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the communicatrix, elsewhere

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First, let’s get the old-school stuff out of the way.

1. If you want to email me (I love email!), send to:

  • colleen {at} communicatrix {dot} com

I read ALL of my email (I love email!) and answer almost all of it (a few slip through the cracks, and I don’t honor hate mail with a reply.)

2. If you want to write me an actual note (I really love actual notes!!), send it to:

  • 137 N. Larchmont Blvd. #604, Los Angeles, CA 90004

3. If you want to talk to me on the phone:

Good luck.

As my dearest friends and loved ones will tell you, I suck at the phone.

You can leave a message at (323) 843-4395 (that’s a Google Voice number) and I’ll return your call within 24 if it’s business-related (although even there, my preference is for email contact initially).

But if you really want to get in touch, go with the email. I’m great with the email.

L.A.-local? Here’s how to meet me in person!

I spent a bunch of time in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. in the fall of 2008 and fell in love with an indie biz networking group called Biznik. Co-founders Dan McComb & Lara Feltin have done a terrific job of realizing their vision of a social media hub that supports an active real-life community of independent business folk.

I’ve been working to get the L.A. real-life component off the ground in 2009. I host a no-host (i.e. no charge, but you pay for food & beverages) meetup at Jerry’s Deli in the Marina once monthly, usually the fourth Wednesday of every month.

The January Meetup is Wednesday, the 13th, and I’m co-hosting it with the lovely Heather Parlato. Sign up for a free membership here, then please do register for the event.

Next, for the online stuff.

I have a lot of content scattered across the Internet. Basically, I’m “communicatrix” ubiquitously, meaning if you sign onto a service and want to connect with me, check that first.

Places I write regularly:

  • Here! (duh), where I post essays on Monday & Wednesday, something “useful” like a book review on Tuesday, a crazy-ass “poem” on Thursday and a referral to a small business, organization or person worthy of spotlight and patronage on Friday.
  • communicatrix | focuses, a monthly, in-depth look at some aspect of buffing out your communication skills so you can get the word of you out there more efficiently. Back issues go up on this site, but there can be a 1 – 4 month lag, depending upon how busy I get, so if you want the content fresh, subscribe.
  • LACasting.com, where I write a monthly column about marketing for actors, the content you can almost certainly apply to your own field of endeavor. The newsletter goes out to members, but you can read the issues here as I put them up.

Interested in the nuts & bolts of marketing a small business?

For one entire year, I worked consciously at marketing my business every day and blogged (and podcasted) about it every week. You can read the entire year’s worth of entries at The Virgo Guide to Marketing.

General Social Media Outposts (in order of usage)

  • Facebook (lots of chat, commentary, and interaction; oddly, it’s become my favorite hang)
  • Twitter (please read my Twitter policy first!)
  • StumbleUpon (content I think is worth a look, usually more of a literary/artistic/humorous nature)
  • delicious (bookmarking site where I put stuff of a more technical nature)
  • Tumblr (compendium of quotes, vids, etc. I find interesting, sometimes with commentary)

Arty-farty Social Media Outposts

If you’re an IMDB member, I have also rated a ton of movies there, plus grouped them into interesting lists. (Clearly, I need to get out more.)

Social Media Aggregators (for the lazy)

  • FriendFeed (collects most of the things above and a few below into one handy stream)
  • Lijit (search my content across the web from one spot)

Business-y Stuff (for the business-y)

If you are a designer, you’ll find me at…

  • kernspiracy (kickass mailing list & occasional local meatspace for designers run by Spencer Cross)

Other Content You May or May Not Be Into

Finally, for questions about:

  • anything I’ve written on this blog, or my newsletter, or elsewhere
  • anything you’d like for me to address in the above

for the love of all that’s holy, email me!

Thank you for visiting the mother ship of the Colleen Wainwright empire, communicatrix-dot-com. I hope you enjoy your stay, and come back again and again!

xxx
c

Updated January 3, 2010. Find an error? Call me out on it, please!

Photo of me in 80 layers, telling Chicago winter to SUCK it, © 2005 Brenton Fletcher.