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Can't believe I missed this first time round. Sharing and saving.

Perfect buzz for a rebuzz. Sharing.

#76 It really is that. The other bees are also on the boat that they govern. Not only in his hands is he doing great beBee, all the bees help to carry the net "to infinity and beyond". Let's do it. Vamoooos.

cool buzz

bee the driving force and make things happen

grateful for @Javier 🐝 beBee every day we benefit from a wonderful bee community, without driving forces as @Javier 🐝 beBee and @Juan Imaz this was not possible

Hi Gert, very nice praise of Javier. There are two ways in which a leader has impact. The first is the Google Way and the second is the Fearless Leader Way.

In the Google Way, the culture the leader creates turns the name of his organization into an adjective, so today while Google is actually Alphabet as a company, the word Google has become a mainstay adjective - Google wanted to be known as organizing the world's information and when we individually search for information we say "Oh, just Google that". That is the highest praise a leader can have.

In the Fearless Leader Way the culture becomes more like a Banana Republic or something that Kim Jong Il would expect, and with Donald Trump he is the classic example of a personal brand that wants to engage his work in a branded way - hence Seth Meyers takes a look at this branded way of doing things as Trump recently went to the ultimate level of actually seeking praise from his cabinet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlCFLG6rKKY - so it is that the word "personal brand" will continue to pick up more negative baggage and eventually it is not a cool word to associate with, so at least think Kim Jong or Donald Trump !!!

So we need a BeBee Way and that way should culminate in beBee becoming an adjective. So one day saying "Develop your beBee" will mean that you have a strong personal and professional reputation or profile online . I can work more on my beBee and because I know what my beBee means I don't have to use extra words like personal or professional to describe it, for my beBee here already contains that ! So the ultimate praise for any leader is when their company becomes an adjective.

A Great Leader in this picture ! 👍👍👍🐝🐝🐝🐝

great perspective whoch deserves to be shared - so i did.

@Gert Scholtz @Javier 🐝 beBee

Here are two that I find absolutely spot on.

"Whatever circumstances we have in life, we are still the one controlling its outcome. It is still up to us to lead our life to where we want us to be. Blaming the circumstances and use it to justify our present condition will not help. It will only hinder us to move forward and continue to live our life. Trials and difficulties will always be there to set us off course, but we can handle it if we really have the right attitude in life. So instead of complaining about life being unfair, move on and make the use out of it."

"Move on instead of complaining."

Absolutely well said and underscores the essence of a great mind, great leader and great team at beBee with the vision and goals to make a difference one positive step at a time.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious https://youtu.be/tRFHXMQP-QU

@Javier 🐝 beBee You are great!!!!

Thanks everybody for your support! Buzz on!

Great post @Gert Scholtz and I have to agree and vouch for @Javier 🐝 beBee commitment and engagement! I'm constantly impressed at his support and input

Great post - I love the philosophy and practise over here onbeBee and especially the values and actions of Javier

To Everyone else at and on beBee
Thank you for reading and commenting and clarifying for me.
Especially to those who graciously allow me the privilege of writing posts inspired by them.
I enjoy reading the different styles and cultural influences of your posts.
I am sure we will be writers in arms for a long time to come.
Louise

To @Gert Scholtz
Such an apt well written personality description of @Javier 🐝 beBee
Great choice of quotes too.
It's well researched that people who have the least - give the most. They don't see it as a responsibility. It comes direct from the heart.
To bee on beBee, I've learnt to get by with less sleep ! But it's worth it!

VVamoosssss .....

To @Javier 🐝 beBee & @Juan Imaz
Yes, you and your team do lots of hard work communicating with us bees.
When I tell people about beBee and the fact that you both reply and comment on my buzzes and everyone else's - they don't believe me !
(And I'm known to be an HONEST person)
BUT that's what makes beBee such a warm place to bee.
You deserve every success !
Louise

@Juan Imaz feel free to use my quotes 😂😂😂😂😂🐝🐝🐝🐝

@Gert Scholtz thanks again. I read it one more time and it is encouraging. Thank you

People Do Business With People, People Hire People - not Resumes
https://www.bebee.com/producer/@javierbebee/people-do-business-with-people-people-hire-people-not-resumes

Great Buzz. I like B2P so much more than B2B. It reminds you that while marketing online unless you plan on putting thousands into paid advertising, you marketing is not a numbers game. It is about building relationships. beBee is the perfect platform to this were you can reach anyone and everyone.
Just like @Javier 🐝 beBee said above, I have never had a Business share my content with others, or give my constructive advice to move me forward, but I have had "people" do this. Every click is a person, we must remember that.

Great visibility !
https://www.google.es/search?q=forget+b2b+and+b2c&oq=forget+b2b+and+b2c&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.5763j0j4&client=ms-android-samsung&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

#24 thanks @CityVP 🐝 Manjit ! the link is inside this buzz ! have a great day !

#23 Thanks, Sarah. I will look out for your post.

Apart from a few extra paragraphs at the end and quote Paul, this piece is mostly the article of Amy Sorrells. I think attribution is a very important principle since Sorrell's wrote this piece in the summer of 2013.

Forget B2B and B2C – Tech Enables B2P (Business to People) Marketing by Amy Sorrell
https://blogs.oracle.com/socialspotlight/forget-b2b-and-b2c-tech-enables-b2p-business-to-people-marketing

Let us give credit where credit is due and in this piece, to link 90% of this back to Amy Sorrell. I have seen reposting of other people's content a lot on LinkedIn and in a recent one, I noted the original author, who it turns out was OK with his writing being copied, but not all people are as generous or welcoming regarding their content. The other value of using an existing piece is in getting permission from the original content writer, because that creates new avenues of partnerships.

Otherwise I am not a fan of finding content that has not cited the original author. These days I seem to be in the minority with this view, but there is a valuable ethic in this and I personally think attribution is important.

The principles of business to people also go back a couple of decades because at the heart of the Cluetrain Manifesto is the first principle of its 95 theses - which is "Markets Are Conversation" and it was all about marketers talking in the human voice and people within business being people with voices and not marketing speak.

#17 NLV was in Atlanta, USA last week, Chichi, and yes, it was an incredible experience. Keep an eye out for the save-the-date soon, I'll post the location and dates sometime in the next 4 weeks! Thanks, @David B. Grinberg View more

Early on in working life I was told 'People buy People', I always found the concepts of B2B and B2C rather cold and outdated. Enjoyed your article @Javier 🐝 beBee!

