Imagine the shock when I was
suddenly surrounded by medical
: personnel, at least one CWA member, and the
vendor of a shirt my
: husband had just PURRchased.
:
: "Can you
talk?" "Are you alone?" "Well where *is* your
: husband?" the
last question was asked critically. I explained
: that someone must
have heard me say to Jim what seems pretty
: normal for us and they heard it
as an emergency.
:
: Jim, being not at all unattentive, was
PURRusing the arena so
: that we could make better and quicker decisions on
where to go
: next in all the surrounding catliness, thus, he had not
deserted
: me.
:
: Having been naughty at the deli in eating dessert,
(my blood
: sugar was probably too high, though I am not diabetic), so I
may
: have looked worse off than I really was.
:
: It was relieving to
know that humans and felines were all in good
: hands at the show, and now we
had a bit of humor to write home
: about.
:
: Oh yes! Just one
more thing! Though we met some of the
: greatest cats in the whole wide
world, there is a triple tie for
: first best cats -- as demonstrated
in a wonderful home-coming
: reunion -- Jaspur, Mikey and Gabrielle, never to
be show cats but
: they sure put on a great and loving cat show for us as we
dumped
: our exhausted bodies through our front door!
:
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: Lauren Merryfield is the editor/publisher of
CATLINES. She and
: her husband, Jim, live in Washington with their
three feline
: "kids," Jaspur, Mikey and Gabrielle. Lauren is a member
of the
: Cat Writers' Association:
: http://www.catwriters.org: and
co-owner of
: http://www.catliness.com: where one can join CATLINES.
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: (It is quite possible that many of the "author unknown"
catly
: writings appearing in CATLINES are those of Mark Mason
at:
: http://www.catdiary.com )
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:
: (Editor's note: Most of these quotes could also
apply to cats;
: I'm sneaking them in here while Jaspur isn't
looking.)
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:
: No animal should ever jump up on
the dining-room furniture unless
: absolutely certain that he can hold his
own in the conversation."
: -Fran Lebowitz
:
: The reason a dog has so
many friends is that he wags his tail
: instead of his tongue."
-Anonymous
:
: "Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence
that
: you are wonderful." -Ann Landers
:
: "If there are no dogs in
Heaven, then when I die I want to go
: where they went." -Will
Rogers
:
: "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking
your
: face." -Ben Williams
:
: "A dog is the only thing on earth that
loves you more than he
: loves himself." -Josh Billings
:
: "The
average dog is a nicer person than the average person."
: -Andrew
A.Rooney
:
: "We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love
we
: can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best
:
deal man has ever made." -M. Facklam
:
: "Dogs love their friends and bite
their enemies, quite unlike
: people, who are incapable of pure love and
always have to mix
: love and hate." -Sigmund Freud
:
: "If I have any
beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs
: I have known will go to
heaven, and very, very few persons."
: -James Thurber
:
: "I wonder
what goes through his mind when he sees us peeing in
: his water bowl."
-Penny Ward Moser
:
: "A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to
turn around
: three times before lying down." -Robert Benchley
:
: "I
wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird
: religious cult."
-Rita Rudner
:
: "Dogs need to sniff the ground; it's how they keep
abreast of
: current events. The ground is a giant dog newspaper,
containing
: all kinds of late-breaking dog news items, which, if they
are
: especially urgent, are often continued in the next yard." -Dave
Barry
:
: "Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed
a
: dog." -Franklin P. Jones
:
: "If your dog is fat, you aren't
getting enough exercise."
: -Unknown
:
: "My dog is worried about the
economy because Alpo is up to $3.00
: a can. That's almost $21.00 in dog
money." -Joe Weinstein
:
: "Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's
best friend; inside
: of a dog, it's too dark to read." -Groucho
Marx
:
: "Ever consider what they must think of us? I mean, here we
come
: back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chicken,
:
pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on
: earth!"
-Anne Tyler
:
: "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs
should
: relax and get used to the idea." -Robert A --Contributed by
:
Marilyn Mark, a nurse friend who sang at our wedding five and
: a half years
ago and helped Jim regain much of his health.)
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: Endorsement, The Cat's Meow In Home Business
: by
Lauren Merryfield
:
: An idea was germinating in my mind for quite a long
time before I
: made the decision to give birth to CATLINES, an ezine
for
: cat-loving home-business persons. I figured that if there
were
: others like me out there--people who truly loved cats and were
:
concerned about their welfare--and wanted to work at home, (be
: your own
boss, do what you love to do, be there for your family
: when they needed
you, forget about pesky traffic problems and
: road-ragers, handle doctor
appointments, errands, classes, etc,
: while working around them, working at
night if you're a
: night-owl; the list goes on)--then I wanted to help such
people.
