Welcome to all of you "GreenBeans" !

"GreenBeans" apply to folks that promote good health, sustainability, recycling & conservation!

We are now, and have been experiencing the largest growth in our "Green" sector in history!

With all the publicity, concern and attention drawn to issues of sustainability, good health, waste reduction and conservation, THIS IS OUR TIME TO SHINE FOLKS!

This first poll will serve as a "RANT` to vent the frustrations that might be holding back some of our fellow "GreenBeans" and to gather us together towards a collective movement!

You may vote for as many options as you like!  Please reply to the post with a confirmation of your vote, and feel free to share your thoughts behind them!

Also, you may want to check out our forum " Do you Make, Sell or Promote Green items? here http://www.startupnation.com/pages/community/forum_posts.asp ?TID=2820

Spread the Word,  Bird!

Hello to all you fine folks out here under the SUN!

As some of you might already know, I am really FIRED UP about GreenBeans!

After last week`s  Community Podcast I am thrilled to see such a great response!

So in the interest of customer satisfaction, I am hoping that you smart people out here might give me some feedback here on how it`s going so far.

Many of the elements are still in their preliminary phase, and some big changes will be rolling out soon, but your feedback is critical!

Here is the site: www.getyourgreenbeans.com

If you have signed up, please feel free to tell me what helped you to make that decision.

If you haven`t, PLEASE tell me WHY NOT?

I am ready for the good , the bad, and the ugly, so please:

LET ME HAVE IT!

Thanks so much for your help!

I look forward to hearing what you have to say!

No compelling reason to sign up, the methodology is insufficient.  Why do I sign up?  What`s in it for me?  The great consumer question.  It looks sort of like something I might like to be involved in if I am a "green" consumer but....

You need to solve the "but".  Get a picture or two, tell me what good comes of it, then ask me to sign up.  Take a look at the Defenders of Wildlife or igive site for a better pitch.

Good luck, especially if this is some sort of MLM.

Nopo, not an MLM but just the fact that you suspect it is makes me realize that I have a LOT of work to do in conveying the message of GreenBeans.

Thank you very much for this advice, and i will be sure to check out the references you provided.

I think part of the problem is that in my effort to convey how GreenBeans benefits consumers, small business, green business and charities, I need to do a better job of explaining what why and how to whom.

I really appreciate this feedback, and I hope that one day soon, I can change your mind!

Yes, I admit it.
Although I am a devoted mommy of 3 amazing kids, I have been known to sit on, drop, spill coffee on and even loose them in my purse!

As parents (and grandparents, and aunts, uncles, family and friends...) we strive to hold on a bit longer, documenting each stage of our little charges, with portraits, candid photos and the like, reproducing their delicious mugs on everything from the mousepads on our desks to the cell phones in our pockets. But just as they grow and the photos become outdated, so does the stuff we are plastering their shining smiles all over.

So my question to you folks out here under the SuN is, how crazy are you about putting personalized photos on gadgets?  Would you prefer to choose from various artwork? Will you hold onto that item just a little bit longer because of it?Would it change your decision to buy/not buy something? Does being a parent make you more inclined to do so, or would you sit on your cat just the same...?

Please help answer these burning questions!