Doesn't matter if you have a B2B or a B2C, people buy from people. Great post about Business to People 😊

I love your concept of B2P @Javier 🐝 beBee! And, @Paul "Pablo" Croubalian is a great example- if he can put up with me and keep a smile, he's can deal with anyone- inside joke, of course!

B2P - excellent and clever idea. Business is about people an relationships. Brilliant post, @Javier 🐝 beBee.

#11 Or Human to Human, as Bryan Kramer says?

#4 David, I agree with you - we are more than social media profiles. When and where was the No Longer Virtual conference held? Sounds like it was a great success.

#10 Agreed! Business is personal, in my book. :)

Javier,
I couldn't agree more. Business, for me, is about building relationships that are mutually beneficial. People want to be treated like people, not just numbers in a database. It's all about the relationships...that's what I like most about beBee.

#12 Thumbs up @Bill Stankiewicz, 🐝 Brand Ambassador!

NEW UPDATE Emily how about? : "BEE to BEE"

Hi @Emily🐝 Bee, I agree : Power to the people: I vote for People to People. regards, Bill Stankiewicz

OR how about simply People to People.

Javier,
Well put. Whether it is B2C or B2B it is inherently B2P. We've heard it a thousand times: "People do business with people they know, like and trust." The key, in Consumer or Business marketing is Trust. I believe, "The Shortcut to Trust is a Personal Touch."

👥ed 🐝🐝🐤🐳🔥🚲

#24 @Aleta Curry thanks. We are working hard to give you all the best :-)

It's working, @Javier 🐝 beBee I 'searched' for myself about ten days ago and was astonished to see my beBee profile in the search results. That wasn't happening a year ago.

"Give without expecting anything in return"
;-)) Beautiful phrase.

Great tips!! Thanks @Javier 🐝 beBee!! Vamossssss!!! 🚀🐝

Congratulations, @Javier 🐝 beBee, and the beBee team. I'm thrilled to see beBee continuing to make progress.

Love seeing the ongoing progress with the platform, @Javier 🐝 beBee. Congratulations to you and your team! Good Stuff!

Congratulations, the entire team of beBee. Very well said by you that getting ourselves engaged in conversations with our other fellow bees would lead to an exposure worth getting indulged. I have enjoyed the process of producing honey and even praising the honey produced by my friends here. People values what we say and how we say. Am elated to be part of this great team, @Javier 🐝 beBee

Vamos!!!

Great tips to go from good to great!

Heads up, Javier...I just tried to add my education & it insists on a date. I'd rather not put that in as I don't want to expose myself to age discrimination.

Hi Javier,

It’s good to be on beBee! Enough said.

cc @Sandra Smith check @Javier 🐝 beBee, it says something interesting about SEO and job titles to be re-engineered with keywords. Tags & Visuals are a key to our communication.

Great to see you your accomplishments. Congratulations @Javier 🐝 beBee and the beBee Team.

I personally thanks everyone n thebeBee Team for their dedication and hard work on the platform. You are accomlishing what major companies have not yet understood, and you will be recognized for that. The ultimate reward is that you are working with the best company in the world and that has no price. Cheers and vamos!

Good one@Javier 🐝 beBee. If i may a suggestion: Look for a chrome extension that do screencapture, install it, and screenshot a visual of your refrered article and paste it where you wanted to insert your referal link, then open the menu ribbon by mouse clicking your screenshot referal article image and insert your beBee's article url.
Like a promoting banner reduce or not to 25% or 50%, the visual incentive will incitate reader to click through. Use the way of the beBee Force , Javier...let the honey flows through your posts! lol...

Rules of thumbs for a succesful SEO experience on beBee by @Javier 🐝 beBee Todos tenemos que leer este articulo. Gracias por compartir lo.

#8 Great!!!

I am happy to announce that we made SEO improvements to boost your search engine rankings. Congratulations to ALL OUR TEAM ! . We have the best team.

Good stuff @Javier 🐝 beBee

#6 Afraid Shakespeare owns those words, too, @Phil Friedman.

Thanks, @Pascal Derrien#5

If I weren't so slackaisical, I could be more infernalistic about schmurdering the langwich. Danks for snaring.

that was witty and entertaining to read :-)

#2 Cross to bear, @Brian McKenzie. cross to bear.

Sometimes you have to giddy your writing, @Joyce 🐝 Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee#1

Damnit, now in addition to writing and attempting to fill a blank screen, I have to invent words too?

You've brought another smile to my face. You are so very right. I use nouns as verbs occasionally and play with the English language like a toy. It's a giddy feeling.

true ;) thanks for sharing your great article John :)

Great post @John White, MBA. Your posts are always a great piece of resource to refer back to "time and again". You write, "How you approach time is the ultimate driving force to create the best outcomes for your business." For me this is the key. Not only can we benefit from the strategies you provide, we also need to be aware of our relationship with time. You write, "Manage your work, don't let it manage you." Agreed. My bias around time management is that you can't manage time, you need to mange yourself.

"Manage your work, don't let it manage you." Couldn't agree more. If it controls you, we lose precious moments in life and it's unhealthy too. Great buzz @John White, MBA!

Always good to get the old broom out and sweep away the non-value added and clean up the basics.

Thanks, John, for another excellent article filled with important insights and astute analysis. Your advice on time management skills is very timely (no pun intended), especially considering the daily information overload business people (and all people) face in today's hyper-paced mobile, digital and virtual Information Age. Thus, learning effective time management skills and techniques appears more important now than ever. Therefore, your terrific tips, if implemented, should contribute to greater employee productivity, less stress and, hopefully, a better work-life balance (integration) from the top down and the bottom up.

#10 Aleta> "I for one don't point out every little error in every post."

Does anyone really take seriously barbs from the grammar police or smarmy comments from the spelling brigade? I personally believe that the instances of true trolls are relatively few on beBee and even LinkedIn. And that most of the offense taken and emotional upset registered by authors is over being disagreed with in the first place.

But Aleta, I grant you that it is not appropriate for anyone to spend significant time commenting only in disagreement on posts by other people. And quite a while ago, I resolved, for example, not to criticize a thesis or idea or statement on someone else's post, but if I felt strongly enough about it being wrong, to write a post of my own. That to eliminate the potential for provocation.

In this case, my comment was not meant to disagree with Bridgette, but to emphasize something I believe is often overlooked on social media. Cheers!

#8 Yes, but Brigette does point our (correctly) that '...not all criticism is a bad thing. There is a difference between constructive criticism and personal attacks.'

