YOUR ONLINE PLATFORM … WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?

You have started a blog, joined social networks, and to your delight, discovered others seeing the world as you see it. You discover, sometimes quite by accident, that you've created a landmark and others look to you for guidance, info, products ... you've created a platform. A web-based arena, yours alone—it’s like you’ve a far-reaching microphone. Your platform lets you freely interact. You begin a movement, a wave of sharing awareness with power to reach across the street, state, country … the world. That power is only worthwhile if used well. Benefit others as well as yourself and your platform goes viral. One minute, you’re talking to yourself. The next, your platform broadcasts to people you never dreamed of reaching. Leverage it and move into new business, friends, skills.



We’ll let our guest, La Bartista—her "picture" shown here—tell you about her name. She's “a lifelong movie and TV nut buying and selling entertainment ephemera online.” It began as a hobby in the day of America Online message boards via an addiction to the classics and a desire to learn about her favorites. First it was Sherlock Holmes, and then the actor who played him, Jeremy Brett. Ultimately she’d created The Brettish Empire. La Bartista—the name a part of her platform—has since created websites and blogs, speaks at conventions, gets to know those close to stars of yesteryear, and is preparing a book on actor, Paul Richards.



Of her multiple sites, one of the newsest is a blog tribute to actor, Jack Kelly, The Tall Dark Stranger There.

Create a platform of your own to suit your needs and the needs of those you reach. Who's your audience? What do you offer? What do they offer you? How can everyone benefit? We answer these questions with OUR ONLINE PLATFORM … WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? Join us 5/27, noon–1 PM EST. Register at Three Wise Girls and share your stories. Enter our chat room, or call 347.994.3835.

Classic Entertainment -- Feeding The Niche

It wasn't long ago when the idea of "classic movies" went no farther back in general memory than maybe twenty years for most. Not so anymore. These days, there is a growing hunger for anything nostalgia, especially in classic entertainment. Whether it's in TV or movies or even radio shows from pre-TV days, the market is exploding. Are you interested in Cary Grant or Clark Gable or Robert Taylor? Check the internet ... you'll find exactly where you can get the latest and greatest in everything and anything related to classic film, TV, radio and its mega-stars.

What if you're more intrigued by names which not everyone immediately recognizes, such as Colleen Moore or Dean Stockwell? How do you find what it is you're looking for on the now more obscure stars from the days of nostalgia entertainment? Again, look to the internet. It's getting easier and easier to ferret out details, or find the old shows, or get photos and magazines and other pieces of entertainment-related ephemera.

And do you even KNOW what ephemera is?!

Join us on The Three Wise Girls, Thursday, May 6, from noon - 1 PM EST as we delve into the world of classic entertainment as it today relates to the booming e-commerce business. We'll talk with Cliff Aliperti who owns www.things-and-other-stuff.com, an online home for everything related to nostalgia entertainment. Cliff will tell us about how he started his business, what got him interested, and how the internet has changed the nostalgia market forever. Cliff has been selling on eBay since 2000. Thanks to his uncle, he's been in the nostalgia business--starting with baseball cards--since the mid 1980s. He moved into entertainment collectibles, and has been at it ever since. Cliff will chat about his journey, how the market has changed, and what he thinks is the future of nostalgia-for-sale.

Add to our guest list Jenny Allan who, under the name Jenny Curtis, has authored three books on classic film stars. She is equally well known in the world of classic movie geekdom as "Jenny the Nipper." She writes a blog, Cinema OCD, comprised mainly of rants about whatever movie is obsessing her lately.


Please call in and chat with Cliff & Jenny about your favorite entertainment figure or movie or TV show from days past, or visit our chat room. It's more than likely Cliff has some memorabilia for sale related to those stars you can't forget!

www.blogtalkradio.com/threewisegirls ... chat room log-in at that page. Call in to talk with us on the show at 347-994-3835 after noon EST, Thursday, 5/6. The Three Wise Girls--and Cliff Aliperti & Jenny the Nipper--want to hear from you!

Three Wise Girls: Free-For-All!

It’s a flippin’ free-for-all and it could get wild and crazy … so hold onto your Depends! We’ve been threatening this for some time. Debbie, Dori, and I have spoken with a lot of interesting people since we started our show in October of last year, and topics have been all over the map. We can’t chat up that many people without having an opinion … or fourteen … of our own.

We’ve been told by listeners they enjoy our banter, so why not let the floodgates open and see what happens? We might talk about people wearing flip flops in a high-falutin’ corporate office.

Or society’s juvies-in-training being tasered—(or tazered or stun-gunned … ANOTHER topic for discussion?).

Or we might tackle people like BillyBobJohnnyJoe, in the post office line on his phone. He has an infant, a mother with a condemned house, and a friend whose wife doesn't like him and blocks his calls. He brings in the cops at night because neighbors make too much noise but when a man in line doesn't wanna hear his life story, BillyBobJohnnyJoe doesn’t care because he wasn't yet "doing his business.” Should cell phones be ALLOWED … in the hands of ignorant people? There MUST be a law, y’know.

