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Post by ecvnj58 on Jun 25, 2020 17:03:53 GMT
I don't understand why she doesn't know when her "earth shattering" app update will be. Do they not have a business plan? Do they not have meetings discussing releases? Maybe someone in her company knows when this will happen, but it certainly isn't Becky. This makes me think this project is so far behind they don’t trust it happening by the next date they give.
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Post by auntmimi on Jun 25, 2020 18:14:05 GMT
This makes me think this project is so far behind they don’t trust it happening by the next date they give. Agreed. There will be a post about being a small business and the death of her FIL pushed back production, etc. If she were personally responsible for programming the app, I could buy that, but we know she isn't.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2020 2:08:36 GMT
Becks just discovered "stories", you guys!!! (she's where Ali was 10 years ago (or more)) Anyone else feel like Becky is trying to horn in on some of that Ali story-telling brand? I can't believe her sheep don't know how much good content is out there by Ali (and others) on personal story-telling. Hell, Simple Stories has done personal story-telling lines for YEARS. But Becky, in her typical "I just created this" mode, is looking to cash in on " " or something like it. Verbal "throw up" ( her words) in story highlights.
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Post by camcas on Jun 28, 2020 3:36:44 GMT
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Post by kelaur on Jun 28, 2020 4:20:20 GMT
Omg. Is she really trying to market journaling as something new??? She’s a lunatic. Does she not realize that many people have been doing this for years in their scrapbooks? And what about a diary? People who want to write shit down have been doing it for years. Her app isn’t going to magically make everyone want to write down their every thought. She’s actually shedding tears in her Instagram story. What a nut.
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Post by refugeepea on Jun 28, 2020 4:52:47 GMT
I feel like she's also ripping off a lot of Mormon family history stuff that is already out there. She's putting it in a package and trying to sell it as something else. That's where she needs help from the community! And for the love of.... don't feel the feelings to get a feeling of what you should be feeling about documenting.
Give a description of what this is all about and then I'll decide it it is a yes or no. This is not fast and testimony meeting.
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Post by BSideCrafter on Jun 28, 2020 7:25:58 GMT
I listened to some of the stories and it feels like she's just trying to take Ali's story kit idea into a digital thing.
It's clearly not a new idea to get people to document their history, family, and life.
I guess it's another way to market her app, her million dollars notebooks, and handful of product she still has.
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Post by caangel on Jun 28, 2020 15:29:25 GMT
Fyi apparently the update dropped yesterday (Apple only) and price increase for in app purchases for all. There is a new search function and new templates. Not sure what else since I'm Android.
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Post by julie5 on Jun 28, 2020 15:54:08 GMT
Fyi apparently the update dropped yesterday (Apple only) and price increase for in app purchases for all. There is a new search function and new templates. Not sure what else since I'm Android. I’ll go update mine and report back.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jun 28, 2020 16:03:54 GMT
I can see the updated app in the App Store, but it has not updated on my phone and it is not in my list of updated apps (my phone is set to automatically update apps).
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Post by kiera on Jun 28, 2020 16:44:40 GMT
I think it's interesting that her name isn't on the icon anymore. The new one is just some color blocking.
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Post by julie5 on Jun 28, 2020 17:01:34 GMT
I think it's interesting that her name isn't on the icon anymore. The new one is just some color blocking. Yep. Looks just like any pic collage app now.
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Post by julie5 on Jun 28, 2020 17:02:13 GMT
She’s calling the project pages a “collage” now.
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Post by caangel on Jun 28, 2020 17:10:02 GMT
She’s calling the project pages a “collage” now. Do you mean the PL template pages are now called collage? What about the old collages (ie two 3x4 on a 4x6)?
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Post by julie5 on Jun 28, 2020 17:26:10 GMT
She’s calling the project pages a “collage” now. Do you mean the PL template pages are now called collage? What about the old collages (ie two 3x4 on a 4x6)? When you open the app you can select “create” From there your options are: Collage page :which is the pl templates Editorial page :which looks like a church bulletin with two columns to write journaling Small print: which is the old collages like 3x4 or 4x6
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Post by caangel on Jun 28, 2020 17:31:33 GMT
Do you mean the PL template pages are now called collage? What about the old collages (ie two 3x4 on a 4x6)? When you open the app you can select “create” From there your options are: Collage page :which is the pl templates Editorial page :which looks like a church bulletin with two columns to write journaling Small print: which is the old collages like 3x4 or 4x6 So is the full photo 12x12 in collage pages or small prints?