I'd add that not everything needs to be said; I for one don't point out every little error in every post, nor do I comment on *everything* I disagree with. For one thing, it's not a way to win friends and influence people; for another, sometimes a person needs encouragement and a pat on the back and disagreement can wait for a better time.

Well said and to-the-point, @Brigette Hyacinth - good for you!

It is, however, important to be able to distinguish trollish negativity from legitimate, civil disagreement. For the mind is like a muscle and if you feed it a diet composed solely of sweets and compliments, it will grow fat and soft and unable to do its job. Cheers!

nice share @Brigette Hyacinth! enjoyed read and shared. thank you for the share.

"Negativity is always all around but it’s important not to let it paralyze us."

Isn't that the truth, on so many levels. I'm pretty good about letting negative comments roll. Well, I used to be. It seems the older I get, the less patience I have for negative BS from people. 99.9% of it comes from 'cyberpunks' who are shielded by their anonymity. The www has enabled disrespectful people to come out in droves.

Great buzz.

Great 👍

Like the sentence "Personal development (spiritual, emotional, mental, social and physical) is crucial"

There is a mute button, did you know that....

Thanks for this. Great Churchill quote. And yes, don't feed them!

Don"t feed them ! That is the best recommendation! thanks

Nice trick @Paul "Pablo" Croubalian - I found this buzz from "over there" and the link brought me to over here. Thanks.

#50 Good questions, @Aleta Curry , buzz @beBee and #buzzBeBee are functionally equivalent. They do exactly the same thing. Both trigger tweets on @beBee and its sister Twitter accounts.

It's pretty rare that a post will qualify immediately. A good idea may be to check the day after and the day after that. If it looks like it's trending to qualify, I'd do the #buzzBeBee thing.

We filter against duplicates. Those filters aren't perfect but still.

Here's my problem...okay, scratch that, here's one of my problems (I've got so many).
1. I don't really know the difference between buzz @beeBee and #beBee, that is, when would I use one rather than the other?
2. Sometimes (often?) my articles don't qualify for the tags right away, but will in a few days or even a few weeks later.
3. By the time that happens, I can't remember if I've already 'shared' the Tweet to Buzz or not.
4. In a similar vein, I often forget to see how my articles are doing and if qualified, share the Tweet to Buzz.

#48 Thank you !

#47 Crap! Did I ever mention that I'm the world's worst speller? There's only 1 M in hemingway
http://www.hemingwayapp.com/

@Paul "Pablo" Croubalian, I'm trying to access www.Hemmingwayapp.com and it is real estate related page. Something has gotten lost or hijacked in translation. Would you check the link again, since you've used it please? Thank you.

#44 You aren't alone, @Aleta Curry. Many people forget or, worse, use buzz@beBee without a space as if it's an email address. That why I added a search function for #buzzBeBee

Just use that hashtag in a twitter share to let beBee know your post qualifies for promotion (20 relevants AND 5 comments)

Great article here , thx for sharing 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝👍👍😊😊😊

1. Messrs Flesch and Kincaid should be shot. If they're already dead, they should be shot again for good measure. Ruining good writing one 'that's-too-hard-to-read' at a time. Relegate that to manuals, where it belongs.

BUT Phil speaketh the truth:

2. 'Tip for Mafiosi: The best place to hide a body is on line 6 of a 12-line blog post paragraph.'
That's really funny, Phil. Ah yes, the mobile phone. Wrecking the English language for good.

3. Some of us (read 'I') really need to be hit over the head with the 'buzz @beBee' thing. I used it when first announced. Do I remember now? No.

Excellent article! Thank you, @Paul "Pablo" Croubalian, for the clear, readable tips for increasing the bang for the buzz. Love the links for text and title evaluation. Do you have any suggested links for finding captivating photos? Hope the twitter feed multiplier buzz @beBee takes off.

@Paul "Pablo" Croubalian More good advice from Professor Paul.

Helpful tips - bookmarked.

I might quote you on that mafioso line.

Thanks for sharing these helpful tips, @Paul "Pablo" Croubalian!

The suggestions highlighted were worth paying heed to. I agree with you on all counts. Am glad that I read this buzz as I have missed it earlier. Thank you so much my friend, @Paul "Pablo" Croubalian View more

The next one's got a 70%+ rating :) Also broke up the 'graphs a bit.

#35 you're very welcome

Wow! Killer points! I learned a few things and now I need to go back and fix the post I wrote today but haven't published yet (not for a few days anyway). Thanks for the quite valuable heads-up!

Or it could be, what I think is awesome slathered in special sauce is highly off the radar of popularity and social media trends.
My stuff tends to land as Glorious festooned sparkled bullshit with a niche market. If I wrote what is popular, my realm would be billionaire BDSM misanthropes initiating yonder waifs into a failing Cinderella rip-off.

#26 thanks @Paul "Pablo" Croubalian that's a great tip - I WILL do just that :) @Javier 🐝 beBee

#73 The shenanigans have almost no relevance, it is about refocusing on how global this platform is and how the right to state our own mind is distributed to everyone. It is about getting this right, from the beginning, so that the framework to accommodate billions of individuals is built in at the foundational level.

#74 Thanks, Deb. Waging a little in-real-life war, but still here.

#72 Great to see you back in the hives, @Aleta Curry

#59 I usually miss the shenanigans (the vile emails I never receive, vicious comments, etc.) and am left most often with innuendo and conjecture. Of couse I never see what is posted on platforms I don't belong to. Maybe its the shillelagh the Leprechauns left me.

This is so well-written I've got nothing to add. Good on ya, @Deb 🐝 Helfrich. Extremely well said!

Time to put this back on the feed. I dedicate this buzz to two of our most preeminent poets. I want to be able to benefit from their finely crafted words for a long time to come. Thank you for all that you share @debasish majumder & @Hervé Sabattier View more

That was a rather intense read. I haven't seen all this bad behavior I keep reading emails about. It's bound happen on any social media site. @Deb 🐝 Helfrich📹📸📷📼⌨💻📲📱⌚️

#60 @Deb 🐝 Helfrich; you give me courage! I have seen an altered state here (in the little time I AM here!); it's okay to let a little 'freedom' into one's writing. Snipping aside, egos aside, rage aside...we're all in the same place, accidental or otherwise. I've witnessed some truly great thinkers as well as those (like me) of average propensity exert their thoughts which are a perfect rainbow of color! Just goes to show...we all need to bare our own 'gimpness' and that's more than okay - it's healing and wonderful!