:
: Starting from scratch, I knew it would be a possibly
lengthy
: process in getting CATLINES up and going, but I was willing to
:
take the opportunity, and to see how well things were in a year's
:
time. Then I would make the decision to keep going or call it
:
quits.
:
: Some of my earliest subscribers know that we had hosting
:
problems, computer problems, illness in the family, and other
: snags during
this past year, however, we did not quit.
:
: In fact, we changed hosts,
acquired a new computer, and the
: health issues are being met as they
occur.
:
: I gained subscribers by word of mouth, my email signature,
:
placing ads in other ezines, and more. However, after attending
: a
webcast on list-building, I now know that endorsement of each
: others'
ezines, websites and products is the best way to grow on
: the
Internet.
:
: The webcast, entitled "How to build a huge, profitable
opt-in
: list in 1/4 of the time" hosted by Jason Potash,
:
http://www.picktheirbrains.com: http://www.ezineannouncer.com: was held the evening of February fifth of this year. This
was
: a first for me so my excitement rose, the nearer the time
came.
:
: Panelists included:
: Joel Christopher,
:
http://www.masterlistbuilder.com: http://successaccess.com: Frank
Garon,
: http:/www.internetcashplanet.com
: Diane
Hughes,
: http://www.probiztips.com: Chris Stringum,
: and Paul Myers
: http://www.talkbiznews.com .
:
:
Members of the webcast were encouraged to submit questions
: beforehand. I
was one of them.
:
: Jason Potash: "A question came in from Lauren
Merryfield. She is
: the publisher of CATLINES a newsletter, I'm going
to read this
: question here and see if we can give her some advice.
This is
: what Lauren writes: I have an ezine called CATLINES which
:
contains info for both cat-lovers and work-at-home entrepreneurs.
: I'm
trying to do two separate subjects and bring them together.
: So far, I've
attracted 500 or so subscribers (more now) in about
: ten months. What
is the best way to get subscribers in my
: field of interest (cats) and
attract home-business subscribers,
: too? Any suggestions on combining
these two interests in ways
: that would appeal to both?
:
: Now, Paul,
I know that you've done a lot of work in building
: highly-targeted lists
and, of anybody I know, you probably have
: the most knowledge in building
lists quite quickly that are in
: nontraditional type markets. What
advice can you give Lauren in
: looking to combine an ezine for cat-lovers
and work-at-home
: entrepreneurs, any advice, suggestions, words of wisdom in
that
: respect?"
:
: Paul Myers: "Yeah, for one thing, that's an
interesting
: challenge--that particular combination of topics. Being
somebody
: who happens to have a work-at-home business and a cat, I can
think
: of a couple of things that might work.
:
: A thing to keep in
mind when you combine niches, and you're going
: to publish something for
those people, it's much easier, in the
: traditional sense for example, if
you're talking about
: programming in Purl and also email automation.
Those are
: actually two different niches, but, when you combine them,
:
there's a very broad easily identifiable market.
:
: With something like
this, you're talking about a professional
: interest and mixing it with a
very personal interest that isn't
: directly related, but it is a great way
to attract the very
: specific type of market.
:
: Viral activity of
any kind, telling people, pass this along to
: anybody you know who works at
home and also has a cat, it may
: sound a little silly,to everybody in the
world except your
: subscribers; that's all you really care about. So,
I would say,
: in order to do this, you could do things like, maybe an
article
: called Who's The Boss. Anybody in your market is going
to
: immediately identify with the question who's in charge, you or
: the
cat? I've a 75-pound dog and a 7-and-a-half-pound cat, you
: ask who's
in charge?
:
: Humor is going to be just a really good, very powerful way
to
: connect with those people. Stories about how some people turn
to
: their cat for company during the day because they just
: don't make
the time to get out and deal with other people, or
: maybe they're just
starting their businesses and don't feel that
: they can make the time.
It's a bad decision, but a lot of people
: make it.
:
: Find the areas
where it overlaps. It's going to be very hard to
: find parts where
your cat is really involved in your business,
: except
peripherally.
:
: And those peripheral incidents can be very, very
funny.
: Something, maybe articles like, for example, Who's The Boss, or
:
Me And My Cat, Inc--things that you can get put up on cat
: websites or,
and/or home-business websites.