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Post by julie5 on Jun 28, 2020 17:39:18 GMT
When you open the app you can select “create” From there your options are: Collage page :which is the pl templates Editorial page :which looks like a church bulletin with two columns to write journaling Small print: which is the old collages like 3x4 or 4x6 So is the full photo 12x12 in collage pages or small prints? It is in the editorial. Upon further inspection editorial is full of options for journaling spots and photos. Like to make print designs.
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Post by lasteve1 on Jun 28, 2020 18:22:11 GMT
Wow, those stories were all over the place and it took me forever to figure out what she was even talking about. I also don't understand why she has to always cry. I get her wanting to share her project & ideas in a "conversational" format on instagram rather than a more polished/scripted video, because that is definitely popular on social media... but she is not good at getting her message across.
But, after I sifted through the tears and rambling and really when I looked at the stories of her samples, it seems like she just used the new "editorial" templates in her app to turn her instagram posts into digital scrapbook pages. But that's really all these are... digital scrapbooking templates with a clean & simple look and more space for journaling. I could see people liking these and using them, but they are not something new. I don't think it's like Ali's story kit though... it's not products or themes, it's just blank templates to allow you space to journal & add photos on a digital scrapbook page. So basically the project life app, but moving away from the pocket page format (because why do you need pocket pages when it's digital anyway?) and just going back to traditional scrapbook formats.
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Post by caangel on Jun 28, 2020 18:51:24 GMT
She was also taking about a (free?)class/workshop to help people tell their stories with journaling prompts and ? ? ?
It was basically a brain dump. Which I totally get, but that's when you call up your friend, or even better employees as a business, and have a good brainstorming session to get some basics figured out. Then go to your followers with the basics and get more ideas. But she knew what she was doing it was messy and ugly just like she said it would be.
That said I can give her a pass right now with the tears due to her FIL's death. Although I also know she would have been in tears. regardless, she gets a pass from me right now.
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Post by crafty on Jun 28, 2020 21:19:43 GMT
It’s so difficult to take her seriously as a business woman when you watch her stories. She needs to take a step away and turn over the PR to a professional. I have no idea what’s she’s even talking about.
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Post by refugeepea on Jun 28, 2020 21:44:15 GMT
Wow, those stories were all over the place and it took me forever to figure out what she was even talking about. I also don't understand why she has to always cry. I get her wanting to share her project & ideas in a "conversational" format on instagram rather than a more polished/scripted video, because that is definitely popular on social media... but she is not good at getting her message across. It's a Mormon thing. She's feeling the spirit. I have no doubt she has a passion for this and is probably sincere with her crying. However, it doesn't translate well into running a business. I wonder though if she's trying to regain a Mormon audience again? Most don't do traditional scrapping anymore, BUT a class where you easily preserve family history? Yes please!
Except there is lots of free content out there and Mormons are cheap! I say this as someone who was raised in the LDS church. Certain things that are quality and will last forever, sure pay more! A class that really is not unique? So, I'm trying to figure out who she's targeting.
I have a feeling the "free class" she is offering will be basic, but if you want more, you pay.
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Post by lasteve1 on Jun 29, 2020 0:50:16 GMT
Wow, those stories were all over the place and it took me forever to figure out what she was even talking about. I also don't understand why she has to always cry. I get her wanting to share her project & ideas in a "conversational" format on instagram rather than a more polished/scripted video, because that is definitely popular on social media... but she is not good at getting her message across. It's a Mormon thing. She's feeling the spirit. I have no doubt she has a passion for this and is probably sincere with her crying. However, it doesn't translate well into running a business. I wonder though if she's trying to regain a Mormon audience again? Most don't do traditional scrapping anymore, BUT a class where you easily preserve family history? Yes please!
Except there is lots of free content out there and Mormons are cheap! I say this as someone who was raised in the LDS church. Certain things that are quality and will last forever, sure pay more! A class that really is not unique? So, I'm trying to figure out who she's targeting.
I have a feeling the "free class" she is offering will be basic, but if you want more, you pay.
What's a Mormon thing? I'm mean Heidi Swapp is Mormon and she can get her point across effectively. I know what she is selling and what she stands for. Becky is just all over the place and even after listening to her ramble for like 40 stories I still am not sure I got what she was trying to say. It seemed like she just wanted to promote digital scrapbooking templates... but that's not a new idea. So either I missed the point or she is trying to act like digital scrapbooking templates are this earth shattering revelation even though they've been around for at least a decade. Idk what the class she's floating is about, but the templates she's talking about are $5 a set on her new app release.
