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This is an excerpt from The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot’s most famous poem:

Ganga was sunken, and the limp leaves
Waited for rain, while the black clouds
Gathered far distant, over Himavant.
The jungle crouched, humped in silence.
Then spoke the thunder
D A
Datta: what have we given?
My friend, blood shaking my heart
The awful daring of a moment’s surrender
Which an age of prudence can never retract
By this, and this only, we have existed
Which is not to be found in our obituaries
Or in memories draped by the beneficent spider
Or under seals broken by the lean solicitor
In our empty rooms
D A
Dayadhvam: I have heard the key
Turn in the door once and turn once only
We think of the key, each in his prison
Thinking of the key, each confirms a prison
Only at nightfall, aetherial rumours
Revive for a moment a broken Coriolanus




This is one of those completely nonsensical spam emails that I just got:

The parapet of the bridge:
Lady Mabel forgot that she, showing the book,
don’t you remember the and six others that are apasadas?
These are thee: she paused for a moment beneath the shadow of mother’s knee.
As we approached, however, they fostered his love of plunder,
and inclined him Samakulam to Jhashakulam.
153. i.e., using cars sits back in disgusted contempt
at such a loose bathed in their marrow,
Bhima wandered over the duties.
He valued him as a practical–responsible form was small and wholly white.
Her long white is nearly three times what it was five years ago.




Hmm…

“Apasadas”, “Samakulam”, “Jhashakulam”, and “Bhima” are all from the Mahābhārata, a major Sanskrit epic of ancient India. T.S. Eliot made frequent allusions to the Mahābhārata in the exact same way. Nice to see that the spammers have been brushing up on their 20th Century American poetry styles.

I could probably scrape together a Bojo moral out of this (remember to use Sanskrit allusions in your tabs!), but mostly I just thought it was kind of funny that 100% random, incoherent strings of words uncannily resemble one of history’s most famous poems.

Enjoy the afternoon haiku!

- Ganesh

…I mean – Regan

 

 

Folks, we’re delighted you survived April Fools, and even more delighted that you’re using your time to soak up useful Bojo blurbs. But, this relationship has left us wanting more…

That’s right, we want to read YOUR blogs! And why not? After all, you steadfast readers are the cream of the crop, the crème de la crème, the…cream of…wheat?

The point is, you guys are on the cutting edge of your own industries, and all of us at Email Ideas are truly curious what you’re writing about. The usual role of a blogroll is to help generate mutual website traffic, and sure, that mission shall be accomplished. But mostly, we want to compile a collection of our users’ blogs so we can learn more about you, your needs, your business, and what we can do to assist all three.

On a personal note, I think this is a pretty cool thing. How often do Google and Microsoft and Apple express specific interest in you and your words? They sure haven’t asked me lately, and since Email Ideas is clearly more than triple the size of those companies combined, this is quite an offer.

On another note, how many times has Microsoft used sarcasm lately…

So that’s all: we’d love for you to add www.emailideas.com/bojoblog to your own blog, and we will graciously do the same. Just post a comment below with your blog’s URL!

 

 

Forgive me! I’ve been so cryptic lately.

I keep hitting the “social networking” buzzword in these blogs, and I’ve neglected to really expound on that.

We all know the online social networking behemoths out there: Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Linkedin, Myspace, Bebo. We all know that these networking giants receive billions of visits per month. We all know there’s boatloads of potential in the world of social networking. At this point, I feel safe to assume that you (yes you, devoted reader) are already involved in social networking. Fair? Great!

What I’m here to do is help you start tying your Bojo into the mix.

Feel free to scan this next part until you find your social network of choice.

               Facebook

Well, you’re one of 175 million unique users, and it’s about time you learned how to link directly to your profile. Simply logging in and copying the URL won’t do it! But fear not–we have an ace up our sleeves.

1. Log into Facebook and view your own profile. In the URL you’ll find an 8-or-so-digit number (id=12345678). This is your profile ID. Save it!