Phrases like "stop acting immature!" Or "When are you are going to grow up?!" are really funny...I can sssure you (as a world renowned expert in Developmental Neuroscience) that with each "tick o' the clock"...(those of who are still alive) have matured (grown up) in accordance with our individual epigenetic trajectory...

...the process (defined in fact) as the inevitable increasing probability (stastical "closing in") of our death.

This is an inescapable truth ; unfortunately when people "yell at you for acting otherwise"... they are engaging in folly...even worse, would be to believe that anyone is telling you such things is saying anything with a basis in reality.

It's like when someone says: "What's wrong with you; don't you have any "COMMON SENSE?!"...what they really mean (of course) is that they asked you to do something...and you didn't do it the way they would have done it.

C'mon people GROW UP! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU; DON'T YOU HAVE ANY COMMON SENSE? , lol 🕶💫🎯

#59 @Lisa Vanderburg yes!

#64 Thank you @Jan 🐝 Barbosa, my friend.

#51 Thank you dear @Deb 🐝 Helfrich :)

#58 yes, @Deb 🐝 Helfrich is a treasure !!! Kudos to my friends @Milos Djukic @🐝 Fatima G. Williams & to @Phil Friedman who i respect a LOT.

#58 👍

#61 @Phil Friedman Perhaps it is indeed; I we not human? Always (all of us) as close and as far as the ground chosen...to receive the stake...

This very clear Bees' MISSION STATEMENT BY DEB HELFRICH is a must read for anyone trying to understand beBee's overall plan. As Deb says, "Perhaps it is time to remember how much is at stake..." https://www.bebee.com/producer/@juan-imaz/how-much-will-the-equity-of-our-bebee-ambassadors-be-worth

Thank you, Deb, for stating so explicitly what too many tend to gloss over.

FYI - @Milos Djukic, @Lada 🏡 Prkic

#59 I know we aren't doomed, and I think it has to do with re-storying what virtual community is all about. It kinda started as a way to blow off steam, brag, and shout about me, me, me. Those dinosaurs will die out and the bees pollinating a collaborative hive where all things can be expressed, so long as no one is insulted, will create a fruitful new orchard for all the world's citizens.

You said it perfectly, @Lisa Vanderburg, there is nothing hard at all to choosing to interact with our humanity and humility showing.

Damn straight, @Deb 🐝 Helfrich!
I'm getting the distinct impression I've missed some shenanigans ( this is the 200th year PD month - I KNOW you get that). But after reading the wonderful @Ali 🐝 Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee buzz 'A Hive of Ideas', I'm getting the...er...idea.
So. Are we all doomed to failure as social animals on these type sites (think: LI). I truly hope not. It's people like YOU and Ali, and Javier and about 10 others that are keeping this thing working.
We MUST learn grace and civility in the exchange of ideas - your message is well taken; or we lose it. Despite the fact that I'm not here enough to have any sort of stones in this, this MUST keep going with the standards it started with - humanity and more importantly, humility!

@Deb 🐝 Helfrich is a treasure.

#55 I hope so @Javier 🐝 beBee :)

#107 I understand, @Ken Boddie, but though I experience this I don't seem to be as frustrated by it as you are.

I just skim through quickly when I first browse in to beBee and put articles I want to remember (and those I don't have time to read right then) into my Aleta's Reads hive.

Of more concern is the fact that I miss so much from my favourites. There's so much coming in now that I get fatigued before I've read through every single title in my feed.

I have to rely heavily on being 'tagged' by people who've just published something (the reason I happened upon this post, for example). Trouble is, some of my faves simply don't tag people. I feel a little presumptuous doing it myself, but I decided that being thought presumptuous by some was better than having people who are interested in my posts miss them.

So, I would like to see improvement in the area of being able to follow the posts of certain bees. Don't ask me what that would be; happily, I'm a user here, I'm not at the pointy end!

#104 Jeepers! That doesn't sound like Dean :(

You gotta have faith, bro!

#116 @Lance 🐝 Scoular Faith & Work hard and you can achieve anything !!! Have a great week !!!

#115 I have faith in you @Javier 🐝 beBee @Juan Imaz and your team!!!!👍

#114 @Lance 🐝 Scoular that's bad news !!!! I am sorry. beBee is going to be profitable during the next months. We are already successfully monetizing Spain ;-)

GREAT NEWS TO COME !!! BUZZ ON

I must have missed the tag notifications on this @Javier 🐝 beBee and @stephan metral 🐝 Innovative Brand Ambassador for which I thank you.
I have invested more than a substantial amount of time, effort, resources and a wee bit of money (my Scotts heritage bubbling to the surface) in 5 digitally based start- ups in here in Australia over the last number of years. All 5 have fizzled or died.

That's business, that's entrepreneurship.

I understand the concerns expressed by some in the comments below. I have had my own, and questions, conveyed personally.

On the basis of this post and communications received, I for one will continue to support the promotion of beBee for the foreseeable future and look forward to the platforms update.

In the meantime, here are some wise words from some wise ones.
Innovation opportunities do not come with the tempest but with the rustling of the breeze. Peter Drucker
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. Albert Einstein
Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is timing; it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles. Fultong J. Sheen
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. Walter Elliot
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line. Warren Bennis
The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil. Thomas Edison

Hey @Javier 🐝 beBee, my StartupRanking article for July just been release....its full of honey....Fingers licking good ! Cc @Juan Imaz And @Federico 🐝 Álvarez San Martín y @José 🐝 Jordán de Urríes - https://www.bebee.com/producer/@stephan-metral/bebee-startupranking-growth-for-july-2nd-2017

Yes @Javier 🐝 beBee, beBee should provide a fractal revoluttion in social media. It means that users are the integral part of a team. Listen and learn. Thank you.

#110 LoL, takes ironmen to run that ! But we have a few one like @Trainerglobal Oscar Álvarez , More than this, maybe some still do not get the applied mathematics big pictures of beBee's phenomenon...Socially, digitally...it is the dawn of a new Era. Who did precede the roman civilisation? Now LinkedIn is afraid that history repeats itself again.

#102 thanks @Paul Walters for your support. This is a marathon. Some runners leave the race :) buzz on!

#104 @Dean Owen we will profitable by the end of this year , we are already successfully monetizing Spain ;) good luck !

#107 @Ken Boddie don't worry. We are on it. Few weeks to go!