And talk about rude. What of snotty folks on Facebook? Isn’t there such a thing as “Facebook Etiquette” and shouldn’t we all practice friendly social networking on social network sites … or is that a SILLY thing to consider?!

Who knows what else, folks? You tell us. Listen. Call in. Jump into the chat room and give your opinions. Tell us what burns up your bloomers. We wanna know. We really do. We may not be all that loopy over BillyBobJohnnyJoe or the woman in flip flips working at the big whoop-de-doop corporation, but we DO wanna hear from YOU!

Join the Three Wise Girls Thursday, April 22, 2010, noon – 1 PM EST … on the internet at

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/threewisegirls

and enter our chat room, or listen and call in: 347-994-3835. We’ll have your favorite drink waiting … you just may NEED a drink after this show!

Haunted Maryland

Do you believe in ghosts? Would you like to hear directly from those with experience to tell you of actual Spirit activities?

The Three Wise Girls are beginning a recurring series, “Haunted States.” Linda Alexander has been fascinated with the Spirit-world for a long time, never to discount the possibility of a different plane beyond that which is visible. There are solid accounts of physically long-gone, but Spirit-filled souls who inhabit our world. With this premise, the Three Wise Girls will bring in experts with in-depth accounts of different haunted states, starting with “Haunted Maryland.”



Mindie Burgoyne is author of "Haunted Eastern Shore—Ghostly Tales from East of the Chesapeake." About the book: "They walk beside the murky waters of the Chesapeake Bay, linger among fetid swamps and roam manor halls. These are the tormented souls who refuse to leave the sites of their demise. From pitiless smugglers to reluctant brides, ghostly figures of the Eastern Shore are at once terrifying and tragic.” Mindie Burgoyne will take readers on a spine-tingling journey when she tells us of Maryland’s Haunted Eastern Shore.



Michael J. Varhola has authored "Ghosthunting Maryland." He explains why Maryland is a ghost-hunter's dream. Just a sampling of his stories include—the USF Constellation boasts three ghosts, including a sailor executed for dereliction of duty; the Gridiron Club is haunted by an old woman murdered by slaves; and Ellicott City, a quaint spot, is one of America’s most haunted towns. These are but a few of the places Michael profiled.

Join us Thursday, March 18th. Let the Spirit move you to hear about “Haunted Maryland!” Listen and call in. Ask about your favorite spot in Haunted Maryland. Or chat about ghost research. It’ll be a spooky good time!

For listeners from other states—explain to us why your state should be next. In which of the “Haunted States” do YOU reside?

The show airs at noon EST on Thursday, March 18, 2010. We hope you'll call in and talk with our "ghost-perts!"

CALL IN at: 347-994-3835

Our Three Wise Girls Blog Talk Radio page can be found here: Three Wise Girls

Beverly Mahone First Featured Guest on Three Wise Girls BTR!

I knew, the first moment I met her in person that Beverly Mahone was a force to be reckoned with. There was absotively no question. I’d already gotten involved with her Boomer Diva Nation group but when I walked into the auditorium in Baltimore where the book signing was being held, one of which we were both a part, who was the first person to really greet me and genuinely engage with me, one-on-one? Our own Bev Mahone, of course. Ever since that initial in-person connection, I’ve been literally amazed with this woman. I do believe if you look up the term “powerhouse” in any dictionary, anywhere, you’re going to find Bev’s picture. No further explanation is required.



From just an idea, a dream of what could be, Beverly Mahone has built Boomer Diva Nation into a thriving, inspiring, and undoubtedly beneficial organization to better the lives of those of us “of a certain age” who are forging forward into middle years and beyond, with excitement, verve, and a belief that every single day can be better than the next. Many say age is nothing but a number. I don’t agree. I think age is, as Debbie Barth, a fellow member of Three Wise Girls pronounced this morning, “a badge of experience.” And what good is experience if we don’t try to use ours to better the lives of every individual whose paths we cross?

Beverly has done, and continues to do, exactly that. The woman must never sleep. She has more ideas than anyone I’ve ever met . . . ideas, mind you, that she actually implements. No astroturf grows under this woman’s feet! You can be almost certain that if a possibility crosses her mind that can be turned into a positive reality for her Boomer Diva Nation group—Bev is not going to let that option get away from her. She’s direct, to-the-point, and a true businesswoman . . . a businesswoman with heart and soul who's had many experiences and wants to share whatever she can to help wherever and whenever she can.

So for any of you who’ve ever had a dream—I hope you’ll be listening in to the Three Wise Girl’s debut show, live, on Thursday, October 1, 2009 at noon. Let Beverly Mahone share with you how it’s never impossible to fulfill that dream . . . and oh-so-much more.