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Post by lostwithout2peas on Jun 29, 2020 2:52:42 GMT
So she cries and she feels so moved about these great ideas she has and post fifty million stories about it, and drags all her business about her business and her life out for everyone to see and basically she is an open book. But when it came to George Floyd and BLM and everything going on in the world that even spilled over into the craft world she was oddly not very emotional or overly "talkative" about it. I see Ali and so many other crafters trying to learn and do better in today's environment and Becky is crying over a stupid epiphany of adding a large journaling block to a single photo to tell a story. To tell important stories. Basically what us scrapbookers have been doing and other well known scrapbookers and companies have been marketing in one form or another? It seems like her tone deafness just gets louder and louder. At least she not gonna charge for this idea... yet!! SMDH
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Post by scrapsnneedles on Jun 29, 2020 4:02:39 GMT
But when it came to George Floyd and BLM and everything going on in the world that even spilled over into the craft world she was oddly not very emotional or overly "talkative" about it. So Becky posted in her Instagram stories a couple of days ago that she’s never met a problem that gratitude didn’t fix. That’s not a direct quote, but it was in promotion for the latest podcast episode which I didn’t listen to so I don’t know if it was something that she said or her guest or BP said. But the second I read it, I thought, well gratitude doesn’t fix systemic racism or sexism or illness etc. I almost responded that it was a really tone deaf thing to say to people with real problems. I probably should have said something, but I knew she would just say I was being harsh. Also her FIL passed, I didn’t want to jump on her back, but still.
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Post by lostwithout2peas on Jun 29, 2020 4:16:28 GMT
But when it came to George Floyd and BLM and everything going on in the world that even spilled over into the craft world she was oddly not very emotional or overly "talkative" about it. So Becky posted in her Instagram stories a couple of days ago that she’s never met a problem that gratitude didn’t fix. That’s not a direct quote, but it was in promotion for the latest podcast episode which I didn’t listen to so I don’t know if it was something that she said or her guest or BP said. But the second I read it, I thought, well gratitude doesn’t fix systemic racism or sexism or illness etc. I almost responded that it was a really tone deaf thing to say to people with real problems. I probably should have said something, but I knew she would just say I was being harsh. Also her FIL passed, I didn’t want to jump on her back, but still. I don't follow her, I only go and see what she's up to when the refupeas put the bat signal out that she up to stupid shit and of course when big stuff is happening to see how she is gonna handle it. She and her followers never disappoint! She cannot take criticism in any shape or form, and I should know better that she could not look within herself the way everyone else is in this moment in time to see how they can unlearn, learn and be better for our fellow black brothers and sisters. She is to ensconced in her whitewashed little Mormon world thinking the "gratitude" can fix all problems!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2020 6:17:05 GMT
What's a Mormon thing? I'm mean Heidi Swapp is Mormon and she can get her point across effectively. I know what she is selling and what she stands for. Becky is just all over the place and even after listening to her ramble for like 40 stories I still am not sure I got what she was trying to say. It seemed like she just wanted to promote digital scrapbooking templates... but that's not a new idea. So either I missed the point or she is trying to act like digital scrapbooking templates are this earth shattering revelation even though they've been around for at least a decade. Idk what the class she's floating is about, but the templates she's talking about are $5 a set on her new app release. It's not a Mormon thing. Many religions cry because they feel the spirit. I have been to an AOG church and watched half the congregation cry and the other half worshiping quietly. One of the crying members is a big businesswoman in our area with an Internationally known company and she is very professional and doesn't bawl in her profession.
I guess a Mormon has never walked into a black church where they really feel the spirit. It is so beautiful and moving. One time attending church with my best friend her Mom's best friend bonked me in the head because she was feeling the spirit- waving her arms and crying. It was so hysterical. Everyone from that congregation still laughs about it to this day how she almost knocked me out, lol. She was a popular hairdresser, before she retired, and not once did I see her get all boo-hoo during business hours. Gossipy but not boo-hoo, lol. She would have my behind for saying that, ROFL!
I was raised Russian Orthodox and I have cried in church. Not a bawling "look at me Becky Higgins" kind of thing but quietly because I found something beautiful in church that day. I have a found beauty in a Wiccan ceremony that moved me to tears.
I was raised in a large Mormon family but I was not Mormon. I have never ever seen any of my members crying as a "Mormon thing". My family is very large Mormon ancestry going all the way back to the original outpost in Independence Missouri. Most of my family worship seems serious, quiet, & a little bit austere. You can imagine my surprise getting into the social media world and seeing these "scrapbook" stars acting all crazy and unprofessional like they do, lol.
As you can see it's not a "Mormon Thing". Becky likes to cry for drama. Anyone with common sense can see it, lol.