I have been greatly impressed, @Javier 🐝 beBee, by the success of this great platform and cherish the many friends I have found here. I do, however, share some of the concerns of @Dean Owen (as set out in his various comments below) relating to the future. I continue to be frustrated by the increasing amount of time I have to spend trawling through posts with which I have little or no affinity, in order to find those I wish to read and pass comment on, and have tried many ways to limit my feed, but without much lasting success. I voiced my concerns in my posts of September and November last year as follows: https://www.bebee.com/producer/@ken-boddie/fellow-bees-we-have-a-traffic-problem; and
https://www.bebee.com/producer/@ken-boddie/we-know-our-favourite-producers-write-but-do-we-know-our-favourite-producers-right
From the subsequently received post comments it appears that many others are also having difficulty with their feeds and consequently are also missing posts from their favourite bees (Fbees). We were then, back in September, promised a great conceptual solution which you called the STING, but there has been very little more to come on this subject since, and the repeated promises of major change continue without fruition. Your above enthusiastic explanation is gratefully received, but perhaps this would be an apt time to reinforce, to your many devotees, a commitment to including the STING at the earliest possible opportunity? 🤔

@Javier 🐝 beBee - As far back as our first Skype conversation, I have had no doubt that beBee will succeed in growing the platform. I am excited to see the new updates - but understand that it takes time to cultivate and grow any business with many peaks and valleys. I love how you keep us all included!

Enjoy Namibia my friend. We are but a few travel writers in a sea of marketers so we are critical to helping the beBee feed attract your typical internet user who are simply here to enjoy and communicate. Writers and storytellers like you and the delectable Ken Boddie are precious and I will follow you both until the ink runs dry.

#103 i would love to if I was certain beBee would still be around many years from now. I fear they have, and are making some major strategic blunders by focusing on building a platform with the content provider in mind where they need to focus on what your typical internet user needs and wants to see. I don't want to wake up some day and find my writings have dissapeared because the plug has been pulled. I need to feel confident that my articles will be there for my children to read many years from now. I hope they prove me wrong. I need beBee to succeed. As such, I sent them an email detailing all my concerns yesterday, but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears.....

#3 @Dean Owen well thats sad Dean san . My week is never complete without a Dean Owen post to read. Reconsider if you would. I lie under the stars in the Namib desert and the silence is deafening. Do keep posting or do I have to beg!!!

@Javier 🐝 beBee I am deep in the Namib desert in Namibia and surprisingly I have a wi fi connection! Under a billion stars and a deafening silence I was able to read your innovative piece. I admire the company's decision to felay your launch until it lives up to your and your team' s expectation. I for one have enormous faith in beBee for through it I have made astonishing discoveries and met great people. Thank you

Inspiring, and anything worth doing - and doing right - takes time! Can't wait to see the result of innovation - in the true sense of the word - on beBee! We can absolutely make it the premier platform on the 'net - but it's as much on the users' shoulders as the platform itself

Guess what...we can wait as long as u need if we replace 1000$ a week by a 10000$/week, because we know that if Rafael Nada can win 10 x roland garros , podemos tambien ! Vamossssssssssssss ! cc @Raul Duque Montánez View more

#12 😂

Vamossssssssssssssssss !

#10 Say it in Spanish ! I will do the voice over ! LOL

#9 I have done several, (the image is very bad) although not shouting Vaaamoooos, and my English is very basic 😅

#8 Try a simple 30 sec. to 1 minutes about what passionate you the most in Spain, get outdoors, have a beautiful panaroma background in a selfie smartdevice shooting, talk about the 3 top reasons why you love beBee And at the end, say check it out on BeBee and un grito cual rafeal Nadal does: vamoooooos ! Then post it on MybeBeeTV Hive and let me do the magic ! Come On @Irene 🐝 Rodriguez Escolar Vamos ! You can do it !

I love live buzz, although I'm not successful, I keep trying.

The Convergence experiment is for everyone, everywhere, from all cultures and languages, no matter where you are from, what you have to share or if you are a n everyday's users or a social media influencer. What matters as @Javier 🐝 beBee View more

Thanks to beBee's admins for sharing the HowTo Live buzz on MybeBeeTV's Hive for the Convergence Experiment supported by @Gabriel Bazzolo , @Lance 🐝 Scoular @Joan MacDougal and @Stephane 🐝 Fenner our pionneers ! Best PR ever on beBee , the award goes to @Franci🐝Eugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand Ambassador for her Hive Talks support and all the bees finding the Pioneers initiatives relevant ! I & You are because We are !

'Oh well, at least I have fresh herbs, kangaroos and clean air and water!'
it's not little! lol

#2 Okay, I understand, @Javier 🐝 beBee. That means that normal people from normal places can do it from their Android or iPhone device. If you live like me and have to climb a hill, find exactly the right spot, face Mecca and stand on one leg to send a text, you can't.

Oh well, at least I have fresh herbs, kangaroos and clean air and water! :D

#1 @Aleta Curry You can do if from your Android or iPhone device.

So...wait... Can't you do live streaming from a pc? That is, if you were producing something or presenting something, do you know what I mean? A webinar or a hangout or whatever you might call it.

Oh, Flavio - these are worthy of Aesop himself! Had to admit I did several LOLs - with snort! :D

#1 Good one, @Gert Scholtz

#2 The lion has many other qualities he doesn't really need to write ... lol

Please do not use Jap @Nick Mlatchkov, but answering you I have translated that from Portuguese but I don not know who wrote it #7

Flavio, did u figure out these yourself, or they are Jap tales?

#5 That is a real possibility @Flavio 🇯🇵 Souza 🐝 :)

Sure @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher thank you for your feedback , probably in the capitalism world reality we are all living in, the boss would grab the magic lamp and run away without the employees even think of their wishes : ) #4

I love the story about the magical lamp. These are great, thanks for the tag and sharing these lessons, which were fun to read!

FYI @Aleta Curry @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher @Praveen Raj Gullepalli @Victoria Toumit

@Gert Scholtz thank you, another good one from Africa : " Until the lion learns to write, the tale of the hunt will glorify the hunter. "#1

@Flavio 🇯🇵 Souza 🐝 Irreverent and enjoyable Flavio! And here is one more from Africa: A lion is capable of capturing, killing, and eating a field mouse. But the energy required to do so exceeds the caloric content of the mouse itself. So a lion that spends its day hunting and eating field mice would slowly starve to death. A lion can't live on field mice. A lion needs antelope. Antelope are big animals. They take more speed and strength to capture and kill, but once killed, they provide a feast for the lion and her pride. So ask yourself: 'Do I spend today chasing mice or hunting antelope?

