First, more people now know that Woo in the early days was an acronym. Or it grew from Woo. Host Katie Keith had asked a question and Mike Stott answered, which ended up with a short lesson that Woo stands for Winning Others Over. She even did a poll asking if others knew this. Only 9.3% did which wasn’t a surprise to me as the post that even talked about this dated back July of 2016, written by co-founder Mark Forester. The pullout quote simply said:
Over time, “Woo” became an acronym for “winning others over,” a slogan we rally behind.
Mark Forester
So a bit of Woo trivia for you there.
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Yeah, that’s the opening line of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. And maybe doesn’t even fit in here. In fact I may be slighting in some sarcasm as many of you know that this may very well be the 99th iteration of WooBits. Heck, only a show or two ago I thought I was returning to some simple bits and pieces of things I had found. And guess what, in the whole scheme of things, the Woo acronym mention was the only thing that really caught my eye.
So with that said, the brand new shiny WooBits, again.
A plethora of golden nuggets
Somehow this seems to have been an idea I had before but it never came to life. But lately I have been doing some things you may or may not have noticed. Taking a part of a show that drills in more on a specific piece of the conversation, creating a text post, putting that on LinkedIn as an article the following week and then posting it on the blog at BobWP.com
This who idea comes from the fact of all the incredible tips that lie in almost each and every episode. So how about I take this a step further and add a bit more work for myself. WooBits will now be just that. Episode bits. It will be two part.
- I’ll pull short tips from previous shows that give you, the listener an actionable piece of advice or something to ponder on.
- And I’ll open it up for Woo builder and business tips for others to drop in.
Since I want the tips pulled in to be short, we will shoot for an episode 5-10 minutes. More or less.
And if we are all lucky, this will be the perfect fit for WooBits moving forward and I won’t have to talk about this again.
So watch out for more on this and a place you can share your tip with a bit more of the logistics and content I will be looking for. So have a great weekend and watch for us next week.
