Name: Cathy Carlton
Person or site who referred you:
I'm a member
Company: Carlton's Creative
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URL:
Time Zone: Central Daylight
Time
Region: US South
Street Address: 221 Ray Krebbs
Ave
City & State: Wylie, TX 75098
Personal Bio:
By day, I manage a legacy software testing team as a consultant to a major
telecomm company. I have been in the telecomm industry for 24 years, 15 of
which have been in the IT side of the house. For the past 4 1/2 years, I have
supported testing teams as Test Project Manager and I hold a Master's
Certificate in Project Management. I have also worked the technical side as a
developer, designer/analyst and tech/team/project lead in a COBOL,IMS, MVS, DB2,
VSAM environment.
I am native Floridian, but I currently reside in Wylie,
TX, which is a suburb of the sprawling DFW (Dallas-Fort Worth) metroplex. I
enjoy reading, photography, jewelry-making/beading, oil & pastel painting,
hiking, beachcombing and just being outdoors.
Your business specialization:
Various - Online advertising, publishing, website design/development, retail
products, custom jewelry
Products / services:
- Products / services: (Top 5)
Advertising Co-op/Article Bank
(KickTheEmailHabit.com)
Custom Jewelry & Beads
( http://www.quikonnex.com/channel/page/carltonscorner-beads
Web/Internet Resources, info, tools (CarltonsCorner.com)
Domain
names/hosting/site tools (WildWeaselDomains.com)
Retail gifts/collectibles
(CarltonsGifts.com) )
Business accomplishments: I have created and maintain
websites for my own businesses and several
other businesses and individuals.
Being largely self-taught in html, each site has presented unique challenges. I
have run a successful email newsletter, and now publish on three different
Quikonnex channels. I have written, formatted, compiled and sold ebooks. Most
recently, I have created the infrastructure for a 50+ category article bank.
All of this has been done part-time in parallel with my full-time IT job. In
addition, I have created and sold dozens of new custom jewelry items and I look
forward to developing this new business. My husband and I will soon be moving
out of the Dallas area down to the growing town of Rockport. While on vacation
recently, we found a new gallery opening up. We had discussed opening our own
shop, but just can't do it while both of us are working. This gallery allows us
to rent and stock our space and the owners do the rest. I stocked the store
with a couple of my oil paintings, framed photography, lots of jewelry and
giftware. I'm looking forward to making the move and being nearby to see the
business grow and get other businesses running. If you're in the Rockport,
Texas area, stop by Waterstreet Boardwalk in the downtown shopping district and
check out my shop.
What differentiates your company from
your competition?
KickTheEmailHabit advertising services provide an alternative and/or
complement to email marketing. Using RSS technology, ads placed by our clients
are displayed on the websites and channels of all participating publishers and
weblogs are pinged with each new ad placement. To keep content fresh and
active, we publish a thought for the day page, Kickin' It Daily, and we publish
articles almost every day to drive traffic to the channel. >From a co-op
publisher perspective, one-time implementation of a simple line of code and, of
course, promotion of services, is all it takes to participate. There's no email
to cull through, no confirmations,
list maintenance, or other time-consuming
activities to take away from your own publishing activities.
Cathy's
Creations offers only high-quality jewelry items made with the best materials
and sterling silver findings. Most pieces are made from bone, wood, stone and
semi-precious gemstone beads. Special requests are gladly entertained. I've
found the pricing to be substantially below current "boutique" markets selling
comparable products.
CarltonsCorner is also RSS-based and email free,
plus it covers a wide variety of topics. Very little advertising too right
now!
CarltonsGifts features a wide variety of products at a constant 20%
discount. No need to go looking for sales.
CarltonsPhoto features our
original photographic works, all of which are hand-signed, matted and mounted -
ready to hang in your open stock frame.
WingsAndAPrayer features an
assortment of inspirational and angel themed items which are not likely to be
found elsewhere. Also featured are custom-created greeting cards created from
our original photographic works, hand-signed, labeled and including your choice
of pre-written verses/message or even your own message.
WildWeaselDomains features value-pricing on domain name registration.
Even regular pricing is 1/3 that of the "big name" registrants. Plus, the
domain is registered to YOU, not to some reseller. I encourage Quikonnex
publishers and and webmasters who host their accounts on freebie hosting
services (ISP, local) to secure a .com domain name to help establish name and
brand identity and present a more professional image.
Types of companies you've done business with:
B2B providers, domain and list hosting companies, single and multi-site
retail shops, eBay members, network marketers, MLM-ers, brick and mortar retail
and wholesale vendors.
Do you want to form a joint partnership or strategic alliance? If
both, please explain.
I would consider strategic alliances that are truly strategic for all
parties involved.
Types of companies you're looking to do business with:
Would consider a co-publishing arrangement for Carlton's Corner for a
prolific author whose businesses are complementary to, but not in competition
with, my own. Open to other mutually-beneficial relationships
What can you bring to table to make the business relationship a
success?
Creativity, technical skills, research skills, management/ organization
skills, written communication, web design/development, advertising, article
writing, ebook publishing.
Do you have any social capital that can be used to make the
business relationship a prosperous venture?
My local personal network is small, but I have a fairly extensive
readership at Carlton's Corner and KickTheEmailHabit plus a Ryze network, Yahoo
groups, fellow publishers and other individuals and businesses online. There's
also my partner, friend and power networker - Kim! ;-)
URL to your article library or newsletter:
30 second business pitch to attract companies to form a joint
partnership or strategic alliance with your company:
As owner and representative for a variety of
businesses, I have a wide range of talents, interests and outlets, including
online advertising, publishing, ebook authoring and publishing, web design and
development, project management, resource management, merchandising, art and
jewelry-making. I am energetic and driven where my own businesses are
concerned. Once I commit to a partnership or venture with you, I will be
equally dedicated. Visit http://www.CathyCarlton.com to learn more about me and my businesses.
News I would like published about my company:
I'm excited about our upcoming move to Rockport and our new
brick-and-mortar "shop" in the arts district of that growing coastal community.
From KickTheEmailHabit, we're still accepting articles for
our RSS-based article bank. Just send them to me at ivwcc@verizon.net
CarltonsGifts.com has just been updated with our December
New Arrivals and just a few days remain for Christmas shipping!
IVWCC members will get a free gift with merchandise
purchases of $25.00 or more (not including tax/shipping) if you email me a copy
of your order confirmation.
Would you be interested in submitting a news item to the Women's
News Bureau about your local women in business market and or writing an expert
article for Virtual Businesswoman magazine? Absolutely!
Would you be interested in submitting an article for
consideration for Virtual Businesswoman Magazine? Additional Comments: (Other
things you would like everyone to know about you or your company).
Yes!