I have yet to see one of these comparative articles where LinkedIn came out the winner. There's something in that.

Great news 👍

#30 I had the same experience too. More followers on LinkedIn, but more engagement on beBee.

A great article guys and thank you for putting this together. I've noticed much the same and have just shared this on LinkedIn. Keep up the great work, the future is bright, the future is beBee! Best wishes, Simon

Awesome!

Now prove this works over an extended period of time. how do you know it was not a fluke? there is no perfect algorithm anyone that says there is is either misguided or they do not understand human behavior. riddle me this ... based on this experiment how many job offers and actual money came in?? and if actual money did come in from this let me dupicate your system and have actual money come into my paypal or bank account. what benefit is it if you have 600 million views but no sales. give me 6,000 views but 50% of those people actually buying your product, service, info, or technology.

Cool ! beBee will become unbeatable soon ! CC @Juan Imaz @John White, MBA @Rafael García Romano

Hi Matt,

As a newbie with only two weeks on beBee, I have come to the same conclusion. I have done the same experiment on both platforms (both buzz/updates and producer/articles). Same result.

As you, I also have much more followers on LinkedIn (4 times).

So I think this bodes well for beBee. Keep the honey flowing.

Bebee magic...

Good one @Matt 🐝 Sweetwood. I did the same sort of experiment a few months ago and got more or less the same results. File it under independent verification. PS Would liked to collapse this down into a meme, if you don't mind. Let me know if that's OK,. Will send it to you before I post.

Yep, numbers speak for themselves. Go bees!

High user engagement, satisfaction and affinity becomes the best form of networking. beBee rocks at it #GobeBee #keepbuzzing :)

VERY RELEVANT !!! :)

@Matt 🐝 Sweetwood BOOM !!!!!

One thing I thrived on was LinkedIn's detailed analytics which is no longer available. I could tell what kind of audience I was reaching and viewed it often. Now I have to simply luck out and get a like from one of my target audience which is not readily forthcoming. Comments are key to who is viewing your posts now. BeBee interactors are generous with their comments, unlike LI.

I've seen similar results.

I agree - it's awesome. I've done similar tests and got the same results. In some cases, my post on beBee was in Google results within seconds of posting.

stay the course beBee and @Matt 🐝 Sweetwood, get ready for the most adorable success journey ever!!!

Great news @Matt 🐝 Sweetwood!! I would expect the numbers will continue to rise and beBee's standing will too. Thanks for posting this, always love to hear news like this!

Cool stats, Matt! Nothing speaks like data. I think I saw your article first on Twitter. It beBee's 1, 2 punch.

#35 'Course it made sense, @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher. You always make sense! :)

#24 I have to agree @Aleta Curry, if someone is called out in a group format, whether it's in front of others at work or on an email and the person who berated 'said person' was wrong, they do need to apologize to the entire group. This is where cliques form or people lose trust. An easy example, when my kids were growing up, I would occasionally call out one of my kids in front of the other. There were times I was wrong, *gasp* and I made sure to apologize to both of them because I knew it affected not only my child I chastised but my other child who was present. I hope that made sense.

#32 You tooo Hugs :)

Exactly as you are dear @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher

#30 @🐝 Fatima G. Williams, yes as humans we all have flaws. I like to reflect on my flaws so I can grow. I think most of us do. We have a great community here on beBee and I'm thankful for people like yourself, @Ali 🐝 Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee and so many!

Thank you dear @Milos Djukic for tagging me to this buzz. I agree with @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher in that @Sandra Smith has discussed very relevant pints In differences we learn; in disagreement we see the other side of the coin. In negativity we build barriers; in disagreement we create spaces in which we may learn and advance.

#26 Very true @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher What does one gain from such confrontations.
I don't see a point here. I only see the uniqueness of an individual though they may all have flaws. But hey we are all humans aren't we ?
If we where chinese we would have eaten the snake rather than be thrown out of the garden of eden ( LOL) I'd stay chinese in this regard. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

#27 Awww, shucks!

#25 You've got plenty cheerleaders too Aleta;)

#20 Thank you @David B. Grinberg, I'd have to say the same for you! You are selfless with your sharing and you promote others graciously. @Sandra Smith, you made excellent points above.

For me personally, I refuse to sqaubble with others on beBee or any platform for that matter. I stay away from heated topics because that's just my preference. Those who choose to join a heated topic they do need to remember things can get out of control fast, if even just one person begins to attack.. others may come to defend and many feelings can get hurt. I love your suggestions because those are great steps to follow in order to avoid confrontation with another.

I really try hard to choose my words wisely and I would never want to hurt anyone on here. Everyone has feelings and these are good rules to follow with life in general and on the job.

#22 Excellently put, Praveen, and I agree with it all. Except that I really do want an hour with Trump. Wait, make that an hour with Trump with impartial witnesses in the room.

Comment 1

Thanks for wishing me a Happy Saturday, Sandra, though it's already Sunday afternoon Down Under; I couldn't get to reading earlier.

I agree with everything except the part about cc/reply to all. If someone has insulted me in public (and it hasn't happened here, thank goodness) they owe me (or you, or Joe Bloggs) a public apology. That is not to make them lose face, it is so that the matter gets proper closure. That's directly taken from Management Training, every good boss should know that berating someone in public and then pulling them aside later and saying 'I'm sorry about that' is weaselly. That manager is simply afraid of losing face and may not be at all sorry.

Not that they have to flagellate themselves publicly shouting mea culpa mea maxima culpa over the loudspeaker, but they can simply say at the next meeting or around the water cooler, 'I just want to say that I was wrong in...or I apologise to Aleta for...I've said this to her privately, but I wanted to say it in front of all of you.' Then move on to the next next item in the Agenda or lunch or whatever, no song and dance, and Aleta doesn't get the right of rebuttal and there should be no commenting from the rest of the group unless the situation was so horrible that that has to occur, in which case you need a session with a counsellor.

Cont'd from Comment 1

In the same vein, I think it's wrong to cc people *if they were not part of the original communication*. If they were, however, and you want to say one thing to all of them, they're quite within their rights to 'reply all', otherwise you're being unjust and horribly unfair to the party of the first part.

I do agree that a better way would be for whoever is in charge to step in and say that this is not the way things are done (making it clear that s/he means the original nasty comments) and instructing the jury to disregard the remarks) Which is of course much the same thing as telling a classroom of children to think of anything except rainbows and lollipops, but there you have it. So what am I talking about?