:
: If they're funny, even people who don't
have cats will read them,
: will enjoy what you're talking about.
They'll appreciate the
: personal aspect of your communication, and, if they
identify with
: you as a person, they're much more likely to subscribe and
to
: actually read what you're sending out."
:
: Jason Potash: "Good
point, and I think that there's nothing wrong
: about being a little bit
different; going against the grain and
: actually coming out with an ezine
that appeals to a market that
: combines two markets, and obviously there
will be some overlap
: and, let's be honest, the actual market in terms of
home-based
: entrepreneurs and cat-lovers, where the cross-over point
is,
: could be the quality of subscribers is much less that may want to
:
get involved in an ezine of that type, but you could have a very
:
highly-targeted list and obviously, attracting both types of markets
:
obviously to credit yourself amongst other types of ezines that
: are out
there, because, let's be honest, there's quite a few cat
: ezines out there,
I'm quite sure. And also, there are a ton of
: home-business-related,
biz opp-type ezines, and the rate of
: competition is quite high.
:
:
Hey, Joel, I know that in terms of building targeted lists,
: that's
something you talk about, target your market, that sort of
: thing, any
comments for anybody listening today who was thinking
: about, even starting
a vanilla-type ezine or or building a
: vanilla-type opt-in list, where
they're looking at they're
: looking at following the same road and trying to
attract
: Internet-marketing subscribers or small business subscribers;
any
: words of advice in terms of going through that process and
: usually
coming to the crossroads and saying this is what I'm
: going to talk about in
my ezine; here are the types of
: subscribers that I want to attract.
Any comments?"
:
: Joel Christopher: "Well, the way I would advise the
person who
: was thinking about getting started is this: you really have
to
: define your target market, not just to the demographics, meaning
:
who they are, their sex, their age bracket, their income, but
: also
especially their psychographics, meaning what are their
: pains? Why would
they buy from you if this were the topic you
: want to talk about?
Because, really, people have a strong
: tendency to polarize to your ideas
because they have some kind of
: pain; some kind of a problem that you,
through your writing,
: through your ezine or tips or newsletter or list, has
a way of
: solving that or them.
:
: Now they're also looking for
results, so if you can focus on the
: type of problems or pain that they
have, and find solutions for
: them, then you're going to have a really
targeted market. Not
: just as to who they are, but why they want to be
part of your
: list."
:
: Paul Myers: "Can I throw something in and, in
response to that
: part?"
:
: Jason Potash: "Sure. Please do,
Paul."
:
: Paul Myers: "The cat angle is the personal look, but Jason,
when
: you remarked that you're talking in smaller demographics,
:
consider that there's at least 50 million home-based businesses
: in the
world this is just picking out a number off the top of my
: head, I guarantee
you it's at least 50 million, let's assume one
: out of five of those people
has a cat. That's ten million
: potential subscribers; that is not a
small niche."
:
: Jason Potash: "Very true. I was referring to the
overlap of ,
: yeah, that's true, I mean, how many small business owners
have
: cats? I'm sure I'm sure you could actually go and run that
:
somewhere and do a cross query, if you will, and find out if...
: In the chat
room here, just think I know. People are raggin' on
: me because we're
talking about cats, but, bear in mind that the
: principle that we're talking
about today, and leave cats out of
: the picture, it applies to any target
market. If you're looking
: at attracting, you know, gardeners who play
golf or, home-buyers
: who enjoy sailing, or, home-owners with an income of
hundred
: thousand dollars or more, who enjoy going on exotic cruises,
:
whatever it might be, I mean, the concepts are much the same, so
: open your
mind and let's think about how you can apply these
: tactics that Paul and
Joel have discussed, and apply them to your
: own target market. Right here
with you, Paul, I mean, I think
: that it is a huge market, obviously smaller
than just targeting
: small business owners alone, but, having that your
flavor will
: help you in attracting some subscribers you want to
attract."
:
: Paul Myers: "With the Internet, there are very few truly
small
: niches. You're talkin' 300 or 400 million people, globally,
that
: can receive email.
:
: Probably more than that, at this
point. I don't care how your
: market is, you're going to have at least
ten thousand potential
: subscribers, and the more specific it is, the more
likely they
: are to congregate in easily-identifiable places. The
more
: enthusiastic they are, the more likely they are to attract
:
something that addresses their interests. It's easier to build a
: very
niched focus list quickly than it is to build a general
: list. 'Cause
there's less competition and more passion on the
: part of the
subscribers."
:
: Jason Potash: "I agree one hundred percent.
Excellent advice
: there...."
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