Living the dream with grace
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The Tao Of Twitter
The Tao of Twitter is a great book written by Mark W. Schaefer about how to use twitter. Even more then writing about how to use twitter, Schaefer teaches the reader the business benefits of twitter, how to balance the business life and personal life on twitter, how to efficiently manage the time devoted to tweeting and more. It was a great read. I certainly recommend it!!!
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Nanny's Cake News Release!!!
To:
New Hampshire Bride Magazine/Union Leader Online
From:
Rosanyi RiveraSubject: Nanny’s Cakes Grand Opening
Nanny’s
Cake Grand Opening: Where we have the perfect cake for you
After
10 years of successful business and numerous happy customers, Nanny’s Cakes is pleased
to announce the Grand opening of its third store located in the heart of Manchester at 244 South
Willow St, NH. The new bakery will open on May 1, 2013, just in time for all
the summer, autumn and winter weddings of this year.
As
a way to show our appreciation to all present and future customers we will be
doing a store wide cake tasting. You will be able to choose from almond
flavored frosting to tres leches cake. Be one of the lucky first 100 customers
to walk through the doors and we will do a free cake advising session for you.
See
you there,
Rosanyi
Rivera
*The first 25 customers to visit the
store on the opening day will get 10% any of their orders. Offer good through
12/31/2013.
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Rosanyi
Rivera
Marketing
Specialist
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
World Wide Rave
World Wide Rave by David Scott
World Wide Rave
is a book written by David Scott. This book aims to teach it readers how to
advance their businesses and products by creating a world wide rave doing
things like being creative and using cost effective solutions. A particular
idea I liked very much is doing your own advertising for your company instead
of hiring a marketing or advertising agency to do it for you at a higher expense.
Scott provides ample advice about creating a rave instead of ranting and shares
the stories of business owners/entrepreneurs that were able to successfully
reach a new market, promote a product, and cater their products to millions and
millions of customers.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Nanny's cakes
So I have come up with a great way to help my mother in law's business. She bakes cakes for special ocassions like weddings, birthdays, baptisms and more. During the past five years she hasn't been successful at selling her amazing cakes because there hasn't been much marketing regarding her business. Therefore for my business project I'm determined to get the name of her business out there and hopefully make Nanny's Cakes into a famous cake shop. (All three pictures of the cakes in this blog are cakes that my mother in law has made.)
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The Walk of Life
February 7, 2013
(Inspired by this picture)
She can remember being here before.
The only difference is that the first time she found herself walking this path
she wasn’t alone. Two very special people guided her all along. There was no
need to be afraid because they always protected her. No need to feel alone
because they filled her every moment. As she walks she remembers the long days
of school, supper at their table, bed stories at home. She wishes she could go
back to the years of her childhood where mom and dad always took care of her.
She continues to walk without a clue of where to turn, where to go next. As she
stares into the sand, feeling the skin burning sun, she can see her life before
her. All the nights of writing songs, her first big hit, and her first sold out
show. What was there left after all the hype, the audience, the glitter, the
dancing and the tours? Despite the houses, a private plane, multimillion dollar
deals and countless Grammy awards, she still did not understand why any of these
things made her feel alive.
It had taken her so long to realize
how far she had gone. There were no friends to talk to, no one that she could
be herself with at all times. As night began to set temperatures dropped and
her body sought refuge under broken pieces of rag that the wind had blown her
way. As she laid in the cold sand, it was hard to remember the last time she
had seen those two people she most loved. She wished for things to be the way
they were before she reached her fame, to go back to supper with them, to be
told those bed stories again. As morning dawned on her she could help herself
but wonder when this long journey would end. At one point she looked behind her
and saw a trail of multiple steps. It was surreal to accept that this was the
choice she had made. She walked and walked and walked for endless days. She
found herself deeply lost. The more she walked she realized this was just the
trail of life. She could not change anything about the path. The only change
that could be done was to her. She continued to look ahead; the path did not
seem to have an end. As she considered the things that could be changed in her,
she came to accept that the past could not be changed. The only thing left to
do was be the best she could be for the rest of her walk.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Am I there yet?
January 31, 2013
I have always wondered what this day
would be and feel like. It has taken so much preparing; hours of reading, early
mornings and long days of school, and many late nights of writing. This has
also taken tutoring and learning a whole new language and culture when I was
about to graduate high school in the Dominican Republic at the age of 16.
Many years ago, I began to prepare for this day. Today, I
look forward to enjoying all the great things that will come with it. Things
like a decent job, the opportunity to live a decent life and save for
retirement someday. When did the preparation begin? First, I attended elementary school, then
middle school, and finally high school. After
that I thought I would attended college to study medicine and became a
pediatrician. This was what my life looked like in my perfect world. Although
I thought going to college was the next thing for me, I found myself going back
to my sophomore year of high school. Unlike the first time I attended high school,
this time it was in a different country and in a very foreign language. How would I ever accomplish anything? It was
too late for me to learn such a thing as a new language. Maybe if had come to
the United States at a younger age, I would have been on a college track. I
have no idea why I thought such things.
In 2006 a new journey began. I was a sophomore at Manchester
Central High School with probably zero chance of going to college. Why? Oh,
because I knew absolutely no English. I was not in the advanced placement level
classes that most students my age were in. Without a solid academic foundation,
I had no chance at being accepted into any college. I had two choices; 1) I could
look at the obstacle for the rest of my life or 2) I could face reality and
just work as hard as I could to graduate high school and attend college. I
picked the second choice because I did not want to live asking myself “what if?” After thousands of dollars
spent on tuition, books, uniforms, and school supplies I am so close to
reaching my goal. Against the forecasts of what the employment and unemployment
situation will be by the time I graduate in May 2013; the number of polls that show how much a college education
is or isn’t worth, I am still very happy about graduation day. Actually, I
cannot wait until I get to walk on that stage and hold the diploma that I so
hard have worked for. Why is graduation
day such a big deal? Graduation means that I have conquered. I have gone
through many years of school and when I thought I was almost there, I had to
acclimate to a new culture, way of thinking, living and language. Graduation
day makes me feel like I have accomplished what I invested in for so long. It
empowers me to look fear in the face and not be afraid anymore. Although
sometimes the prize looked unreachable now I am overjoyed to say that “I am
almost there”.
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