{"id":362,"date":"2012-05-06T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/?p=362"},"modified":"2012-10-12T16:24:10","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T20:24:10","slug":"free-hug-get-yours-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/06\/free-hug-get-yours-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Free hug! Get yours today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello dear readers!\u00a0 I have some exciting news to share!<br \/>\nHoneyIShrunkTheGrief (HISTG)\u00a0is now on Facebook and Twitter!!<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Follow&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0 HISTG on TWITTER <strong>. . .<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"click here for my HISTG Twitter page\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EricVaiksnoras\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EricVaiksnoras<br \/>\n<\/a><em>&#8220;Like&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0 HISTG on FACEBOOK <strong>. . .<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"click here for my HISTG Facebook page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My Facebook and Twitter pages are brand new, and they are in desperate need of some followers! \u00a0To help\u00a0entice\u00a0you to become one, I&#8217;ve created the following <em>Incentive Program<\/em> (in which you have been automatically enrolled&#8230;Lucky!). \u00a0Here&#8217;s how it works:<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who goes to <a title=\"click here for book Facebook page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief\" target=\"_blank\">my book FACEBOOK page<\/a> and clicks on the small rectangular\u00a0shaped &#8220;Like&#8221; button (the one at the top of the page, under the rose pic that makes up my page banner), OR, anyone who goes to <a title=\"click here for book Twitter page\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EricVaiksnoras\" target=\"_blank\">my book TWITTER page<\/a> and clicks on the &#8220;Follow&#8221; button&#8230;gets&#8230;.are you ready for this? (it&#8217;s Big &#8211; 6&#8217;3&#8243; big!)<strong>. . .<\/strong>it&#8217;s<strong>. . .<\/strong>it&#8217;s<strong> . . .<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>a GiaNT EricV Bear Hug!!!<br \/>\n<\/strong>(<strong>*<\/strong>some exclusions apply&#8230;see details below)<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_363\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 617px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-363 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/trim_0418121901a_eric_hug.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/trim_0418121901a_eric_hug.jpg 607w, https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/trim_0418121901a_eric_hug-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/trim_0418121901a_eric_hug-407x300.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/>*<strong>Limited Time Offer! Act Now!\u00a0<\/strong><strong>THE FIRST 100 PEOPLE to &#8220;Like&#8221; my Facebook page, or &#8220;Follow&#8221; my Twitter page, will receive\u00a0this Free digital hug! Supplies are limited&#8230;don&#8217;t miss out on this one-of-a-kind opportunity! I give Really Good Hugs! Get yours today!!<\/strong><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>~ \u00a0~ \u00a0~ \u00a0~ \u00a0~ \u00a0~ \u00a0~<br \/>\n<em>*Bonus deal! &#8212; New subscribers to my blog are also eligible (to become a subscriber, click on the &#8220;Register&#8221; link on the right side of <a title=\"click here for Blog home page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">my blog home page<\/a>)!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>**Exception &#8212; If you are in great need of a hug, the digital hug above may be redeemed even if you don\u2019t subscribe to any of my HISTG pages<br \/>\n~ \u00a0~ \u00a0~ \u00a0~ \u00a0~ \u00a0~ \u00a0~<\/p>\n<p>Ok, so my <em>Incentive Program<\/em> is not a trip to Hawaii, but the next best thing, no?! \u00a0Well, likely not even the next best thing&#8230;but I at least wanted to offer you some kind of loving gesture for helping me to spread the word about my book. \u00a0<em>Thank You <\/em>for any book support you are willing to provide.<\/p>\n<p>Also&#8230;<br \/>\nHoneyIShrunkTheGrief.com has been live for one month now.\u00a0 During that time\u00a0I&#8217;ve\u00a0been working hard at trying to promote the site, to share it with others.\u00a0 Aside from the FB &amp; Twitter news I mentioned above, here are some of the other promotional things I&#8217;ve been working on:<\/p>\n<p>~I\u2019ve invited fellow members of a Health Educators listserv to the HISTG website;<br \/>\n~I\u2019ve reached out to fellow widow\/ers online;<br \/>\n~I\u2019m in the process of creating business cards;<br \/>\n~I&#8217;m in the process of creating a bulletin board flyer that I can post around town (libraries, restaurants, etc);<br \/>\n~I&#8217;ve accepted an invite to be a contributing author on a friend\u2019s blog (<a title=\"click here for my Sunny Day Talks blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/sunnydaytalks.com\/invitations\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here for my first SunnyDayTalks blog post<\/a>\u2026if you could use some sunshine in your day, this is a Great place to go! \u00a0Here you\u2019ll find a collection of some really wonderful posts written by 4 beautiful women.\u00a0 I feel honored to be the newest member of their sunny team!)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>An invitation to you\u2026<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">I believe in my book, if you do too, would you help me promote it?\u00a0 I could really use your help!\u00a0 I\u2019m one person with limited influence and resources, but with your help, this book\/blog\/website could be so much more!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">How you can help<strong>\u2026<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Do you have a HISTG website promotion idea that could possibly help me to reach lots of people??<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 If so, Please share it with me!!\u00a0 I would greatly appreciate your help!!\u00a0 Ideas can be left in the comment section below this post, or can be emailed to me at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"mailto:EricV@HoneyIShrunkTheGrief.com\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">EricV@HoneyIShrunkTheGrief.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Would you help me hang a few of my HISTG bulletin board flyers around your neighborhood??<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 This would be a HUGE help, as it would allow information about my website to spread far across the lands!\u00a0 If you\u2019re willing to hang a few of my flyers up, please email me and let me know, and I will reply back with an email Word.doc attachment of a downloadable file of the HISTG website flyer I created.\u00a0 Then, if you would be so kind to print off a couple copies, and hang them up at the (respectable Lol) places that you frequent, I would be very grateful! \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">What\u2019s in it for you??<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\">Love!!\u00a0 Lots of love!!!&#8230;the loving satisfaction that you get when you help out somebody in need. \u00a0And heck, I\u2019ll even throw in another digital hug!!!!\u00a0 And if you\u2019re within the Cleveland, OH area, I&#8217;d be thrilled to give you an \u201cin person\u201d hug too!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Please help me spread some HISTG love!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\">Write me today with your ideas!\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"mailto:EricV@HoneyIShrunkTheGrief.com\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">EricV@HoneyIShrunkTheGrief.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Thank You!!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<br \/>\n.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~<br \/>\nNow on Facebook!\u00a0<a title=\"click here for my HISTG.com FB page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief<br \/>\n<\/a>Now on Twitter!\u00a0<a title=\"click here for my HISTG.com Twitter page\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EricVaiksnoras\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EricVaiksnoras<br \/>\n<\/a>Check out my book!\u00a0<a title=\"my book \" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/book\/<br \/>\n<\/a>Feeling grateful? or feeling low?\u00a0<a title=\"HISTG Thank You Card blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/27\/sign-the-thank-you-card-today\/\">Sign the Thank You Card!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click here to return to my home page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/\">click here to return to home page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello dear readers!\u00a0 I have some exciting news to share! 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