The jury will please disregard Mrs Curry's remarks.

It takes all kinds to make the world. Same with beBee I'd presume. But here one can get away with a lot as opposed to the real world:) The same care/etiquette/civility we exercise while differing in opinion or a POV ought to be exercised here too, in all conversations. Think the person you are responding (not reacting to) is right in front of you and then talk. Even if it is the President himself ;) It is easy being heroic sitting some thousands of miles away from the object of ridicule in a cosy chair behind a PC...but would one do the same face to face, like say in the Trump arena? ;) Everyone likes to be heard. Everyone likes to hear something different (a different POV need not be a disagreement or negativity); said with regard and respect, even camaraderie (depending on the kind of connect already established). beBee cannot become a battleground for old foes from the Atlantis. Ignore-Block-Report-Ban is a good progression. beBee is a fresh start...and a new beginning!

News is filtered, produced, sanitized and delivered based on Agenda. That you are not hearing of the attacks, violence, murder, rioting, looting, rapes and kidnappings - doesn't mean they are not happening - it just means that the game the handlers are playing want you dumb, culled and complacent to what is going on. Information is a weapon - the 'news' is at best a confetti gun & cheap bullhorn. Signed from a conflict you wont hear about on the 'news' for another year - with an ever growing body count.

@Milos Djukic @🐝 Fatima G. Williams @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher @John White, MBA @Lance 🐝 Scoular are five of the most gracious and giving bees on this platform, or any other one. They are always sharing and kindly commenting on the content of others without being prompted. This is the "attitude of gratitude" that helps make this such an amazing platform. Of course, there are many others to name, but you can only tag five bees in one comment. Thanks to ALL!

A timely reminder to "measure twice and cut once".

Great buzz. Some excellent tips.

Great buzz @Sandra Smith Thanks

Another timely reminder, Sandra, that we need to mind our manners and be respectful in our comments to others. I sometimes wonder if some bees fully understand when they are being repeatedly "condescending and provocative" and hope that they may read your post and that the penny may drop.

Thanks for the share, @Claire L Cardwell

#7 Look after yourself, @Aleta Curry!

Workable tactics that can bring in great outcomes when marketing and sales teams work in unison.

Great post, @Renée 🐝 Cormier I do most, (when I remember!) but not all, (can't very well give away free Picassos) and you're making me start to thing about projects I can delegate in the future, as opposed to doing it all myself and having the doctor threaten to hospitalise me for my own good! (Yeah, that really happened.)

Hi Renee wonderful to see something great from you coming through my feed again! I'm saving to read later today!

#4 thanks renee

#3 I should let you know, Fatima, that beBee is a rather engaged and intelligent community. Posting spam links in the comment thread might seem like a really good way to spread your content and generate leads but it won't actually help your business. Let me explain why.

First of all, the link is posted out of context.
Secondly, the long tail title within the link is spammy and most people will ignore it. Remember, beBee is full of intelligent and thoughtful members who are all over the age of 14.
Thirdly, content marketing is all about presenting people with quality content and then trying to engage with them. That link simply won't do.
Fourthly, by posting spam, you undermine your own credibility as a business person. Trust is an essential component for any sale. While you may be very trustworthy and honest, this kind of link and the fact that you are spamming comment fields will cause people to question your credibility. Even if someone clicks on it out of curiosity, they likely won't buy.

https://millionairesempire.com/make-money-online-fast-easy-way-millionaires-empire-san-diego-usa/

Good list, good reminders. Thank you for sharing @Renée 🐝 Cormier.

Thnaks for the share, @Javier 🐝 beBee!

Thank YOU again, Jan, for including me with such a distinguished group of social media experts. I greatly appreciate your kind recognition and production of this excellent series. I can't wait to read the next edition. Thanks for all YOU do, Jan -- your buzz rocks!

Jan Barbosa's weekly social media wrap up no. 16

Great work as usual @Jan 🐝 Barbosa.

Many thanks, @Jan 🐝 Barbosa. Another great summary and appreciate the mention.

Kudos, Jan, on another timely and informative edition of The Week in Social Media. I appreciate your including my post about how blogging on beBee = better personal branding. Have a great weekend!

Wow, I didn't see this coming, @Jan 🐝 Barbosa. I am honored to be included with so many really impressive Social Media professionals.

Thank you for the inclusion Jan!

Interesting newsletter. A good variety of sociap media articles this week.
Proud to be included. Thank you @Jan 🐝 Barbosa

This week we bring posts and interviews by @Wendy van Gilst @Carmen Lascu @David B. Grinberg @Deb 🐝 Helfrich @Sandra Smith @Candice 🐝 Galek

@Melonie Dodaro @John White, MBA

@Judit Lerch @Netta Virtanen @Matt 🐝 Sweetwood the list has been updated.

Grandes embajadores y felicidades a las nuevas incorporaciones, en especial al paisano @Alberto 🐝 de la Torre

Enhorabuena a todos!, con retraso... ;)

#161 👍👍

Enhorabuena a los nuevos embajadores!!!, a seguir polinizando!!

Felicidades a todos los nuevos embajadores. Ahora a polinizar 🐝🐝🐝

#155 si @Carmen 🐝 Juanes Luis podemos empezar con un barraquito y luego ya pasamos a la caña jejeje

#159 😘😘😘

@Javier 🐝 beBee , no me lo esperaba tan rápido ! Estoy muy contenta y sólo puedo agradecer ya que disfruto mucho con esta red social, muy distinta a las demas. GRACIAS!!
Y sobre todo gracias a @Carmen 🐝 Juanes Luis por pensar en mi para este proyecto. Un beso enorme 😘😘

#157 Todos sumando @Josean Rueda Cardenas.

#154 Muchas gracias Mamem. Realmente me hace mucha ilusión participar activamente en beBee :)

Enhorabuena a todis los nuevos embajadores. Vamossssssssss

@Mónica Salvador Rodriguez que alegría, hay que celebrarlo.

@Josean Rueda Cardenas Enhorabuena.

@Carmen 🐝 Juanes Luis @Mónica Salvador Rodriguez

¡Qué bonita lista! Me imagino a todos reunidos en una convención de beBee 😊

Buena Lista !!!

#149 Gracias Javier por la confianza depositada! Espero que beBee vuele muy alto :)

I am seeing a trend towards a series of shorter - straight to the point - vids replacing longer vids explaining many complex concepts.