She is not going to do a free class. This is a woman during the midst of a pandemic and economic crisis offers a very expensive class then had a meltdown and victimized herself when she received backlash. Becky is all about money and status symbol. Trust me girl threw her Mormon or any religion ideology away years ago when she discovered the "God of the Greenbacks."
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jun 29, 2020 9:37:57 GMT
It's not a Mormon thing. Many religions cry because they feel the spirit. I have been to an AOG church and watched half the congregation cry and the other half worshiping quietly. It's a well-known fact that Mormons embrace tearing up to bear testimony. Some other denominations might also do it but it's at the very least *also* a Mormon thing and it's used outside of church settings as well. The ex-Mormon podcasters I listen to often joke about it. There are plenty of discussions on the ex-Mormon subreddit about "Mormon tears" and how it's a conditioned Pavlovian response, here are 5 random ones out of the (so, so) many: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. And of course, we've all seen Glenn Beck... We've seen Becky turn on the water works so many times when trying to sell a product. Tears = expression of truthfulness in her conditioned mind. She thinks it's a convincing way to be believed. She doesn't understand it's way over the top outside of her religious circle and has the reverse effect on many non-Mormons. From an article by ex-Mormons:
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Post by lasteve1 on Jun 29, 2020 12:21:44 GMT
sleepingbooty @amayalylac I appreciate the insight to the crying. Whether or not it's a religious experience, it is not an effective business tactic. And, if you do it literally every time you talk about anything, it really loses any meaning. Honestly, though, I really am not all that bothered by the crying. What I am really baffled/bothered by is the rambling incoherent message. Yes, my confusion partially comes from her crying and making a big deal about something that is old news... but the biggest issue is really that, even after listening to her and weeding through the emotion, I STILL wasn't sure what the message was that she was trying to get across. She talked for so long, but didn't really say anything. Even if she wanted to speak unscripted to try to make it sound more "real" I still should've had some sense of the message she wanted to get across at the end. Was there a class involved? Is it really that she discovered digital scrapbooking? But wait, she's sold products for digital scrapbooking for years so that can't be it... I guess it's the new digital scrapbooking templates? Finally moving away from the "pocket page" look because that look doesn't really have the same function when you go digital.... but then, that's something people have been doing for years. But she is selling $5 digital scrapbook templates (that are actually a nice, clean, modern design) in the app and she used those to create her book... so I think that's what it was about. But, there is nothing revolutionary about something people have been doing for years. There is nothing new about this concept to her... she's been creating scrapbooks of her memories and life for years... so I just don't get what she was making a big deal about. Also, after the rambling for a million stories that didn't really say anything, she finally showed some of the pages from her book. But she didn't talk about those, she just showed it without sound. That was her opportunity to point out the clean look and how easy they were to put together in the app! That was her opportunity to sell it! And, why did she wait until after the rambling message to show the book at all? That would've provided at least some context...
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jun 29, 2020 12:50:47 GMT
What I am really baffled/bothered by is the rambling incoherent message. Yes, my confusion partially comes from her crying and making a big deal about something that is old news... but the biggest issue is really that, even after listening to her and weeding through the emotion, I STILL wasn't sure what the message was that she was trying to get across. Did you ever subscribe to her newsletter? She's the queen of word salads. Paragraph upon paragraph of mostly nonsensical stream of consciousness writing, randomly capitalised words, no clear direction or intention, not even a conclusion. I don't recommend it but some good folks have copied and pasted some of her newsletter rambles in this very thread if you ever want to check. It's stuff to bring on a migraine... If it weren't for her LDS connections, I'm not sure she'd ever have had PL turn into such a success. She's all over the place all the time.
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Post by lasteve1 on Jun 29, 2020 13:31:36 GMT
What I am really baffled/bothered by is the rambling incoherent message. Yes, my confusion partially comes from her crying and making a big deal about something that is old news... but the biggest issue is really that, even after listening to her and weeding through the emotion, I STILL wasn't sure what the message was that she was trying to get across. Did you ever subscribe to her newsletter? She's the queen of word salads. Paragraph upon paragraph of mostly nonsensical stream of consciousness writing, randomly capitalised words, no clear direction or intention, not even a conclusion. I don't recommend it but some good folks have copied and pasted some of her newsletter rambles in this very thread if you ever want to check. It's stuff to bring on a migraine... If it weren't for her LDS connections, I'm not sure she'd ever have had PL turn into such a success. She's all over the place all the time. Yeah, I have... I know she's like that. I'm not surprised by this from her, just annoyed that she hasn't learned over the years and seems to get progressively worse over time. I also don't think it should be blamed on her religion... (I mean, I am the last person to defend religion and agree it has a whole host of problems...) but I don't think it's an excuse for Becky's poor business skills.
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