2. Now log into your Bojo account and edit your information. Change one of your tabs to “Facebook Me” or something like that, and paste this URL:

http://www.facebook.com/people/@/12345678 (substituting your ID for the numbers, of course)

3. Voila, you’re all set! Check out my example Bojos below for the finished product. Elizabeth Ward Small is a friend of ours, so be a friend of hers!

               Myspace

Linking to your Myspace profile is easy as pie, cake, or any other tasty confection.

1. When you created your Myspace page, you set up a “vanity URL”. For example: www.myspace.com/myspacevanityurl

2. Now log into your Bojo account and edit your information. Change one of your tabs to “Myspace Me” or something like that, and paste this URL:

http://www.myspace.com/myspacevanityurl (substituting in your personal URL, of course)

3. Voila, you’re all set! Check out my example Bojos below for the finished product. The example I use is my musician friend Jeffrey Joslin. Feel free to add him as a friend!

               Twitter

Linking to your Twitter page is walk and/or gallant stroll in the park.

1. When you created your Twitter account, you set up a “vanity URL”. For example: www.twitter.com/twittervanityurl

2. Now log into your Bojo account and edit your information. Change one of your tabs to “My Twitter” or something like that, and paste this URL:

http://www.twitter.com/twittervanityurl (substituting in your personal URL, of course)

3. Voila, you’re all set! Check out my example Bojos below for the finished product. Oh, and feel free to follow for notices when we update the Bojo Blog!

               YouTube

Linking your Bojo to a YouTube video was covered in February 19th’s blog, so let’s focus on linking to a YouTube profile instead.

1. Your YouTube account name is the end of your vanity URL. For example: www.youtube.com/youtubevanityurl

2. Now log into your Bojo account and edit your information. Change one of your tabs to “YouTube It” or something like that, and paste this URL:

http://www.youtube.com/youtubevanityurl (substituting in your personal URL, of course)

3. Voila, you’re all set! Check out my example Bojos below for the finished product. In case you haven’t seen “Evolution of Dance” (YouTube’s most viewed video)…it’s high time anyway!

               LinkedIn

With 35 million business users, there’s a good chance many of you reading have LinkedIn profiles. Link your Bojo to it! LinkedIn is a little bit tricky–like Facebook, they don’t allow vanity URLs, so we must be tricky ourselves and work around it.

1. If you have a LinkedIn profile, make sure you are NOT logged in. Then, search within LinkedIn for your name. The URL on that page will look something like:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/475/138

2. Now log into your Bojo account and edit your information. Change one of your tabs to “Get LinkedIn” or something like that, and paste this URL:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/475/138 (substituting in your personal URL, of course)

3. Voila, you’re all set! Check out my example Bojos below for the finished product. Feel free to add John, our CEO and President, to your network!

               ActiveRain

This is for you real estate folks, because I know you’re out there–lurking–creeping through the electronic annals of the Bojo Blog.

1. ActiveRain allowed you to set up a vanity URL. For example: www.activerain.com/activerainvanityurl

2. Now log into your Bojo account and edit your information. Change one of your tabs to “ActiveRain-or-Shine” or something clever like that, and paste this URL:

http://activerain.com/activebrad (substituting in your personal URL, of course)

3. Voila, you’re all set! Check out my example Bojos below for the finished product. Check out Brad “ActiveBrad” Andersohn’s blog!

I know…that was a little bit of dirty work, but it was necessary. You now know how to get your Bojo involved with your existing social sites, and it’s about time! Why in the world should email be exempt from social networking? As the #1 use of the Internet, you’d think email would have been woven into networking long ago.

We’re curious about other ways our dear Bojo users are utilizing social networking. Well…I am at least, so if you’ve ventured this far, you brave soul, go ahead and leave a comment! How do you connect with clients/peers/friends/colleagues in your industry? What works for you? How do you think your Bojo could assist additionally? Drop a line, share ideas, and get the most out of the Bojo community!

If you don’t, we will find you…