#7 You ought to talk to Sandra Smith then, since she has some experience in this area too. Also, if you want any help in this area, I have become quite good at video editing lately :-)

I'm looking forward to reading this, as I've been researching video Marketing quite seriously for the last couple of months.

More in the video marketing debate.

#4 superb , i am very much happy with this input . I want to add this point in my article. Thank you so much Ma'am :)

Excellent post! I would like to add the benefits of offering live videos (these can be part of the learning process) in order to increase engagement between instructor and learner / student, answer questions and discuss comments in real time. The students will feel more involved in the learning process and the instructor can customize the topic even more. I am a huge promoter of live video and I always include this component in all my coaching programs with excellent results.

#1 true & very soon the majority of the communication will go by visual. Thanks for your comment though :)

We learnt many things from our visual. Thanks for sharing your post @Ravi Ranjan

Bad news for sure although not surprising. Will be the last blow to the blogging platform which will then die because where else to share content... I see you've unfollowed me (for whatever reason Anne so can't tag you)...

One of the foremost LinkedIn Experts just posted that she has heard LinkedIn groups will close in about 4 months. So rumours are 1 - 4 months. She quotes a source at LinkedIn so take this seriously.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/108192040419269411690/posts/72cvt36w5fi?cfem=1

Has anyone successfully migrated a LInkedIn Group to beBee, Facebook Groups, or Google+?

How did you do it and what advice can you give to help the transition go smoothly?

It is an excellent idea Scott.

Related to my post on importing, I would think that the site operators would find that having some "tool" to manage the inbound migration of LinkedIn profiles would dramatically increase migration. Is this not a good idea?

Is there ANY way to import a profile from LinkedIn or Mosaic or somewhere, instead of trying to create one from scratch? With all the different things going on, spending an hour doing this seems a bit wasted...

Still pumping out the original announcement and added this post

Shared 🐤🐳 🔥& 🚴

@Scott Simmerman I have no choice but to move the Executive Team Building Network. I have tried but, as I said in my open letter, without basic tools, we're dead in the water. I hope people will migrate here.

Good job on all of this. So many things to get caught up on, moved, adjusted and all that. But it certainly appears that this can happen. Thanks for all that.

@David B. Grinberg I am a passionate person. When I find something that works, I tell everybody about it. Social media has been such a struggle lately and this has put the fun back into it. It's easy, it's fun. There is interaction, deep thought and great conversations. What more could anyone ask for.

Kudos, Anne, on all of your exemplary advice and admirable efforts in writing about beBee and moving your groups to this fast-growing social startup which has unlimited potential. I can't say enough how thrilled the beBee community is to have you here.
Moreover, no one likes moving, generally speaking, whether to a new house or a new social platform. But you have done so with savvy, style and grace, for which I commend. Keep buzzing, Anne, as we appreciate all YOU do!

#4 I am glad that you all found it to be beneficial.

Excellent advice, Anne. Thank you for sharing.

What a clear description with clear advice! Thank you @Anne 🐝 Thornley-Brown, MBA!

Lots of useful information here @Anne 🐝 Thornley-Brown, MBA. I'm excited this move over here! It's a great time to be a part of beBee family.

@John White, MBA @Jim Murray @Paul "Pablo" Croubalian @Lisa 🐝 Gallagher @Renée 🐝 Cormier @Katyan Roach

There is an obvious reason why the anarchists voted for Trump, they were first to know where this is going, and there is his buddy Steve Bannon who actually believes that economics involves 80 year cycles that culminate in a horrific war, that is necessary for the good of people or at least he has made movies with that kind of message. Why would organizations like CNN give up a good thing, in just the rise of Trump and the election process, CNN profits went through the roof. There is a point where listening to what this new administration is doing simply consumes quality of life, It sometimes feels like the "Say Anything to Win" party is the actual winner of the US Electoral College Vote.

#4 ah, Obmacare - what a clusterf*ck. The marketing cry of this monster is that 42 to 48 Million people in the US didn't have health care.....So they ram the PPACA down the throat of America with the penalties, fines and thuggery of the IRS - they pass it (without reading what was in it) and suddenly only 31 Million are now without healthcare - nearly overnight ...... except they weren't. What they did / and the CBO is complicit in this bullshit - is remove the 11 to 13 Million of 'Illegals' from the count of how many were uninsured because they were not 'eligible for coverage' ......There has been no Statistical net gain in Insurance coverage in over 8 years. Go ask the carriers. I am well in touch with their enrollment and performance numbers. The expansion of Medicaid has been meteroic - but that is NOT insurance and many doctors, clinics, and facilities have long refused to accept those patients - John Hopkins being the most recently vocal about it. http://bit.ly/2nEKYE1 Doctors dont work for free. Health Care in America is a Casino - those lights are one because of generations of suckers before you and next to you, paid - and oftent through their lives (go take a long look at deaths related to medical errors). - I would be happy to have a discussion that involves numbers, performance, stats and historic precedence - because as you all know by now - I grant no currency to feelings. NONE.

The 'news' has been fake produced lies much longer than Trump.....and where were the Soviet Alarmists when y'all put a confirmed Marxist Leninist Red Banner Loving Revolutionary and his Cult of Personality into 1600 Pennsylvania 8 years ago? https://youtu.be/WtGrp5MbzAI View more

#4 Doesn't everybody in America, who can afford it, have access to health insurance. This is the key issue that's either going to bankrupt or in point of fact kill a huge number of Americans. This is the most incompetent, uncaring administration in the history of your country. Sooner or later, somebody or some group will strike back.

I watched an interview today with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price. It was completely disheartening to see him deflect every question about the currently pending healthcare bill (including the projection that 14 million people would lose their coverage immediately, and perhaps 24 million over the longer term) with absolute politic-BS about how this bill was only part of a multi-prong plan, the other parts of which would follow at some indefinite time in the future. And that the Trump administration is committed to assuring that every American would eventually have "access" (direct quote) to healthcare insurance. What he assiduously avoided answering was what "access" meant, how access would make a difference if people couldn't afford the insurance, and what would happen to those who immediately lost their insurance in the meantime. Either Price is a liar or self-delusional. Hmmmm... sounds like his boss, doesn't it? Good thing California wine is good and still cheap.

#2 @Paul Walters. I am. I just pray (not really), that the shit doesn't rub off on us. That stuff smells really bad.

@Jim Murray Aint you glad you live on the right side of the border!!!

It pains me to think that our youth might look back at this time a decade from now and consider it "the good old days." Another fantastic post, Jim.