Pop the corks or whatever! We hit a major milestone this week at Guideposts, indeed an inspiring milestone, and it will be my inspiring story for the week. We finally have 20,000 of you fans on Facebook and that’s a big number for any magazine. Thank you!
Even on cyber time Facebook happened quickly as social networking spread through the internet at warp speed. None of us were doing this just a few years back. And now we’re all connected.
Guideposts has always enjoyed an unusually close relationship with its users and readers. After all, our content comes primarily from you so a unique alliance exists between us unlike anything else in the publishing and media world. Social networking and user-generated-content was the platform Guideposts was built on originally in 1945 by Norman Vincent Peals and his wife, Ruth. The internet just had to catch up.
So what’s our next goal? 25,000? 50,000? I think we can go even higher than that with your help and passion. Let’s double our fans this year.
FOOTNOTE (or should I say PAWNOTE?): I spent yesterday videotaping web spots for my new book The Promise of Hope: How True Stories of Hope and Inspiration Saved My Life and How They Can Transform Yours PLUS 9 Keys to Powerful Personal Change.
Millie joined me for the morning session of taping since she makes a few appearances in the book (we ordered a side of bacon to keep her happy). She was great but she has a habit of stealing scenes especially when she blocks my face in the camera shot or suddenly decides she needs to jump down off the interview couch to get a drink of water in the middle of a segment. Things went faster in the afternoon.
Anyway, you’ll be able to see these videos later next month on Guideposts.org and preorder a copy of my book The Promise of Hope. If you order early I’ll sign your copy personally.
This is exciting. I can’t wait for the release, officially slated for early April. And thanks to Kathleen, Karen, Zack and Pablo for their help and inspiration yesterday. And you too, Millie, as always.