Find Bev at Beverly Mahone’s Boomer Diva Nation:
http://www.boomerdivanation.com

Three Wise Girls, BLOG Talk Radio, & Rorschach ... & Pam Archer

Ha ha ha ha ha ... I'm laughing so hard right now. Can't stop. Here I was, reading and re-reading, and reading again, Pam Archer's reply to my post, "Are You A Wise Girl?" She asked, "By the way, what is Blot Talk Radio?" and I kept thinking, "Hmmm ... surely Pam knows that it's BLOG Talk Radio and definitely knows what it is."

You dum-dum, Linda!!!! I just read my post yet again. Blot Talk Radio ... to answer your question, Pam, I guess that's where we give the Rorschach Test to our guests to see what they see--and if we can see the same thing. Clearly, our friends are seeing what's right ... and Linda needs a new pair of glasses. Or maybe just a brainwave test to see if they're really still working.

Oh Linda, how senile can we get?!

A Brave New World--Technology, Skype, Love, and Kazakhstan

It’s a brave new world and I can prove it. One of our sons met a young lady at the University of Alabama. He’s from Florida. She is from Kazakhstan. As in the Republic of Kazakhstan. As in the Russian/Chinese neighborhood. Like … not around the corner. Nowhere near.

They fell in love. She soon had to go home. They didn’t want to be apart and in, oh, maybe the last month, we learned they were getting married. In Kazakhstan. We were invited, but that’s not the sort of thing where you hop online, buy a ticket, pack your bags, and run to the airport. Especially if you don’t have a passport, and your husband’s is expired.

Plans may have suffered a bit in translation. They were made in Kazakhstan, in their language. We got intermittent details. So it was a mishmash when the phone rang last night—they’re eleven hours ahead—about a wedding today. Today for us, anywho. For them … tomorrow. We continued to try and call back into the night but the call wouldn’t go through. This morning, Hubby had to go out early for an issue which couldn’t be put off. An out-of-town’er was here for a business deal. When our phone rang at 9 AM, a heavily accented woman’s voice said she was a translator. Richard couldn’t be on the phone since he was “outside having a wedding.” An hour later, Richard called, asking me to get on Skype and watch the reception.

I’ve used Skype—with my wonderful Three Wise Girls buddies—but never video. I didn’t know my laptop had video. Shows how techno-aware I am. Hubby walked in then; between us, we got it. Should’ve seen my face when I saw video on my laptop! Should’ve seen my face since, thanks to the hoopla, I wasn’t wearing make-up. Not good since we had to toast the lovely couple—with soda—and on camera for wedding party and guests. We chatted with bride and groom and her parents … via translator (except for Richard).

That took up the morning. Hubby and I learned about Kazakhstan and a new culture. Mastered Skype in a big way. Then went out and bought a videocam and spent the afternoon playing with grandkids—in California. Now that I’m a pro with this techno stuff … she says with tongue firmly planted in cheek … I’m jumping into the brave new world to use knowledge for business as well as family fun. It came at me real fast and I’m going to embrace it the same way. Three Wise Girls … Debbie and Dori—I feel SO sorry for you!!

Are YOU A Wise Girl?!

If you were a Wise Girl ... what is it you'd like to talk about? What wouldn't you like to talk about?

And--as they say in Louisiana--fer true, ARE you a Wise Girl? What do you think a Wise Girl is? Is it smarts? Or is it smart-aleckyness? Or, maybe it's truly both, eh?

Debbie, Dori, & I, Linda, as the pseudo-original Three Wise Girls would like to interact with others of similar smarts & smart-aleckyness. You may be a brain surgeon . . . or just play one on TV . . . either way, we'd love to hear from you. Tell us your name, what you do for a living, why you embrace your business & your family. Tell us exactly what's important to you as a Wise Girl. And explain how you embrace YOUR Wise Girl-itude.

We're building a list of Wise Girls to join in with us as guests on our Blot Talk Radio show beginning this fall. Tell us about you!

Three Wise Girls Blog is ready to rocknroll!

We are the Three Wise Girls. We are Dori DeCarlo, Linda Alexander, and Debbie Barth. We are as different as peanut butter, tuna fish and key lime pie. But together, we make quite a dish. Look for our new show The Wise Girls, going live on Blog Talk Radio in October of 2009. Look for lots of changes on this blog as there is bound to be creative differences.... and we are strong women.

One thing that will be consistent on this blog is change. In order for you to stay informed, you will need to drop in often. Be prepared to learn something new, laugh, cry, become indignant, or just be plain bored. We are not responsible for your frame of mind upon entering or leaving. We take no responsibility for our comments what-so-ever, get over it, it is just who we are.

However, we are all three going through some form of menopause, whether pre, full bloom, or post; and, are subject to intense sensitivity when people drop by and fail to comment.

Remember, your relatives may not care what you have to say, but we do.

Stay tuned folks....there is more to come

Debbie Barth-Wise Girl