Hey all!

I have started a group in Plainfield, Indiana.  It is though MeetUp.com

The group is for people who believe that you must give to get! It is that simple. I want to meet other people that feel as I do….basically that KINDNESS…I know here she goes again!!! Kindness is missing in our society today and we need to bring it back. I do a few things myself, my current endeavor is to send a card to someone each and every day to make them feel special! Today I sent 7…although Christmas is right around the corner so that is not fair, but they were individual cards all different with different special greetings in each one and I hope they are appreciated and something tells me they will be.

Anyway, if you live near and would like to come to one of our meetings join the group! It is brand spanking new and I am the only  member so far! I hope that changes fast. I like to believe there are alot of like minded people out there that feel the same way as I do and I am anxious to hear what everyone else does to make others feel special and show kindness to people…..even people you don’t know!!!  Or maybe that is easier..maybe I should say to your own family! LOL

Whatever the case. Go to   http://www.meetup.com/The-Plainfield-Give-to-Get-Meetup-Group/  and JOIN today!!!

Hope to see you there!

Sometimes I take a long time to write a review. But hey! I still have not wrote the one up about my home remodel!!! I will..I will…it is just when it is controversial, I think it needs some time to lapse between the service and the review..to get some CLEAR perspective! If ya know what I mean!

But that is not the case with this review! I have just taken my time cuz I….DID!

What can I say about Kathy Moore and The Blog Shoppe?

First and foremost let me say that Kathy knows how to give great customer service!! You will not be disappointed in the service at all!

Beyond that?
Well, I just love her! Really! She helped me with this new blog and the Forum! She helped me with the whole redesign of my site. I am sure alot of you out there know….a website redesign can be a daunting task!

I found Kathy through a referral on www.mommymillionaire.com . The referrer had many good things to say about Kathy and her work. I e-mailed her and after a slow start we really got into things and stuff got to moving.

Now, let me say the “slow” start was not Kathy’s fault! I do not blame her in the least!

When I originally emailed her I told her I was talking to a few different people and needed to figure out who would be best suited to help me. She really was waiting on me to make a decision. Once I did we were off and running.

I really enjoyed working with Kathy. She is very patient and creative, I LOVE those qualities in a person!!! She listened to me as I tried to figure out exactly what is was that I wanted for my new design. Let me tell you I have a file of emails that amount to well over 50!!! We were burning up cyberspace!

She did a redesign and made a banner for my site..see the GURLZ?? I love them! She found me hosting and did all the techie stuff!

I just sat back and said…”yes, I love that”……”uh, no, not that” ” ummm, could you change the colors?” “oh, could you change them back?” “Oh, one last thing, can you add this”? “Kaaaaaaaaaaaaathyyyyyyyyyy, did I say, one last thing”???? “Kathy,Kathy,Kathy,Kathy,Kathy…..” I bet she is glad this is done!!
And she did it all with a “virtual smile” on her face. I know she was smiling, I COULD FEEL IT!

If you need someone to help you with a new blog, Kathy Moore is your GURL! www.theblogshoppe.com

Go see what she can do for you and tell her that Christine sent you……or maybe you should not to mention my name??? LOL Ahh what the heck, live on the edge!

I have received a few emails from people who have been following along with my blog and, apparently, have been reading my forum but choose not to join! Don’t know what to make of that!

While reading these emails I was struck by how passionate other people are about customer service! I mean, I know there are other sites devoted to customer service related “banter” and they appear to be pretty successful sites, but still, I was pretty excited to find out that so many people share my views on the state of customer service today!

One emailer asked the question ” will you give the business owners a chance to reply if they want to” that would be in response to a unfavorable post by either me or a guest. My response…” of course! I not only will allow it I encourage it!” My site, at the moment, is just a modest attempt, by me, to get out what is in my mind. I would be most honored if at some point it became more then that. For now though, all you have is ME! Christine and her lovely soapbox.

I will blog, daily if need be, about emails that I receive from other consumers or business owners. Eventually, if I warrant it, I will get their permission and start posting them in their entirety. If I think that would be beneficial to my cause.

OH…what is my cause? Mu purpose for this website? True I did entitle this “the purpose of this blog and forum” didn’t I? Sorry, I got a little sidetracked.

Okay, well, let me see……. I ummmm, I like to talk. I really enjoy talking with other people and I have a PASSION for customer service. One day I was reading a book about business success and how to achieve it and it begged an answer to the question, “what is your passion?” it said that in order to be successful you must engage in something that you are passionate about. In order to keep getting up day after day and keep trying you need to be passionate about what it is that you do! PERIOD!

So, I thought about that question and wanted to answer it honestly. I thought, “what is it that I love to talk about and always seem to be passionate about and never seem to get tired of doing?” I could only think of one thing, CUSTOMER SERVICE! It always comes back to the same thing. I LOVE witnessing, giving and receiving great customer service! I have been in the field in one capacity or another for over 13 years!! I worked for the mouse for heavens sake! who knows customer service better the Walt Disney?

And then I thought about it…is that really the key to success? BE PASSIONATE about what it is that you are doing? I thought back to my own subject of customer service and came full circle. OF COURSE it is true, I know that. I know in order to give good customer service that you need to be passionate about helping people. So, if I know that to be true then why is it not true for just being successful in anything that you do? DUH!! Of course it is true. And here I am.

I really didn’t know what to do with my new found knowledge, well, not so new found as it turns out.

So, I thought just start blogging about it and get a forum going. Add interesting stories and do reviews about companies that you have used, write about whether they have consistently given you great customer service or bad customer service. And I could hear that famous line from that wonderful movie……” if you build it they will come”

And here I am.

I want to point out that my desire is NOT to bash any businesses nor cause any problems, what it is that I want to accomplish is to cause businesses to affect consumers by treating them like the valuable assets that they are.

It is not that I think I can accomplish something so magnificent on my own, I just desire to make a minor wave in the great ocean of life! I am but a little fish in a big pond!

Did you know that I have a Forum where I have a thread devoted to businesses and ratings of how wonderful I think they are…OR on occasion, not so wonderful!!

Visit the Forum….see for yourself. The list is not that big right now, eventually it will be HUGE!!!!!!! And one by one we will take over the world..the business world, where we will force businesses to have nothing but GOOD customer service and there will be NOTHING in the BAD customer service threads!!! MWAHhhhhahahaha<——- maniacal laughter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CIAO BELLA’S!

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